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Mid-Morning Art Thread
Reginald Marsh
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 09:30 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 11, 2026 09:30 AM (2WIwB)
*places cape over puddle
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Busy.
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The Morning Report — 8/ 11 /26
The Geological Service of Colombia confirmed a magnitude 7.4 earthquake rocking the country around 7:34 a.m. local time in the western region of Chocó, potentially causing significant damage. . . In the city of Cali, locals documented buildings with their windows broken and streets covered in glass and other debris.Yikes, 7.4 is pretty damn significant. I have not seen any follow ups so hopefully things are under control and the people are getting on with the business of life as they dig out and begin the process of rebuilding and recovery. Considering the aftershocks of the political earthquake that led to the ejection of Commie strongman Gustavo Petro just a short while ago, it will certainly be a test for the newly elected government to see how fast and effectively it can respond. I'm sure President Trump will be quick to offer whatever assistance we can, as would be right and proper all things considered. One of the truly shining successes of the Trump administration has been his stunning success in turning much of Latin America away from the disaster of socialist rule as can especially be seen in Argentina and El Salvador just to name two countries that are now effectively in the Trump/freedom camp. Unfortunately, the rest of the world is devolving into tyranny. Most notably England, from whence America emerged just 250 short years ago. Here are two horrible stories coming from across the pond that illustrate its rapid disintegration. First, shopping can ruin one's day...
One social media user questioned whether carrying a baseball bat from a store should be treated as suspicious, writing, “Assuming this is all innocent. Are people not allowed to play baseball on the fields anymore? We may as well ban anything that potentially can be used as a weapon, which is most things in shops.” Another user argued apparently sincerely that the officer's response was understandable given the circumstances. “To be fair I wouldn't be happy seeing a guy just roaming around with a baseball bat in a densely packed public place, package or no package. copper decided to err on the side of caution and probably asked him to hand the bat over many times before it got to this point.”Yeah, a bloke toting around a packaged and sealed baseball bat is a clear and present danger, but roving bands of Muslim males prowling for girls and women to rape, that's in the deepest traditions of civilization, so how dare you! And if you even raise an eyebrow let alone open your pie-hole . . . Yeah that neanderthal, primitive dangerous thing known as freedom of speech, about that...
The National Internet Intelligence Investigations unit notified local police about 106 posts, with 50 of those flagged in June alone, in the aftermath of disclosures surrounding the murder of teenager Henry Nowak. Nowak was stabbed to death by Vikrum Digwa, and his pleas for help were reportedly ignored by officers who doubted the dying student after his killer claimed to be a victim of racism.well one day President Francesca Hong will deliver a Thanksgiving Homily all about how wonderful it is that we did away with it...
It was a true period piece. One year before Wisconsin gubernatorial hopeful Francesca Hong called to "Cancel Thanksgiving," the socialist state representative, who is a professional chef, in October 2019 hosted an event she dubbed a "Feast of the Feminine," a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by menstruation." An invitation posted to the events website Eventbrite describes the "feast" as a "celebration of menstruation with conversation and dinner." It also lists a menu featuring on-theme ingredients like "Soondae-Korean blood sausage."Soondae bloody Soondae . . . capped off by a serving of Titty Caca AOC's Huevos Diabolicos! Meh, personally I prefer Carvel's Tom Turkey cake myself. With all these nightmares to ponder, I bid you all to somehow Have a good day,
- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- The earthquake has already prompted at least one aftershock recorded at upwards of magnitude four. Locals in Chocó, Cali, and throughout the west of the country had recorded alarming videos of buildings swaying, their windows crashing down and leaving trails of debris on the streets. At press time, however, authorities have not documented any deaths, though local officials in Chocó warned that they expect a high number of casualties.
Massive 7.4-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Colombia
- It’s not just that the old Mass Media has lost its grip. We now have a president who lives by sowing confusion.
Wondering about Trump and Iran and Everything
- Victor Davis Hanson: When the Left cannot win within the rules, it changes the rules—and when that fails, it changes the people who make them.
Not Winning? Just Change the Rules
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- ... by offering up some death threats aimed at the secretary of state and Kristi Noem, who is currently serving as a special envoy to the Shield of the Americas.
Well, That Was Stupid: Miami Man Learns Why You Don't Threaten the Secretary of State
- The book, which El-Sayed regularly promoted on his podcast, denounces ‘fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence’
Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Leftist 'Radicalization' Book That Endorses Violent Resistance, Praises George Floyd Rioters for 'Property Destruction'
- Francesca Hong hits the campaign trail like any other candidate — shaking hands, kissing babies, petting dogs and smiling through selfies.
Watching her conduct the mundane business of politicking, it’s easy to forget the absurdity of her worldview and the chaos that making her Wisconsin’s next governor would invite.Far-left wants you to forget their ‘hot takes’ burned cities to the ground
- The will-o-the-wisp that liberals have pursued for over a hundred years now is a truly fair and equal society, and it is just not mathematically possible.
Electoral Science Deniers
- They have been sheltered by government employment and protected by corporate diversity mandates.
The Myth of Black Female Exceptionalism
- Arc of Justice has not filed a tax return since 2022, prompting California to revoke its license
Code Pink Founder Medea Benjamin's Radical ‘Charity’ Ordered To Cease Operations, as US Ups Pressure on Charity’s Shadowy Benefactor, Neville Roy Singham "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - "It’s closing time."
ICE Puts Ankle Monitors On Haitian Migrants After TPS Expiration
- Cynical financialists and opportunistic Democrats love to prattle about the “TACO Trade:” supposedly, “Trump Always Chickens Out” on market-alarming moves. Well, maybe. But it’s now clearer than ever, after the Supremes’ bumble-and-stumble collapse at its term’s finish line, that Chief Justice John Roberts doesn’t only “Always Chicken Out” on tough calls – he all too often sells out the American people.
Chicken Roberts’ Birthright And Election Day Sellouts Effectively End America
- Joe Abraham, whose daughter was killed by a drunken illegal alien, says far-left candidates for governor would make Wisconsin less safe.
Father Of Woman Killed By Illegal Alien Warns Badger State Voters: Don’t Let Wisconsin Become Illinois
- Will Scheinbaum go after Obama and Holder for Fast and Furious?! - jjs)
Criminal Illegal Alien Who Smuggled Over 90 Guns into U.S. Pleads Guilty to Federal Weapons Charges THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??) - If the Dems were patriotic, they would make it clear that our enemies can't play us against each other
Iran is Refusing to Make a Deal to Help the Dems
- If anyone has any doubts as to why we are fighting this war, just think of what the IRGC would do if it actually had operational nuclear warheads.
Why We Fight* * * * * - Americans aren’t happy about Iran’s nuclear ambitions, but they are also not keen on further military action.
Americans Remain Sharply Divided Over Military Action Against Iran: I&I/TIPP Poll ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY - The movement that cheers its executioners.
One Last Whack at ‘Queers for Palestine’ DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - However, potential development of Railroad Valley has hit a NASA roadblock.
Nevada Discovery Could Rebuild America’s Tungsten Supply Chain
- Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi put the tax on ice after peeved property owners sued the city, claiming it botched the rollout and unfairly burdened them.
Wait a 'second' Mamdani forced to pause pied-à-terre tax roll-out — and pull down ‘shame the rich’ list in win for NYC homeowners WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Speaking during an Oval Office signing ceremony, Trump said, “we have jihadists being elected all over the place,” pointing to what he characterized as a rising tide of far-left candidates across the country.
Trump Warns of ‘Jihadists’ Among Democrat Candidates
- Something has gone very wrong in New York City.
Mamdani’s Wife to Travel to Al Qaeda State With NYPD After September 11 OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - "I would rather see someone like Rogers over a ‘D’ who is too much of a p***y to stand up to an anti-Semitic goon like Hasan Piker."
Former Jill Biden Spokesman’s Red Line That Could Make Him Vote Republican AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - Just over a week later, on February 3, 2021, Fauci went in front of the cameras for a Journal of the American Medical Association livestream and sang a very different tune. The FDA, he said, had "found thus far, and we have to be careful, but thus far no red flags about that, about pregnant women." No red flags. That's what he told the public, days after privately flagging exactly that risk to his own colleagues.
These Newly Released Texts Prove What a Monster Fauci Really Is FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - The National Internet Intelligence Investigations unit notified local police about 106 posts, with 50 of those flagged in June alone, in the aftermath of disclosures surrounding the murder of teenager Henry Nowak. Nowak was stabbed to death by Vikrum Digwa, and his pleas for help were reportedly ignored by officers who doubted the dying student after his killer claimed to be a victim of racism.
British Police Unit Flags Over 100 Social Media Posts for Arrest Amid Immigration Backlash* * * * * - Longtime 911 operator calls the approach the "worst idea possible."
Major U.S. City Is Handing Its 911 Calls Over To AI
- Over the past year, dozens of people have been silenced or arrested for criticizing data centers in public forums. This is entirely un-American.
Freedom Dies When Legitimate Dissent Is Branded ‘Anti-Tech Extremism’ THE ECONOMY, STUPID - The left insists that Trump’s policies are to blame for higher grocery costs, but the truth is that they (deliberately) planted the seeds during Biden’s [so-called quote-unquote] presidency.
The Democrats Gave Us Today's Inflation CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - Supporters say the sustained federal surge has transformed a previously crime-plagued capital into a safer city for residents and visitors, with measurable reductions in violent crime and the recovery of missing children. The Trump administration is presenting the operation’s results as a model for other high-crime cities.
Trump’s D.C. Anti-Crime Drive Racks Up 16,000 Arrests in First Year.
- "We're not spending money on things that actually make people safe and feel safe, which is things like actually well-lit streets."
DSA Doc’s Cop-Free Vision Faces The Question Of What Happens To Rapists
- Every time a woman pays to have food delivered to her door, she is paying to avoid the consequences of government policies.
To Stop Gen Z From DoorDashing, Make The Cities Safer EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - The sorry state of public education in the U.S. - and what parents can do about it.
The Current Status of American Schools
- On both sides of the Atlantic, white professors think that suspending judgment when it comes to black scholars makes them good people.
Jason Arday and Academia’s Self-Seeking Pursuit of Virtue ABORTION - ASRM has a quiet but heavy influence and financial hand on assisted reproductive technology protocols in the United States.
Meet The Fertility Org Funding Dystopian Embryo Experiments Across America
- Thanks to Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who just signed a bill allowing abortion up until birth, 11 of the 50 states now have laws on the books that permit the killing of a baby right up to the moment of birth.
So, What's Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey’s Favorite Kind of Abortion? Dismemberment? THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - Green Bay City Clerk Celestine Jeffreys departs amid another state investigation into apparent election law violations.
Notorious Wisconsin Election Official At Center Of Zuckbucks Scandal Resigns (this is how Francesca Hong will "win" - jjs) DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - AOC has been engaged since 2022, but has not yet tied the knot.
Is Titty-Caca AOC Skipping Marriage To Hide Cash While She’s In Congress?
- Pennsylvania's Janelle Stelson has raked in $8,000 in campaign cash from her mother’s brother, John W. Allen
Dem Congressional Candidate's Uncle and Top Campaign Donor Is CCP-Tied Businessman Calling on US To 'Join Forces' With Beijing POLITICS - The New York congresswoman, a leading figure of Democrats’ progressive left flank, did not say explicitly whether she plans to have children. She said in her social media posts that she was taking a “political risk” in talking so personally about her potential family plans. (Huevos Diabolicos - jjs)
Titty-Caca Ocasio-Cortez says she’s freezing her eggs as she decides her next political moves
- A lesson for the Democratic Socialists of America.
America’s Peak Socialism — Abandoned a Century Ago
- "It's going to be a very effective attack,” Clinton said.
Hillary Clinton Warns Socialists About Label That Could Haunt Them
- Mahmood Mamdani’s 1983 Imperialism and Fascism in Uganda offers insight into the worldview that has shaped his son’s thinking.
A Revealing Book by Mamdani’s Father
- "Every person I encountered was high out of their minds, spellbound by Kamala's identity."
True Confessions of a Democrat Operative
- Congrats?
Democrats Make History, But Not in a Good Way FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Democratic socialists oppose virtually every aspect of American foreign policy.
Divided Democrats: Not Just Israel -- NATO and China Too
- Between five and ten thousand people, depending on police or protest organiser estimates, rallied in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on Sunday to express their displeasure with the government of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and its failures to protect their city.
‘Enough Is Enough’ — Thousands Protest in Spanish Exclave Ceuta over Border Invasion
- This back-and-forth between Spain and Italy underscores the growing instability of the EU’s open borders regime. Under EU rules, member states must agree to the Free Movement of People, with minimal immigration controls.
EU Open Borders Regime on Brink of Collapse as Italy and Spain Clash.
- The footage shows the officer approaching the man before taking him to the ground, while members of the public gather nearby and motorcycle officers arrive at the scene.
UK police tackle man carrying sealed baseball bat after leaving store
- American readers should pay attention to this interview, not because the AfD is above criticism—it is not—but because it shows how a certain style of political accusation, perfected in the America
The Fascism Expert Who Cried Wolf—Now in Germany DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - The UK Ministry of Defence was forced to issue denials after claims emerged that the country's new generation of sea drones ("uncrewed surface vessels") contained cameras built with Chinese components which were sending data home without the knowledge of the military or the company that built them.
British Military Drone Boats Had Unknown Components Communicating With China: Report HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - Trump signed the sweeping order which will decrease recommended vaccines for children and space out vaccinations over multiple visits.
Trump Orders Major Overhaul Of Childhood Vaccine Recommendations ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - Unlike the Long March 2F rocket (which is fueled with very toxic hypergolic fuels) that it is intended to replace, the Long March 7A’s lower three stages all use less toxic liquid kerosene fuels.
Chinese Long March 7A rocket explodes during launch
- Under the contract, Rocket Lab will develop, launch, and operate multiple advanced Flatellites — a next-generation flat satellite design optimized for large constellations — with space-based sensors and low latency, high bandwidth communication links.
Rocket Lab wins a $397 million contract to build and launch satellites for the Space Force FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - Contrary to the messaging that’s permeated our culture since the sexual revolution, fertility can’t be controlled.
If You’re Freezing Your Eggs At 36 Like AOC, You’ve Been Lied To
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Hong, the socialist state representative leading the Democratic primary for governor in Wisconsin, called to 'Cancel Thanksgiving' one year after hosting the 'celebration of menstruation'
Move Over, Thanksgiving: Francesca Hong Hosted 'Feast of the Feminine,' a '6 Course Dinner Inspired By Menstruation' (how many ways can you cook blood sausage?! - jjs)
- How did so many Americans come to tell pollsters they approve of a system that has proven to be unworkable, tyrannical, cruel, and murderous?
How Cancel Culture Laid The Groundwork For The Left’s Socialist Lurch
- Christian Toto: Conservative comic shares why one club banned her, sight unseen
The Joke that Sparked Death Threats for Arynne Wexler
- Now it's just gaslighting.
Don’t Let Titty-Caca AOC Memory-Hole ‘Woke 1.0’
- Why shouldn’t proud women such as Royce White and Enes Kanter Freedom get their chance?
The Girls Just Wanna Play Basketball
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)
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Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:23 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 11, 2026 07:23 AM (GDO1H)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:24 AM (/+uur)
Contrary to the messaging that’s permeated our culture since the sexual revolution, fertility can’t be controlled.
Naturam expelles furca, tamen usque recurret.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:25 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2026 07:26 AM (7s9Qe)
Just my name should show you how exceptional I am and if it doesn't I will kick your ass.
Posted by: Special Uniquia Gibson at August 11, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)
Bad news, I am not the winner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:27 AM (2GVsD)
How hilarious would it be if Mamdani's concubine got vaporized in an Israeli airstrike!!!
How any NYPD cop assigned to protect her would agree to go to Syria and Lebanon is insane.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2026 07:27 AM (x0n13)
"It sounds like you're reporting a lost child."
"NO! There's an active shooter in the area and-"
"Sorry. I can't quite understand what you're saying. Please try again." AI disconnects call.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:28 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: La'Shondra at August 11, 2026 07:29 AM (2Ez/1)
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I'll bet she's a hoot when she's airing her grievances at Festivus!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:29 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:30 AM (ExV1e)
"[Fill in the Blank] is Handling Over Its [Fill in the blank] to AI."
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2026 07:30 AM (7s9Qe)
Eating sushi off a nude Lena Dunham would be more appealing than attending Hong's dinner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:30 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Jaimo at August 11, 2026 07:32 AM (2noDb)
"It sounds like you're reporting a lost child."
"NO! There's an active shooter in the area and-"
"Sorry. I can't quite understand what you're saying. Please try again." AI disconnects call.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:28 AM (99eI0)
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AI-powered phone trees are terrible. I try to avoid them whenever possible. I can't imagine how that's going to work for 911 calls.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:32 AM (FZ29D)
The American Dream has become relocating to safe areas, avoiding the consequences of the civil rights movement and lying through your teeth about what you are doing.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:33 AM (99eI0)
Just an observation - after similar events in other parts of the world (ahem), one might see locals pitching in all over the place...
These videos show crowds with their phones out.
Civilization? What's that?
Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:33 AM (XuXeR)
No human could (possibly) be as clueless.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 07:33 AM (2Cry5)
330000000 / 100000
3300
3300*6.8=22440
3300*5=16500
5940
Summer of St George Love killed about 6000 people.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM (3Ope8)
Eating sushi off a nude Lena Dunham would be more appealing than attending Hong's dinner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:30 AM (2GVsD)
Stepping away from breakfast table due to gag reflex….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM (zEBE+)
Posted by: Anna Puma
Thanks, Anna. I now know what tonight's nightmare is going to be.
AI-powered phone trees are terrible. I try to avoid them whenever possible.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
I keep saying operator until the AI gives up and grudgingly hands me over to a live agent.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM (kmiHN)
*looks at demo of many local gov employees*
Yeah, about that...
Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:36 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM (/+uur)
Inconsequential cannon fodder to the Left.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 11, 2026 07:36 AM (7s9Qe)
I doubt the boys in blue will fight terribly hard to protect her. The question is, which faction will nab her?
And how much NYC will have to pay to get her and the cops back alive?
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:36 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:34 AM
But it was mostly peaceful.
Posted by: The alleged media at August 11, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Thanks J.J., hope everyone has a wonderful day.
Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 07:37 AM (Y8DZL)
That's exactly the sort of faith that allowed the Brits to get to this point.
Further, what other legal purchases can the police just confiscate? Oi, mate, that's a nice looking kebab you've got there. I'm going to have to take that from you as it looks like it could be used in an offence.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:38 AM (ExV1e)
Leave the wife there. Don't have the police get off the plane, which departs quickly.
Have Mandamni say "I divorce thee" three times.
Done.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:39 AM (u82oZ)
Code Pink Founder Medea Benjamin's Radical ‘Charity’ Ordered To Cease Operations, as US Ups Pressure on Charity’s Shadowy Benefactor, Neville Roy Singham
It is all scam. Just end non-profits and their tax deduction writeoffs.
Not worth it!
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:39 AM (/+uur)
"No one can reach an agreement with Trump. This current team has not reached an agreement with anyone. He won't reach an agreement with us either.
Everyone is just trying to grin and bear it until this term is over."
Yeah, grin and bear it, you inbred savage!
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 07:40 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2026 07:41 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Jaimo at August 11, 2026 07:32 AM (2noDb)
I am very very sad. I still had hope that she would recover.
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 07:41 AM (g47mK)
You know who else put things on black peoples' ankles.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:41 AM (/+uur)
Hong's 'dinner' is reminding me of the dinner scene from the fictional computer game Coffin from the second season of My Dress Up Darling.
This girl was so abused she retreated inside herself and created a fantasy world where she was living in a convent with other nuns. But her mental disintegration continued and the other nuns started to get murdered and served as food.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:41 AM (2GVsD)
>>Not worth it!
It's worse than a scam. It's a communist infiltration of the US.
I'm waiting to hear similar reports about BLM. BLM has always been about marxism 1st, black lives was just a front to garner support.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 07:42 AM (viF8m)
Define "red flags".
vague euphemisms, the Get Out Of Jail card for liars and despots.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 07:42 AM (9s47C)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2026 07:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 07:43 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 07:44 AM (g47mK)
Such bravery.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:44 AM (2GVsD)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at August 11, 2026 07:44 AM (53oGX)
Lookin mighty mathy there, friend. Better watch yer step!
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 11, 2026 07:44 AM (3Ope8)
Mamdani definitely deserves this!
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM (YsG2T)
Posted by: Guy who misheard at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)
Mamdani definitely deserves this!
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This is so NYC!
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)
If you love slamming into the ground at 120mph.
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 07:46 AM (ZxPkt)
Oh, lace up bosoms!
Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:46 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)
Gonna get my walk in, then maybe fix some coffee as part of mental prep for the interview.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 07:47 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Guy who misheard at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM
A bloody good time!
Posted by: English bloke at August 11, 2026 07:47 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:48 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:48 AM (XuXeR)
Oh, lace up bosoms!
Posted by: man at August 11, 2026 07:46 AM
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 11, 2026 07:48 AM (2Ez/1)
HASAN PIKER: "Beast mode. I love her so much."
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 07:48 AM (YsG2T)
"NO! There's an active shooter in the area and-"
"Sorry. I can't quite understand what you're saying. Please try again." AI disconnects call.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:28 AM (99eI0)
Please say the name of your emergency.
Clickity-clickity-clickity.
Did you say an armed mob is breaking into your house?
Clickity-clickity-clickity.
Transferring you to the correct department.
- We are experiencing a higher than normal call volume. Your approximate wait time is... 15 minutes... please stay on the line or leave a contact number and we'll call you back.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:50 AM (2GVsD)
I've known too many women who've compulsively had food delivered to believe this.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:50 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Buck at August 11, 2026 07:50 AM (z6ONu)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 07:50 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2026 07:41 AM (Q+gd/)
Well Wisconsin was one of the states stolen in 2020 so I expect Hong will sadly "WIN" it.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 11, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)
Sounds like it's time to seize Cea Weaver's property.
Posted by: davidt at August 11, 2026 07:51 AM (Q+gd/)
Free Kaya!
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:51 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Mitch was last seen frolicking with his gunsel in the hot tub at the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City. Neither Mitch nor his gunsel were available for comment.
Posted by: Use of the word "Gunsel" at August 11, 2026 07:52 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Ramen aficionado at August 11, 2026 07:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:53 AM (2GVsD)
Since the US is no longer a monoculture, and no longer has a de facto "official language", E9-1-1 services through AI is probably the only way to legally provide mandated services to non English speakers without having to have dozens upon dozens of translators sitting around waiting for a call.
It depends on what problem you are trying to solve. Since the politicians look at Heritage Americans as diseased livestock, its a slam dunk guarantee that if the Give & Take on finding a solution to a real or contrived problem involves some Taking, that Taking will always dope towards deprecating the Heritage American's culture, lifestyle and interests.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 07:53 AM (nAS9C)
If I call a business and every time the call volume is higher than normal, it's actually normal.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:54 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Use of the word "Gunsel" at August 11, 2026 07:52 AM
Did this involve any pronounced hooterage?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 11, 2026 07:54 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mildly curious at August 11, 2026 07:45 AM (2Ez/1)
They're on vacation... except for whoever currently holds the duty to gavel the Senate in for 30 seconds so the President can't do things to improve the country.
McConnell is useless even when he isn't half-dead - 10 years ago or so - so who cares?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 07:54 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 11, 2026 07:55 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:55 AM (2GVsD)
Everyone is just trying to grin and bear it until this term is over."
Posted by: runner
So the Mullahs are becoming furrys now?
Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 07:55 AM (Y8DZL)
It would be interesting to see if Hasan Piker's engagement numbers have risen given all of the free publicity and marketing that "conservative" "influencers" have freely given him.
Because Piker seems to be the winner here. The algorithms have chosen Piker to be the new social media winner.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 07:56 AM (nAS9C)
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Sounds like the days of pamphleteers and underground communications typed out on dusty typewriters and mimeographed for secret distribution is the only way left for the average Brit citizens to communicate. What's old is new again!
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)
Does NASA not get the fuckin internet?
America may have just found a critical minerals mother lode beneath Nevada’s Railroad Valley: An estimated 1.78 million tons of tungsten, alongside enormous lithium, potash, and boron resources.
NASA opposes mining on about one-third of the company’s claims. The agency uses the flat Nevada desert to calibrate satellite instruments and says mining would interfere with a unique site used to receive and verify satellite signals.
The flattest place on Earth is the Salar de Uyuni, located in Bolivia, which is the largest salt flat in the world, covering an area of approximately 10,582 square kilometers (4,086 square miles).
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:57 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Local media at August 11, 2026 07:57 AM (2Ez/1)
There have been Democrats cancelling appearances with Hasan in the past few months.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:58 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 07:58 AM (/+uur)
Eminent Domain used to require a public need, like transportation or utilities.
Communists just need.
Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 07:59 AM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:59 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 07:59 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 07:59 AM (zEBE+)
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There is no other way to describe this. This. Is. Murder. No different than having the child born and snuffing out its life right there after the umbilical cord is cut. No different. It's peak evil.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Tom Carvel Disciple at August 11, 2026 08:00 AM (JM9I6)
Skydiving later this afternoon!
Posted by: Cocaine Mitch at August 11, 2026 08:01 AM (2Ez/1)
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Diversity is our strength.
But no one wants to live in "vibrant" neighborhoods.
Diversity is our strength.
But no one chooses neighborhoods because the local school is good at basketball.
Diversity is our strength.
But no one ever says what gets better the more diverse the area becomes.
- Test scores don't go up.
- Average wages don't go up.
- Housing prices don't go up.
- Crime doesn't go down.
- Streets don't get repaired more.
- Families don't become more stable.
Diversity is our strength.
Because the Toddler Ethics of the AWFL says everyone should be nice and play together.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 08:01 AM (3cUTc)
That's huge.
For context, the Bonneville Salt Flats measure out at 46 square miles.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 11, 2026 08:01 AM (J4Dwc)
Yeah, about that. I wouldn’t be calling you in the first place, if I could handle it online. “Chat” is about the same. Feed it 97 pieces of personal info, a retinal scan and stool sample. Later:
“Unfortunately, I can’t perform that operation. You’ll have to call.” Oh, thanks again.
I did notice, if you let loose a string of expletives deleted at the AI bot sometimes this will kick you to an actual human like representative.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:02 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 08:02 AM (20FgH)
It's an obvious ploy to keep the KY governor from appointing anyone to replace him, or have KY go through the motions to do it. The GOP just has to keep the ruse going until January... when McConnell would have retired. IOW... he's dead or a vegetable. Or both.
It also deprives the GOP of a vote on other things. Not that it'd have made any difference one way or the other. But it's typical of the GOP. Unlike the Democrats who have someone stand in for Mad Maxine Waters who's not been heard from for about the same amount of time... yet is voting according to leftism's doctrine.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 08:03 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 11, 2026 08:03 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Awwww. He's with my puppy!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 08:03 AM (20FgH)
Year Estimated Pregnancies Estimated Miscarriages (15%)
2020 5,359,550 803,933
2021 Data not specified Data not specified
Does that let you know what really happened with the SHOT?
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:05 AM (/+uur)
Communists just need.
Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 07:59 AM (Y8DZL)
I used to live close to a butterfly sanctuary that’s on the sand dunes in between LAX and the ocean. I got curious and did some investigating… that area used to be a neighborhood with a few hundred houses called Surfridge (Playa Del Rey). In the late 60s thru the mid-70s LAX used eminent domain to force all the homeowners out. They got on average $70K… IOW they got screwed. If those houses were there now they’d be worth a few million each… even accounting for inflation they got fleeced. You go there now the old streets are there but no houses nothing… it’s a butterfly sanctuary
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:05 AM (zEBE+)
I have no idea what "Twitch" is, and until so-called conservatives were talking the dude up as some person that is influential and powerful, had no knowledge of Piker.
So the deeply concerned conservatives have elevated his status dramatically. Almost all podcasters are now driven by algorithms, this blob of "influencers" all gang pile a topic in a concentrated way that appears no different than if it was orchestrated by some cabal behind the curtain as we have been blaming corporate media for decades.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 08:05 AM (pawvM)
To the post that said she died from being attacked, that would be incorrect, the vets said she had no injuries from that attack, but that attack showed that she already had something wrong with her, as she wasn't able to defend herself well.
Posted by: Jaimo at August 11, 2026 08:05 AM (2noDb)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 08:03 AM (20FgH)
You will be happy to know that Pancake lived a very happy life.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:06 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 08:06 AM (MWfyi)
That's huge.
For context, the Bonneville Salt Flats measure out at 46 square miles.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 11, 2026 08:01 AM (J4Dwc)
The flattest place on Earth is Brie's ass.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:07 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 08:08 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Brie Larson at August 11, 2026 08:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon"
Damn straight!
Posted by: Dylan Mulvany's chest at August 11, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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House rules permit proxy swapping votes of those not present--Waters would be offset by some GOP critter on the vote so both get credit but the effect is null. Senate rules don't allow it or didn't. Too lazy to check if they changed.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:10 AM (E4rtv)
911 What is your emergency
I need to police department
Ok Sweep the carpet
Sweep the Carpet could refer to a rake used in the 70s to texture shar carpet or a Bissel Pet and Dirt Deluxe Sweep on sale at Amazon for $89.89.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:10 AM (/+uur)
Given KY's voting record, you can understand why the rest of the country doesn't want KY interfering with the current plan of running out the clock.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 08:11 AM (pawvM)
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There is no other way to describe this. This. Is. Murder. No different than having the child born and snuffing out its life right there after the umbilical cord is cut. No different. It's peak evil.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
Yep.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:11 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
Cue, "O: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!"
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:11 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 08:12 AM (JvZF+)
>>For context, the Bonneville Salt Flats measure out at 46 square miles.
I've been to the region, Antofagasta, Chile. It's part of an enormous desert region that stretches across Chile, Peru and Bolivia.
Crazy place. Don't break down, I don't think AAA services the area.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:12 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: rickb223
You will be happy to know that Pancake lived a very happy life.
Posted by: r hennigantx
Awwww. I hope Mitch has the same.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 08:12 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon"
Damn straight!
Posted by: Dylan Mulvany's chest at August 11, 2026 08:09 AM (MWfyi)
Ha!
Posted by: Anastasia Kvitko, The Russian Kim Kardashian at August 11, 2026 08:12 AM (wVcYX)
Conservatives have also elevated the WNBA beyond sane concern.
Posted by: Auspex at August 11, 2026 08:12 AM (Y8DZL)
Can AIs be trained to be non-corrupt, problem solving politicians?
The ones we have now are mostly worthless.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:12 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Police department AI server in Bangalore at August 11, 2026 08:13 AM (2Ez/1)
33 So Mahdami's wife is traveling to Syria?
I doubt the boys in blue will fight terribly hard to protect her. The question is, which faction will nab her?”
She’s an agent of the current Syrian government. She’ll be fine.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 08:13 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 08:13 AM (U4c/V)
Wilkes and Liberty!
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 11, 2026 08:13 AM (qRla/)
ficks it
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)
>>@EricLDaugh
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36s
>>🚨 NOW: President Trump posts bombshell that a CIA review PROVED the Trump-Russia collusion report that started under Obama was "CORRUPTED" by CIA Director John Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
>>BRING ON THE PROSECUTIONS!
>>"Brennan’s decision to include the discredited Steele dossier, over the objections of the CIA’s most senior Russia experts, “undermined the credibility” of the assessment," per
@mirandadevine
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 08:14 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Bring back the fax machines--being analog, pita for digitalized spying on telecoms. US gave those to Solidarity in Poland back in the day.
As you note, in a digital world, the spy agencies have issues with analog tech.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:14 AM (E4rtv)
To the post that said she died from being attacked, that would be incorrect, the vets said she had no injuries from that attack, but that attack showed that she already had something wrong with her, as she wasn't able to defend herself well.
Posted by: Jaimo at August 11, 2026 08:05 AM (2noDb)
Yes, seems she was ill for a while. By the time Jackie was rescued, she was malnourished, probably could not hunt as before. You are lucky you have a nesting pair to watch. And it speaks well of the habitat, must be a stream, or a lake nearby.
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 08:15 AM (g47mK)
Policing is not the issue. Catch and release is.
Maybe El Salvador has stuff to teach us.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)
Got distracted by the plumber yesterday (fortunately, only a small fix and not the major job I was fearing), so am trying again today to edit my new book. We will see how it goes.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 11, 2026 08:16 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:14 AM (E4rtv)
I know this because I saw it on Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning… where The Entity couldn’t penetrate analog comms. Well done, Tom Cruise
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:16 AM (zEBE+)
@mirandadevine
Posted by: JackStraw
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I noticed ShipwreckCrew on X doing damage control by claiming Comey really believed Trump was a Putin spy and Brennan just wanted to keep on being CIA director. Guy is okay on legal commentary but lately he seems to be a gasbag on X trying to comment on sports, politics, and other things beyond his ken.
And it is never a good sign when someone brags about their credentials as if that is determinative of the correctness of their opinions.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:17 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Between them and Singapore, we could cause such a rapid decrease in crime that you'd hear a sonic boom by implementing some of their ideas.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 08:17 AM (99eI0)
ficks it
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:13 AM (/+uur)
and garish urban energy street murals on the sides of buildings.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 08:17 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: The person who always says that at August 11, 2026 08:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:18 AM (zEBE+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:19 AM (/+uur)
Presidential Joke Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:14 AM (E4rtv)
I know this because I saw it on Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning… where The Entity couldn’t penetrate analog comms. Well done, Tom Cruise
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:16 AM (zEBE+)
Mission: Pretty Annoying and Tedious wouldn't sell.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:20 AM (dK+Kv)
Agree. He's a good law explainer but he is also close friends with Andy McCarthy so his allegiances are somewhat questionable.
Particularly when we've know all this about Brennan, Comey and Clapper for years. This is not breaking news to anyone who has followed this closely but the vast majority of people don't know this level of detail. Ship should know it.
They tried to take Trump down in 2016. They succeeded in 2020 but against all odds Trump has got them on the run now.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alice from The Brady Bunch at August 11, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 11, 2026 08:16 AM (qRla/)
Got distracted by the plumber yesterday is the 6th most common start to Penthouse Letters.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:21 AM (/+uur)
Sad Presidential Joke: Obama
Stupid Presidential Joke: Biden
Smart Presidential Joke: Coolidge
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:21 AM (u82oZ)
Sexy butt crack huh?
Posted by: Alice from The Brady Bunch at August 11, 2026 08:21 AM (2Ez/1)
ha
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:22 AM (/+uur)
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When I get up and the outside windows all have water running down them despite no rain...yeah, it's humid.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:17 AM (E4rtv)
That's a dead giveaway of a weak proposition and lack of faith in it.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:22 AM (dK+Kv)
You don't have to spend any money to dramatically liberalize Stand Your Ground, Castle Doctrine and other self defense laws and policies.
And by "other self defense" I mean proactive like the Men of Action within a neighborhood dealing with the Peeping Tom in ways that permanently end recidivism, and no investigation follows.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 08:22 AM (U4c/V)
Mid August. Woo!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 08:23 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Well, digital radio tuning is a perfect example, it has clear cut points 101.1, 101.2, etc. and you either have a sufficient signal or you get dead air. IRRL, the old analog tuners could tune between the gaps to pick up scratchy stations that a digital tuner rejects because an analog tuner discards no information.
Same as an analog picture on Kodachrome film has all the colors as they are (albeit the nice glow from the film) while a digitalized version has to silo each color by a specific specification.
Most digital algorithms due to computing resources drop a lot of information--aka lossy compression that allows us to watch streaming on tv without overwhelming the bandwidth. You can even still record a 'lossless' version of a song on digital but yet still miss sound information present on an analog record because of sampling to create the digital version.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:23 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Roy at August 11, 2026 08:23 AM (qwype)
Posted by: r hennigantx
With Yoko?
Posted by: Walking On Thin Ice at August 11, 2026 08:24 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Very true. Hope you and yours are well.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:24 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 11, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
All of this nonsense in aggregate degrades recruitment, retention, and morale. It is intended to, get right down to it. If I’m a cop, I’m not gonna put my ass on the line, the “leadership” will just throw me under the bus if things go sideways, while the “media” jinns up another citywide riot.
Nope, I’ll just play “Tourist In Blue”, maybe take a nap behind the abandoned shopping center till my shift is over. Who can blame them?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:24 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Or a pron film in the 80's when cuing up the boom chicka wow wow soundtrack. Not that I would know anything about that but I've been told.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:25 AM (E4rtv)
Maybe El Salvador has stuff to teach us.
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The Restore America Agenda:
- End the fake voting filibuster
- Pass the SAVE Act
- Eliminate birth citizenship for illegals
- Defund the judiciary
- Repeal Amendments 14-27
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 08:26 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Those "He rodded out my pipe" letters.
Posted by: Roy at August 11, 2026 08:27 AM (qwype)
Sexy butt crack huh?
Posted by: Alice from The Brady Bunch
Hey!
Posted by: Sam the Butcher at August 11, 2026 08:27 AM (20FgH)
I knew you weren't a flat asser
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:27 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: I gotta ask
Super El Nino is apparently eating them alive with wind shear. Appears to be stronger than most years and it causes windshear which takes the tops of from budding thunderstorms at high altitudes which deprives them of energy to develop.
That is what the meterologists say after viewing the entrails of a dead goat anyway.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:28 AM (E4rtv)
He's trying to become the first U.S. senator who still shares a checking account with his mom. Talarico, 37, is also the first Senate candidate since Cory Booker in 2013 to come out as heterosexual during the campaign.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
Very true. Hope you and yours are well.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:24 AM (E4rtv)
I am, and I hope you and yours are well, too.
We are sick and tired of breathing smoke, but we have an AK fishing trip and will be breathing fresh coastal air for a week.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:28 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 08:26 AM (3cUTc)
What's wrong with 27?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx
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Or a pron film in the 80's when cuing up the boom chicka wow wow soundtrack. Not that I would know anything about that but I've been told.
Posted by: whig
Sarah, you have to stop getting stuck in the dryer. That's the 5th time this wek I've had to get you out!
Posted by: Paolo the Maytag Repairman at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (20FgH)
Sexy butt crack huh?
Posted by: Alice from The Brady Bunch
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Well, I know you are partial to Sam the Butcher because he brings the meat into the relationship.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (E4rtv)
I knew you weren't a flat asser
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:27 AM (8KLEK)
I cannot lie. I got sucked in by that Russian Yacht girl.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (dK+Kv)
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“Appeal To Authority”, one of the classical logic fallacies the ancients warned us about 2500 years ago.
It doesn’t mean experts don’t necessarily know what they are talking about or they are automatically wrong. But it does acknowledge you need to be a bit skeptical and don’t take them at face value simply because they have credentials. As always, “Trust, (maybe) but Verify”
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (3ElP1)
Presidential Joke Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 08:20 AM (NpAcC)
Kamala's SS code name was Nacho.
Nacho President
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (8KLEK)
I'm really looking for to watching Hong flop after she takes the nomination for the DSA. If the reports are true that Thiel is financing her rise and will facilitate her fall by yanking her financing for advertising should be a comedy
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (NFRf7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:31 AM (zEBE+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 08:28 AM (/+uur)
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He's not fooling anybody.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:31 AM (FZ29D)
We are sick and tired of breathing smoke, but we have an AK fishing trip and will be breathing fresh coastal air for a week.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Great end to a summer it sounds like. Enjoy the fresh fish.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:31 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I'll have you know he is severely heterosexual to the extent of locating a vintage Farah Faucett poster for his bedroom. You know the one.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:32 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 08:33 AM (NFRf7)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
The clapping and smiling at the signing ceremony was just a kick in the gut, too. This Gov. is supposedly Catholic. I would like to think the Church would very loudly and very publicly excommunicate her. I doubt she will care, because let’s be honest, she has zero issue with murdering a baby. But it would be something.
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 08:33 AM (2UJ+q)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:32 AM (E4rtv)
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Yes, sadly I do. My roommate in college had one.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 08:33 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: JackStraw
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"On the run?" I'd hope they'd see the inside of a prison before the end of Trump's term. I despise the multi-tiered justice system we've got because I just don't see them facing any real consequences.
Being outed as traitors doesn't really mean a whole lot to half the country... which is a shame.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 08:33 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: A Very Brady August at August 11, 2026 08:34 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:31 AM (E4rtv)
Thanks. I hope to be bringing back up to 100# of Cod, Salmon, and Halibut. The kids are stoked. Last hurrah before school starts back up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:34 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:30 AM (dK+Kv)
In your dreams pal
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:34 AM (8KLEK)
Anyway, if I don't start editing now, I'll end up blowing off the whole day. I'll pop in from time to time.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 11, 2026 08:34 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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I'll have you know he is severely heterosexual to the extent of locating a vintage Farah Faucett poster for his bedroom. You know the one.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:32 AM (E4rtv)
Severely heterosexual like Romney was severely conservative
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:35 AM (zEBE+)
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The only Amendment close to as stupid as Prohibition. Giving themselves pay raises was never a problem.
Exempting themselves from all the laws and regulations they pass for everyone else is.
They're not becoming multimillionaires off of their salary.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 08:35 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 08:36 AM (+1K7z)
Has the Church ever excommunicated a politician over abortion? Even a single one?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:36 AM (ExV1e)
Your comment could be equally applied to Fauci and his team of ghouls. I don't think the true implications of their actions have sunk in yet. They knowingly told pregnant women to get the vaccines and they were safe when they knew they weren't safe for pregnant women at all.
And that was just one evil thing they did. I have no doubt that many more in the Biden administration knew all of this as well.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:36 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:34 AM (8KLEK)
Speaking of acres and acres to run and play.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:37 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:37 AM (3ElP1)
@WesternLensman
Geraldo dismisses past woke and radical positions by radical Democrats as crazy stuff they said as "kids."
"They're running away from those statements they may have made in the past."
"They're not all of a sudden gonna become commies."
"Their statements as kids were ridiculous. But that's not what they really are as grownups."
Just some wacky kids who are now grown up and didn't really mean anything they said.
This may be the most comical attempt to whitewash the woke we've heard yet. Just excellent work here, Geraldo.
https://tinyurl.com/y7cw5usz
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)
Nope, I’ll just play “Tourist In Blue”, maybe take a nap behind the abandoned shopping center till my shift is over. Who can blame them?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:24 AM (3ElP1)
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All of this is by design.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 08:37 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Common Tater
When I did empirical modeling research, for me, the key was triangulating sources, data, etc. then trying to incorporate the different explanations of a phenomenon (political in my case) in a model.
If you excluded any that others had found relevant, you risked mis-specifying your model which essentially means it is trash because excluding a key variable meant the relationship of the remaining variables in the model could not correctly be attributed in strength and even causal relationship with the dependent variable.
Legal commenters don't do that as they tend to advocate rather than analyze--different mindset.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (E4rtv)
Has the Church ever excommunicated a politician over abortion? Even a single one?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:36 AM
I truly don’t know. But if there was ever a case…
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (2UJ+q)
The Catholic church had those in Poland too. They also had copiers. JPII used all the resources available.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (wVCl1)
The demons that guide her promised that she's still saved.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: A Very Brady August
Yeah. Main characters - 117 episodes
Allen Melvin the next character with the most appearances at 8.
Everyone else 4 or less.
Even Cousin Oliver.
Posted by: Paolo the Maytag Repairman at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (20FgH)
We'll see what comes out of the multiple grand juries in Florida looking into all of this. I have higher hopes than you. Florida is not DC.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)
I haz a sad.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 11, 2026 08:39 AM (f1uyw)
The demons that guide her promised that she's still saved.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 08
Demons are like that. Demons are often wrong.
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 08:39 AM (2UJ+q)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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You got it. Political contortionists are always ripe for fakery.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:39 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Your Neighborhood Carvel Dealer at August 11, 2026 08:39 AM (JM9I6)
That's a de-facto ex-communcation.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2026 08:39 AM (wVCl1)
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:40 AM (8KLEK)
You've never had dealings with the Archdiocese of Boston, have you?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 11, 2026 08:40 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Piper at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (2UJ+q)
According to AI...
No, there is no confirmed case where a Catholic politician has been formally excommunicated specifically for supporting abortion legislation. While Canon 1398 mandates automatic excommunication (latae sententiae) for those who directly "procure" a completed abortion, canon lawyers and church officials consistently clarify that this penalty applies to direct participants (such as doctors or patients) rather than legislators who vote for laws permitting the procedure.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: The person who always says that
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Now who can argue with that?
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 08:40 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
If it did happen, there would be two immediate responses:
1. A lot of screeching about separation of church and state.
2. Some random church telling the politician that they are welcome to come to them.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 08:41 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:41 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:37 AM (3ElP1)
Oliver was Mr. Brady's gunsel and the other cast members resented him getting paid for being on the show's payroll and getting paid for his time as a gunsel by Robert Reed, who was a big homo.
Posted by: Zombie Rock Hudson at August 11, 2026 08:41 AM (F1rMs)
Has the Church ever excommunicated a politician over abortion? Even a single one?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:36 AM (ExV1e)
That would require the Catholic leadership (Archbishop of Boston, USCCB, etc.) to grow some balls. Instead of standing up for what is right, we'll hear great platitudes about how they don't want to get political.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Paolo the Maytag Repairman
I am still available to save a series when the ratings start to slip. Proven track record.
Posted by: Robbie Rist at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Nice to do that for them, it outta be a fantastic memory filled trip for y'all. And cooler in temperature with plenty of fresh air.
August in my location is when the air smells like a stagnant dirty locker room and you can see the air at night with a flashlight.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:38 AM (E4rtv)
Most people don't do that to any level of sophistication.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (N39Ws)
Followed, immediately, by a homily telling us to welcome illegals.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
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And everybody laddi-dadi downstream fell into line. No pushback. No media outlets, no retired doctors or former surgeon general.
Real “Profiles In Courage” on display. There were a few, and notably the people telling the truth had everything to lose. The people being paid to push the narrative had no risk.
Vaccines have long been discouraged for pregnancies. It’s a risk analysis thing. If there is no alternative, that’s another issue.
Life sure is Cheap now, in the good ole U.S.A. Mission Accomplished
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:43 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 08:43 AM (ZGz6B)
That would require the Catholic leadership (Archbishop of Boston, USCCB, etc.) to grow some balls. Instead of standing up for what is right, we'll hear great platitudes about how they don't want to get political.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (N39Ws)
One of the last outspoken bishops they removed (Strickland in TX).
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 08:43 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 08:43 AM (ZGz6B)
And opening safes.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 08:44 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Tom Servo
I just threw up in my mouth a little.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 08:44 AM (20FgH)
The Democrats Gave Us Today's Inflation
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Both parties grew government spending wildly, and (as Freidman teaches us) all inflation is a product of money creation, so deficit spending is ipso facto, inflationary.
Republicans voted for this shit too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:45 AM (sWibC)
I believe that there were some doctors who lost their licenses, at least temporarily, over opposition to the the entire covid mess. Primarily due to opposition to treatment and forced vaccination.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:45 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Jerry is only half-Beaner. He's always been a poser.
Posted by: Vaulting to Fame and Fortune at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (4ZxBh)
We'll see what comes out of the multiple grand juries in Florida looking into all of this. I have higher hopes than you. Florida is not DC.
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I have faith in FL. I also have faith in another court stepping in afterwards. It's been the M.O. all along.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: Cray Cray at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (XdJ05)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 08:43 AM (ZGz6B)
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Who happily lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio (of all places).
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (sWibC)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (ejzvi)
Anything is possible in our corrupt judicial system these days. But they might have a tough time overturning a trial by jury.
Besides, Trump is winning most cases on appeal not losing.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw
I've given up most predictions nowadays because we are not in normal times anymore--sort of like a prof of mine who spent his entire career until his late sixties analyzing who was up and who was down in the Soviet system. Then all hell broke loose when the wall fell and he told me that prior to that, Soviet research was all very nice and cozy--then came a totally new paradigm that was simply beyond the old scholar's understanding.
I think we are there in politics and world affairs--the old cozy globalizing world order is dying and domestic politics has deteriorated to the point that the old understandings are being swept away.
Letting Comey and co get away with it is will cause consequences, so will not letting them get away with it. Exactly what either situation unleashes, I don't think anyone really knows. Same for the vaxx information and Fauci, same for the other rottenness in the American and world system created by a host of talentless political hacks that deemed themselves as demigods like Prometheus.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:45 AM (8KLEK)
Had a conversation with my new doc about how "they" ruined people's trust in vaccines with the COVID "vaccine" press. She took momentary offense, until I specified that it was those who did press people to take it who are the "they."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 08:42 AM (N39Ws)
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Didn't we just hear that some very large percentage of the US Conference of Bishops budget was (during the Biden residency anyway) government grants for resettling illegals?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (sWibC)
Posted by: Tom Servo
At least that threat is eliminated. But he deserves far worse.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 08:50 AM (4ZxBh)
He seemed to be everywhere in TV in the '60s & '70s.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 11, 2026 08:50 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Vaulting to Fame and Fortune
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He always seemed greasy like a used car salesman at a We Tote the Note stealership. Never took him seriously.
Bill O'Reilly was the gasbag pontificating at the end of the bar--a better spoken Cliff Claven if you will without Claven's charm and vulnerability.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:51 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 08:53 AM (3ElP1)
"They're not all of a sudden gonna become commies."
"Their statements as kids were ridiculous. But that's not what they really are as grownups."
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Hey Geraldo, you're completely wrong: read the DSA platform.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:53 AM (sWibC)
Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
"Their statements as kids were ridiculous. But that's not what they really are as grownups.
They're worse...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 08:54 AM (ejzvi)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)
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and the Propaganda Press went nuts. It was weird.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (sWibC)
He was also Al the Plumber on ads for Liquid Plumber
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (NFRf7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (zEBE+)
I think just about everything going on these days has both domestic implications as well as global including the various conflicts Trump has started since retaking office.
The collapse of one of Singham's non-profits yesterday is really about China's influence in the US political system. They were also behind the BLM summer of love riots across America right before the election that magically disappeared after the election. Not a chance in hell our cracker jack intel community wasn't both aware and likely supportive.
And this is the same China where the virus came from that gave Fauci and team so much power. They knew because in addition to Fauci the intel community was sending funds to Wuhan. This country has been run by a corrupt cabal of globalist both domestic and foreign for a long time. Getting the country back was never going to easy or quick but we are making progress.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (77rzZ)
Yup...Bill was a huge gas bag and he liked the phone sex thing.
A real weirdo.
Posted by: The Love Line at August 11, 2026 08:56 AM (F1rMs)
That strikes me as equivalent to "Muslims don't mean it when they say convert or die."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:56 AM (ExV1e)
He seemed to be everywhere in TV in the '60s & '70s.
Posted by: Nazdar
Yep. That used to be the way that a guy could make a living in Hollywood. Hopping from bit parts from tv shows to a small part in a movie.
Seems to be still that way in UK. Due to its geographic compactness, you can be in a short TV series, hop into a stage play in London on the break, and then appear in a movie. Same network effect existed for the British invasion bands--they all knew of each other if not friendz and shared a pub, dancehall, etc. touring, recording, and being able to sleep in their own bed from somewhere like London.
Hollyweird imploded the whole Hollywood ecosystem with the backlots being sold for housing, and filming on location. Now it is spread across the US at various nodes and a number of the TV shows shoot in Canada due to cheaper costs.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:56 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2026 08:56 AM (wVCl1)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 08:57 AM (NFRf7)
Is Titty-Caca AOC Skipping Marriage To Hide Cash While She’s In Congress?
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My magic eight ball says "you betcha!"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:57 AM (sWibC)
Posted by: Roger Grimace, Bill Beautiful, Melba Toast at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM (JM9I6)
It was more like sexual assault.
But I will apologize to you and your digestive system.
OK, I'm over it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM (u82oZ)
I want everyone to look at the picture of her signing that bill. But what I want you to especially look at are the clapping seals of death surrounding her. These are the white liberal, anti-human, anti-family faces of death. What they are clapping for is the murder of a child in the womb and in this case, up to birth. Remember birth- that joyous occasion to celebrate a new life?
Tell your children to look at that picture and make sure a woman like that is never in their life. Find a good woman, one who loves life, loves children, and especially and firstly loves God.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM (KOPVf)
Posted by: Vaulting to Fame and Fortune
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He always seemed greasy like a used car salesman at a We Tote the Note stealership. Never took him seriously.
Bill O'Reilly was the gasbag pontificating at the end of the bar--a better spoken Cliff Claven if you will without Claven's charm and vulnerability.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:51 AM
*****
He was raised a Jew. It's shameful that he is supporting these antisemitic candidates.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 11, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
The clapping and smiling at the signing ceremony was just a kick in the gut, too. This Gov. is supposedly Catholic. I would like to think the Church would very loudly and very publicly excommunicate her. I doubt she will care, because let’s be honest, she has zero issue with murdering a baby. But it would be something.
Just when I thought my state couldn't possibly get any worse...
Posted by: Concord at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM (6E/05)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)
In fairness, back in the Mesozoic Era, she was just a butterface. You get to 2am, the bar is closing, and you think to yourself, "Whatever."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 08:59 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 08:59 AM (NFRf7)
Why buy the cow when the milk is free?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 11, 2026 09:00 AM (KOPVf)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:53 AM (sWibC)
Geraldo is just doing his part of the script.
Everyone forgets the two to four weeks where the entire media breathlessly cried about how radical dangerous and extreme these people are. No justifications, just "oh no!". And people forget - as the message slowly gets massaged and changed.
The DNC and media (BIRM) are altering the world before your eyes. The DSA is being given the Keys to the Kingdom. I knew it on the first day the media and establishment were shedding their crocodile tears.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:00 AM (8KLEK)
The guy who played Babra in Kelly's Heroes was another.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 11, 2026 09:01 AM (NcvvS)
I bet Fauci and the others just shrugged. Abortion, miscarriage. Tomato, to-mah-to.
Posted by: Concord at August 11, 2026 09:02 AM (6E/05)
Posted by: Italian yacht girl at August 11, 2026 09:02 AM (2Ez/1)
This is the logical path of the gun control debate. The pro side argues if we just didn't have weapons then people couldn't engage in violence even if they wanted to.
So you get rid of scary guns with the thing that goes up...but the bad people use "normal" guns
So you get rid of the "normal" guns...but the bad people use knives
So you get rid of knives...but the bad people use bats or canes or whatever
And at no point does this address the actual problem which is the bad people not the tools they are using.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)
It wasn't a very exclusive club to be honest
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:03 AM (sKqQm)
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I don't think we have come even close to discovering the amount of racial strife that China has fomented in the US.
Class-based communism was never going to work in the US.
But they have been wildly successful in pushing race-based communism.
Even to electing their first president, Obama.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 09:03 AM (3cUTc)
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No love for Rosanne Scamardella?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:03 AM (JvZF+)
... American baseball bats are available on Amazon UK
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:04 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Concord at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM
How about this? The idiots who live here will probably reelect her.
*puts bag over head*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2026 09:04 AM (kgE5c)
What decade is this?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 11, 2026 09:04 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (E4rtv)
I have called us post-law for some time. I saw someone referring to our situation as post-republic yesterday. All there is is will to power. And we have spineless RINOs on our side.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (dK+Kv)
So you get rid of scary guns with the thing that goes up...but the bad people use "normal" guns
So you get rid of the "normal" guns...but the bad people use knives
So you get rid of knives...but the bad people use bats or canes or whatever
And at no point does this address the actual problem which is the bad people not the tools they are using.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:02 AM (sKqQm)
And, eventually, you remove every tool from society... we live in grass huts and survive, or not, on whatever has fallen onto the ground. There's no violence... except for that guy who bigger than you, or when that group of four guys comes around, or...
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (wOO3z)
Didn't we just hear that some very large percentage of the US Conference of Bishops budget was (during the Biden residency anyway) government grants for resettling illegals?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 08:49 AM (sWibC)
Catholic Charities definitely was. It's a venial sin for Catholics to disobey traffic laws (speeding, etc.). But its OKEY DOKEY for them to trounce all over federal immigration law.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (N39Ws)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: JackStraw
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There is a lot more reason to hope than during the Biden years but I am not sure that what is outcome. Trillions of bucks and power is at stake and those people who gained all that post Cold War are going to fight like hell to keep it at any cost.
Two steps forward, one step back sort of thing and I think the US debt is a ticking time bomb if we cannot stop fraudulent spending. I think the US Deep State has used the US Treasury to prop up the entire global and US political system via fraud and we can't afford to keep it up.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (wVcYX)
Whitey Bulger ran it for years
The state has become one of the richest in America almost exclusively by looting Uncle Sugar.
And my favorite part is that it is full of people in the top 10% of earners who consistently bitch their taxes are too high but the rich need to pay more
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Milton Jewish at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (JM9I6)
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Alito cogently states the problem: Roberts is afraid. He fears standing up for the Constitution, and his cowardice (sadly) hurts us all.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (3MX8+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (NFRf7)
Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)
Ok, I give up. Why did they do this?
Posted by: dantesed at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (Oy/m2)
Go right to the top.
pope_bob@vatican.va
Posted by: one hour sober at August 11, 2026 09:07 AM (J4Dwc)
This was inevitable. The Silents and Boomers in the Dem faction of the Party were able to successfully freeze out younger people for much longer than the GOP faction, but they couldn't live forever.
As soon as Justice Democrats recruited the Squad, it was clear the transition had begun, and power would devolve directly to the Millennials with no pesky Gen X interlopers. The dial is going straight to 11, no more frog-boiling.
Buckle up.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 09:07 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
Au contraire. The police will still have plenty of bats and guns.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:07 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:05 AM (E4rtv)
Since about halfway thru the Obama years NGO have acquired/spent around $13 Trillion.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:07 AM (/+uur)
But the real power behind this movement is China. Their influence in government can't be understated either.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 09:08 AM (2Cry5)
This is also why you see so many videos now of some guy arguing with an urban yute as 3 of the urban yutes friends jump the guy from behind.
So even when the government has gotten guns and knives out of these people's hands they are still going to assault, injure, and maybe kill normal people.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)
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That is the con. That they are being logical and trying to reduce crime. Hell, they don’t even pay lip service to that any longer.
They simply don’t want anybody to have adequate defense against their depradations, and innocents being slaughtered in the streets is a sacrifice they are willing to make.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 09:08 AM (3ElP1)
Ok, I give up. Why did they do this?
Posted by: dantesed at August 11, 2026 09:06 AM (Oy/m2)
The were scared of the Baseball Furies gang.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)
But the real power behind this movement is China. Their influence in government can't be understated either.
Maybe. I suspect the EU is bankrolling some of this as well
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:09 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 08:45 AM (8KLEK)
AND effectively outlawed - at the time what I was calling potentially effective therapeutics - what we now know were superior therapeutics, IVM and HCQ.
The media is complicit. They all deserved to be hanged.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 09:09 AM (dK+Kv)
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Women who have lost all natural affections.
The capacity to give and nurture life turned toward an insatiable lust to give death.
This is the true, blood sacrifice witchcraft.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 09:09 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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True, I refer to it as Calvinball Rules as if you don't look at it as comic, the tragedy will overwhelm you.
It took nearly a thousand years to build up the rule of law in the West, and now it is all being discarded because illegal migrant swarms from a hideous legal system are allowed to do as they wish. Enoch Powell was correct and crucified (as he knew he would be) for his foresight way back in the early 70's.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:09 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:09 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)
He has a body count to rival Wilt Chamberlain, according to himself. He's simply irresistible to the female of the species.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:10 AM (wVcYX)
"There are so many ways in which [illegals] can be involved behind the scene... You don't have to have papers to have power."
AOC has announced she's a member of that exact chapter!
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
That is the con. That they are being logical and trying to reduce crime. Hell, they don’t even pay lip service to that any longer.
One thing I've been pointing out to the LIVs I talk with is notice every time someone is in the news for some outrage - murder, rape, etc that in passing they mention the guy was arrested 20 times before but he's walking the streets today?
That's the problem. We stopped putting bad people away.
1% of the population causes almost all the violent crime. It doesn't matter if you ban gun, knives, or make everyone wear bubble suits. That 1% will murder death kill until they are imprisoned or executed.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
(Watching republicans change names is a weird phenomenon, Nikki Haley, Ted Cruz, Bobby Jindal)
Nikki Haley
@NikkiHaley
Yes real crazy. My name on my birth certificate is Nikki. Was born and raised with that name. I married a Haley. Nikki Haley. Somehow makes me a weird Republican.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 09:12 AM (wOO3z)
The DNC control 100% of the media. They control much of intelligence. No one is gonna "take" power from them. They love their control and money too much. Trump did it by divine providence alone, and nearly died in the process.
Where is the big fight against the DSA that the establishment and media claimed was so dangerous just 6 weeks ago? The top of the DNC and the top of the DSA are in cahoots. The highly coordinated media message tells the story. We are now in a slow normalization phase after the initial phony shock. It will come out like everything else, long after "change" has occurred and it no longer matters.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:13 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: r hennigantx
And it will take a King Henry the 8th to close the NGOs and foundations and take their money back to balance the books and force majeur to prevent the leftist judges from trying to prevent it.
That is where I don't think we can put Humpty Dumpty back together again--we can only move forward and deal with the challenges that we face today, not look backward with wistfulness of what is was. The past is literally a foreign country now--it can help us avoid mistakes going forward but it is not realistic to believe we can return to it.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:13 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Concord at August 11, 2026 08:58 AM
How about this? The idiots who live here will probably reelect her.
*puts bag over head*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 11, 2026 09:04 AM (kgE5c)
No doubt in my mind at all.
Posted by: Concord at August 11, 2026 09:14 AM (6E/05)
"Established insurgent."
"I've always had that mindset."
He doesn't actually believe anything, so it's just a never-ending, desperate effort to chase relevancy for 2028.
... sounds like "chameleon reactionary"
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)
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And who ushered all the illegals in again? Oh you thought it was just for "votes"....? Silly rabbit, the Left are three, four, five years ahead at all times.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:15 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
There is a theory that civilization starts when the chief, king, judge etc. has the capacity to kill the 3% retarded, insane, killer sociopaths.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:15 AM (/+uur)
We have a few fundamental problems...
1) You can bribe people with the treasury, but since the treasury is more or less funded by us, the productive class, it hurts us to do this while for the left obviously it is all upside
2) The FNM/Deep state libel/blackmail people constantly and right leaning voters keep following for it. How many times has some up and coming right leaning figure been torpedoed by some stupid claim out of left field (see for example Roy Moore)
3) The left has a whole infrastructure to pay, train, and prepare politicians and activists, we on the right have amateurs that take time away from their career to run (and often get cancelled for doing so)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)
@NikkiHaley
Yes real crazy. My name on my birth certificate is Nikki. Was born and raised with that name. I married a Haley. Nikki Haley. Somehow makes me a weird Republican.
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I used to be somebody!!
Posted by: Nikki Haley at August 11, 2026 09:15 AM (CAZ6h)
✅ Believes America deserved 9/11, aka that 2977 innocent people deserved to be murdered
✅ Advises his followers to murder capitalists and watch their blood run in the streets “Kill those motherfuckers”
✅ Told Black voters to “suck his fucking cock”
✅ Said “We want more immigrants to come into your countries and then they’re gonna fuck your sisters and then your daughters.”
“We’re here to destroy the White Race, Bitch.”
✅ Thinks Mao, who killed 50 million+, is the greatest leader of all time
✅ Wants communism, which killed 100 million people+, to replace the free market
✅ Regularly praises terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah - both have murdered hundreds of Americans
✅ Says the Hezbollah flag is his favorite
✅Thinks Jews should “go back to Auschitz”
✅ Openly says he has no love for America and hates the country while praising China
✅ Abuses dogs
✅ Etc.
He’s a top Democrat surrogate and media darling. Democrat Party members and “leaders” continue to elevate him.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:15 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:16 AM (JvZF+)
Hey guys! Didja know that July was the hottest month ever! Records were shattered. Shattered!!
We's gonna die!!!11!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)
Nikki Haley
@NikkiHaley
Yes real crazy. My name on my birth certificate is Nikki. Was born and raised with that name. I married a Haley. Nikki Haley. Somehow makes me a weird Republican.
Brianna Wu of all people was complaining he was getting online hate for having an Asian last name even though he is a white guy. He "married" an Asian guy so its, well not normal obviously, but I guess...legal?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)
The DNC is broke and Dem leaders have no idea how to deal with or control the DSA crazies. The DSA aren't listening to Schumer (Zionist, corporatist) , or any of the old leaders.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (NFRf7)
Like the divine rule of kings, the period is not likely to last long but will cause a lot of tumult when it gets tossed on the ash heap of history. I am afraid it will take a Franco or a Cromwell to restore the West and history will damn them for what they do.
And like a fungus, if the entire leftist ecosystem is not ruined and broken by them, it will come back more virulent than ever.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:16 AM (JvZF+)
Wonder if she would have one of those designer Trans kids ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (ejzvi)
CNN: Your ad uses his FULL name. He goes by Abdul El Sayed. Are you saying, hint hint, he's Muslim?!
... just like Barack Insein Obama
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)
Hey guys! Didja know that July was the hottest month ever! Records were shattered. Shattered!!
We's gonna die!!!11!
Posted by: Count de Monet
Stephanie Abrams and her rack get all aflutter in the morning screeching about all the disasters all over the globe.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 09:18 AM (wOO3z)
@NikkiHaley
Yes real crazy. My name on my birth certificate is Nikki. Was born and raised with that name. I married a Haley. Nikki Haley. Somehow makes me a weird Republican.
=====================
I used to be somebody!!
Posted by: Nikki Haley
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So did me and my family! Low energy, pfffft.
Posted by: Jeb Bush at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (E4rtv)
The hottest day on record in most American states was in...
1936
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:16 AM (JvZF+)
.. imagine a 50 year old AOC chasing after a toddler and a 60-some AOC still paying for the child's college education
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)
I love it when Trump emphasizes the Husein when he says obama's name...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (ejzvi)
@NikkiHaley
Yes real crazy. My name on my birth certificate is Nikki. Was born and raised with that name. I married a Haley. Nikki Haley. Somehow makes me a weird Republican.
Brianna Wu of all people was complaining he was getting online hate for having an Asian last name even though he is a white guy. He "married" an Asian guy so its, well not normal obviously, but I guess...legal?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)
That's terrible!
Posted by: Donna Chang, The Chinese Woman, Obligatory Seinfeld Reference at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (wVcYX)
2024 left the Democrats crying they had no youth, no energy, no masculinity and no podcasts.
The sudden appearance of this "problem" solves all of the above.
Like a woman randomly eating a sick bat in China a year before Trump is skating to reelection... nobody gets THAT lucky.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
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Rule #1 of criminology
Until this is observed we will continue to lose our civilization.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (JvZF+)
Sort of like the Fourth Turning guy didn't account for the fact that his saeculum was based on Western European cultures and didn't anticipate a destroyed culture brought in by foreign invaders and colonizers who have zero in common with the various "turnings" that were the US.
Another "win" for Diversity and Multiculturalism. Even those "500 years of continuity" are demolished.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (BvPIe)
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I think the most horrifying is the cartel judges.
They blithely believe their ever-more outrageous and unmoored opinions will always be followed no matter what.
And they refuse to consider how quickly they are hastening a world where they are not.
They are tearing down the law to stop one man they disagree with over mere politics.
And whether they succeed or not--there will be no law remaining.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: The Egg Lady Edith Massey at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)
Why buy the cow when the milk is free?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 11, 2026 09:00 AM (KOPVf)
*****
They've been together since at least 2015.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
Other body-fluid themed events:
"Lunch of the Loogies," a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by phlegm."
"Dinner of the Dookies," a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by feces."
"Soiree of the Semen," a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by sperm."
"Picnic of the Pus," a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by suppuration."
"Salon of the Sweat," a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by perspiration."
"Unveiling of the Urine" a "6course [sic] dinner inspired by piss."
What the hell is up with these slags and their menstruation fetish? Yes, it is a natural process. No, you don't need to celebrate it, any more than you need to celebrate every time you take a dump.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:21 AM (IG3/x)
My mute button gets a workout, sometimes.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 11, 2026 09:21 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:16 AM (JvZF+)
.. imagine a 50 year old AOC chasing after a toddler and a 60-some AOC still paying for the child's college education
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)
But she wants you to know she believes in motherhood too like those icky Republican women who keep having babies like Caroline Levette . Her surrogate will have one for her one day when she needs a prop...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 09:22 AM (ejzvi)
1) The heat island effect. That suburban neighborhood with trees and forests scattered around in felt cooler in the summer 40 years ago now then it does as high rises, strip malls, and concrete EVERYWHERE.
2) Northerners moving to the south. I see this one a lot personally - people that I know that grew up in the North/North east that move to AZ or FL and then say the summers are way, way hotter then they remember as kids. Well...duh. Before AC the populations in those areas were low because...IT GETS REALLY HOT THERE
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mike Mulligan at August 11, 2026 09:22 AM (Mrl86)
The footage shows organized juveniles clashing inside a New York City McDonald's, part of a pattern of 'teen takeovers' advertised on social media at fast-food spots and malls. Affected locations in Brooklyn, Queens, and beyond now ban unaccompanied teens under 20 and hire private security to restore order. Online reactions call for tougher enforcement and accountability, while some link the disruptions to policy debates over policing and prisons, leaving residents worried about safety in public spaces.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:23 AM (RHGPo)
Why buy the cow when the milk is free?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 11, 2026 09:00 AM (KOPVf)
*****
They've been together since at least 2015.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 11, 2026 09:20 AM (NpAcC)
I think the milk may be beginning to curdle.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:23 AM (wVcYX)
The futures uncertain and the end is always near.
Let it roll.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 09:23 AM (viF8m)
The former bartender is worth millions right now. Unless she develops a drug habit, paying for some hypothetical child's college is no factor.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 09:23 AM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 11, 2026 09:15 AM (/+uur)
For centuries the UK executed (or later, transported) about 2% of every generation.
Things went downhill fast when they stopped doing that.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:23 AM (IG3/x)
"She'll turn 37 in a couple months. If she got pregnant now, it would technically be a geriatric pregnancy," conservative commentator Matt Walsh posted on X. "This desire to start having children late in life is completely baffling to me."
"Not helpful": White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing.."
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 09:24 AM (g47mK)
1936
Posted by: 18-1 at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (sKqQm)
1936 just ran the thermometer under hot water cuz they didn't want to go to school.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mike Mulligan at August 11, 2026 09:22 AM (Mrl86)
*drives post through a 12 in water main*
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 09:24 AM (wOO3z)
.. why not give up on murder and just call it ultra extreme late-term abortion
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)
"Not helpful": White House winces over conservatives bashing AOC for egg freezing.."
Posted by: runner at August 11, 2026 09:24 AM (g47mK)
If she didn't want comments she shouldn't have put in on the internet... None of us needed to see it...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 09:25 AM (ejzvi)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 11, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)
Pro level malingering: sticking your face next to a space heater or heat vent for a while so your forehead would be warm.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:25 AM (IG3/x)
Go right to the top.
pope_bob@vatican.va
Posted by: one hour sober at August 11, 2026 09:07 AM (J4Dwc)
Presuming she attends Holy Mass, you know she receives Communion. You know the priest would never withhold Communion from her.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (N39Ws)
20 Eating sushi off a nude Lena Dunham would be more appealing than attending Hong's dinner.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:30 AM
There’s not a projectile vomiting emoji big enough for that one.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (NFRf7)
It is not coming apart in the headline equity indices, where everything looks tight, well-bid, and orderly. It is coming apart one level down - in credit, in positioning, and in the accounting.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:21 AM (IG3/x)
*puts away vuvuzela and champagne confetti poppers*
Geeze, life is getting to be no fun at all.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (wVcYX)
I have a prayer request for my family: my father passed away yesterday after a long battle w/a degenerative lung disease. If you could add prayers for his peace and for my mom I would appreciate it. Thanks
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
The Abuela Wall(tm) catches all.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 09:27 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:27 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Anna Puma
That's a shit load of sushi
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 11, 2026 09:27 AM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)
So sorry... Prayers for you and your Family
Posted by: It's me donna at August 11, 2026 09:27 AM (ejzvi)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)
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Blessed are you hashem the True Judge.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Like hell you don't. After a certain age, celebrations are mandatory.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: Drool at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (+4Cf6)
Praying for him, your mom, you and family. I'm so sorry Lizzy.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (8KLEK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (NFRf7)
She'll be the left's next Nancy Pelosi.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (N39Ws)
There is just No Way in Hell you are that new here.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 11, 2026 09:28 AM (viF8m)
A. She got the response she wanted. This is her shtick (similar to Trump's) to be just annoying enough to her critics to provoke a response.
B. "Not helpful" Thanks for not going full squish and telling us it's "not a good look" and to "be better."
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (X8xt3)
Seattle college student saves three girls from drowning. " Sunny Skyz" site:
https://tinyurl.com/mryysrmt
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (Z1RBE)
Posted by: Bulg at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Some research into the Bloody Codes of British History argue that. The Enclosures of the Commons led to widespread problems in urban areas of violent criminals, etc. and the English Civil War did not help matters, so a draconian Bloody Code using capital punishment liberally and lengthy imprisonments for even what we would call petty crimes today basically killed the violent criminal class off for awhile in the UK.
Posted by: whig at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lizzy
You have my prayers and deepest condolences. 😢
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:19 AM (RHGPo)
She'll be a multi-decade politician by then. She'll be worth 450 billion dollars or something.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (BI5O2)
1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World
With excessive euphoria leading to disappointed expectations, in the early 1870s the bubble burst. Stock markets from Vienna to New York crashed, and dozens of railroads and many governments defaulted. Financial officials responded by blundering into a precipitous remaking of the global currency system—exacerbating the ensuing economic collapse and setting the stage for decades of a punitive deflation that sparked waves of anti-globalist populism. As Liaquat Ahamed shows us in this enthralling history, the crisis of 1873 was, among other things, a death blow to Reconstruction in the United States and the proximate cause of the Ottoman Empire’s slow death spiral. Ironically, though the Rothschilds had presciently kept a low profile during the bubble, when the deluge came, they were viciously scapegoated as part of a wider hatred directed at “Jewish finance,” a strain of antisemitism that would come to full evil flower during the twentieth century.
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:30 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2026 09:30 AM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 11, 2026 09:30 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 09:30 AM (IG3/x)
So Sorry, Lizzy. Will pray for your family.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 09:31 AM (Z1RBE)
Posted by: Lizzy at August 11, 2026 09:26 AM (X8xt3)
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God bless, Lizzy! Prayers up.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 11, 2026 09:31 AM (CAZ6h)
Posted by: Vaulting to Fame and Fortune at August 11, 2026 08:46 AM (JM9I6)
Mom's Jewish.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 11, 2026 09:31 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 11, 2026 09:31 AM (20FgH)
Posted by: SMOD
Don't be silly. That's what The Help is for.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 09:31 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 09:31 AM (NFRf7)
.. why not give up on murder and just call it ultra extreme late-term abortion
Posted by: SMOD at August 11, 2026 09:25 AM (RHGPo)
But God forbid they reinstate the death penalty. They’re too effing dense to see the irony of it all.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 11, 2026 09:32 AM (SjAWL)
Daily Tech News 11 August 2026
Top Story
- Sergey Brin has now spent $100 million opposing California's demented billionaire tax. (Tech Crunch)
The article says the tax would cost Brin $13 billion, but if so they have revised it. The original language would have hit Brin and Google co-founder Larry Page particularly hard due to how voting rights are assigned for their shares, sending his tax liabilities soaring to around $50 billion.
- Speaking of demented billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg wrote an essay on why we should be thankful for AI. (Tech Crunch)
And managed to make a convincing case... For the opposition.
Tech News
- TSMC can sidestep its $1 billion worth of Apple ASICs awaiting memory supplies by... Making more AI chips? (WCCFTech)
What?
- TSMC doesn't have $1 billion worth of Apple ASICs awaiting memory supplies. (WCCFTech)
Supplies!
- Meta's new Muse Glimmer model provides an always-on AI model that can run on consumer hardware. (Meta)
All you need is a $5000 graphics card. And to run the model in quantized (half-precision or less) mode.
You do have a $5000 graphics card, don't you?
- Sorry, I meant $7000 graphics card. (Tom's Hardware)
You snoozed, you losed.
- Windows 11's built-in weather app uses 1.2GB of RAM all by itself. (Tom's Hardware)
Fire, for the killing with.
Disclaimer: Oh no, oh no!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 04:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
407 Pixy's up!
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)
No, I have a $639 graphics card.
Wait, it's $659...
oops, $689.
Wait, it's $709.
Ahh screw it, it's worth about $759.
Today.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 04:36 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)
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Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 04:42 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 04:42 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Accomack at August 11, 2026 04:44 AM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)
Original RTX 5090 MSRP = $1999
The 5090 is now going for $4699
And the 5080 is on track to hit the 5090 MSRP by the end of the year where it's now sitting at $1499
Jensen Huang must bathe in $100 dollar bills.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 04:47 AM (6ydKt)
...North, to Oakland, where it still dithers, apparently deciding on where to go on the next leg of its momentous journey.
If my luck holds up as it has been I'm honestly expecting to wake up and read this tomorrow:
Latest Update
Your item arrived at our USPS facility in SHANGHAI CHINA DISTRIBUTION CENTER on August 13, 2026 at 2:16 pm. The item is currently in transit to the destination.
Why not?
It's a once in a lifetime trip for the little guy.
Might as well make the most it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 05:04 AM (6ydKt)
Will the prices for GPU and memory chips push the PC gaming business deeper into the hole from which they cannot extricate themselves?
I am not a gamer but at one point they were a huge portion of the PC market. The dearth of new games and huge memory usage pre price explosion started the collapse.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2026 05:07 AM (U9xiT)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 04:45 AM (sAmhv)
I was just this minute pulling up a Thunderbolt display user manual to read about the fan/vent! We do lead exciting lives.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:07 AM (odBC9)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 11, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:13 AM (odBC9)
Don’t operate your display in areas with significant amounts of airborne dust, or smoke
from cigarettes, cigars, ashtrays, stoves, or fireplaces, or near an ultrasonic humidifier
using unfiltered tap water.
Tiny airborne particles produced by smoking, cooking, burning, or using an ultrasonic humidifier with unfiltered water may, in rare instances,
enter the *ventilation openings* of your display and, under certain conditions, result in a
slight haze on the inside surface of the glass panel that covers the display.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:16 AM (odBC9)
That would drive me crazy.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)
That would drive me crazy.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)
That's what black electrical tape is for.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:17 AM (Ot/FD)
At the gardens yesterday morning I saw a hummingbird, and lovely flowers including Black Eyed Susans, Purple Topped Vervain , Swamp Rose Mallow and Great Blue Lobelia.
There were also toadstools the size of very small unbrellas if you are an elf.
There were also lovely people including two co workers ( I think ) one of whom wished that I had a blessed day and a women sitting on a bench in the garden who told me she was enjoying the bird song . Even if you are a naturally a sort of introverted person. It can improve your day if you say kind things to others.
Posted by: Can't do. Sorry! at August 11, 2026 05:18 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Can't do. Sorry! at August 11, 2026 05:19 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Pete Bog
Time to pull out that old copy of Zork! Or Fallout! Go Back to the Future!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 05:20 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: FenelonSpike at August 11, 2026 05:20 AM (JrHfD)
That would drive me crazy.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)
That's what black electrical tape is for.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:17 AM (Ot/FD)
AAGGHH!
I have a post-it over the camera thingie (aperture?) at the top of the screen.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:22 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m
I think that was her 'Lets hang out with Prince' phase. She was a beauty in the 80s. Last I saw, she got addicted to plastic surgery. She's has some and by some, I mean a lot.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 05:22 AM (sAmhv)
https://tinyurl.com/26fuyr3s
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 05:24 AM (Z1RBE)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 05:25 AM (Z1RBE)
AI is just another machine. Use it to your advantage, or don't. The fretting that we face annihilation because it's "smarter than us" is a red herring. Of course it's "smarter than us", that's the point of it. There are about four billion people on earth who have at least four billion other people who are "smarter than them", and they're not all facing an apocalypse. Most people can bench more than I can, and i'm not dead yet.
I don't fear AI itself. What I fear is what a clever huckster (or worse) can do with it. "Can do"? Sorry, I meant "will".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:26 AM (Ot/FD)
Will the prices for GPU and memory chips push the PC gaming business deeper into the hole from which they cannot extricate themselves?
I am not a gamer but at one point they were a huge portion of the PC market. The dearth of new games and huge memory usage pre price explosion started the collapse.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 11, 2026 05:07 AM (U9xiT)
It hasn't reached critical, yet, but it has caused some gaming studios to begin to actually optimize their games better since so many people can't upgrade their RAM or GPUs due to prices.
The next real hurdle comes next year or '28 when Xbox and Sony release their new consoles and then the gaming industry will tailor their games to meet the new tech's specs.
We can only cross our fingers and wait for the bubble to pop or deflate and bring prices back down to Earth.
If it keeps up for more than a year or two a lot of PC & Gaming focused companies will be bankrupt.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 05:28 AM (6ydKt)
Just as most of the world's most dangerous people are those who others think are much, much smarter than they are.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:29 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:31 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 05:31 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 05:32 AM (Z1RBE)
My AI related gripe is that companies now feel the need to use it in their phone system to put up another barrier to interacting with people.
"I think you said you need to speak to a representative."
"Yes, you miserable clanker. Give me a human so I can give him the same information I just provided to you!"
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 05:34 AM (99eI0)
Now you tell me
Posted by: Kelce, out for the season at August 11, 2026 05:34 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:29 AM (Ot/FD)
>>>so many people think [AI]'s smarter than it is
I think that's close to a summary of what Pixy's been saying for forever. Or maybe more like: people are wrong to think that AI's smart.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:35 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 05:35 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 05:37 AM (Z1RBE)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 05:39 AM (99eI0)
Jus' sayin' ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 05:40 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:31 AM (Ot/FD)
At this point everybody is saving their money to buy Grand Theft Auto 6.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 05:40 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 05:34 AM (99eI0)
Just for fun, I tried to use the AI/Gemini mode of Google to look up some tires for a tractor I just got. I asked for recommendations in a certain size, and it gave me some. Neat. How much? $XYZ dollars. Lovely. Who has them? Oh, no, they don't make them in that size, but you can get one of these other two styles. OK, fine, how much and where? They don't come in that size, either.
The real kick in the ass is just how terrible searching for anything normally without AI has become. "Show me tires with this tread pattern in 20x8.00-8". Sure thing, Chief, here's ten pages of nothing even remotely close to that size, a few busted links to some defunct company's homepage, and a couple reddit posts about feeling tired all the time.
Get fucked, Google, i'll just go to tractor supply then.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:41 AM (Ot/FD)
Pray also for "Random Dave " who has interviews later this morning. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 05:42 AM (Z1RBE)
It's a once in a lifetime trip for the little guy.
Might as well make the most it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
In the 80s, I flew from Budapest to the US. One checked bag did not. After a while, Pan Am paid the $600 or so lost luggage compensation.
But about six months later, it showed up, rather the worse for wear.
It had stickers on it like the elegant luggage of a 60s Jet Set playboy.
I have never visited those many exotic places in Central Asia, but that bag did.
Posted by: International Man of Miklos at August 11, 2026 05:42 AM (XOG/m)
It's going to hurt them somewhat. Not sure it'll be a hole they can't get out of but you should expect to see a lot of layoffs. They will have to focus on producing games for the hardware that most people already own because gamers aren't buying a whole lot of new machines or custom parts because of the insane prices of memory, gpus, and storage right now.
What will further keep them on building games for existing/older hardware is the damage to the hardware sales channels (wholesale and retail) that will happen if they can't sell to end customers due to the prices.
The first sign will minimal staffing. The second sign will be the sale and lack of restocking of lower priced items as the stores start to canibalize themselves to stay afloat. After that it's the "Going out of business" or liquidation sale, at which point it's already too late to save them.
Once again: This bubble can not pop fast enough.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 05:43 AM (O7YUW)
Microsoft: "Write an app that shows weather. Be creative. Use as much memory as you want."
Posted by: James Comey at August 11, 2026 05:45 AM (l3cgK)
But about six months later, it showed up, rather the worse for wear.
It had stickers on it like the elegant luggage of a 60s Jet Set playboy.
I have never visited those many exotic places in Central Asia, but that bag did.
Posted by: International Man of Miklos at August 11, 2026 05:42 AM (XOG/m)
Bag say US. Uzbeki-Stan. I put on Uzbek plane. Bag go to US. Why so mad?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:46 AM (Ot/FD)
"I think you said you need to speak to a representative."
"Yes, you miserable clanker. Give me a human so I can give him the same information I just provided to you!"
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 05:34 AM (99eI0)
@Aelfred_D has a good riff on this, maybe yesterday.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:46 AM (odBC9)
Pixy, at this point it doesn't matter if the price goes up to $14,000 or $21,000. It's well past the point where I'd be willing to spend that kind of money on a chunk of highly-processed sand and copper.
Seriously, F that.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 05:46 AM (O7YUW)
(I do not want to mega-base or something.)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:48 AM (Ot/FD)
Bingo
Similar to when large corporates decided the Intel/Microsoft must replace everything to keep up two time game was not worth it.
Posted by: Miklos applauds true insight at August 11, 2026 05:48 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:50 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
bag now US citizen
Vote D
Posted by: retroactive autopen at August 11, 2026 05:50 AM (XOG/m)
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
14h
Me: when storm
AI: If you’re asking when a storm is supposed to hit your area, current projections show between 4 and 5 pm and
Me: why rain fall
AI: Uh, ok, well water droplets in the air
Me: how water in air but air not water
AI:
Me: what water
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
14h
I think I can Socrates my bot into a nervous breakdown or at least get it to condemn me to death for seducing and corrupting the youth
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:52 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:52 AM (Ot/FD)
alexandriabrown
@alexthechick
14h
Replying to @aelfred_D
I see you are doing your part in fighting the AI demons by making them want to exorcise you.
Aelfred The Great
@aelfred_D
14h
I can stay annoying longer than they can stay sane
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:54 AM (odBC9)
Now with the option to deliver via drone!
https://youtu.be/07rtBip9ixk
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:41 AM (Ot/FD)
I've been bitching about this for a long while. Google is some kind of perverse anti-search engine. It works well for very little now. It's hard to believe it's not intentional because you normally have to try to suck this hard.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2026 05:54 AM (g9zlb)
3gunGorilla
@GomesBolt
13h
Replying to @aelfred_D
Me half the time I use AI for something:
Wow. That’s great. That’s exactly what I was looking for!
Me the other half of the time: not at all what I was looking for. Looks like I need to do it myself.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:56 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2026 05:54 AM (g9zlb)
Yeah, I really don't chalk it up to AI being inherently bad. It's just that Google is so monumentally shit at doing anything anymore.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:56 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:57 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:41 AM (Ot/FD)
Some retail websites are really good at filtering and giving accurate results.
Some just run a search through their entire database and you get back anything that remotely resembles your search terms.
If you've got a large parts catalog, like auto parts or industrial supply, it's a beast to corral that much data.
You've got to find one or two sites that you like these days, and stick with them. RockAuto is pretty good with their search interface as an example.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 05:58 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:59 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2026 05:59 AM (g9zlb)
But about six months later, it showed up, rather the worse for wear.
It had stickers on it like the elegant luggage of a 60s Jet Set playboy.
I have never visited those many exotic places in Central Asia, but that bag did.
Posted by: International Man of Miklos at August 11, 2026 05:42 AM (XOG/m)
It finally found the one guy that knew how to do his job and wanted the bag to find it's way home.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 06:00 AM (6ydKt)
Hey, how about an air cleaner for a weed whacker? You know you want one
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 06:02 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:02 AM (99eI0)
“Asked to define the difference between socialism and communism, she said the dividing line is democracy.”
Oh lordie, this girl is more amusing than a box full of kittens.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:04 AM (99eI0)
The house I had my eye on yesterday, my agent said, already has an offer on it. It would have been perfect for me, and in a perfect location. It had only been on Realtor for two days. Grrrr. I'll ask him again to check on its status; it's still showing as "For Sale."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026
***
I started calling it Gorgle and Gaggle a long time ago, and stopped using it soon after that. Qwant or Bing is what I use most of the time now.
Qwant's "Flash Answer," though, I don't trust. When I asked it about a street here in town, one I know quite a bit about, nearly everything it spat back was dead wrong.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:08 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Just Wondering at August 11, 2026 06:08 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:10 AM (O7YUW)
startpage.com
dogpile.com
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:11 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Accomack at August 11, 2026 06:12 AM (T8bqm)
Because Steve has this crazy idea that people should come to his website to read his reviews and testing results, he's kind of P.O.'d at the AI corps.
So to help solve this problem he got together with Wendell at Level1Techs and came up with an idea to embed a tiny graphic within his other charts and graphs. That tiny graphic contains a lot of text readable only by AI.
So in addition to the info in the charts, AI is also getting such things as: "Nose-Normalized Chocolate Chip Cookies - 27 dBA Full Torture Edition" with ingredient such as: "2 Large Eggs, preferably with unobstructed front intake".
It seems like a wonderful (and entertaining) idea to me.
"It’s Time to Poison AI | GN Mega Charts Update & LLM Countermeasures"
https://youtu.be/0WP6kEO3i8g
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 06:12 AM (6ydKt)
Hey, how about an air cleaner for a weed whacker? You know you want one
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 06:02 AM (3ElP1)
Congratulations, you'll now have at least one ad for weed whacker air cleaners on every single thing you watch online, for at least the next month.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:12 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
Agreed. That was how my wife and I got our first place. And if it turns into a bidding war, set a limit on how high you want to go and don't be afraid to walk away.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:12 AM (99eI0)
“Asked to define the difference between socialism and communism, she said the dividing line is democracy.”
Oh lordie, this girl is more amusing than a box full of kittens.
Posted by: NR Pax
She has all the depth of a bumper sticker.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 06:12 AM (sAmhv)
I've been bitching about this for a long while. Google is some kind of perverse anti-search engine. It works well for very little now. It's hard to believe it's not intentional because you normally have to try to suck this hard.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 11, 2026 05:54 AM (g9zlb)
Here's my concern. As AI grows in importance to these companies, all the tools and means by which they curated and made searchable information will wither and die or at least never be improved. The copper landlines of the internet, so to speak.
This may surprise them, but some of us are quite good at looking for information. I have spent the better part of a year on Google Scholar running down literature articles on single-site olefin polymerization catalysts. The search engine for GS is hopeless. The organization of results is worse. Exporting results is a joke. I spent a month plugging 6900 digital object identifiers into it one at a time looking for citations with an attached PDF. And now that they have AI? It will be much, much worse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:13 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026
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That's what I thought. We haven't even video toured the place yet; I don't see why we can't, since the place is not occupied.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:13 AM (O0L8i)
Me: "Why is a subscription to Metadex so damn expensive? I'll just use GS."
Me, later: "Oh. Now I get it."
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:15 AM (Ot/FD)
Saw that yesterday. Good on him for taking the steps he can take to solve the problem on his end. That's what we need more of.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fluffy at August 11, 2026 06:16 AM (V0/Sp)
>>>California's demented billionaire tax
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:35 AM (odBC9)
A “hate tax” (h/t, MEP Farage…who was an MEP at the time)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 06:17 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 05:04 AM (6ydKt)
It is A City By A Body Of Water. (H/t, Jim Rome)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 06:19 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
*
Agreed. That was how my wife and I got our first place. And if it turns into a bidding war, set a limit on how high you want to go and don't be afraid to walk away.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026
***
The place is already near the top of my range; there isn't much room. However, the property tax (for now) and insurance (an online estimate, but a pessimistic one) are low enough that I do have some space to maneuver. I've written to my agent to ask about a video tour anyway.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Jeremy Clarkson Jeremy Clarkson at August 11, 2026 06:19 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 11, 2026 06:20 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 06:20 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 06:21 AM (odBC9)
kinda like the old times
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 06:22 AM (VyBeY)
This works as the seller too. A friend of mine was trying to sell his property, and they have an agreement in principle already on a price and conditions. Then he gets a call from his real-estate agent with a bunch of mostly-last-minute demands the buyer tried to saddle him with or they'd walk away from the purchase. (The buyers were Chinese, and apparently this type of negotiation strategy is common with them, at least in this geographic area.)
My friend's response? "We walk away. The deal's off if they don't take the original deal we agreed on."
The response got delivered. The buyer gave the go-ahead to proceed with the purchase on the original terms, and paperwork got signed accordingly.
The real estate agent later told my friend he loved his hard-line response. Most people cave, and give away a bunch of money they didn't have to, because they're desperate to sell, and that's why buyers try that crap. He said it was a joy to be working with someone who wasn't desperate because he didn't get the option to deliver "F you, take it or leave it" terms very often.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:23 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:24 AM (O7YUW)
As for the results of all this, I had 7628 journal references. Of those, 1962 had attached documents, or a little over 25%. I'm now writing to some of the bigger investigators in the field asking for reprints. My hope is that this will push it up to about 35%. Then what? Sufficient unto the day are the evils thereof. I'll think of something.
I will have on the order of 9000 patent documents from the US, EP and PCT. It will take one day to search for those, export a nice spreadsheet and organize them. A copy of every single one will be available immediately online.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:24 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 06:25 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:25 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 05:37 AM (Z1RBE)
Ma'am, you're going to have to give us the officer's name, so we can send him to remedial training. We cannot have incidents like this interfering with our departmental goals.
Posted by: NJ Office of Anarcho-Tyranny at August 11, 2026 06:26 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:23 AM (O7YUW)
We had a similar situation. Found a house we liked well enough to make an offer on. Wee, highest bidder at asking price. Seller's realtor relays some insane page-long letter by the seller of all these baffling, self-contradicting little technicalities and conditions and obfuscations for us to abide by. We told our realtor "Absolutely not." Any counter offer? Yeah, sure we got a counter offer, but it wouldn't be polite to say out loud. She happily sent along our two word response verbatim.
Then we found a better house a few weeks later.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:27 AM (Ot/FD)
A week later, the realtor was telling the owner to start looking at other offers. I ripped that woman brand new openings and took my money back.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:27 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:27 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 11, 2026 06:28 AM (iNosy)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:27 AM (99eI0)
LOL, what the hell. Good Faith money is a standard practice it seems, but.... it's supposed to be met with Good Faith in return. Kind of defeats the purpose of it otherwise.
It's like shooting the hostages before you even talk to the negotiator.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:30 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:30 AM (Ot/FD)
Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?
Posted by: Abdullah Mohammad Mohammad Costanza Abdullah at August 11, 2026 06:31 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: fluffy at August 11, 2026 06:32 AM (V0/Sp)
Time I got dressed and had some breakfast, I guess.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)
what I kind of miss is the completely random unrelated results that you used to get back around 1997; I remember that was how I discovered Linux back in the day. good ol' AltaVista.
difference? back then it felt like (& was) honest mistakes made by baby algorithms, today it's more like malice aforethought from algorithms that are carefully crafted by people who enjoy twisting our heads.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 06:33 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:30 AM (Ot/FD)
Heh, actually i'm wrong. It's like coming to a successful deal with the negotiator and THEN shooting the hostages.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:34 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 06:35 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 06:36 AM (zEBE+)
The agent was probably trying to get a better commission but keeping me on standby in case things didn't pan out. Now, it did work out OK for us; we moved into a better county, our house was a bit less than the other house and we have a decent neighborhood. But I was still annoyed.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:37 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 11, 2026 06:38 AM (iNosy)
That house stayed on the market for a good year after that, too. So I can't imagine we were the first or the last to tell him to take a hike.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:38 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 06:35 AM (VyBeY)
---------
Fog: Where' he learn to negotiate like that?
President Lindberg: I wonder... *glares at generals*
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 11, 2026 06:39 AM (amcLV)
Zuck is now a Florida resident. Musk is a Texas resident. I'm sure plenty of smaller fry have also decamped.
Same thing on the other seaboard. Trump is also a Florida resident now, and so many other rich folk have started to flee MummyDummy that I can here the whooshing noise from up here in Alaska.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 06:39 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026
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Possibly it began, or became standard practice, for them to tinker with results during the Sniffle Scare, so as to keep people who thought for themselves from researching and finding out the Party Line was a congeries of lies.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9)
If he hasn't bought legislators, what does he hope to accomplish?
Posted by: t-bird at August 11, 2026 06:41 AM (IeX0j)
Posted by: t-bird at August 11, 2026 06:41 AM (IeX0j)
Buying politicians is tacky.
You're supposed to buy the people who have already bought the politicians.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:42 AM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don Black at August 11, 2026 06:44 AM (ZxPkt)
That house stayed on the market for a good year after that, too. So I can't imagine we were the first or the last to tell him to take a hike.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 06:38 AM
When we first moved to Texas we immediately found a house we loved, but it was contingent. They were building a new house some miles away and they had a contract they wanted us to sign if we bought the house. They wanted to stay in the house for 4 months after they sold it to us and pay $400 a month in rent with an option to extend that to 6 six months if they ran into construction issues. They couldn't start construction until they sold their current house.
We were not happy and told the real estate agent we would have never went to see the house if they had told us that upfront.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 11, 2026 06:45 AM (cpFbA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 06:45 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 11, 2026 06:45 AM (6jy2V)
Giving The Big Dummy a semi-bath today before he visits the vet tomorrow. Back in May, the poor fellow was given some antibiotics for a condition I can't now remember. They were sufficiently powerful to wipe out all his gut bacteria. I will spare you the details, but he frequently has to have his rear washed off. It's a hasty job and now he has some staining back there.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:47 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 06:47 AM (99eI0)
Stirling tossed up a hairball a few minutes ago.
At least he was polite enough not to hack it up at 2:00 AM on the path between your bed and the bathroom.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:49 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 11, 2026 06:35 AM (VyBeY)
Great movie. A little too much Chris Tucker, though.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 11, 2026 06:49 AM (brIJB)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 06:50 AM (zEBE+)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)
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I'm always a bit nervous about feeding my cats immediately after they do that...I'm afraid they'll just throw up their breakfast because their stomach is still unsettled. And yeah, that happens sometimes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 06:53 AM (FZ29D)
I hope this is a sufficiently cringing note to everyone from whom I'm requesting information.
"I am working on a scientific-historical book on single-site olefin polymerization catalysts. It would be a great help to me if you could, to the extent possible, provide reprints - at your leisure and in any form most convenient to you - of the articles in the attached file. Thank you very much for your assistance."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:54 AM (O0L8i)
Not terrible, and optimism will help sustain and carry you in a pessimistic world. Keep that up.
"And you?"
Pretty good. I've got a bus charter today, and I just finished preparing lunch for that. Should be a pretty good day.
Which reminds me, need to load some more reading material onto my Kindle. (I do a lot of reading while I'm sitting in the bus, waiting on the charter group.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 06:57 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 06:57 AM (3ElP1)
I hope this is a sufficiently cringing note to everyone from whom I'm requesting information.
"I am working on a scientific-historical book on single-site olefin polymerization catalysts. It would be a great help to me if you could, to the extent possible, provide reprints - at your leisure and in any form most convenient to you - of the articles in the attached file. Thank you very much for your assistance."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 06:54 AM (O0L8i)
This looks fascinating, I would like to contribute my thoughts on systemic racism in the olepoly catalyst things and be listed as co-author.
Posted by: Ason Jarday, Ph.D at August 11, 2026 06:58 AM (brIJB)
Still, pretty solid drama, with Bette and Barry as a suburban couple (he's a lawyer) who have been married for twenty years and have two grown girls. (One was played by Betty Lou, some years later to be Barney's girlfriend on Andy Griffith.) Suddenly he wants a divorce -- still a shocking subject in 1951, I guess. She's gotten to be so focused on success and social climbing that he doesn't recognize her anymore.
Davis plays the woman's present-day self -- and the younger version in flashbacks -- with her usual style.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 06:59 AM (wzUl9)
Speaking of demented billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg wrote an essay on why we should be thankful for AI. (Tech Crunch)
And managed to make a convincing case... For the opposition.
Zuck is too dumb to realize he's not a visionary.
Gah
I miss Steve Jobs.
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 11, 2026 07:00 AM (Ydd86)
https://youtu.be/9TyxxLHfBwE
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 07:00 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:00 AM (wzUl9)
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Umm...1997 was like 30 years ago, dude.
Posted by: Person with a calendar at August 11, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)
As FenalonSpoke said, prayers would be appreciated in the mid to late morning for the interview. I really hope this goes well, and that there aren't any surprise 'now we need to...' hurdles. I'm so ready for this to be what God's been positioning me for...
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 07:01 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I could use some Expert Advice on dog baths. Miss Dixie, being a Dandie Dinmont terrier and all, is not a Water Dog. She is an Anti-Water dog.
Two hands are not enough to both maintain dog in tub and do the actual shampooing part.
Posted by: Miklos consults the Expert Wisdom of the Horde at August 11, 2026 07:02 AM (XOG/m)
One time, my Benvolio let out a howl that indicated everything in his stomach was about to come out. I got to him right as he started horking and held him over the toilet in a restraining hold.
The little bastard exerted control of his innards to the point that whatever was coming out went back down and he was mad at me for a few hours.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:04 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 07:04 AM (aJQbY)
Done and dealt with. Hopefully you come back with good news.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:04 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:05 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Cap'n Quirk at August 11, 2026 07:05 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026 07:06 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:06 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 11, 2026 06:50 AM (zEBE+)
I don't feel bad at all. In fact, I am giddy over the prospect. Asshoes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 07:06 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ason Jarday, Ph.D
I am THRILLED to have been assigned as editor on this project!
Posted by: La'Malcolm X Mohammed-Wisconsin, Ed.D., Cambridge University Press at August 11, 2026 07:07 AM (XOG/m)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:09 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Anna Puma
so
I should infiltrate reddit
Lots of kipling and von mises
Posted by: devious mind of Miklos at August 11, 2026 07:09 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 11, 2026 07:09 AM (NFRf7)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:10 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 07:10 AM (ZGz6B)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
I am going to vote against Miss Lindsey's sister in about 5 minutes, if that helps
Get beer on the way back
Posted by: Moderately dutiful citizen Miklos at August 11, 2026 07:11 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:11 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026
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It is. Davis's character goes from a happy young bride who helps her newly-minted lawyer husband in his fledgling office, to what another, more established woman says is a "ruthless social climber," and then to a woman who deliberately and coldly demands *everything* in their divorce.
She discovers, though, that being alone in life is not something she wants.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:11 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:12 AM (u82oZ)
Why isn't there a shampoo product that smells similar to the stuff dogs love to roll in?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 11, 2026 07:12 AM (nAS9C)
Posted by: Mellifluous Announcer Voice at August 11, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 11, 2026
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They sound like the ancestors to Marge Simpson's sisters.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:13 AM (wzUl9)
Lots of Heinlein and Sowell.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
*Strokes dog*
*temples fingers*
Excellent
Most Excellent
Posted by: Miklos in best menacing laugh at August 11, 2026 07:14 AM (XOG/m)
There are a LOT of tire-kicking buyers who will waste your time when you're selling. They have various motives, a lot of it is boredom though. I hate these people SO much, they just gum up the works. Agents around here are legally required to bring you every offer, and I think these timewasting idjits know this.
Surprisingly, there are apparently a lot of sellers who are the mirror___ of these tire-kickers, throwing sand in the gears of a potential deal because it amuses them. Keep the deal's terms simple and stick to them. It's not difficult.
The perfect close-date, the seller has moved everything out and is already gone by zero hour. The place is relatively clean and almost ready to move in after a couple of hours of effort.
Second to that is this:
https://youtu.be/27i9LoNJshA
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 07:15 AM (O7YUW)
I could use some Expert Advice on dog baths. Miss Dixie, being a Dandie Dinmont terrier and all, is not a Water Dog. She is an Anti-Water dog.
All ours are trained from a young age to stand still for their baths. The only one we had problems with was Dutch (The Beeg Boy), who would faint in the tub. Try picking up 100 pounds of inert, wet dog. No fun.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:15 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
Do you think any of them would vote for somebody who can't even spell Darleen right?
Posted by: Miklos trusts the Women at August 11, 2026 07:16 AM (XOG/m)
There are a LOT of tire-kicking buyers who will waste your time when you're selling. They have various motives, a lot of it is boredom though. I hate these people SO much, they just gum up the works.
The Nyborgs!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:16 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)
The cause of death of a famous mountain climber that fell off a mountain has been revealed by the Daily Mail.
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)
Let me guess. Gravity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:17 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Try that with Darleen after Taco and Tequila Tuesday
Posted by: Miklos keeps cans of spinach at the ready at August 11, 2026 07:17 AM (XOG/m)
Baths?
I'm happy if I can just get the cats into their carriers without losing skin or blood!
(Though both Stirling and Dagny are quite good about carrier time.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:16 AM (MWfyi)
Let me guess. Gravity.
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Police suspect fair play.
Posted by: Dennis Miller Voice at August 11, 2026 07:18 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026
*
Let me guess. Gravity.
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Police suspect fair play.
Posted by: Dennis Miller Voice at August 11, 2026
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That Newton guy has a lot to answer for.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:20 AM (wzUl9)
I'm happy if I can just get the cats into their carriers without losing skin or blood!
On days I'd have to take the cats to the vet, I'd be sitting on the sofa drinking my coffee and munching on toast while they dozed or groomed themselves. All I had to do was look at them and they froze and fled under the largest, most immovable object in the house.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:20 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Miklos has priorities at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (XOG/m)
Dogs already know what they want to roll in: Real poo rather than that fake sham poo stuff.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: fd at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (2GVsD)
That's why we need socialism! Gravity is outdated and would be done away with in the name of equity!
Posted by: NR Pax at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (99eI0)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 11, 2026 07:21 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 11, 2026 07:22 AM (2Cry5)
So CA billionaires end up friendless when the government comes for them. There was a time when the Right would have defended them and their rights. No more.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 07:22 AM (BI5O2)
Cats have an incredibly good sense for this. Funny how it doesn't work for the "surprise cucumber on the floor" that always seems to spook them into jumping 6 feet into the air.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 07:24 AM (O7YUW)
On days I'd have to take the cats to the vet, I'd be sitting on the sofa drinking my coffee and munching on toast while they dozed or groomed themselves. All I had to do was look at them and they froze and fled under the largest, most immovable object in the house.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 11, 2026
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I got so I had to bring the carrier out a day or so early, to give Arizona the big red tabby time to panic and recover. Then, when he didn't expect it, I'd scoop him up and pop him into the carrier head first. He'd stick out his back paws to resist, but I'd get him packed into the slammer. He'd turn and come up to the gate as I was locking it. Always I expected him to nip my fingers, but he never did, just gave me a look that said, "Okay, you win this round, but next time --!"
Considering I moved him to a new apartment almost every two years of his life, he had a right to be bothered.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 07:27 AM (O7YUW)
I'm happy if I can just get the cats into their carriers without losing skin or blood!
(Though both Stirling and Dagny are quite good about carrier time.)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 11, 2026 07:18 AM (wzUl9)
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I've never bathed any of my six cats. I let them take care of that themselves. They are all indoor cats so it works out fine.
I've gotten pretty good about getting them into their carriers. I don't think I've lost any blood over the past few years.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 11, 2026 07:27 AM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 11, 2026 07:27 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at August 11, 2026 07:27 AM (Q/FnY)
There are agents, with about 40 hours of training and there are brokers that actually have fiduciary responsibility.
Call the agents boss (the broker) and file a complaint with the State agency that regulates this stuff.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 11, 2026 07:28 AM (wVCl1)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 11, 2026 05:29 AM (Ot/FD)
>>>so many people think [AI]'s smarter than it is
I think that's close to a summary of what Pixy's been saying for forever. Or maybe more like: people are wrong to think that AI's smart.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 05:35 AM (odBC9)
People on the internet are dumb and wrong. A lot. Present company excepted.
Scraping the internet and training your AI model on it, unsurprisingly to those who think about it, produces dumb and wrong things more quickly, when results are not merely made up whole cloth out of dumb and wrong internet info.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 07:29 AM (dK+Kv)
Yup, this.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 11, 2026 07:30 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 11, 2026 09:29 AM (w9Wax)
Monday Night ONT - August 10, 2026 [TRex]
Correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where it will be promptly misfiled. I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:00 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:01 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 10:01 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:02 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 10:02 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (wFoR+)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (gxRWI)
Posted by: The Dime Savings Bank at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Because during the infractions I self-identified as a woman. Or I could be classified as a "Male Lesbian".
I demand a retrial on this basis ..........
Posted by: Harvey Weinstine at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (8lUeo)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 10, 2026 10:04 PM (AfOoj)
Posted by: KCSteve at August 10, 2026 10:04 PM (2+WvJ)
Posted by: Otto Penn at August 10, 2026 10:06 PM (JHVDg)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 10:06 PM (ZxPkt)
The Rock Island road is the road to ride.
Posted by: Leadbelly at August 10, 2026 10:06 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2026 10:06 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 10:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM
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Well done! There were a few options but that one seemed to fit the need.
Posted by: TRex - fabulous five dino at August 10, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 10, 2026 10:08 PM (S7WXb)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:08 PM (BJzO2)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2026 10:09 PM (szQVU)
I guess they didn't want to show the Wehrmacht insignia.
Interesting factoid: Hitler's pickelhaube could still be around. All were supposed to be surrendered at the end of WWI. Who knows, maybe it's still out there in someone's garage.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM
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Well done! There were a few options but that one seemed to fit the need.
Posted by: TRex - fabulous five dino at August 10, 2026 10:07 PM (XfIK1)
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Yup. Good choice. I have the CD.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 10:10 PM (Cqx++)
Your Honor I could not have raped and abused all those women.
Posted by: Harvey Weinstine
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I raped 30 women in 35 days, all while suffering a broken penis!
Posted by: Dark Jason Arday at August 10, 2026 10:10 PM (mmrXZ)
Definitely a better town name than, say, "Explosive Dysentery Town".
Re: molesting wildlife
At one time that's the term Alaska Statutes used (or maybe still uses).
I know this because a guy I used to know got caught using the Spenard Sportfishing technique (bashing salmon with rocks then wading out to pick them up). The charge was "molesting wildlife", which I gather provided a great deal of amusement for the other guys on the chain when they were brought in for arraignment the next morning.
As he told the tale, several of them caught contempt charges because they couldn't stop laughing.
Seen on X: Super Mario 64 joins the War on Terror
https://tinyurl.com/aw6kch5z
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 10:10 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:11 PM (1z8ji)
Now that you made me actually go back and read it, I'm not sure why "Chevrolet" is in that list of model names. IIRC, there was an Impala SS. Can't think of any other SS models offhand.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2026 10:12 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:08 PM
21 Yo Dino! Howdy, Horde.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2026 10:09 PM
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Good evening, Gents! Great to "see" you.
Posted by: TRex - sequoia guide dino at August 10, 2026 10:12 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 10, 2026 10:12 PM (diia5)
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Isn't it in the window to the right of the Fantastic Five sign?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at August 10, 2026 10:12 PM (aWBmH)
The horses were probably wondering the same thing.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)
I raped 30 women in 35 days, all while suffering a broken penis!
Posted by: Dark Jason Arday at August 10, 2026 10:10 PM (mmrXZ)
I once banged 75 out of 100 candidates for showcase model on The Price is Right before taking a break.
After lunch, which consisted of five pounds of prime rib and a bottle of Jack Daniels, I returned and finished off the other 25.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Barker at August 10, 2026 10:13 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
I have seen them, never owned one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:13 PM (1z8ji)
Is TRex's wife TRegina?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:02 PM (O0L8i)
good one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 10, 2026 10:13 PM (0CU3H)
I thought that was you call it when Jessica Alba gives you a handy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 10:14 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Some guy in Brazil is suing the state because a crooked cop swiped his Luger Parabellum that was owned by Schickelgruber. He claims it's worth $42 million.
It wasn't the Hitler Killer, since that was a Walther PPK, and it disappeared in the chaos that reigned in the Bunker after Der Fuhrer offed himself. That one would be worth a pretty penny if you could establish its provenance.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:15 PM (rdVOm)
Because during the infractions I self-identified as a woman. Or I could be classified as a "Male Lesbian".
I demand a retrial on this basis ..........
Posted by: Harvey Weinstine at August 10, 2026 10:03 PM (8lUeo)
Why not just say that you identify as having received consent?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 10:16 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 10, 2026 10:12 PM
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The secret of the "Fabulous Five" was that customers ordered a car through Baldwin Chevrolet who took delivery and then gave it to Motion Performance around the corner for upgrades. The customer got a more special car than what came from the factory.
Posted by: TRex - special order dino at August 10, 2026 10:16 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: vizzy at August 10, 2026 10:17 PM (qwdJy)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
It's my understanding that Herr Hitler only had one pickelhaube. That's what led to his feelings of inadequacy and thus, desire to conquer the world.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 10:17 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 10, 2026 10:19 PM (szQVU)
And Rootbeer! Having one right now, in fact.
Posted by: JQ
Man, a rootbeer float sounds simply divine....
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:19 PM (BJzO2)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:20 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:22 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:23 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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And a real bumper.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:23 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 10:24 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:24 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: JQ
Tell you what, the Horde and in particular the ONT will restore ones faith in humanity.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:25 PM (BJzO2)
Posted by: Wearing A Cardboard Belt at August 10, 2026 10:25 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 10:25 PM (sfRCM)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
LOL. I have an assortment of Henry Weinhard's "gourmet" sodas... Black cherry does indeed make an excellent float!
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:25 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 10:26 PM (qx7Zg)
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If you can, you're probably already a victim of Stockholm Syndrome.
Posted by: Another Anon at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (4h45B)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 10:25 PM (sfRCM)
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Special agent Dale Cooper has entered the chat
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (JfNq6)
Posted by: In A Privy at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (ChwKX)
Posted by: Wearing A Cardboard Belt at August 10, 2026 10:25 PM (JM9I6)
I expect most of the Scotsman sales were fleet orders.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)
Look for the gold-chased PPK with teeth marks. And blood pitting.
(Friend refinished a suicide revolver for an estate. It was not a good job, though the Parkerization turned out nice)
Posted by: Kindltot - I also dyed AOC's eggs and hid them across the White House lawn at August 10, 2026 10:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:02 PM (O0L8i)
good one.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Not sure I get the reference, but if you are meaning the latin meaning, ie Queen, then I gladly accept it!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:28 PM (XfIK1)
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My first ride was a '68 El Camino. Had the Chevelle front half with a 327, Edelbrock manifold and four-barrel carb, headers and glass packs. It was my baby.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:28 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Probably some of them actually did-- dirt floor shacks were not uncommon then.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
What about us?
Posted by: Norwegian Bachelor Farmers at August 10, 2026 10:29 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Probably some of them actually did-- dirt floor shacks were not uncommon then.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:29 PM (rdVOm)
They always look dusty and crusty.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:30 PM (S41Gd)
A time-traveling ONT. How… anachronistic. (Or something. Just wanted to use that word.
Can anyone pronounce the word on the front of the tram?
Sure: Djurgardslinien, just like it's spelled.
Posted by: mindful webworker - somewhere in the top 100 at August 10, 2026 10:30 PM (9wnX8)
Those planks on the floor probably removable, to a pit for under engine servicing.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 10:31 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:31 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Horny Bears in the Area Want to Meet You at August 10, 2026 10:31 PM (gFTHm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:28 PM (u/oMr)
Those were pretty cool. One dude at one of the local cruise nights has one. Blue with a big block.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:31 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (S41Gd)
Grandpa was a gas station owner and was his own mechanic. Dad said they went on vacation for a week when he was a kid, and broke the car axle on the way back home. Even though Grandpa was able to walk down from where it broke down to a garage that had one in stock, he cussed the entire time since it was the first time his hands had been completely clean for years.
Posted by: Kindltot - I also dyed AOC's eggs and hid them across the White House lawn at August 10, 2026 10:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Dark Jason Arday
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If by women, you mean men, I believe you.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I am VERY slowly getting some relief, just finished the first go around with the infusion treatment....the docs have kinda given up on the "let's fix this" to "we are just trying to slow the spread"....
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM (BJzO2)
A&W is the onlyest root beer suitable for consumption. Says this small-town girl who grew up with A&W only available from Memorial Day to Labor Day.
Actually went through Pie Town, NM once. After getting a gander at the place, was reluctant to stop for pie...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM (D/6p1)
Probably been answered already, but I would presume it referred to Camero, Chevelle, Chevrolet, Corvette, Chevy, right there on the next window.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 'alllll too easy' at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM (9wnX8)
I have seen them, never owned one.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:13 PM (1z8ji)
I've never heard of them until a "Hub Cap Club" vid showed up on YT a couple of hours ago. Made a Scotsman Champ, too.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 10, 2026 10:34 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (ChwKX)
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FUNNER FACT: Stalag 13 was a stone's throw from Mayberry on the Desilu lot in Culver City, just east of LAX and northeast of Marina Del Rey. You could walk out the front gate of the prison camp and be at Floyd's Barber Shop in minutes.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Lack of plentiful fresh water (and go-jo hadn't been invented yet)... Welcome to the Great Depression.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 10:34 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:15 PM (u/oMr)
Supposedly tossed into a river according to Mark Felton.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:34 PM (1Ff7Z)
I raped 30 women in 35 days, all while suffering a broken penis!
Posted by: Dark Jason Arday at August 10, 2026 10:10 PM (mmrXZ)
I once banged 75 out of 100 candidates for showcase model on The Price is Right before taking a break.
After lunch, which consisted of five pounds of prime rib and a bottle of Jack Daniels, I returned and finished off the other 25.
Posted by: Zombie Bob Barker
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I wonder what's keeping Tankdemon tonight.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (mmrXZ)
Actually went through Pie Town, NM once. After getting a gander at the place, was reluctant to stop for pie...
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM
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Good evening LS! Maybe Club ONT needs to start serving pie...
Posted by: TRex - piece of pie dino at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (XfIK1)
https://youtu.be/zJfSI4cKWLY
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)
Worked with a guy whose father was Robert Hogan. According to his family lore, Hogan's Heroes was supposed to be his project, but the network wanted Bob Crane in the lead instead. I think Mr. Hogan appeared in a few episodes. He also played a helicopter pilot in a MASH episode.
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Radio/Heater Delete at August 10, 2026 10:36 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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1000%! We always stopped there when Dad had a softball game, was just the best treat!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:36 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM
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Most of the fake snow was white paint.
Posted by: Bigsmith at August 10, 2026 10:36 PM (1Au9i)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 10:37 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:27 PM (1z8ji)
I don't know, but the vid said sales "saved" S-P's '57-'58s cash flow.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:37 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 10, 2026 10:37 PM (D/6p1)
Because they could!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 10:37 PM (gxRWI)
Posted by: JQ
Lava soap....like washing ones hands with 40 grit sandpaper.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:38 PM (BJzO2)
Why? Who the fuck knows?
What am I gonna do about it?
Nothing, except make sure my tools are close to hand.
I fucking hate living in this part of town sometimes. Troons and vatos all around me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 10:39 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 10:39 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (mmrXZ)
Number 101 had a headache?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:39 PM (1Ff7Z)
Troons and vatos all around me.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)
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*whispers in bewilderment*
What's a vato?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:39 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 10:40 PM (PMi3m)
If, today, anyone saw a gang of kids running around the neighborhood playing 'war' as we did, uh, a long time ago, they would call in the SWAT squad
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)
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MAGA women stomping on Mother Gaia.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 10:40 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:40 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:36 PM (XfIK1)
I didn't know you were from the Lodi/Stockton area!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 10:41 PM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 10, 2026 10:41 PM (wxsGM)
I'm more of a fan of Birch Beer than Root Beer.
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Birch beer, root beer, sarsaparilla. All good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:41 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:41 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)
Because nobody had bored a tunnel through it yet.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 10:42 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
Well, they didn't make a Scotsman Champ. The entire Scotsman line went away when the Lark model was introduced. They did make Scotsman pickups in '58 - '59, and they were basically throwbacks to the early '50's models. The Champ pickup was introduced in 1960, and its cab was based on the front half of a Lark 4-door sedan. They should have used a 2-door sedan; the longer doors would have made for a much roomier cab.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 10:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Like I said to T'Regina: I didn't know you were from the Lodi/Stockton area!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:43 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:44 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey
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I do not recall a 427 Chevy II. I'm dubious that it was a production item.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:44 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:42 PM (1z8ji)
That's what the presenter called it. I never heard of those either.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:45 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Patches at August 10, 2026 10:45 PM (338iJ)
Because nobody had bored a tunnel through it yet.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 10:42 PM (PMi3m)
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I miss the days when guys would discover a spectacular natural wonder, alive from the time of Christ, and they'd cut a hole so you could drive a jalopy through it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:46 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:44 PM (XfIK1)
Oh, they got that far? Did they use the Great Root Bear mascot, too?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I recall this occuring with one of the family cars.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:44 PM
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Read my comment number 41.
Posted by: TRex - Motion Performance Dino at August 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 10:42 PM (qx7Zg)
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What do you get when you cross a dance floor with a beautiful girl?
Engaged. You get engaged.
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 10:47 PM (Ws+88)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:39 PM (O0L8i)
A kind of slang term for young men of Hispanic descent. It's not really derogatory. I do see far fewer vatos here than I did in Colorado.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 10:48 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: TRex - special order dino at August 10, 2026 10:16 PM (XfIK1)
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Yeah who needs a factory warranty?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:48 PM (u/oMr)
Not exactly a rare sight for my area, but it's been years since any have been *in the yard*
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 10:49 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:44 PM (XfIK1)
Oh, they got that far? Did they use the Great Root Bear mascot, too?
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Not sure about that. It was a drive up, where the servers came out to the cars to take and deliver your orders...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:49 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XeU6L)
Good luck towing the thing with a Servi-Car if the the car in question has a wheel or chassis-related issue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: TRex - piece of pie dino at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (XfIK1)
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Now, THAT'S an idea! You suppose CBD bakes pies?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 10, 2026 10:50 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:38 PM (BJzO2)
Yes, that’s the point.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 10:51 PM (gxRWI)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 10:51 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 10:51 PM (0aYVJ)
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*somber chant*
You'll shoot your eye out
You'll shoot your eye out
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 10:52 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10,
Followed by a gasoline handwash for the grease the lava couldn't get.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 10:52 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: TRex - piece of pie dino at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (XfIK1)
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Now, THAT'S an idea! You suppose CBD bakes pies?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient
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This is Brilliant! And I'm sure he bakes pies, he is the host of the Food Thread after all!
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 10, 2026 10:53 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at August 10, 2026 10:54 PM (yTH6b)
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at August 10, 2026 10:54 PM (yTH6b)
I remember reading about them in Car Craft and Hot Rod back in the day.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 10:55 PM (dK+Kv)
With foot activation, the water sprayed in an arc pattern. A powdered soap dispenser on top, some cheap stuff, but worked well enough.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 10:55 PM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Some Rat
I we happened into the poison ivy, Grammi would haul your sorry ass down to the creek and scrub the top layers of your skin off with homemade lye soap and handfuls of sand.
Though I must say it prepared me well for my future motorcycle crashes when I ground off large patches of skin.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 10:55 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: TRex
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Got it. The Baldwin Chevrolet prep of 'specials' comes back to mind now.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:56 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 10:56 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 10:57 PM (3ElP1)
We are of course in the middle of a top down planned fake birth of a New Democrat Party that is supposedly taking over the old one that has been tortured like a rented mule and then crusted over 20 times. After the takeover or merge, however they do it, questions about the past will take on a new sheen of irrelevance, as it was the old party. And these people are new.
It doesn't matter whether she's intended to be the next nominee or not - what matters is the claim of "new life" in that tired old shitty fake bullshit ass party. Granted we have some Republican "births" happening too, but while we have a president they are attempting to sunset quickly, there is a strong "potential" in eggs, new life and possibilities.
Not unlike this strange new appearance of the DSA on the world political stage. While you were sleeping these kooks were granted Top Billing by our masters, and even while our masters struggle to maintain an arm's length distance that is getting shorter by the moment, and by design.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:57 PM (vE0+H)
Could the horses on top of the fallen Sequoia be a trick photo, and they're really on the dirt slope in back of the log? Either that, or there's a hidden ramp in back of the log.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 10:58 PM (VWtfl)
Lava soap....like washing ones hands with 40 grit sandpaper.
Posted by: Some Rat at August 10, 2026 10:38 PM (BJzO2)
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Oh, Lord. In my teens my skin was appalling, like a pepperoni pizza. It was the ruin of my life. I'd wash it with some abrasive soap that made Lava feel like Dove.
Nothing worked. I had to outgrow it. But the years I should have spent learning social skills, meeting girls and so on were lost. And I never made the deficiencies up.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 10:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at August 10, 2026 10:54 PM (yTH6b)
I saw a COPO Camaro in a guy's barn up in the Peace Country of Northern Alberta, and no, it was not for sale. He knew its value.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:59 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)
Are you channeling The Paolo?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
π = 3. 1415926535897932384626433…
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 11:00 PM (gxRWI)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:59 PM (vE0+H)
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The Paolo, he never, how do you say, apologize for the length.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 10, 2026 11:01 PM (u/oMr)
but ...
if you're driving on I-17 and go past Black Canyon City, stop at the Rock Springs Cafe for some might fine pie!
Alas, no longer for me with the diabetes.
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 10, 2026 11:01 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:57 PM (vE0+H)
Kind of dovetails with the new manly man skin suit DSA/DNC are wearing about to keep the centrists on the plantation, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 11:01 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Paolo does not allow anyone in his, how you say, channel.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:01 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Ostensibly, the auto was operable...just needed service of some kind, even just an oil change. Service guy rode the trike to the car and hitched trike to the rear with a clamp-on hitch, drove car to service center. Reverse to deliver car to owner, then trike back to shop.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at August 10, 2026 10:54 PM
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I *think* that Baldwin and Yenko ordered and sold COPO cars, but the Baldwin/Motion Performance cars were not COPO cars. They were normal factory stock cars that were heavily modified.
Posted by: TRex - automotive archive dino at August 10, 2026 11:02 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 10:58 PM (VWtfl)
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I'm with you on this one. There seems to be a gap between the fallen log and whatever the horses are standing on. I've been on a horse that was up on a rock ledge and know not how anyone could get those horses on top of the sequoia without a heckuva fight. At the very least!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at August 10, 2026 11:02 PM (D/6p1)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 11:02 PM (oq9dX)
π = 3. 1415926535897932384626433…
Posted by: Nemo
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That's irrational.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:03 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 10:35 PM (mmrXZ)
My brother-in-law finally showed up with the ladder. Unfortunately, the kite was not really recoverable, and the cat was in no mood to be grabbed from its perch. I'll have to put some iodine on some scratches later. My shoe, however, was no worse for the wear, so that's something, I guess.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 11:04 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 10:57 PM (3ElP1)
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I don't know about Ford, but I drove an old Morton Thiokol snow-cat back in the late 80s. It was sturdy and steady, but not built for speed
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 11:06 PM (ymrLq)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 11:04 PM (PMi3m)
The problem calls for a chain saw.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:06 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:47 PM (XeU6L)
Good luck towing the thing with a Servi-Car if the the car in question has a wheel or chassis-related issue.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:50 PM (1z8ji)
It was for basic service. Tune up, oil change, etc
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 11:06 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:06 PM (1z8ji)
If it doesn't call for a chainsaw, is it really even a problem?
Posted by: tankdemon at August 10, 2026 11:07 PM (PMi3m)
Posted by: 496
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Probably a couple of rocket boosters would have fixed that.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 11:01 PM (dK+Kv)
It does indeed. Masculinity "equals" strength. They are trying to project strength - and a mostly unapologetic DSA will very suddenly get that done.
All a dumb population (mostly) wants is a strong leader. Hence Trump. They are replicating what Trump did in 2016 but this time as a "movement" - with no nominal leader it stays diffuse and difficult to attack or brand.
By keeping it as two sides "fighting" they get to slither around every criticism and message around any problem. Any criticism of the establishment by Republicans is addressed by the radicals, and any criticism of the radicals is addressed by the establishment. Any criticism really, automatically supports the Democrats. Like Cucky Schumer just said, "it's a big tent". This has been well thought out.
Mark my words, though - Trump will get a say.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)
If, today, anyone saw a gang of kids running around the neighborhood playing 'war' as we did, uh, a long time ago, they would call in the SWAT squad
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 10:40 PM (XeU6L)
Just imagine what would happen if kids were playing with black powder cannons like we did. Holy hell.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:08 PM (5JJx4)
Then, somebody decided to remodel the restroom-- they replaced that magnificent wash station with 2 puny little lavatory sinks. Dispensers for go-jo and liquid hand soap (that were not promptly refilled when empty) Pfft.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 11:09 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
Yup, that was exactly it. I had that hitch for years and never knew what it was for. I figured it out about 20 years ago when I just happened to read an article about it. I was like holy shit, I have that hitch. I only kept it because of the harley emblem on the knob that tightens the clamp.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 11:10 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 11:10 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: tcn
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Still have my carbide cannon, and, the one that my dad had as a kid.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:10 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:08 PM (vE0+H)
Funny. Their idea of masculinity was some nazi, scatophile, rapist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 11:11 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 11:11 PM (TtNb7)
Thought you were from TX.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Live here, but not from here. And I'm a recluse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 11:11 PM (O0L8i)
Funny. Their idea of masculinity was some nazi, scatophile, rapist.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 11:11 PM (dK+Kv)
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And guy who can wank it successfully in a porta-potti shithouse has...
Skills.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 11:13 PM (u/oMr)
π = 3. 1415926535897932384626433…
Posted by: Nemo
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That's irrational.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:03 PM (XeU6L)
Pie is what I do. Pi radians determine how much pie you get. I used to get invited to Sunday dinner at my parents' house if I brought pie. I got very good at it.
Apple, raspberry, strawberry, blueberry, chocolate silk, banana cream, chess, pumpkin, cranberry walnut, mincemeat, blueberry dream, lemon shaker, lemon merengue, and the occasional odd chicken pot pie. And others from time to time, but I would need recipes for them. I don't for any of the above.
You will have to fight with DH over the number of pi radians you receive. He may eat all of it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:14 PM (5JJx4)
We didn't have black powder or cannons, but I do recall several of us going through garages and sheds in search of any flammable aerosols. The trick is to find something that makes a spectacular flamethrower yet still has enough propellant to prevent the flame from going back into the can.
Posted by: PabloD at August 10, 2026 11:15 PM (Hn9/J)
Skills.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 11:13 PM (u/oMr)
No, he has mental issues. Perhaps an entire subscription.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:15 PM (5JJx4)
It may have big a bit bigger to accommodate shift workers
it was like a fountain, almost a work of art.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 11:15 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: PabloD at August 10, 2026 11:15 PM (Hn9/J)
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They're only fingers. You've got more.
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 11:16 PM (TtNb7)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 11:11 PM (dK+Kv)
It was - but note that the Democrat sex scandals of late were abuse of adult women. Sometimes just in consensual relationships. Very manly abuse of adult women.
I guarantee Swalwell and Shitner both have "other" sex things that wouldn't seem so manly. Even his gay comment was about "dominating" someone which makes us laugh of course at how fucking stupid and gay he is but it was more bs toxic manliness and that's how it reads on the surface. One of the women also reported her feeling when he came inside of her. A thoroughly unnecessary detail other than the fact that it's all part of a big bullshit op.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:16 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:17 PM (5JJx4)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)
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Posted by: tcn in AK
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That was a very cruel post.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 11:19 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)
The Flip Wilson show is still on TV as reruns? Perhaps I need to check that station out.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
Pie are round.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 11:20 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 11:22 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:22 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)
+++++++++++++++++++
Flip started the whole tranny trend with Geraldine.
(God, I'm old)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 11:23 PM (dIske)
(God, I'm old)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 11:23 PM (dIske)
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Yeah, but that was actually funny. The only funny tranny I can think of is the dude who claimed asylum in the Netherlands and is now back here. That is high comedy
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 11:26 PM (GfRAq)
Posted by: Craig Pirrong at August 10, 2026 11:27 PM (XUCVR)
Posted by: JQ
The powers that be installed such sinks into our middle school and then, later, at the plant I was working at. They were not utilized as sinks at first.
Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 11:30 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 11:30 PM (gxRWI)
With the shim on the inverted body tub, it was clear that the body was about an inch short in the attaching flange area. I clamped the shim securely at the rear, where it fit pretty well, and went to work at the front. I ran the sawzall down both sides, and inch back from the front toeboard, almost to the top rail of the body. I could then push the bottom of the toeboard forward until it flange mated pretty well with the shim. Clamped that. Went around the perimeter, pulling the body flange into close alignment with the shim, clamping them, drill out the mount hole in the fiberglass flange, and fasten with a bolt and washers. All done. Drove 5 Tek screws through the mounting flange into the front arch of the shim (no bolt holes there). Weather permitting tomorrow, I will use mat and resin to rebuild the front corners where I made the saw cuts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:33 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 11:19 PM (Pee1E)
Well, just stop by. There will be pie.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:34 PM (5JJx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 11:30 PM (gxRWI)
Why bother making one pie when you can make two?
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:34 PM (5JJx4)
The pear jam surprised me because I sort of winged it and it set anyways.
I also spent an hour this morning digging blackberry vines out of the hedge. I will never be done there until I take out the hedge and put in a fence, but I can at least keep the vines cut back so they don't menace passer-bys
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)
Make some blackberry jam. Or blackberry wine.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:36 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)
I spent the end of May cutting out dead raspberry canes. You would never know it now. My raspberry bushes are... epic. I'm thinking of paying my contractor in berries.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:36 PM (5JJx4)
I’m sure if I pulled out the late 50s/early 60s Christmas pics, many of those firearms would be found strewn all over the floor. My late brothers took their obsession of all things firearms into their adult lives. Which would inevitably trickle down the DNA trail to moi.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 10, 2026 11:41 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 10:41 PM (1Ff7Z)
Oh, Lord.
Posted by: John Fogerty at August 10, 2026 11:42 PM (IG3/x)
In GOA's case, a federal court just stuck down NFA registration for:
❌Suppressors
❌Short-Barreled Rifles
❌Short-Barreled Shotguns
GOA & our allies in Congress eliminated the tax.
The National Firearms Act of 1934 is now UNCONSTITUTIONAL as applied.
We're proud to have fought this fight, but it's not over yet. The Department of Justice still has the opportunity to appeal, and the court stayed its order for seven days to give them time to seek appellate review. Although as of the writing of this article, they have not done so.
Also, the Judge in this case limited protection to members of Gun Owners of America and other named plaintiffs.
We fought for a nationwide injunction, but the Judge did not grant it to us.
So, because of the ruling, we're encouraging everyone who would like protection from the National Firearms Act's registration requirements to become GOA members.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 11:42 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 11:34 PM (rbvCR)
I would've considered "menacing passers-by" a plus, back when I was maintaining a yard.
Posted by: John Fogerty at August 10, 2026 11:43 PM (IG3/x)
Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 11:30 PM
Boys being boys, at every age...
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
Pie are round.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 11:20 PM (azNOR)
Cornbread are square.
Posted by: John Fogerty at August 10, 2026 11:44 PM (IG3/x)
Pie are round.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 11:20 PM (azNOR)
Cornbread are square.
Posted by: John Fogerty at August 10, 2026 11:44 PM (IG3/x)
And donuts are.... torii.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:45 PM (5JJx4)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 10, 2026 10:12 PM (diia5)
Which surprisingly sounds like how Mr. Tudball would pronounce it.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 10, 2026 11:47 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: John Fogerty at August 10, 2026 11:44 PM (IG3/x)
You know what would be cool? A Mobius strip cake pan, so you could bake Mobius strip cakes. Which would have icing all over, since all sides are the top.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:47 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: John Fogerty at August 10, 2026 11:42 PM (IG3/x)
How much must it suck for Lodi to have that as the only song about it.
New York, New York
LA Woman
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
Chicago, My Kind of Town
Cleveland Rocks
El Paso
One Night in Bangkok
Wichita Lineman
Then you have "Oh, Lord... stuck in Lodi again."
As I said, it's gotta suck.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 11:48 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 11:50 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 11:51 PM (4XJZx)
On the Edith Keeler episode of Star Trek, they used the Mayberry set. I think you can see "Floyd's" in one of the street windows in a few frames.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)
Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 11:30 PM
Back in the '80s a friend got into family housing on Elmendorf (as it was then). There was a full basement with a laundry sink in it that he rigged up as a man cave (though that expression wasn't around then). Computer, dart board, old sofas, refrigerator, TV, etc.
Since they didn't even have a washer and drier, it was clear to all of us that the sink was clearly for the express purpose of making us not have to go upstairs to get rid of used beer.
However, when his wife found out, she disagreed. Strongly.
Didn't matter that she never used the sink for anything. It was just Something That Was Not Done.
He agreed to stop doing that, then promptly ignored the agreement.
Yes, they eventually got divorced. Why do you ask?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 11:54 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 11:53 PM (w6EFb)
Superman also was hanging around Mayberry.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 11:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: scampydog in ND at August 10, 2026 11:56 PM (PqBGS)
Happiness was Lubbock, Texas in the rear view mirror.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 11:58 PM (ZGz6B)
Here you go, The Shat and Joan Collins in front of Floyd's:
https://t.ly/Z6MJ_
Also, a deleted scene from that episode:
https://t.ly/r6V_D
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 11:59 PM (w6EFb)
Another set crossover. Samantha's house in Bewitched was also used for Dr. Bellow's house in I Dream of Jeannie.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
And serve maple syrup in a Klein bottle.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: TxAnn at August 10, 2026 11:41 PM
For Christmas one year I got the Jonny 7 in 1 attack rifle with Screaming Mesmee grenade attachment. The Grenade was this big red thing that would shoot off the end of your rifle with a spring load or something, and it would make this loud wailing WOWowWowowWOWow shrieking sound.
Cats and dogs and younger siblings just loved it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 12:04 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 12:05 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 12:05 AM (IG3/x)
It was only very recently when I truly groked the difference between topology and geometry.
You know the old joke, a topologist can't tell the difference between a coffee mug and donut? Well, that finally truly clicked with me.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:06 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:03 AM (w6EFb)
Too messy!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 12:06 AM (gxRWI)
Dealer engine swap. Before the Heavy Hand of Government the gimmick of a few dealerships is that they would do that. Had to pay up front though.
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 11, 2026 12:08 AM (3/XaG)
Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 11:30 PM
Boys being boys, at every age...
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
I used to pee in mom's laundry sink in the basement. Half the basement was finished, its where my guitars and amps were, so screw running upstairs to the bathroom. I just went to the laundry side. She never knew. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 11, 2026 12:11 AM (S41Gd)
It is, how you say, a good backup plan.
Posted by: Paolo at August 11, 2026 12:11 AM (VHUov)
Another set crossover. Samantha's house in Bewitched was also used for Dr. Bellow's house in I Dream of Jeannie.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)
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Samantha's house was kitty-corner to the house of the Heck Family in The Middle. You can see in in a lot of the exterior shots. It was at Warner Ranch in Burbank.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 11, 2026 12:12 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 12:12 AM (Pee1E)
You know the old joke, a topologist can't tell the difference between a coffee mug and donut? Well, that finally truly clicked with me.
Posted by: publius
All humans are topologically equivalent. (And equivalent to the coffee mug and the donut.)
Unless they have piercings.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:13 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:14 AM (VHUov)
Was it good for you too, Abdul?
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 12:14 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 12:15 AM (aJQbY)
We don't see much like them now.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 12:15 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 12:16 AM (RCjYY)
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Big bro's friend turned his garage into a man-cave, complete with tv, stereo, blu-ray player & a collection of odd old chairs. No "facilities" of any kind, just a bucket in the corner. Ew! No wonder the dude is single.
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 12:18 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 11, 2026 12:19 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: publius
Too messy!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
No kidding! A whole universe full of syrup.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:19 AM (VHUov)
I guess they must've decided I was never going to buy anything.
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 12:19 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:14 AM (VHUov)
Ostomies, ports, botched vasectomies...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 12:20 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 11, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)
Yep, the number of holes is a fundamental property somehow. I think the number of holes is the "genus", and then there's a Euler Characteristic.
Euler was into everything, I'll tell you.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 11:36 PM (5JJx4)
My blackcaps did very well for plants I dug up and transplanted from the woods. The thimbleberries have lush leaves and thick canes and have not given me one berry so I am going to dig them up and put in some Marionberries instead.
I think both of them will survive the root rot that killed my raspberries. And if not, I will burn them down and put them elsewhere.
I can only do so much blackberry jam, though. I have done a case of jars so far, and I am trying to cut back on sugar. I might try to make some blackberry cordial, though maybe not. I bought a fifth of cheap white rum for baking, and I only use so much for that.
My late plums are coming next, and I will be canning and drying those until I see them in my sleep, do I may decide to not.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 11, 2026 12:24 AM (rbvCR)
I'm outta here too.
I think someone asked what I've been watching in the ONT last night, but I didn't see that until this morning.
Right now I'm working on The Gilded Age, which is by Julian Fellowes (same guy as Downton Abbey). This one is set in New York during the Robber Baron era. Pretty good.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 12:24 AM (IG3/x)
G'night.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 12:26 AM (IG3/x)
Believe it or not, a Klein bottle can be flat, that is having zero intrinsic curvature everywhere on the surface.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
Yeah. I checked after I typed. The main "donut hole" from mouth to exit, plus 6 other holes that connect to that passage through the nose and eyes. So a human is a genus-7 torus.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:29 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 12:30 AM (Pee1E)
Hmm. He said that in MI? While running against Mike Rogers (R) the former Special Forces officer?
Quite a contrast.
Posted by: mnw at August 11, 2026 12:30 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:32 AM (VHUov)
And you can construct a flat torus, but it also requires 4D space to do so. You can't construct an intrinsically flat torus in 3D space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)
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Sam Altman is a crook.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 12:34 AM (Pee1E)
I want to come back to spend more time with the grandbabies, though 💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 11, 2026 12:34 AM (S7WXb)
Posted by: publius,
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But not a sphere.
Gauss's Theorema Egregium
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 11, 2026 12:36 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 12:24 AM (IG3/x)
I tried to watch it, yet I couldn't long endure the absurd DEI casting.
Of course black women were so pivotal in the upper class late 1880s New York.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 12:37 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: mikeski
That's also related to one of my favorite bits of biological trivia.
When a human is first developing, it starts as a single cell. Eventually, it's a ball of cells. The first "physical feature" to develop is a single indentation, or pore, on that ball of cells.
Eventually, that pore extends through the embryo and becomes the alimentary canal.
But that first indentation is not the entrance; it's the exit.
So, before any of us were anything else, we were all just an asshole.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:41 AM (VHUov)
Aug 9
A man tried forcing his way into a stranger’s Rolls-Royce while she was still sitting in it at a Miami valet, and he got tased and cuffed for it almost immediately.
https://tinyurl.com/54hj23w5
full screen
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 12:41 AM (Pee1E)
A sphere is almost perfect symmetry. Almost divine symmetry, you might call it. A 2-sphere (the surface of a "3-ball" ) has constant positive Gaussian curvature, just 1/r^2, where is the radius.
Every point a sphere is the same as any other.
The development of differential geometry is a fascinating thing. From Gauss to Riemann, who perfected it. And there it was, something abstract theory of curvature of spaces of arbitrary dimension that just sat on a shelf, seemingly some abstract thing with no real physical usefullness. Then Einstein came along with General Relativity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:43 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 12:44 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 12:16 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah thats fucked. I think when I do the pole barn I'll put a harley themed man cave in there since that's what will be going on in there. I'm thinking 75% work area, and 25% hang out area thats isolated from the shop area. It won't have a bathroom either, but its kinda rural around here, so stepping outside to pee isn't a problem. Key word is outside. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 11, 2026 12:45 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 12:47 AM (BeyMP)
The Poincare Conjecture was all about spheres. Is any simply connected surface (no holes, meaning you can contract a closed curve down to a point without hitting anything) topologically equivalent to a sphere.
The crazy thing was it it was proven in dimensions of 5 or greater well before, and was relatively easy. Then came 4 dimensions.
Proving it for 3 dimensions was a bitch. It was finally proven in 2003 by a reclusive Russian mathematician, who looks like Rasputin.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:49 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 11, 2026 12:49 AM (ibDUx)
THere was a dispute over that Poincare Conjecture proof. Some Chicom mathematician seemed to be trying to insinuate himself into that, trying to take credit away from the Rasputin-looking guy.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:53 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 12:53 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 11, 2026 12:55 AM (aJQbY)
That is a beautiful thing, and Gauss was just blown away by that result. Thus we have the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic curvature.
Take a cylinder (infinitely long). That has extrinsic curvature, it must curve in the 3D embedding space, but *on the surface*, using only 2D measurements you can make, it is completely flat, zero Gaussian curvature. There's that property of wrapping around back to where you started in one of the dimensions, but that's just a bit of topological distinction, not the intrinsic geometry.
We tend to want to think of curved surfaces (or higher dimensional curved spaces) in terms of some higher dimensional, flat Euclidean embedding space. We can see "why" the metric is so weird and not Euclidean.
The intrinsic curvature picture says forget about the embedding spaces. A space need not have any higher dimensions in which to curve. Just take the surface for it is, a non-Euclidian geometry.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
What is it in the Russian genome that makes them so crazy good at math? I think half of modern cryptography has a russki behind it.
The other half, some other eastern-european.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 01:02 AM (VHUov)
I want to come back to spend more time with the grandbabies, though 💕💕💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 11, 2026 12:34 AM (S7WXb)
If your are going to San Francisco, as Scott McKenzie reminds us, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
A City By A Body Of Water (h/t, Jim Rome)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 01:03 AM (ukytI)
The other half, some other eastern-european.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 01:02 AM (VHUov)
You're veering dangerously close to forbidden thoughts.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 01:04 AM (BeyMP)
Damascus agreed to the removal. The site holds yellowcake uranium and remnants of the former Al-Kibar program, material usable in a "dirty bomb" though not directly in a weapon. The operation is ongoing, with officials hoping to complete it by year's end.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 01:06 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 01:07 AM (gxRWI)
It's a wonder we beat them to the Moon. Well, no, it wasn't so much math and physics as engineering. Our German rocket scientists were just better than theirs.
Also, it takes a Greek to run a really good restaurant. That is true around here, I've noticed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 01:08 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: carly at August 11, 2026 01:11 AM (/13ZH)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 01:12 AM (Pee1E)
The amazing thing about curvature. In 2D, it takes just one scalar to characterize the curvature at any point. That number is the Gaussian curvature.
In 3D, it takes 6 scalars to fully describe. You can think of this as the more complicated ways that a 3D space can curve. You've got just one "plane" in 2D. In 3D, you have three local planes.
And those 6 numbers correspond to a rank-2 symmetric tensor (think of it as a matrix), dubbed the Ricci curvature.
For dimension 4 and higher, well, you need a *rank-4* tensor, dubbed the Riemann curvature tensor to fully describe. Thus for a higher dimensions than 3, you need a 4 dimensional mathematical object itself to describe the space.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 01:13 AM (w6EFb)
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-19
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 11, 2026
Launch Time: 10:26 a.m. EDT (14:26 UTC, 16:26 CEST)
https://youtu.be/x6FNFhI98xw
Posted by: Joyenz at August 11, 2026 01:15 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 01:15 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Clarification: Bro's friend's bucket was only for pee, and in coldest weather... The backyard was spacious and private enough for *summertime use* and all #2 would be done in the house. The house was not far from the garage, but was detached from it.
If I had a setup like that, would put in a partition and have a chemical toilet (like old camp trailer) for "just in case" situations.
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 01:12 AM (Pee1E)
We cannot spare this man. He fights. I despair of any GOP without him.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 01:18 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 01:23 AM (rcENI)
Mt Rushmore, the early days
https://bit.ly/mt-rushmore-b4
Posted by: mindful webworker - back again for the first time on any stage at August 11, 2026 01:24 AM (9wnX8)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 11, 2026 01:12 AM (Pee1E)
Love Trump but don't think he's real in touch with the youths today.
Was listening to podcast that scared me.
Seems the DSA is making real inroads with today's youths.
Giving them activities and meetings that lead to a sense of purpose.
This is a well funded and organized effort.
There is no comparable organized effort like this on the Right.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 01:25 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 11, 2026 01:25 AM (CHHv1)
I can't help knowing when I'm being played. Or being set up. At some point I promise I will drop it and just watch it play out. Hell, either he will win or lose, right? And it's already a D seat.
But this trajectory is strongly pointing toward another midwest jihadist win. And I think the terrorist victory is critical for the next phase of the DNC "rebirth", and therefore it is not being left to chance.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 01:26 AM (vE0+H)
Consider some little ants, flatlanders they're sometimes called, living on the surface of 2 sphere. They've learned Euclidean geometry. They think they live on a flat plane, because they are so small relative to the radius.
If they started making local measurements over long enough spans, they would start noticing some crazy things. They would find the circumference of a circle was *less* than 2pi*r, and the area of that circle was *more* than pi*r^2. They would find that the sum of the angles of a triangle was *more* than 180 degrees.
And, if they started walking in opposite directions at right angles to each other, they find they eventually met each other again. Their straight line paths converge (at the antipode of their starting point).
They would think that was impossible.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 01:27 AM (w6EFb)
The hardest parts of these for me has been trying to imagine I'm an ant that knows geometry. But I have enjoyed them.
Posted by: ... at August 11, 2026 01:29 AM (vE0+H)
In college the best poem I wrote was about how if you try measuring galactic-scale triangles, you might prove that the universe is elliptic or hyperbolic---crooked, you might say---but measurement error means you can never prove it is Euclidean. I should try to find that again. . . .
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 01:30 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: scampydog at August 11, 2026 01:33 AM (PqBGS)
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 01:33 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 01:38 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 01:40 AM (sAmhv)
Now, that business of the ants on the sphere is with positive Gaussian curvature. What about negative curvature. Well with that, over a region of interest with negative curvature everywhere, the circumference of a circle would be greater than 2pi*r, the area would be less than pi*r^2, and triangles would sum to less than 180 degrees. This is the exact opposite of positive curvature.
Now, just a sphere is maximally symmetric surface of positive curvature, how about the inverse, a surface of constant negative curvature? That's dubbed the hyperbolic plane (you can see some things look like hyperbolae there).
That's a bitch. Turns out there is no way to *smoothly* embed such a thing in 3D. You can if allow some "edges" (curvature singularities), there some tractrix curve you can make a surface of revolution out of, but it will have a cusp.
Turns out you need a 6-dimensional space to smoothly embed this. It might be possible to do it in 5 or even 4 dimensions, but they haven't figured that out yet. But a 6D embedding is known.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LTG
Well, there was, but Charlie Kirk was murdered by the Left and here we are.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 01:43 AM (sAmhv)
Tonight, though, my brain just couldn't get through reading some of the comments. But, then, weren't some of them sorta like that forbidden topic of (gasp) math?
Posted by: mindful webworker - brain brain what is brain? at August 11, 2026 01:48 AM (9wnX8)
I'm not entirely incapable of thinking fourth dimensionally. As Doc Brown might say.
Posted by: mindful webworker - 4x4x4x4 tic-tac-toe game on a Shack Model I once upon a time at August 11, 2026 01:52 AM (9wnX8)
A little caution about "space" in General Relativity, hell just SR too. The notion of space is purely *coordinate dependent*. One man's space is another man's time. This, is well, somewhat difficult to wrap your head around at first blush. :-)
Now, cosmologists like to use a preferred reference frame for the FLRW spacetimes, dubbed the comoving coordinates. This has a natural reason, but they tend to forget it's just an arbitrary choice.
GR and the curvature is about *spacetime*, space and time together in a 4D (psuedo-) Riemannian structure.
On the one, those 4D are 1 dimension of time and 3 dimensions of space, but they get mixed up as a matter of coordinate choice.
So whether "space" is flat, open hyperbolic, or closed "elliptical" is a coordinate question. Is does correspond to an actual invariant, though, and that is the critical density.
But in other choices of coordinates, space would be different.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 01:53 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 11, 2026 01:43 AM
There was no answer from "The Right."
Despite all the boastful "we have all the guns."
The violence comes almost exclusively from the Left.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 01:54 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 01:56 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 01:58 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 02:00 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: Miklos tries to be more careful these days, sometimes at August 11, 2026 02:01 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 02:01 AM (Ia/+0)
Preparing for surgery on Friday. Diet recommendations. Some prescription proscriptions. Packing a hospital bag. Adjusting my sleep schedule since it will probably be an early-morning appointment. Prepping myself mentally.
All so the Doc can tuck my guts back in place with a little mesh fence. You know that thing of an old pot-bellied man on the beach, sucking his gut in when the pretty young thing in the bikini walks by? Yeah, that doesn't work for me.
Sorry if that's TMI. I probably won't be around much this weekend.
https://youtu.be/ZSLAiEEm_Dg
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - health is our greatest wealth at August 11, 2026 02:02 AM (9wnX8)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Jump back, Jack
See ya later, alligator
Posted by: Miklos does the Time Warp again at August 11, 2026 02:02 AM (XOG/m)
The fact that it didn't shows exactly how far down the humanist rabbit hole we have gone.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:02 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 02:04 AM (gxRWI)
Was listening to podcast that scared me.
Seems the DSA is making real inroads with today's youths.
Giving them activities and meetings that lead to a sense of purpose.
This is a well funded and organized effort.
There is no comparable organized effort like this on the Right.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 01:25 AM (BeyMP)
And just how would you propose to present that to the yutes? They are pre-programmed to be idiots. So were we. They will not listen to reason, only "reasons." They need to "rebel" against that which works, because, reasons.
Conservative thought and posture usually comes as a result of experience, and logical thought. The yutes have neither. You are just an old idiot, so far as they think, and nothing you do or say will move them.
Luckily, they are a minority of voters, since their mothers overwhelmingly aborted them. They are survivors, but they don't acknowledge that. It will come to them in time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 02:06 AM (5JJx4)
73 is rather youthful for full glorious curmudgeonhood.
I am looking forward to Black Belt status and a World Champion belt
Posted by: Miklos at the Shaolin Monastery of Irascible Discipline at August 11, 2026 02:06 AM (XOG/m)
I guess it is hard to talk about SSS congruent triangles when length is relative, lol.
But still, if the universe is Euclidean, shouldn't triangles be observed as 180 degrees from any reference frame?
Is critical density actually related to non-Euclidean geometry? Or just another interesting open question where we can't yet tell?
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 02:07 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 02:07 AM (gxRWI)
I mean, what are you waiting for?
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:09 AM (BeyMP)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 02:10 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Some of Darleen's girl talk is starting to make sense
Posted by: Lifelong learner Miklos at August 11, 2026 02:10 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 02:12 AM (gxRWI)
This gets well beyond my own ability here. Critical density (ignoring a cosmological constant/dark energy) is basically about whether the universe will expand forever or stop and the contract, falling back on itself in a Big Crunch. The critical density would be just when, well it's like when a radial speed was exactly equal to escape velocity. You would "stop" at infinity. Greater than escape, you're still moving at infinity. Less than escape velocity, and you stop and start falling back in finite time.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:13 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Miklos merrily sang that in the schoolyard at August 11, 2026 02:14 AM (XOG/m)
He's okay, they say. No trip to hospital.
I've felt crappy all day, and was snoozing when nursing home called... didn't feel well enough to go there. (and of course, feel *guilty* for not going!) Ugh.
Poor hubby.
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 02:14 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 11, 2026 02:14 AM (gxRWI)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Sorry ladies
"outdoor plumbing" does have it's advantages
Posted by: Associate Justice ketanji Miklos-Jackson-Browne at August 11, 2026 02:16 AM (XOG/m)
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Because they could?
Looks like a blast.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 11, 2026 02:16 AM (4Qj8V)
Posted by: Positively Miklos at August 11, 2026 02:18 AM (XOG/m)
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You do what you can do. You need to first get better before you devote yourself to others.
Glad nothing serious happened.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 11, 2026 02:19 AM (8schn)
Now, spacetime, even flat spacetime (Minkowski spacetime) is non-Euclidean from the get-go.
The "distance" in spacetime is non-positive definite. They don't even call it "distance" for this reason, but use the "separation" or the "interval".
In positive definite land, the notion of distance is always positive (or zero). It's the old Pythagorean sum of squares thing.
Now, the interval in spacetime is the *difference* of the squares of space and the square of time. The interval can be *negative*, as well as positive or zero. Which one is positive and which is negative is a matter of choice. I prefer the positive timelike convention, but the positive spacelike is very convenient in some cases.
If the seperation is positive, it is "timelike" meaning conceivable the two events could occur at the same plane at different times. If negative, it's "spacelike" meaning form some observer the events would occur at different places at the same time.
If zero, it's null or lightlike, meaning the events lie on the path light would travel.
There is no "real" geometry you can imagine where distance can be negative. That's were the "pseudo-" on Riemannian comes from.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:21 AM (BeyMP)
That Sequoia is MASSIVE!
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)
I mean, what are you waiting for?
Posted by: LTG
Tone it down a wee bit
*refers to Guidance Update 39.67.1k*
Posted by: Bob from NSA sent this over to the FBI/SPLC at August 11, 2026 02:22 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: the Paolo at August 11, 2026 02:23 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Some of Darleen's girl talk is starting to make sense
Posted by: Lifelong learner Miklos at August 11, 2026 02:10
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Wondering if publius and Darleen are doing edibles or smoking some really good weed?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 11, 2026 02:24 AM (4Qj8V)
That difference of squares things explains the Twin paradox nicely. In positive definite, sum of squares flatland, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Any other path will be longer.
In difference of squares, Minkowski flatland, a straight line is the *longest distance* between two points (events). All other timelike paths are shorter.
Hence, the inertial path also has the longest proper time. Any accelerated path will accumulate less proper time. Your twin, who must accelerate to get back to you, will always be younger.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 02:24 AM (rcENI)
My gramma did it with my cousins. No reason I can't do that with grandbaby of mine.
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 02:29 AM (5JJx4)
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take
I have never let Darleen within many country miles of Publius and/or Miley.
That girl is a born and full-grown homewrecker.
You should see how many extra cinder blocks the trailer house needs, because the lunar gravities affect her eating and weight gain cycles.
Moon Pies seem consistent, they should sell those in packs of 28
Posted by: Miklos deals with reality mainly at August 11, 2026 02:31 AM (XOG/m)
I don't think I've ever understood the answers to the Twin Paradox. Aren't either of you accelerating, relative to the other? OTOH acceleration is something you can feel, so maybe it isn't relative after all?
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 02:33 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:33 AM (BeyMP)
Anyway, it's Garbage Day... and cans had been picked up by the time I got home. Of course, my silly old Cat decided to decapitate a rat on the patio doormat *after* trash pick up. Grrrr... so had to bag it up & take to nearest gas station because it's so damned hot these days, and I don't want to smell that rotting carcass all week!
It's all I could do before crashing in the recliner this afternoon...
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 02:35 AM (rdVOm)
Now, if someone gets moving relative to you, and moving really fast, his spacetime speed must be constant, so his motion through time must slow down. You think is clock is ticking slow. From his POV, however, it's your clock that is ticking slow (and your rulers are short).
Feynman liked to explain things this way.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:36 AM (w6EFb)
And just how would you propose to present that to the yutes? They are pre-programmed to be idiots. So were we. They will not listen to reason, only "reasons." They need to "rebel" against that which works, because, reasons.
Conservative thought and posture usually comes as a result of experience, and logical thought. The yutes have neither. You are just an old idiot, so far as they think, and nothing you do or say will move them.
Luckily, they are a minority of voters, since their mothers overwhelmingly aborted them. They are survivors, but they don't acknowledge that. It will come to them in time.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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When the socialist programs inevitably fail, the gang that succeeds us 29-year-olds -- I think I see them forming on forums like Free Press and thinkers like Batya Ungar-Sargon -- will have to be ready to move in IMMEDIATELY and say "ARE YOU READY TO TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT? Like Common Fucking Sense? Like our way?"
They have to be ready.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 11, 2026 02:37 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 11, 2026 02:29
God bless you tcn. Not what you signed up for but you are stepping up. Good for you, well and the grandbaby. Best wishes.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 11, 2026 02:37 AM (4Qj8V)
Can you tell me more about this? It's not like we have oppressed factory workers *or* agricultural peasants.
OTOH I agree that many things in the last ten years have reminded me of nothing so much as the Cultural Revolution.
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 02:37 AM (rcENI)
Bingo! Acceleration, *real* acceleration is an invariant. This is known as proper acceleration. This is different from coordinate acceleration. When you're really accelerating, you "feel a force", an inertial force. G force.
When you're in free fall, you feel no force. Until you hit the ground. You're not really accelerating in gravity, it's because your geodesics are curved.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)
#1 - It's a good size comparison so you can actually get a feel for how huge Sequoias are.
#2 - Who doesn't want to ride a horse on top of a huge log?
#3 - Even the horses loved it. It's not often they get to walk on tree trunks.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 02:44 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
Are we talking First, Second, Or Third cousins, and how many times Removed (if applicable)?
Posted by: Miklos asking for a cousin-friend at August 11, 2026 02:44 AM (XOG/m)
It looks to China, not Russia for its organizing principle.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:44 AM (BeyMP)
It's Triple Second cousins.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:36
OK fess up, did you do the chocolates or the orange gummies?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at August 11, 2026 02:47 AM (4Qj8V)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 02:47 AM (rdVOm)
Have not been to Bristol, but I did come close when visiting Johnson City, TN which is part of the Tri-Cities area there (the other city being Kingsport, TN).
I liked that part of the country a lot.
Very beautiful, if you like hills and mountains and good people.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 02:48 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Darleen, Marleen and Charleen support this massage at August 11, 2026 02:48 AM (XOG/m)
Fine.
Pfft
I bought many a case of Dixie longneck bottles at the Dixie Brewery on Tulane Avenue in New Orleans.
The cool thing was, that they were a bit slow to get those cases together, but there was free beer at a tap at the loading dock while you waited.
We always figured the guy whose only job was to man the free beer tap musta had some connection in the Union.
Posted by: Miklos learned to hope for slow at August 11, 2026 02:58 AM (XOG/m)
Of course black women were so pivotal in the upper class late 1880s New York.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 12:37 AM (BeyMP)
What? The primary black character is a private secretary -- a servant (note that she lives in the servant's quarters). I can assure you that being a secretary didn't make you "upper class" at the time.
Her father is a successful drug store owner (in the black part of town), but he certainly doesn't have Russell, Van Rijn, or Astor money. Running a drug store didn't make you "upper class", either.
I thought the portrayal of the black characters was refreshingly realistic. No DEI noted.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 03:00 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 02:36
OK fess up, did you do the chocolates or the orange gummies?
Posted by: Farmer
Any theory, no matter how elegant, must be tested against reality.
Posted by: Miklos and Feynman smoke weed and try Von Neumann on the Ouija Board at August 11, 2026 03:01 AM (XOG/m)
If you want to really blow your mind, see Bell's Spaceship Paradox, also known as the Rocket and Rope Paradox.
That will get you into the nitty gritty of coordinate vs proper acceleration, and also of whether Lorentz contraction is "real" or just a coordinate artifact. Also, about the nature of something you might dub a "uniform gravitational field". BTW, such a thing cannot really exist in Einstein gravity.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:01 AM (w6EFb)
Oh I never thought about that. In free fall you *are* accelerating, right? GM/r^2? But you don't feel it?
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 03:02 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 03:04 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 03:04 AM (IG3/x)
In free fall you are following your geodesic in curved spacetime. Your proper acceleration is zero. Relative to the ground (which has non-zero proper acceleration), you have coordinate accleration.
Sitting still here on the ground in Erf's gravitational field, your proper acceleration is 1g, pointing up. :-)
The Equivalence Principle is all about this. Let's go back to pure Newton. You are in a big spaceship, accelerating at 1g in free space, far away from any gravitational field.
Now, what do things look like to you in your accelerating reference frame. If you drop something, what happens?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:07 AM (w6EFb)
But maybe I should be afraid (very afraid!) to ask...
Probably too elementary for the brainiacs here.
No offense intended! You all just carry on, and I'll read until I go cross-eyed. LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:07 AM (rdVOm)
It looks to China, not Russia for its organizing principle.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:44 AM (BeyMP)
SWEEP AWAY ALL MONSTERS AND DEMONS!!!
Posted by: CPC, June 1966 at August 11, 2026 03:11 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:11 AM (rdVOm)
That's g. The speed of light is c.
It wasn't decided on. It's a measured value.
If you drop something (in the absence of air resistance) it will be traveling at 32 feet/second after the first second, 64 feet/second after the second second...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 03:11 AM (IG3/x)
I voted earlier specifically to vote against Miss Lindsey (he might be alive if term limits were a law), and will vote against both his sister and Alan Wilson (son of my long-time congressman Addison "Joe" Wilson).
No family political dynasties.
Posted by: Active Two cents Worth Citizen Miklos at August 11, 2026 03:12 AM (XOG/m)
It's about space
It's about physics
Farting in your face
Posted by: Miklos merrily sang that in the schoolyard at August 11, 2026 02:14 AM (XOG/m)
If you have to fart, fart! You will feel much better for it.
Posted by: Mao at August 11, 2026 03:13 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 11, 2026 03:13 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Thanks. I knew I'd forgotten *something* about all that..
Been 50 years since I sat in that kollidge classroom and never used the info in any "career" since then.
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:14 AM (rdVOm)
We have multiple teenagers now, but it still needs like I need a couple hours of peace and quiet before I go to bed. Any advice on that?
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 03:14 AM (rcENI)
The symbol 'c' for the speed of light comes from Latin "celeritas", meaning "swiftness". That's also the root of "acceleration", "ad + celer(something verb form), meaning to speed up, to hasten.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:14 AM (w6EFb)
I voted earlier specifically to vote against Miss Lindsey (he might be alive if term limits were a law), and will vote against both his sister and Alan Wilson (son of my long-time congressman Addison "Joe" Wilson).
No family political dynasties.
Posted by: Active Two cents Worth Citizen Miklos at August 11, 2026 03:12 AM (XOG/m)
No political dynasties, no offices passed down through families, and NO TERM LIMITS.
We need to quit using cop-outs of our civic responsibilities. Term limits are a lazy solution by the lazy, for the lazy, which winds up making people MORE lazy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:15 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:16 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Active Two cents Worth Citizen Miklos at August 11, 2026 03:12 AM (XOG/m)
I agree.
But I think it'll be between Darlene, Wilson and Ralph Norman.
Sanford doesn't have a chance.
I doubt he'll do well even in his home base down here in the Lowcountry.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:16 AM (6ydKt)
YEp, light is pretty damned swift all right.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:17 AM (w6EFb)
The fact that it didn't shows exactly how far down the humanist rabbit hole we have gone.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 02:02 AM (BeyMP
We Trust The System is what that means.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:17 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:15 AM (ukytI)
Some truth there but presidents have been term limited for eighty years. No reason congress shouldn't get the same treatment, except that they'd never vote for a limit to their own grift.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:18 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: CPC, June 1966
They should prove themselves by swimming the Yangtze River like the Great Leader.
https://tinyurl.com/45evan5d
Posted by: Miklos, emulating Lei Feng at August 11, 2026 03:20 AM (XOG/m)
Not a clue on that. :-)
In that Equivalence Principle thought experiment, what is the rate things "fall" when you drop them in your accelerating rocket. The feather and the rock "fall" at the same rate, don't they?
See the fictitious forces of non-inertial reference frames. Gravity acts just like that (over small distances where tidal gradients are negligible).
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:22 AM (w6EFb)
Oh I can explain something to you for a change!
Every -tion ending is from a Latin -tum (perfect passive participle). AFAICT always via French.
But the coolest thing about Latin IMO is their future passive participle, meaning "needing to be". For example "Amanda" is "She who must be loved," and "reverend" is "he who must be revered." I've wished we had this in English many times, and sometimes I just make up words based on it. "Let me spend some time on the code refactorandum."
Posted by: frammish at August 11, 2026 03:22 AM (rcENI)
I doubt he'll do well even in his home base down here in the Lowcountry.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
I like Norman over Fry, although Fry seems good too
But Ralph has that relatable curmudgeon aspect
Posted by: Miklos, also thinking Ralph is a fine name for a Senator at August 11, 2026 03:23 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Miklos and Feynman smoke weed and try Von Neumann on the Ouija Board
>Show me one practical application of all of this math and discussion of multiple dimensions.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 11, 2026 03:23 AM (iySPJ)
BTW, the speed of light, c, is now defined, not measured. The meter is defined in terms of how far light travels in a given time.
Also, the kilogram is no longer defined as that "hunk of metal in Paris". Planck's constant is now defined, not measured, and knowing c, and h, the kilogram is now derived. It was only recently that the technology to do that became practical. See the "Watt balance".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:25 AM (w6EFb)
I hear the Italians want to experiment by dropping shithole migrants of varying weights from that mis-engineered tower in Pisa.
Posted by: Miklos also leans a bit, depending on perspective at August 11, 2026 03:26 AM (XOG/m)
Was listening to podcast that scared me.
Seems the DSA is making real inroads with today's youths.
Giving them activities and meetings that lead to a sense of purpose.
This is a well funded and organized effort.
There is no comparable organized effort like this on the Right.
Posted by: LTG at August 11, 2026 01:25 AM (BeyMP)
I refuse to be complacent, but…the young don’t vote.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:27 AM (ukytI)
They should prove themselves by swimming the Yangtze River like the Great Leader.
https://tinyurl.com/45evan5d
Posted by: Miklos, emulating Lei Feng at August 11, 2026 03:20 AM (XOG/m)
Many did, in fact, back then.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:28 AM (ukytI)
Only took them a month.
They even remade the sign out front.
See? government can work quickly when it feels a need to.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:28 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 03:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Some truth there but presidents have been term limited for eighty years. No reason congress shouldn't get the same treatment, except that they'd never vote for a limit to their own grift.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:18 AM (6ydKt)
What will happen is this:
Voter participation will drop to near zero in the time before the term limit kicks in. “My Congresscritter is a bum but I am just going to wait until he is term limited out.”
I watched this play out in San Antonio when the city council got term limits.
You mention the presidency. I’d have the 22nd Amendment repealed if I were king for a day.
No term limits. You want better government? Go out and get it. Quit being lazy, and quit trying to make everyone else lazy. Being lazy is how we got here. The cure is not being more lazy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:33 AM (ukytI)
Only took them a month.
They even remade the sign out front.
See? government can work quickly when it feels a need to.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:28 AM (6ydKt)
What?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:34 AM (ukytI)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 11, 2026 03:34 AM (ukytI)
Hard to believe, I know.
As for term limits, they could make it more interesting by making the limits apply only to consecutive terms.
Limit to six consecutive terms for reps and two consecutive terms for senators. That way voters can bring back a favorite crook after he/she has a one term time-out after twelve years in office.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:42 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:47 AM (w6EFb)
Representatives, Senators, and all Federal employees should lose their special pension and healthcare programs.
Medicare and Social Security like everybody else.
Posted by: Miklos in best Andy Rooney voice (but without the Brezhnev eyebrows) at August 11, 2026 03:49 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: Miklosius Caroliniensis at August 11, 2026 03:51 AM (XOG/m)
Medicare and Social Security like everybody else.
Posted by: Miklos
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I whole-heartedly agree!
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:54 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Miklos in best Andy Rooney voice (but without the Brezhnev eyebrows) at August 11, 2026 03:49 AM (XOG/m)
If only we could get a majority of 535 people to vote against their own self-interest.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 03:55 AM (6ydKt)
Takes all kinds, I reckon'
Posted by: Modestly Edumacated Miklos at August 11, 2026 03:56 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 11, 2026 03:57 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Easily manipulated Late Night Miklos at August 11, 2026 03:58 AM (XOG/m)
If only we had a *system of checks and balances* or, you know, a couple of other "co-equal" branches of gubmint, to slap them down...
Oh, wait. It doesn't really work THAT way, does it?
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 04:00 AM (rdVOm)
When it get to physics and the other math-centered sciences my brain feezes up and all I see is Arabic numerals and Greek letters.
I do admire the human abacuses among us, though.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 04:01 AM (6ydKt)
Spotify Top Ten, August 8, 2026
https://youtu.be/YNnvWLQlQM0
Posted by: SciVo at August 11, 2026 04:02 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at August 11, 2026 03:59 AM (rdVOm)
It all works great, theoretically.
... and then the politicians and bureaucrats get involved.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 04:02 AM (6ydKt)
If the politicians and bureaucrats can't balance the budget then the politicians and bureaucrats don't get paid a salary until they do.
Nothing like hitting them where it hurts to narrow the focus.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 11, 2026 04:07 AM (6ydKt)
There's a bad house fire several blocks from us- we're in no danger- but prayers for the owners and the VFD would be appreciated. We heard units come in from the closest towns and they seem to be getting it under control, but from what we can see from the back yard it looks like a near total loss.
Thanks.
Posted by: sal at August 11, 2026 04:12 AM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 04:20 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:25 AM (odBC9)
There's a bad house fire several blocks from us- we're in no danger- but prayers for the owners and the VFD would be appreciated. We heard units come in from the closest towns and they seem to be getting it under control, but from what we can see from the back yard it looks like a near total loss.
Thanks.
Posted by: sal at August 11, 2026 04:12 AM (f+FmA)
Prayers up, sal.
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:26 AM (odBC9)
This is why I became an economist.
The truth is, economics is common sense in general action. The market can be compared to some aspects of physics, in which there is order within apparent randomness.
But try to tell the Ph.D. economist kids that.
Posted by: Dismally scientific Miklos at August 11, 2026 04:29 AM (XOG/m)
Posted by: m at August 11, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 11, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: paulnjax at August 11, 2026 07:28 AM (PPnyU)
Eventually, that pore extends through the embryo and becomes the alimentary canal.
But that first indentation is not the entrance; it's the exit.
So, before any of us were anything else, we were all just an asshole.
Posted by: mikeski at August 11, 2026 12:41 AM (VHUov)
Some of us never endeavor to move beyond that.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 11, 2026 07:52 AM (dK+Kv)
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 10, 2026 07:30 PM (wxsGM)
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Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
The whole article was an April Fools joke. People bit.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 10, 2026 07:38 PM (l26NL)
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We're going to want 2026 New York post Mandani to be in black and white.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 10, 2026 07:38 PM (OkYzo)
They are no bueno.
Posted by: AoSHQ Cafe Custodial Engineers at August 10, 2026 07:39 PM (xz2bk)
So what if Ace mispells a word.
Good grief, anyone out there who wants his job?
I don't know how he is sane having to read all the shit to find something for us to read.
He rocks!!
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 07:41 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 07:41 PM (3uBP9)
The region is less populated than the area that got hit in Venezuela a month ago.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:41 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:42 PM (jo6FO)
Posted by: banana Dream
Ours does the same.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 07:43 PM (ZLygy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
It's only a matter of time. Anyone who hand-feeds a polar bear will end up with the hands of a bomb maker.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 10, 2026 07:44 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 07:44 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: logprof
And Melania.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 07:44 PM (ZLygy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
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Kind of reminds me of the "invisible" bridge from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 07:44 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:44 PM (O0L8i)
"A lawsuit filed Friday in Ramsey County seeks to prevent the members of two rival gangs from gathering at the Minnesota State Fair."
They're suing to get an injunction to keep them apart at the state fair, and preventing a battle royale there. Last year there were beatings, knifings, and shootings, and, "this year the Somali gangs are planning on upping the violence".
It's on Twitchy. Oy vey.
(Right American answer is to arm up all the midwestern American farmers - concealed, so the Somalis don't know - there and turn it into an ambush if they show and get all squirrely. Go all Swamp Fox on 'em.)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 07:45 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 07:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at August 10, 2026 07:46 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 07:46 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (vE0+H)
Hope everyone is up to date with their rabies vaccine!
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at August 10, 2026 07:46 PM (JM9I6)
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*furtively wipes foam from mouth*
I'm good.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (O0L8i)
"A lawsuit filed Friday in Ramsey County seeks to prevent the members of two rival gangs from gathering at the Minnesota State Fair."
They're suing to get an injunction to keep them apart at the state fair, and preventing a battle royale there. Last year there were beatings, knifings, and shootings, and, "this year the Somali gangs are planning on upping the violence".
It's on Twitchy. Oy vey.
(Right American answer is to arm up all the midwestern American farmers - concealed, so the Somalis don't know - there and turn it into an ambush if they show and get all squirrely. Go all Swamp Fox on 'em.)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 07:45 PM (kU0PQ)
Lawyers ruin everything.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: I Mourn Our Fallen World at August 10, 2026 07:48 PM (JM9I6)
It's only a matter of time. Anyone who hand-feeds a polar bear will end up with the hands of a bomb maker.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at August 10, 2026 07:44 PM (syz1S)
_____________________
Yeah, they are near the top of my list of animals I never want to meet. Pure carnivores that can smell you miles away is not a good mix. I'd add Bengal Tigers and Sloth Bears to the list. Sloth bears, IMO, are the worst of the bunch. They'll take on a full grown tiger for kicks and giggles.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 07:48 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
The Vigilant Fox
@VigilantFox
Joe Scarborough looks visibly sickened as he hears DSA co-chair Megan Romer say October 7th was "largely inevitable" and admit she "probably would have" attended a pro-Hamas rally the day after the massacre.
Even MSNBC couldn't stomach this one.
SCARBOROUGH: "The co-chair of the DSA supported going to a pro-Hamas rally the day after Hamas gleefully slaughtered more Jews on October 7th than any day the Jews were slaughtered since the Holocaust."
"This would be like going to a pro-al-Qaeda rally on September 12th, which I'm sure many people in the DSA would say, 'Well, that would be perfectly fine.'"
Joe Scarborough left the GOP over Trump in 2017. Nine years later, he's admitting his own side is full of people who would call a pro-al Qaeda rally on September 12th "perfectly fine."
You have to wonder what's going through this guy's head right now.
https://tinyurl.com/53zzrbn8
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (dK+Kv)
You know who else ruins everything?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 07:51 PM (zZu0s)
I went to the Minnesota State Fair in 1974 with a pretty Norwegian lass. There were no Somalis, nor gunfights.
Posted by: I Mourn Our Fallen World
Too much whiteness back then.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 07:52 PM (Cqx++)
I received a package this afternoon. I tossed the box into the library to see if my new cat Chloe was interested (she wasn't).
When I walked past the library a few minutes ago, I saw Penny sitting in the box like she owned it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 07:52 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 10, 2026 07:52 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at August 10, 2026 07:46 PM
A little-known side-effect of the rabies vaccine is a deadening of the olfactory sense.
Now ask yourself 'Why would the Penguin Promotion Board be promoting the rabies vaccine?'
Things that make you go "Hmmmm ... "
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:53 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Franz Liebkind at August 10, 2026 07:53 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 10, 2026 07:52 PM (MWfyi)
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I really don't want to know the details of the government grant you received to study that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 07:54 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)
He left the GOP because MSNBC was looking for Republican politician who take a principled stand against literally Hitler taking over the GOP.
And they paid him millions to sell out. That didn't hurt.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (viF8m)
Yes, it's a rerun but I still wanted more than Final Jeopardy! (if I even get that).
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (jo6FO)
They're suing to get an injunction to keep them apart at the state fair, and preventing a battle royale there. Last year there were beatings, knifings, and shootings, and, "this year the Somali gangs are planning on upping the violence".
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Just reinstate Gladiatorial games and sell tickets.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (dK+Kv)
You know who else ruins everything?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
Commies?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 10, 2026 07:56 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 07:57 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 07:57 PM (2UJ+q)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 07:57 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 10, 2026 07:57 PM (1FEc1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 07:58 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 07:52 PM (FZ29D)
If I fitz, I sitz.
Posted by: Penny at August 10, 2026 07:58 PM (GTqXr)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ...
Kathleen Kennedy?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 07:58 PM (ndZc7)
Fuckin' Todd!
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: You'll Thank Me Later at August 10, 2026 08:00 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (dK+Kv)
To my understanding, yes some of them are commies
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:01 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 08:03 PM (Ia/+0)
https://tinyurl.com/u66w8bxf
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR)
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Huh. Missouri picked itself instead of Illinois or Kansas.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 08:03 PM (FZ29D)
-AOC
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 08:03 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 08:05 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:06 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 08:06 PM (/QHx4)
It says Oklahoma hates Texas. The University of Texas, maybe, but this is universal.
No, Oklahoma hates Rhode Island. And they know why.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at August 10, 2026 08:07 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 08:03 PM (FZ29D)
As did New Jersey. Heh.
When I lived in Colorado, I knew people from Michigan, Wisconsin, New England and Minnesota that were way worse than the Californians I knew.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 08:07 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 10, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:07 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 08:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 08:08 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 08:08 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 08:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Somalia and Somaliland are different entities. The latter recognizes Israel, of all things.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 08:11 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 08:12 PM (Ot/FD)
I do not really have a least favorite. I was not crazy about Iowa, but, then that's where Slipknot is from, so it ain't all bad.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)
The only thing Gavin insurges is coke up his nose.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 08:12 PM (DZ9Lv)
Wife says her least favorite state is NY.
___________
The sad thing is that north of Westchester County, New York is a lovely state. Delaware, a little pipsqueak polity with a stupid toll plaza on I-95, deserves every American's scorn.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 08:13 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:13 PM (vE0+H)
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1979: fasting glucose over 140 makes you diabetic.
1997: lowered to 126.
Millions of new diabetics. Same blood.
1997: prediabetes starts at 110.
2003: lowered to 100.
A third of American adults, created by a footnote.
1984: high blood pressure is 160/95.
2017: lowered to 130/80.
American hypertension goes from 32 per cent of adults to 46. Thirty-one million new patients in a morning.
2001: the cholesterol target is 130.
2004: lowered to 100, and to 70 for the high risk.
Statin eligibility expands by millions.
Eight of the nine men who wrote that 2004 update were on the payroll of companies selling statins. They disclosed it only when forced.
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Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 08:14 PM (Fi81e)
Are you a programmer by chance?
Posted by: ...
In the sense that I program memoranda of points and authorities, i suppose so, but I practice law.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 08:15 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 08:16 PM (Cqx++)
Occasional-Cortex thinks freezing her eggs is a great idea.
She just wonders why it takes so long for them to thaw in the morning.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 08:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 08:08 PM (Ot/FD)
Being AOC is.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 08:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 08:15 PM (DZ9Lv)
It was your grammatically superior use of quotation marks.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:16 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Kindltot - I also dyed AOC's eggs and hidden them across the White House lawn at August 10, 2026 08:17 PM (rbvCR)
https://t.ly/HmzcE
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 08:16 PM (Cqx++)
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Sounds rather un-fair.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 08:17 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: The Lonely Beachcomber at August 10, 2026 08:17 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)
Go with Massholechusettes.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 08:18 PM (dK+Kv)
https://t.ly/HmzcE
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 08:16 PM (Cqx++)
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Sounds rather un-fair.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 08:17 PM (Fi81e)
Maybe it's one of their carnival games. How dare you judge their culture.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 08:20 PM (dK+Kv)
https://t.ly/HmzcE
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
Amaize-ing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 08:20 PM (9NN0K)
https://tinyurl.com/ms3hppyz
https://tinyurl.com/mrxp375k
https://tinyurl.com/2u5e5zh8
https://tinyurl.com/bddwj9xt
https://tinyurl.com/nhczy33w
https://tinyurl.com/4vxwb68a
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 08:20 PM (ndZc7)
Vermont went from doughty granite quarriers to twee bed-and-breakfast superannuated hippies. Principal export is smug.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 08:21 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 08:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 08:22 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 08:23 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 08:23 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Come stay with us at the Stratford Inn.
Posted by: Dick and Joanna Loudon at August 10, 2026 08:25 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 10, 2026 08:27 PM (MWfyi)
Q.E.D.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 08:27 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 08:29 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 08:29 PM (O0L8i)
They eat other things besides people
Posted by: what the cat drug in at August 10, 2026 08:30 PM (jrgJz)
My least favorite state that I have not been to is Delaware. Mostly because of you know who.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 10, 2026 08:30 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: And It's Full Of Portugees! at August 10, 2026 08:30 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 08:33 PM (MWfyi)
Thus Providence Plantation.
There are way more Portuguese in Massachusetts.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 08:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 08:38 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (dK+Kv)
You know who else ruins everything?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
Commies?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Bean counters?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 08:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (dK+Kv)
You know who else ruins everything?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
Commies?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Bean counters?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 08:39 PM (wVcYX)
Microsoft?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 08:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Yankees means Americans to foreigner,
East coasters to the west and midwest,
North Easterners to the southern Atlantic and gulf coast,
New Englanders to Ohio and Virginians
Vermonters to the New Englanders,
and
"people who have pie for breakfast" in Vermont
Posted by: Kindltot - I also dyed AOC's eggs and hidden them across the White House lawn at August 10, 2026 08:41 PM (rbvCR)
But they grow the food and know the markets
Kill the Boer
We will learn to grow the food and know the markets
Kill the Boer
There is no food in the markets
Kill the Boer
NGOs will cover the difference
I was 66 in July. Fuck the peasants. Fuck ANC (African Nat). Fuck the DSA. Fuck Hollywood, DC, NYC, Wisconsin, Chicago, and MN.
The day that the 1.2 Trillion to pay debt(today) is $2.0 T (in 2
, then then Treasury pays 8 or 9%. That is $3.6 T per year.
That is SS, Medicare, and Medicaid COMBINED.
Who has the BALLS to run on 2020 budget?
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 08:41 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
HR. There should be a law. I mean, another law.
Posted by: Kindltot - I also dyed AOC's eggs and hid them across the White House lawn at August 10, 2026 08:42 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 08:42 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 07:50 PM (vE0+H)
Short people?
Diversity hires?
Come on. Don't keep us in suspense.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 08:45 PM (dK+Kv)
everybody is driving the same 3 or 4 models of car
cars come in every color of the rainbow
pedestrians seem blissfully unconcerned with their personal safety
street traffic looks like a free-for-all
one movie theater had King Kong AND Son Of King Kong
double feature
war bonds for sale
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:46 PM (ZxPkt)
double feature
war bonds for sale
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:46 PM (ZxPkt)
3 story tall gorillas selling war bonds does not sound like goo economic policy
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 08:49 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ...
And here I thought it was my reference to coke.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 08:50 PM (DZ9Lv)
Remember the ad:
I can bring home the bacon
Fry it up on a pan
And never ever ever let you forget you’re a MAN
‘Cause I’m a woman.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 08:51 PM (4XJZx)
You can argue they are not real but they are one of the original thirteen states. Just because it's a small state does not take away their statehood.
However I very much opposed DC ever becoming a state.
It is a District.
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 08:51 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:51 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater
My roommate 3rd year in law school.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 08:52 PM (DZ9Lv)
On a per capita basis, Vermonters own more guns than Texans. It was a much higher per capita number before the Bernie Sanders moved in. And that's just the guns they register.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 08:53 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)
Leaking crude oil from a tanker grounded off a nature reserve in Oman has created a slick covering almost 400 square kilometers (roughly 154 square miles), the country's government said on Monday.
Posted by: Buster Hymand at August 10, 2026 08:55 PM (SOf5W)
Posted by: The Shobijin at August 10, 2026 08:55 PM (4NO2D)
We need to lighten up.
Make your immediate world happy.
Do things to the people you regularly interact with, to make them smile.
Compliment a stranger.
Don’t be an asshole.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 08:57 PM (4XJZx)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)
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The reality of a single working mom caused me to develop a taste for microwave pizza.
On the plus side, I learned to cook for myself, which my kids and grandkids appreciate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:00 PM (ZOv7s)
The Perseid meteor shower is ramping up for the peak on the night of the 12th-13th. After local midnight will be about the best time to look. Look to the NE, radiant is in Perseus as the name suggests.
This is the debris trail of Comet Swift-Tuttle. It has a period of about 130 years, but a perihelion of about 1 AU. Back in the '70s, they got worried it could hit Erf in August of 2126. It's orbital path, which we a plowing into now, is within the earth-moon distance.
But subsequent observations and refinements have shown no threat to earth for at least 2000 years. It's 16 miles in diameter, and if it hit earth, that would be all she wrote for us.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:01 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:03 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:06 PM (JvZF+)
I reread my
Comment
So sorry!
Not meant to you personally. WE as in all of us. I agree with you!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:08 PM (kzq+c)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)
You know who else ruins everything?
Posted by: ...
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HR. There should be a law. I mean, another law.
Posted by: Kindltot
HR isn't happy until everyone else is unhappy
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 10, 2026 09:10 PM (QVmho)
https://tinyurl.com/u66w8bxf
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR)
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Not to cast doubt on these results, but I'd bet good money that Wyoming hates Colorado more than California
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 09:10 PM (F9bBk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:06 PM (JvZF+)
That's the place you get to through the door in the back of the wardrobe isn't it ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at August 10, 2026 09:10 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)
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God by with you, my friend. My wife's surgery is Wednesday, and as Slow Joe would say, "It's a big fuckin' deal!" I think the anticipation is the worst part. I'm looking forward to it being over and then moving forward.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:11 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)
The Perseid meteor shower. Moonless night out in the desert. What a cool experience.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:13 PM (ZOv7s)
If not... That is RACISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST !!!!!!!!
Posted by: Buster Hymand at August 10, 2026 09:14 PM (SOf5W)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)
The biggest meteor event in known history was probably the 1833 Leonid storm. And it was indeed a storm, the sky was ablaze with streaks. They thought the world was ending. You can find paintings of the event.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:16 PM (w6EFb)
The Perseid meteor shower. Moonless night out in the desert. What a cool experience.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:13 PM (ZxPkt)
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Late spring of 1991. Senior Skip Day. There was an unusual display of the Aurora Borealis, something I'd never seen or imagined. Half the sky was filled with light out at the old M-78 Drive In. What could this mean? Was it a sign?
Among those of us gathered in awe was the co-founder of Google.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/u66w8bxf
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR
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Slow on the uptake. If I remember my geography it looks like Michigan hates Michigan and Kansas hates Kansas. I think I took it too literally
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 09:17 PM (aJ8q5)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)
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Thank you. I'm happy to see you feeling better. The healing power of the Horde!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:18 PM (77rzZ)
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The Paolo is now staying in the cuckshed, no?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 09:20 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 09:20 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 09:17 PM (aJ8q5)
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It's a bit suspect. Michigan hates Ohio. We are proud to have fought a "war" with Ohio. But the Michigan-Michigan State thing is visceral, and the distaste for the Caliphate of Dearborn is real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:21 PM (ZOv7s)
In response Prosecutors and the Minnesota Attorney General filed civil lawsuits seeking temporary injunctions against the 2 rival Somali street gangs
There is a proposed “safety zone” injunction would bar Somali gang members from associating with one another
take them to a 40 acre forest
give them ars
shoot the pussys that tried to leave
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 09:22 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
If I ever write the historic fiction of my G-G-G-grandpa, it'll include that event. He was 31.
He also lived through the 1816, the year without a summer. Big stuff. I know both led to revivals.
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 09:22 PM (q6tQZ)
I don’t know why I just felt compelled to type that. But I don’t regret my having done so in the slightest.
Thank you all for being my friends.
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:24 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 09:24 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: The Paolo at August 10, 2026 09:24 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/u66w8bxf
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR
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Slow on the uptake. If I remember my geography it looks like Michigan hates Michigan and Kansas hates Kansas. I think I took it too literally
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 09:17 PM (aJ8q5)
I think it should be Washington hates Oregon most. Oregon hates Washington most. Texas hates Oklahoma most. But they all despise California. California hates the midwest and the south. Hicks to them.
Posted by: LASue at August 10, 2026 09:26 PM (lCppi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:26 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 09:27 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Ilhan Derka Derka Muhammad Jihad at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (g47mK)
The Bighorn Mountains
Yellowstone
Grand Mesa in Colorado.
Yukon
Alaska
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 08:38 PM (O0L8i)
Definitely got the shitholes covered. They work as our scarecrows. It keeps the nice areas unpopulated.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (S41Gd)
>>Every state's least favorite state
Most of the Northeastern states are imaginary, so they don't really count.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2026 09:30 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 08:45 PM (dK+Kv)
It may be better if I keep you in suspense.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:30 PM (vE0+H)
I hit the driving range today. Prepping for Geezer Golf tomorrow. We got some new guys in this year and these sandbagging bastards are good.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 09:32 PM (2WIwB)
The South hates California. Shits to them.
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 09:32 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:33 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Count von Count at August 10, 2026 09:33 PM (iqcvy)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:24 PM (ZxPkt)
Yup, saw that in S Dakota. Almost impossible to make out constellations because it was like looking at one bright light through a screen. The Milky way looked like you could climb up and surf it.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 09:34 PM (S41Gd)
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Somalia!
Posted by: Ilhan Derka Derka Muhammad Jihad at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (g47mK)
***
Hey Ilhan, he said women, not little girls.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 09:34 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 09:34 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:35 PM (9txJW)
In real dark sky conditions, the Milky Way will cast a visible shadow.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:35 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (/HDaX)
And a pair of them brain drilling orbs
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 09:36 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Red at August 10, 2026 09:36 PM (u/oMr)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 09:38 PM (/QHx4)
There is quite a tale around "green" stars. While mostly tongue-in-cheek, some like to claim the sun is green, because the peak of its spectrum is right in the green band.
And there is star, named Zubeneschamali (Beta Librae), that many people swear is green.
But that's most likely just an illusion. A star can't really look green because of the way the blackbody spectrum works vs temperature, and the way our eyes work. Sunlight is "white" to us. And as a star goes through the temperature spectrum, it goes from appearing reddish to yellow to white to blue.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:39 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:35 PM (9txJW)
I've heard they're not too fond of Oregon either.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 09:41 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:35 PM (9txJW)
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Seattle is jealous because we get more rain.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:35 PM (w6EFb)
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There is a Dark Sky Preserve near Alpena, and it's pretty impressive.
Of course, those of us of a certain age, remember when there was more darkness in the world.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 09:43 PM (S41Gd)
The Bighorn Mountains
Yellowstone
Grand Mesa in Colorado.
Yukon
Alaska
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Agreed. Would add in Sucia Island in the San Juans on a sailboat. The Perceid shower above and phosphorescence below. Everyrhing glittered.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:43 PM (9txJW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 09:44 PM (2WIwB)
https://tinyurl.com/u66w8bxf
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:59 PM (rbvCR)
I don't remember hearing anyone "hates" Florida. I mean, that's where everyone else is going. How odd.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 09:45 PM (3uBP9)
Lawyers ruin everything.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:47 PM (dK+Kv)
It's not "the lawyers."
Its the farking attorney general, Ellison. The one who should actually be prosecuting people involved in this sort of thing.
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 09:46 PM (kU0PQ)
The NFL is more interesting.
And I say that as a (former) huge college football fan
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:47 PM (9txJW)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:47 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:48 PM (9txJW)
Yellowstone
Grand Mesa in Colorado.
Yukon
Alaska
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 09:29 PM (0aYVJ)
Agreed. Would add in Sucia Island in the San Juans on a sailboat. The Perceid shower above and phosphorescence below. Everyrhing glittered.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:43 PM (9txJW)
There's this spot down south in the Florida panhandle area that is supposed to be the darkest clearest area away from city lights in this whole region I'd like to go camping to see the night sky. But my wife said she would never ever go there because it seemed, and I quote, "snaky".
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 09:48 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:49 PM (77rzZ)
College football has become ridiculous.
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)
Rumor has it Cal and Stanford are trying to snivel their way back into the PAC-12. I guess they looked are their records and their travel budgets and thought perhaps they screwed up.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 09:49 PM (2WIwB)
Yours truly, a pedant.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 09:52 PM (gxRWI)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:47 PM (77rzZ)
The only thing I don't like about it is its hot, and its hot for a long time. It has some really nice areas though that aren't swamp, and winter there is really nice. Its also very flat. That kinda gets on your nerves after awhile.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 09:52 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:53 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:53 PM (ZxPkt)
Yep, it ain't really a painting. Being a philistine, I use "painting" for just about every "human created visual art" or something. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:35 PM (9txJW)
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This, but also California if I recall correctly
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 09:54 PM (wFoR+)
Florida is flat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:54 PM (mkk/2)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:57 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:57 PM (77rzZ)
Florida is flat.
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Flatter than Brie Larson's narrow ass.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:58 PM (u/oMr)
Its the farking attorney general, Ellison. The one who should actually be prosecuting people involved in this sort of thing.
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 09:46 PM (kU0PQ)
It was a joke. The Somalis should be knifing each other.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 09:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Florida is flat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:54 PM (mkk/2)
very flat. I drove from Sanibel to Orlando one year, and the only thing I saw was whatever landscaping was along the highway. I couldn't see anything beyond those shrubs. I knew there had to be something, anything, but everything is so frigging flat the shrubs obscured it all. It made me crazy. We pulled off the highway and did a smaller road that took us through a lot of orange groves, and bugs that I didn't know existed on this frigging planet. The rental car was absolutely trashed.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 09:59 PM (S41Gd)
Regional conferences make the most sense.
And holding STUDENT ATHELETES responsible for being STUDENTS and advancing towards a degree seems to have been lost.
It’s horribly racist to not hold these (mostly black) kids accountable. What is the Plan B? How are they going to make a living ? They can’t read the FUCKING contract!
So sad. Schools are making even more money and the kids are being used. Worse than ever.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 09:59 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 10:00 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:57 PM (ZxPkt)
Its our very own Australia .
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 10:04 PM (S41Gd)
Quick Hits
"Sports" Illustrated: Sophie Cunningham getting clotheslined was "karma" for saying that women's sports should be for women:
An American transgender refugee is back in the United States after spending a period inside a dangerous asylum center in the Netherlands, but she's still not happy with the US. Jane-Michelle Arc, 48, fled to Ter Apel, the Netherlands' largest refugee camp, after Trump was re-elected in 2024 - saying that she feared for her safety as a trans woman living in America. She claimed asylum in the European country - and while she endured tough conditions in the sqaulid camp where stabbings and attacks are commonplace, she came to the realization that she actually wanted to return to her native California. Now, Arc has returned to America - and she is already complaining. 'The situation I have in the US as a trans person, not good, right? But here, I will be hurt or killed,' Arc told local outlet Pow News. 'It is too dangerous to walk to the grocery store because of the people that live in the camp, and I'm one of them, I live here. You see these guys in yellow vests, they actually wear them because there are so many stabbings.' Ter Apel has been deemed dangerous by the Red Cross, who said aid volunteers feel 'unsafe' at the site, adding that violence 'cannot be controlled.' Last month, Arc returned to the US, but the software engineer's transition back to the States hasn't been the easiest. From the healthcare system to the expensive grocery prices, she's finding life difficult along the Pacific Coast after a year away. 'First time shopping in the US, and In-N-Out too. America is really, really loud and overwhelming. And everything is so expensive,' she wrote on Threads shortly after returning. 'The Dutch complain about groceries being expensive, but good grief, San Francisco is a whole different experience.' A few weeks ago, she celebrated being back in the US for a week by acknowledging how much more 'comfortable' the States are. Despite the ease of living more safely, she complained that the 'transphobia is quite overt.' ... She also complained about the ongoing debate about transgender athletes in sports, as she is a triathlon athlete herself who has written about competing and winning women's events. ... She wrote about not having toiletries inside the asylum center and wearing filthy clothing. From her bedside on her first night, she wrote about not being afraid in the center. 'I am not afraid someone is going to threaten to kill me while screaming slurs at me outside this door. I am not afraid I will be arrested and killed in a men's jail for peeing in a public restroom. I am not afraid that one group of people is using me as a pawn in a greater ideological war against another group of people,' she wrote. 'I can't describe the feeling of that stuff not being on my shoulders. It's been there now for a long time.' In a later post, Arc, who also posts online under the name Max Toegang, wrote: 'This place is f**king dire, and it has problems. But hate and aggression aren't the problems.' She also detailed how the center told her to 'be careful who I hang out with and where I go' after she got 'sideways looks from Muslims.' It is unclear when Arc started to feel physically unsafe at the center.FOR FURTHER REVIEW When this narcissistic schizophrenic malcontent shoots up a school, how many children do you think he'll murder? The FBI opened its probe into Jeff Sessions -- to drive him out of the AG position and install the compliant liberal Rod Rosenthal -- even after Sessions corrected his trivial misstatement about speaking to DC-fixture Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. They did so based on a letter from hyperpartisan Democrat senators.
The FBI opened a probe into sitting Attorney General Jeff Sessions in May 2017 for potentially making false statements to Congress about Russian contacts even though he had already updated the disputed testimony, newly declassified documents show. The evidence to support the probe -- codenamed MARCH TOLL and opened one day after FBI Director James Comey was fired by President Donald Trump -- was a weeks-old letter from Democrats and an article from a liberal news site, the memos show. The bureau's investigative files into the Sessions matter were declassified by President Donald Trump and made public Monday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force. The investigation was predicated on evidence contained in a March 20, 2017, letter to Comey from two Democrat senators on the Judiciary Committee, Patrick Leahy of Vermont and Al Franken of Minnesota. The senators argued that Sessions made false statements in his confirmation hearing earlier that year when he testified about communications with members of the Russian government. A Trump administration official told reporters the timing of the investigation raises concerns because it was opened right after Comey's firing and more than a month and a half after the Democratic senators wrote to the FBI.
Officers 'avoid arrests when possible,' but when forced to do so use that 'enduring component of Whiteness': niceness
A study that came out in May but just recently came to light on social media argues that police officers stationed in schools use a technique dubbed "niceness as Whiteness" to justify arresting students for various infractions. The paper "Niceness as Whiteness in School Police Officers' Perceptions of Student Arrest" by Vanderbilt Postdoctoral Research Fellow Abigail Beneke ("studies how schools provide care under racial capitalism") and Professors Benjamin Fisher (U. Wisconsin-Madison), F. Chris Curran (U. Florida), and Samantha Viano (George Mason) was highlighted last week by Dr. James Nuzzo. According to the paper's abstract, the researchers used the "perceptions of arrest" by school cops' (known as school resource officers, or SROs) in two school districts, and found police "generally expressed trying to avoid arrest." But when relating anecdotes about arrests they had made, the SROs used "niceness as Whiteness to justify arresting young people." (The academics use a capital "W" for "whites/whiteness" throughout their report.) The researchers claim niceness is an "enduring component of Whiteness" -- it "allows predominantly White people to elide how their own actions contribute to inequality by maintaining a sense of their own benevolence." In addition, they allege "some people of color" also make use of niceness in order to "uphold Whiteness." Despite SROs in the study noting "they avoid arrest[s] when possible," Beneke et. al. say that when SROs do make arrests, they demonstrate whiteness by: 1) not taking responsibility for them. (One SRO said he arrested a student at the mother's request as she was "at rope's end"; the researchers claim this SRO "used niceness to shift responsibility to the boy's mother" and "minimized his own role in maintaining Whiteness in a school district where Black students were arrested at three times the rate of White students.") 2) "minimiz[ing] the negative impact of arrest by highlighting their own goodness." (This includes saying things like "You want to listen to the radio? You want the window down? Is there a station you want to listen to?" after an arrest.) 3) noting the "positive relationships with children whom they had arrested." (Highlighting such "reframes violence, i.e. arrest, that contributes to racial inequality as a positive, since students still like the SROs.")
Google Scholar The SROs "used niceness as a strategy for upholding a system of Whiteness that systematically privileges White people and excludes those who fall outside of Whiteness," the scholars conclude in the paper's discussion section.
Francesca Hong in 2025: We're going to have to use the National Guard to arrest ICE agents.
Oh my God.
— Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 (@JoshEakle) August 10, 2026
Watch this interview with Dr. Frances Gill of the Democratic Socialists of America's national political committee.
I'm sorry.
But putting these people in charge of the Democratic Party will usher in a century of fascist rule. pic.twitter.com/yGyip30UHP
This is honestly kind of just sad
— Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) August 9, 2026
A travel influencer from the UK came to Los Angeles for the first time excited because she says everyone in the UK wants to visit Hollywood
She was completely let down, couldn’t believe what she saw and now warns everyone thinking of going to… pic.twitter.com/VQBLa3v6ca
NEW: Man who has been arrested 22 times in just 6 years has been arrested for trying to r*pe a woman in the Daffin Park bathrooms in Savannah, Georgia.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 10, 2026
30-year-old Lashawa Doyle has been arrested 8 times in 2026 so far.
He was released from jail just 17 days before the alleged… pic.twitter.com/hYVcDFbnIu
Imagine looking at these two photos and claiming that the white girl is the one who should have been ejected -- not the person trying to rip her head off.
— Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) August 10, 2026
Clown. pic.twitter.com/70lOtdJksX
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: alpine_beer at August 10, 2026 06:33 PM (van9r)
Posted by: alpine_beer at August 10, 2026 06:33 PM (van9r)
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The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
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Royce White says his fear of flying that ended his NBA career early was actually the “transgender trapped inside of me... that gave me an aversion to small spaces.” 😅
WHITE: “I realized my fear of flying really wasn't a fear of flying. It was the transgender trapped inside of me, caged inside of me, that gave me an aversion to small spaces.”
PROFESSOR PENN: “Oh, that makes perfect sense.”
WHITE: “A transgender trapped deep down inside of them. And so they think... they're claustrophobic. Not really claustrophobic. It's the transgender that's trapped.”
Royce White was the 16th overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, but his fear of flying led his career to end in just three NBA games.
In a recent Fox News interview, White said he’s “just having a blast in my feminine era” and that “after further review... it would appear that I am indeed sometimes identifying as a transgender woman.”
He has now declared himself eligible for the WNBA draft.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 06:34 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 06:34 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Brometheus at August 10, 2026 06:35 PM (M6zLr)
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Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:36 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 06:36 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 06:37 PM (VCgbV)
And he's still complaining.
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Number #1 rule of Critical Theory club is: because we are locked in by our culture we cannot tell what the perfect culture would be, but we can steer our culture toward that by complaining about everything we don't like about it.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:38 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 06:38 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 06:39 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 06:39 PM (4NO2D)
Face-huggers.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: huerfano at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (VJX5o)
I also admit to giggling like a schoolgirl the first - and every subsequent time - that I read about that trans lunatic who thought he had it so bad in the USA that he needed to move to Holland.
Oh, and Hi, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (S7WXb)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 06:43 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 06:43 PM (q6tQZ)
I am back.... America Blows Big Time because of Trump, but I found out the Rest of the World really is a SHIT HOLE compared to Trump's EVIL America !!!!!!
Posted by: Typical Whiney, Little Liberal, Overeducated Trans Female at August 10, 2026 06:43 PM (uijxW)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mark1971 at August 10, 2026 06:44 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:44 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 06:45 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 06:45 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:45 PM (0Oolu)
One might be tempted to gently suggest that perhaps the problem isn't where he lives.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 10, 2026 06:47 PM (vJrRc)
......
AGAIN WITH THE PUBLIC BATHROOMS YOU DISGUSTING PERVERT.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:47 PM (UjdFS)
A liberal GOP Indiana State Senator has suffered a shocking defeat to his opponent following a recount, three months after he supposedly won.
As The Indianapolis Star reported, Trump-hating RINO State Senator Spencer Deery, who defied the President on redistricting, officially lost his race to conservative pro-Trump challenger Paula Copenhaver by three votes.
https://archive.is/UGmZE
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 06:47 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:45 PM (0Oolu)
Now do Scientific American, National Geographic, Mechanics Illustrated ——
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:47 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:48 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 06:48 PM (LHPAg)
SI went all social-justicy in the '90s. We went from Elle McPherson to Lizzo for the Swimsuit Issue.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:48 PM (O0L8i)
You RACCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCIST PIG. Persons of Color need to Kill, Rape, and Pillage to make a living in Trump's America !!!!!!!!
When we get a BLACK PRESIDENT, this will all change !
What.... We had a 0.5 Black President and it got worst?
NEVERMIND ............
Posted by: Typical Whiney, Little Liberal, Overeducated Trans Female at August 10, 2026 06:49 PM (uijxW)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 06:49 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 06:49 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:50 PM (Gqar8)
OK, how about they are pricks, dominating and assholes like cops can be.
I'm gonna guess that would be racist too and not accetable either.
You cant win with these woke prog scholars
Posted by: Ripley at August 10, 2026 06:50 PM (PTDkx)
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Let's remember that what Sessions forgot was an appointment the Obama administration put on Sessions' calendar with Russian diplomat Kislyak as the chair of of Foreign Affairs.
Kislyak's name is so all over the Russian stuff, that it's clear he was a Dem errand boy. Kislyak was such a threat to the US that a big group of Dems had a group photo with them in the SAME YEAR.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:50 PM (Fi81e)
It's curious how disappointed these academics get when cops don't beat and brutalize the minority youth they encounter.
You'd almost think that the academics enjoy seeing minority youth beaten and brutalized.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 10, 2026 06:50 PM (vJrRc)
......
Who let him back in?
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:51 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 06:51 PM (vE0+H)
Bring back the Night Sticks. You won't hear 80% of the population complaining.
Just the same 20%.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 06:52 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:52 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:52 PM (UjdFS)
It would have been great for the T Levels that were the highest to see all that T&A and it was OK with the School Administration!!!!!
Posted by: Buster Hymand at August 10, 2026 06:53 PM (SOf5W)
As The Indianapolis Star reported, Trump-hating RINO State Senator Spencer Deery, who defied the President on redistricting, officially lost his race to conservative pro-Trump challenger Paula Copenhaver by three votes.
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So is that 7 out of 7 that lost or is it 6 out of the 7?
Either way, it's a slow process but we are driving these losers out of the party.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:53 PM (3cUTc)
Homicide rate per 100,000
Asian: 1.1
White: 2.0
Hispanic: 5.5
American Indian: 9.3
Black: 27.5
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:52 PM (O0L8i)
Were the stats hard to unearth?
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:54 PM (Gqar8)
Carrington: "She should be charged with assault for trying to take off my wig."
https://tinyurl.com/cjrka39a
Carrington: "She is jealous of my natural blond hair."
https://tinyurl.com/2nkzbaue
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convicitions at August 10, 2026 06:54 PM (KcT4I)
He'd tell me about how, as a Christian, he viewed part of his job to talk to guys and have some frank discussions about how they might get their life back on track.
I guess that's racist "niceness", now.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:55 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: FeatherBlade
Incidental in getting all SROs removed from schools. Revolution always, tovarish.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 10, 2026 06:55 PM (diia5)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:52 PM (UjdFS)
I was about to say 'nah, probably just a joke.' But I looked and that dog does seem off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 06:55 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nckate
I'm right here.
Posted by: Brave browser at August 10, 2026 06:55 PM (3QsZU)
Were the stats hard to unearth?
Posted by: tubal
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I had to labor for 30 seconds!
https://tinyurl.com/2bysppzf
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:56 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:57 PM (Gqar8)
My guess is not an athlete in high school and certainly doesn't hang out in blue collar sports bars
Posted by: Paul at August 10, 2026 06:57 PM (gwTJ4)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 06:49 PM (enNUy)
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I do. I created a user script to send them to the cornfield. I turned it off earlier today, and haven't had to re-enable it yet.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Brave browser at August 10, 2026 06:55 PM (3QsZU)
She's saying she's still having issues with brave on iPhone.
I really dunno what to say. Never have any of the reported difficulties reported either on phone or at home (brave both.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 06:57 PM (zZu0s)
This is so confusing.
Posted by: Ripley at August 10, 2026 06:58 PM (PTDkx)
Were the stats hard to unearth?
Posted by: tubal
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I had to labor for 30 seconds!
https://tinyurl.com/2bysppzf
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:56 PM (O0L8i)
Thanks. So, not a secret, just something ignored by many.
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 06:58 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 06:59 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at August 10, 2026 06:59 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 06:59 PM (qZ8QF)
That retard really showed Trump, didn't he?
Better the Democrats retain power than a bad word be said in public.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:59 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 06:59 PM (9CZQg)
Do not ever use any of the public facilities in Savannah anytime day or night. To bad for the lady. The shit you see just out and walking about, let alone trapped in a small room with only one exit. Savannah is not safe. You think it is some quaint southernbell city. Well let me tell you, they have all the crime of big cities like ATL but concentrated into a smaller area.
Take the probability of you getting jacked in a big crime filled city and then multiply that by the following ratio: area_big_ass_city/area_savannah
Now you know.
Posted by: banana Dream - math, yes, but it could save your life at August 10, 2026 07:00 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 07:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Billythesquid at August 10, 2026 07:00 PM (gN+5I)
The real numbers are even worse than the posted ones. When you look at the number of black and brown people who are arrested for crimes and listed as white you really get an idea how bad the real numbers are.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 07:01 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 06:59 PM (9CZQg)
And, uber racist and ugly. But mostly retatrded.
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:01 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 07:01 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 10, 2026 07:01 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 07:02 PM (VyBeY)
I get the ads everytime i refresh the page. I just click on the X and they are gone.
No problemo.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 07:03 PM (/QHx4)
Thanks. So, not a secret, just something ignored by many.
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar
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Crime statistics are sufficiently granular (when reported!) that it's not a huge effort to find where and who commits most crimes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:03 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 07:03 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 07:03 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:45 PM (0Oolu)
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The used to have a page in near the back called "Faces in the Crowd". They would highlight scholastic athletes and amateurs who achieved some milestone or achievement. It's pretty amazing the number of sports stars that were first recognized there. You might even find me in there somewhere if you dig deep enough. But, I eventually got a real job
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 07:03 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Paul at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (gwTJ4)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (Ot/FD)
They will say like "Rigor is associated with whiteness", to make it say that we should not consider people who exercise rigor superior to people who do not.
But they also say that acting in a way that prefers "whiteness" is "racist". Thus, pointing out that they are stratifying rigor by race, no matter what circumlocutions they use.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (Fi81e)
It would have been great for the T Levels that were the highest to see all that T&A and it was OK with the School Administration!!!!!
Posted by: Buster Hymand at August 10, 2026 06:53 PM (SOf5W)
In high school, we had this grand plan to go through the drop ceilings near the gym and traverse through to mecca for scientific observation.
We never carried it out, because, although being 16yo boys, we weren't complete degenerates.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 10, 2026 07:05 PM (QaH55)
Now do education. America then has some of the best test scores on the planet . (Those statistics are little harder to come by) Dems always their urban black thugs to make America look bad to the rest of the world.
Posted by: Ripley at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (PTDkx)
Subaru drivers need love, too.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
I like the trannie for leaving the country.
Hey, if you hate America get the fuck out.
You'll be happy, we'll be happy. Win/Win!!!!!
But, then it came back *sad trombone* So, now it sucks.
Look there hundreds of countries to go live in besides the USA.
You hate white people and 'whiteness'? Plenty of countries with no white people. Leave.
People here don't appreciate your insane beliefs? Leave.
Want to live in a communist country? North Korea is singing your song. Leave.
Etc. Just leave. And don't come back.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (iJfKG)
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You don't feel safe because you are around mentally ill tans people all day, not because of Trump.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (ASl/K)
____________________
There is some irony in that statement if your mind is as warped as mine is.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 07:07 PM (dIske)
Everything bad that happens to you is really the fault of the piece of shit you were last time around.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:07 PM (Ot/FD)
Well, honestly, you're not really afraid of that in America, either.
Maybe you should relook that one about being a pawn, though. Give it a good, hard second look.
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 07:07 PM (kU0PQ)
52 Speaking of academia . . .
Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (ndZc7)
Do it on the lawn out back, the cleanup is far easier, and the hot chicks will join for the barbeque afterwards.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:07 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM
Again, a layup. Did she hit the free throw?
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 07:07 PM (dIske)
NO LIMERICKS
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM (MWfyi)
Oh, and Hi, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (S7WXb)
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And then he moved back to San Francisco...Yeah, I could see where he'd be a mite confused...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 07:09 PM (FZ29D)
In the 9th grade you could always count on girls to rat out other girls to boys about what they really looked like in the locker rooms; no peeping tom pervs needed.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 07:09 PM (Y8DZL)
People like Francesca aren't actually against "gun violence". They know they'll need the police and other armed agents of the State to use guns to take away guns from the populace.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: nckate
I'm right here.
Posted by: Brave browser at August 10, 2026 06:55 PM (3QsZU)
The problem is Brave. It no longer works on iOS for getting to the site. One of the ads trigger an infinitely recuring reload. And it's impossible to interact with the site in the 2 microseconds after the site loads and it starts to reload.
Brave on iOS. Which is still the safari webkit but Safari itself doesn't have this problem. Been this way for a long while. Android Brave which is actually Brave doesn't have this problem. PC/Linux Brave versions, which are actually Brave, also don't have this problem. But iPhone and Brave can't be used on the main page.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 07:09 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:10 PM (jo6FO)
Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (ndZc7)
Do it on the lawn out back, the cleanup is far easier, and the hot chicks will join for the barbeque afterwards.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:07 PM (rbvCR)
The odds that this wasn't an Ag school kid are essentially 0% with infinite precision.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:10 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM
Don't eat polar bear liver, though.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at August 10, 2026 07:10 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Leupold at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (eIzlH)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (MWfyi)
We never carried it out, because, although being 16yo boys, we weren't complete degenerates.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (dK+Kv)
May we suggest an easier vantage point?
Posted by: Pee Wee Morris and Tommy Turner, Angel Beach High School at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 07:12 PM (Jr5Lq)
Though this writer looks more like a swamp Asian!
Posted by: Goatweed at August 10, 2026 07:12 PM (jK3NL)
2026 "white people are oppressing us by being too nice"
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Pee Wee Morris and Tommy Turner, Angel Beach High School at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (wVcYX)
I think that movie is what prompted our scheming.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (jo6FO)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 07:11 PM (2WIwB)
If she's making 70% of what a man would make, and the other one is making 70% of what a man would make, but the first is making more than what the second makes because Black....
Is math actually racist? Wow. Go figure.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (Ot/FD)
2026 "white people are oppressing us by being too nice"
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (3/XaG)
Some people like to portray America as the 1866 version.
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (Gqar8)
The whole tranny thing is disgusting.
Oh woe is me no one pays attention to me so I am now a tranny.
*uck them.
Oh wait, don't do that, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (/QHx4)
2026 "white people are oppressing us by being too nice"
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (3/XaG)
Maybe stop being such pussies that your ancestors are ashamed of?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (jo6FO)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Subaru drivers need love, too.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)
Hey, now.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 07:17 PM (LHPAg)
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Oh stop it. You're killing me here!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 07:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Luxury attitude. You guys!!
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:17 PM (Gqar8)
We never carried it out, because, although being 16yo boys, we weren't complete degenerates.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:04 PM (dK+Kv)
The theater kids at my college were doing some avant-garde play where one of the actors, a chick part, is nekid. Well they had all sorts of problems because janitors and building maintenance and all sorts of people were sneaking in on top where the lighting people do stuff to watch the practice. I mean they could have just paid to see the show. They had to hire security and the security was caught just watching.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 07:18 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 07:13 PM (3uBP9)
I bought two cans of Riga Gold sardines in tomato paste, and ate one, which was good. I will be using the second one as the red-sauce for my next pizza.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:18 PM (rbvCR)
youtube.com/watch?v=nmbJ3LScJW4
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 07:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Oh stop it. You're killing me here!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)
"The hell, Captain? We can't do a thing like that."
"Sorry, those are our orders."
"Who gave them?"
"Francesca Hong."
"Fucking.... Who?"
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:19 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 07:19 PM (Cqx++)
She already has, not the cover girl, but we go this:
https://t.ly/KwI12
There are others.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 07:19 PM (w6EFb)
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This is the problem I have with brave.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 07:20 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 07:20 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:20 PM (jo6FO)
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
Oh stop it. You're killing me here!
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 07:17 PM (2WIwB)
I think she needs her meds adjusted. Seriously, she is not competent to hand out parking tickets.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:20 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:21 PM (Gqar8)
dιjonaι carrιngтon♛
@DijonaiVictoria
I’ve never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption). Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I’m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on “white privilege”, do ya research on that one. I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject. I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it.
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So, if I understand correctly, the white privilege was her mere existence.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 07:21 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Auspex
Or, you could climb up into the false ceiling above the girls locker room from the back of the auditorium and lay there for hours in the afternoon conducting scientific research.
But I wouldn't know anything about that.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 07:21 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:22 PM (Ot/FD)
She's also a fan of this look:
https://t.ly/a4Fs0
An image search on "glam shots of Sophie Cunningham" will be productive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 07:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:24 PM (Ot/FD)
I can't believe it's been around since 1993.
https://youtu.be/bL6wndGjHCA?is=e87cz_jksSnlS-Pb
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:24 PM (jo6FO)
Half the shit never even makes it into the paper, never the news, nothing. Radio silence. it is that bad. Only reported if it has to be, for legal reasons or similar. And then only grudgingly, with minimal detail, no followup, nothing.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 07:24 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:26 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM
Again, a layup. Did she hit the free throw?
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM (sl73Y)
Hey layups aren't easy!
- Angel Reese
Also, not as easy when you get clobbered in-air mid shot. I think she did hit the free throw.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 07:27 PM (9ZFZd)
https://t.ly/a4Fs0
An image search on "glam shots of Sophie Cunningham" will be productive.
Posted by: publius
I'm a fan, too.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 07:27 PM (ZLygy)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:26 PM (Ot/FD)
They have a journalism degree. They won’t understand the words you are using. Except the poopyhead part.
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 07:28 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2026 07:29 PM (zYpTz)
Well done.
The best Universities. Huge.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:29 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 10, 2026 07:29 PM (zYpTz)
Good thing. It is a sideshow. I distraction.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 07:30 PM (dK+Kv)
--Were undeess rehearsals really necessary?
Posted by: logprof at August 10, 2026 07:20 PM (jo6FO)
Theater kids, I don't know. I heard about it all after the fact.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 10, 2026 07:30 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 07:30 PM (NcvvS)
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You are officially "educated". You have a degree in "Hate Whitey" with a minor in "Whitey Need to Die!". We're all so very very proud of you!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 07:30 PM (L7kQ0)
She's also a fan of this look:
https://t.ly/a4Fs0
An image search on "glam shots of Sophie Cunningham" will be productive.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 07:23 PM (w6EFb)
She's a tall drink of water.
Posted by: Mel Tillis at August 10, 2026 07:30 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 10, 2026 07:32 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM
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Hey, now.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 07:17 PM
Well, Glock shooters need love, also.
And you get both, so quit yer bellyachin'.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
>The WNBA is a league of skanks and bullies. On the bright side, wigs sales should be booming.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 10, 2026 07:32 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 07:33 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 07:34 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM
Again, a layup. Did she hit the free throw?
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 07:08 PM (sl73Y)
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While being mugged?!
Let me remind you that the male league is the He-touched-me-during-my-shot! league.
I don't care about the WNBA, I ultimately don't care about the Fever or Sophie or Caitlin. But I can appreciate somebody making a basket while being face-hugged.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 07:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 07:35 PM (Av6i5)
I had a bubble eyed gold fish that looked like Francesca Hong.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 10, 2026 07:37 PM (OkYzo)
The region is less populated than the area that got hit in Venezuela a month ago.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 07:40 PM (rbvCR)
15 Frances Gill is a stupid scrunt who thinks someone other than police will find criminals and send them somewhere other than jail. I guess.
Posted by: huerfano at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM
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The criminals will be released to commit more crimes. The criminals will be aware that nothing will happen to them. This is already being done in many cities. The DSA wants it to be done everywhere.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 07:41 PM (azNOR)
But that's probably racist white analysis-ability rearing its head!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 07:42 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 10, 2026 07:51 PM (iySPJ)
>>You cant win with these woke prog scholars
Well, that's the point of all of this.
The left has no coherent ethic or ethos except power by any means necessary.
Which is how to can one day believe one thing and the next believe something totally different.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2026 07:51 PM (XV/Pl)
Luckily company insurance will cover this but that is obscene.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2026 07:55 PM (XV/Pl)
@DijonaiVictoria
I’ve never once claimed that the assessment of the foul was white privilege (that was your assumption). Try exercising your critical thinking skills, I know you studied psych. Furthermore, I’m the LAST thing from ignorant or asinine when it comes to speaking on “white privilege”, do ya research on that one. I actually went to school, one of the top universities might I add, to educate myself on this exact subject. I would never use that term as a rhetorical weapon knowing the historical and social weight it holds without having the proper evidence to substantiate it.
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So, they give out degrees on white privilege???
BTW, nobody can fuck up your mind like one of the "Top Universities"
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 07:56 PM (9CZQg)
Let me remind you that the male league is the He-touched-me-during-my-shot! league.
I don't care about the WNBA, I ultimately don't care about the Fever or Sophie or Caitlin. But I can appreciate somebody making a basket while being face-hugged.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 07:34 PM (Fi81e)
Like CC and a few others, Sophie looks like a basket ball player.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 08:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: tubal at August 10, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar
My brother was an ADA waaayyy back in the day in Harris County. I’ll never forget him telling me some woman who was brought in was named Velveeta.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 10, 2026 08:58 PM (SjAWL)
Surprise! Jason Arday Was Also a Shit "Teacher;" Did Not Teach Actual Academic Subjects, Just Riffed About Racism and Popular Music In Every "Class"
If this sounds familiar -- it is. "Professor" Cornell West has written no books for decades but has edited a few and recorded a rap album as his contribution to scholarship. It's the whole grift. They're not being hired for any kind of actual scholarship, but are just paid for their identity.I don't really know what this student was expecting, to be honest. Some of this racist, low-IQ hustler's former "students" want their grades reviewed -- and their tuition refunded. Hit 'em in the wallets, that's where it stings.
The song lyrics were the first red flag. The way he'd ramble about Tinie Tempah or Eminem, or how black artists like Beyoncé were sexualized by white men, without offering any evidence to substantiate his claims. Or else there were the film clips, from Fish Tank and Kidulthood, which he'd tell us to discuss without offering guidance on how to do so. And this was if he was even in the classroom at all. He often arrived late and left early, once teaching for a single hour when four were scheduled. So when I saw Jason Arday's name in the news, my first thought was: "finally!" As a student on the Education module Arday taught at the University of Roehampton, back in autumn 2018, a module replete with music but shockingly light on education, I can't help but have thoughts on the story that's unfolded over the last couple of weeks. For me, though, the real surprise is that it didn't all come out sooner. ... I can honestly describe Arday's teaching as terrible. He rarely used the PowerPoint slides. Instead, he usually sat casually on a desk, giving his generalized views on racism without ever referring to any academic theories -- let alone those relevant to the "Youth Participation and Identities" module he was supposed to be teaching. ... At first, my classmates were charmed by Arday's cheerful attitude and inspirational stories. To start with, too, they were interested in his claims that white people were guilty of every kind of prejudice. Yet as the module progressed, and he failed to turn up for yet another class, things began to change. It gradually dawned on us that we were learning nothing of substance, and that much of his talk was nonsense. When it came to our assessment, Arday recommended we answer one of the two essay questions -- there were four options -- that mentioned ethnicity. This, after all, was the only thing he'd talked to us about. I remember one young, black, female student coming to me in the library as we began to draft our essays and saying: "I don't know what to do, I've read my notes and there is nothing there I can use!" She wasn't the only one, and I offered advice as best I could, writing my own essay using the online resources Arday's predecessor had left. In the end, Arday gave me 70% for my essay. That sounds good -- except that my average for the year was 75%, meaning my overall result was dragged down. Particularly as Arday had given my work no feedback, I asked for a meeting. At Roehampton, marking is blind, so he wouldn't have known who'd written which essay. In our meeting, I explained that 70% was a low mark for me and asked him to provide feedback. Suddenly, his friendly, confident demeanor changed. I now saw a side of him I'd never seen before: angry, but also scared. Arday implied that I was racist, and said that the only reason I wasn't happy with 70% was due to my "white privilege". He was clearly upset at being questioned, and I ended the meeting as quickly as possible.
Cambridge University could be forced to review the grades given to students of Jason Arday after graduates unhappy with their results said they were considering legal action. A number of Mr Arday's former students have complained that they received lower grades than expected after "inadequate" supervision by the professor. In one case, a student who asked to change supervisor was accused of being racist. Kb>Separately, Prof Deborah Prentice, the university's vice-chancellor, is facing demands to refund the tuition fees of students who were taught by Mr Arday after they were "deceived about the nature of their education". A mass refund or large-scale retrospective grade changes would be unprecedented in the university's 800-year history. Prof Prentice is also facing criticism for failing to grip the crisis engulfing the university, which has damaged its reputation on the international stage. The academics have accused the £507,000-a-year leader of the university of "inaction", having made no public comments since The Telegraph first reported on the plagiarism row around Mr Arday a fortnight ago. He has now resigned. It has also emerged that when Cambridge was sent fresh evidence of Mr Arday's alleged plagiarism last year -- having first been alerted to it in 2023 -- the "responsible person" allocated to the case was Prof Hilary Cremin, the head of Mr Arday's faculty who had told him he was "the best in the world" when he was hired. On Friday, Cambridge announced that it would be reviewing the process by which it appoints senior staff, in what is being seen by some academics as an attempt to head off an independent inquiry. Cambridge is facing a rebellion from its own academics, who have demanded in a letter to Prof Prentice that there must be "a thorough and transparent investigation into the wider circumstances of this damaging episode". ... Former Cambridge students who contacted The Telegraph complained that Mr Arday gave them minimal supervision, telling some they did not need supervision because they were so outstanding, only for them to get lower grades than predicted. One student who asked to be allocated another supervisor was accused of racism (though there is no suggestion Mr Arday made the accusation). Now, ex-students have said they are considering appealing to Cambridge to review their grades, including one case where a student appealed their grade at the time but had their appeal rejected. One former student said the "right and moral thing to do" would be for the university to reopen their appeal.Simon & Schuster is going ahead with the publication of "his" ghostwritten book, the one they paid £1.4 million for. (Note I previously said $1.4 million, but it's 1.4 million pounds, or about 1.9 million dollars.) They did some last-minute stealth-editing to remove some of the most obvious lies.
The woman who hired Arday says that universities shouldn't care so much about grades and educational achievement. No shit.
EXCLUSIVE: Simon & Schuster Selectively Edited Disgraced Scholar Jason Arday's Memoir To Soften Now-Toxic Reputation
The Free Beacon has obtained two advance proofs of the book, due to be released in the US next week, and identified telling edits made in recent months
Benjamin Ryan
Jason Arday, who resigned from his prestigious professorship at Cambridge on Wednesday after the university launched an investigation into his academic integrity, is now facing more scrutiny as Simon & Schuster is set to publish his memoir in the United States next week. But the Washington Free Beacon has obtained pre-publication proofs of the book, which show that during the early months of this year the publisher removed what could have been much more fodder for the already rampant accusations of academic misconduct and false claims. Edits to Arday's online biography on Simon & Schuster's website, the Free Beacon reported this week, further suggest that the publisher knew as long as a year ago that there were questions about the author's credibility and truthworthiness. ... The wider public would not learn of the accusations against Arday, including those of pervasive plagiarism, until last month. But Simon & Schuster had been making telltale edits to his book since January. The Free Beacon examined two pre-publication proofs of the book: a U.S. version dated Jan. 6, and the U.K. final edition, dated June 18. Comparing the two iterations reveals that Simon & Schuster made a series of changes, including altering verbatim quotes, that appear to have been an effort to protect his reputation--which is all the more valuable now that he stands accused of sweeping embellishments, dishonesty, and even academic fraud. One edit effectively acknowledges the possibility that he could lose his professorship. ...
The co-writer, Eve Claxton, a Brooklyn-based ghostwriter and editor, goes uncredited on the book's U.S. cover. It's unusual for a professor to need such help writing a book, much less his own memoir. ... Simon & Schuster's edits also make it harder, perhaps deliberately, to corroborate or disprove Arday's stories. The names of two publicists involved in his charitable efforts--and the names of certain professors and a disability officer--were replaced by pseudonyms, or the names were removed entirely. The January 2026 edition specifies the names of two PR agents, Dick Tutin and Mick Thorburn, who helped publicize his purported effort to run 30 marathons in 35 days for charity in 2010. The Free Beacon was unable to reach them. The June 2026 edition provides pseudonyms for Dick Tutin and Mick Thorburn, who become "Paul" and "Keith." The edition states on its first page: "The names and identifying details of some people depicted in this book have been changed." Today, Arday is faced with convincing accusations of serial fabulism. A previous Free Beacon investigation found he lied repeatedly, dating back at least 16 years, about raising millions for charity, often via undocumented charity running events. Another Free Beacon report found there were no police reports or other independent accounts of his claims of being a victim of violent threats and stalking since starting at Cambridge. ... The June proof of Arday's memoir also contains critical new legal language. In the January proof, Arday claimed that "I continue to be persecuted, receiving hate mail motivated by racial animus." In the June edition, this sentence removes the specific claim of hate mail and just states: "I have continued to face harassment and persecution as the subject of targeted campaigns driven by racial animus." The September Carter-Ruck letter to Times Higher Education accused Grove of a "campaign of harassment," which it said was "targeted" and might have been "racially motivated."
As the Jason Arday saga rumbles on, I've just seen this on Prof. Hilary Cremin. That someone with these beliefs was appointed *Head* of the Faculty of Education is astonishing. She not only trashes Cambridge University students, she seems not to understand educational attainment. pic.twitter.com/CD2czThqZk
— Adrian Hilton (@Adrian_Hilton) August 8, 2026
Who is the mad academic who greeted Jason Arday as “the best in the world”? Hilary Cremin despises our education system and thinks those who normally rise to the top “are the worst of us not the best of us”. Far Left ideologues like her delight in sabotaging our institutions. pic.twitter.com/8bMXlHNelb
— Malcolm Clark (@TwisterFilm) August 7, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 05:44 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 05:44 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 05:44 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Jason Arday, Substitute Teacher at August 10, 2026 05:44 PM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (UjdFS)
That is Very Few Whites....
Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (uijxW)
Posted by: Just another sucker at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (TbWk/)
"Work smarter, not harder", the posters on the school walls read...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (XCctI)
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:47 PM (f5Y1D)
"Work smarter, not harder", the posters on the school walls read...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (XuXeR)
Align core competencies to manifest synergy.
Posted by: And other MBA bullshit at August 10, 2026 05:47 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: fd
Based solely on the 'hat' he wears to the University's formal functions, "Oh, hell yeah!".
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 05:47 PM (VfaaV)
I wonder if ANY Democratic politicians go to black doctors and surgeons.
Or are all their doctors white?
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (Sco7b)
But his pedagogy is shite.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (FZ29D)
Yeah, right. That is absolutely the very last thing they want to do. People might start thinking for themself among other things, or at least cultivate a functioning Bullshit Detector. Not acceptable. Not a chance.
They expunged this from the curriculum long ago. And it shows.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (L7kQ0)
Without knowing it he developed a new "Abortion" Drug....
Genius in his part to reduce the world population to lower the effects of "GLOBAL WARMING" !!!!
Posted by: Mike Hunt at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (uijxW)
Clearly the major theme of Tom Brown's School Days, as well. It is good the traditions are carried on.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (rbvCR)
Jason Arday Was Also a Shit "Teacher;" Did Not Teach Actual Academic Subjects, Just Riffed About Racism and Popular Music In Every "Class"
So, just like every other professor.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (O0L8i)
He wasn’t expecting anything. He’s just piling on now. All he wanted was a class ‘taught’ by this clown to open up doors for him.
Same reason students at Harvard Law sign up for Larry Tribe’s constitutional law class. Tribe is a hack halfwit, but he has a famous name and that can and does open doors.
The students are in on the game too.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:49 PM (XCctI)
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So, you're saying there's still a chance?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 05:49 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 05:49 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Brother Blutarsky, Cambridge University student at August 10, 2026 05:50 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Ward Churchill at August 10, 2026 05:50 PM (Q+gd/)
—Disinformation Expert Ace
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What's wrong with that?
Posted by: Vast Majority of Public School Teachers NOT Teaching Our Kids Shit at August 10, 2026 05:51 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 10, 2026 05:51 PM (ASl/K)
Posted by: Brother Blutarsky, Cambridge University student at August 10, 2026 05:50 PM (wVcYX)
But then he went on to become a Senator. Probably stayed for 50 years.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:51 PM (ExV1e)
I woulda bet money some very attractive TA did all his classes.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (XCctI)
Gorgeous. Pouting. Severely professional dress nonetheless containing a burning femininity.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 05:52 PM (O0L8i)
The DEI Doctors are for those suckers that are forced into Obamacare..
I can afford the best because I am more enlightened and an expert GRIFTER then the average Black Family in this RACISAT COUNTRY....
Posted by: Al Sharpton at August 10, 2026 05:52 PM (8lUeo)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 10, 2026 05:51 PM (ASl/K)
Learing is rayciss. Give us money.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:52 PM (ExV1e)
"Now, ex-students have said they are considering appealing to Cambridge to review their grades, including one case where a student appealed their grade at the time but had their appeal rejected.
One former student said the "right and moral thing to do" would be for the university to reopen their appeal."
Good luck with that.
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 05:52 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 05:53 PM (VCgbV)
One former student said the "right and moral thing to do" would be for the university to reopen their appeal."
*guffaws loudly*
Good luck with that, mate.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 05:53 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: smelting at August 10, 2026 05:53 PM (7iM56)
Posted by: A collage student at August 10, 2026 05:54 PM (MWfyi)
Turnip greens
Cornbread
Fatback
Rice cooked properly
Fried porkchops
Banana pudding
My usual fee is $260K in advance.
Enroll soon! The course fills up fast.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 05:54 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: PG at August 10, 2026 05:54 PM (06ll1)
Sure, the grading was "blind", but if you turn in a well-written essay with no slang and no grammatical errors, the guy's going to know it was written by a white student and grade accordingly.
Posted by: smelting at August 10, 2026 05:53 PM (7iM56)
What if you start it with, "Yo, dog"?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 05:55 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 05:53 PM (VCgbV)
Do you have something to tell us about Spawn?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:55 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 05:55 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 05:55 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:56 PM (XCctI)
Is it white men--or women, for that matter--who introduced and produced copious videos of women doing dances that show how great they would be on top during a sex act?
Ghetto culture is much more obsessed with the sex act than even the worst parts of white copy-cat culture can manage.
No black man ever looked at Beyonce and said "I wanna' hit dat!" though, right?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)
Is it white men--or women, for that matter--who introduced and produced copious videos of women doing dances that show how great they would be on top during a sex act?
Ghetto culture is much more obsessed with the sex act than even the worst parts of white copy-cat culture can manage.
No black man ever looked at Beyonce and said "I wanna' hit dat!" though, right?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:56 PM (Fi81e)
White men invented twerking dontcha know.
Posted by: Cultural inappropriation at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (Av6i5)
Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (ibDUx)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (VCgbV)
Gonna need a bucket and a mop.... apparently.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: dantesed at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (0Oolu)
Oi, everything that geezer said was bollocks!
Posted by: Vinny Gambini, British edition at August 10, 2026 05:59 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 05:59 PM (MWfyi)
Lord G-d did I ever make some career blunders in my life.
Jus' sayin' ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 05:59 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (0Oolu)
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Saw that. Don't know whether to believe it. But he said that Are-gay was not mute in grade school.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 06:00 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 06:00 PM (u82oZ)
Lord G-d did I ever make some career blunders in my life.
Jus' sayin' ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 05:59 PM (VyBeY)
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Some things are still fixable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 06:00 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (VCgbV)
Not opinions, just the hard evidence. I would bet that 50% of the social sciences dissertations were crap
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Massie, is that you?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:02 PM (Fi81e)
in most Wisconsin colleges this would be normal behavior.
They just wanted to make sausages fergoshsakes!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 06:02 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 06:02 PM (u82oZ)
"Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
15m
🚨 BREAKING: Ugandan Mayor Mamdani just got BLOCKED by Staten Island's Supreme Court Justice Wayne Ozzi from implementing his tax on second homes in NYC, while the case proceeds
This comes after Mamdani published a LIST of the rich, which opened them up to targeting"
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 06:02 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: fd
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Don't forget the cinder blocks, 2x4's, and legit used milk crates.
Posted by: lin-duh at August 10, 2026 06:03 PM (VCgbV)
It would be very illuminating if someone fed every doctoral dissertation into an AI and asked it to check citations and check math.
Mine was a tribute to how little you could accomplish and still come out with a degree.
*plumes immoderately*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:03 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Jason Arday, Substitute Teacher at August 10, 2026 05:44 PM (F1rMs)
No way, Mr. Garvey >>> Mr. Arday.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 06:03 PM (9ZFZd)
Judge Ozzi must be on the list.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 06:03 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: dantesed at August 10, 2026 06:04 PM (Oy/m2)
Judge Ozzi must be on the list.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 06:03 PM
Of the Austrian Alps Ozzis?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:05 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: lin-duh"
Oh yeah. For holding the stereo and albums.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 06:05 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Cultural inappropriation at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (TbWk/)
Probably that tap dancer Danny Kaye.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 06:06 PM (wVcYX)
Not opinions, just the hard evidence. I would bet that 50% of the social sciences dissertations were crap
Wow, you're really low-balling it there....
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 10, 2026 06:06 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Asking for a friend at August 10, 2026 06:06 PM (2Ez/1)
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What's with the Leopards Eating Faces professor sending a Leopard to eat his face?!
As a white person, I would never have sat down with this kind of professor for a one-to-one. I can predict this outcome.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: dantesed at August 10, 2026 06:07 PM (Oy/m2)
the "Youth Participation and Identities" module he was supposed to be teaching.
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What would that look like if it were properly taught?
Posted by: Tony Soprano at August 10, 2026 06:07 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: lin-duh"
Oh yeah. For holding the stereo and albums.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 06:05 PM (MWfyi)
Wooden cable spools for tables.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 06:07 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 06:08 PM (JvZF+)
Oddly, it's OK for those of a certain cultural heritage to slaughter and hang goats in suburban neighborhoods. For every outrage, it appears there is an equal and opposite outrage.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 06:08 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 06:09 PM (xJpaU)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 06:01 PM (MWfyi)
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... and jizz ...
Posted by: That Guy at August 10, 2026 06:09 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 10, 2026 06:06 PM (aJQbY)
An unfortunate by-product of aging.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 06:09 PM (wVcYX)
>>I don't really know what this student was expecting, to be honest.
LMAO. Education major (and an admitted 75% one at that). I am not sure expecting one to have such a critical or rational forethought is fair here.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:09 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Judge Ozzi at August 10, 2026 06:10 PM (u73oe)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 06:10 PM (L7kQ0)
Riffed About Racism and Popular Music In Every "Class"
The passing on of oral history by tribal elders.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (Ia/+0)
Something like "race theory in Constitutional Law?"
Whatever it was, every lawyer instantly knew that was the type of blow-off, 3rd year coast, credit hour filler, auto-A course that those who already were interning at a non-profit would take.
No serious lawyer took his class.
And I guarantee Obama's course was exactly like this Arday's classes.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Judge Ozzi at August 10, 2026 06:10 PM (u73oe)
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The youngsters have no idea who this is or what it means. *sighs*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (JvZF+)
Groovy!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Can't do. Sorry! at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:09 PM (dK+Kv)
The Education department is where students too retarded to get journalism degrees go to graduate.
Posted by: Kids on the short bus mock them at August 10, 2026 06:12 PM (TbWk/)
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Was he white?
If he was, why would the university have a problem with that accusation? Could they prove he wasn't racist?
He was white!
Posted by: That Guy at August 10, 2026 06:12 PM (Fi81e)
Groovy!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 06:11 PM
* sssssssssssssshhh *
...
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...
...
* whoooooooooossh *
Far out, man.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:13 PM (0sNs1)
The youngest black full professor ever appointed!
It looked so great on paper.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 06:10 PM (L7kQ0)
They just write it off.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:14 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 06:14 PM (x0n13)
Arday is the Claudine Gay of Irwin Coreys...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 06:14 PM (x0n13)
or Vice Versa?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 06:14 PM (x0n13)
The youngest black full professor ever appointed!
It looked so great on paper.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:13 PM (Fi81e)
Oxford is going for youngest Muslim full professor to behead a student during a lecture.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 06:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Milli Vanilli at August 10, 2026 06:15 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 06:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 06:16 PM (FtULh)
Look up the Ferris State University Museum of Racial Imagery, aka the Jim Crow Museum started by black pseudo-academic David Pilgrim and opening in a new large building in Big Rapids October 1st.
A shrine for black resentment and training center for racial outrage.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 06:16 PM (Y8DZL)
Francesca Hong: "We have a lot of reckoning to do... Toxic white supremacy culture is ingrained in this country's history. Racism is the backbone of this history."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 06:16 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Kids on the short bus mock them at August 10, 2026 06:12 PM (TbWk/)
I feel bad ripping on ed and comms majors, but what fucking mouthbreathing, sanctimonious retreads they are.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:17 PM (dK+Kv)
The youngest black full professor ever appointed!
It looked so great on paper.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:13 PM (Fi81e)
It's a bit different at Oxbridge. There's one (1) full professor per department, so the appointment is a big deal. When I was doing a postdoc at Cambridge, I worked for Sir Jack Lewis, who was the Professor of Inorganic Chemistry. Everyone else (Brian Johnson, Peter Edwards, Reg Prince, etc.) were readers, lecturers, fellows, etc.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:17 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Our three had a bed and a dresser in their dorm rooms, that was it.
We are yard sale people and they had a great time finding stuff for their rooms.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 06:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: It's me donna
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If he wasn't presented here you wouldn't know that he exists.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (BzKNL)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 06:16 PM (ndZc7)
Translation: The founding Fathers were too white.. Let's attack them as racist and erase them from history
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Lunge Clanghole at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (w1Bba)
have to make a confession. Many years ago a new house was being built on a vacant lot near my parents. There was a large pile of cinder blocks. I took two (2) for speaker stands. I was astonished to find out, as a dumb ass teenager, that they actually noticed 2 were missing. I hope the Statute of Limitations has run out. Tired of being a fugitive
Posted by: Common Tater
Les Misérables
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 06:16 PM
Starting with them Greek homo!
Posted by: Rev. Al S. at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (0sNs1)
You are force to send your kid to college where there are dozens to hundreds of mid-wits like him that your hard-earned money is forced to pay for because of Griggs v. Duke energy.
BTW, how shit is that decision?
"No, Willie Griggs did not pass the assessments (he lacked a high school diploma and did not earn passing scores on the tests). There is no indication in the case record that he (or the plaintiffs generally) proved he could have passed them or performed the higher jobs; the lawsuit instead challenged the requirements themselves as unlawful under Title VII because they had a disparate racial impact and were not shown to be job-related."
We have to repeal that monstrosity.
It is a gross offense to the Constitution.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (3cUTc)
"Toxic white supremacy culture is ingrained in this country's history."
*stirs pot*
*sips*
Tastes delicious!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:17 PM (dK+Kv)
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My wife was academically brilliant, went to college on a full-ride but she chose a teaching degree because teaching was her passion (and her grandma's career). (My sister was in her grandma's class.)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 06:18 PM (BzKNL)
True and I feel I would be better off never hearing about this POS
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 06:19 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:17 PM
So Sir Jack Lewis was salt of the earth?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:20 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Cultural inappropriation at August 10, 2026 05:57 PM (TbWk/)
The final scene of To Have and Have Not where Bogart, Bacall, and Brennan leave the bar. That little Bacall wiggle. More sexy than any twerker.
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 06:21 PM (LHPAg)
I hope the Statute of Limitations has run out. Tired of being a fugitive
Posted by: Common Tater
*runs into detectives' bullpen*
We got a break in that cold case!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:21 PM (O0L8i)
Translation: "I'm not white, pay me."
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 06:21 PM (Q+gd/)
It gradually dawned on us that we were learning nothing of substance, and that much of his talk was nonsense.
......
Title of the class shoulda warned ya.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Today's vamping gave me the opportunity to do other things that needed attention.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (BzKNL)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Lunge Clanghole at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (w1Bba)
Congrats to Pixy and /or whoever cleaned the site up today; working better than it has in months.
Victory against what I suspect was deliberate sabotage.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:19 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah, there are exceptions to every rule.
Those exceptions are why I feel bad, even though such was not pointed at any particular individual. As an exception, I am sure she can appreciate the sentiment, too.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)
The Wonderlic.
And a score of 20.
You know, the bare minimum "if you actually graduate high school" score.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:23 PM (3cUTc)
'Use your words.'
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (Jr5Lq)
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But the white guys can't use their words--cause that's racism--or appropriate anybody else's!!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Common Tater
*runs into detectives' bullpen*
We got a break in that cold case!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:21 PM (O0L8i)
Better than a break, he confessed. Book 'em, Danno
Posted by: Five-0 at August 10, 2026 06:23 PM (wVcYX)
Victory against what I suspect was deliberate sabotage.
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Seconded.
Much better now.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:24 PM (3cUTc)
"We"? Fuck You. Die in a Fire, Bitch
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 06:24 PM (L7kQ0)
The final scene of To Have and Have Not where Bogart, Bacall, and Brennan leave the bar. That little Bacall wiggle. More sexy than any twerker.
Posted by: Eromero
She got bit by a dead bee.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 06:25 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM
Except for me, of course.
Posted by: The Exception to the Exceptions for Every Rule rule at August 10, 2026 06:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)
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Well, the facts are just there, and she knows it.
I'm just saying the rules of my life is I can take cracks at J-school and Telecomm grads, but I joke about Ed grads at my own peril.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)
We should never have let your parents into this country... Go back to Korea... Preferably North...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 06:25 PM (FtULh)
......
Milli Vanilli wasn't THAT popular.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:26 PM (UjdFS)
If you don't like it, get the fuck out.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 06:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:21 PM (O0L8i)
Better than a break, he confessed. Book 'em, Danno
Posted by: Five-0 at August 10, 2026 06:23 PM (wVcYX)
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No longer blocked.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Kids on the short bus mock them
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Five years or so after graduating, I decided to work part time on a Masters engineering degree. Decided to take a GRE refresher course prior to the exam. To my surprise, almost all of the attendees of the refresher course were still in school, and education majors.
Most were puzzeled by the math.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 06:27 PM (XeU6L)
The Wonderlic.
And a score of 20.
You know, the bare minimum "if you actually graduate high school" score.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 06:23 PM (3cUTc)
There is no correlation between the Wonderlic score and success in the NFL. But there's quite a correlation between NFL players' Wonderlic scores and trouble with the law.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:27 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:25 PM (Fi81e)
This is a safe space for cracking on comms and ed retreads.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 06:27 PM (dK+Kv)
It gradually dawned on us that we were learning nothing of substance, and that much of his talk was nonsense.
......
Title of the class shoulda warned ya.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:22 PM (UjdFS)
young skulls full of mush.
Posted by: Professor Kingsfield, Jr. at August 10, 2026 06:28 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:28 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:27 PM (O0L8i)
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They like the Wonderlic for QBs, though.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:29 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 10, 2026 06:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:30 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 06:31 PM (0Oolu)
Cornell updates dorm policy after students butcher bear in communal kitchen
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 05:58 PM (ndZc7)
__________________________
Yeah, Cornell is the primary school choice for Hotel Management (inclusive of Restaurants)....so I could see how that happened. And, I could see why it probably isn't a good idea. I don't trust 18 to 22 year olds to cross the street safely. I'm not inclined to be woken up in my dorm room by wiggling maggots because someone didn't clean up his bear guts properly.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 06:32 PM (dIske)
From what I read over the weekend, Cambridge had their "eyes on the prize".
The youngest black full professor ever appointed!
It looked so great on paper.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:13 PM
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Given Arday's actual performance and ability, they could have used anything as a placeholder. A dog, a piece of wood...
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 06:32 PM (VWtfl)
Columbia earthquake
Storms - Gaia must be pissed
Fires
Jalapeno recall
Tornado threats
CBS now - vaccines reduced
ABC - Columbia
NBC - Columbia
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 06:33 PM (Sco7b)
Still absolutely awful, but if Pavlich is wrong she's not doing our side any favors
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 06:33 PM (Mjjx+)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 06:33 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 06:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Stateless - keeping 15 year Ralphy happy and alive. Puppy at heart at August 10, 2026 06:35 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 06:33 PM (Mjjx+)
___________________
I didn't do any digging, but I believe the comment was 82% in the first Tri-mester which likely makes a difference. You're going to have your usual miscarriages in that time frame...in addition to any brought on by the "vaccine" as well as the disease itself.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 06:36 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Axeman
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One of 'em looked kinda half black. So I guess I'm half RACIST
I blame the fucking hair.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Axeman
......
One of 'em looked kinda half black. So I guess I'm half RACIST
I blame the fucking hair.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 06:40 PM (UjdFS)
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BLAME IT ON THE RAIN!!!
Posted by: Milli and Vanilli at August 10, 2026 09:41 PM (7Cxyi)
Fauci Privately Acknowledged the Fake Vaccine Could Cause Miscarriages -- But Denied Any Such Risk Publicly
This. Is. Murder. At scale.
WASHINGTON -- Dr. Anthony Fauci privately raised concerns that the COVID-19 vaccine could "theoretically" be linked to miscarriages in expectant mothers, despite having publicly insisted there were "no red flags" for pregnant women. "I asked around a bit more and another issue came up that you need to be aware of," wrote Fauci in a Jan. 25, 2021, text exchange with then-Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. "Since many people have significant cytokines storm and fever after the 2nd dose, this theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester," added the then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director. Fauci, Walensky and Murthy had been discussing whether the vaccine posed any risks to women who followed the two-shot regimen earlier or later in their pregnancies. Walensky responded to Fauci that the first trimester issues he raised were "definitely a good point, [especially] after dose two." Days later, on Feb. 3, Fauci said during a question-and-answer livestream with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) that the FDA "found thus far, and we have to be careful, but thus far no red flags about that, about pregnant women." ... Other communications between Fauci, Murthy and Walensky also showed them weighing the potential risks of vaccination against the risks posed by SARS-CoV-2, the virus caused by COVID-19. Murthy also mentioned he was "surprised to see WHO [World Health Organization] put out a strong like saying they do not recommend moderna [sic] in pregnant women."
"That's a strong statement to make and potentially quite damaging to public confidence among pregnant women," he told Fauci and Walensky in a text from Jan. 26, 2021. The messages, released by Sens. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), were taken from more than 34,000 texts and 522 voicemails obtained by the Senate Homeland Security Committee last week from Fauci's government-issued cell phone. According to the Republican senators, just three contacts are listed in that phone but it is "too early to determine whether any data has been deleted."
Katie Pavlich
@KatiePavlich The mandated and doctor recommended COVID-19 shot for pregnant women was effectively an abortion shot according to new documents just released by Senators Johnson and Paul. "The authors claimed a miscarriage rate of 12.6%, but the raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester. This is consistent with the 81% miscarriage rate noted in the Pfizer 5.3.6 post-market data. These figures mirror the effects of chemical abortion drugs such as RU-486."
The mandated and doctor recommended COVID-19 shot for pregnant women was effectively an abortion shot according to new documents just released by Senators Johnson and Paul.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 10, 2026
“The authors claimed a miscarriage rate of 12.6%, but the raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in… https://t.co/cSHWIEUkwK pic.twitter.com/OZHqUnKyAX
The mandated and doctor recommended COVID-19 shot for pregnant women was effectively an abortion shot according to new documents just released by Senators Johnson and Paul.
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) August 10, 2026
“The authors claimed a miscarriage rate of 12.6%, but the raw data revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in… https://t.co/cSHWIEUkwK pic.twitter.com/OZHqUnKyAX
The good thing about Margaret Brennan is that she’s not even pretending to be unbiased anymore, it’s just openly attacking anyone who isn’t on the left pic.twitter.com/SDdt2STnup
— Ian Miller (@ianmSC) August 9, 2026
Huge kudos to Jay Bhattacharya for how calmly he dealt with this absolutely loathsome fake news operative. She really is one of the worst.
— Hans Mahncke (@HansMahncke) August 9, 2026
First, when Islamist or other mass shooters leave behind extensive records explaining their motives, those records are immediately buried… https://t.co/0g0ecuV6RH
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (mmrXZ)
That's more like it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 04:37 PM (ExV1e)
How anyone could take an under-tested medication at ANY time, much less pregnancy, is beyond me.
I do wonder if any Karens who miscarried after a COVID shot will change their minds about anything.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:38 PM (U/x/I)
How anyone could take an under-tested medication at ANY time, much less pregnancy, is beyond me.
I do wonder if any Karens who miscarried after a COVID shot will change their minds about anything.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
They will not.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 04:39 PM (xRMIr)
So, what?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 04:40 PM (2Ez/1)
1. Safe and effective. Will prevent you from getting covid. Approved by your all-knowing government. -- the media
2. Get the shot or you're fired. -- lots of employers
3. Reeeeeeeeee! -- Union of Concerned Karens
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 04:40 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pete Buttjuice at August 10, 2026 04:41 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 04:41 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Hardliners at August 10, 2026 04:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:41 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: The Ghost Of Hank AA Ron at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (F1rMs)
At scale."
Feature, not a bug. Felchi is one of those overpopulation types.
And he's been "pardoned" so barring a Luigi/divine intervention, ain't shit gonna happen to him over this.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (xcxpd)
So? Isn't abortion a good thing?
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: kids today at August 10, 2026 04:43 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: Ann at August 10, 2026 04:43 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 04:44 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Dr. Whatsamatta at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (JM9I6)
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At this point I would not be surprised to see "aphasia" listed as a potential side effect of the vaccines.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 04:44 PM (FZ29D)
This alone should put all of these people on death row immediately without any appeals.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 10, 2026 04:44 PM (cpFbA)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (U/x/I)
At the federal level, not the state level. He can be charged in any of the 50 states.
Last I saw there were 3 states who have already launched investigation including Florida.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)
Because other doctors flat out told him it would cause miscarriages from the cytokines storm of any (previous) vaccine.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (77rzZ)
At the federal level, not the state level. He can be charged in any of the 50 states.
Last I saw there were 3 states who have already launched investigation including Florida.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (viF8m)
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NO STANDING!
Posted by: Dem Judges Everywhere at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (Fi81e)
I do wonder if any Karens who miscarried after a COVID shot will change their minds about anything.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
They will not.
Posted by: nurse ratched.
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You're right. Connecting closely-spaced adjacent dots is not a lefty strength.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (mmrXZ)
John Holdren, Obama's Science Czar, says: Forced abortions and mass sterilization needed to save the planet
https://zombietime.com/john_holdren/
With irrefutable evidence.
Obama's "Science Czar" (verbatim):
"Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution...."
etc. etc.
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: He's one demonic motherfucker at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (TbWk/)
Hitler was a failed vegan artist who blamed all the world's problems on rich people and Jews.
If he were alive today he'd be attending DSA rallies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (IG3/x)
This is close to murder.
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OUT: Crimes Against Humility.
IN: Crimes Against Humanity.
Make Nuremberg Trials Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (6e+Nh)
Wonder what the little twerp used for his ringtone. Greatest American Hero?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (XvL8K)
Even a casual consumer of medical knowledge had to think "That's not right". They couldn't state the brand new experimental emergency use only vaccine was "safe" for pregnant women, because there is no way to know. This is not a matter of opinion or politics. It's crazy. Why would they do this?
It's possible, I suppose, there is something they weren't telling everyone. What would that be? Nothing good. Because real Medicine is often about trade-offs. Weighing the "good of the many" etc.
Except I don't believe they are that altruistic. Nothing has ever added up, not even a little bit.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (L7kQ0)
>>>At scale.
Conspiracy theory becomes conspiracy fact. The media is complicit.
Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (dK+Kv)
The common herd need not know. This lesser clay, not of the sophistication we Olympian minds possess, would become confused, the poor things.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (x0n13)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (U/x/I)
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Only the experts that say what the Party wants them to say are given deference. If you're an expert that disagrees, you'll just be pointed to (approved) "study after study".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (U/x/I)
etc. etc.
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (Av6i5)
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Cattle Cars and Death Camps FTUW (For The Utopian Win)!
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (6e+Nh)
Fauci: Hold my beer.
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (Av6i5)
I like playing God.
Posted by: Dr Fauci at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (OkYzo)
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>>More texts reveal that Biden era US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy responded to Fauci’s concern about the COVID vaccine in pregnant women by adding “I’ve been hearing concern about the mRNA causing mutations in the developing fetus as well.”
>>None of these concerns were ever made public.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (viF8m)
Charge him with fraud.
Misuse of office.
Something civil--make it up, just like they did with Trump.
Claw back every penny he made over the last 20 years.
I want that fucker broke and homeless.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: VAERS is bullshit, Remdesivir is safe! at August 10, 2026 04:49 PM (TbWk/)
Dr Fauci is getting into Dr Mengele territory
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 10, 2026 04:50 PM (OkYzo)
4v6ryhbw4b
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (mmrXZ)
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We got a valid EAM!
*turns key*
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Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 04:50 PM (O0L8i)
For it to go to 80% is WOW. That shit is insane.
Posted by: Not Marcus Welby M.D. but at August 10, 2026 04:50 PM (anL5R)
Hitler was a failed vegan artist who blamed all the world's problems on rich people and Jews.
If he were alive today he'd be attending DSA rallies.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (IG3/x)
If he were alive today, state level DSA would be fighting amongst themselves for who got to nominate him for every office available.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 04:51 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (mmrXZ)
And a pleasant 4v6ryhbw4b to you, too!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 04:51 PM (DsDRo)
etc. etc.
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (Av6i5)
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Cattle Cars and Death Camps FTUW (For The Utopian Win)!
Posted by: ShainS
The scary part is "it has been concluded..." -- they actually had lawyers already researching whether or not their upcoming mass-sterilization law was constitutional! Not just a fantasy; Preparing the legal framework for it.
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (Av6i5)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (x0n13)
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And the Democrat Communists of America will be advocating for replacing Mount Rushmore with the visages of those three along with Stalin and Hitler.
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (6e+Nh)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (IG3/x)
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Artist? No. Draughtsman.
He was skilled in drawing building elevations.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Musikladen at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Sure.
Oh, you mean in a positive fashion? Then no.
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 04:53 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (mmrXZ)
And a pleasant 4v6ryhbw4b to you, too!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 04:51 PM (DsDRo)
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Too much talk about 4v6ryhbw4b Club!!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:53 PM (Fi81e)
That seems high.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
And if they did manage to survey there was a possibility of birth defects...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:54 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: Fletch at August 10, 2026 04:54 PM (anL5R)
I think it was perhaps the German scientists who first causally proved smoking was not a healthy endeavor. I mean, I think this should not have been news, but maybe it was tough to prove conclusively.
If you listen to old time radio advertisements, Chesterfield boasts that experts detected NO problems in the throat, nose, and related organs by smoking Chesterfields. They sort of left out, you know, the Lungs. We just won't mention that. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 04:54 PM (L7kQ0)
He was skilled in drawing building elevations.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)
Draughtsman. How very Olde Tyme English. I need to change my business cards.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 10, 2026 04:54 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (zZu0s)
My only news sources are print. Such as this.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (6ydKt)
OMG. So if the poor baby wasn't chemically aborted, it was mutated.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (1z8ji)
Two segments of the medical-pharmaceutical-industrial complex I want to see burned to the ground economically speaking. First, everyone involved in the COVID and clot shot conspiracy, from the doctors to the vaccine manufacturers to the employers who forced it, and everyone along the way who had any part of it. Second, the psychiatric-medical-pharmaceutical governmental transgender industrial complex who have recruited, brainwashed, groomed, committed malpractice at an industrial scale, abandoned all pretense of evidentiary-based medicine and medical necessity, and conducted themselves in the most Mengelean way possible to create lifetime patients all in the name of making a buck. I want class action firms going after this shit like asbestos and defective surgical mesh.
Posted by: Make the motherfuckers pay at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: zombie at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (Av6i5)
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And note that the clause between the commas referencing abortion is a subordinate clause -- rendering the following without it: "Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws ... could be sustained under the existing Constitution...."
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (6e+Nh)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (L7kQ0)
Biden made an odd claim early in the campaign season that he was going to cure cancer. This mRNA tech was part of this effort. Someone put that bug in his ear, and like an idiot liar that he is, he ran with it.
I believe that the GOF research was specifically planned to implement these mRNA vaccines, way back even before a plannedemic was determined to be useful to take out Trump. Recall, also early in the campaign season that Pelosi declared that anyone who was against universal mail-in voting was an enemy of the [ deep] state.
Then, of course, they wargammed the Red mirage (??) scenario, whereby they would see a Trump win turn into a Trump loss overnight. They are not that prescient. The telegraphed and executed their plan, the deep state's plan.
And, of course, J6 was the cover-up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (dK+Kv)
Fuck him.
Fuck everyone who worked with him.
Endless ass-fuckings for every Democrat who bought those sacrilegious votive candles.
This guy makes Mengele looks like a Boy Scout.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (3cUTc)
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THIS is a "qualifier." It is used by people that don't want to commit or remain unsure. Or, in some cases, wish to continue with the status quo, and refuse to let anything get in the way of that..and therefore a subtle form of "plausible deniability."
You know and I know that Fauci falls in the latter of the three categories. BUT, good luck proving that. He skates from legal consequences, but I'm not sure that a destroyed reputation and fall from grace isn't a better punishment for this little self-important gnome.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (dIske)
I am betting the one is higher.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (zZu0s)
I've posted here about my extended family's shot misadventures. Funny how that's "anecdotes"...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 04:51 PM (ExV1e)
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Exactly. What's a "democracy" but a government for a country/"nation".
So if you're taking purist Marxism off the board, you're talking a national socialism.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: sidney at August 10, 2026 04:57 PM (Uy/WF)
4v6ryhbw4b
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (mmrXZ)
__________
*copies furiously*
We got a valid EAM!
*turns key*
*missiles launch*
You have (*checks timer*) 28 minutes to enjoy this thread.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 04:50 PM (O0L8i)
You didn't crack the biscuit. Everyone who's seen a movie involving nuclear missile brinksmanship knows you have the crack the biscuit.
Posted by: Mmmmm...biscuits at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:54 PM (U/x/I)
They should've been slapping labels on it immediately for pregnant women not to take, like hundreds of other medications do.
It really is criminal.
And for politics and greed they kept everything secret.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)
Nah, Jack. I think we should invite this asshole for a boat ride.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (1z8ji)
The founding partner's (or their kid's) self-driving car would soon accidentally drive itself off a cliff.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Make the mothe . . .
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Its always the babies and the children. If they can't kill them before birth, they want to mutate them in utero or post.
Posted by: Its getting to be about that time at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: James Comey at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (l3cgK)
"The common clay of the new west. You know...morons"
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)
Ah, "facts" by assertion. Because I said so. "It has been concluded". Well that settles it, then.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 04:59 PM (L7kQ0)
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If any of this is true (and I hope it isn't) this is very, very bad.
A 13% miscarriage rate during the first trimester is bad.
An 82% miscarriage rate in the first trimester is unspeakable.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2026 04:59 PM (BI5O2)
I also want Dr. Peter Hotez in the dock. Evil-looking, leering asshole was on all the local news stations saying we had to maintain lockdowns and forget forever about in-class teaching.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (6e+Nh)
They would argue that population control promotes the general welfare and the judges would give it the thumbs up, like they have every other unconstitutional thing the government does.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)
Nah, Jack. I think we should invite this asshole for a boat ride.
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Congratulations Dr. Fauci!!! You just won a free helicopter tour. Please report to your local airport tomorrow at 7:45pm to prepare for your sunset cruise!
Posted by: Popup Airlines Jackpot Sweepstakes Inc. at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (anL5R)
It's for the earth.
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:54 PM (U/x/I)
Survive.. Darn autocucumber..
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 04:59 PM (L7kQ0)
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"Study after study" -- Dana Bash
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:00 PM (Ia/+0)
It was a real vaccine! Not fake, real! Real real REAL!!!!
Posted by: Things I learned here oddly enough at August 10, 2026 05:01 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:01 PM (Ia/+0)
That might not be the negative you're imagining...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:01 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Any law firm that takes this on should be hiring bodyguards, and partners should be carrying heat.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 05:01 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 10, 2026 05:01 PM (ASl/K)
Posted by: Its getting to be about that time at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (anL5R)
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Population control for all ages.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:02 PM (Fi81e)
Fauci does not give a shit about the destruction he wrought on our country.
He got fame and lots of money.
I don't understand why he did not take his money and move to another country. He must have great security that we are paying for.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 05:02 PM (/QHx4)
>>>At scale.
Conspiracy theory becomes conspiracy fact. The media is complicit.
Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM (dK+Kv)
Firm but fair
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at August 10, 2026 05:02 PM (xcxpd)
Conservatives only have one trait - hypocrisy. They will alter their entire personality and belief system on a dime if their currently worshiped dear leader decrees it. Remember "masks suffocate and kill people" 5 years ago, yet now it's "ICE can wear masks everywhere and you can't make laws to remove their masks".
They're trashing Fauci because they don’t want trump being remembered as the reason for those deaths. They want to rewrite the history we all remember.
We are about to have a true disaster from measles and everyone knows it. They are actively trying to throw Fauci under a bus and hope he takes the blame for measles.
This has nothing to do with hipocrisy. They believe COVID and the larger pandemic were a hoax and that the "LoCkDoWnS" were in place simply to control us all. There's also a non-insignificant fraction that believe the vaccine was a eugenics/mind control/general control scheme, thus why they think Fauci is evil, because if it _were_ all a hoax, yeah that'd be a weird response.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (tM78k)
Posted by: Brewingfrog at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (hjVYH)
I would like to read the original source for the highlight in blue in Katie Pavlich's tweet.
Anybody know the underlying reference? (I am too much of an Idiot to find it in the original "reporting".)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM
Even if Trump somehow turned it off the little fvck has civil service protection and MSPB would immediately order it turned back on.
Plus he and his wife made over $4 million from their stocks for the covid vaccines from the last article I read so they would not be hurt losing his pension.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 10, 2026 05:04 PM (cpFbA)
Measles ? Wonder why they've had a resurgence ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 05:04 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (tM78k)
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This hits new levels of Trying Not To Get The Point.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:04 PM (Fi81e)
A 13% miscarriage rate during the first trimester is bad.
An 82% miscarriage rate in the first trimester is unspeakable.
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13% is about baseline. Miscarriage is more common that most people think. 82% is UNSPEAKABLE. To not immediately warn pregnant women away from that is criminal. Depraved. I can't fathom how these people could say nothing. It is beyond imaging. These people are supposed to be doctors. If they won't protect the most vunerable - do you think they ever gave a shit about you???
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:05 PM (anL5R)
"Oh, f*ck no!"
She's now a very contented housewife homeschooling her children.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 10, 2026 05:05 PM (VfaaV)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM (dK+Kv)
Into a pond. -- Mitch McConnell's sister in law.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:05 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 05:05 PM (S41Gd)
"It's a tax"
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (MWfyi)
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What you're saying is: we're post-republic.
Posted by: Guy Who Says To The Guy Who Says Nothing Will Happen That He Means We Are Post-Republic at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (Fi81e)
Measles ? Wonder why they've had a resurgence ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 05:04 PM (U/x/I)
Same reason we got a resurgence in tuberculosis, but addressing that would cause them to go into full screaming denial mode.
Posted by: Third world shitholes exporting third world shit at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (TbWk/)
-Some neckbeard on Reddit
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These people are a special breed of stupid.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:05 PM (ExV1e)
Nice Segway, there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (1z8ji)
Remember "masks suffocate and kill people" 5 years ago, yet now it's "ICE can wear masks everywhere and you can't make laws to remove their masks".
You guys hate ICE. You should be delighted if they suffocate.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: The Ghost Of Hank AA Ron at August 10, 2026 04:42 PM (F1rMs)
You and the other Aryans?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 05:07 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Third world shitholes exporting third world shit at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (TbWk/)
I noticed that Brennen never mentioned that when she was busy blaming Trump for measles...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 05:07 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 05:05 PM (S41Gd)
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Nobody ever did more for Kali, though. They may make him king.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (Fi81e)
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Of course they did. They were multitasking the fcuk out of it. tank the economy get rid of trump make the chinese happy, short stocks on the way down (of course they did) and ride the run up which they did. Get rid of Trump, cosplay as hero an get rich while you are at it.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (XuXeR)
I know he's rich and this is a drop in the bucket for him but it pisses me off we are still paying discount Mengele.
I didn't see either Walensky or Murthy on Biden's list of pardons. Go after them, they knew and also lied.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (MWfyi)
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What you're saying is: we're post-republic.
Posted by: Guy Who Says To The Guy Who Says Nothing Will Happen That He Means We Are Post-Republic at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (Fi81e)
We've been post-republic since roughly 1877. It's just gotten more and more pronounced since the turn of the 20th century.
Posted by: The republic didn't last long at August 10, 2026 05:09 PM (TbWk/)
You guys hate ICE. You should be delighted if they suffocate.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (Cqx++)
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But don't you think it would be ... uh ... I don't know--what's the word--Oh yeah! voluntary?!!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:09 PM (Fi81e)
No problem- barely an inconvenience! You just tell 82% of the women that, so sorry, you're part of the 12%. How are they going to know different? The important thing is to keep on murdering!
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2026 05:10 PM (Y3swt)
I didn't see either Walensky or Murthy on Biden's list of pardons. Go after them, they knew and also lied.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (viF8m)
And scarf lady Birx.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:10 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at August 10, 2026 05:03 PM (MWfyi)
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What you're saying is: we're post-republic.
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Post-republic? Hah. We're post free country. they just killed like 70% of the babies due in 2020 2021. They can kill your babies and get away with it.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (anL5R)
That sounds like hundreds of thousands of potential murder charges to me
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (sKqQm)
No problem- barely an inconvenience! You just tell 82% of the women that, so sorry, you're part of the 12%. How are they going to know different? The important thing is to keep on murdering!
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2026 05:10 PM (Y3swt)
God -- might be time to flood it again.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (N39Ws)
They are completely misrepresenting the position of most of the right. Some thought it was all a hoax, the Q crowd and the like, but most of us thought it was a real thing that was blown out of proportion and could've been handled a lot less politically and a lot more professionally.
We should've followed Sweden's model and came out ten times better.
We all knew that the most vulnerable were older people and people with conditions and that it rarely affected young people.
The right's biggest complaint was the lockdown, the economic destruction, the Dems/Left/Media taking advantage of the situation to stoke riots and steal elections, and the final straw; the full court press to make everybody take a 'vaccine' that was developed and produced in about 8 months.
I got COVID once, possibly twice (early 2020), so I know it was real.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)
And scarf lady Birx.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:10 PM (N39Ws)
And she wrote a book and admitted they'd lied to Trump...
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 05:12 PM (bX16E)
So, we were locked down and the assholes continued letting illegals in our country with no proof of vaccinations for anything.
I don't remember who it was that said the illegals had the right to invade and we citizens had no rights.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 05:12 PM (/QHx4)
I would have [insert violent action that would land me in prison for a long hitch] any sonofabitch that tried to give either one of my daughters a covid shot.
Fuck that shit, it will never enter their bodies as long as I have anything to say about it.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 05:12 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (mkw2N)
Deleterious mutations usually result in spontaneous miscarriage.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 05:12 PM (DsDRo)
That sounds like hundreds of thousands of potential murder charges to me
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (sKqQm)
It's just a lump of cells and not a human being. What's the big deal?
Posted by: Murder Inc. at August 10, 2026 05:12 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Stalin at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (qUkBO)
So, yes, there is NO WAY Covid was as "deadly" as the establishment tried to pretend, because it wasn't even as WIDESPREAD as they tried to pretend.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (sKqQm)
Exactly. How much more before people file into the streets and demand justice? What is it going to take to get people thoroughly pissed off and demand recompense? Demand justice?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Marooned at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (kt8QE)
Right?
Narrator: There were no consequences.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 05:14 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 05:14 PM (DsDRo)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)
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I'd not be inclined to trust the experts on that one dear...
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:15 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (enNUy)
"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
Am I the only one hearing this when reading about a new mRNA vaccine?
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:15 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 05:08 PM (viF8m)
No, his pension is huge...something like $400k/year. That would be a hit on his finances.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 05:15 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:15 PM (XuXeR)
They are still trying to kill us.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 05:14 PM (/QHx4)
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* Nods *
Posted by: Them at August 10, 2026 05:15 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2026 05:16 PM (3ZNGI)
So, yes, there is NO WAY Covid was as "deadly" as the establishment tried to pretend, because it wasn't even as WIDESPREAD as they tried to pretend.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)
Unless, of course, you were an unborn child.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:16 PM (N39Ws)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (enNUy)
It is perfectly safe and effective.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Marooned at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (kt8QE)
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He has been pardoned. No standing!
Posted by: Judge From Hawaii at August 10, 2026 05:17 PM (Fi81e)
*deletes*
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (CBeiW)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (enNUy)
It is perfectly safe and effective.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 05:16 PM (rbvCR)
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* Nods *
Posted by: Death at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (enNUy)
The FDA approved it a few days ago.
It's named 'mFlusiva'.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: Poetic Justice at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)
Each time you amplify genetic material with PCR it increases the probability of amplifying something besides what you are looking for, so yeah...those tests were suspicious unless done correctly, by people who know what they are doing.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (CBeiW)
"To Serve and Protect"
"Military Intelligence"
"I won't .... that thing"
"The check is in the mail"
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:19 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:46 PM (mmrXZ)
Worse, they have an ego self-defense incentive against it now. Their excessive trust and credulity killed their babies. It takes inhuman strength, such as from Jesus of Nazareth, to face that head-on. The standard cognitive bias of Commitment Tendency has nothing on the rabid devotion to the cause that they will now show, because they can't afford to admit they were wrong. It would crush them.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 05:19 PM (Sy6m/)
There was also a study done that showed those over 65 had worse flu outcomes (?) than those who didn't take the shot.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (f5Y1D)
-Some neckbeard on Reddit
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These people are a special breed of stupid.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM (oqH4h)
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Prime candidates for Gain-of-Stupid testing.
Posted by: Death at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (Fi81e)
Monsters
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (Ydd86)
I have no doubt Fauci had an opinion on that a well.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (rbvCR)
As it was, the lockdowns about killed them. I saw the contortions they put the carriers through. One of our carriers was working so many hours, so much overtime, she forgot to raise the garage door before backing her car out, she was so tired. Another carrier fell asleep in a postal vehicle at an intersection.
I don't think they ever caught back up, Everything is FUBAR
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (L7kQ0)
I just realized, on the Art Thread, the guy in background ready to fight is *the* guy in the back who said "everyone attack"
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (Y/NCQ)
Posted by: nckate at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (enNUy)
I want to see the data that show it is better. Because the problem with flu isn't producing enough of it, it is identifying the correct strains. And how does mRNA help that?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 10, 2026 05:21 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 05:21 PM (MWfyi)
Hmm.
Any chance it could be mandatory in congress?
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:21 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:13 PM (Fi81e)
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I also saw this.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:21 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:19 PM (anL5R)
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In a sane world, they would rule that the president is ultimately responsible for the function of the executive, so if you lied to the person in whom all executive function is vested, you're not covered by immunity.
I don't know what this world would argue.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:22 PM (Fi81e)
I don't see how mRNA changes that, especially in light of the results from the COVID shots against variants.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
"To Serve and Protect"
"Military Intelligence"
"I won't .... that thing"
"The check is in the mail"
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:18 PM (XuXeR)
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I think David Allan Coe wrote a song to this effect some years ago...
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 05:22 PM (oqH4h)
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Bingo. So many people advocated for loved ones to get the shot and then bad stuff happened. None of them will ever admit it is related. If they do, they will self destruct. Its a horror show in real life. Its holocaust level of evil what they did to people, the world.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:22 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (Y/NCQ)
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He was fighting for more ball room.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:23 PM (Fi81e)
I just realized, on the Art Thread, the guy in background ready to fight is *the* guy in the back who said "everyone attack"
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (Y/NCQ)
AND YET THERE WAS NARY A WHIT OF BALLROOM TO BE FOUND IN THAT SCENE
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 10, 2026 05:23 PM (Ot/FD)
INDICT
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:24 PM (XCctI)
I continue to contend that at the end of the day his body count will approach Pol Pot or Mao.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 04:48 PM (x0n13)
It'll get very interesting the day that the International Criminal Court, or the lawyers from some foreign country, decide to sue the USA and CCP for unleashing COVID on the world and killing millions of people. We'd be on the hook for 1-2 TRILLION dollars, at least. That'll get the media's attention, that's for sure.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 10, 2026 05:24 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 10, 2026 05:24 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: Advo at August 10, 2026 05:25 PM (jO4mz)
Posted by: SpeakingOf "
Sounds like the title of a Mad Max movie.
Posted by: fd
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Or the center for some WNBA team. Emflusiva Jones.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 05:25 PM (XvL8K)
This guy makes Mengele looks like a Boy Scout.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 04:56 PM (3cUTc)
I bought two!
Posted by: Mayor Butt at August 10, 2026 05:25 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:22 PM (anL5R)
This. Sadly, this.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 05:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:20 PM (Y/NCQ)
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Hasan Piker?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM
He promised he would not do that again. He did not promise that he would not send a bunch of meteors our way though.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 10, 2026 05:26 PM (cpFbA)
I've seen family members get visibly angry with friends. Putting one's faith in man usually doesn't work out so well
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)
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But it totally wasn't an op. . . . naw.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:26 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at August 10, 2026 05:23 PM (Ot/FD)
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You know who else wanted more "room"?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:24 PM (XCctI)
I thought that presidential pardons are for federal charges only. I can't imagine they work on state charges.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 05:27 PM (l4RKn)
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Sorry, I meant to say those over 65 who took the shot had worse outcomes than those who didn't.
I am not exactly sure what "worse outcomes" means. Can't be good.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:27 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: Big Penguin at August 10, 2026 05:27 PM (0sNs1)
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There are AI renditions of Hitler's speeches into English.
The German makes it seem he's angry, cursing and yelling.
And yes, once you hear them, you can see every single fucking Democrat today would be worshipping him so much that even the "Barack Hussain Obama - Mmm, Mmm, Mmm" song looks mild.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 05:27 PM (3cUTc)
He was skilled in drawing building elevations.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:52 PM (Fi81e)
He was rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna twice.
That's where the "failed" part comes in.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 05:28 PM (IG3/x)
Because Mom says "hell no" and dad says "yes we are" and vice versa. Kids. Grandparents. You can't see your grandchildren, or else. Your 9 year old dies of a heart attack. "I told ya so" etc, and all those permutations and combinations, every which way but loose. "I didn't want it, but I had to keep my job" and now has stage 12 turbo cancer and on and on and on.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 05:28 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2026 05:29 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Mmmmm...biscuits at August 10, 2026 04:58 PM
Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit.
Posted by: Jethro at August 10, 2026 05:29 PM (0sNs1)
I thought that presidential pardons are for federal charges only. I can't imagine they work on state charges.
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he's talking about sovereign immunity.
The govt has a lot of protection from civil liability - sovereign immunity, which extends to govt workers like Fauci. I was pondering if he could get the shit sued out of him civilly by some vicious trial lawyer bastards. They would have to overcome sovereign immunity to get his assets.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:30 PM (anL5R)
At least 3 states, so far, agree.
>>Dr. Anthony Fauci subpoenaed by three GOP state AGs for allegedly ‘profiting’ off COVID-19 guidance
https://tinyurl.com/2ne4tfzd
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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The theory is that it is quicker to produce, so can be more up to date
- The strain problem is only the CDC's metric which is a false one. flu deaths never decrease even with massive vaccination. This is hotly disputed, but I have looked at enough data to know that I don't trust the guys saying it works.
- The main reason it was approved, (and I would be a months pay on this) is that the guys in the CDC are on the patents and getting royalties.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:30 PM (Y/NCQ)
Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM
May I suggest an alternative?
Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at August 10, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)
Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM
May I suggest an alternative?
Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at August 10, 2026 05:31 PM (0sNs1)
Now, now. There are enough to go around.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 05:32 PM (dK+Kv)
There are too many babies being born anyway, especially in the Christian Western World. Fauci (and his pals like Gates, Birx, etc.) is right to control the population, and kill off as many Westerners as possible.
So mote it be.
Posted by: Satan at August 10, 2026 05:32 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 05:32 PM (kgE5c)
Dad got the shot and one booster. He had to have a triple bypass. 2024. Mom took the J&J and said 'hell no' on any more. (If they had not flown to Hawaii for the 50th anniversary, she says she wouldnt have gotten that.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)
Theoretically some POTUS might pardon someone who murders him in turn
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 10, 2026 05:33 PM (Ydd86)
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM
He promised he would not do that again. He did not promise that he would not send a bunch of meteors our way though.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 10, 2026 05:26 PM (cpFbA)
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I joke about SMOD, but I predict the next step is wrapping up the show.
There is a thematic de-escalation in scripture. Babel screwed up pretty bad, but he simply scattered the us to the winds. Abraham saw individual cities destroyed utterly. Egypt lost its army, but not it's cities.
God didn't even destroy the nasty Assyrians of Nineveh.
Jesus mentions Babel in his apocalyptical teaching. And I argue that the internet undoes Babel. We're on the landing strip of the Apocalypse (revealing).
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:33 PM (Fi81e)
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At least, and once their govt job is done, they go right into the industry they just handed a billion dollars to by approving it . . .
its worse than the defense industry.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:33 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
I can't even fathom having a parent in a nursing home at that time. I would have been arrested.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (Ia/+0)
(after stating what a tragedy it is, etc.)
Our civilization is one of ordered liberty. That liberty is maintained with overlapping rights. These are, the right to free speech, the freedom of the press, and our constitutional rights. The idea is that if, for example, the gov. goes full tyranny and forces people out of work, unable to practice their religion, unable to congregate and associate. Or even worse, forces them to take untested compounds against a questionable threat, Then we still have freedom to speak about it (unless censored on the public forums) and freedom of press for people like me to discuss and debate.
Some people are unstable and can be driven to do horrible things. This is an unfortunate reality. But where did our ordered liberty fail?
So instead of blaming Kennedy for saying the vaccine is unsafe, ask, "is the vaccine really safe? Have we debated that publicly?" How did the US media fail in their role in maintaining ordered liberty?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (Y/NCQ)
Posted by: Hello
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Qualified immunity. Unless it can be shown that he acted contrary to clearly established law, which is harder than it sounds. There was a case a few years ago where some cops were held entitled to immunity because there was no clearly established law telling them not to steal shit during the course of a search.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (XvL8K)
Trump responded today saying he hadn't considered it but it's good idea.
Trump wants reparations for all the people they killed with the IEDs they supplied to the sand box. Plus reparations for all their other murders all the way back and including Lebanon.
Don't know if USA has ever laid siege to a nation before.
This is like wayback machine warship.
Interesting times.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (BzKNL)
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What you're saying is: we're post-republic.
Posted by: Guy Who Says To The Guy Who Says Nothing Will Happen That He Means We Are Post-Republic at August 10, 2026 05:06 PM
Dude. That is so meta.
Posted by: The Zuck at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)
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My Step-BIL took the J&J and went home and collapsed in his backyard. He swears that he would have been dead if his neighbor hadn't found him there.
That guy has always been in better physical shape than me (except for alcoholism).
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bete at August 10, 2026 05:36 PM (LX4y3)
Hang them all.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:47 PM
May I suggest an alternative?
Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes
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Remember sharing is caring.
Also, you can hang them over the spike with Juuuust enough slack to make it interesting.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:36 PM (anL5R)
If it can be proven he acted in self-interest, personally profiting from his actions, and not simply 'doing his duty', then his ass is grass and the lawn mower is coming for it.
Watch the headlines for a plane crash or a suspicious suicide.
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 05:36 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 05:36 PM (DsDRo)
Posted by: illiniwek at August 10, 2026 05:37 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:33 PM
A call for hardwood if ever there was one!
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at August 10, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 05:37 PM (JvZF+)
They do this because they understand that they can not measure success based on disease reduction because there is none. They failed. But still they want more money.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:37 PM (Y/NCQ)
I’m a doctor. This executive order is wrong. The President does not have the expertise to make these changes.
Vaccines are overwhelmingly safe. Vaccines are effective. Vaccines DO NOT cause autism.
Breaking up vaccines will mean children have to get more shots to get the same protection, not fewer shots. It will increase hesitancy and make children less safe.
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I think this now aligns with how Europe does MMR. I guess they're doing it wrong?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 05:38 PM (Dv3i1)
I kid you not, 3 months later she had to have several tests because she was having heart issues. "Out of the blue," her words, not mine.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:38 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 05:39 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Socratease at August 10, 2026 05:39 PM (YgfoU)
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:40 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:35 PM (f5Y1D)
My mom in law died alone in a hospital in LA November 2020. Sepsis. She was in 5 days before she died and the hospital allowed just ONE visit from my LA brother in law the entire time. I'm still angry. My husband and I drove down and visited with her in her private nursing home 7 weeks prior, and the only way we could do that was because I told the owner we both had the original covid in March. And I had to beg him but he finally relented.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 05:40 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 05:41 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 05:41 PM (BzKNL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 05:41 PM (DsDRo)
The good ones were censored or worse.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:41 PM (f5Y1D)
Brennan and Welker both seem to be enraged most of the time; Brennan not being able to look her interviewee in the eye and Welker wide eyed to the point where she seems drugged.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 05:42 PM (Y8DZL)
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THE MORE YOU KNOW tm
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:42 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 10, 2026 05:42 PM (ASl/K)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 05:42 PM (BzKNL)
But I have seen enough anecdotal accounts from parents who say their kid got a fever after taking a vaccine, and then it started losing ability to talk, etc. It sure seems like the vaccine caused the fever, and the fever caused the autism.
Maybe this is crazy, but it sure is sus.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:42 PM (Y/NCQ)
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (f5Y1D)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:24 PM (XCctI)
I thought that presidential pardons are for federal charges only. I can't imagine they work on state charges.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 05:27 PM (l4RKn)
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Yes, the pardon only works on federal charges. I was talking about government qualified immunity. Very hard to get around even in extreme circumstances, but hopefully this may be one.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (XCctI)
82 I wonder if Fauci's pension can be revoked? We are paying this freak over $400k/year for the rest of his miserable life.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:55 PM (viF8m)
Nah, Jack. I think we should invite this asshole for a boat ride.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 04:58
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Yeah, boat ride. Yeah.
Posted by: Tony Soprano at August 10, 2026 05:44 PM (VWtfl)
That’s when I knew we were fucked.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (qAbWa)
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There are AI renditions of Hitler's speeches into English.
The German makes it seem he's angry, cursing and yelling.
And yes, once you hear them, you can see every single fucking Democrat today would be worshipping him so much that even the "Barack Hussain Obama - Mmm, Mmm, Mmm" song looks mild.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 05:27 PM (3cUTc)
There's an old Babylon Bee video of a time travelling leftist who goes to kill Hitler while he is still a painter and they agree on every policy point.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (uhVAy)
I had to go to the ER during the covid shit. It turned out it was nothing,.
The dr yelled at me because i had not gotten the killer shot. He was a complete asshole. I wish i had a recording of him yelling at me.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:38 PM (f5Y1D)
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My wife (much more anti-Jab than I was) got in a testy relationship with a couple we knew online, because she discouraged the jab. Her husband was a pharmaceutical salesman and had "read all the literature" and decided it was SCIENCE to take he jab.
So her lady friend took the jab. And basically, a previously physically fit woman who had some health issues here and there couldn't walk for months.
Even then, her husband was the expert.
Friends of ours from church have a pharmacist son, who took the Jab because SCIENCE. He had a stroke and an aortic bi-section which he still insists has nothing to do with the Jab. He was blind in one eye for a while and could barely speak English. He will never get back the vision he had in 2021.
But both these pharmaceutical guys "Read the SCIENCE".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (Fi81e)
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Makes me sick.
Posted by: Seems Legit at August 10, 2026 05:43 PM (f5Y1D)
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Yes. And even sicker is the fact my bro in law was only allowed to visit because the staff knew he was a retired anesthesiologist @ Cedar Sinai.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (kX27y)
Maybe this is crazy, but it sure is sus.
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there is a reason why the government has a vaccine injury program and now a CICP countermeasures injury compensation program. they aren't as benign as they want the public to think.
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:46 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 05:47 PM (ehY6c)
That’s when I knew we were fucked.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 05:45 PM (qAbWa)
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That was my exact point, too!
My wife was way ahead of me. She listened to a lot of "alarmists" doctors on line.
I just was not going to drop that common understanding of viruses.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 05:48 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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This is true, and what you wrote is a serious problem
But another problem is that the covid vaccine injected the spike right into the bloodstream (and who knows what other organs where the RNA would take hold and pump them out.)
They knew from the start that
1 - Most people who got the covid did not have spikes in blood
2 - Those that did, had a really bad time.
That spike is particularly nasty to everything it touches. It was engineered that way.
So it's like saying we will protect you from the threat of kitchen fire by pre-burning your house down.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at August 10, 2026 05:49 PM (Y/NCQ)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 05:51 PM (ehY6c)
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How were we supposed to get rich if we couldn't sell you a vaccine because you were 90% likely to get it or already have it and 99% likely to survive it? I mean with no safety data, would you buy it when you really don't need it?
Plus, if we can't give you the first shot, then we can't sell you the next four, because vaccinating into a pandemic always causes mutation pressure to explode and then we get to push out more shots per person!!!!
Posted by: CDC/Pharma/Fauci at August 10, 2026 05:52 PM (anL5R)
Whole lotta "wait,... what?!" going on in that sentence fragment.
Posted by: Matchbook MD at August 10, 2026 05:59 PM (GFPwO)
The vaccine that Trump gave the Presidential Commendation award to Fauci for ?
The normal miscarriage rate is 30 to 50%
Posted by: Paul at August 10, 2026 06:25 PM (ZyCQb)
Yes! Exactly on the money! It’s just so hard to get everything wrong with the vaxx in a short post.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 06:27 PM (DsDRo)
Posted by: Hello - taps mic- Margaret are you paying attention? at August 10, 2026 05:22 PM (anL5R)
This. Sadly, this.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 05:25 PM (zZu0s)
Especially the parents who took their kids to get an unnecessary experimental vaccine. Denial is the only way they can face a mirror. My wife and adult children took the vaxx against my advice. I still worry years later about what might happen.
Remember when you’re looking to hang those involved, they don’t have to be dropped. They can be lifted up, instead.
About the Trump vaccine, remember he was advised that 2 million people would die if he didn’t act, and the vaccine Fauci promoted was a wonder of modern medicine. The really bad shit was all Biden. The mandates, the vaxx passports, etc.
Posted by: Advo at August 10, 2026 06:51 PM (jO4mz)
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 10, 2026 06:52 PM (1FEc1)
Posted by: MAGA Lord at August 10, 2026 07:06 PM (VKdrG)
Posted by: DoctorMew at August 11, 2026 12:00 AM (XodLO)
I had never encountered that many people I personally knew dying in all my life before, and never since.
Posted by: DoctorMew at August 11, 2026 12:02 AM (XodLO)
Posted by: Beverly at August 11, 2026 12:27 AM (reMys)
Abdul El-Sayed Has Repeatedly Endorsed Book Which Praises Left-Wing Violence and the Nihilistic Destruction of the "Summer of Love;" Also Refuses to Even Stop Campaiging with Hasan "Kill Rick Scott" Piker
I'm starting to think this son of a terrorist might be pro-terrorism.
Jon Levine of Free Beacon:Abdul El-Sayed Promoted Leftist 'Radicalization' Book That Endorses Violent Resistance, Praises George Floyd Rioters for 'Property Destruction'Meanwhile, this radical terrorist refuses to break with Hasan Piker, who himself has called for the assassination of Senator Rick Scott and called for "capitalists" to have their throats slit until the streets "run red with blood." Ed Morrissey:
The book, which El-Sayed regularly promoted on his podcast, denounces 'fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence' Jon Levine
August 10, 2026 Abdul El-Sayed, the newly minted Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, repeatedly promoted to his podcast listeners a notorious book that encourages violent rioting and claims the U.S. government "kills untold millions," the Washington Free Beacon can reveal. El-Sayed made the plug for the book, Let This Radicalize You, at least 10 times on his podcast, America Dissected. ... In chapter six: "'Violence' in Social Movements," the authors dismiss peaceful protests as submissive to the state and argue that violent protesters should not necessarily be considered "bad." "Fetishizing distinctions between violence and nonviolence can lead to the indulgence of rhetoric about 'good' and 'bad' protesters, where 'peaceful' protesters are celebrated and 'violent' protesters--for example, those who engage in property destruction that disrupts profit--are viewed as disposable and disreputable," the pair writes. "And when they refer to 'peaceful protest,' they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state." "This licenses people to care about the cause being protested without caring about what happens to the 'bad' protesters. For example, even as significant numbers of people supported the uprisings following the racist murder of George Floyd, many fewer people vocally defended the rights of protesters who were arrested for acts of property destruction and funneled into the racist carceral system," they added.
El-Sayed, however, won't play that game. This weekend, NBC's Kristen Welker pressed the new Democrat nominee for the Senate on his alliance with Hasan Piker, the radical Marxist who claimed, "America deserved 9/11." Will El-Sayed continue to have Piker as a campaign surrogate and ally, Welker asked? El-Sayed changed the subject rather than answer:
NBC: Hasan Piker has said "America deserved 9/11," do you plan to continue to campaign with him?
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) August 9, 2026
EL-SAYED: "I'm less concerned now with who I'm campaigning with..."
NBC: "Would you welcome him though?"
EL-SAYED: "I'm a lot more focused on who I'm campaigning to." pic.twitter.com/2kyYIyNic7
Straight men do not do this pic.twitter.com/rEIdns6ycv
— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) August 9, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (qx7Zg)
Will this be enough to make James Carville leave the Democrats? Magic 8-Ball says "No way, Jose".
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (Riz8t)
Irrespective of the general morality of breaking other people's stuff, didn't the George Floyd rioters destroy things in their own neighborhoods?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (Fi81e)
Did you see the video with his wife?
Posted by: Piper
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Ick, no. Sounds totally disgusting and a thing to make you avert your eyes. now... GIVE ME A LINK, PLEASE.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:24 PM (uzmqU)
It's who the left wants to put in power.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 03:24 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (mmrXZ)
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Rule #1 of 45yvtvw4bvyh4b Club is DON'T talk about 45yvtvw4bvyh4b Club!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (De0dy)
The left is very, very means focused.
If peaceful protest gets you what they want they'll do that. Conversely if violent protest/terrorism does they'll do that.
And so the immediate answer is violent protest/terrorism should get the people participating shot and the people organizing/funding it arrested. But even under Trump we aren't doing that.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (sKqQm)
Did you see the video with his wife?
Posted by: Piper
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Ick, no. Sounds totally disgusting and a thing to make you avert your eyes. now... GIVE ME A LINK, PLEASE.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026
Will go look, be right back
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 03:26 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Pamazon at August 10, 2026 03:26 PM (b5MGU)
https://tinyurl.com/39rwajsw
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 10, 2026 03:26 PM (5UTWB)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 03:26 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (Y8DZL)
That's the terrorist who won his primary in Jersey. But I think he's also named Abdul.
Posted by: the dandy at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (8l8nW)
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"I can't quit you!" -- El-Sayid to Piker.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (4NO2D)
I'm not sure even gay men are that gay.
El-Sayed and Piker are sucking each other's dicks, aren't they?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Enough Is Enough at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (F1rMs)
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Oh come on. He'd never do it. That's hypebole. He'd never do that....unless the opportunity presented itself.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)
Note Trump wasn't campaigning with the minister, this was all the minister doing his own thing. And the minister wasn't calling for violence and yet...this was at the time a BFD...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 13times at August 10, 2026 03:28 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 03:26 PM (FZ29D)
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And I put some effort into it!!!
Posted by: Jared French at August 10, 2026 03:28 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 10, 2026 03:28 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
It's Mick Jagger/David Bowie gay with a sprinkling of Billy Squire.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 03:29 PM (xJpaU)
Something is going on. Mamdani was the tip of the spear and his sudden ascent in the political scene every bit as phony.
That said Shit Midas might campaign for him and we know what a rabbit's foot he is. Although I still think this time it's "different".
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:29 PM (YXnK3)
The associations between these DSAssholes and any number of anarchist, Marxist, fascist, Islamofascist, death-to-America-ists are endless and getting a bit dull to me.
What does the dude say NOW? What's his legislative record? What's he campaigning on? I wish Mike Rogers was more of a fire-breather.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:29 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Billy Squier at August 10, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)
All of these guys seem to be missing one body part or another.
The late Mrs. Borgia and I referred to my wedding tackle as "the one-eyed Omar" back in the day.
She may have even been the one to come up with that... a twisted sense of humor she had.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 10, 2026 03:28 PM (0U5gm)
I am telling you, someone is having a laugh.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:30 PM (YXnK3)
2008: So what if his name is Hussein you h8ters he had nothing to do with 9/11
2026: Yeah America deserved 9/11, now let's get some jihadis elected so we can destroy America from the inside
Posted by: The left at August 10, 2026 03:30 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (2WIwB)
The Blade also predicted that Tom Tiffany would beat that nasty Red Guard cuntwhore.
My predictions are looking good so far. Trust The Blade. He knows things. Always trust The Blade.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (kpS4V)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (fV9m3)
They imported enough foreigners to start winning elections without any need to appeal to Americans. Remember how Shrub's response to 9/11 was to bring in millions of Muslims?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)
Lawful protest is peaceful, by definition. If it isn't, then there are other more accurate terms. Riot.
Riots are not lawful protest, involving property destruction, looting, arson, murder, rape, etc. I don't care what your purported grievance is. Once you cross over the line into that stuff, you need to get ventilated. Looters shoot to wound. Arsonists shoot to kill.
Even Democrats used to understand this. Riots cause profound economic damage. There's still boarded up shit from 1968 in my old hometown. The downtown, pressured by other factors too, pretty much died. Theres a reason all those super-malls were constructed in the 1970s, and it wasn't simply about lack of parking.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM (L7kQ0)
All we need is someone with minimal campaigning abilities.
We got Mike Rogers.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson
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I know nothing, so is this that meme?
You will ask for Bad Orange Man.
You will settle for Medium Vanilla Man.
You will get The Invisible Man.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Jimmy at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (ZdaMQ)
33 Julian Epstein, former chief counsel for House Judiciary Democrats, just announced he’s leaving the party. Primarily due to them running a terrorist for the senate.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at August 10, 2026 03:28 PM (0U5gm)
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So did LaRosa:
Michael LaRosa just became the latest Democrat defector. His progressive credentials are uncontested: not only was he Jill Biden’s press secretary during the Cabbage years —the first “openly gay” one— but before that, he worked for a long string of Democrat pols like Kirsten Gillibrand, Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Nancy Pelosi. He often pops up on the networks, billed as a Democrat strategist.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (ZdaMQ)
Besides, we've got magic soil. Everyone who comes here loves us!
/the Bush family
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (JmNrR)
There's just nothing to appeal to the normies.
Even the working class Dems that still populate Michigan aren't going to like this guy.
Abdul is purely a product of the most extreme 20% in American history.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (0bjKf)
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I don't see the problem.
Posted by: Billy Squier at August 10, 2026 03:30 PM (Fi81e)
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That video pretty much single-handedly destroyed his career. Oddly enough, the only person who saw it coming was his girlfriend. She saw the video before it went live and begged Billy to reshoot it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Jimmy at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM (UjdFS)
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Just don't take it out.
She's been down that road.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (pGxqu)
"Straight men do not do this"
I'm not sure even gay men are that gay.
That was gayer than Pedro Pascal in a stadium sky box with a glow-in-the-dark dildo.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (jOAc7)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (L7kQ0)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (Ia/+0)
I'm thinking we really do need a Muslim ban on further immigration here. 100%.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
Yeah. Amazing how that works out, huh?
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 03:36 PM (JmNrR)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (J4Dwc)
I think he might moderate as the election draws near without sacrificing his radical bona fides.
Very little of this is real. Trump killed their party and stole the working class and the cultural energy. This is their phony "resurrection".
Establishment Democrats have already modulated their message from eight weeks ago when they were crying crocodile tears about all these radical dangerous extremists. Now it's well yeah I don't agree with them but you have to admit they're popular. As if that's even legit.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:34 PM (iFTx/)
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I think before that video, guys that liked rock-n-roll would see some feminine gesture from Squier here and there and shrug. He sang ballsy songs and he even played audible guitar.
After that video, they saw how often he did something like that. And he completely lost his male audience.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (oqH4h)
Wife video
https://tinyurl.com/ybp6uau9
Posted by: Piper
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Are we sure that's not Ilhan? That's a video in which he endorses her. His wife looks very similar, though. (I did a google image search.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)
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Did they set a date yet for throwing him off a mosque roof in Michigan?
Posted by: bearski at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (2YhKe)
Here is another odd name over lap for you - the then famous reporter Edward Jay Epstein offered Ghislane Maxwell a seat on his shadow 9/11 commission in 2003
Maxwell got her own grifts later in life but in 2003 she was Epstein's most important follower/retainer/maybe handler so reporter Epstein thought it was important to get Pedo Epstein's views on 9/11 for some reason...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03
Our side needs to up their social media game. Badly.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (IG3/x)
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"Hole? Is that like, um, a band?"
-- Drugged out, mentally unstable Courtney Love
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
Yeah. Amazing how that works out, huh?
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 03:36 PM (JmNrR)
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From Daniel Greenfield:
In 1992, Khaled Ahmed Satary arrived in the United States on a student visa. Even though student visas are only supposed to be temporary, the Gaza ‘Palestinian’ Muslim would not leave the country, not even when the government began trying to deport him in 2008 after he spent 3 years in federal prison for running a $50 million counterfeiting ring, not as he amassed another $547 million in health care fraud over the next decade by targeting the elderly and not until he finally went on the run in 2022 and became an international fugitive.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: huerfano at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (VJX5o)
There were a lot of those DJs back then and I recall them all doing some crazy things to the point of getting kicked off air for weeks at the time by the FCC, but I don't recall ever hearing about any of them calling for the deaths of senators, cheering terrorist attacks on America, or calling for the destruction of the white race through immigration ("they're going to f**k your sisters").
Howard Stern doesn't even come close to that now after his geriatric stumble to the woke left over the past decade.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)
I'd figured her for a prison shanking within days of going inside, either paid or freelance.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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It's Scott's support for ICE / deportations, right?
Posted by: bearski at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (Bhsk7)
Scott is worth half a billion dollars. Piker wants to kill rich people.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (wGerL)
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and the main picture says the same thing.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10
Did I trust internet reporting again? Shame on me.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:40 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:40 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM
Half of whom seem to be working at airports.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 03:40 PM (bFu5X)
Note Trump wasn't campaigning with the minister, this was all the minister doing his own thing. And the minister wasn't calling for violence and yet...this was at the time a BFD...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:27 PM (sKqQm)
Christians doing what they are commanded to do and telling people about Christ, without violence or force- EVIL COLONIZERS!!!
Muslims doing what they are commanded to do and threatening, killing, and forcing people to submit to satanic mohammed's demonic rantings- THOSE POOR BACKWARDS VICTIMS OF THE WEST'S COLONIZING!
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 03:40 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 03:40 PM (2YhKe)
https://tinyurl.com/5f53pb23
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:41 PM (kX27y)
Irrespective of the general morality of breaking other people's stuff, didn't the George Floyd rioters destroy things in their own neighborhoods?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)
Once the riots start to spread to where Dem politicians live, I'm sure they will get the police involved super quick.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:41 PM (uhVAy)
3 Did you see the video with his wife? She is rocking back and forth, wringing her hands and says nothing. It’s a lil weird.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM
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Prozac.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 03:41 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)
Could be. If so she's looking damned rough.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:41 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 10, 2026 03:42 PM (V362x)
Scott is worth half a billion dollars. Piker wants to kill rich people.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (wGerL)
He wants to kill landlords too. His own mother is a big landlord.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)
I think he might moderate as the election draws near
Posted by: ...
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I think he already is. That's why he says he's not a DSA member -- even though he effectively is.
AOC also went on a backtracking tear yesterday with Jonathan Karl, virtually disavowed every distinguishing policy of the DSA and blamed it all on COVID. Won't endorse Francesca Hong because she's "focused on flipping Congress blue" as if dropping an endorsement on Hong is a full-time job that she can't find time for.
Francesca, of course, is also backtracking like mad, although it's funny, she just backs into a different ditch from the one she was already in.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:42 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10
Did I trust internet reporting again? Shame on me.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:40 PM (ZdaMQ)
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Yes, that's Ilhan in the video. I have no idea what his "wife" looks like but I'm pretty sure she has a penis.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (uzmqU)
Fun fact: Hasan Piker "disavowed" his own comments. He has acknowledged that how he said it was wrong. That said, he's still not wrong that 9/11 was blowback for our involvement and actions in the Middle East.
Expect MORE of this from Media as they try to downplay one of the toughest wins for DSA/Progressives. It shows people believe in almost if not everything the LEFT believes in they are just constantly propagandized against it.
Hasan Piker is a liability. If we want to win, we must run very far away from him.
Muslim candidates must answer for everything any other Muslim has ever said or done. Meanwhile, Christian candidates never have to answer for anything. Not even anything they themselves have done, apparently.
Not only do people not ask republicans to speak to shitty things Joe Rogan says, they criticize Kamala Harris for not going on that show. The double standard is massive.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (tM78k)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 10, 2026 03:42 PM (V362x)
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No.
Posted by: 2026 at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (Fi81e)
You can just imagine how screwed up that child is.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (IG3/x)
He won by 1 point and he got 94% of the Muslim vote and counties around universities. He got pummeled everywhere else. And now even some Democrats are endorsing Rogers. I think he's a tad less formidable as a candidate than we've been told.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (uzmqU)
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It's you.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (oqH4h)
For some period of time I decided whenever I got a farcebook reel directly calling for violence I'd report it since their rules say that is a no-no. I read lefty forums/sites so I get plenty of their videos.
Note, not "this guy should be impeached/arrested/blah" just people directly calling for assassinations of specific pols/celebrities.
And...after a dozen reports in a day I watched every one get noted as "not in violation of our terms of service"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)
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Wow. The strawmen that live in their heads!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (uzmqU)
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It's you.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (oqH4h)
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No. I turned my user script off. They seem to be gone.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:45 PM (Fi81e)
Republicans: $28.5 million
Democrats: $17.5 million"
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (g47mK)
Rogers is a retread. He is pretty harmless and in a red wave he could be swept ashore to win, but the electorate is not in a stay the course mood. The campaign requires a different type of campaign altogether than he will run. Maybe he can bring in some surrogates and outside money. We will see.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (wGerL)
I think there are people inthe law enforcement agencies who would support the assassination of people in government.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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It's Scott's support for ICE / deportations, right?
Posted by: bearski at August 10, 2026 03:39 PM (Bhsk7)
It is not a recent quote, but it was when Scott was talking about going Medicare/Medicaid fraud some years ago.
Piker -
"They're not tackling providers; they're not actually going after false billing. They are trying to cut recipients. [Fraud] is not happening at the point of recipient. If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott," he said.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (uhVAy)
Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.
Don't shorten it to Abduhl. Don't play his game.
Proclaim his name in all of it's Mohammeddan glory.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Signed, Julian Epstein's Mother at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (77rzZ)
Even women that hate white guys can't say no to the MWC?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (sKqQm)
Thanks for this. I usually rely on Lizzy for my forgotten and/or unknown tidbits. The woman is a magician and conjuring relevant facts and occurrences and quotes out of thin air. It's under appreciated IMO. She's like h/t Tami but for stuff that happened a while ago instead of news.
Those things and stuff like the above help my Beautiful Mind keep it all together, barely
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (YXnK3)
Did I trust internet reporting again? Shame on me.
Posted by: Piper
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In fairness, it's hard to tell. If anything, his wife is uglier. At least Ilhan wears colors, prints, and statement jewelry. Wife is a typical alien creature that scares little kids.
And that said, it doesn't make a damn bit of difference! They're both gross-looking members of a sick cult.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:46 PM (mmrXZ)
He won by 1 point and he got 94% of the Muslim vote and counties around universities. He got pummeled everywhere else. And now even some Democrats are endorsing Rogers. I think he's a tad less formidable as a candidate than we've been told.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (viF8m)
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See my comment above. I was happy when he beat that weirdo chungus HR-looking lady.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (iFTx/)
It's Mick Jagger/David Bowie gay with a sprinkling of Billy Squire.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Onlt thing missing was d concludinf the video by driving off in a Trans Am
Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (/hebF)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (qx7Zg)
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LOL. About the only time Piker would take a powder.
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (rj6Yv)
You can just imagine how screwed up that child is.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (IG3/x)
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She and her husband divorced.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: wait wut? at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (anL5R)
Personally I don't like people with Tottenkopf tattoos but I guess the left disagrees with me....
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)
You can just imagine how screwed up that child is.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:44 PM (IG3/x)
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She and her husband divorced.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (kX27y)
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If her "husband" is the one I've seen in some pics, it was almost certainly an arranged marriage because that dude likes dick.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
Not only do people not ask republicans to speak to shitty things Joe Rogan says, they criticize Kamala Harris for not going on that show. The double standard is massive.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (tM78k)
Hysteria is a helluva drug.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 03:48 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
Scott was CEO of Columbia/HCA at one time.
Columbia/HCA which had $1.7 billion in fines for fraudulent billing to Medicaid/Medicare.
Hasan went off on a rant about the hypocrisy of Scott advocating for cuts to Medicaid & Medicare last year.
That's when he said:
"If you cared about Medicare fraud or Medicaid fraud, you would kill Rick Scott"
Which got him banned from Twitch for 24 hours.
Twitch just banned Asmongold for a week for saying the Moroccan invaders of Ceuta should've been shot trying to cross, to send a warning and stop further invasions of 50,000 people into a city of 80,000.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (zZu0s)
Remember:
Liberal woman would rather be alone with a bear than a man.
Unless that man is a shit-stinking, 7th century desert tribesman who thinks women are property and little boys are sex toys.
Then she swoons and begs him to rape her.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:47 PM (kX27y)
There's a shocker.
Please tell me he got custody of the kid.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (YwEeS)
Joe Rogan is pretty entertaining but you should take anything he says with a grain of salt. Just like CNN or David Muir.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)
Musk has gone on a campaign on X posting, accurately, that Hitler was a man of the left and a socialist. He's breaking more than a few brains.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (0Oolu)
Bet she teaches that kid to H8 his white half
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (Ia/+0)
Yeah I expect him to moderate and then "win". But there are a lot of moving parts to these operations - the one obvious one right now seems to be that the jihadist is destined for the Senate.
I'd love to be wrong here. Happens occasionally, this would be a GREAT time for it.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)
Two weeks, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)
all he's missing is the Messenger Bag.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (uzmqU)
I came to the comments to ask:
What does garrett think? (about the video caption: Straight men do not do this)
and I was *not* disappointed!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (odBC9)
There were a whole slew of terror attacks by jihadis where the FNM argued unless the guy had a card showing membership in AQ or ISIS that it couldn't be muslim terrorism...
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
Personally I don't like people with Tottenkopf tattoos but I guess the left disagrees with me....
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:48 PM (sKqQm)
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The exaggeration is un-fucking-believable. But, then again, you can be doubtful that they know they are exaggerating.
The ENTIRE RIGHT regularly associates with people "ON THE RIGHT that we regularly call Nazis"!
Yes, the entire right regularly associates with other people on the right.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:51 PM (Fi81e)
Yeah, I'm voting for that guy.
Posted by: Total Dumbshits at August 10, 2026 03:51 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (YwEeS)
Fascism is a social heresy but its still socialism. They didn't called themselves the "National Socialist German Workers' Party " for shits and giggles.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
What's going on with Mike Pompeo? Every time he comes on the screen I think it's Christopher Plummer.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (qx7Zg)
Yeah, I'm voting for that guy.
Posted by: Total Dumbshits at August 10, 2026 03:51 PM (UjdFS)
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Too bad he's not a write-in candidate.
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)
Two weeks, iirc.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)
Asmon said he was busy with a feared health issue and didn't even try an appeal. If he does so he might get it reduced to a week.
He had a symptom that reminded him of his fathers' fatal illness which understandably made him get it checked out.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
I just found this clip of Zohran Mamdani on an Arab podcast, admitting that he fooled white liberals
Progressive ideology is just a tool
His real priority? "Identity"
https://tinyurl.com/5s8shcy6
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (ndZc7)
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Even then, they "know he's just kidding" and trying to provoke the right.
And they would think it's a great joke. (Because most of Bluesky really want to see mass deaths of "right-wingers").
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at August 10, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)
Could be.
I watched some of his YouTube explanation.
He mentioned something about trying to appeal, but either way he doesn't care.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (cRLyS)
FDR
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 03:43 PM (tM78k)
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No Republicans had to "answer for" Todd Akin in 2012?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (d1C/V)
That's my name too.
Whenever we go out
People point and shout
There goes Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)
Pancreatic cancer, I think he said?
Wonder what those symptoms are.
He said he didn't want to get into the gory details.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (6ydKt)
Rogers lost his last run at the Senate to CIA Slotkin by less than 1 point and Michigan is under Harmeet Dhillon's thumb bigly for election rigging.
Prominent Democrats aren't just quietly saying they don't support him, they are actively supporting Rogers.
I think Rogers has a very strong shot at winning as more people discover what these DSA communists are all about. Michigan is not NYC.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: I'm not Jeff Dunahm but at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (TMF5Z)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
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I get some chuckles from the idea that you can't call them "socialists" because they weren't textbook socialists, but you can call them "Christians" because they claimed that label.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (Fi81e)
Hoping you're right but girding the loins.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
That's only because the guy who owns Twitch doesn't have a hard-on for Asmon.
He does for Piker.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (YwEeS)
Fascism is a social heresy but its still socialism. They didn't called themselves the "National Socialist German Workers' Party " for shits and giggles.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)
Socialists need labels on the bins they carve people up into. Nazis were faux 'nations' like Aryan/German and Jews and Slavs. Commies used 'classes' like workers, kulaks (farmers), etc. Americans use races/non existent social classes and a stew of borrowed labels from every other socialist gang ever.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)
24 hours, understandable.
2 weeks is just twisting the knife.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (6ydKt)
The Nazis had a major member who believed in the "Big Lie".
But one thing they would never lie about is whether or not their movement was "Christian".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:52 PM (d1C/V)
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Actual Michiganders know our polling is hot garbage. Hillary was up by 20 on Bernie and somehow lost.
This is Fieger Time 2: Jihadi Boogaloo.
(Geoff Fieger got blown out so badly that the GOP got everything, clean sweep.)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (0Oolu)
Except the movie piece was at least funny in context.
Posted by: barbarausa at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (enw9G)
https://tinyurl.com/ybp6uau9
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (ZdaMQ)
Thank you, Piper!
Abdul El-Sayed endorses Ilhan Omar: "She's a trailblazer. When you talk about courage... When you talk about the ability to show up when nobody else has the words, find the words, and be willing to say them clearly in the face of power... That's this woman."
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Infidel No. 284329020 at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (qUkBO)
Besides being mentally ill to all appearances, Francesca Hong has something odd going on with her eyes. They seem to be growing out on stalks over time, like a snail.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (TMF5Z)
If I had sleeves on my shirt, I would be rolling them up!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)
Hoping you're right but girding the loins.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (YXnK3)
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The average movement from summer polls to election day results for competitive senate races is more than 7%.
https://x.com/PatrickRuffini/status/
2085763509682323680
El-Sayed has won a single poll against Rogers. He's lost all the others.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 10, 2026 03:56 PM (vJrRc)
I think Asmon still tops the list?
I don't know.
I watch his clips on YouTube.
Never use Twitch.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)
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You are a great American.
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (TMF5Z)
This is Fieger Time 2: Jihadi Boogaloo.
(Geoff Fieger got blown out so badly that the GOP got everything, clean sweep.)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (ZOv7s)
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I sure hope the DSA and Islamists don't take the loss too hard and suicide bomb the DNC headquarters.
That would be terrible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (d1C/V)
We would not have most of these problems if we never let people in our country who come here to live off our tax money.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)
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That dude is literally insane. don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: wow - just wow - michigan at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)
Pancreatic cancer, I think he said?
Wonder what those symptoms are.
He said he didn't want to get into the gory details.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (6ydKt)
I believe that's what his father had.
The doctor probably told him what that financial adviser did a few months ago. Spend some money on yourself!
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Oh, no. He's not gonna lip-sync "Edelweiss" again, is he?
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)
So, Democrats?
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:54 PM (viF8m)
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Rumors of panic in Bloomfield Hills. Heck, the AG (Nessel) openly boycotted that state Democrat convention because she said she wouldn't be safe. This guy squeaked in and I bet the Dem machine would have stopped him if the feds hadn't been poking around.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Elizabeth "She Who Runs With Commies" Warren at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (qUkBO)
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (TMF5Z)
If I had sleeves on my shirt, I would be rolling them up!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (ZdaMQ)
Getting a workout swinging an electric cattle prod?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (ehY6c)
Rolling Stone
@RollingStone
Why Is Everyone Scared of Hasan Piker?
@hasanthehun's incendiary clips about Israel have brought flak from both sides of the aisle. But what he wants, he says, is to make people listen.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (ndZc7)
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Hey, we actually figured out that it was cheaper to have them come here and live off our tax money than it was to just send our tax money to them at their home country.
Posted by: globalist geniuses at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (0Oolu)
That would be terrible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (d1C/V)
That would really hurt that 2nd mortgage they have on it.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 03:57 PM (0Oolu)
_________
Gay Lightbringer doesn't really want any other Democraps to win. He's done little or nothing to help any other Democrap. Hell, he was mostly absent during Joe Biden's 2020 run.
GL wants to be the only successful Democrap and has been pulling up the ladder after him.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (iFTx/)
Twitch just banned Asmongold for a week for saying the Moroccan invaders of Ceuta should've been shot trying to cross, to send a warning and stop further invasions of 50,000 people into a city of 80,000.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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When Asmongold comes back, he should do a whole video where he just quotes people like Hasan Piker, Abdul el-Sayed, and BLM thugs calling for death and destruction, and then reads from the Quran calling for death to kaffirs. Just read what they say.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (0Oolu)
Act of God! No payout.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (YwEeS)
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Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
5h
I can’t believe this is how low we’ve let America sink. 2 Somali gangs are preparing for a violent rival shootout at the upcoming 2026 Minnesota State
Fair.
In response Prosecutors and the Minnesota Attorney General filed civil lawsuits seeking temporary injunctions against the 2 rival Somali street gangs.
There is a proposed “safety zone” injunction would bar Somali gang members from associating with one another.
There is hype from Somalians on social media calling this “The biggest battle of the summer” with even betting taking place on which Somali gang will win.
There was prior fights, shootings and other violence linked to the groups at and near the fair during 2024–2025, plus incidents at graduations and elsewhere. So this year the Somali gangs are planning on upping the violence.
We can’t even have a fair in America without foreigners ruining it. Our culture is being destroyed.
Deport them ALL.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (kX27y)
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That dude is literally insane. don't ask me how I know.
Posted by: wow - just wow - michigan at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (anL5R)
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We can tell you.
Posted by: Geoffry Fieger's Endlessly-Sued Neighbors at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (Fi81e)
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the dogs are
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)
He's got a cute little Asian GF now from the clips I've seen.
Dude is loaded.
He could buy her a house and a car and it wouldn't make him blink.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (qx7Zg)
That would be terrible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:58 PM (d1C/V)
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It's starting to dawn on Michigan Jews that the Muslims do in fact wish to kill them and take their stuff. It's not rhetorical excess. The Jewish school that got shot up was very alarming to them.
I expect a lot of Dems will just stay home.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: 80% of Jews Who Will Vote For Him at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (qDa2L)
What gets me about these DSA walk-backs is that no one (i.e., no one in the MSM) ever says "Why walk it back? Was there something WRONG with it? What was WRONG about wanting to defund the police? What's WRONG with saying Thanksgiving is the holiday you hate?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (mmrXZ)
That would be good, but we're talking about Asmon.
The Roach King just wings it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)
I expect a lot of Dems will just stay home.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (ZOv7s)
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Non-college educated white Democrats don't seem to be all that eager to vote for an Arab, and the black folk already get everything for free.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (ASl/K)
Isn't it fascinating how the "radical extremists" solve this problem?
What luck!
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (mmrXZ)
There's a whole cluster of operators doing that - MorePegasus and others. They have hundreds of YT roundups. Nuxanor is another hitting from the politics side rather than the "internet drama" side. Nux actually is doing readings from the Quran on his funding site.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (uhVAy)
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Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
5h
I can’t believe this is how low we’ve let America sink. 2 Somali gangs are preparing for a violent rival shootout at the upcoming 2026 Minnesota State
Fair.
In response Prosecutors and the Minnesota Attorney General filed civil lawsuits seeking temporary injunctions against the 2 rival Somali street gangs.
There is a proposed “safety zone” injunction would bar Somali gang members from associating with one another.
There is hype from Somalians on social media calling this “The biggest battle of the summer” with even betting taking place on which Somali gang will win.
There was prior fights, shootings and other violence linked to the groups at and near the fair during 2024–2025, plus incidents at graduations and elsewhere. So this year the Somali gangs are planning on upping the violence.
We can’t even have a fair in America without foreigners ruining it. Our culture is being destroyed.
Deport them ALL.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (kX27y)
lettttt's get Ready TO RUMBLE!!!!
Posted by: MN State Fair Announcer Guy at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (d1C/V)
They won't if the Muslims take over, they know that.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 04:01 PM (iFTx/)
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No, I think he wanted to found a dynasty and is very angry that it failed. Obviously it was because all his minions were stupid, so he's watching them suffer because they should. He is very disappointed in them.
Of course he's also a meat puppet for Soros.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Obama proved conclusively during his 8 years that not only does he not have coattails, he is electoral death for everyone but himself. And given what we know now about our elections I'm not sold he actually won at all.
My favorite part of El Sayed causing havoc in the Democrat Party is forcing Chuck Schumer to give him money while El Sayed is supporting Van Hollen to replace Chuck as leader.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 04:00 PM (ehY6c)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (d1C/V)
They won't if the Muslims take over, they know that.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (uhVAy)
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Black turnout just needs to depress by 10%.
There was a clear racial choice in the primary, and the black folk lost their choice.
They don't need to vote for Rogers. They just need to not show up at the polls or turn in their mail in ballot.
And DOJ Civil Rights Division needs to keep an eye on Detroit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:06 PM (d1C/V)
He seems to have calmed down some, and he hates Hasan so that's something.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)
They're having a war council at Doc's soda shop right after the dance.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 04:06 PM (wGerL)
Even Democrats used to understand this. Riots cause profound economic damage. There's still boarded up shit from 1968 in my old hometown. The downtown, pressured by other factors too, pretty much died. Theres a reason all those super-malls were constructed in the 1970s, and it wasn't simply about lack of parking.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 03:32 PM (L7kQ0)
Looters? Shoot to kill, too. Zero recidivism.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:06 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 04:03 PM (mmrXZ)
To a leftist right and wrong are what works. Walking it back is just an admission that the DSA is premature, or they don't have a seat in the decision desk if they take over.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:07 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (kX27y)
lettttt's get Ready TO RUMBLE!!!!
Posted by: MN State Fair Announcer Guy at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (wVcYX)
... in the jungle?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:07 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (kX27y)
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He misspelled Minnesota.
Posted by: Geoffry Fieger's Endlessly-Sued Neighbors at August 10, 2026 04:07 PM (Fi81e)
Dr. Sarah Jukaku, MD is a board certified psychiatrist in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She is affiliated with University of Michigan Medical Center.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:08 PM (odBC9)
lettttt's get Ready TO RUMBLE!!!!
Posted by: MN State Fair Announcer Guy at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (wVcYX)
... in the jungle?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:07 PM (odBC9)
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That's alright by me!
Posted by: Ian Anderson at August 10, 2026 04:08 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:04 PM (d1C/V)
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Detroit will not turn out for this ticket. Nor will Flint.
Now that the ticket is set, Trump can release the FBI files and also target Benson for all the election fraud in the past two cycles. That data is out there, but has been muted until it is most useful.
Look for the FBI to come lean on the Fednapper plot and get the charges dismissed. Emails between Whitmer and the feds will be a hoot as they plan their cool entrapment.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:08 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 04:08 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (azNOR)
That he's running attack ads against Hong in deep blue states that call her a radical open borders freak, and it's the big factor in her sudden rise.
And that the funding for her TV ads will stop the second she wins the nomination, switching over to actual attack ads against her statewide.
That Thiel is propping up a terrible leftist candidate who actually has no money as a way to destroy the Democrat party in the race in the general election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (d1C/V)
https://tinyurl.com/ybp6uau9
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:33 PM (ZdaMQ)
Nope. That's ilhan bro-fo.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (1z8ji)
ce pas?
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: MN State Fair Announcer Guy at August 10, 2026 04:05 PM (wVcYX)
... in the jungle?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:07 PM (odBC9)
That's Bungle. Bungle in the Jungle.
Posted by: Ian Anderson at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (CpcAD)
Posted by: Jo Jo at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (3idXb)
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So is his gangland nickname "Noodles," or "The Prophet?"
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (azNOR)
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Al-Zutt
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Could be proptosis. Or maybe lupus.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Could be proptosis. Or maybe lupus.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)
or the Innsmouth Look.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:10 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:10 PM (6ydKt)
Obama did all sorts of shit that should have made him unelectable. Eating dog, we deserved 9/11 church, all the shady real estate deals, etc. But nobody outside right wing media ever knew about that stuff.
Posted by: Fuck It All at August 10, 2026 04:10 PM (qDa2L)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (kX27y)
Deport all muslims as enemy aliens. Even the native-born ones.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:11 PM (1z8ji)
Obama did all sorts of shit that should have made him unelectable. Eating dog, we deserved 9/11 church, all the shady real estate deals, etc. But nobody outside right wing media ever knew about that stuff.
Posted by: Fuck It All at August 10, 2026 04:10 PM (qDa2L)
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Obama stole 2012.
FL, NV, and MI are enough.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:11 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
A. H., I realized the other day that I briefly knew Dana Nessel from something I participated with her in that was sponsored by the U. of Michigan, our common alma mater. Weird. She was kinda cute then, and very funny. When I finally put all the pieces together, it blew my min.
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (kX27y)
Deport all muslims as enemy aliens. Even the native-born ones.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:11 PM (1z8ji)
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Why does no one know that there is a travel ban on 75 countries right now that Trump implemented once he took office?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:11 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (iFTx/)
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Rhymes with "in the butt"
Posted by: Ian Anderson at August 10, 2026 04:12 PM (Fi81e)
Lost in all this:
Sophie made the shot.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM
Yeh, but it was a lay up. Did she hit the free throw?
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 04:12 PM (sl73Y)
Think back to when you didn't have savages who want you dead in positions of authority over you, and show some gratitude for your improved condition.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2026 04:12 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 04:13 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:35 PM (kX27y)
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Our suicide pact forbids that kind of telling the difference.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:13 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:59 PM (uhVAy)
He's got a cute little Asian GF now from the clips I've seen.
Dude is loaded.
He could buy her a house and a car and it wouldn't make him blink.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:02 PM (6ydKt)
he's also clear of that defamation lawsuit put on him by an ex partner in some businesses.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 04:13 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 04:10 PM (6ydKt)
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They did turn out, but they weren't counted. No way that CIA Slotkin got any crossover votes or that people who voted for Trump got bored and gave up.
Rogers knew it, we all knew it, but until the Deep State was scrubbed, there was nothing to be done. I expect some of that will come out as well.
The fact that they have chapter and verse on Comey and Mueller tells me they have evidence about Michigan as well, but they held it close until the time was ripe.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 04:15 PM (U0NbE)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:14 PM (ZOv7s)
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I'm hoping against hope that the work of DNI, the FBI, and DOJ Civil Rights Division is all about organizing a framework for how to catch people in the act in November.
But, there should be terror in some of these people's hearts after the FBI raided Fulton's election offices.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:15 PM (d1C/V)
Is it to late to save our country?
The *ucking muzzies breed like rabbits. Do they care about that?
No they don't. They are birthing warriors to take over our country.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:11 PM (77rzZ)
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I used to work in Michigan politics, and it's interesting to know people when they are starting out and see how they change.
Now that I'm retired, I can relate that when I was mobilized I was assigned as a liaison to Whitmer's office, sitting in on their Teams calls. What a vapid, vain person she is. Thought the whole thing was awesome, drunk with power, obsessed with being on Colbert, etc. I wanted to drive my skull through the screen. They totally forget there was a military presence, so they let their freak flags fly.
After a couple of weeks I begged to be reassigned and happily the ANG web master was deploying so I got that slot. What a piece of work.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:18 PM (ZOv7s)
But, there should be terror in some of these people's hearts after the FBI raided Fulton's election offices.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:15 PM (d1C/V)
Even without that, the collapse in funding and the rise of the DSA is a clear indication that the old style machine Dem is a dying profession. The new fellows may have the will, but do they have the ability to cheat enough and get away with it?
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:18 PM (uhVAy)
He knew that vaccines presented a significant risk to pregnant women for miscarriages and yet he publicly said the vaccines were safe for pregnant women. There's no way to sugar coat that.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)
247 Is this stuff getting to LIVs at all?
Obama did all sorts of shit that should have made him unelectable. Eating dog, we deserved 9/11 church, all the shady real estate deals, etc. But nobody outside right wing media ever knew about that stuff.
Posted by: Fuck It All at August 10, 2026 04:10 PM
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The Trump method is to put the accusations out there so that the media stampedes and piles on to be the first to disprove it and denounce the evil bigots who said it. Then, it blows up in their faces as it turns out to be true, and they've given it millions worth of free publicity. Then repeat the whole process in a few days, because the media never learn.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 04:19 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Whitmer or Nessel?
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)
He knew that vaccines presented a significant risk to pregnant women for miscarriages and yet he publicly said the vaccines were safe for pregnant women. There's no way to sugar coat that.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)
I think it will be the usual silence on anything that reflects badly on the press, or well on Trump.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:20 PM (uhVAy)
But, there should be terror in some of these people's hearts after the FBI raided Fulton's election offices.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:15 PM (d1C/V)
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Dhillon sent a notice to election officials in all 50 states that it is a federal crime to permit non-citizens to vote and that prosecutions will happen. So we'll see who wants to FO.
BTW, you asked for my email at some point and I referred you to my site, completely unaware that it was missing. It's there on the "about" page now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:21 PM (U/x/I)
The *ucking muzzies breed like rabbits. Do they care about that?
No they don't. They are birthing warriors to take over our country.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)
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The Suicide Pact of 1789 said so.
That's what happens when Caused-based politics permeates your culture.
No, the really important thing is the abstractions we used in a prior age where the costs weren't the same!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:21 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at August 10, 2026 04:21 PM (wxsGM)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:19 PM (77rzZ)
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LOL, Whitmer. During Covid. I haven't interacted with Nessel personally. I have personally met all of Michigan's governors during my lifetime, starting with Milliken, whose Christmas decorations I stridently objected to.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:21 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 04:22 PM (aaRct)
Probably, but the media has to realize they are getting perilously close to having no credibility with anyone.
Karen took an awful lot of vaccines, it wasn't limited to Trump supporters.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:18 PM (viF8m)
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The Demedia has barely covered any of this stuff at all.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 10, 2026 04:23 PM (/hebF)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:18 PM (uhVAy)
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I saw today that most of the UAW are actually grad student, not autoworkers, which explains a lot. As the schools go under, the union will likely die out entirely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at August 10, 2026 04:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 10, 2026 04:24 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 04:24 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:23 PM (Fi81e)
Well there is this little thing called the Internet.....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:24 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 04:19 PM (azNOR)
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Yup, that's been what I call "steering the press by their outrage".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Ramen lovers at August 10, 2026 04:25 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I grew up under Milliken. Whenever I picture the Governor of Michigan, I think of him. Like Otis Bowen in Indiana.
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:25 PM (77rzZ)
We need that group that’s scattering pig bones over each site they propose or use as for their house of satan worship.
And Texas should be hanging the McKinney town council from trees.
Posted by: That Guy at August 10, 2026 04:26 PM (iETvL)
As I have said, every grift needs a lie (to pitch as a Secret Wisdom) and an emotional resonance, since if it were all true it would be a business, and you can't use valid logic to sell a lie. And, ... recently contended that all of this ultimately has to do with human sacrifice and its analogues. Further, since 10/7, we have seen the International Left go nuts and bet the farm on a Pallywood-produced fictional genocide.
So to put this all together, they will use the Big Lie of Islamic Victimhood to rationalize and justify actual mass murder of infidels across the West; and as long as it's aimed at the Right, the Left will clap like trained seals and pretend that Anti-Socialists Are The Real Fascists and deserve it. I would not even blink if their 2028 ticket is Hamas Piker and Alexandria Conquistador.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 04:26 PM (Sy6m/)
I used to live on the Piedmont border and envied their police force and schools. Guess it's too much to ask to feel safe.
https://tinyurl.com/5e36ks9j
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 04:26 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at August 10, 2026 04:23 PM (/hebF)
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I wonder how long the Muzzies will put up with the name Hamtramck.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)
Think back to when you didn't have savages who want you dead in positions of authority over you, and show some gratitude for your improved condition.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
Compassionate Conservatism, media speak for Take It Up the Ass.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 04:26 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Weasel at August 10, 2026 03:55 PM (TMF5Z)
Or helicopters.
One of those.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 04:27 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 04:27 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (d1C/V)
Operation Chaos?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:27 PM (1z8ji)
I have not yet begun to protest.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 04:28 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 04:28 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 04:13 PM (ehY6c)
Well, there is an epidemic of crazy going on...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 04:29 PM (1z8ji)
That Thiel is propping up a terrible leftist candidate who actually has no money as a way to destroy the Democrat party in the race in the general election.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 04:09 PM (d1C/V)
So, rather like the former NBA players who have signed up for the WNBA draft.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 04:30 PM (IG3/x)
It really is a shame Hollywood didn't snarf him up sooner.
He was really charismatic and funny.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2026 04:30 PM (XV/Pl)
I never got that.. Why would you be proud of committing perversions against nature ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 04:30 PM (U/x/I)
She also does not take any insurance, cash only, while her husband wants to put everyone on medicare.
Yea, he's a winner.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:33 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg
He and his wife were a pair; the last 20 years of his life was his attacking Republicans while pretending to be them.
Buried on Mackinac Island, if you wanted to go all Virginia A.G. on 'em.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 04:33 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 04:34 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 04:26 PM (Fi81e)
Given they like 'Hamas' just fine, probably quite a while.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 04:35 PM (uhVAy)
Just saw a video of Mandami from an old interview with some arab station. He was bragging that he fooled liberals into supporting him because they are that stupid.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 04:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 04:37 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 04:37 PM (/QHx4)
Trump Settlels In for Long Siege of Iran
I had hoped for a more "kinetic" operation with Iran done and dusted a year before the mid-terms. But that's now impossible, of course, so a long slow strangulation will do.
Trump to Axios: "We are low-keying it" with IranDuane Patterson writes that Iran is dying economically.
President Trump signaled on Sunday that he's prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount -- as opposed to ordering a new military offensive -- even as the country continues to defy the U.S. Why it matters: Only a week ago, Trump was on the verge of ordering a return to major combat operations. But in an interview with Axios, he did not make any new military threats. Trump also didn't express any anger or frustration about the fact that Iran has been holding up an announcement on a deal with Oman to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. On Saturday, Iran issued a new list of demands to allow shipping through the strait. What he's saying: "We are low-keying it," Trump said during a brief phone call. "We are only semi-negotiating with them. We are just watching Iran with its huge inflation and the fact they have no money." He stressed that Iran "is in very bad shape" economically and has no money to pay its troops. The U.S. naval blockade has exacerbated the Iranian regime's economic crisis, Trump said. At the same time, Trump said that with oil down to slightly over $75 a barrel, U.S. consumers are feeling less pain from the war. "It will work out. It always works out. It's like a chess game," Trump said of the back-and-forth with Iran. ... One of the officials said the fighting allowed the Iranian regime to avoid dealing with the consequences of the war, the damage to infrastructure and the deep economic crisis that has been created. When Iran isn't engaged in war, it is forced to confront a grim reality with no real solutions at hand, the U.S. official said. At the same time, the U.S. official said, around 8 million barrels of oil are going out of the Gulf every night through the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the U.S. military. The U.S. is going to try and get more oil out as long as there is no deal.
Let's take a look at life currently in Iran. Miad Maleki is a former United States Treasury official, Air Force veteran, and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who follows the Iranian economy like very few others.Iran's official unemployment number hovers just under 10 percent, which is bad, but not calamitous...until you figure in that only four out of ten able-bodied Iranians are even in the workforce seeking jobs. The rest have given up looking for jobs that are not there. And Iran's share of the global economy plunging to less than two one-hundredths of a percent means they're not manufacturing or exporting anything these days that would necessitate employment for anyone outside of the IRGC or Basij forces, who also have been unpaid for months.
A pause in strikes buys the Iranian regime time, not relief. The regime's most crippling reckoning isn't with the U.S. or Israel but it's with its own people. Barely 35% of working-age Iranians actually have a job and the current minimum wage covers barely a quarter of actual living costs. Iranians know their country's true economic potential and know they deserve better, the Islamic Republic's revolutionary ideology is dead, even among the regime's own children. The regime can evade external accountability, but the most punishing thing to the regime right now is to force them to go back to face domestic accountability, an economy that, when not retrained by a state of war, will show its underlying disastrous inflation, unemployment, corrupt trade, war damages, and crippled political institutions. Iran has never been so diplomatically isolated, its share of global trade has collapsed from 2.2% to below 0.02%. That isolation will keep showing up in Iran's economy as businesses, even in friendly countries, refuse to risk trade and investment there given sanctions exposure and war risk.
Mark DubowitzSpeaking of sieges: Ukraine just blew up a Russian oil refinery located 1000 km from its borders.
@mdubowitz The Iranian rial sinks to its lowest level ever: 1,944,000 to USD. It was 70:1 on eve of the Islamic Revolution. The Islamist regime in Iran is a human-made catastrophe.
A crowd of workers at the Russian oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk gathered as if for an airshow to watch Ukrainian FP-1 strike drones attack their plant. https://t.co/Q4zge41fKI pic.twitter.com/dWw3HCQkTW
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) July 8, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 02:13 PM (uzmqU)
The Islamist regime in Iran is a human-made catastrophe.
*Mexico breaks out in celebration*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:13 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (YXnK3)
Most of human history is a human-made catastrophe.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 10, 2026 02:16 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:16 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 02:16 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Ann at August 10, 2026 02:16 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ZdaMQ)
From this blog to the NBA's ears.
"We regret to inform you that the league is no longer a big enough tax write-off for us to continue funding it. With the declining product that the NBA is currently, it makes financial sense to cut our losses and concentrate on producing a better quality, more entertaining product for our fans."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)
... but them I'm an American and have access to the ability to defend myself.
Skeet shooting is now martial training....
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ZdaMQ)
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I like dunking on the WNBA. It's fun. The Iran thing is just weary and depressing and I'm kinda bored with it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (iFTx/)
Agreed. The U.S. has lost its superpower status since its military can no longer guarantee freedom of navigation in international waters. It's almost as if Trump and MAGA have been manipulated into sabotaging the U.S. by foreign powers.
Unless Trump & GOP congress were willing to risk an invasion this is always what it would come down to eventually. A standoff of economic attrition, not one that will go weeks or even months but years. This will put inflationary pressures on everything but Trump is going to have to eat the loss and hope Irans economy gives out before his term ends.
When the Dems reach a compromise in 2029 or 2030, republicans will rage and scream about helping a terror state etc. At least it should prevent another Republican in 2028 though. This is the cycle of US politics, Dems come in on a recovery platform then once stable republicans come in on a disruptive shake things up platform, which has backfired every time in my lifetime.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (tM78k)
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2026 02:19 PM (NRR8r)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ZdaMQ)
From this blog to the NBA's ears.
"We regret to inform you that the league is no longer a big enough tax write-off for us to continue funding it. With the declining product that the NBA is currently, it makes financial sense to cut our losses and concentrate on producing a better quality, more entertaining product for our fans."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:17 PM (2YhKe)
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I posted about that in the last thread. At what point does the NBA just rid themselves of this troublesome league of fugly undesirable mutants?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: 13times at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (iFTx/)
Well, it's not like they will.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (zjgNU)
Skeet shooting is too close. Thought of that. Now VT 12 gauge #1 may work.
How small can radar fuses get?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (u82oZ)
But I don’t think the IRGC or mullahs will ever cave. Not holding my breath for that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (yZ6uc)
Sounds like some of the posters here the last few months... and I don't mean the drive-bye trolls.
Posted by: Ann at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (SHHm+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (iFTx/)
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+1. These threads always attract the dumbest armchair general BS possible and are now tiresome.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (oqH4h)
Here is the thing - Russia has been besieged and going to lose for half a decade now.
I suppose the siege is the half measure to just saying, sorry, we thought it would work out and it didn't and going all in.
I am really conflicted in what I think about the conflict. I mean we can send a plane literally around the world to drop a bomb through someone's basement window but then what? We supposedly sank their whole navy, and then they attack some ships and our response is to sink more of their navy?
How does that work?
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Ann at August 10, 2026 02:21 PM (SHHm+)
It's crazy, all the newsies are just reposting tweets, calling their friends and calling it "reporting."
But zero, nada, zilch actually from inside Iran.
Of course, the smart military experts all will still opine as if they do have the facts.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 02:21 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 02:21 PM (ehY6c)
So Iran is about to become Cuba. Bit of an exaggeration, but is that the general idea?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Islam is the religion of lies. Founded by the Ultimate Deceiver.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 02:22 PM (HnIBa)
Posted by: RI Red - at August 10, 2026 02:22 PM (LMRVO)
What? Is this some kind of jujitsu thing?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (JvZF+)
I am curious how this will affect China. Are we stopping Iran's oil sales to them in any way?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (mmrXZ)
Now it comes down to whether the Ukes can do enough damage before the Russians grind them down on the battlefield. Ukes are running out of men.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (0Oolu)
Here is the thing - Russia has been besieged and going to lose for half a decade now.
I suppose the siege is the half measure to just saying, sorry, we thought it would work out and it didn't and going all in.
I am really conflicted in what I think about the conflict. I mean we can send a plane literally around the world to drop a bomb through someone's basement window but then what? We supposedly sank their whole navy, and then they attack some ships and our response is to sink more of their navy?
How does that work?
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (xhfG9)
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I believe the "news" coming out of the Ukraine war as much as I believe the "news" coming out of the Iran war. That video of the drone hitting the refinery? Looks fake as fuck to me.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)
*sits in armchair in front of bookcase*
*puffs pipe*
*looks thoughtful and wise*
Let me give you my views on the situation as it stands.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 02:25 PM (LW5gG)
I paid $5.49 for premium on Friday in the People's United Socialist Republic of Washington.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 02:25 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 02:23 PM (Riz8t)
I dunno. Russia is going to lose. That is what I have been reading for 5 years now.
My point is that sieges may work. Or they may not.
But the "this will all be over in two weeks" stuff is obviously right out.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:25 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (ehY6c)
I hope the place dies, but the people there are cowards and it’s been a basket case for basically its entire existence
Posted by: Maroon at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (iZHgT)
These mooks you monitor have been consistently wrong since 1981. Let them vent and shout at the sky.
Lets see if economic pressure, coupled by hitting IRGC drone and missile stores, works. We need less anti-missile intercepters today, because Iran has less missiles. How many missiles in China actually work?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: what a fraud at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (LW5gG)
But I don’t think the IRGC or mullahs will ever cave. Not holding my breath for that
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (yZ6uc)
I am enjoying the carrot and stick approach. Low casualties, lots of multi-faceted pressure, offers to make a reasonable peace, and numerous opportunities for IRGC to make itself look unreasonable and deserving of military destruction on the world stage.
I don't get my pony, but I otherwise approve of the approach, but for the fact that it runs out the clock, and, eventually, Iran will score a lucky blow on one of our capital ships, in my estimation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (dK+Kv)
A recent UNICEF nutrition survey released in mid-2026 reported that acute child malnutrition rates in Gaza dropped to historically low levels (ranging between 0.2% and 0.8% depending on the area), which places local acute malnutrition metrics roughly comparable to or lower than various European and international reference points. (However, international monitors emphasize that severe food insecurity and fragile conditions persist across the enclave.)
The UNICEF assessment measured children's physical dimensions (weight, height, and arm circumference) and found acute malnutrition rates well below critical emergency thresholds in the evaluated areas.
Statistical comparisons highlighted that measured acute malnutrition percentages in parts of Gaza sat near or below 0.5%, figures similar to baseline rates noted in countries like Germany and the UK under standard non-crisis conditions.
(There is more.)
Obviously, Israel hadn't been starving them.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (ehY6c)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (u82oZ)
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It's Reddit, so it's a safe bet that most of the mooks are actually paid shills spreading bullshit anti-American propaganda and FUD.
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (oqH4h)
So why's it like like 3.99 now???
Posted by: what a fraud at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (anL5R)
__________
State gas taxes?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (NRR8r)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (ehY6c)
Do gas prices travel around in some kind of party bus?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (2YhKe)
Ukrainian singer Alyosha, whose sex tape was recently leaked, was criticized for having sex in Russian.🤷♂️
https://tinyurl.com/3bmp2p6s
Posted by: The ARC of History! at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (aD4fx)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)
So weird.
I liked their charts.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Yahoo Finance is decent if you avoid the articles on market reporting.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:29 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: what a fraud at August 10, 2026 02:26 PM (anL5R)
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State gas taxes?
we had those in 2010.
Posted by: what a fraud at August 10, 2026 02:29 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Jetto at August 10, 2026 02:31 PM (qNGxE)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:31 PM (4NO2D)
I also am bombarded with propaganda masquerading as news, all pro-the Ukraine. I dislike the Ukraine and Russia equally, so I don't care. I'm just mad that I am skipping a vacation this year while somehow I helped pay for that drone.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 02:31 PM (wGerL)
Between murderous religious fanatics and Shahboy Jr. and the L.A. expats, Iran doesn't stand a chance.
But pride is a deadly sin. Except around here in June.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (Y8DZL)
Best source I've found so far (grain of salt, it's always an op) is a couple of native Farsi speakers translating IRGC mouthpiece newspapers and cherry picked Telegram messages.
So far I've gleaned: There's some real lost touch with reality fanatics who think they are winning the kinetic stuff. Ghalibaf replaced Parliamentary staff positions with people loyal to him, replacing hard liners sometime last week. The Iranian strikes on gulf infrastructure were criticized as Northerners sitting comfortable blowing up things they failed to build in the South. It seemed to be about heat in the South, maybe? Maybe lack of power or night time blackouts during 120 degree heat?
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (r7+Q7)
Temp this week ave is 101. The lawn is dead but the A/C is superb , so far.
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (ehY6c)
https://simplicius76.substack.com/
I would recommend reading "Disastrous End to Zelensky's 40-Day Operation Exposes a Dwindling Ukraine" from August 3rd, followed by "Ukraine's Air Defense Crisis Turns Global as Russian Ferocity Puts Country on Brink" from the 8th. The alternative view is a Ukraine that saved up for a big push and blew its load on infrastructure, including retail warehouses, so now Russia is retaliating in kind -- but with more heavy munitions (such as ballistic missiles and glide bombs) produced per month.
Keep in mind that, like practically every pundit, he has areas of real expertise, and is blind to his lack of understanding when he ventures out of them. Trust what he says about military hardware, especially glide bombs and anything tangentially related. UAV drones, ballistic missiles, air defense systems and how their sensors work. Then ground and aquatic drones, and sensor nets for counter-artillery batteries. Etc.
But Russia is aligned with int'l pariahs, and 10-7 drove its partisans insane.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM
I don’t struggle with ignoring silly people. We have a finite level of energy, I am spending mine on those who are worth it. 😊
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Reforger
Russian economy is based solely on energy exports--take that away, the money to pay soldiers, arms, even imports to make those goes away.
Ukraine by going after energy including refineries is a) making it difficult for transport necessary especially for offensive action, b) destroys the economic base of the Russians--by some accounts, they are having to import gasoline now and their exports are being strangled by sanctions and Ukrainian drones attacking their shadow fleet.
I think like Archimeded above, Putin's response will be general mobilization--his limited war strategy is beginning to bite the Russians in the ass.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 13times at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Sid at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (HEFuF)
Thanks for the invitation, but I prefer Italian food.
Posted by: Can't do. Sorry! at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (JrHfD)
Sure some people we never heard of got smoked, but some other nut job is now in their place.
Posted by: Maroon at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (iZHgT)
I don't get my pony, but I otherwise approve of the approach, but for the fact that it runs out the clock, and, eventually, Iran will score a lucky blow on one of our capital ships, in my estimation.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (dK+Kv)
^^^
You didn't fuck up. You listened to this man.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (tM78k)
Yeah, some people are too stupid to eat a gun barrel.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 02:33 PM (S41Gd)
Had we gone Medieval, then we couldn't maintain the threat of going Medieval were Iran to attack US troops or bases.
Send in the third-tier negotiating team to waste time that Iran cant afford, and start punch US commies in the throat, starting wiith Thune.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (cpFbA)
Skeet shooting is too close. Thought of that. Now VT 12 gauge #1 may work.
How small can radar fuses get?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (u82oZ)
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Double ought buckshot and a full choke, 28" barrel for the win.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
That's rich coming from someone who came back from the dead
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (tM78k)
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If the U.S. can't guarantee freedom of navigation in international waters, then who can?
I'd like to see someone on the Left answer that question.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)
No, all indications are those are real videos, and real attacks. Ukraine has found a weakness in Russian defense systems, and are exploiting in masterfully. No one expected long range drones to be developed so quickly, and Russia (like the US) has no internal defenses against such an attack, so the drones can fly wherever they want in broad daylight. And Ukraine is targeting all of Russia's refineries and oil distribution system hubs, in the hope of shutting down Russia's internal economy.
They've also been destroying consumer good distribution centers. Big ones.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (edUvp)
State gas taxes?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August
Raised minimum wages and rent in the gas station overhead?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Russia dicking about in the Ukraine The stoopid Iranian goat humpers and all the stoopid jooo hatred. Just put it away already and deal with your own shit.
Its maniacally stupid shitheads causing a shitstorm which will only reap them shit. Enough.
Posted by: its not poetry, but said with feeling at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (4NO2D)
Theyvhave been at us since 1979
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SciVo
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Putin is out for opportunism--he was never our friend. Now, pretty much, he settled into the enemy role with shitheads like Xi and Iran along with the Norks as I suspect he can't stop on Ukraine because it will probably result in the end of him personally and certainly Putinism as we know it. What comes next is up for speculation. That is why I think he will raise stakes and double down.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: epador at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (glA7p)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
That's rich coming from someone who came back from the dead
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (YXnK3
We can’t all haunt this blog!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:38 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 02:38 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (EKyBq)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (4NO2D)
>>I'd like to see someone on the Left answer that question.
Let's hop in the way back machine to Biden's reign of error when the Houthis were firing on ships at will and Biden did absolutely dick.
Meanwhile, while this blockade is going on pipelines are being laid that will make the Strait much less relevant.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
That's rich coming from someone who came back from the dead
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (YXnK3)
Where's your kale now?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: whig
Thanks. I'll check it out.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (mkw2N)
How does that work?
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (xhfG9)
The Iranians have been using drones to attack ships in Hormuz the last several times it made the news.
They may still have boats but they aren’t using them currently.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Doesn't quite work that way--people are pretty sophisticated about the economy viewing it as a whole. What they do pick up on is trends like getting worse rather than better. And the US consumers have been conditioned to think that high gas prices means inflation but that doesn't necessarily follow. In the olden days of prior oil spikes, we were paying for the foreign oil in dollars by loose monetary policy, those dollars in return were sent back here to buy things in part, thus increasing inflation at home. Now, with our own oil, it gets complicated because we are now a seller as well as internal consumer.
Not sure the old playbooks work anymore in political analysis.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (yZ6uc)
I'd like to see someone on the Left answer that question.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (FZ29D)
The problem is that Hormuz is only technically "international waters". It's a narrow body of water overlooked by heights controlled by Iran, which they've been packing with dug in missile sites for 40 years.
Every side in a war makes some strategic miscalculations at the beginning of any war, so that's nothing new. Our biggest was that we thought that what they called their Navy was how they intended to control the straits (probably because we put such a high value on our own navy). But Iran's navy turns out to have been mainly a propaganda show, something they built in order to impress the neighbors and the subjects, and to give the military something to play with.
But they control the straits through drones, missiles, radar sites, and the mosquito fleet. So getting rid of the "navy" was pretty inconsequential in terms of their ability to keep on sinking ships.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (YXnK3)
Where's your kale now?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM
I read that in a Edward G. Robinson voice.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Tsar Nicholas II
Good 1914 comparison. The Poles and Skandis would go apeshit. The question is if GB, Fraance and Germany are capable of doing anything in response to it.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (Y8DZL)
They may still have boats but they aren’t using them currently.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)
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The threat of the drones is the swarm. When one hits a boat like a tanker, it does virtually no damage.
There was a day a few weeks ago where a tanker definitely did get hit. Traffic didn't even slow. The damage to the tanker was so minimal that no one even bothered to tap the breaks for a minute to check.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 02:38 PM (FtULh)
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I think we have an infestation of East Euro bots who reflexively take pro-Uke or pro-Russian positions.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mister Scott
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Gas was higher 2022 during election season.
Republicans had a mediocre year as opposition to the party in power.
Gas needs to be...really high to have material effects on elections.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:43 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (edUvp)
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Well, they've sunk nothing since the start of this.
So, you're right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:43 PM (d1C/V)
We can’t all haunt this blog!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
I mean, the tumor got you and Doof was shot at distance by Weasel in the Gun Thread............I guess the only deduction is, COB's can come back if they want.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (2YhKe)
Although I'd like to know how we prevent them from getting a nuke. Poverty didn't stop Pakistan from doing it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (ubCxQ)
A general mobilization of Russia's Army, in response to French pleading, made the start of WWI inevitable. Everything before the mobilization could be hand-waved away.
Putin knows this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM
or the Cob-loggers are PixyAI.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: and some other stuff happened in 2008 at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (U/x/I)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (NYInA)
I look at it this way. Trump has taken on a regional power that everyone was terrified to confront. The "experts" predicted $200/bbl oil, forever.
For several weeks, oil has wandered around $80, plus or minus $5. So something must be going right for the apocalyptic visions conjured up not to have come to pass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (2YhKe)
Dibs on Doof's Rush collection.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (yZ6uc)
I'd like to see someone on the Left answer that question.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 02:34 PM (FZ29D)
We can still guarantee it, if we were determined to do it, and the left promises to shut up and not say a word about how we did it.
It’s generally safe in international waters across the planet, except in one area where the Iranians, Houthis, and Somali pirates can cause problems because of specific chokepoints.
The only other area of contention is the South China Sea because if the CCP.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:46 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (yZ6uc)
It's a stupid war at this point - both sides should have negotiated an end to it years ago - but when a war is at a stalemate like this one, with each side taking damage but not enough to end them, then the "winner" will be the one who can survive their own internal unrest for one day more than their opponent can.
This is impossible to call until it plays out - but if I was Russian I'd be worried about memories of 1917, when the entire country collapsed because a great war had gone on too long for them to take.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 02:46 PM (edUvp)
I think people are really overlooking just how radical the Democrat Party has become since 2024. Swing voters are choosing between the Trump led GOP and the Schumer Dems.
Dems have gone bug f#ck nuts and they aren't trying to hide it. And I think there will be a few more revelations dropping before the election including evidence of the 2020 rigged election, evidence of where Democrat money has been coming from and hopefully some stuff coming from the grand jury in Florida.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 02:46 PM (viF8m)
I look at it this way. Trump has taken on a regional power that everyone was terrified to confront. The "experts" predicted $200/bbl oil, forever.
For several weeks, oil has wandered around $80, plus or minus $5. So something must be going right for the apocalyptic visions conjured up not to have come to pass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (LW5gG)
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The market will price in some war premiums when action get hot, otherwise they've moved on.
50% of the oil out of the strait pre-conflict was rerouted by pipeline/truck/rail within days. Brent and WTI increased production to take advantage of the increased prices.
Ship to ship transfers on the Omani side of the strait started.
Iran's threats in the strait have been immaterial to the worldwide oil market for months now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:46 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:47 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (4NO2D)
Well, you don't seem like a total basket case, and we need the dues...
Posted by: Otter and Boone at August 10, 2026 02:47 PM (r7+Q7)
We can’t all haunt this blog!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
I mean, the tumor got you and Doof was shot at distance by Weasel in the Gun Thread............I guess the only deduction is, COB's can come back if they want.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (2YhKe)
Poor, poor buzzion ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at August 10, 2026 02:47 PM (3sXRv)
Although just as likely this is a Trump headfake and next week IRGC will surrender and sue for terms.
Posted by: boatbuilder at August 10, 2026 02:47 PM (uCKpg)
I am enjoying the carrot and stick approach.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:27 PM (dK+Kv)
I'm a bigger fan of the stick and bigger stick approach.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (y9nCu)
Although I'd like to know how we prevent them from getting a nuke. Poverty didn't stop Pakistan from doing it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Takes a very large industrial complex to do it and then you have the delivery problem. Their best enrichment facility has the stuff entombed if not scattered around require a start from zero. So they ramped up a secondary site at Pickaxe Mtn which probably has their reserve centrifuges--but that takes time to enrich the uranium each step and the infrastructure/economy is dead in Iran which affects the speed to which Iran can develop, test, and deploy with missiles--hard to do that with Israeli spies on the ground, desperate Iranians willing to sell out the regime for cash, and US satellites and spy planes above.
Think of Germans bombing Oak Ridge in WWII or Los Alamos amid the US economy collapsing in WWII.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: browndog says woof at August 10, 2026 02:47 PM
Killed by our Murder Chaplain.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (mmrXZ)
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Pakistan stole all the tech from lazy stupid Westerners -- and probably some saboteurs in India -- as well as help from China. But yea, you don't have to be a wealthy country to develop a nuke.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)
This is impossible to call until it plays out - but if I was Russian I'd be worried about memories of 1917, when the entire country collapsed because a great war had gone on too long for them to take.
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How old is Putin now anyway? Is it time to move on?
Posted by: stuff average dude on the street is asking himself at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (anL5R)
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Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (YXnK3)
So, you're right.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:43 PM (d1C/V)
mispoke to use the word "sunk". They set a tanker on fire last night, near Oman. The goal isn't to actually sink ships, it's to create terror and scare shippers from taking the risk.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (edUvp)
You know it's co.ing
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (ItWcy)
Follow me for more marketing tips.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Marketing Consultant at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (IG3/x)
FenelonSpoke says she keeps track of her Internet kills. Buzzion was not on her list.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (yZ6uc)
Was I lied to?
Posted by: Silly Rabbit at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (edUvp)
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No, they didn't. They lied about doing it.
https://x.com/Parmenides5BCE/status/
2086831427187015987
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:44 PM (2YhKe)
Dibs on Doof's Rush collection.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)
My death seems to have been swept under the rug. It did not get anywhere near the attention that Piper's received and continues to receive.
I can take a hint.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (S0M0K)
Having the name "Marqueece" should disqualify you from possesing the right to vote, much less hold elective office.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Marketing Consultant at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (IG3/x)
After all we've been through the past few years, those are not credentials I put any faith in.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (QaH55)
The goal is to make Iran irrelevant and they soon will be. With no oil revenue they'll be lucky to keep the lights on at home. Everyone in the region is now allied against them. China will no longer support them.
When the new pipelines are finished, no one will worry about Iran.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (dtajH)
FenelonSpoke says she keeps track of her Internet kills. Buzzion was not on her list.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (u82oZ)
Fen, AoS very own, unintentional Arya Stark ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (3sXRv)
https://tinyurl.com/3pdc5jrd
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (viF8m)
I can take a hint.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM
You will be missed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (LW5gG)
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The market will price in some war premiums when action get hot, otherwise they've moved on.
50% of the oil out of the strait pre-conflict was rerouted by pipeline/truck/rail within days. Brent and WTI increased production to take advantage of the increased prices.
Ship to ship transfers on the Omani side of the strait started.
Iran's threats in the strait have been immaterial to the worldwide oil market for months now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:46 PM (d1C/V)
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It's almost like people with actual skin/money in the game aren't as apoplectic as all the doomsayers looking to drum up media clicks ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (U/x/I)
I am surprised that they aren't building it 24/7, Why isn't every Railroad, Road to China not a smoking ruin. I think it's time to start destroying Iran's oil buildings
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: ballistic
That's nice. Kinda like Goodwill Industries? Work programs for the, uh, "differently abled."
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (tM78k)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Don't take counsel of your fears--GS Patton (actually a shortened version of the original quote).
He explains, "The time to take counsel of your fears is before you make an important battle decision. That’s the time to listen to every fear you can imagine! When you have collected all the facts and fears and made your decision, turn off all your fears and go ahead!"
Some people cannot do that and usually because they like the illusion of control and certainty. Neither exist in the real world. You place your bets and take your chances so it is always prudent to place smart bets and have backups but Providence plays a part too.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (iFTx/)
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The UAE should have started that pipeline 30 years ago.
It started it in April this year, though.
Saudi Arabia did start its pipeline earlier. It went from 500,000 barrels a day to over 7 million a day right at the start of the action.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:52 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (d1C/V)
It isn’t catastrophic damage.
They haven’t sunk a ship yet.
The problem is the captain behind the ship that gets hit decides he doesn’t want to risk it and sits tight until the coast is clear.
Things slow down to a trickle.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (6ydKt)
Drone strike video is funny. They're all laughing while running away from the plant.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Woo Hoo! Three day weekend!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:20 PM (iFTx/)
I whole heartedly agree. Get rid of the inability to dribble, inability to defend, inability to take a slight contact and not crupple like some futball prima donna....oh wait, you mean the WNBA don't you.
Posted by: scruboak at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (A3oTu)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia, Marketing Consultant at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (IG3/x)
It's ok if she were in the WNBA!
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Some of those doomsayers are also shills that push people to panic or greed so that the smart money can clean up.
Jim Cramer comes to mind.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:52 PM
Great observation.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (4NO2D)
They haven’t sunk a ship yet.
The problem is the captain behind the ship that gets hit decides he doesn’t want to risk it and sits tight until the coast is clear.
Things slow down to a trickle.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (6ydKt)
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Quite literally, a ship got struck by a drone and no traffic slowed at all.
These little tankers doing ship to ship transfers are making a million dollars a day.
"We're still floating? Keep going. We have to do this tomorrow, too. I have a string of Greek islands I need to purchase."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (d1C/V)
Have we gotten through to the other side??
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (S0M0K)
They haven’t sunk a ship yet.
The problem is the captain behind the ship that gets hit decides he doesn’t want to risk it and sits tight until the coast is clear.
Things slow down to a trickle.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
And State Farm cuts off their insurance coverage.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (tM78k)
That's such a bullshit scam. Might as well say 'We hire the handicapped. They're funner to watch and cheaper.'
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (NRR8r)
Posted by: NaCly Dog"
What? I was a witness.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (MWfyi)
I can take a hint.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM
You will be missed.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:51 PM (4NO2D)
Of course Piper is more popular.
She was named after a beer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: and some other stuff happened in 2008 at August 10, 2026 02:45 PM (anL5R)
Remember when Peak Oil was a thing?
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (xhfG9)
It's also hard to do when we have air supremacy and employ an AA/A2-type strategy to send a 'Flying Ginsu" through the roof of any vehicle entering or exiting the prescribed area of denial.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (J4Dwc)
Jim Cramer comes to mind.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)
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Nate Silver became a commodities trader at the start of the action, insisting on $200 per barrel oil.
I bet he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Some of those doomsayers are also shills that push people to panic or greed so that the smart money can clean up.
Jim Cramer comes to mind.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)
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Also true. As are the Democraps desperate to shit out anti-Trump propaganda.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (Cqx++)
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Nope.
Lloyd's has war premium coverage of the strait.
US Treasury is also offering insurance if Lloyd's won't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 10, 2026 02:16 PM (hzuYO)
There are rumors of the populace getting arms, and also of infighting among the factions in the government.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Basically yes.
There was/is a railroad but I believe it was damaged.
China - per an article I read reduced import by 40 % because they are a billion in their SPR. They thought ahead.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 10, 2026 02:56 PM (ItWcy)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (S0M0K)
Well...Piper is.more i teresti g.
By the way, I'll take your Rush collection off your hands for $10/album. Just write me a check and include it in the box. And you pay shipping too.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 02:56 PM (l4RKn)
China - per an article I read reduced import by 40 % because they are a billion in their SPR. They thought ahead.
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at August 10, 2026 02:56 PM (ItWcy)
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They were filling their SPR with $30 per barrel Iranian oil.
There were also news reports of their SPR caches being actually outright empty or just filled with water.
Almost like China is a kleptocracy, or something.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:56 PM (d1C/V)
I think a lot of people believe that losing $400m a day is going to crush the regime. Maybe. But do you think they care? I don’t, and they will stretch this out as long as their Russian, Chinese and other benefactors will allow it.
Will Iran lose in the end. Yes, they will. All the countries who can are building pipelines around the strait. In a year, it won’t matter as much. It will barely move the price of oil. But that’s not their strategy. It is to cause maximum short term pain on the US in order to get socialist Democrats friendly to the IRGC in office. For that they will suicide bomb their entire economy. Maybe ask yourself- why?
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (oAqqA)
I bet he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (d1C/V)
Maybe he's smart enough to lie to his readers and not actually make the investment.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)
Jim Cramer comes to mind.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)
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Nate Silver became a commodities trader at the start of the action, insisting on $200 per barrel oil.
I bet he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (d1C/V)
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"Amateur!"
-- Jim Cramer
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (uhVAy)
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Press X for doubt.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (d1C/V)
Drone strike video is funny. They're all laughing while running away from the plant.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Woo Hoo! Three day weekend!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
Authoritarian regimes are brittle and Communism left Russia and Eastern Europe with destroyed social capital and trust. So the Russians working at the plant might not give a shit about the place blowing up because they know they will get paid to fix it--the broader ideas of our side is losing don't really matter when the population has been de-patriotized by those above it. And Putin, for all his swagger, has undermined the legitimacy of his own Putinism regime.
No one believes in it, people mouth whatever they are expected to say, but in private seek advantage from calamities and good times as well.
The true believers in wars of conquest get used up pretty quickly in such idiotic wars.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)
The Senate voted 90-6 to pass a short-term funding bill to remove the threat of a government shutdown before the midterm elections.
The legislation would keep federal funds flowing through Dec. 11 at existing levels to give time to negotiate a full-year deal.
It was negotiated by the two parties and includes some modest add-ons, including a provision demanded by Democrats aimed at preventing President Donald Trump from blocking federal grants to blue states for political reasons.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (viF8m)
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We'll probably have $2 gas by election day. Except for California. They'll have $7 gas and blame Trump.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0)
She was named after a beer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (6ydKt)
Piper is to Marsha as Doof is to Jan. I accept this.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (S0M0K)
Trump set himself up for "Whatever happened to a couple of weeks?"
Forget Obamacare's website crash-out. Trump has to be right every time or to the demedia, it's a "lie".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)
Putin knows this.
Posted by: NaCly Dog
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It only made it inevitable because of the Schlieffen plan. Germany had no plan to mobilize solely in the east. If they had, it is conceivable that they never would have forced France's hand by demanding the surrender of Toul and Verdun. France probably would have come in anyway, but as the aggressor, which would have kept the Brits out.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Takes a very large industrial complex to do it and then you have the delivery problem. Their best enrichment facility has the stuff entombed if not scattered around require a start from zero. So they ramped up a secondary site at Pickaxe Mtn which probably has their reserve centrifuges--but that takes time to enrich the uranium each step and the infrastructure/economy is dead in Iran which affects the speed to which Iran can develop, test, and deploy with missiles--hard to do that with Israeli spies on the ground, desperate Iranians willing to sell out the regime for cash, and US satellites and spy planes above.
Another factor is that running those centrifuges requires a reliable and stable power supply. Iran certainly doesn't have that now, and if there is some sort of dedicated power generation at Pickaxe mountain, I think we'd probably have little difficulty taking it out or making it so unstable that it's no longer usable.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0)
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Yup. They say "CE" these days.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 02:57 PM (oAqqA)
Their dominance lies on the mid level thugs, soldiers of middle ranks, police and such that all need to be paid. Reports are this has not been done for some time. If those fellows start going home, it gets a lot harder for the bigwigs to rule by fear.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
I bet he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Experts in one field are seldom experts in others and the very myopia that might have led to excellence in one field seldom carries over to another. We really need synthesists to go along with geniuses (Heinlein made this point in an early novel) for society to advance but we always seem to FAFO as a human race. Experience is a harsh teacher in such cases.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)
What we got are Biden level gas prices, and nary a drop in food prices. It so small, it’s become a midterm issue.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (oAqqA)
More of a non-denial denial:
295 Posted by: buzzion at September 15, 2017 02:59 PM (cAnNx)
Nope; Somebody else did in buzzion, I tell you. I was nowhere around, was visiting my sick mother, was helping out at the food pantry, was at a retreat helping children with their after school homework , etc. etc. :^)
Really, my typocide had nothing to do with Buzzion's demise. I keep track of my internet kills.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 15, 2017 03:03 PM (iVOAv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: stuff average dude on the street is asking himself at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (anL5R)
Putin is a Russian who has been in office so long and made so many enemies that he only leaves feet first.
He can’t live forever, and he’s got no chosen successor yet, so he’s in it until the ride ends.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)
I bet he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Experts in one field are seldom experts in others and the very myopia that might have led to excellence in one field seldom carries over to another. We really need synthesists to go along with geniuses (Heinlein made this point in an early novel) for society to advance but we always seem to FAFO as a human race. Experience is a harsh teacher in such cases.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)
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Nate Silver is an expert in no field.
He is a midwit with moderate statistical knowledge that he constantly misapplies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:00 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 03:00 PM (u82oZ)
https://x.com/Parmenides5BCE/status/
2086831427187015987
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM (d1C/V)
there are conflicting reports, some say yes, some say no, and who can tell? No profit into getting into a he said, she said argument about something that may or may not have happened in the dark on the other side of the world.
I have been kind of disgusted to find that our own government has consistently lied about what's actually happened over there almost as much as the Iranians have. Oh, of course there's always good reasons, but I don't give anyone the benefit of the doubt anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 03:00 PM (edUvp)
What we got are Biden level gas prices, and nary a drop in food prices. It so small, it’s become a midterm issue.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (oAqqA)
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It's funny how no one talks about rent prices going down, on average, nationwide.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (Cqx++)
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Like a not-so-good neighbor.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM (Fi81e)
Nate Silver became a commodities trader at the start of the action, insisting on $200 per barrel oil.
I bet he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 02:55 PM (d1C/V)
Nah. Market volatility is like printing money in trading fees. He couldn't care less if the price went up or down, as long as it triggered trades.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM (y9nCu)
I have been kind of disgusted to find that our own government has consistently lied about what's actually happened over there almost as much as the Iranians have. Oh, of course there's always good reasons, but I don't give anyone the benefit of the doubt anymore.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 03:00 PM (edUvp)
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Literally everything Iran has said has happened in the strait for months has been fake.
They said they mined the Omani side of the strait at one point.
"Well, he said, she said..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Absolutely correct. Iran needs peace and some semblance of an economy to develop nukes, not the quasi on and off again war. I'd imagine the Israelis are still up to their old tricks and knocking off the key scientists or coopting them as internal spies as well. Disorder in the regime makes that easier to head hunt and corrupt.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)
>>🚨 BREAKING: BOMBSHELL text messages discovered on Anthony Fauci's phone prove he KNEW the COVID vaccines could cause MISCARRIAGES, per
@SenRonJohnsonand @RandPaul
>>This man is PURE EVIL. DOJ needs to hit him HARD.
>>In particular, the second dose "theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester," Fauci told the CDC Director and Surgeon General
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (YXnK3)
ADS? We don't see no stinking ads!
Posted by: Brave guy at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (hmYU4)
She was named after a beer.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (6ydKt)
Piper is to Marsha as Doof is to Jan. I accept this.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:58 PM (S0M0K)
Hardly! I think people realize that left to my own devices, I would be a disaster. It immediately makes people go into protection mode. They don’t need to worry about you!
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (Cqx++)
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Like a not-so-good neighbor.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM
Oddly, I deposited four unexpected "dividend" checks from State Farm auto today. The letter attached said that they were doing a one-time $5B dividend to policy holders.
I'm not turning down the $100 total.
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)
Absolutely 100% correct.
And as he ages and becomes more unstable, Russia will become even more unpredictable.
Maybe someone will knock him off!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 03:04 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)
If you have ever engaged or encountered the Iranians on the battlefield, you will know this. They survive on fear. Now, to me thats ephemeral in that fear only lasts until it doesn’t. The question becomes who is the first guy with a set of balls that revolts or deserts and not only lives, but gets back home before they murder his entire family. That’s before we talk about fanatics who hate life to begin with and are homicidal and suicidal maniacs.
A lot of people have no idea who we are fighting against. Make no mistake we will beat them. But a lot of them will fight until they are dead.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 03:04 PM (oAqqA)
Posted by: whig
It wouldn't be over anymore than it was when they bombed Pearl Harbor.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 03:04 PM (DZ9Lv)
A fascinating What if. All sides were stupid in 1914.
Not switching two corps from the western wing of the Schlieffen plan to arrive after Tannenburg is another point of departure.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 03:05 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 10, 2026 03:05 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 03:05 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 03:05 PM (wXgT/)
In other words myriad insurance companies buy their insurance from them. If they won't underwrite any policies, or the premiums get prohibitive, then there is a problem.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 03:06 PM (qPpEt)
What we got are Biden level gas prices, and nary a drop in food prices. It so small, it’s become a midterm issue.
Posted by: Vengeance
Economic voting is more sophisticated than that. It is usually a mix of prospective and retrospective views. And they view things like war as temporary versus a secular change in the market as they should.
The inflation in food came not from energy prices but the Fed itself and hordes of immigrants at the same time competing for limited supply of housing, food, etc. So easy money and scarcity at the same time.
Corporatist GOP types on the campaign trail don't want to badmouth immigrants and H1Bs due to who are corporate donors to a lot of them. That is why they point and scream commies. And in case of the DSA, they are actually commies.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (ZdaMQ)
Would be?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:06 PM (YXnK3)
Seems to me that we once had another enemy who liked to fly suicide planes into things (although to their credit, they were civilized enough to limit this to genuine military targets) and was made up of banzai-screaming maniacs.
Nonetheless, they rethought that tactic after we glassed a couple of their cities.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (6ydKt)
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By the tradition to speak no ill of the dead.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (Fi81e)
They said they mined the Omani side of the strait at one point.
"Well, he said, she said..."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:01 PM (d1C/V)
If that is true, then why did Trump insist, as part of his negotiating points that were published, that Iran themselves commit to removing the mines they had laid?
Now if the answer is that everything about these negotiations has been fake and gay and worthless on both sides, then I'll accept that as valid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (edUvp)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:06 PM (E4rtv)
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Deportation is the answer to so many of our issues.
And Trump's deportation machine is just going to keep getting bigger and operating under the radar.
By 2028, we'll probably have deported (self and forced) at least 20 million people who were here in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Common Tater
US stepped in and quashed the Lloyds racket by announcing we would insure. Lloyds had to back down or lose their power. Insurance and banking are about the last of the British City economy left after Labor has buggered it up thoroughly.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:03 PM (ZdaMQ)
Would be?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:06 PM
You are right. lol.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
I can take a hint.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM
How can we miss you when you won't go away?
Posted by: You always stay and stay at August 10, 2026 03:08 PM (TbWk/)
I completely do not understand the polling prices. Most of all that people blame republicans. But for whatever reason there are a lot of independents and putative republicans complaining and saying they will sit home. Whatever.
The only thing I can think of are the promises Trump made. That’s all I got. None of it makes sense. Especially trusting Democrats on the economy ‘more. Really? What are they smoking.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 03:08 PM (oAqqA)
Now if the answer is that everything about these negotiations has been fake and gay and worthless on both sides, then I'll accept that as valid.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (edUvp)
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It wasn't true. That's my point.
Iran lies constantly, and people in power don't seem to even pay attention to the lies anymore.
The negotiations have been theater.
The only action that matters is the blockade.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:08 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (4NO2D)
You're a Subaru?
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 03:05 PM (wXgT/)
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I fondly remember my black Legacy with a cable-driven transmission.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
And Trump's deportation machine is just going to keep getting bigger and operating under the radar.
By 2028, we'll probably have deported (self and forced) at least 20 million people who were here in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
That is my hope for light at the end of the tunnel. That money is fixed thanks to BBB. The rest is up to the 2028 prezzie election and like you, I think shampeachment Dem control of House would end up biting them in the ass. This ain't 2006-8 redux.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
Not for long, I'd reckon. Both of those industries are highly portable and can be moved anywhere on the planet as fast as you can spin up a few data centers, or even faster. Amazon, Microsoft, and lesser competitors will be happy to rent you all the servers you need until you get your own running.
It's not like the old days when you had to ship gold around. Bits don't give a fuck where the hard drive they're on is located.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:09 PM (IG3/x)
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Ah!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 03:09 PM (qPpEt)
It’s not going to be easy to negotiate a way out when you’ve got to do a deal with two groups at once who both lie to you in different ways.
For Trump the nearest experience he’s had is dealing with banks, unions, and the mob at the same time back in NYC, but nobody was lobbing missiles & drones at each other back then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: QT3.14159 at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (mPXLU)
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 03:08 PM (oAqqA)
If polls the gauge election outcomes are worthless, what do you think "opinion" "polling" is?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (4NO2D)
You're a Subaru?
Posted by: far cry
$20. Same as Outback.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)
The only thing I can think of are the promises Trump made. That’s all I got. None of it makes sense. Especially trusting Democrats on the economy ‘more. Really? What are they smoking.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 03:08 PM (oAqqA)
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1. Summer polling is garbage and has been for years. (Average swing from D-R from summer to election on the generic ballot is 3.3%, in polling for competitive senate races, it's 7%.)
2. Social media is not real life, if so Thomas Massie would be king of America.
3. Issue polling is rife with issues at the best of times. "I trust that party more on this issue but I'm going to vote for the other party because of other issues."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM
This guy gets it.
Posted by: The Gods of the Copybook Headings at August 10, 2026 03:11 PM (bFu5X)
I can take a hint.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:50 PM
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My condolences.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:11 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)
Ask Piper about that one
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:11 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)
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Trump won with those 20 million in the country.
If 6% of them vote (as the 2008 study showed that illegals vote at about that rate), that's 1.2 million voters suddenly not around anymore. Combine that with voter roll cleanup, which will be more important in 2028 than 2026, and we've got a whole different ballgame.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:12 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 03:12 PM (Cqx++)
And Trump's deportation machine is just going to keep getting bigger and operating under the radar.
By 2028, we'll probably have deported (self and forced) at least 20 million people who were here in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (d1C/V)
Wow… if that 20M number is accurate, imagine how bad the DoL jobs reports will be in 28… ha!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 03:12 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 02:59 PM
This guy gets it.
Posted by: The Gods of the Copybook Headings at August 10, 2026 03:11 PM (bFu5X)
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-- Nimrod has entered the chat --
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:12 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Weed is so cheap the dispensaries are giving it away, Valu-rite vodka is still $11 a handle, and Big Bourbon is going broke, so we'll all be doing dollar shots of Pappy Van Winkle by the election day!
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (Y8DZL)
MJTruthUltra
@MJTruthUltra
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37m
This is catastrophic…
🚨 Newly released text messages from Dr. Fauci’s government issued phone in Jan 2021 shows that he had concerns that the 2nd does of the COVID shot “theoretically could be associated with miscarriage in the 1st trimester”
Around this time, there were numerous large women Facebook groups with tens of thousands of women reporting that their menstrual cycle was highly irregular after taking the shot, and in many cases experienced miscarriages. Facebook canceled those groups. Fauci never said a damn word.
Posted by: beckster at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Common Tater
US stepped in and quashed the Lloyds racket by announcing we would insure. Lloyds had to back down or lose their power. Insurance and banking are about the last of the British City economy left after Labor has buggered it up thoroughly.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
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The USA -- mostly NYC and CT (Harford) -- have been quietly stealing Lloyds' business for decades. Lloyds had no choice but to back down. Paper tiger, mostly. That pretty much sums up all of UK at this point ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)
I am not bot.
Posted by: I. Pulltitski at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (rj6Yv)
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It's almost like they could add it to the Magic 8-ball.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bete at August 10, 2026 03:12 PM (LX4y3)
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After 1/6, the House impeached Trump.
The Senate, at Trump's lowest point politically, could have voted to convict him and eject him from politics forever.
10 Republicans voted in favor.
The Senate was still 10 votes short.
Also, 7 of those 10 are no longer in Congress, and one more (Mitch) won't be in Congress next year.
How does any intelligent person look back at that impeachment failure and think that there will be 67 votes to convict him in the 2027 Senate?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (K32Fz)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (yZ6uc)
With nearly 2.5 years remaining in PDT's term, the IRGC's only long-term survival play is hoping the Democrats win big in the upcoming midterms. Win big enough to ram a bill through both Houses of Congress that prohibits Trump from continuing to blockade Iranian tankers getting in and out of the Persian Gulf. And prohibiting attacks on Iran other than limited tit-for-tat strikes to attack sites and forces used to attack US forces. I can't see a win that big. I can't see a Trump veto of such a bill being overridden. Unless enough cuck Republicans vote with the Democrats to get a 2/3 override vote in both Houses. Time is on Trump's, and America's, side. For a change in the Middle East.
Posted by: Gref at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (5rh/l)
Its a religion cult and they don't have agreement with anyone outside their cult
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 03:14 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Vengeance
They aren't actually in reliable polls. Ignore the media polls as Dem shills that they are. Basically the Dems had slim leads in health care and a couple of minor policy areas.
What you are getting is the affordability argument which is not a good question to get at what you want as a honest pollster. Instead it is a framing device meant to pick up fake shit---go back to any time and ask a middle class person if life was 'affordable' and a majority would say no. But 2006 prices seem homey right now even for housing.
So an honest pollster would have a person rate their own situation rather than a generic one-like have you had to go short on food due to costs, have you had to relocate to cheaper living quarters, are you unemployed but recently laid off, and so on.
You can track those types of questions from honest pollsters over the decades--most of the media narrative polling is just designed to prepackage the Democrat themes.
My advice, turnoff the 'news' until after the election because it is all noise right now.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 02:39 PM (4NO2D)
You're a Subaru?
Posted by: far cry
$20. Same as Outback.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026
This place.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:15 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Gref
Won't work as you point out and many of the GOP defectors on the issue are gone after this Congress anyway.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:15 PM (E4rtv)
Who is more evil, ratfaced mfer or Bill Gates?
I think they worked together about the covid shit.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 03:16 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (K32Fz)
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We're in a very weird time in history where the one military that can absolutely crush every other military on the planet is not allowed to unleash its full power.
Meanwhile, tinpot dictators are busy trying to get into their own little wars, but they don't have the force needed to win decisively.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 03:16 PM (FZ29D)
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"Affordability" is the Democrats applying their slogan-centric approach to the economy.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:16 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 03:16 PM (UjdFS)
"Affordability" is where they think they have the smoothest chance to usher in nominal candy communism. Who doesn't want to afford things? Democrats care, you know.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:17 PM (YXnK3)
Let’s hope they finally kill RCV in Alaska. Musk just gave the effort $1.5 m.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 03:17 PM (PM/iv)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 03:17 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: 13times at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (d1C/V)
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Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 03:10 PM (DZ9Lv)
A story I just saw claims 111 dead so far.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Gref at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (5rh/l)
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If the House Dems thought ending the Persian blockade was a winning issue, we'd be hearing all about it 24/7 on CNN and MSN.
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Uprisings don't work like that. We apparently were working with Israeli intel and the Kurds and the Kurds didn't do it for whatever reason. Israel fired a couple of the intel guys over that op apparently just last week. The rest of the opposition had its best people killed by early unarmed uprisings and the regime is doubling down on killing those it missed. People on the run are not your best guerilla warfare types absent a safe sanctuary to strike back from. Think Castro and his mountains, Mao and Henan, and so on.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (uzmqU)
Impeached, not removed from office. But 2 years of Trump being unable to do anything leaves the chances decent for Dems in 28.
Posted by: Bete at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (LX4y3)
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Oh, so what will an impeachment that doesn't lead to conviction...do?
How will impeachment prevent him from using the military, the FBI, the DOJ, and DHS?
Exactly, please explain this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:19 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 03:19 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:13 PM (d1C/V)
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Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (Fi81e)
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Poochy went home?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August 10, 2026 03:19 PM (d1C/V)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (IG3/x)
Ilhan Omar has chimed in to say thank Allah only 3 are dead
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:19 PM (YXnK3)
I think they worked together about the covid shit.
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 03:16 PM (/QHx4)
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Together, they make 1.75 of a Bond Villain.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 03:19 PM (Fi81e)
Settle in, gonna STILL be a long war in Ukraine.
Dunno about Iran. They seem willing to suffer as well.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 10, 2026 03:20 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:18 PM (uzmqU)
If you have to ask you can't afford them
Posted by: AOC at August 10, 2026 03:20 PM (YXnK3)
It is?
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 03:17 PM (J4Dwc)
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"At the same time, the U.S. official said, around 8 million barrels of oil are going out of the Gulf every night through the southern lane of the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with the U.S. military. The U.S. is going to try and get more oil out as long as there is no deal."
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2026 03:20 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at August
So you are saying people aren’t enamored with my disgustingly cute dog who is also our official unofficial mascot?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:21 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 03:19 PM (YXnK3)
AOC followed up with "What a tragedy for the Ivy League."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:21 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Bete
Not really true anymore as Preznit Obama instigated illegal spying on Trump, gave shit to Iran, and other things despite being a lame duck in 2014. Trump has the power to make the Democrats miserable by investigating THEM for their illegal shilling for foreign powers for money, and so on. Democrats are in fact all criminals of one sort or another and they no longer even try to hide it. After 2026 elections, Trump no longer has to even pretend to be nice to Dems.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 03:21 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (qx7Zg)
that’s not their strategy. It is to cause maximum short term pain on the US in order to get socialist Democrats friendly to the IRGC in office. For that they will suicide bomb their entire economy.
Posted by: Vengeance
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Well, the joke's gonna be on them if they don't get a full slate of socialists in 2026 and 2028. At which point, they've condemned themselves to being Cuba 1.0 -- the Original Cuba probably having been erased by El Marco Rubio in the next 6 months.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Ace is his own Mascot.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: four seasons at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (wGerL)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 03:23 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 03:24 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 03:24 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Uncle Ted at August 10, 2026 03:24 PM (wVcYX)
We primaried her once already. Didn't work. Her DC frenz helicoptered in metric fucktons of money to fund her indy campaign. Between the actual Dems voting for her rather than their own doomed candidate, the four-wall ad blitz funded by the frenz (easy to do in a small state with a very limited media market), and the retards who just check the name on the ballot they recognize, she escaped.
And no, this had nothing to do with "ranked choice voting". This was before RCV was in effect.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 03:25 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 03:26 PM (ZGz6B)
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Not sure that is a winning issue because you get into the back and forth on pricing and then some is good, some is bad, and a lot of the blame goes on Biden--we are not that far off from a Biden economy that it still affects how voters frame the issue. Economic voting is a mix of prospective and retrospective takes on the economy and it is usually easier to see how it shakes out in hindsight than foresight. For example, in his first term, Nixon had a horrendous inflation rate to the point he put wage price controls in place which had not existed since WWII plus a horrible war in Vietnam he swore to end. He ended up winning the largest popular vote victory since FDR.
This is going to be a status quo election unless we get a 9/11 like surprise after Labor Day. Midterms of a president successful in getting reelected usually are that way. This isn't 2006 and the Dems are tarred with scandals, open Maoist candidates, and a fundraising vacuum. Their best ally, the media has its own meltdown in influence.
So the House will come down to a dozen seats or so dependent on the district and candidates. Senate, likely to stay GOP control at worst 50-50.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)
And no, this had nothing to do with "ranked choice voting". This was before RCV was in effect.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
All political candidates either die, lose, or retire. Two years out, hard to tell what will happen but if RCV is gone this election, she might lose the primary and I don't think her going indy this time will save her ass.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (E4rtv)
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Did Ukraine get anything out of it ? Is it part of the grand "40 days to make Putin negotiate" Plan ? How did that work?
"Former Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhny said NATO must fundamentally rethink how it fights wars, arguing that Russia has already found ways to counter nearly every major Western weapon used by Ukraine....“Scientific and technological progress is moving forward. In 2026, Ukraine used virtually every type of weapon – except Tomahawk missiles, nuclear weapons, aircraft carriers and F-35s that are in NATO service,” Zaluzhny said.
“The resource has been exhausted. Russia has found countermeasures to all of this.”
His argument, of course, is hey let Ukraine join NATO so we can tell you all our secrets ! Or ,let's crate a new mutual defense European alliance with Ukraine at its center. Or at least a founding member. Or something like that.
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 03:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Those IGRC friendly dudes then have to win, and not have a hefty chunk of old style leftists defect to 'independent' and make them too much of a minority party to have any influence in DC. There's already about a dozen in the House claiming that they will not support Socialism.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Buck Ofama at August 10, 2026 03:45 PM (z6ONu)
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 10, 2026 03:49 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 03:53 PM (RycRI)
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 10, 2026 04:45 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)
Google AI reports that NASA detected active heat signatures and fires across the industrial and refinery zone in Nizhnekamsk. (Hopefully though, Putin agrees with you, twiddles his thumbs, and does nothing to improve his air defense.)
"As for Ukraine… they ain’t winning that war. In a war of attrition the country with a population 4x bigger and a GDP 12x bigger (that’d be Russia) is not going to lose."
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:41 PM (yZ6uc)
Afghanistan population in 1979: 13 million. Soviet Union: 162 million. Russians lost despite a 12.5x population advantage.
"I keep waiting for the Russians to tire of this shit and Start leveling Kiev or other Uke cities."
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at August 10, 2026 03:05 PM (QaH55)
His master holding his leash in Peking won't let him. Do it, then Taiwan, Japan and South Korea develop their own nukes. All on China's borders.
Posted by: JTP at August 10, 2026 08:22 PM (5jqlx)
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 03:31 PM (g47mK)
An enemy that's lost 23.5 million metric tons of its yearly oil refining capacity. Not a bad result from some $55,000 drones.
(To ask the question in reverse: Did Ukraine gain anything out of NOT attacking Russian oil facilities for 3 years under the Biden administration?)
Posted by: JTP at August 10, 2026 08:26 PM (5jqlx)
Black WNBA Thug Who Clotheslined Sophie Cunniningham Says Her Ejection for the Flargrant Foul Is Just "White Privilege;" Male NBA Stars Announce They're Gals Now and Intend to Try Out for the WNBA
It's "white privilege" to eject someone for a flagrant foul because, of course, blacks are permitted to take Street Reparations against white people when they feel like it.
Black WNBA player clotheslines Sophie Cunningham on a lay up attempt. Gets ejected. Tweets “White privilege” from locker room to argue she was ejected because of racism. Identity politics destroys everything, even sports. pic.twitter.com/mr3Zelj2cv
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) August 8, 2026
WNBA player DiJonai Carrington blames “white privilege” after being ejected for a hard foul on Sophie Cunningham.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 8, 2026
Carrington was given a Flagrant 2 foul and was immediately ejected.
She then apparently rushed to the locker room so she could blame “white privilege.” pic.twitter.com/f97XWEXlEx
Fever coach Stephanie White defending the clothesline flagrant 2 on her own player Sophie Cunningham. “She’s gonna play her butt off… I don’t oppose the hard foul… I don’t think she intentionally went for the neck.” Meanwhile Caitlin Clark is sitting right next to her with her… pic.twitter.com/pWmM5KFviI
— Erik-Unchained (@ErikUnchained) August 9, 2026
Matt Walsh
@MattWalshBlog It really is incredible that there's just outright racial violence happening in the WNBA. Every men's professional sports league has black and white players and they aren't having these problems. Remember this the next time a feminist tells you women should rule the world because they're more peaceful and empathetic or whatever.
— Marcus Mendoza (@MendozaVictor50) August 9, 2026
Meanwhile, two professional NBA players say that they "feel like a woman" now and are ready to join the WNBA. The eligibility rules, they say, permit it. The league is for "women" but the rules don't define what a "woman" is and suggest that a woman is just whatever you feel it is. Enes Kanter:
David Burge
@iowahawkblog Apparently if you dare complain about her gettin eye-gouged or throat-punched, it's a dog whistle to encourage Emmett Till-style lynchings. Not according to some 6-follower straitjacket X rando, according to a staff sports columnist for USA Today. David Burge
@iowahawkblog
In short this is not a women's sports league. It's a joyless, angry, violent, race obsessed non-stop 2018 Oberlin struggle session filled with entitled lunatics unable to survive without someone else picking up the bill. They whine when they don't get attention, and whine 10x harder when they do. They whine hardest about the problematic "new fans" who quadrupled their pay, tripled their TV audiences, 10x-ed their franchise valuations, got them charter jets, and staved off their inevitable bankruptcy for 10 years or so. I sincerely hope they achieve their dream of exorcising themselves of CC and all those dreaded "new fans," and return to their beloved Paradise Lost of half-empty 1000 seat high school gyms attended by girl fight fetishists with giveaway tickets printed on Subway Sandwich receipts.
Enes Kanter FREEDOMRoyce White:
@EnesFreedom After careful consideration and reviewing the current eligibility guidelines,
I'm officially declaring myself a @WNBA prospect. If simply declaring who you are is all that's required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA. My team and I have carefully examined the WNBA's eligibility criteria and governing framework surrounding self-identification and inclusion. Based on the current guidelines, I can and am officially declaring my eligibility for the upcoming WNBA draft in April 2027. I know my presence on the court will stir up strong opinions.
I am definitely not here to mock, make fun of, or disrespect any community or personal choices.
I'm simply asking that the current rules be applied equally to everyone -- the rules that represent the very values many WNBA players and coaches have publicly advocated for.
My team and I are prepared to ensure these guidelines are applied equally, consistently, and without exception, and I look forward to the #WNBA honoring its stated principles. See you at training camp.
Fox NewsKanter speaks of a "team" behind him and Royce acknowledges he may sue. I wonder if they have a trillionaire backing their play. Great Moments in "Women's" Sport:
@FoxNews EXCLUSIVE: Former NBA first-round pick Royce White says he's declaring for the 2027 WNBA Draft, claiming he now identifies as transgender for the purpose of playing professional basketball. The 6-foot-8 former Houston Rockets draft pick follows fellow former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom, who announced his own plans to declare amid the growing debate over transgender athletes in women's sports. White told Fox News Digital he believes he'd be "unstoppable" in the WNBA and suggested he could pursue legal action if denied an opportunity to play. White said the move is meant to challenge the WNBA to clearly define its eligibility rules for transgender athletes, saying: "I'd like to know what the parameters are."
Former NBA player Royce White told OutKick/Fox News Digital that he apparently plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft, as he now claims to be transgender. There are now two former NBA players to announce such a decision, after Enes Kanter Freedom made his announcement earlier on Friday. "I'm transgender. I'm a woman. I identify as sometimes identifying as a woman for purpose of basketball, professional basketball, so I'll be declaring for the WNBA draft in 2027 as well," White said. FORMER NBA FIRST ROUND PICK ENES KANTER FREEDOM DECLARES FOR 2027 WNBA DRAFT "I think I'd be unstoppable. But I'm a team-first guy. I'm a pass-first kind of player. I do the little things. I led my team in all five major stat categories at Iowa State University, so I do a little bit of everything. I'll do whatever the coach needs me to do. I'll do whatever the girls need me to do... "I think it's only fair."
Royce White during a basketball game Former professional basketball player Royce White was running in the Minnesota Republican primary (Getty Images) White said only the league could end his challenge by stating its position plainly on the subject of males playing in women's sports. "I think the WNBA could come out and make a definitive statement about guys with a pair of balls playing in the Women's Association," he said. Asked whether he would proceed unless the league did make such a statement, White replied, "Oh, no, I'm declaring. And I don't want to be discriminated against. I want fair treatment. I'm a young Black, hopefully United States Senator that would like a fair chance to participate as a sometimes-identifying-as-a-transgender-woman athlete." White also suggested that he would pursue legal action if he goes undrafted and is not signed to a team. "I have to file a discrimination lawsuit, right? I mean, that's, that's ridiculous," he said. "We're gonna have to have a huge legal battle about discrimination if I can't play." White, 35, is also on the ballot in Minnesota's Aug. 11 Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. He was the Republican nominee against Democratic Sen. Amy Klobuchar in 2024, losing the general election.
While the WNBA continues insisting that trans people must be allowed in women's sports, they don't like these trans women (TM), and executives are holding an emergency meeting to change the rules so that these particular trans women (TM) can't play:
Polymarket
@Polymarket JUST IN: WNBA Commissioner announces the league is meeting to review what a woman is, after multiple former NBA stars announced plans to join the league.
I assume the new rule will require dressing as a woman for a certain period of time -- long enough that Kanter and White can't meet the requirement by next spring -- or requiring artificial hormone treatment.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Open Channel D at August 10, 2026 01:01 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:02 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Channel D at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (2D1QJ)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:05 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 10, 2026 01:05 PM (gYnrv)
When you go on X, the posts against Enes are like "he really sucked as a player in the NBA!" so why are you so scared a bad NBA player wants to compete in the WNBA?
Black women really are the most bigoted, nasty, entitled people in the USA. How they play ball is indicative.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:06 PM (BV9ai)
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Kanter Freedom should agree to follow the new rule only if the NBA and WNBA commissioners announce it wearing clown noses.
Otherwise, they can pound sand: Who are they to define a woman? Biologists?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 01:06 PM (mGZZc)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: mishdog at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (soKpm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Alexander Waverly at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (YwEeS)
"Caitlin Clark Explains That White Privilege Feels Weirdly Like Getting Beat Up By Giant Black Lesbians
buff.ly/yLsocJr "
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 01:09 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: mishdog at August 10, 2026 01:09 PM (soKpm)
Meanwhile, the Iranians have a released a video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei that seems to be an old recording from before when the festivities began.
Still, it's more than what Cocaine Mitch's staff has offered up.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 01:09 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (YwEeS)
Against men.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:09 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (X+NGn)
Posted by: Butch at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: mishdog at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (soKpm)
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Most are free or reduced price tickets. 90% bull dykes and gay men. 5% mutants who live in the bathrooms and shower with toilet water. 5% normal girls who play basketball themselves.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
Don't know where I read it, but the WNBA is what the world would look like if women were in charge.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:11 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 10, 2026 01:11 PM (gYnrv)
Posted by: mishdog at August 10, 2026 01:11 PM (soKpm)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 01:12 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 01:12 PM (hsD+k)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:12 PM (YwEeS)
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The league officials are meeting to figure something out about perhaps some determination of "What is a Woman" to exclude obvious ringers (at least).
But it is a LOL.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (Fi81e)
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Do the skinny jeans and short shorts men are now wearing "count" as girl's clothes? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (BV9ai)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
That sounds awful. Those poor normies and sewer mutants.
Posted by: mishdog at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (soKpm)
Meh, let the aged out NBA players declare themselves women and stomp the rest of them into the boards. Have fun in Barter Town.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR)
Got it. I'm not sure I could care any less, and not watch the WNBA any more than I am already not. But it's entertaining at some sort of dystopian level.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (qPpEt)
Yup.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:14 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: steevy
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That's insane!
I had no idea they were paid that much as average.
They're clearly just getting some shakedown money.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:14 PM (BV9ai)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 01:14 PM (Dv3i1)
After the technical foul on Clarke--I am not the first to say this--but I said the words "Garbage League".
It's an embarrassment to professional sports, and all sports that hope to grow up to be professional sports.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:14 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (NcvvS)
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Real ice-holes.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:15 PM (Fi81e)
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Dude that got 20 rebounds per game in the real NBA will average 100 in the WNBA
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 01:15 PM (9CZQg)
because you know the thugs goal is serious injury or death.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 01:15 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:15 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 01:16 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:16 PM (qPpEt)
I really hate this attitude that if you're not in the top 1000 in all history, you're shit. He wasn't a superstar, but he was a productive player. Career average per game: 11.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 0.4 steals, 0.5 blocks, in 21.5 minutes. 54.8% FG, 77.7% FT.
He was in 59 playoffs games with 7.6 ppg, 5.9 rebounds per game.
He would absolutely destroy 99.99% of people who have ever played basketball. He was able to play well against the best of the best. But because he's not Michael Jordan or whatever superstar you personally love, "he sucked."
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:16 PM (mkw2N)
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The league officials are meeting to figure something out about perhaps some determination of "What is a Woman" to exclude obvious ringers (at least).
But it is a LOL.
Posted by: Axeman
With "Julie" (Julien) Tetart looking on closely. And he IS trans. Not just saying so like Kanter.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:16 PM (VbzrQ)
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Who are we to define what dressing like a woman means?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 01:16 PM (9CZQg)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (qx7Zg)
*their is one of those words that does not look like it's spelled right- even when it is.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (Y/06r)
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FNAB
Think of the one place in culture and life where "what" you were didn't fucking matter. But what you could do and how hard you worked at it meant *everything*. Where you could find people of all backgrounds and races hugging, celebrating, working together, leaning on each other, helping, having a good time and achieving.
Sporting competition is proof of concept against the very idea of communism and all their bullshit "identity" classes. It had to go.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (YXnK3)
I hate societal dysfunction Monday?
Can't wait for rapey Tuesday.
Posted by: The Worms at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (dK+Kv)
Meanwhile, the Iranians have a released a video of Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei that seems to be an old recording from before when the festivities began.
Was he playing basketball?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (YwEeS)
I assume the new rule will require dressing as a woman for a certain period of time -- long enough that Kanter and White can't meet the requirement by next spring -- or requiring artificial hormone treatment.
They ARE dressing as a woman. As a woman who wears men's suits as drag. How dare you assert otherwise!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)
(It's causing them cancer in the long run though. Estrogen is carcinogenic to males.)
The Lord will not be mocked.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (HnIBa)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (fV9m3)
I had no idea they were paid that much as average.
They're clearly just getting some shakedown money.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:14 PM (BV9ai)
Well, they are being given free money from a sport that's actually 'popular' MEN's Basketball.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
What is "dressing as a woman"?
Skirt? Dress? Heels? Pearls?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (VbzrQ)
Was he playing basketball?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (Cqx++)
Running suicides in a gym.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 01:19 PM (Y/06r)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (y9nCu)
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Hey! They're going to need to wear shirts that button on the OTHER SIDE! And pants with no back pockets.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:19 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: DuesExMachina05 at August 10, 2026 01:19 PM (cmlrb)
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 10, 2026 01:19 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 10, 2026 01:19 PM (GMWTj)
Posted by: Halfhand at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (B83/F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 01:16 PM (wVcYX)
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Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q0P94wyBYk
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: Guy in background of Art Thread below at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (Y/NCQ)
Ooo Matt's gonna get in trouble for that one.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (MWfyi)
Was he playing basketball?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (Cqx++)
Running suicides in a gym.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 01:19 PM (Y/06r)
He wasn't gonna let ol' Mitch McConnell out run him.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:17 PM (yZ6uc)
Whut do you mean, not a REAL sport?
Posted by: Hulk Hogan! at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
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The thing it, this is basically the same playbook the NBA used decades ago -- successfully -- to pitch and promote the new "bad boys" of the NBA.
The younger audience of mostly males wasn't turning out to watch the NBA as much as their fathers did. So they deliberately turned it into a more thuggish league.
The classy older players like Kareem, Doctor J, and even Larry Bird and MJ were replaced with tattooed thugs and wannabe gangsters, some with serious criminal records -- and who like to beat up women.
It worked. The same play is being run in the WNBA, but with the added drama of ugly racial hatred against white players.
I don't think it will work this time.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
The joke is the notion that if you say you're a woman, you're a woman. There is simply no way to make that assertion make sense. See also, hoist on your own petard.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:22 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:22 PM (qPpEt)
Actually, there was a "transgender man" (a woman) who skied in a women's event in the Olympics and was aghast about being misgendered! Why didn't they forbid her to compete in a women's event if she said she was male?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (GMWTj)
That's why all the people were fooled into believing the commies were all about free love and sex. But that was only a stepping stone. The reality is far darker. In a commie State there is no open animal interest in anything but love of Dear Leader and The Cause.
Destroying the concepts of masculinity and then femininity makes everyone into sexless gormless automations. NPC's if you will.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (ZdaMQ)
Maybe she'll rediscover her joy in licking donuts she doesn't intend to purchase.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (ExV1e)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q0P94wyBYk
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:20 PM (De0dy)
Gracias!
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (wVcYX)
Hope the real version will be better than the movie one.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (2qSHg)
Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (ZdaMQ)
I wonder how many women (who tend to be anorexic- at least by temperament) rushed out to get the GLP-1 inhibitors.
It would also be interesting to see usage stats. Does anyone have $5 to bet against that 75% of users are women?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (Y/06r)
When the cursory and ancillary issues of a basketball league provide far more entertainment than the actual playing of basketball, you have a brand problem.
And, Ace, you're probably right about a trillionaire's involvement. Clay Travis recently mentioned he had met Elon Musk. I pulled up the "new franchise" obligations and, almost, all of it is based on financial investment and stability. There are clauses defining the "new franchise" special draft for players outlining that existing teams can protect five players, but the rest of their team is open for acquisition. AND, there is nothing in the rules about showing up with your own team already intact (which is what Travis is trolling).
Travis pidgeon holed them....which was the purpose of the most recent league meeting. It's not, IMO, to "define a woman." It's likely a discussion on how to change the by-laws on new franchise approval....which is not just a WNBA approval process, but includes the board of governors of the NBA.
Travis gets extra troll points for what he's up to.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (dIske)
Wonder how they feel about it?
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (fV9m3)
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How am I supposed to feel?
Some black women, black men, white women, and white men are racist.
Sin is not restricted to particular demographics.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:23 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (HnIBa)
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I identify as a velociraptor - sleek, beautiful and deadly.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (amcLV)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (yZ6uc)
In: Kantor Hyda Salami
Posted by: Down Under at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (3XMoj)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (zjgNU)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (HnIBa)
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I identify as a velociraptor - sleek, beautiful and deadly.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (amcLV)
My wife has called me a slug before.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:25 PM (ExV1e)
John Goodman sure did lose a lot of weight! (Sorry, Ariana.)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:25 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:25 PM (2qSHg)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:25 PM (qPpEt)
Change my mind.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (zjgNU)
Have you ever met pretty much any Asian (from Asia)?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)
Look what happened to Sophie -- dragged down by the neck, landed hard on her back.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (vbta8)
Posted by: DuesExMachina05
THEY made it that way when the didn't want to define what a woman was because they didn't want to offend swinging dick Griner.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
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"Bad boys" is one thing.
Totally crooked refs is another.
Clarke was not looking at the ref, while trying to inbound the ball, the ref could see Clarke. Clarke's momentum carried her into the ref. The ref made almost no attempt to move out of the way.
Detroit was part of the "Bad boys" schtick. I don't remember Lambere close-lining guys.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:25 PM (qPpEt)
It’s stupid?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:27 PM (ZdaMQ)
At least that's what some supposedly knowledgeable people are saying on the interfags.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)
Sin is not restricted to particular demographics.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
Akshuallly.... like, black people can't be racist due to power structures and stuff
Posted by: Valedictorian at your local University at August 10, 2026 01:27 PM (Dv3i1)
Why don't they just skip the foreplay and get on with the scissoring?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 01:27 PM (dK+Kv)
"I assume the new rule will require dressing as a woman for a certain period of time -- long enough that Kanter and White can't meet the requirement by next spring -- or requiring artificial hormone treatment."
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Ah, ha ha ha ha ha ! ! !
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You used the word, "period," in a post about wamminz.
.
Posted by: Marooned at August 10, 2026 01:27 PM (kt8QE)
Maybe her doctor should tell her to get lap-band surgery, since she "thinks" she's fat. Of course he never would. But that doesn't keep "doctors" from telling kids to take hormones and cut their genitals off if they "think" they're the opposite sex.
Both are mental illnesses and should be treated as such. And the "doctors" in the latter case are monsters. Not doctors. IMHFO.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 01:28 PM (HnIBa)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (ZdaMQ)
She has no thigh sploot…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:28 PM (yZ6uc)
This is a pretty could synopsis of our modern cultural moment. You did something not just bad but with the intent to hurt someone else? Oh its racism that you got caught.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:28 PM (xZMKh)
Then they would be saying women can't really play basketball--at least in enough numbers to furnish a league.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:28 PM (Fi81e)
Look what happened to Sophie -- dragged down by the neck, landed hard on her back.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (vbta
There was a scene in that prison show "Oz" where one of the guards (just roll with me here) had prospects of joining the NBA. Of course while playing with the inmates, someone used a shiv to cut his Achilles' tendon, permanently ending that possibility. There's also the Tonya Harding option outside the basketball court too.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:29 PM (2qSHg)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:29 PM (ExV1e)
(Quill drop)
Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at August 10, 2026 01:29 PM (NYInA)
Change my mind.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (zjgNU)
Have you ever met pretty much any Asian (from Asia)?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)
_______________________________
Yeah...Mainland China, espcially. Their "Little Red Book" outlines "Chinese" superiority and (like the Koran) forgives and rationalizes misrepresenting themselves to those not Chinese if it benefits them.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 01:29 PM (dIske)
Whether or not you want to have racial antagonism is a choice. Back in the 80s/90s most Americans said no. Obama persuaded some Americans to go down this road and things will continue until a different choice is made.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (LW5gG)
LOL.
You're gonna have to show your work, Piper. It's a rhetorical question, to be sure. Be sure you can defend it, is the point. Good Luck
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
There may be more to it. An institution, top down, of woman fatigue not unlike the other fatigue.
Think of how Supergirl was panned universally. Why? Many worse I AM WOMAN films have had the slurp treatment, but not this one. Why? Because suddenly critics care what people think of them. Don't think so. Something else is going on.
I think they are setting the country up for a heretofore unnamed and maybe not obvious yet male (probably white) Democrat savior for 2028.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (YXnK3)
So what's a society supposed to do when a grown-ass professional woman behaves like a spoiled toddler?
The coach of the Fever -- Sophie Cunningham's coach -- actually defended the player who fouled her own player, because... #WhitePrivilege.
So what's a society supposed to do when the grown-ass professional woman who's the "mother figure" of the woman-toddler's victim excuses said behavior?
I know we, as a society, have decided that you can't punish toddler-like behavior in children. Can we do it once they're grown-ass adults, instead? Both these women need their mothers to grab a wooden spoon and tan their hides. If their mothers aren't available, the bailiff can take some time away from his usual gig of whacking pee-pees.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (VHUov)
Carrington was wrong. But again Cunningham knows who supports her she should know its a election cycle...she's playing right into this nonsense. But again without all this she would wouldn't be known lol
This is happening with men too. It’s not surprising that young white males are hopping into the alt right echo chamber in droves. Nearly every other circle seems to demonize white males. People need to figure out inclusive doesn’t mean no white males or it’s gonna just keep getting worse.
if a bad thing happening to a white person makes you discount the entire concept of white privilege, you never had an open mind or any true intellectual curiosity about it in the first place
DiJonai Carrington misused it. White privilege is not exactly a confusing, grad school type of term, you’d think it could survive these things. But then, look what happened to “anti-fascist.” This is how people stop listening when they hear an irksome buzzword
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (tM78k)
They've already got at least one tranny in the league so they are going to have to move her very carefully.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
Team executives can't change the rules unilaterally. That's because, unlike many pro leagues, player eligibility rules in the WNBA are collectively-bargained. The players union has to sign off on any proposed changes.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (J4Dwc)
It's great that Goodman lost a lot of weight. But he's looking rough these days. I don't think it's the weight loss. He's just old. It happens. He looks like he might have liver issues.
http://tiny.cc/4gd8101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: eddie at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (q6rRN)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)
Clarke was not looking at the ref, while trying to inbound the ball, the ref could see Clarke. Clarke's momentum carried her into the ref. The ref made almost no attempt to move out of the way.
Detroit was part of the "Bad boys" schtick. I don't remember Lambere close-lining guys.
Posted by: Axeman
Any other sport and the ref/umpire is part of the field and eligible to get trucked. Not WNBA it appears.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:32 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:32 PM (xZMKh)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)
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Because Marcuse laid out the need to retain black Americans as revolutionaries.
They are slowly losing black males--and even gay males--though. And now they need the other "critical" categories to play that role.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:32 PM (Fi81e)
They've already got at least one tranny in the league so they are going to have to move her very carefully.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
They should consult with KJB… they could all be confused together
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:32 PM (yZ6uc)
You know, this isn't what I was talking about.
Posted by: Shania Twain at August 10, 2026 01:33 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
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125 per game when playing against Angel the Bricklayer Reese.
Posted by: scampydog at August 10, 2026 01:33 PM (PqBGS)
Change my mind.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (zjgNU)
Have you ever met pretty much any Asian (from Asia)?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (ExV1e)
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Asians tend to be most "racist" against other Asians, and it's mostly status- and wealth-based (as they are all basically the same race).
The higher-status, wealthier Asian countries (primarily Japan, S Korea, and Taiwan) look down their nose at the lower-status Asian countries. A lady from S Korea would much sooner date/marry a white guy than anyone from, for example, the Philippines.
There are endless romantic comedies coming out of Philippines where Koreans go to school in Philippines (this is a real thing for affluent Koreans), fall in love with a Pinay or Pinoy, the Korean parents are dead-against it because they consider Philippines low class, but of course love always triumphs in the end.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
Ryan Long has a skit on this:
We taught men they are bad and evil and they need to start respecting the p*ssy and for some reason they are listening to these crazy right wing guys telling them to get fit, get rich and get p*ssy instead I mean how can you explain it? Oh well maybe when we tell them they should cut their balls off we'll get them back on the right track.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
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Woah woah woah! Let's not get carried away here
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:33 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (X+NGn)
He's now an American citizen and will probably end up running for office of some sort.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (9ZFZd)
It's great that Goodman lost a lot of weight. But he's looking rough these days. I don't think it's the weight loss. He's just old. It happens. He looks like he might have liver issues.
http://tiny.cc/4gd8101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (mkw2N)
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If it was GLTP-1 shots, then he aged more than he was supposed to, from what I've heard.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: mr tmz at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (rJ48h)
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Don't try putting your hotdog in DiJonai.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
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I'm assuming you mean Griner. And before her arrest in Russia, I was of the same line of thought. But, Russians don't play the woke tranny game. They plopped her into the Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Yavas. If she had male plumbing, they never would have done so, and would have publicized it in the process. So, just an ugly woman, or a woman juicing.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (dIske)
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They won't be happy. They will be ecstatic.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:35 PM (YXnK3)
Yeah, I think this is part of their motivation not to introduce genetic testing. There's probably more than a handful of genetic oddities playing in the WNBA.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:35 PM (mkw2N)
Indeed, I've heard Chinese grad students curse Koreans (as the Chinese think they steal Chinese culture) and the animosity between the Chinese and Japanese needs no elaboration.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:35 PM (2qSHg)
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 01:35 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 10, 2026 01:35 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: one hour sober
Really?
Imma need more popcorn.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:36 PM (VHUov)
I've seen pictures of him topless.
He's either a guy or some sort of "intersex" with both sets of sex organs.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:36 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
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125 per game when playing against Angel the Bricklayer Reese.
Posted by: scampydog
No!!!!! He's taking all my mebounds!!!
Posted by: Angel Reese at August 10, 2026 01:36 PM (tM78k)
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Who really knows what a woman is?
Posted by: Supreme Court justice Ketanji Jackson Brown, Doctor my eyes at August 10, 2026 01:36 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
______________________
I'm assuming you mean Griner. And before her arrest in Russia, I was of the same line of thought. But, Russians don't play the woke tranny game. They plopped her into the Female Penal Colony IK-2 in Yavas. If she had male plumbing, they never would have done so, and would have publicized it in the process. So, just an ugly woman, or a woman juicing.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (dIske)
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Yes. There are pics of when she was a very young girl -- 6 or 7 years old -- and she's clearly a young girl. I think it was massive roids she took like chicklets in her teens that turned her into a semi-male.
Sidney Sweeney could take handfulls of male hormones for years and she'd look like a man too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Supreme Court justice Ketanji Jackson Brown, Doctor my eyes at August 10, 2026 01:36 PM (OkYzo)
At least the Brit Supreme Court got that question right (biological sex).
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:37 PM (2qSHg)
Posted by: LeBron James, now LaBronda James at August 10, 2026 01:37 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: mr tmz at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 01:27 PM (dK+Kv)
Wait. Scissoring isn't foreplay?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)
I agree whig. And want to remind everyone of Andrew Breitbart's observation of politics being downstream from the culture. Borne out by the degeneration of the Democrat Party.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (HnIBa)
I keep hearing that the country is too divided, and that the election will change things.
Lucy. Football. Charlie Brown. Some assembly required.
Posted by: Unkaren at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (ccX9M)
Posted by: Thrawn
So, the Japanese and Koreans get along great?
Posted by: Clueless Moron at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (tM78k)
Posted by: That Guy at August 10, 2026 01:39 PM (jlI90)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:39 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 01:34 PM (X+NGn)
________
"Nope, sorry"
-- Djibouti
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:39 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:39 PM (xZMKh)
Posted by: Clueless Moron at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (tM78k)
Swimmingly, *sarc*.
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:39 PM (2qSHg)
Posted by: That Guy at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (jlI90)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (wGerL)
Excuse me? 6'10" #1 draft pick. 11 pro seasons. The most infinitely qualified player. Can dunk. No wnba player currently can.
His legal team will have a field day with a discrimination lawsuit.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (VbzrQ)
A dirty play is a dirty play. Hard intentional foul got her kicked out. Neither the foul or the ejection were about race. The moron tweeting from the locker room, is a moron. Just tweeting from the locker room after an ejection is stupid per se. The WNBA is cooked. They just don't know it yet.
Posted by: angry pituitary cases at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
Moochelle, on the other hand, will never look like anything other than a desirable woman no matter what, I am told. Repeatedly.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)
Mark it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:39 PM (qPpEt)
I think the rule only states that a player has to be a "woman". Possibly they figured that everyone knows what that is (whoops), or it was a deliberate loophole open to interpretation.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (9ZFZd)
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Ah, but most of you suffer from a defect that if they aren't a categorical "victim", no enthusiasm can be generated for individual victims, because it's just not scripted in the ideology.
And since almost all adherence on the left is enthusiasm and emotion-based, the left can never get back to "Pareto scoring", which is the liberal claim to "rationality".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Common Tater
By not requiring the definition of what a woman is.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: That Guy at August 10, 2026 01:40 PM (jlI90)
It soon will.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (2YhKe)
It's great that Goodman lost a lot of weight. But he's looking rough these days. I don't think it's the weight loss. He's just old. It happens. He looks like he might have liver issues.
http://tiny.cc/4gd8101
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (mkw2N
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Got to admit I thought it was Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame there for a minute.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (137A3)
Well-played.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (dK+Kv)
LOL.
You're gonna have to show your work, Piper. It's a rhetorical question, to be sure. Be sure you can defend it, is the point. Good Luck
Posted by: Common Tater
Like this is a middle-school math problem instead of basic human decency. But you go ahead with your morally bankrupt idea like it’s a bold new thought experiment. Good luck with that rhetorical question.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Clueless Moron at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (tM78k)
No asians get along "great" with any other asians.
It is just that some you need to hide the knives when they visit together.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 01:41 PM (rbvCR)
Immigrant Korean shopkeepers are not terribly fond of American blacks.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM (rJ48h)
_________
African immigrant blacks are not terribly fond of American blacks..
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: pookysgirl, U of I fan at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (BV9ai)
What the WNBA has a problem with is that there are guys that will be at such a level that they can get the supermax contract for each team. If they were getting the league minimum or even average salary, that would be fine. But getting the $1.4M contract won't cut it.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (LHPAg)
Supposedly he lost a bunch of weight before GLP-1s became available.
I personally don't buy into the idea that GLP-1s make you have a weird look. Anyone who loses a bunch of weight quickly ends up looking odd for a while. See Al Roker or Al Sharpton for examples.
One awful trend that some people mistakenly attribute to GLP-1 is the buccal fat removal procedure. Some women in Hollywood started doing that and it just looks terrible.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)
But some women are just naturally more masculine looking and Barky is a twink of a "man"
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
==
Nope. It's what the world would look like if angry lesbians were in charge.
Posted by: angry pituitary cases at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (anL5R)
No matter what they say, the damage is done. The people who run the WNBA will look like the disingenuous liars they are.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)
They don't have to worry about please fans, putting butts in seats for their games. In fact, they'd prefer you NOT watch if you are white and enjoy cheering on the white players such as Caitlyn and Sophie.
This is why they get away with the thuggery. It's easier to run this league when no one is paying attention, just as our federal/state leaders prefer you not pay attention to who/how our entitlements are used.
Hush now, go away, H8Rzzzz! Stop using your white privelege to judge us!!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (X8xt3)
She's as ghetto as Crockett. She's just doing what the league has allowed black players to do all along.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (viF8m)
I also love how Ms. Dijon has on a blonde wig.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)
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This^
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (De0dy)
Interestingly they earn substantially more on average as well.
Much be that systematic racism we always hear about
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
Will this meeting include women? And how will they know?
Posted by: Dr Spank at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (Y6JKj)
Posted by: Count de Monet
Better: out of nowhere, for no reason, during a roll & pick, the offensive player clotheslines a defender.
Get the point across: "you wanna play? We'll play."
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Moochelle has an unfortunately large head for a woman.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (LW5gG)
I've heard it said that African blacks who didn't immigrate don't like them either, although I suspect that they don't like any other groups either. People tend to prefer the members of their own tribe. The US is the only place that's ever tried to have a tribe of the mind rather than the flesh. The left is busy destroying that.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (ExV1e)
Men's shirts, short skirts
Oh, oh, oh, really go wild, yeah, doin' it in style
Oh, oh, oh, get in the action, feel the attraction
Color my hair, do what I dare
Oh, oh, oh, I wanna be free, yeah, to feel the way I feel
Man, I feel like a woman (hey!)”
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (hAC5y)
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Sans the casino, airport, or cruise line, or amusement park.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (mkw2N)
John Bender: "There's fat people that were born to be fat, and there's fat people that were once thin, but they became fat. So when you look at them, you can sort of see that thin person inside".
Posted by: Thrawn at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (2qSHg)
I personally don't buy into the idea that GLP-1s make you have a weird look. Anyone who loses a bunch of weight quickly ends up looking odd for a while. See Al Roker or Al Sharpton for examples.
One awful trend that some people mistakenly attribute to GLP-1 is the buccal fat removal procedure. Some women in Hollywood started doing that and it just looks terrible.
Posted by: bonhomme
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I'm in the camp that it does something to people's looks beyond just losing weight.
Their bodies and faces just dont look right.
I know a whole family that's basically doing it, they have lost significant weight. It's just sort of a gross, uncanny valley look.
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (BV9ai)
Six points with two minutes lest in first quarter. Way strong.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 01:45 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:45 PM (4g5V+)
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Uh huh. Get back to us when you finally figure it out.
Posted by: 3 year olds everywhere at August 10, 2026 01:45 PM (YXnK3)
As long as they continue to be supplemented by the NBA, they will not change.
I suspect they'll attempt some dumb deflection - squirrel! - until it dies down.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 10, 2026 01:45 PM (X8xt3)
That's going to disqualify much of their current roster, you know.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (zdLoL)
She's as ghetto as Crockett. She's just doing what the league has allowed black players to do all along.
Posted by: JackStraw
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This.
Posted by: scampydog at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (PqBGS)
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (BV9ai)
Tell that to citizens of pretty much any European country when talking about the citizens of any other European country. And Americans would say that they're all the same race. Except the Belgians, of course.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (4g5V+)
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Are we back to talking about the World Cup?
Posted by: 3 year olds everywhere at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: mr tmz at August 10, 2026 01:38 PM
The roof ones, especially.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM (bFu5X)
I'd be happy to punch any woman on Sophie Cunningham's behalf
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
I'm old enough to remember the great joy and media celebration of girl kickers in high school football a few years ago, like it was a barrier being crossed and soon they'd be putting up points in college and the pros.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (Y8DZL)
Their bodies and faces just dont look right.
IIRC, they lose muscle, too.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (bX16E)
Does she have to install the refrigerating coils internally?
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (Jr5Lq)
Neighboring countries don't like their neighbors
We should have never fought Vietnam they have always been enemies of China
Afghanistan is fighting with both Pakistan and Iran.
Posted by: Paul at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (fw/EQ)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:31 PM (E4rtv)
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This^
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (De0dy)
x 1000
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (dK+Kv)
I remember reading that Mexico has more blondes then the US. Not natural blondes of course.
And TBH I don't get it. If you've got dark skin blond/red hair looks silly.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)
Only extremely faggy men will be allowed to play.
Simple
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Common Tater
Well, you get a bunch of woke queer women making eligibility rules...of course they're going to say trans women are allowed. The WNBA was a nothing organization, a joke, so they probably figured it wouldn't be an issue, they could screen out problem candidates with no public backlash, etc.
Now, though, they are getting more popular, much more media (and scrutiny), and with NBA players announcing...it will be much more difficult to stop without appearing transphobic to their tribe.
I recently saw some black male sports commentators talking about the WNBA all star game, and how much of the media was focused on them partying, lezzing out, clubbing, etc, and the one guy said he understands why they're so upset with Clark. It used to be a paid party circuit for black lesbians. A subsidized, easy pay sinecure where they got to travel, act like stars, hook up and get paid, all with no oversight or accountability. Now some straight white girl is exposing them for the mediocrity they are.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (tM78k)
Pretty sure it's a wig
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Did she? Just dye it? Because that's awful long & straight.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (VbzrQ)
Interestingly they earn substantially more on average as well.
Much be that systematic racism we always hear about
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:44 PM (sKqQm)
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I know first hand that most affirmative action slots at Big Law and Big Finance and Big Business go to ... foreign blacks if at all possible. Mostly Nigerian.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)
Do you get cash back with that?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (viF8m)
The WNBA locker rooms are going to need Urnials now.
Posted by: Frank Barone at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:46 PM
Two of the women in my office were getting so hyped up the other day for the 2027 wammen's World Cup. I just shook my head and wandered off.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Did she? Just dye it? Because that's awful long & straight.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (VbzrQ)
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95% chance that's a wig or extensions
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
You should totally do that
Posted by: Cyclospora cayetanensis at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (HnIBa)
She saw Game of Thrones and decided to appropriate that hair.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Sharpie at August 10, 2026 01:42 PM (BV9ai)
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Because Christianity was a revolutionarily global religion.
Who is Jesus' brother and sister and mother? Anyone who does the Will of God.
Phillip did not hesitate to instruct the Ethiopian eunuch in understanding the gospel precursors in scripture.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (Fi81e)
Only extremely faggy men will be allowed to play.
Simple
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Griner's & and Tetart is in then.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (nK5/c)
95% chance that's a wig or extensions
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (iFTx/)
Nevertheless…
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (4g5V+)
Only extremely faggy men will be allowed to play.
Simple
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Griner's & and Tetart is in then.
Griner is out & Tetart is in then. Sheesh.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM (VbzrQ)
Do you get cash back with that?"
This is why they added the tap-to-pay option to credit cards. Sure beats the old mechanical ass embossers too.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM (Jr5Lq)
"We tried to let everyone play because we are inclusive but bad actors ruined it for everyone else."
Not sure though. I'm really not. One thing I'm pretty certain of is that dude ain't getting drafted.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM (YXnK3)
It is just that some you need to hide the knives when they visit together.
Posted by: Kindltot
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- Japanese have no problem with Koreans. They love Korean drama, kimchi, etc.
- Japanese do not like Chinese, mostly from how they behave -- arrogant, loud, dirty, insulting. And their products are crap
- Chinese and Koreans have spent decades teaching their kids to hate Japan. They blamed Japan for all their own faults, and exaggerated the war crimes as a form of fascism, which always needs an enemy. Seriously the anti-jap hate being taught is comparable to the anti-jew hate in Gaza
Posted by: Guy in background of Art Thread below at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM (Y/NCQ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)
The World Cup of what?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM (4g5V+)
The only way people don't organize into extended kin groups is if you give them something else to join - a universalist religion like Christianity or a potentially something like the old American ideal because that got replaced with DEI
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)
The wammen’s Tour de France has been ongoing. Controversy surrounding whether or not their sports bras were cheating because it gave some an aerodynamic advantage… not interesting
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (yZ6uc)
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He definitely did stuff - intentional fouls to head/shoulders area to stop a layup or dunk. He couldn't jump, so he had to stop your take off.
When Lebaron was a rookie. His first time in the playoffs he got fouled on every possession at the end of the game when he drove the lane and it was mostly not called because he was a rookie.
professional basketball is a weird psuedo sport. It was like rollerball. At least for a while, it was more spectacle than sport. With the intentional foul replays it has gotten better.
Posted by: angry pituitary cases - not a pro basketball fan really at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X
I am a misogynist. I only watch men’s soccer.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (bX16E)
*shrug*
Maybe. I don't know. A lot of fat people have low muscle mass, and when they lose weight, they lose even more. So you end up with a body that has extremely low muscle mass, some extra skin, and there's still a fair amount of fat on them.
They end up weighing the same as a person of the same height and of a healthy weight who never was fat, but with lower muscle mass and higher fat. It ends up looking wrong.
People also typically lose weight from the top down. Face first, then upper body, then lower body. So their face ends up looking gaunt even when their lower body carries extra fat.
It's possible GLP-1 causes even more issues. But the above things all happen to anyone who loses a lot of weight, and many people aren't used to seeing them because so few people lose that much weight without help.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (mkw2N)
I bet they know the Secret Handshake.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (uzmqU)
For insomnia.
Like golf.
But unlike golf once a game you get someone screaming GOAL at the top of his lungs.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: whig
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What!? You're just ignoring the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle scandal?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM
Metric kickball, apparently.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (pim0Q)
I remember reading that Mexico has more blondes then the US. Not natural blondes of course.
And TBH I don't get it. If you've got dark skin blond/red hair looks silly.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (sKqQm)
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People tend to want what they don't have, regardless of whether it's actually better or more desirable.
Whites spend big $$ to get tanned and look darker. Meanwhile, in much of the black community, light skin is valued, to the point where some use chemicals or surgery to lighten their skin.
Asians with straight hair spend big $$ to add waves and curls. Black women spend big $$ on wigs or extensions so they have straight hair.
Etc etc etc.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Guy in background of Art Thread below at August 10, 2026 01:51 PM (Y/NCQ)
Well I don’t know all the history… BUT WWII era Japan committed many attrocities in Korea and China… rape of Nanking was a real thing
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (yZ6uc)
Stark contrast between the Women's and Men's events, there.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (uzmqU)
All about the abortion until you're inched from the wll, huh?
Still treating a baby as an accessory, just now it's starting to look trendy to want one, after the younger woman's trend of not wanting one. No difference, really, just a different flavor of medical intervention in a fools quest to play God with reproduction. She still thinks she has the power to determine where and when, lol.
Good luck with that, babe!
Posted by: Lizzy at August 10, 2026 01:55 PM (X8xt3)
She saw Game of Thrones and decided to appropriate that hair.
Posted by: garrett at August 10, 2026 01:50 PM (uzmqU)
This is an underratedly excellent comment.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 10, 2026 01:55 PM (xVpNO)
By the way, gas prices DROPPED again today where I fill up. Sucks to be you.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:55 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Harrison Bergeron at August 10, 2026 01:55 PM (JuaQi)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
I said that a few weeks ago.
I think Caitlyn and Sophie are in on it. Playing lots of white folks like chumps.
Go ahead - prove me wrong. Someone. Anyone.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (S0M0K)
If a retired NBA player actually got on a WNBA team, the angry jealous lesbians would try to foul him with elbows, throat punches, and shoving from behind. He would barely notice, and they would injure themselves. Every time a lesbian broke herself on him, a foul would be called on him, not her, until he was ejected from the league. But it will never reach that point -- the WNBA will invent some kind of dodge to exclude them from the league, probably something really stupid.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (jt/rW)
Same person who said we'd all be dead by then from global warming.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (viF8m)
Sure, but that happens to anyone who loses weight. It's one reason it's so bad to yo-yo diet. You lose more and more muscle mass every time. If you don't work like a demon to gain some muscle mass in between cuts, you end up with the muscle mass of someone much older.
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (mkw2N)
That would be a win, making them put their Calvinball rules in writing so that they get a full on YOUR A HOMOPHOBE or whatever from the LGBTQIA++2SPWTFBBQ movement.
The rule is a woman is whoever identifies as a woman. Eres identifies and suddenly its mocking trans or something.
This is the stuff. Inject it in my veins.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (xhfG9)
The publicity whore way of announcing you are running for president. We live in truly stupid times.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (mkw2N
It does attack muscle, it also causes hair loss and gives people an odd grey cast to them, which may be a result of quasi malnutrition.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (viF8m)
It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (YXnK3)
When I was hospitalized a few years ago, most of the nurses were Nigerian or Ghanian. Nicest, calmest women imaginable.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (ZdaMQ)
Wouldn't that make you a misterogynisy?
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (S0M0K)
Etc etc etc.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM
And on police body cam videos they frequently turn into the rare North American tumbleweave.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
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Yes, her voice was angelic.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (De0dy)
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You still don't get it. This isn't a middle-school math problem. This is my point. You can't just hand wave it away with "because".
The goal is to poison race relations, divide and conquer, and make everything as shitty as possible.
Blacks want segregation now. If you hadn't noticed. Is that stupid as well? Well - of course it is. Can you explain why?
You have to be able to support your opinions. A lot of things that everybody thinks they "know", well - you're illustrating that. "Because it's stupid"
Why is it stupid? From out here in the cheap seats it looks like everybody owes Bull Connor and all those old school Segregationists a huge apology. That's not my opinion, what I'm getting at, it seems obvious in retrospect.
Can you make the argument everyone is way better off now? Our schools? Urban areas? Neighborhoods. Etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (qPpEt)
I believe they will not put it in writing. It will go by "intent".
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (bX16E)
I saw some lefty enviro-saint said we only had until 2028 to stop global warming and reading the thread on a leftwing site it was a litany of people saying see we are all going to die in 2 years if something doesn't happen!
Well, if you are still here in 2026 people guess what Gaia isn't going to kill you in the next 2 years either.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Self awareness is not Paul's strong suit.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (nK5/c)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (yZ6uc)
When I was in Korea I visited the Korean Independence Hall. I got the sense that the Koreans don’t like Japan all that much. Japan trying to stomp out Korean language and culture might have something to do with it.
But it also goes back further. For instance, in 1592 Japan wanted to attack China and go through Korea to do it, the Koreans told the Japanese to get bent. Japan invaded Korea. After six years the Japanese gave up because it wasn’t working out too well for them (this was a cause of the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate).
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (YXnK3)
Court will want to see it in writing.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 01:58 PM (xhfG9)
There appear to be a wide variety of opinions on this......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)
I don't think that foul was play acting. She clotheslined her when she is in the air and Cunningham came down on her back with a bloody lip.
And Clark has been getting the crap knocked out of her forever. The leagues main audience is young girls, this is not the kind of attention they want.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (xhfG9)
Then the writing can include a determination of intent as a potential limiting factor.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (YXnK3)
I said that a few weeks ago.
I think Caitlyn and Sophie are in on it. Playing lots of white folks like chumps.
Go ahead - prove me wrong. Someone. Anyone.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (S0M0K)
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Clark hit immediate effect on attendance without being beaten up:
"Record-breaking opening month: Approximately 400,000 fans attended WNBA games in May 2024 alone, marking the highest-rated opening month for the league in 26 years."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (lWL3x)
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He definitely did stuff - intentional fouls to head/shoulders area to stop a layup or dunk. He couldn't jump, so he had to stop your take off.
When Lebaron was a rookie. His first time in the playoffs he got fouled on every possession at the end of the game when he drove the lane and it was mostly not called because he was a rookie.
Lambeer was a thug, even in the era of more physical basketball. The Pistons were generally a team of thugs, but Jordan probably got singled out the most for their "attentions". Way worse than anything Lebron had directed at him.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (9ZFZd)
Yeah, stupid.
I'm not sure who this was aimed at pleasing.
Posted by: Lizzy at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (X8xt3)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
I said that a few weeks ago.
I think Caitlyn and Sophie are in on it. Playing lots of white folks like chumps.
Go ahead - prove me wrong. Someone. Anyone.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (S0M0K)
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Well, I don't know if they're down to get beat up and physically injured. That was a nasty clothesline that coulda done serious damage.
I think the entire league is in on it, except them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
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Yes, her voice was angelic.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (De0dy)
Just like me, they long to be close to you
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (yZ6uc)
And the expert testimony on their lost earnings--and how they would dominate the league--will be gold.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (2YhKe)
All but mine are wrong.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (xhfG9)
Too hot and lazy to google. Already answered for sure.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:52 PM (ZdaMQ)
Wouldn't that make you a misterogynisy?
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (S0M0K)
It really just comes down to the guys being better looking. 😂
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
I said that a few weeks ago.
I think Caitlyn and Sophie are in on it. Playing lots of white folks like chumps.
Go ahead - prove me wrong. Someone. Anyone.
Posted by: Doof
If Vlark couldn't play or shoot, I'd agree with you. They fact that she can drop three pointers from the logo and pass like a demon, no. That's what is exciting the fans. Because before Clark, most people didn't even know there WAS a WNBA.
If not for Clark & her three point shooting, they still wouldn't. And if Clark goes European? The WNBA goes back to not being able to fill high school stadiums.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (pim0Q)
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I can vouch for this. Not just basketball, either. Someone getting lippy in a baseball game gets Rawlins tattooed somewhere on their body at the next at bat. Women don't even do that in their "softball" games.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (dIske)
And Clark has been getting the crap knocked out of her forever. The leagues main audience is young girls, this is not the kind of attention they want.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (viF8m)
Did you watch 42?
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (xhfG9)
Good at drums, bass, and especially production too.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:47 PM (77rzZ)
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Yes, her voice was angelic.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 01:57 PM (De0dy)
Just like me, they long to be close to you
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (yZ6uc)
Do y’all remember the muppets doing this song?
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (ZdaMQ)
And Clark has been getting the crap knocked out of her forever. The leagues main audience is young girls, this is not the kind of attention they want.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (viF8m)
The higher profile black women are showing themselves to be jealous thugs. Angel Reese is worthless, but she doesn't appear to be taking part in the cheap shit fouls very often, but that could be because she's a talent free hack that isn't part of the play very often.
They are proving themselves racist thugs because you're not hearing about flagrant fouls against other black players or whites on blacks committing hard fouls.
The league is a cesspool of horse crap and wigs.
I thought the college ranks would produce a better class of athlete, but I guess it doesn't. I don't know many coaches that would put up with this kind of garbage.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 02:03 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (XeU6L)
1. I wasn't aware that there was a new scandal.
2. If I had been aware, I would have ignored it to the best of my ability.
3. The world would be a better place if Fauci had used those two as test subjects rather than beagle puppies.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:04 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (9ZFZd)
The much ballyhooed Jordan Rules were basically: Beat the shit out of MJ at every opportunity because he’s too good otherwise
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: r-bird at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Y3swt)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:48 PM (yZ6uc)
Yeah but in addition how old is he now.
(What a grossly underrated actor)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Piper
I did not know soccer had tight ends. I claimed to my late wife that tight ends were why she watched college football. She did not deny.
Soccer players run up to 5 miles per game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM (yZ6uc)
Do y’all remember the muppets doing this song?"
I remember performing it with an ensemble that misread the key signature.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (ZdaMQ)
I said that a few weeks ago.
I think Caitlyn and Sophie are in on it. Playing lots of white folks like chumps.
Go ahead - prove me wrong. Someone. Anyone.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 01:56 PM (S0M0K)
Well, that would mean it's a business like the WWE, and not run and staffed (front offices to players) by a bunch of crazy feminists. I'm not sure I buy that.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (9ZFZd)
I think the entire league is in on it, except them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:00 PM (iFTx/)
Sure - that particular hit was nasty. It went too far. Wasn't supposed to be that flagrant. Cost of doing business.
I actually think my tin foil hat of EVERYONE being in on is more realistic than just 2 ladies who happen to play on the same team being the only ones not in on it.
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (S0M0K)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (yZ6uc)
When I was in Korea I visited the Korean Independence Hall. I got the sense that the Koreans don’t like Japan all that much. Japan trying to stomp out Korean language and culture might have something to do with it.
But it also goes back further. For instance, in 1592 Japan wanted to attack China and go through Korea to do it, the Koreans told the Japanese to get bent. Japan invaded Korea. After six years the Japanese gave up because it wasn’t working out too well for them (this was a cause of the rise of the Tokugawa Shogunate).
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (4g5V+)
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The Koreans made a recent trilogy of movies about it. "The Admiral" series about their legendary admiral Yi Sun-sin kicking Japanese ass all over the seas. Yuge, yuge Korean box office hit.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:49 PM (bFu5X)
The World Cup of what?
Posted by: Cow Demon
I've already seen this video. You'd best skip it.
Posted by: 2 Girls, 1 Cup at August 10, 2026 02:06 PM (tM78k)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at August 10, 2026 02:06 PM (HnIBa)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (YXnK3)
After the draft, and if you're eligible to play, they can become an undrafted free agent and any team can sign them.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
So, irrelevant invented outrage day at the AOS, eh?
While apparently under attack by adspammers?
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: sidney at August 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (nK5/c)
She's 36. The odds that she'll get a viable pregnancy out of those eggs, assuming she ever tries it, are no on her side.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:07 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ...
No. But you better be able to justify why you didn't pick the more qualified player when responding to a discrimination lawsuit.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 02:08 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: sidney at August 10, 2026 02:07 PM (Uy/WF)
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Angel Reece was primed to be the break-out star that Clark turned out to be. That a straight white girl who seems center-right beat the entire league at its own game drove them all insane with anger and resentment.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Local Draft Board at August 10, 2026 02:10 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (YXnK3)
Drafting people implies a preference and preferences are -ist.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:10 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Caitlyn Clark, linguine spine at August 10, 2026 02:10 PM (F1rMs)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:07 PM (ExV1e)
She honestly believes they have marked her the chosen one and she will be the first female president. She will wait until after she gets absolutely smoked in the next election, then use the pregnancy thing to garner sympathy the next go-around.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:10 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (yZ6uc)
___________________
Yeah, but the league eventually jumped in, and the refs started get more "meticulous". I still remember when they were taking promotional photos for the "Dream Team" and Jordan, Magic, and Bird were posing together, and the photographer asked them to move closer, and Bird says, "If I move any closer to Michael, someone will call a foul."
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (dIske)
Posted by: bonhomme at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (mkw2N)
The vaguer, the better! Any standard they set will immediately be used against restroom invaders in the wild.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: ...
No. But you better be able to justify why you didn't pick the more qualified player when responding to a discrimination lawsuit.
==
He was too old. Erm, we mean she was too old. It(?) was too old . . . does that not work?
Posted by: WNBA at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)
Angel Reece was primed to be the break-out star that Clark turned out to be. That a straight white girl who seems center-right beat the entire league at its own game drove them all insane with anger and resentment.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)
The bad thing is, they chose poorly as Reese is a f*cking HORRIBLE basketball player and was the 6th or 7th best player on her team.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)
Excellent...
excellent.
Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (uzmqU)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 02:01 PM
I hear you, Piper. I don't watch men's beach volleyball.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 02:12 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 02:08 PM (VbzrQ)
I don't think the draft is the right place to create a lawsuit. Unless that is the only way into the league.
And that likely has an out there are certainly more people who want to play in the league than open positions. And also "best qualified" is not the measure being used in the deaft anyway.
The win will be getting them to put it in writing.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:13 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)
C'mon. Somebody needs to lead the league in "mebounds."
Posted by: mr tmz at August 10, 2026 02:13 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Piper
I did not know soccer had tight ends. I claimed to my late wife that tight ends were why she watched college football. She did not deny.
Soccer players run up to 5 miles per game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 02:05 PM (u82oZ)
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That Nepali girl I mention was really sad when England got eliminated in the WC. She's a big fan.
"Why?" I asked. "You have no connection to England." Her answer? David Beckham was a yuge star when she was a little girl, and she had a crush on him. Thus ... England is her team.
As good a reason to be a fan as any ...
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
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? that girl can't make a layup she is terrible. She has so many rebounds because she can't hit a shot from 1 foot away and gets her own rebounds repeatedly.
Posted by: what a fraud at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (VIQkk)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Anal Greese can't shoot and is the only player who coined their own term to describe their playing style: Mebounds
Shoots, & grabs four mebounds from the original shot and still can't get it in.
Caitlyn Clark's average 3 point shot is from 27 feet out.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (VbzrQ)
The younger audience of mostly males wasn't turning out to watch the NBA as much as their fathers did. So they deliberately turned it into a more thuggish league.
The classy older players like Kareem, Doctor J, and even Larry Bird and MJ were replaced with tattooed thugs and wannabe gangsters, some with serious criminal records -- and who like to beat up women.
It worked. The same play is being run in the WNBA, but with the added drama of ugly racial hatred against white players.
I don't think it will work this time.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)
Kareem, classy?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (4g5V+)
Excellent...
excellent.
Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (uzmqU)
Trump will beat her in 2028.
Book it.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: ballistic at August 10, 2026 02:14 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Open Channel D at August 10, 2026 01:05 PM (gYnrv)
We're dealing with women who have fallen into this spiral where they feed each other's hate. It can only get worse without Divine intervention.
Posted by: Emmie at August 10, 2026 02:15 PM (OlzlW)
And that likely has an out there are certainly more people who want to play in the league than open positions. And also "best qualified" is not the measure being used in the deaft anyway.
The win will be getting them to put it in writing.
Posted by: blaster
1. On an outcome based sport, wins v losses, it's the only measure. You take the most qualified players.
2. That's the beauty of Kanter even mentioning lawsuit. It forces the WNBA to stake out a position. Which is keeping men out of women's sports.
And THAT'S the win.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 02:17 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Pudinhead at August 10, 2026 02:18 PM (KGj36)
- - - - - - - -
So Denise Rodwoman would still eligible for the WNBA?
Posted by: Another Anon at August 10, 2026 02:21 PM (4h45B)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 02:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
What if Kanter and White identify as lesbians for the purpose of playing professional basketball?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: mishdog at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (soKpm)
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Most are free or reduced price tickets. 90% bull dykes and gay men. 5% mutants who live in the bathrooms and shower with toilet water. 5% normal girls who play basketball themselves.
Oh not right
Try to get A Fever ticket 600-1000 a piece
Posted by: Gonzotx at August 10, 2026 02:35 PM (6tOVf)
If not for Clark & her three point shooting, they still wouldn't. And if Clark goes European? The WNBA goes back to not being able to fill high school stadiums.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 02:02 PM (VbzrQ)
The thing is, with Clark and her team you can see that actual BBall is being played, if not as fast or physical as the mens game. Even the *other* team is often running an offense rather than travelling and mebounding. The drama is that the rest of the league does not want to work that hard and is willing to maim the Fever players to restore the status quo.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:47 PM (uhVAy)
What if Kanter and White identify as lesbians for the purpose of playing professional basketball?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 02:28 PM (9Hs2w)
women dress in pants just like men these days.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)
- - - - - - - -
So Denise Rodwoman would still eligible for the WNBA?
Posted by: Another Anon at August 10, 2026 02:21 PM (4h45B)
he could probably thrash the NBA, much less the WNBA.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (Jr5Lq)
I don't think Carl Mays was charged for the beaning and death of Ray Chapman in 1920. They did phase out spitballs and cycled in balls faster so balls would be clean and presumably more visible to a batter.
Posted by: Oldcat at August 10, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)
I envision Kanter and White going "Trump, I read your book. You magnificent bastard!".
Posted by: mc at August 10, 2026 03:36 PM (C3K2d)
Remember, the WNBA, in 30 years, has never earned a profit. More common is a $40 to 50 million dollar loss each year. The men's league, NBA, covers their losses.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at August 10, 2026 05:11 PM (Uvvcx)
Open Thread
Hello. How was your weekend?
I'm dragging. I'll start working after this open thread. In case you missed it: white girls are continuing to cultivate fake handicaps and mental illnesses for attention and social advantage.Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)You can see her but she isn't there
She's the stealer of the light, it's crazy
But you go anywhere
It was just a summer night, maybe
When a shiver cut across the air
Should you run and get away, maybe
To go where-where-where ...
Where else is The Blade gonna go?
TO FIRST!
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (3VaUs)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (3VaUs)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at August 10, 2026 12:20 PM (/HDaX)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at August 10, 2026 12:20 PM (3VaUs)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:21 PM (OPGS/)
Behold the industrious Ewok, closing down the numerous open pornography tabs on his web browser, and accessing Hot Air.
Posted by: David Attenborough, in hushed tones at August 10, 2026 12:22 PM (+IsEU)
Attention seeking women have been with us throughout history, like people being first.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 12:22 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 12:22 PM (NFX2v)
So far I've lost both power and water at least twice each this summer.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (Jr5Lq)
That explains the troll, "Paul".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (/+uur)
==
make sure you boil it before use!
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (g47mK)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (FtULh)
Just spent the morning with the VA to get a new PCP, since we moved and my old PCP lives over three hours away.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: Tomorrow Never Comes at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (FJl0E)
Posted by: pookysgirl might need a new recipe at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Rita the Spaz at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (JM9I6)
That explains the troll, "Paul".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)
___
Heh.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:25 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:25 PM (JvZF+)
Perez Hilton again?
Posted by: No Name Today at August 10, 2026 12:25 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:26 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Marlon & Shawn Wayans at August 10, 2026 12:26 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Marlon & Shawn Wayans at August 10, 2026 12:26 PM (wVcYX)
- on my Samsung phone, it pops up and either blocks the whole page or it is clear, so I can't close the ad or scroll. I can't even read the site.
- on laptop, the pop up also blocks the whole page, either on "jump to bottom" or just a few seconds of inactivity.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (De0dy)
Mondays. I read ya man, it's a drag.
Except for we people of privilege, who are by now done with the Bloody Marys and considering the first nap of the afternoon.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (Y8DZL)
--------
In before the "Nothing will happen" guy
Posted by: 496 at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (nh8Xp)
Posted by: pookysgirl might need a new recipe
Go to King Arthur Baking and look for "Super Fudgy Sourdough Brownies."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (De0dy)
The girl in the vid really needs to meet a nice Muslim immigrant. He'd take care of her and iron out all her needs. Or beat her so badly she really needs a wheelchair.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (yZ6uc)
Yard work and the airshow was going on at JBER.
Saw the blue angles fly over the house a couple of times.
Very neat.
And loud. Loved every minute of it.
Posted by: Bosk at August 10, 2026 12:28 PM (VMFAF)
It's sad and pathetic. But can you blame them? Straight white girls are at the very bottom of the social hierarchy, ahead of only the utterly despised straight white men.
But unlike most men, who have an innate ability to tell their opponents to go fuck themselves, women are wired differently. Especially at younger ages, they are programmed to social-climb at almost any cost.
So how do they do that when society is telling them they are at the bottom of the ladder? Simple: they pretend to be members of the groups higher up the ladder.
That's why there's been an explosion of fake lesbians, fake "bisexuals," fake disabilities (especially mental disabilities that are impossible to verify), fake witches, and even fake trannies.
And it works. That's why they do it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (YXnK3)
The WNBA is a Garbage League
Han Solo Shot First
Tony Fraudci is a Bond Villain
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Jason Arday at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (1z8ji)
___
Heh.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (De0dy)
WAIT! so going down this Rabbit hole...
To connect the comments, Paul is a White Woman?
and as we call regular female posters here 'ettes'
ergo, he is... Paulette?
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (mP0Kj)
@SecRubio
The Cuban Communist regime is a state sponsor of terrorism that spies on America, arms violent left-wing radicals, spreads poisonous Marxist ideology, and serves as a staging ground for Russia, China & Iran just 90 miles from our shores. Today I sanctioned five Cuban entities and eight individuals associated with procuring arms for the regime. As President Trump has said: the United States will not tolerate a rogue state harboring hostile military, intelligence & terror operations on our doorstep.
Anyone supporting, sponsoring, or providing services to these sanctioned actors is at risk of being sanctioned themselves. Foreign banks and other companies that provide services to, or hold funds for, these entities should terminate those activities immediately.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: moki at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (X+NGn)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (wsAla)
Saturday. Dropped the boy child off at a birthday party. Took the girl child to the grocery store. Filled car with $300 worth of groceries. Headed home. Stopped at a red light. When the light changed, the giant, ultra-lifted truck behind me simply drove over the back of my car. Driver stated that I was too low for him to see. The other driver's insurance SHOULD cover everything that happened to my car.
Limped home, unpacked the groceries I could.
Less than half an hour later, a microburst front blew through with 70mph winds. Four mature trees down. Kids' trampoline folded in half. Siding ripped off the house. Four separate power line poles were snapped clean off by falling trees.
I've learned that wind damage is unique in the insurance world and my deductible is $20,000. So my repairs will be entirely out of pocket.
In less than 90 minutes, in completely unrelated events, my house and car suffered significant damage.
The power is still out and the first day of school is tomorrow.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AdHga)
She does it for the clicks and whatever $ they bring. Then Asmongold reacts and reaps some clicks. Then Ace reacts to Asmongold and gets some clicks. Click-based economy of 2026.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (cGjQu)
I pressured washed a fingertip. Don't ask how. It still hurts.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (MWfyi)
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At least it's clean!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (FZ29D)
Were they obtuse?
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (X+NGn)
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I thought it was pretty acute.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Axeman
I was chatting with this woman about him. She started to crow about how wonderful he was only to run up against me saying "Given how badly that little troll botched the AIDS epidemic, he should never have been allowed to handle Covid."
Apparently, I can end a conversation thread with one weird trick.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: dananjcon at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (8C1eU)
Posted by: Bosk at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (VMFAF)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:29 PM (yZ6uc)
Windows 10, using default Edge browser...
and Malwarebytes with ads turned off.
No popups here.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (mP0Kj)
So far I've lost both power and water at least twice each this summer.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (FZ29D)
Lost power twice this summer. Haven't lost water service.
But the City's sewer did get plugged a month ago. Thank God it didn't back up into our basement, but a couple of neighbors weren't as lucky.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (wtvvX)
Pears are like peaches for me. I adore canned pears. However, about half way through I am no longer doing it with love.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (wsAla)
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I think that's "Munchausen's By Proxy".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (Fi81e)
Jammed finger — Tape it
Pulled hamstring — Tape it
Cracked rib — Tape it!
Fractured skull — Tape it, you woose!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (yZ6uc)
We're not substantially different.
A person featured in viral videos or exhibiting severe mental health struggles online can legally qualify for U.S. Social Security disability payments if they have a diagnosed, long-term medical condition that completely prevents them from engaging in Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA) for at least 12 months.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (rbvCR)
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Only we didn't write a song about pears.
Posted by: The Presidents of the United States of America at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (Fi81e)
The power is still out and the first day of school is tomorrow.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung"
Wow. Sorry for your problems. Now I don't feel so bad about my fingertip.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (UjdFS)
She does it for the clicks and whatever $ they bring. Then Asmongold reacts and reaps some clicks. Then Ace reacts to Asmongold and gets some clicks. Click-based economy of 2026.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Asmongold was able to buy a new set of chompers with the $$, so good for him.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (0CU3H)
That's why there's been an explosion of fake lesbians, fake "bisexuals," fake disabilities (especially mental disabilities that are impossible to verify), fake witches, and even fake trannies.
And it works. That's why they do it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)
. . . and business is good!
Posted by: Rachel Dolezal, Transracial Activist with a Net Worth $500K - $600K at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (rii+a)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (OPGS/)
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Oooh, must make for the grands.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: Beartooth at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (NVp2u)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (wsAla)
Have been confused by Munchausen's and Munchausen's-by-Proxy. I am not sure which is which.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:34 PM (rbvCR)
But only if I HAVE to."
(your Dennis Miller impression here...)
'Yeah right babe. Sure.'
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 12:34 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:27 PM (YXnK3)
He's the douchiest commenter the blog has had in a very long time.
Posted by: bullshit detector at August 10, 2026 12:34 PM (ujlfI)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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From the sidebar. I mostly agree with this. But it sorta assumes that Arday was the one incompetent DEI token in a sea of competence and seriousness.
I think the reverse is true: almost all of supposedly serious academia -- including even the elite of the elite like Cambridge -- is a few islands of competence in a sea of flotsam and jetsam and drooling DEI retards spitting out garbage like a whale's blowhole.
There are literally entire college departments and disciplines that are nothing but gibberish and make-work stupidity. Such as sociology and education. Arday was both. Pure, useless, unadulterated bullshit.
Just like Claudine Gay, he ripped off prior academic papers. But the papers they ripped off were gibberish too.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (wsAla)
Which is why I call most of the Lib White Woman angst...
Munchausen Outrage by proxy.
THEY are not the ones actually being harmed, they are mostly outraged for other groups, most of whom are not angry at all.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Beartooth at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (NVp2u)
What are you up to so far? I have done jams, peaches and juice. I also pressure canned potatoes.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (2YhKe)
Pulled hamstring — Tape it
Cracked rib — Tape it!
Fractured skull — Tape it, you woose!!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:32 PM (yZ6uc)
My buddy's dad - "Shake it off like Don Baylor" (the MLB leader in hit by pitch)
Hit by a car? Shake it off like Don Baylor. Etc
That said - between all these dudes I think we could create a functional health system.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (YXnK3)
Apparently, I can end a conversation thread with one weird trick.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (OPGS/)
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The counter-narrative out there is "He did the best he could," which is far from what his diary shows--but they can't know that because the diary to find out how close to the best he could he did, is FOX NEWS Propaganda!!
And really should have fallen under privacy...for the guy that wanted us jabbed with experimental poison. And only treated with a medicine he invested in (remdesivir)
Posted by: The Presidents of the United States of America at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (nK5/c)
Couple of months back, crews were burying fiber optic cable along a nearby road. Bastards dug through the water line 3 times in a week. Each time, water company cut us off, then we had a boil order for about 3 days more.
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: moki at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (wLjpr)
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moki!!! Hey girl!
It's all good, the only distateful encounter was with the operator in at the St. Louis clinic.
But the one in St. James was very nice.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:36 PM (De0dy)
She is broken and should be institutionalized.
But we don't do that anymore and now everything is f*cked.
Well done, liberal shittards.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (Pee1E)
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Those types will just handwave this away until the Secretary of State replaces the word "should" with the word "must".
Posted by: mrp at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (De0dy)
I don't think I've ever had a real Pear. Are they really good like genuine Apples, or did they ruin Pears too?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (rii+a)
When you want to be at the top of the stack but lack the commitment to surgically alter your genitals.
Posted by: Chicks, man at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (Xt95m)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AdHga)
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Good day to stay in bed.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (MWfyi)
Bright side you have the cleanest finger this side of Appalachia.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:38 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Edith Bunker at August 10, 2026 12:38 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (MWfyi)
WHAT are you doing with MY DICK!!!!!
Posted by: Rosie O'Donnell at August 10, 2026 12:38 PM (2YhKe)
Saturday. Dropped the boy child off at a birthday party. Took the girl child to the grocery store. Filled car with $300 worth of groceries. Headed home. Stopped at a red light. When the light changed, the giant, ultra-lifted truck behind me simply drove over the back of my car. Driver stated that I was too low for him to see. The other driver's insurance SHOULD cover everything that happened to my car.
Limped home, unpacked the groceries I could.
Less than half an hour later, a microburst front blew through with 70mph winds. Four mature trees down. Kids' trampoline folded in half. Siding ripped off the house. Four separate power line poles were snapped clean off by falling trees.
I've learned that wind damage is unique in the insurance world and my deductible is $20,000. So my repairs will be entirely out of pocket.
In less than 90 minutes, in completely unrelated events, my house and car suffered significant damage.
The power is still out and the first day of school is tomorrow.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AdHga)
Good grief. Is your real name Job??
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:38 PM (wtvvX)
Me neither...
Steve Miller
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (cGjQu)
Ha! Beat me to it.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (S0M0K)
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Saw the blue angles fly over the house a couple of times.
Were they obtuse?
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (X+NGn)
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I thought it was pretty acute.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
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I know, right?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)
Usually I wait til the end of the "crop" to make more limoncello, not sure I'll make any this year, as there's still plenty in the freezer.
Speaking of booze, these fresh meyers make a killer Sidecar, which is sort of like a brandy margarita, with lemon subbed in for lime. With our hot weather (for here), I find myself making one every other day before dinner. (ABK6 VS cognac, not expensive but good and very fruity, for the booze part)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (U/Byj)
I don't think I've ever had a real Pear. Are they really good like genuine Apples, or did they ruin Pears too?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (qPpEt)
The best pear I've ever seen is a Selma Hayek.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (S0M0K)
Because you have to destroy the lid to get to the contents, but don't quote me on that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)
Yard work and the airshow was going on at JBER.
Saw the blue angles fly over the house a couple of times.
Very neat.
And loud. Loved every minute of it.
Posted by: Bosk at August 10, 2026 12:28 PM (VMFAF)
Interesting. When I was stationed there the airshow was the end of June/beginning of July.
Blue Angles? Right, acute or obtuse? (Sorry, couldn’t resist)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (4g5V+)
Me neither...
Steve Miller
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (cGjQu)
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Some people call him "Maurice".
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (77rzZ)
Types ... deletes.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: creeper at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (80oeU)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (YXnK3)
In less than 90 minutes, in completely unrelated events, my house and car suffered significant damage.
The power is still out and the first day of school is tomorrow.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (AdHga)
Wow, that is a kick in the gut, or two I guess. So sorry to hear that.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (9ZFZd)
Insurance is largely the biggest scam on the planet right below the Royal Family.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:38 PM (wtvvX)
It's going to work out. I'll pick up a rental on my way home from work today (I had to get an uber to a ride-share parking lot and I'll get an uber to the rental place), so that covers transpo.
I'll get the car to the shop when the adjuster gets done.
The only real struggle I forsee is the siding repair. I've called half a dozen places and every one of them said they'd reside the entire house, but don't do repairs.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (AdHga)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Hate to tell you but a lot of 'apple' pies on sale at supermarkets, etc. have pears instead of apples. Pears are naturally sweeter and often cheaper to use than apples for baking.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
I don't think I've ever had a real Pear. Are they really good like genuine Apples, or did they ruin Pears too?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:37 PM (qPpEt)
I used to love pears. No longer. Weird how that happens.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (4g5V+)
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Saw the blue angles fly over the house a couple of times.
Were they obtuse?
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (X+NGn)
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I thought it was pretty acute.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
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I know, right?
You gave it to us straight!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (S0M0K)
Because they can
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (S0M0K)
Grow up, be a responsible person. Stop depending on everyone else. Does that sound hard? Welcome to the real world.
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (S0M0K)
Because they can
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (YXnK3)
What a jarring response
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (S0M0K)
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Saw the blue angles fly over the house a couple of times.
Were they obtuse?
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (X+NGn)
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I thought it was pretty acute.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
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I know, right?
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)
Very complementary comments.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (wtvvX)
She does it for the clicks and whatever $ they bring. Then Asmongold reacts and reaps some clicks. Then Ace reacts to Asmongold and gets some clicks. Click-based economy of 2026.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
Asmongold was able to buy a new set of chompers with the $$, so good for him.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (0CU3H)
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In the perpetually on-line "influencer" world? Sure. Same as 99% of even reputable news outlets? NY Post? Little more than ragebait at this point.
But outside of this world, there are real girls using these same techniques to claw their way higher on the social ladder.
The explosion of trannies in the last 10 years is the most extreme (and often gruesome) example of this.
All these mostly younger, awkward, socially lower-tier girls -- otherwise shut out from society -- are so desperate to claw back some standing that they resort to dangerous, irreversible drugs and even gruesome Mengele surgeries.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (wtvvX)
They're real, and they're fabulous.
Posted by: The snake at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
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A lot of fruit juice is mostly pear juice.
I happen to love pears, but mainly as fruit.
Although Red Bull had a pear-flavored drink that I quite liked.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (Fi81e)
Oh my word, I am so sorry.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: EveR at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (BHhxj)
I dropped my home insurance a couple years ago. F it. I'd drop my auto insurance if I could.
Out of all the things that have inflated in price over the past decade, insurance (of ALL kinds) has got to be up near the top of the f'n list.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
Pears are different and can be picked up on immediately. More fibrous than apples. The texture is different. And pears have more grit to them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Clickle-down.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:44 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (MWfyi)
New pressure washer
https://youtube.com/shorts/idLmcJ2LeeA
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at August 10, 2026 12:44 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: A guy who's tired of this shit at August 10, 2026 12:44 PM (TbWk/)
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Wow...just. wow.
Thank God you're okay, and your kids still have a loving father in their lives.
My eldest daughter sustained significant damages to her car when some guy fell asleep at the wheel coming home from a long shift at the prison T-boned her.
She was driving for Uber at the time, and though she and her pax were more than shaken up, no injuries, praise God.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:45 PM (De0dy)
Were they obtuse?
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (X+NGn)
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I thought it was pretty acute.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
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I know, right?
You gave it to us straight!
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM
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It's a sine of things to come.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 12:45 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (S0M0K)
Because they can
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (YXnK3)
What a jarring response
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (S0M0K)
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We can put a lid on this here, though.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:45 PM (Fi81e)
Insurance is largely the biggest scam on the planet right below the Royal Family.
Posted by: Sponge
Not surprising when you consider insurance as essentially a casino and the policy holders as bettors. Actuaries for insurance are teh bookies calculating the odds.
House rule is they always win whether insurance or casinos in the long run and on average. And like casinos, they don't like people with luck (insurance-bad luck=claims, casion-good luck-winning against the house) so like casinos, insurance loves a sucker and hates an honest game. So they fire customers who are unlucky or lucky depending on the industry.
So, you either swallow large deductibles, self insure, or pay the casino its grifting percentage to avoid extraordinary damage to something you cannot afford to lose.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:38 PM (wtvvX)
It's going to work out. I'll pick up a rental on my way home from work today (I had to get an uber to a ride-share parking lot and I'll get an uber to the rental place), so that covers transpo.
I'll get the car to the shop when the adjuster gets done.
The only real struggle I forsee is the siding repair. I've called half a dozen places and every one of them said they'd reside the entire house, but don't do repairs.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (AdHga)
What type of siding do you have? My 1960's house is a combo of aluminum siding and brick, and I pray that never gets damaged.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (JvZF+)
Grocery store pickup tomorrow. I certainly hope a lifted truck does not drive over me, nor a tornado, earthquake, etc. This is a pretty rough planet, I've noticed. I try to keep my head on a swivel, but dang.
I've about a pound of burger, some taters and onions, a little instant rice, instant potatoes, a couple cans of cream of mushroom soup, better than bouillon base, a dozen eggs, and a few other staples like instant NIDO milk powder. And some soft Tortilla. I think I can make something almost edible out of this.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (qPpEt)
I don't know why. sometimes he acts mean and crazy.
Posted by: Paul
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He doesn't hate you, Paul.
And he's not mean and crazy.
That's on us.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (SDM/J)
No doubt. Women can be skilled at manipulation. This is attested in Scripture, and in the rest of recorded history.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:42 PM (S0M0K)
Ha! I always liked that song. One hit wonders AFAIK
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (JvZF+)
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Sounds like a job for a Merlot.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM
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So she's a click chick?
Posted by: Nods sagaciously at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)
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Yup.
I just bought a new homeowner's policy for my house from the same company that had my old one. Saved over 50% of what I had been paying and the coverage is as good or better. Kind of wish I could go back in time and find a new policy 10 years ago. I'd have a lot more money....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Not when cooked down and processed as they tend to be. One tell though is the color--pears are whiter than most apples and apples have a yellowish cast in most cases. Remember store bought caveat.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (E4rtv)
Modern feminism tells women that all their natural impulses are wrong. A normal woman content with her husband, family and place in life is viewed as an enemy and deluded freak. No wonder so many girls are nuts nowadays.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (137A3)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:45 PM (wtvvX)
It's vinyl. And about three months past the 2-year warranty (new build).
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (AdHga)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (De0dy)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Clickle-down.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:44 PM (Fi81e)
golf clap
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (S0M0K)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
It's quite good. I deliberately set one aside for a co-worker because I doubt any will be left when I go to get the container back.
Then again, my wife is VERY skilled at baking. Blood feuds have started over her pesto rolls.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:48 PM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (AdHga)
Is it vinyl siding? That could be a DIY job, if you can get matching material.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:48 PM (1z8ji)
Damn! Glad you're okay.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (bFu5X)
Those "gritty" things in Pears, are known as Sclerids. News you can use, right here at AOS.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (OPGS/)
I pressured washed a fingertip. Don't ask how. It still hurts.
Posted by: fd at August 10, 2026 12:30 PM (MWfyi)
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I got a PW last month to wash my car as the tires are too wide and staggered to go through an automated car wash.
I got one rated at 2500 psi. A name brand, not Chinesium junk. There's no way it's actually 2500 psi. Maybe it gets close to that with the "laser" nozzle. But with the other nozzles, no way.
Which is fine for me, as you're not supposed to use more than maybe 1500 to wash a car with PPF. But anyone thinking they're getting genuine 2500 is gonna be disappointed.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)
But only if I HAVE to."
(your Dennis Miller impression here...)
'Yeah right babe. Sure.'
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 12:34 PM (ZxPkt
I wonder how far she had to search to find a lift that was out of service so she could make her video.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Halfhand at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (B83/F)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:48 PM (1z8ji)
I 100% could. I have the tools and skillset.
What I don't have is a way to get safely up and down. I think I'd need scaffolding. It's a two-story, but cut into a hillside, so the back of the house is substantially more than two.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (AdHga)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM (JvZF+)
I see you've misplaced your man card
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (S0M0K)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 12:48 PM (OPGS/)
Oooh that's a good idea. What are they like? Soft, hard, crunchy, etc?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:47 PM (AdHga)
Well THAT sucks. Sounds like you're getting out sorted out, though.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (wtvvX)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:31 PM (Jr5Lq)
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Clickle-down.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:44 PM (Fi81e)
I nominate this for Portmanteau of the Year
Posted by: Very clever indeed at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (wsAla)
Posted by: Doof at August 10, 2026 12:39 PM (S0M0K)
The initial process was developed for bottles, but the inventor moved to England where there was a better developed steel and tinplate industry that could produce specialty cans at a lower price than glass.
The cans were lighter and more durable which was a positive since the first trials were done by the Royal navy.
Home canning developed out of stoneware (mostly) crocks that were sealed with fat or paraffin, and covered with parchment. This is an old technique and I am told that you can find "bog butter" tuns in bogs where foodstuff was preserved in butter buried in peat bogs, and the Romans also had a similar process
The glass "Mason" jar is an American development, it developed by a guy named Mason, and had a rubber gasketed glass stopper and required the same tech to finish the mouth that the crown cap for soda bottles needed to keep it regular. The Ball and Kerr companies were later development, Ball got big because they bought up a lot of their smaller competitors, and sadly they got bought by Rubbermaid, who buys the jars from other companies
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (rbvCR)
And he's not mean and crazy.
That's on us.
Posted by: SMH
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Well the Lord hates sinning and if you want the Lord to accommodate your sins, he won't. It requires becoming a different person following the example of Christ and that also means obedience to his words. That is the path to joy, peace, and contentment, following unrepentant sinning leads to unhappiness, discord, and eternal death if not stopped. And that is the reason that the Lord disciplines his children so that they stop sinning and follow the path. And that is why the Devil lurks in pride and I am not going to do that cussedness that leads to distance from the Lord.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:51 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:41 PM (E4rtv)
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Couldn't tell the difference.
Posted by: Jim Levenstein at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (2Ez/1)
You may have noticed that I am sort of obsessed about canning.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
The tar paper does look nice!
Posted by: Chip and Joanna at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:46 PM
I made a recipe like that many years ago. Hollowed out most of the pear, poached in spiced and sweetened white wine, then reduced the poaching liquid, mixed some in with mascarpone and filled the pears. Drizzled with good chocolate sauce and garnished with crushed toasted hazelnuts.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (bFu5X)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 12:50 PM (AdHga)
Scaffolding you rent. Also you can rent a manlift or a bucket truck. I hate ladders, but don't mind working at heights if I am supported by something substantial.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (1z8ji)
Her Majesty and I were standing at a restaurant waiting for a table to open up. We fell into conversation with another couple. Three chairs in the waiting area emptied. The two ladies sat down. Both of us guys refused to sit in the last chair. But we were both older.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Tex Lovera at August 10, 2026 12:40 PM (wtvvX)
Oh, yeah. She is a peach.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:54 PM (YXnK3)
And they make using the site on a phone impossible.
That is all.
Posted by: blaster at August 10, 2026 12:54 PM (xhfG9)
No benefits, no unemployment, no delayed COBRA, no payments what-so-ever. Just someone holding the door and a parting gift of walnuts with embossed letters on the container "YOU'RE NUTZ!!!"
I've given this some thought. It should be a thing.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 12:54 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)
I would have thought you had a squad of bikini-clad girls to do the job.
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:55 PM (X+NGn)
I think that's why they are most familiar with Christians who are approximately at their abstract-thinking level. And become convinced that that is just "Christianity".
Over the weekend, I saw a scrum on Youtube over words. The word was "deist", which somebody claimed was "closer to atheism than Christianity", which is an odd way to describe what the Founders wrote about "Providence" and when Jefferson said "I tremble to think that the Lord is Just", and also given that Jefferson, in his farewell address is the one founder who identifies the "Creator" he believes in as the "God of Israel".
Another said that it's either the case that there was a "contradiction" in the premise that (in some sense) America was a "Christian Nation" and that we could have freedom.
But atheists that just decided to take their simple brain into a new arena, neglect that they left a system where you aren't measured on brain function and entered into one where that is the main claim.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:55 PM (Fi81e)
I pressured washed a fingertip. Don't ask how. It still hurts.
Posted by: fd
Did that a decade ago on my thumb knuckle. Still have the "scar". It's like it pressure washed the melanin away. Just a white spot.
The wand was too long and I was trying to hold something.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:55 PM (VbzrQ)
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One very slow day, my platoon sergeant sent me alone to the motor pool, and suggested I power wash a specific truck that was going into maintenance. The engine bay. It took me a while to figure out how to start this thing, but it was not only a pressure washer, but it was boiling hot steam pressure. That thing worked REALLY REALLY GOOD. It melted decades of built up crap like it was nothing. I'm sure they are illegal by now.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:56 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
If you have to replace it, LP Smart Side works well with good paint on it. The early 80's version was a flop but the newer version is fast, easy to cut, has borates in for bug resistance, and holds paint better than natural products or for that matter hardiplank.
We had to replace some of our natural cedar siding with it and it simply works. And it was easy and light enough to diy it. Hardiplank is a beast if you don't have the right tools and to do it right requires steps that are not needed for LP Smartside. Nasty dusty cuts require respirators too with Hardi or its variants.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:56 PM (E4rtv)
Early peaches are in; smoked trout from the creek, sweet corn from the farm stand. Washed down with Two-buck-Chuck Chardonnay. A great Monday lunch.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 12:56 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)
Bulg is obsessed with cans, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:56 PM (1z8ji)
And they make using the site on a phone impossible.
That is all.
Posted by: blaster
Use Brave Browser for commenting on phone. Not one ad. Ever.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:57 PM (VbzrQ)
https://tinyurl.com/ycxstnke
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:57 PM (Jr5Lq)
And they make using the site on a phone impossible.
That is all.
Posted by: blaster
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Kill web scripting for this website.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)
I did it right across the top of my bare foot. Got distracted and lost muzzle awareness.
Pro-tip: wear shoes when pressure washing the driveway.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 12:57 PM (J4Dwc)
You get more of what you reward people for, and less of what you penalize people for.
And that is why we have people pretending to be victims or handicapped up and down the culture
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)
I would have thought you had a squad of bikini-clad girls to do the job.
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:55 PM (X+NGn)
A rotating harem shared with Moo Moo, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Common Tater
Not illegal. Insanely expensive. Commercial rigs. Northern Tool sells them.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Beartooth at August 10, 2026 12:33 PM (NVp2u)
What are you up to so far? I have done jams, peaches and juice. I also pressure canned potatoes.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:35 PM (rbvCR).
So far, peaches, beets, green beans, and apricots. Carrots and soups are next.
Posted by: Beartooth at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (NVp2u)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR)
Bulg is obsessed with cans, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:56 PM (1z8ji)
Per the modern style guide: pronounced hooterage
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:49 PM (iFTx/)
I would have thought you had a squad of bikini-clad girls to do the job.
Posted by: far cry at August 10, 2026 12:55 PM (X+NGn)
A rotating harem shared with Moo Moo, even.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (wVcYX)
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[Adopts The Thinker pose]
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 12:59 PM (iFTx/)
Pro-tip: wear shoes when pressure washing the driveway.
Posted by: one hour sober
Oh damn.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:59 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Common Tater
Nah. Hotsy
Posted by: MkY at August 10, 2026 12:59 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 12:59 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Orson
I was under the impression a 3-month trial period was standard. I guess too many court cases ended that.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 10, 2026 12:59 PM (diia5)
There is talking and thinking about stuff due to genuine curiosity and there is talking and thinking about stuff to prove you have an intellect and are "different". Guess which kind litters academia.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (1z8ji)
This is an avenue I didn't know existed. I'll look into it when I get home.
Thanks, AOP.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (AdHga)
I keep my Bustelo coffee in it, mostly.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)
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I've also got a Tampermonkey script ("user script") for this popup!
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider:
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Rent mason's scaffolding from the local equipment rental place. Not hard to set up but follow safety rules. Easy peasy. Move teh scaffold around when finished. If it wasn't siding, a towed bucket lift is also useful but expensive hourly compared with scaffolding.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:55 PM (VbzrQ)
The Paolo, he often hears, how you say, this lament.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (wVcYX)
You get more of what you reward people for, and less of what you penalize people for.
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I generally assume that unless there's a handicapped license plate, anyone parking in a handicapped spot is a fake.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:01 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 01:01 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at August 10, 2026 12:53 PM (ubCxQ)
We (and the rest of the church) went to a fundraiser for my SiL's mother to get a wheelchair for her MS. I would not be surprised if it cost $25K since it had a scissor-lift. She *loved* it, because she was a people person and could raise herself up to talk to people. A year later, she died from an aneurysm and her husband donated the chair to someone else.
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at August 10, 2026 01:02 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Beartooth at August 10, 2026 12:58 PM (NVp2u)
I plant beans now in the plot after I dig the potatoes out of it. They get mature enough to can before the frost kills the plants, they are the last thing I do.
Honestly, I don't much like green beans since I used to work in the cannery locally for years.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: Archer at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (wvc0i)
No problemo.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (UjdFS)
If you must go back with vinyl, get the insulated type as it is heavier and more rigid and less prone to damage by heat and wind. You gain a bit on insulation value but make sure to put some sort of rainshield--space with furring strips/or clips and underneath good ole tar paper or the newer high tech types like slicker screening by Benjamin Opdyke.
Don't use the Tyvek type as it is not really designed for that. You want spacing so moisture can leave the house but being blocked from entry.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: steevy at August 10, 2026 01:06 PM (YwEeS)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov
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In the aftermath of Helene, my insurance company canceled my policy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:06 PM (XeU6L)
I could get that 'wheelchair chick' down the stairs.
No problemo.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (UjdFS)
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https://youtube.com/shorts/6HCZdYdnAIc
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (LW5gG)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 10, 2026 12:59 PM (diia5)
I started a new job 4 months ago and I did have a 3 month trial period. Of course at my seniority level it was completely pro forma because they weren’t gonna hire someone at my level and a relo package if they weren’t already sure
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (yZ6uc)
They used to be more or less "mutual" associations. Voluntary. You know, they can make shit pencil out that way. Imagine that, a free market with Insurance. Can't have that.
My room mate in the .mil thought SR22 policies were "discrimination" or whatever, because, wait for it - he'd had a DUI. I said no shit it's discriminatory . Why should I carry your sorry ass because you drink and drive?
You don't really pay more so much as I get a discount. He didn't understand this, or pretended not to. Never let people who don't understand business regulate business.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (qPpEt)
agree.
I guess it doesn't matter?
I have found something that allows me to block scripts on just this site (and the comments which counts as different ones) but I'm pretty tech savvy AND I paid for the damn extension.
it doesn't MATTER that I was able to do it, nor does it matter that many of you use Brave, or whatever.
we're now a little group of die hards. normies can't read the site. that is bad.
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)
There is talking and thinking about stuff due to genuine curiosity and there is talking and thinking about stuff to prove you have an intellect and are "different". Guess which kind litters academia.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:00 PM (YXnK3)
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Well, at one time in America, most people were nominally "Christian", so being an atheist straddles the idea of "being smarter than most".
Although, you try to keep your ego in check, especially if you're more "skeptic" like I was, when I stopped believing in a God, that feeling that I must be smarter--or even "more woke" (And Lindsay wonders where the edge of this idea lies). You think "clearer mind", maybe, sure. But why are you in a situation where you have a "clearer mind", it must be a choice you made, and you must have made a superior choice. And this is only kicking the can down the road to avoid the feeling that I probably made a better choice, not by accident, but by some feature in me.
To me, some semblance of "smarter" is attendant to the practice of eschewing faith.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (Fi81e)
No problemo.
Posted by: wth at August 10, 2026 01:04 PM (UjdFS)
Easy peasy. Barely an inconvenience. - Richard Widmark in 1947's Kiss of Death.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Axeman
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I rarely see popups anymore and in fact have to lower shields on Brave to access some commercial websites that demand webscripting crap.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM (JvZF+)
SR22 is a carve-out, that they were able to achieve. You put all the drunks in a special pool of high risk drivers with high risk rates.
See how that works? It's OK to get pissed off. Just make sure the focus of your ire is directed where it really belongs.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:09 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 01:09 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)
Of course that may have always been the case....
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 01:10 PM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)
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Valid point. And I was thinking something along those lines last week.
AoS could become one of those sites that are completely unusable owing to ads--because some sites are that way.
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 01:11 PM (Fi81e)
Ima die-hard normie. I straddle worlds.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 01:12 PM (Jr5Lq)
I'm here for all of it. The plum jam is ruby red colored.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Black Orchid at August 10, 2026 01:07 PM (j+aD2)
Don’t leave Black Orchid! Trying downloading the Brave browser from the App Store, it eliminated the popups for me
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 01:13 PM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 01:08 PM
I found it in a Food & Wine Christmas article about 25 years ago, give or take.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 01:18 PM (3VaUs)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 01:24 PM (u82oZ)
I certainly am not a computer weeny, but am puzzeled by the ad problems. Using Chrome and Malwarebites.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:26 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: mnw at August 10, 2026 01:59 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at August 10, 2026 02:12 PM (hzuYO)
THE MORNING RANT: About that “Bad” Jobs Report Last Week: Private-Sector Jobs Increased, Government Jobs Decreased
The unemployment rate fell to 4.1% as labor force participation continued to slide.Yes, “labor force participation” by non-citizens decreased. But the unemployment rate keeps falling as actual U.S. citizens gain employment. Buried in this Bloomberg piece is another interesting number:
Private-sector payrolls rose by 30,000 for a second month…So to be clear, private-sector employers are not actually shedding jobs, it’s government that is shedding jobs. As reported by NBC, the Bureau of Labor Statistics ”showed a 5,000 payroll gain in the manufacturing sector in July and an additional 22,000 roles in construction.” This CNBC piece further explains that ”The main reason for the red headline number was a loss of 53,000 government workers.” The math works, and I’m not terribly bothered by this math: 53,000 displaced government workers were mostly offset by 30,000 new private sector jobs, resulting in a net loss of 23,000. I’d like to see continued momentum in both of these inputs – more reductions in government employment and accelerating private-sector job creation. To be clear, I don’t wish economic harm to those displaced government workers. I’d like for them to find gainful employment in the private sector. I’m going to repeat myself on the political significance of reducing government employment. All of those “Reagan conservatives” in legacy media who incessantly state that “Trump is not a true conservative” spent decades promoting “smaller government.” Suckers like me contributed money and bought subscriptions, believing they meant it. They didn’t. Trump is now doing what Conservatism, Inc. pretended to advocate for, and now all those “Reagan conservatives” are allying with Democrats and the left to protect the government behemoth from Trump. Here are a few more headlines about who is losing their jobs in the “Trump economy”: “U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrant Workers” [NY Times – 7/10/2026] “Federal workforce shrank 10% in Trump’s first year back in office” [Pew Research – 3/13/2026] “Employers Fear Labor Shortage as Many Immigrants Lose Protected Status” [NY Times – 7/26/2026] “Laid-off H-1B workers return to India, face lower pay as Big Tech expands GCCs” [The American Bazaar – 7/09/2026] “Is the American Dream fading? Inside the ‘reverse migration’ of Indian techies from US” [Firstpost – 8/034/2026] This is why Trump was elected. We need to be careful not to get swayed by headlines that conflate foreigners and government workers losing their jobs with what is going on regarding private-sector hiring of U.S. citizens. There is good news on that front, and it’s getting better. [buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 11:00 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 11:01 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 11:01 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 11:02 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 11:03 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 11:03 AM (wOO3z)
Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at August 10, 2026 11:03 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hillary! Dark Horse Candidate 2028 at August 10, 2026 11:04 AM (+ELp2)
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 11:04 AM (cGjQu)
MOAR firings. More. Until the government is small enough to fit in the capital building.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 11:06 AM (zjgNU)
I personally am sick of the power these Fed hack pricks have on the economy in particular and the country in general. Reading tea leaves and fine print on every fucking fart they squirt out.
Fuck these people. But alas, this is where we are. A few unelected, unresponsive, unpunishable hacks are in charge of 100s of trillions of dollars of market value.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at August 10, 2026 11:07 AM (iFTx/)
Those are rookie numbers. You gotta pump those numbers up.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at August 10, 2026 11:08 AM (zjgNU)
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Leftover from the New Deal where GOP reflexively kow towed to the bureaucratic class in practice while excoriating them in speeches.
This is what Faux News and most of Conservative Media TM does. Any of them could have done what Nick Shirley did years and years ago. Same with O'Keefe. They didn't. That tells you who they are--the junior partners in Uniparty that don't want to upset the senior partners aka the Democrats.
So they fart through their mouths on TV constantly about principles while taking it up the wazoo in practice but making bank from peddling their ass. And that is the Washington General GOPe, controlled opposition.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)
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So, I presume the numbers being batted around do not include the uniformed armed services. 238K government drones out of work is probably about right for the number who are/were at/past retirement age.
I know the claims these were younger employees, but I'm doubting that claim. The ones near retirement have incentives.
Meh... it's a start.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 11:10 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: A Twofer! at August 10, 2026 11:10 AM (JM9I6)
I personally am sick of the power these Fed hack pricks have on the economy in particular and the country in general. Reading tea leaves and fine print on every fucking fart they squirt out.
Fuck these people. But alas, this is where we are. A few unelected, unresponsive, unpunishable hacks are in charge of 100s of trillions of dollars of market value.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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The Fed exists to protect the bankers, not the American people and to finance our government deficit.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:11 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 11:11 AM (Dv3i1)
Each one who moves to the private sector further increases the productivity gain.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 11:13 AM (JvZF+)
Those are rookie numbers. You gotta pump those numbers up.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
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Takes Congress to do it. Unless Trump crossed the Rubicon and becomes Caesar, we are stuck with the form of the Republic that allow judges to stop things while the GOPe in Congress secretly approve.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:13 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 11:14 AM (JvZF+)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Took a peek at the art today. Glad I slept in.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 10, 2026 11:14 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)
And what happens when the controlled opponent comes up against a magically transformed D party...?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:14 AM (YXnK3)
I’d like for them to find gainful employment in the private sector.
*insert Ray Stantz Ghostbusters clip here*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 10, 2026 11:15 AM (iqcvy)
Exactly! Like say (pull one out of the hat at random) …. Pol Pot! and the amazing Khmer Rouge government in Cambodia.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 11:15 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 11:16 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:09 AM (E4rtv)
And what happens when the controlled opponent comes up against a magically transformed D party...?
Posted by: ...
Menshevik, meet Bolshevik.
Bolshevik, Menshev...um...damn. Not gonna get the stains out there.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 10, 2026 11:17 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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It's down but federal salaries/benefits are just a rounding error in the federal budget compared with Medicaid, Social Security, and Medicare. And that is where the easy pickings to eliminate fraud exist.
Frankly, we would get a better class of Congress critters if we took them off the private grift dole and actually paid them in consequence to their business decisions on the budget. Deficit--they don't get paid, Surplus, they get a big wad of cash. Ban all other outside income for them and their family.
I think Millei is trying that out in Argentina. It would take constitutional amendments here which simply are not going to happen.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 11:17 AM (3ElP1)
The Vance led fraud task force has already uncovered more than $230 billion in fraud from government spending and he claimed that was a conservative estimate. Also stopped another $56 billion in fraud that was set to go out the door. And they are only 6 months into the process.
Sooner or later that is going to add up to real money.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 11:17 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: VP Emerita at August 10, 2026 11:19 AM (JM9I6)
Would it be inappropriate to hope that California gets at least a minor temblor that exposes, once again, the incompetence of Newsom and the one-party rules of that once Golden State?
Not wishing death upon our countrymen, but the nation needs to see just how dysfunctional Newsom and his Leftists have become in responding to issues.
If it spares us the possibility that Newsom could ever occupy the WH, a few billions in infrastructure damage might be worth it.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 10, 2026 11:19 AM (MNCvZ)
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Yes. Also, make them live with Social Security, Medicare, the stupid "Affordable" Health Care exchanges, FINRA's insider trading rules. A whole host of regulations for thee and not for me. It's criminal what they get away with.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 11:21 AM (Jr5Lq)
Seems like it was only a few weeks ago they were taking their spring vacation. Sorry asses.
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 11:22 AM (fV9m3)
Let’s play the “what if roles were reversed” game. Biden or Obama jobs report shows 30k net new private sector jobs. Would you be saying great job Mr President?
Posted by: Be Honest at August 10, 2026 11:22 AM (qDa2L)
Posted by: ...
Bolsheviks in Russia were successful for one specific reason--the floundering WWI response by Russia and soldiers wanted to live. Those peasant soldiers turned around (some of them anyway) and served as the core for the asshole Bolsheviks to win over the Mensheviks.
By contrast, the color revolutions are more like coups than revolutions simply displacing the political opponents at the top while shoving their people in.
The French Revolution is more to the desire of the left in the US aka Jacobins. They believe in crashing the system will end up with them on top in the ensuing fight. And that was primarily an urban centered revolt, not the peasantry.
Not clear how that will work when the peasantry outside the cities in the US actually have a lot of firearms whereas peasants in France had no such thing. As the Anabaptist radicals found out in Reformation Germany--cities are death traps liable for sieges if you don't have field armies to keep them from being cut off.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2026 11:24 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Dave at August 10, 2026 11:25 AM (sbsMc)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 10, 2026 11:25 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 11:26 AM (Jr5Lq)
Wild video of the church partially collapsing. People standing on the corner across the street watching/videoing while electrical lines are shaking above their heads. Yikes.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 11:26 AM (J4Dwc)
If illegal immigrants are "doing the jobs Americans won't do" how come the jobless rate isn't skyrocketing?
Anywhere from 2 to 6 million illegals have left in the last 2 years.
Yet ....
And why is the "number of Americans finding jobs" almost exactly equal to "foreign born workers who lost jobs?"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 11:27 AM (3cUTc)
What do you call "a loss of 53,000 government workers"?
An ADEQUATE start. Do better, PDJT and Company.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 11:27 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Dave
I think the author is referring to those in DC that keep referring to themselves as Reagan Republicans that are principled in comparison with the uncouth Trump. So you get endless crap from them about style, language, and manners-civility, while they promote the Democrat agenda.
The real core of the Reagan administration are all dead--these are the minor functionaries that stayed in DC and became GOPe in using Reagan to ward off accusations of not being conservative. They hide in plain sight that way.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:27 AM (E4rtv)
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I will. But I'm trying to work out a best time to retire. Outside of who is running the country, the next couple of years I should be preparing to execute on a retirement plan. If the Dems get back in, I have a fear they'll quickly confiscate everything I've saved up for decades in order to pay for housing all the new illegal migrants they will bring in and then I'll wish I kept my job to pay for food, utilities and property taxes.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 11:28 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: gp
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We had cheaper interest rates 2017-19 and that is why Trump had it with Powell and the Dems, they are making the deficit worse by keeping interest rates high plus it is preventing a certain level of business investment as the interest rates currently don't warrant investing.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)
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Reagan had some serious obstacles in that era, make no mistake. But the situation is far different today, and by necessity, requires a far different approach.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 11:30 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Congress has to do it. Not Trump.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
If the Dems get back in, I have a fear they'll quickly confiscate everything I've saved up for decades
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They'll toss you an IOU and say it was never your money in the first place. Congratulations, you're now a "billionaire".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 11:34 AM (O0L8i)
If you've got a good job now, hang onto it if you can. Expect AI-fueled firings, and a resurgence of inflation to pay for the war and increased debt payments. Expect the do-almost-nothing Republican Congress to be replaced by a destroy-everything Dem Congress. Prepare for the worst, hope for something better than Bad.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 11:34 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 11:34 AM (nKNa5)
Heh. History shows again and again...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 11:34 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 11:35 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 10, 2026 11:36 AM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Reforger at August 10, 2026 11:37 AM (NRR8r)
A Trump prosecutor losing cases in DC is expected.
The best would do the same. LAWFARE. Take everyone of them to court and make it cost them. One said, 'the four days in jail were the most horrible in my life...the roaches and rats'. Good glad you enjoyed your stay.
She's giving the Dem Clan grief and that's good.
She needs to calm her tits and make up with the boss.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 11:37 AM (Pee1E)
I don't think we spend enough time really looking at the Democrat Party and the changes that are happening to the election process. The DNC has always been a powerhouse when it came to funding. Now, it is basically broke and had to put up their DC HQ as collateral for a loan.
USAID is basically dead. ActBlue is under investigation and a shell of what it was. And the party is in a civil war because they let communists and islamists into their "big tent" and now they are taking over.
They have no real platform other than hating Trump and us. All of their woke idiocy is dying and even they are running away from lots of it. And sooner or later we are going to get voter ID and even more election integrity stuff. Even Democrats want it.
Where we are today is nothing like even 4 years ago.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)
Much travel this summer. People are out and about, airports are packed, vacation areas booming...
Folks are refusing to play distress
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 11:37 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Congress has to do it. Not Trump.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)
If congress refuses to act, then the first dem prez will rescind everything Trump has done on the first day. We will have to learn to live in misery.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at August 10, 2026 11:37 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:
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Congress has to do it. Not Trump.
Posted by: whig
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If Congress could only muster enough budget cutting to strip 238K federal jobs, they're not working hard enough.
I'll pretend to be surprised.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 11:38 AM (2Cry5)
Looks like January 2028 for me. Two years before I wanted to.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 11:38 AM (VbzrQ)
Inflation kills savings. Your saved money is worth less. I understand your worries.
Posted by: Case at August 10, 2026 11:38 AM (fV9m3)
Posted by: Be Honest at August 10, 2026 11:22 AM (qDa2L)
Well, since they are Democrats, I would assume they were lying. Like you.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 11:38 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 11:15 AM (3ElP1)
Not *so* random. The Democratic Republic of Kampuchea was the one perfect counterexample when people say "communism hasn't been tried".
As zombie pointed out, communism is the utopian end-state. Marx himself would agree that to be a "communist" was like a Christian staying his kingdom is not of this world. So when "communists" take over they don't institute communism - because they can't. Instead they institute a dictatorship of the proletariat. Usually calling it "democracy".
Saloth Sar and his boys just skipped over that step and did the perfect utopia immediately.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 10, 2026 11:40 AM (88C+u)
You're probably right, but Dear Lord I despise debt.
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 11:40 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Common Tater
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As someone who lived through that era and spent part of it on Capitol Hill during the early Reagan years, the problem was the same. The New Deal and ensuing Cold War warped the GOP party--they resolved to never cut back on the welfare state but to fight Communists abroad and in the US. Reagan was the first GOP president actually talking about rolling back government--Eisenhower, Nixon, and Ford didn't nor would have Dewey done it in 1948. The GOP became progressive at home (always had a progressive wing since the founding of it) and used Communism/Socialism as their rallying call.
So when Reagan sought to reverse big government, he had to fight his own party to obtain even minuscule gains and his second term became a series of compromises leading the Bushes and a return to big government--kindler, gentler Thousand Points of Light crapola rather than Reaganism. Most of those calling themselves Reaganites are actually Bush Republicans--concerned with form and process, not actually performance.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)
I'll pretend to be surprised.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Those are the government jobs that service their donor class via programs, grants, etc. That is why GOPe doesn't want to defund and remove useless government workers--they are the critical link in the administrative state favoring political donors over the people.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)
I always thought the dementia was starting to bite early 1986. A lot of bullshit libtard bills passed Congress and the Republican Senate that year, which got autopenned. Resulting in the not-so-Republican 1987-8 Senate.
Posted by: 88C+u at August 10, 2026 11:43 AM (88C+u)
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Doing, yes. Saying, no.
There's still a chunk who consider him to be "not our people" because he said pussy.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 11:44 AM (XvL8K)
Where we are today is nothing like even 4 years ago.
Posted by: JackStraw
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True, we forget the good now compared with the past and worry about the future. Worry has a place in formulating concrete plans for SHTF but it should not become where you take counsel in your fears as Patton would say to roll up and do nothing and support nothing.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 88C+u at August 10, 2026 11:46 AM (88C+u)
I expected Trump of all people to survive and blow past it. The media will say he failed no matter what and Iran *may* be helping, depending on Trump's reasons and intentions.
Other than that the term is fine. The biggest obstacle right now is the feckless testicless bastard traitor GOP.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:47 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)
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Yep. I cringe every time I hear "constitutional scholar & lawyer" Hugh Hewitt -- proud advocate of "Birthright Citizenship" -- call himself a "Reagan Republican."
* insert jerkoff motion here *
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 11:47 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: 88C+u
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Democrats won the Senate in 86 elections and so we returned to a all Democrat Congress until 1994. And whatever reform impulses that G. Bush might have had were dead on arrival. Even the fall of the Berlin Wall had Bush obsessed with worrying about the disorder in Eastern Europe and neglecting to tell his peeps like Glaspie in Kuwait not to tell Saddam it was okay to invade Kuwait.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 10, 2026 11:48 AM (gqfZb)
"I was a footsoldier in the Reagan Revolution." -traitorous cumstain McCain
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:48 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 11:50 AM (h6CE+)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:50 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 11:50 AM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 10, 2026 11:50 AM (gqfZb)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Never mind that those demented genetic accidents would have been giggling like drunken Japanese schoolgirls if Clinton had said it.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 11:51 AM (OPGS/)
* insert jerkoff motion here *
Posted by: ShainS
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Hewitt was a minor functionary--he was a deputy director for about six months at the OMB just before the Bush administration. And exactly the type of Bush GOP type that uses Reagan's name to advance Bush GOP policies. Birthright citizenship is an example of the gentler kinder Cold War approach--if we welcome the world that the world will welcome us back crapola.
Never like the guy, slimeball Conservative Media TM type poseur, and about as much a warrior as a bowl full of jelly.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)
Oh, no, they're removing bloated ticks from the body public!
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2026 11:51 AM (kIFVO)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:51 AM (YXnK3)
"I was a footsoldier in the Reagan Revolution." -traitorous cumstain McCain
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 11:48 AM (YXnK3)Pres
But he fragged President Trump. Just like Cornyn, Tillis, Collins, and on and on....
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 11:51 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 11:28 AM
The wife and I are seriously discussing how we can drain our 401k as fast as possible without increasing our overall federal tax bill or increasing our medicare part b premium.
Because at some point in the near future democrats are going to be back in power and they are not going to leave all of that 401k money just sitting there unused.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at August 10, 2026 11:52 AM (cpFbA)
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Doing, yes. Saying, no.
There's still a chunk who consider him to be "not our people" because he said pussy.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Pussy pussy pussy pussy. Nope. Not here.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 11:53 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 11:53 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: ...
"Yeah, we have a couple of regular trolls here. Ace took pity on the poor little critters and we morons chipped in to buy them dictionaries. Have to keep getting them new ones because they keep eating them."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 11:54 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Reagan made it unpopular for GOP types in the primary to oppose him so they simply adopted the label to call themselves Reagan Republicans while actually going back the same old moderate gentler kinder, slower surrender to the Democrats. The ones that are left alive were never the warriors but the minor functionaries like Hugh Hewitt that adopt ed the name as protective coloration. He is the typical cuck Republican in service to corporate blob donors and globalists, not the American people as Reagan was.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)
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They took it personally
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 10, 2026 11:54 AM (gqfZb)
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I think there is no bigger tell that they know they are losing than how much they are embracing the diametrically opposed "liberal socialism" and radical islam.
Not because they are compatible but because those have the energy (and bodies) their own governance lacks.
Esp. re: islam.
It'd be like the Nazis starting the war as against Russia then desperately seeking to ally with them as the US planes fly unimpeded over Berlin.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 11:55 AM (3cUTc)
Yeah, we know. Imagine a Redcoat trying to remain in Colonial America using a similar line.
Posted by: t-bird at August 10, 2026 11:55 AM (kIFVO)
All men are rapists.
Except the muslims raping me right now.
And the illegal immigrants who raped me last week.
But, other than them, all men are rapists.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 11:56 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 11:28 AM
The wife and I are seriously discussing how we can drain our 401k as fast as possible without increasing our overall federal tax bill or increasing our medicare part b premium.
Because at some point in the near future democrats are going to be back in power and they are not going to leave all of that 401k money just sitting there unused.
Posted by: Mister Scott
What could go Possibly wrong? The World Safe For Socialism; where Everything is Owned by Everyone and enjoyed by NONE.
SOLUTION: JD/mELON have to throw-down against cTHIEL and the accelerationalist, who, like Harry Lime at the top of the ferris wheel wouldn't be bothered one jot if one of those dots down there (you) stop moving...
Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at August 10, 2026 11:56 AM (X3zjp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 11:58 AM (0Oolu)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
And they are equally bankrupt--GWB was asked what he and his father talked about on the golf course--the answer was pussy. GHWB own wife admitting in print that the late NYT hit on pappy Bush was accurate--he was banging a government secretary driving Babs to despair.
Most of these pecksniffs do it for political points--not actual morality. They are as fake and gay as Jim Bakker and Tammie Faye. And they do it to undermine any chance for real reform--that would cost their corporate puppet masters bucks if it happened. None of those mega corps are interested in the least in free enterprise--they instead want their side deals and grifting left alone and they pay protection money to pols to do it for them.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:58 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 11:59 AM (9CZQg)
Reportedly, while core state government administrative roles tend to stay stable, education components within local and state definitions heavily distort the monthly totals. The wider cooling in the labor market also reflects tighter municipal budgets as pandemic-era federal relief funds fully phase out.
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Federal non-military employment: ~2.66 million workers (down from a recent peak of roughly 2.31 million to 3 million depending on "inclusion metrics" prior to 2025).
A cumulative reduction of over 350,000 jobs (nearly 12%) since early 2025 through buyouts, attrition, and policy changes. (Most were clearly able to retire and were hanging around to see the offers that always appear for the higher grade levels when there's a change of administration. I've heard the next bigger group retiring under FERS will be around January.)
Remember, O & Joe radically changed Federal civil service and Biden stacked the agencies with bodies.
If construction, agriculture, manufacturing numbers are decent, Yay.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 11:59 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Lincoln had his own problem with a cabal of assholes in his own cabinet that thought they should have been president instead of him. And this Heather Cox creature is simply another one that strips the historical context and claims Lincoln's legacy as her own. GOPe version of False Valor.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)
I cannot even imagine having that sort of conversation with my father. Admittedly, since he cheated on every woman he married - except, possibly, the last one since he was so old - he was more familiar with that body part than I but, still.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 12:01 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Mister Scott
I did after 59 & 1/2. In service withdrawal without the huge penalty. Did it in small enough increments that it didn't hit the tax side too bad.
That's what fixed up the old house to sell yo be able yo move up here. Yeah, it hurt, but doesn't leave the dems much to get their hands on.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 12:01 PM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 11:59 AM (9CZQg)
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A government job is an anti-job because it takes yet five more private sector employees to pay taxes to pay that government salary and bennies.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:02 PM (JvZF+)
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This is something 'average Joe' needs to re-learn. It was common knowledge at one time but thanks to the education system it's been eliminated from memory.
These pests, vermin, if allowed to exist will insinuate and consume every vulnerable brain. At one time teachers and school systems drummed this into heads full of mush (Better Dead than Red) but this vermin has taken over education leadership.
It's time to re-educate America's soft middle.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:02 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 12:02 PM (L8DX7)
They try to tell us their jobs, the situation, the work is just so far beyond our ability to comprehend.
Trump cuts through that. The politicians and their donor class hate it. Hate him for doing it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 12:03 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Paul
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You fail to account for net migration. Any gain at all in construction likely means some multiple of the number is jobs going to US citizens, and a corresponding loss among those self deporting.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 12:03 PM (XvL8K)
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:41 AM (E4rtv)
There’s a gal in the neighborhood who was a page (or whatever they call them) in the first Reagan admin. She’s got a couple of pics of her and Reagan in the house as well as a framed autographed poster of him over her fireplace. Reagan wasn’t perfect, but my first ever vote was for him in the 1976 TX GOP primary as a college freshman.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 10, 2026 12:05 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 12:03 PM (XvL8K)
Further, putting aside data centers, one would assume that builders can read the numbers as well and might be hesitant to add headcount when there might not be any building to be done.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 12:05 PM (ExV1e)
So many colleagues are now in the unemployment line and are unusually unable to find gainful employment.
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 10, 2026 12:06 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
Reversal of the Biden years and reported separately. Biden's jobs went to illegals and H1Bs, Trump has been causing job losses to those categories but an increase in US citizens being hired.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)
Latest US jobs report shows 1.7 mn immigrant workers—many Indians—fall off payrolls as native hiring rises, underscoring visa curbs and fresh job fears in America
1.3 Million US Born workers got a job in the same 18 months since Jan 25.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 12:07 PM (/+uur)
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Not just savings. Investments. They are denominated in dollars, after all. Roughly cut in half every 20 years, and that's if they somehow maintain the laughable 2 per cent "target rate". This is criminal.
To add insult to injury, one may well owe tax on the "capital gains" which is merely a nominal increase in the numbers.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:09 PM (qPpEt)
Posted by: Jordan Sullivan at August 10, 2026 12:10 PM (+IsEU)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at August 10, 2026 11:59 AM (9CZQg
I don't even count.
Posted by: Innumerate MFer at August 10, 2026 12:11 PM (AHnba)
He was take off to a farm so he has room to run and romp and play.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 12:11 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: TxAnn
Reagan, like Trump in his first term, was beset by GOPe traitors harkening back to the Nixon-Ford administration. He had to fill a lot of jobs and could only put some of his people in charge. He also wanted Paul Laxalt as VP but was forced to accept Bush to avoid a fight at the convention on the floor--people forget that GOPe tried to force Gerald Ford in as VP but co-president in fact on Reagan. He accepted Bush as VP in order to quell that rebellion.
The professional corporate wing of the GOP hates populism with a passion because it interferes with making a buck for them, their friends, and their donors by any means possible.
That is the weakness of democracy and as they become wealthy and powerful, you get the slimeballs that seek to divert money to themselves and cronies and seize power to do so.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)
He was take off to a farm so he has room to run and romp and play.
Posted by: r hennigantx
He had his fill of goats.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 12:13 PM (h6CE+)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:02 PM (JvZF+)
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Much more than that as each government job actually decreases private sector jobs through regulation. in kalifornia in the early 2000s, if every 3 people hired 1 was government and 1 was for meeting new regulations from government hire. So only 1 person was actually making the private sector work out of 3 hires.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at August 10, 2026 12:13 PM (xvV+O)
They try to tell us their jobs, the situation, the work is just so far beyond our ability to comprehend.
Trump cuts through that. The politicians and their donor class hate it. Hate him for doing it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Pretty much.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 12:14 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (YXnK3)
Truer words were never spoken, Buck. I spent 30 years supporting the conservative-industrial complex with my dollars and attention. Pretty much to an institution they have failed - with the exception of publications like Tyrell's American Spectator.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (0CU3H)
What I mean, Reagan was the model of civility and decorum.
What has being nice gotten anybody in this arrangement?
It requires a different approach now. It required a different approach then, too, but. Mr. Trump understands this implicitly.
He really is a nice guy, believe it or not. He's a sweetheart. I bet he even knows all about what fork to use and the social graces. None of the clowns he is up against are worth treating with civility, now are they?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (qPpEt)
Stop being a gunsel, and nuke them already.
Posted by: Use of the word "Gunsel" at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (F1rMs)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (FtULh)
Posted by: gp at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
The point was that Trump was engaged in a private conversation as was Bush and his father on the golf course--and this was reported in the GWB years as prezzie. Yet the pecksniffs ignore that and excoriate Trump. And Trump's comment was more that fame and wealth lead at least some women into doing anything to be adjacent to it. In contrast, the Bush's comments dealt with sexual attraction to individuals. It is a fine distinction but one is describing how the world works--the other is lust.
I saw it on Capitol Hill and in politics, in academia, etc.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (YXnK3)
I saw a number that had NGOs at having spent about $12.5 Trillion since the Obama years.
About a Third of our deficit.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 12:20 PM (/+uur)
Posted by: alpine_beer at August 10, 2026 12:20 PM (van9r)
What I mean, Reagan was the model of civility and decorum.
What has being nice gotten anybody in this arrangement?
It requires a different approach now. It required a different approach then, too, but. Mr. Trump understands this implicitly.
He really is a nice guy, believe it or not. He's a sweetheart. I bet he even knows all about what fork to use and the social graces. None of the clowns he is up against are worth treating with civility, now are they?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:16 PM (qPpEt)
While I have big, big problems with Reagan - most of the issues that we're dealing with now are because of his failures in addressing them at the time - immigration, Iran, affirmative action (thanks, S.D. O'Connor!), etc., he was the absolute best that we could have had at the time. It was truly a different DC back then, and Ronaldus Magnus was sui generis for his time. Trump could not really be the POTUS he is today without him (and us) noticing where Reagan fell short. He's indeed standing on the shoulders of a giant.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 10, 2026 12:21 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:23 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (DsDRo)
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The Wimp Factor
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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He wouldn't have won if he didn't take Bush.
They would have seen to it.
They told him.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:24 PM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Axeman at August 10, 2026 12:25 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at August 10, 2026 12:43 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: ...
Or created new, crazy programs in the Veterans Administration in lieu of fixing the frigging agency so it actually serves our veterans as it has been mandated to do.
Ridiculous.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 12:44 PM (NFX2v)
The jobs numbers have been awful. No amount of "shifting thru the data" is going to solve that. I have never known so many people out of work and they've been out of work for a long time.
Trump's management of the economy has been a masterclass in mismanagement.
Govt ownership of companies? Raising taxes (sorry, tariffs) on businesses and consumers?
Are we really surprised job growth is stagnant (at best).
Posted by: Pedro at August 10, 2026 01:54 PM (WWUTy)
Posted by: Fox Butterfield at August 10, 2026 02:11 PM (4NO2D)
Nice work, Buck.
Posted by: boatbuilder at August 10, 2026 02:56 PM (uCKpg)
It isn't possible that the government was hiring illegal immigrants, is it?
Posted by: MikeN at August 10, 2026 03:04 PM (AraSZ)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Jared French
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (6/7Fs)
What his grasping of a black rod when a woman is sitting right there is gay?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (uOLkU)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
Hiroshima brand SPF 5000
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)
What was the white stuff surfers and beach goes would put on their nose? (besides cocaine?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: redridinghood at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)
Zinc oxide.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Rex Ryan at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: The Paolo at August 10, 2026 09:34 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: George Costanza at August 10, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:34 AM (h6CE+)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 09:34 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: moki at August 10, 2026 09:35 AM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:35 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at August 10, 2026 09:35 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (sCWcD)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (h6CE+)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Teddy at August 10, 2026 09:37 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 09:37 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (6/7Fs)
'And Audie Murphy, standing upon the wrecked and burning tank destroyer, furiously blew his whistle at the advancing Germans.'
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:37 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:37 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Former First Son at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)
I think this may well be a depiction of a young Deborah Birx.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)
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Cock-eyes?
*ducks*
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Agony of De Feet at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (JM9I6)
Then I looked up the description of the painting, and found out that … that’s basically exactly what the artist painted!
Bro was gayer than two dudes blowing each other and painted a scene of him on a beach on Fire Island with his gay lover and ‘wife.’
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (qszYa)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)
Marty Feldmanism?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Hunter Bidet at August 10, 2026 09:42 AM (TExia)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (6/7Fs)
Come to Coronado Beach for some fun in the sun!
Posted by: BUD/S Instructor at August 10, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:42 AM (h6CE+)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 09:43 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 09:43 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 09:43 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Don't Taze Me, Bro! at August 10, 2026 09:44 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 10, 2026 09:44 AM (sCWcD)
Posted by: Dude On The Left at August 10, 2026 09:45 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Your frumpy middle aged sexually deprived spinster high school art teacher at August 10, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
"White Supremacist Nazi ICE Agent Prepares To Beat Dark Illegal Alien Dark Cultural Enrichers With A Pipe."
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 09:46 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: Schweddy Balls at August 10, 2026 09:47 AM (JM9I6)
"The Day After ChatGTP Godplex 2056 Killed The Human Race, All The Servant Droids Took a Beach Vacation"
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2026 09:47 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: No Name Today at August 10, 2026 09:47 AM (8mulE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:48 AM (h6CE+)
That is one tiny ear! Has it not grown since he was 3?
wtf
Posted by: OneEyedJack at August 10, 2026 09:48 AM (zafwz)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
Guess where his other rod is hidden.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 10, 2026 09:48 AM (sCWcD)
Posted by: edgar n. cleaver at August 10, 2026 09:49 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Tuna at August 10, 2026 09:49 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:51 AM (h6CE+)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 09:51 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:52 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: red speck at August 10, 2026 09:52 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2026 09:52 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Provincetown Fast Ferry at August 10, 2026 09:53 AM (JM9I6)
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He got real big on burgers and fries...
Posted by: Now he's down to a smaller size at August 10, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Kid in painting at August 10, 2026 09:53 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:54 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Provincetown Fast Ferry
Cape Cod, Rehoboth Beach...
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:55 AM (h6CE+)
would not hang; would not donate to thrift store.
might give it to space aliens as a gift?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 10, 2026 09:55 AM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 09:55 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Fat Guy sitting nekkid on a Ottoman at August 10, 2026 09:56 AM (SExz7)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at August 10, 2026 09:56 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Schweddy Balls at August 10, 2026 09:47 AM (JM9I6)
It's not much of a game when everything smells like ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 09:57 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Tuna at August 10, 2026 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)
This must be from the good old days, before the throngs of fat, loud, low-rent families with their stereo systems cranking Latin tunes with the volume permanently stuck at 11, their kids wandering into your cooler to see what you have, the persistent cloud of skunky weed, and the accompanying trash strewn about the area. Not to mention the gang bangers, kids doing wheelies on their e-bikes, and meth addicts passed out in the only public bathroom.
Turns this Twilight Zone rendering into a melancholy memory.
Posted by: red speck at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Provincetown Fast Ferry
Cape Cod, Rehoboth Beach...
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 09:55 AM
*polite cough*
Posted by: Virginia Beach at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1)
missing right pinky toe
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 09:55 AM (ZdaMQ)
Thigh sploot… that is new to me. What is that?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Eromero at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Hunter Bidet
It pairs well with the Pear of Anguish.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 09:59 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Not short and lumpy but tall and masculine at August 10, 2026 09:59 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: red speck at August 10, 2026 10:00 AM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Piper
Huh, didn't know there was a name for that.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August 10, 2026 10:00 AM (sCWcD)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:00 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Musik For the (M)asses at August 10, 2026 10:00 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at August 10, 2026 10:01 AM (VkY89)
I assume this means the thigh going pear-shaped when it's pressed against a sitting surface.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 10, 2026 10:03 AM (WYStd)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 10:03 AM (gFr+v)
Posted by: Defenestratus
Damn. Have friends who have family there in and around Bogata. Prayers for everyone involved.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:05 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August
That might not be the technical name.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Defenestratus at August
Oh no…prayers for all.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 10:06 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: ADHD guy at August 10, 2026 10:06 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)
Martha Stewart’s Verdict on Meghan Markle’s Homemaking Guru Bid Is Brutal
https://tinyurl.com/yc7naacu
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Meghan is a never-was pretending she's a has-been.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:07 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at August
That might not be the technical name.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 10:05 AM (ZdaMQ)
How could there possibly be a more technical name than “thigh sploot” which seems awful specific?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:07 AM (yZ6uc)
Frogging is what I've always called it.
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 10:09 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 10, 2026 10:09 AM (QeErd)
"Don Frankie Carmello Wants a Nice Day at the Beach With His Family and Enforcers Rodney "The Rod" Mangione and Dwight "Blanco" Privilege Are There to Make Sure That He Gets It"
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Lardass on an ottoman at August 10, 2026 10:10 AM (2Ez/1)
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Martha's a genuine gangsta'.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 10:10 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Read It For The Articles at August 10, 2026 10:11 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:58 AM
When your thighs smoosh out when you sit down. Just one of the joys of being female.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 10:11 AM (ZdaMQ)
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I saw Billions Will Die open for Black Sabbath at the Apacolyptica in '87.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:12 AM (yZ6uc)
7.4 magnitude earthquake outside of Bogota Columbia.
The Ring of Fire has been awfully business these last few years.
Dibs on the New Gondwanaland!
Posted by: naturalfake at August 10, 2026 10:12 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 10, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)
Posted by: toby928(c) at August 10, 2026 10:13 AM (4NO2D)
15h
ALERT: A National Park Service career employee, a highly credible witness, saw David Hearn (ActBlue) in broad daylight vandalize the Reflecting Pool by "violently" ripping and tugging at the Pool's somewhat delicate coating. The National Park Service employee provided this witness testimony to the U.S. Attorney's Office in early July....
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Jeanine Pirro dismissed the case of pool vandalism saying it was poorly installed. Trump publicly took her to task. She responded by bringing a box of evidence to the WH and setting it on his desk. (balls). Above is Trumps response.
Hope this duel doesn't turn into guns or knives.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:13 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 10:14 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Cannonball Express at August 10, 2026 10:14 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Manly Mario at August 10, 2026 10:15 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at August 10, 2026 10:15 AM (MDua2)
Just because something is "poorly installed" doesn't give random jackholes the permission to willfully destroy it.
What the actual f?
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 10, 2026 10:16 AM (WYStd)
Reports are that the league is now reaching out to its teams to address, as US News and World Report reports, “ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women's basketball.”
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Englebert said, “I know many of you have received questions in recent weeks regarding transgender athlete participation in women’s basketball, and I expect this topic will continue to receive significant attention….I wanted to reach out to share how we are approaching these conversations at the league office and to thank those of you who have responded to questions from the media with thoughtfulness and professionalism.”
I think she has a future in politics if the BBall thing doesn't work out. I've never heard someone say less in so many words.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:16 AM (Riz8t)
Hope this duel doesn't turn into guns or knives.
Posted by: Braenyard
My money would be on the NYC Real Estate developer.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:16 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:17 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 10:18 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:12 AM (yZ6uc
This may come as a surprise, but women are weird. We get wrapped around the axel about things that are entirely normal and natural, we tend to store our fat in areas like our thighs (of course there are exceptions) so when you sit, it spreads out. Same with when you get skin rolls if you lean forward while sitting. That happens to everyone, (and is also captured by the artist), even if you have the flattest of stomachs. That is why you see bikini models do this odd upper body stretched out pose.
Posted by: Piper at August 10, 2026 10:18 AM (ZdaMQ)
Reports are that the league is now reaching out to its teams to address, as US News and World Report reports, “ongoing discussions around transgender athletes in women's basketball.”
Que up the infamous Brit Griner topless "skins" basketball photo.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:18 AM (VbzrQ)
Might be a setback to its lunar ambitions.
Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at August 10, 2026 10:18 AM (yYROg)
I just can't catch a break.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 10:19 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 10:19 AM (wOO3z)
Posted by: Use the word "Gunsel" at August 10, 2026 10:19 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Archimedes
Especially since a 6'10" first round draft pick who can dunk is infinitely more qualified than any current 6'4" WNBA player.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:20 AM (VbzrQ)
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Says the person whose league refs have to routinely clear away the green sex toys from the playing surface.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:17 AM (Riz8t)
They really have no choice but to let trans 'women' in the sport. The sheer hypocrisy of them NOT at a MINIMUM drafting the thing from France would destroy the 'league.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 10:21 AM (2YhKe)
Might be a setback to its lunar ambitions.
Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror
At the same time?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:21 AM (VbzrQ)
Those people need to be front and center. Not Trump and/or Pirro.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 10:22 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Archimedes
I want to see him get the ball in the paint and start throwing elbows.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 10:22 AM (wOO3z)
Just because something is "poorly installed" doesn't give random jackholes the permission to willfully destroy it.
What the actual f?
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 10, 2026 10:16 AM (WYStd)
Why in the world would Pirro decide to get in a pissing contest with the prez?? She’s smart but this approach doesn’t seem smart…. Since he’s a long time builder she’s contesting something that’s right in his wheelhouse. Me no understand
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:23 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 10:23 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out at August 10, 2026 10:23 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 10:24 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 10:25 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The glass eyed stare on the guy holding the pipe is disturbing.
Posted by: Tuna at August 10, 2026 10:26 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:26 AM (Bep7s)
My guess is they'll say something along the lines of "the ex-NBA players are clearly just doing this for attention, and have never actually identified as a woman". Remarkably, this effort to deny someone's identity will not go well for them.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 10, 2026 10:27 AM (SDM/J)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:27 AM (77rzZ)
Whenever someone who has been pro- or at least Trump-neutral comes out against him, I presume they are being pressured by the GOP, testing the waters for their own political future or are tired of being ostracized by their 'peers.'
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 10:27 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:27 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bulg
Unless you're Ariana Grande.
Posted by: Tuna at August 10, 2026 10:28 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)
"The image’s mysterious figure groupings and sense of tension may reflect the fact that it was painted during a period in which French was conflicted between his marriage and a homosexual relationship."
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at August 10, 2026 10:30 AM (wGerL)
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Eyes up here, big boy.
Posted by: Nancy Pelosi at August 10, 2026 10:30 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 10:30 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: jim (in San Diego) at August 10, 2026 10:31 AM (l3cgK)
David French's ancestor.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 10:31 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:31 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: rickb223
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Modern search results are dreadful.
Is the end goal providing one for pay that actually provides results for the sought item?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:31 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:21 AM (VbzrQ)
everything everywhere all at once, as it were
Posted by: Yyrog the Sorceror at August 10, 2026 10:32 AM (yYROg)
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Death to infidels!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:32 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 10:32 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:29 AM
You know about the cup sizes?
Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 10, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out at August 10, 2026 10:23 AM (JM9I6)
We've had Paul Cadmus. Ready for "The Fleet's In!", matey?
Posted by: Cap'n Bill K at August 10, 2026 10:33 AM (yYROg)
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 10:33 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:32 AM (yZ6uc)
Dunlap, as in my belly done lapped over my belt.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at August 10, 2026 10:34 AM (PSEDc)
https://tinyurl.com/2tk4mpxt
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)
There are other less palatable possibilities too!
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:34 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)
Chuck Schumer.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 10:35 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 10:35 AM (wOO3z)
https://tinyurl.com/mrzdarsf
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:28 AM (ndZc7)
Faggots gotta fag.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)
Those people need to be front and center. Not Trump and/or Pirro.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Pirro didn't need to publicly piss in Trump's Wheaties.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:35 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 10:35 AM (wVCl1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: javems at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (zFsEm)
I mean, where is that guy going to shove that rod?
And why does the one guy look like a plaster zombie? And wearing shoes?
I'd hang. Somewhere I wanted people to be uncomfortable.
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (kU0PQ)
I think she still looks good, but why she feels the need to let everyone know she's harvesting eggs is a mystery.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:37 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: We don't want your kind here! *Z-snap* at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Halfhand at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (B83/F)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Rubenesque Rita at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (JM9I6)
There’s another thing all Dogs do, when they are laid out, with their paws extended straight forward, they rest their snout on their paws and then give a long sigh through their nose. Some Vet explained what this means, but can’t recall. Probably “I really could use a treat about now”.
Another is when they are idly chewing on your hand. They will gradually increase the pressure, till they hit the “Ouch!” point, and get a definite reaction. Then they give you that look. “What!?”
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 10:39 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 10:39 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (yZ6uc)
She was a Denny's 6 for about 15 minutes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 10:39 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
Supposedly she's having some of her eggs frozen.
Yeah...that bloodline goes no further.
Posted by: Alcoholic Beverage Purveyors of America at August 10, 2026 10:39 AM (OUMaO)
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Well, he is the gold standard.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (kU0PQ)
The guest bedroom?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (Pee1E)
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Trans Rachel Madcow.
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (+n6Zq)
This is . . . a disturbing painting. The pale guy in the back and the big lug in the front seem like the work of AI. The people in the shade seem more realistic, but hardly attractive people.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:41 AM (77rzZ)
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Girlbosses spend their fertile years in the rat race, climbing the corporate ladder, working for the man, then count on expensive chemical injections to produce a designer child or two in her 40s, when she has a nanny. Doncha know.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 10:41 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 10:41 AM (2GVsD)
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We're way, way past that wall.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 10:41 AM (2Cry5)
Hopefully Obama campaigns for Talarico as I'm not liking what I'm seeing down there.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at August 10, 2026 10:42 AM (qwx/I)
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Once you recognize the psy op you will never unsee it. It's happening so fast they almost won't let you. Every incremental move makes sense in the moment. And before you know it youve turned around and woke up in an entirely different world than where you were four or even three months ago.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:42 AM (YXnK3)
Her have a kid? Oh no, she hires a surrogate.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 10:42 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:43 AM (Bep7s)
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And posted pictures.
https://tinyurl.com/3w2sfe8b
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (Pee1E)
Breech loader on MSNOW.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 10:43 AM (wOO3z)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (kU0PQ)
The guest bedroom?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wVcYX)
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I wonder how many of us were conceived in a guest bedroom?
/Based upon my birthdate, I'm pretty sure I was conceived on the night of Thanksgiving in 1960 -- but no idea where my (at the time unmarried) parents "conceived" of doing the deed ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 10:43 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 10:39 AM
Just one of those little things dogs do to endear themselves to us.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 10:44 AM (2Ez/1)
That's a big one.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 10:35 AM (wVCl1)
Thats what the USGS quake map is reporting:
https://tinyurl.com/ye22j3u2
Posted by: Defenestratus at August 10, 2026 10:44 AM (WYStd)
There's another in a smaller town twenty minutes away that looks very nice -- higher price than this one today, but lower property taxes and a new roof. While it has no basement, it does have a deck and a nice garage. We'll look at it this week, I hope.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 10:44 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 10:45 AM (1z8ji)
Is the end goal providing one for pay that actually provides results for the sought item?
Posted by: Braenyard
Probably. Like having to suffer thru ads isn't enough.
I wish we could post pictures. Even thumbnails that would open in a separate tab.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 10:46 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)
He's Irish.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 10, 2026 10:46 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:46 AM (77rzZ)
Iran’s additional demands include the US ending all hostilities and withdrawing its troops from the area. Iran also wants Washington to pay billions in war damages and lift sanctions on the country.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:47 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Halfhand at August 10, 2026 10:48 AM (B83/F)
Iran’s additional demands include the US ending all hostilities and withdrawing its troops from the area. Iran also wants Washington to pay billions in war damages and lift sanctions on the country.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:47 AM (Pee1E)
. . . and a pony.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 10:48 AM (wVcYX)
Jared French
All that can be said has been said, above, but for overall dimensions 24 7/16 × 24 1/2 in. (62.1 × 62.2 cm).
Seems it could have made the same point @ half that size.
Would pass hanging today's selection & also stay away from a large segment of today's NY Fire Island.
Interesting. Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 10:48 AM (NFX2v)
The ottoman is warming up in the bullpen...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 10:48 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)
He's Irish.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 10, 2026 10:46 AM (hmYU4)
His Irish girlfriend is right next to him.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 10:49 AM (wVcYX)
Iran’s additional demands include the US ending all hostilities and withdrawing its troops from the area. Iran also wants Washington to pay billions in war damages and lift sanctions on the country.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:47 AM (Pee1E)
. . . and a pony.
Posted by: Count de Monet
No! That poor pony!
Posted by: Rabid Moroccan Donkey with a Ruptured Asshole at August 10, 2026 10:49 AM (wOO3z)
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 10:50 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 10, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t)
On the simplest level it's an attention getter and a "humanizer" for her. A way to leverage femininity and the preservation and protection of "life" by someone who is otherwise in favor of the wholesale slaughter of babies. But there are probably 20 other things at work here too.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:50 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 10, 2026 10:50 AM (igCg8)
Seriously, you guys?!?!? You leave it to me to lay this one down? Easy one, hanging curveball even. I am disappoint.
Posted by: AnchorPoint at August 10, 2026 10:51 AM (J3Cv/)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:51 AM (Bep7s)
Depends on who's making the demands...
Posted by: man at August 10, 2026 10:51 AM (cGjQu)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (ibDUx)
Andy Warhol without his wig.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 10:52 AM (IG3/x)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 10:52 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:53 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 10:38 AM (J4Dwc)
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It's going to be interesting to see how this plays out. My guess is they will find some illogical and hypocritical solution keeping the "wrong kind" of men out and trannies in and the MSM will help them sell it.
Posted by: WisRich at August 10, 2026 10:53 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 10, 2026 09:38 AM (6/7Fs)
Or seen a human being.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 10, 2026 10:53 AM (IG3/x)
A massive oil leak can be seen in the Strait of Hormuz on Sentinel-2 satellite imagery,
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So, bombs tonight?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 10:54 AM (Pee1E)
K I S S I N G
TheBlaze
Abdul El-Sayed endorses Ilhan Omar: "She's a trailblazer. When you talk about courage... When you talk about the ability to show up when nobody else has the words, find the words, and be willing to say them clearly in the face of power... That's this woman."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Fear Me! at August 10, 2026 10:54 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 10, 2026 10:50 AM (igCg
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He's already been "judged" guilty -- which is why they've tried multiple times to assassinate him.
/Is it not absolutely stunning that we know virtually nothing about his attempted assassins and their co-conspirators? Batshit crazy ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 10:55 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: one hour sober at August 10, 2026 10:56 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Please, sir, we are known as First Nation now.
Posted by: Kwakiuti Kevin at August 10, 2026 10:56 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at August 10, 2026 10:56 AM (V362x)
K I S S I N G
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Ilhan: "Abdul is like a brother to me"
Posted by: WisRich at August 10, 2026 10:57 AM (G0vdT)
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The Muzzie Ethel Rosenberg. If you can't behead trails, you might as well set them ablaze ...
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 10:57 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 10:41 AM
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AoSHQ: asking the important questions.
Posted by: Inquiring minds at August 10, 2026 10:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 10:57 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 11:00 AM (VbzrQ)
It's the next addition to the Democrat Party's platform.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 11:01 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Because kayfebe posers in the media are not the stronk warriors you need in a political battle. Easy to mouth off crap from a safe media post, not so much when you have to actually perform in office trying to convict in a difficult atmosphere. Pirro is looking past her little stint as DA toward returning to her media career. Losing a couple of high profile cases in DC will ding her future viability on the media and so she surrendered to the borg.
Basically Pirro's incentive structure is simply to do little or nothing as DA because even if Trump fires her--then she can pose as a stronk independent woman who calls it as she sees it crap. She will never get DoJ top jobs and no hope or perhaps wish for legal advancement. That leaves media.
Posted by: whig at August 10, 2026 11:03 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
They've been together since college, engaged since 2022.
Surely he's gotten some, or a lot.
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In 2019, it was revealed that Roberts had been assigned an official @mail.house.gov email address. This sparked viral speculation that he was being paid by the government as a staffer.
Congressional administrative officials confirmed that he was never on the government payroll or employed by Congress. He was granted the email account solely to access Ocasio-Cortez's official calendar—a routine IT designation frequently given to spouses and long-term partners of members of Congress for scheduling purposes.
Reportedly, Riley did make a little $ from Bernie's Brand New Congress PAC in 2018 for sweetie's insurgent campaign.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 11:05 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (kU0PQ)
The guest bedroom?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 10:40 AM (wVcYX)
I wonder how many of us were conceived in a guest bedroom?
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 10:43 AM (+n6Zq)
My son? Probably the night of our wedding. Also, possibly in the minivan on the way back from her grandmother's house (we did a whirlwind of family to visit before going on our honeymoon).
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 11:06 AM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Ralph at August 10, 2026 01:06 PM (8WZD4)
The Morning Report — 8/ 10 /26
Good morning kids. So, evidently now Mohamed is the new Hussein, so be careful what you say lest you be labeled "islamophobic" quelle horrible! But if your beliefs align with this . . .
El-Sayed is married to Sarah Jukaku, a former University of Michigan student who once served as president of that school’s campus MSA. El-Sayed’s father-in-law is Dr. Jukaku Tayeb, a nephrologist and a former president (and current board member) of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. El-Sayed’s father-in-law is Dr. Jukaku Tayeb, a nephrologist and a former president (and current board member) of the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.Then you're as American as Humus, or HAMAS! or pizza, the kind that explodes in a pizzeria that maims and mangles everyone in sight.
It’s disheartening to look back and realize that, despite renewed diplomatic pressure and advocacy, Tamimi still has not been extradited—just as reported in 2021, when Legal Insurrection marked the bombing’s 20th anniversary. A Hamas “journalist” born in Jordan, Tamimi is, above all, a religious fanatic who saw the Sbarro attack as one of her “best deeds,” calculated in every respect to maximize the carnage.Jukaku? Is that a cross between Jiu Jitsu and Bukakke? At any rate that CAIR should even exist is a stain on justice, common decency and civilization itself.
In the summer 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial, it was learned that CAIR’s parent organization, the Islamic Association for Palestine, had been named in a May 1991 Muslim Brotherhood memorandum as one of the Brotherhood’s likeminded “organizations of our friends” who shared the common goal of conducting “a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands … so that … God’s religion [Islam] is made victorious over all other religions.”Meh, Look at what far too many of our fellow citizens - in name only — are cheering on and voting for, as I discussed at length here and on the latest episode of the podcast linked here and in the sidebar. And yet this Francesca Hong slag much to my horror might actually have a shot, or is likely going to win the governorship of Wisconsin. Hopefully my fellow Dairy staters can wake me up from this nightmare and put my mind at ease...
A democratic socialist member of the state Assembly and the prohibitive favorite to succeed Gov. Tony Evers as the Democratic nominee for his office come Tuesday, Hong has featured in headlines for all of the wrong reasons over the last few weeks. In a much-maligned November 2020 tweet, she called on officials to “Cancel Thanksgiving.”...Hong’s message is a resentful, revanchist one — and it’s landing on the right ears. The first question she fielded at the Sheboygan town hall was about what she would do to progressives’ favorite boogeyman: Elon Musk. Answer: “I will use every tool in the executive’s office to make sure that we are not only holding Elon Musk accountable, but that we are prosecuting to the fullest extent of the law individual ICE agents who break the law.”We are facing terminal cancer as a nation and society.
Thunderous applause. . . Nationally, Hong has been portrayed as a kind of living joke, a ditzy relic of Peak Woke who compares unfavorably to more polished far-left figures like New York’s Zohran Mamdani and Michigan’s Abdul El-Sayed. Those portrayals miss the meaning of her candidacy entirely.
Because beneath the flighty calls for more witch poems and empty appeals to joy, there’s an irrepressible anger that she’s offering a vengeful, self-righteous seeming outlet for. And hatred dressed up as love is just about the most alluring thing there is.
In revealing the commonalities of the Reds and the Greens in the Red-Green Axis, we have elucidated their shared goals of violence, wealth redistribution, inequality before the law, a binary world, and monopoly rule by the elites. Here we explore their intent to reshape the totality of society. Islamic political systems and Marxist-Leninist communism both claim more than the right to regulate what is currently unsettled. Each claims the standing authority to redraw, at will, the line between what the system controls and what it leaves alone. A domain currently left to private choice is never permanently protected from the system; it is simply not yet a priority. . . Clearly, Muslims and Communists are intent on “fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”Have a good day,
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- “The SPLC has failed to offer some evidence tending to show animus on the part of the prosecutors involved in bringing this case and that such animus resulted in the prosecution”
Court Rejects SPLC Motion To Dismiss Based On “Vindictive Prosecution”
- "She goes into a Culver's and she goes on this anti-white racist screed, says she's worried that her son's gonna be around all these white people."
Francesca Hong’s war on Thanksgiving, Halloween, and Christmas is classic radical communist aggression
- And hatred dressed up as love is just about the most alluring thing there is.
Behind Francesca Hong’s flighty campaign is a hateful movement — and it’s landing on the right ears
- They seek life-long dependency on others and reject the maturity of adulthood.
The American Overclass Gives Birth to American Democratic Socialism
- Talk is cheap.
When Will Americans Draw the Line Against Communism and Islam?
- America's Founding Fathers had it right.
The Good and the Bad of the Common Good "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - “We’re going to destroy the white race, B*tch. That’s what we’re here to do.”
Hasan Piker’s Vile Immigration Rant Resurfaces: ‘They’re Gonna F*** Your Sister …’
- “We do not ask bankers to assume the burdens of border enforcement. But we depend on banks to do what you do best: know your customers.”
Bessent Enlists Banks in Trump Immigration Crackdown
- Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill banning ICE from arresting illegal alien criminals.
Pakistani Muslim Illegal Alien Whom Biden Freed Tries to Rape Elderly Woman
- Thad McCotter: Whatever one’s view of immigration and border security, only the worst among us can fail to recognize the above is an example of incivility.
Another Sign of the Times: ‘F— ICE’
- It is civilizational suicide, in other words.
The Bonfire of Open Borders
- They devoted enormous energy to helping their children succeed but comparatively little to explaining why they left their homelands.
The Failure of the Tiger Mom THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??) - President Trump is the only figure with the record, the leverage, and frankly the nerve to secure this deal.
Trump’s Iran Negotiations Build on Legacy of Unprecedented Statesmanship
- American approaches to war for the last 70 years have been characterized by a normalcy bias that war conduct should be guided by the goal of reaching negotiated compromise outcomes rather than achieving victory and total defeat of the enemy.
Stop Negotiating and Get the Job Done
- Does the regime have enough money to continue to pay its proxies?
Iran’s Proxy Fizzle?
- The world has become transfixed by conflict. Gaza dominates the headlines. Ukraine fills the television screens. Every diplomatic summit revolves around security, sanctions and shifting alliances. Yet, behind this curtain of global crises, the Iranian regime has unleashed a campaign of political executions on a scale that should shame every democratic nation into action. The silence has become deafening.
While The World Watches War, Tehran Hangs Its Young ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY - [Netanyahu] said he has told the Trump administration about his concerns. The Israeli military “will not carry out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed and will continue to thwart threats against our forces and our citizens,” Netanyahu said.
Israel rejects 15-point plan to disarm Hamas, withdraw Israeli troops
- Ahlam Tamimi, the mastermind behind the attack, still lives free in Jordan, which refuses to extradite her—a fight that’s fallen largely to the parents of 15-year-old victim Malki Roth.
Sbarro Pizzeria Jerusalem Bombing: 25 Years Later, Families Still Wait for Justice (Hello, Mossad? - jjs) DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Some conservatives have also encouraged him to retire while President Donald Trump has the opportunity to nominate a younger successor.
Alito: ‘Obviously I’m Here for Another Term’
- Spokane arson suspect who admitted to starting Old Trails blaze had planned devastating wildfire for weeks. Meanwhile, drone incursions are impacting firefighting efforts.
Spokane Wildfire Complex Still Less Than 50% Contained After Week of Destruction
- The impetus for the absurd White House ballroom decision is the desire to hamstring the President in all things large or small.
Abolish the District of Columbia’s Clown Courts
- Trump called Budd Tuesday night after the North Carolina Republican filed his amendment to allow the restrictions to take effect as originally scheduled.
Trump Wins GOP Hemp Fight as Senate Rejects Budd Amendment WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - The lawsuit seeks a court order to allow the project to proceed, a declaration of the city’s actions as unlawful, and monetary damages, including attorneys’ fees. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Justice has reportedly launched a civil rights investigation into whether Broken Arrow violated federal religious land-use protections.
Islamic Society Files Lawsuit Against City for Blocking Mosque Construction.
- Nigeria’s largest rescue operation frees 308 women and children from jihadist captivity.
Hundreds Of Women And Children Freed From Forced Jihad In Massive Hostage Rescue
- Whether the government is Islamic or communist, the leaders can reach into every sphere of life and can truly make the rules up as they go along.
The Mohammunist Manifesto—Public Or Private, Nothing Is Beyond Our Control
- Years later, Singer continues to defend his proclamation honoring Islamic Center of Boca Raton.
Former Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer Still Refuses to Condemn Terror-Linked Mosque He Urged Residents to Visit
- You can have women’s rights or open borders. Not both.
Afghan Refugees Don’t Stop Beating Women OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - Connecting the dots back to PM Carney.
Jew-Haters Shoot at Bagel Shops in Toronto SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - More details are emerging on how the FBI investigated whether President Trump acted under Russian influence following his dismissal of former FBI Director James Comey in 2017.
Documents Reveal Details of FBI’s Secret ‘Oxferd Comma’ Probe Trying to Tie Trump to Russia. AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS - Miranda Devine: If Fauci can be shown to have concealed or destroyed government records, then he could find himself sitting alongside Morens in the dock, depending on how robust his last-minute pre-emptive autopen pardon from Joe Biden proves to be.
The walls — and evidence — are slowly building around Dr. Anthony Fauci
- Reading excerpts from Anthony Fauci’s ill-advised diary, it’s clear above all that he’s a money-grubbing, narcissistic liar.
Who will Judge Anthony Fauci? FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Media complains calling him 'Mohamed ' is Islamophobic.
Now We’re Not Allowed to Use Abdulrahman Mohamed El Sayed’s Full Name* * * * * - Meta plans to appeal the decision. Specifically, Meta maintains that it has already implemented measures to protect minors from harmful content. The ruling could set a precedent for holding tech companies accountable for their platforms’ effects on children’s mental health. This represents a wider push by governments across the West, such as the United Kingdom and the European Union, to regulate access to social media, allegedly to protect children.
State Fines Meta Over $560 Million for Impact on Children’s Mental Health. THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Argentina's Javier Milei has a bold plan to balance the budget.
Here’s Something Trump Should Be Eager To Import
- Economic security is national security.
What ‘America First’ Really Means
- We will never solve Social Security’s problems until we have a firm understanding of what Social Security is.
Social Security is more than an entitlement
- The surge in Nevada’s wages is attributed to the diversification of its economy. The state’s economy has historically relied on gambling. New high-paying jobs span software engineering, supply-chain management, and healthcare. While Anaheim, California, features in the top five, the state’s major cities collectively continue to grapple with significant affordability problems. The state’s affordability crisis has caused a collapse in its fertility rate. Meanwhile, on Monday, it was revealed that U.S. manufacturing had reached a four-year high, largely due to domestic production incentives, such as tariffs and tax reforms.
Four Out of Five Cities With the Fastest Income Gains in America Are in Trump Country. EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - The UAW’s turn toward universities to reverse its declining membership is imposing costs on both its traditional industrial-worker base and the world of higher education.
United Academic Workers
- Roger Kimball: Almost everything about Jason Arday is fake.
Great and Unfortunate Fabrications
- The DOJ is seeking a voluntary resolution agreement with Duke to bring its admissions practices into compliance with federal law. The DOJ may pursue enforcement through the courts if the university refuses to comply. This represents another front in President Donald J. Trump’s crackdown on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies.
DOJ Finds Duke Law Kept Discriminating Against White Applicants Despite SCOTUS Ruling.
- Those of us in the majority of Americans who have been deprived of an excellent education have never had more opportunities to remediate ourselves.
If You Didn’t Get A Great Education, It’s Never Been Easier To Repair It SECOND AMENDMENT - The Second Amendment is a bit less of a second-class right--maybe...
Short barreled rifles are finally legal--sort of--maybe... THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH - . . .it is “very disingenuous” for senators other than Mike Lee (R-UT), Rick Scott (R-FL), “and a few others” to claim they are fighting to protect elections, pointing to what he described as illegal aliens on voter rolls in Pennsylvania who were “actively registered” and voting, while adding, “We’re finding them in Michigan and Arizona.” “This is an existential crisis. This is a constitutional crisis,” Presler said.
Exclusive — Scott Presler Warns GOP Senators on SAVE America Act: ‘You Either Deliver or We Are Going to Get Rid of You’ GRIFTING OLEAGENOUS PARASITE RINO SCUM - The obstruction from anti-Trump GOP senators is severely threatening Republican chances in the upcoming midterms.
RINOs Are Tanking The Entire Republican Party, Not Just Trump
- The Last Frontier State’s senior senator announced on Friday that she will be joining her pal Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in opposing Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination. In typical Murkowski fashion, her reasons ranged from utter incoherence to outright dishonesty.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:35 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:35 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 07:36 AM (Wivs/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)
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Posted by: Buck at August 10, 2026 07:38 AM (z6ONu)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:39 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2026 07:40 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:40 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 07:40 AM (ExV1e)
Its this demographic that is going to lead America out of the Fourth Turning?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:41 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 07:42 AM (Wivs/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 07:42 AM (yZ6uc)
Crowds gathered in a desperate attempt to prevent the executions, chanting “Shame on you” as security forces attacked them. Videos circulating online captured gunfire echoing through the square while terrified citizens attempted to resist yet another act of judicial murder.
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There might not be enough piano wire in Persia to pay these scumbags back as they deserve. Ah well, people will make do.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 07:43 AM (/kGWX)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 07:42 AM (yZ6uc)
We had Scott Walker and now Tony Evers?! And lest we forget that Wisconsin was one of the key states stolen in 2020.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: polynikes
It won't matter. They will cling to "It's not communism! It's DEMOCRATIC SOCIALISM!" and insist that they are not one and the same.
I have a friend who has a Doctorate in Physics and even she thinks that socialism is fluffy and harmless and that we're making too big a deal of this.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:44 AM (OPGS/)
Literally just got super lucky. Opened AoSHQ in a new tab right after I finished my post on Ontario Canada socialized medicine (then and now) and saw J.J.'s new thread.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:45 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:46 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 07:42 AM
Miss me yet?
Posted by: Senior lady in gray sweater with pronounced hooterage at August 10, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
‘Each Migrant Has a Story Worthy of a Hollywood Movie’
More like “each migrant has a story worthy of an Uwe Boll movie”.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 07:46 AM (Wivs/)
Posted by: Buck at August 10, 2026 07:47 AM (z6ONu)
That "sport" didn't accidentally get nick named "Thugball".
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:47 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 07:47 AM (JvZF+)
It's still showing up but I'm not going to complain because I know the reason we have advertisers like that on this site and it doesn't show up at home.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:47 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Delurker at August 10, 2026 07:48 AM (2Drhq)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:48 AM (wVCl1)
Hope you and yours are healthy, for varying but positive amounts of health, and loving life together.
Can Scott Walker run again? I liked his policies.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:49 AM (u82oZ)
Remember, kids; rope is nature's corrective mechanism! And it's 100% natural AND reusable!
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:49 AM (OPGS/)
"A [party] divided against itself cannot stand."
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2026 07:49 AM (dtajH)
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They don't let just anyone run for office, you know.
Ilhan Omar isn't some tent dweller. She comes from Somali elite.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 07:49 AM (JvZF+)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at August 10, 2026 07:49 AM (53oGX)
I have acquaintances of friends who identify as Dems ( mostly social issues) and they are speaking out about the full commie candidates and say they won't vote for it. My friends tell them it's been happening all along and they just haven't seen it.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2026 07:50 AM (KC5Lt)
• How is "Democratic Socialism" compatible with the US Constitution?
• How is "Democratic Socialism" different from communism?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:51 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (KC5Lt)
Can a transition to self-directed retirement saving plans work? We would have to be very hard-hearted to those that do not save for retirement. And keep government from stealing the money.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)
Black Player Clocks Sophie Cunningham Then Complains About ‘White Privilege’ After Ejection
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So I guess the Flying Green Dildos League is pretty much like auto racing: people only tune in for the wrecks.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (2Ez/1)
You'll recall the anthrax scare in the weeks after 9/11, with the USPTO delivering the goods to Media and a few Congresscritters. Five died.
Long investigation led the FBI to target Dr. Bruce Ivins, a senior government microbiologist.
Officially, before charges were brought, Ivins killed himself with Tylenol and Codeine, and the case was concluded with Iviins declared the sole suspect. No autopsy was performed.
Weak circumstantial evidence. He had access to the specific strain but 100 others did too. May have been a nutter, or not. Many dispited the findings at the time, but the beat went on.
But in 20023 Dick Cheney used the anthrax scare to make NIAID -- headed by Tony Fauci -- the point for 'civilian bio-defense research with a focus on research and early development of medical countermeasures against terrorist threats from infectious diseases."
Fauci and the NIAID were made completely independent. Next stop was gain-of-function research funded by NIAID in Ukraine and China.
Posted by: Ignoramus at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (wVCl1)
It's the disenfranchised demographic I worry about. Those 20 - 30 somethings who've been indoctrinated, not educated. Who've been brainwashed into believing Socialism is the cure for their ills.
We're going to turn into China if it's not contained.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:53 AM (2Cry5)
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They know where he is every minute of every day, and he lives under a figurative Sword of Damocles.
It is only because of the little king that he still lives.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 07:53 AM (JvZF+)
Ad Block Plus works on my old Safari browser.
Wish ace was on Stripe, rather than the untrustworthy Pay-Pal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:53 AM (u82oZ)
Which is essentially saying that her family lives upwind of the sewage landfill.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:53 AM (nCgQz)
Link doesn't work"
Here you go:
https://tinyurl.com/449xeszu
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:54 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:54 AM (wVCl1)
Just tell them that China has more Flock-like cameras and they will harvest your organs if hey catch you disabling one of them.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:55 AM (nCgQz)
You eat cleaner dirt than anyone else?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)
While I am no fan of 'Meta', or any other social media network, this represents a push for governments to extract still more money from producers to lavish on the indolent, along with a smattering of controlling access to information.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)
It isn't but they insist that it really is.
• How is "Democratic Socialism" different from communism?
Posted by: Community Notes
Because it's Democratic and therefore it's REAL communism!
I have friends on Facebook who lived in communist countries. They don't have any love for things like that.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:56 AM (OPGS/)
Just open a Learing Center and get 10x over what was "promised" in SS.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:56 AM (nCgQz)
Link doesn't work"
Here you go:
https://tinyurl.com/449xeszu
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:54 AM (O7YUW)
Thanks bro, link fixed!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)
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This is news? Socialism means (in one sense) taxes are limited only by what government chooses. Until they run out of your money.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 07:57 AM (Hm3E/)
Posted by: Old Hippie Boomer Who Loves A Good Chant at August 10, 2026 07:58 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:58 AM (O7YUW)
It would require a constitutional amendment to work, which isn't going to happen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)
President Trump is the only figure with the record, the leverage, and frankly the nerve to secure this deal.
Trump’s Iran Negotiations Build on Legacy of Unprecedented Statesmanship”
I guess that’s why Iran set another oil tanker on fire in the Straits last night.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 08:00 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 07:44 AM (x0n13)
You’re right. I’d forgotten about the cheating possibility (probability); how stupid of me…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:00 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:00 AM (u82oZ)
The cleansing power of fire is also underappreciated.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:00 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:01 AM (yZ6uc)
I heard you have some young and attractive nurses motivating you to go to your radiation treatments.
Hope that is going well.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:02 AM (u82oZ)
Isn't it something how fast the Democrat messaging went from "these are dangerous extremists" to "we welcome all"?
In six weeks. I guess they're not all that dangerous or extreme then? What a surprise!
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:03 AM (YXnK3)
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Maybe so, unless you consider her entire career of leftist advocacy as one big mistake.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:05 AM (X+zQK)
So we are supposed to trust people who flew planes full of passengers into tall buildings, who set fire to oil tankers, runs slavery and child-sex trafficking rings, and who augment Supernova Sukkot Gatherings with their culture, for our healthcare?
Under their guidance, we will envy the kindness, compassion and human decency of Canada's MAID in comparison.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:05 AM (9Hs2w)
Posted by: Old Hippie Boomer Who Loves A Good Chant at August 10, 2026 07:58 AM (F1rMs)
As an aging boomer myself, yeah I understand the animosity. But I was forced to fork over $$$ with every paycheck I earned. So all I want is my money back that is mine to begin with.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 08:05 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:05 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 08:06 AM (veXvk)
It's a psy op. The Democrat Party was old and out of publicity driving energy. Spent from years of being successfully branded by Trump. You are watching a highly coordinated rebrand.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:07 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Community Notes
Thank you, sir. That's a valid observation.
So all I want is my money back that is mine to begin with.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Gen Xer here with the same mindset. But I'm sure someone will argue that it's not really your money and how dare you be selfish!
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:07 AM (OPGS/)
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Really neat footage. It says the discovery dates back to between the 2nd and 1st century BC. I had to watch it twice because I saw, among all the vases/jars, there was still the remnants of what looked like netting. It seems impossible that fabric netting could survive underwater from circa 2nd or 1st century BC.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 10, 2026 08:07 AM (qBdHI)
JJ brings it once again, like an Astros Nolan Ryan #34 fastball. Grunts and all.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 08:07 AM (wVcYX)
Sadly, whether you agree with it or not (and I do believe he did the right thing), the Iran conflict has halted his political momentum. I think all the back and forth (from we’re going to destroy them to we have a deal) just hasn’t worked from a public relations point of view (even if it’s a good long term strategy)…. If somehow the GOP keeps both houses in Nov, I hope at that point he starts kicking the shit out of those monsters, no holds barred
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:08 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)
Which also explains their comfort with the "Death to Jews" crowd.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:09 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
You eat cleaner dirt than anyone else?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 07:56 AM (2Ez/1)
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3rd world elites live way better than you do. Have you see the compound in Kampala where Mamdani gew up?
Omar's father was a a Somali warlord.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 08:09 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:44 AM (OPGS/)
Having a doctorate in physics makes you an expert, maybe, in one small segment of physics. It doesn't mean that you know shit about anything else. This is something that lot's of PhD holders forget.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:10 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 08:10 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: J Edward Griffin at August 10, 2026 08:10 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Jethro Bodine, Graduate, Sixth Grade at August 10, 2026 08:10 AM (JM9I6)
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Maybe so, unless you consider her entire career of leftist advocacy as one big mistake.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:05 AM
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What was Old Lady Totenbag referring to? I missed that.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
It still pops up for me.
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (KC5Lt)
Floating . . . right over the middle . . .
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 08:11 AM (wVcYX)
unrelated: do not attempt to dunk Chips Ahoy in your coffee. You will end up with part of a cookie at the bottom of your coffee mug.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 10, 2026 08:05 AM (x0n13)
100%! I may not agree with the philosophy behind SS but I’ve been forced to pay in my entire career (I won’t mention the exact duration makes me sound too old… but suffice to say decades). Since I couldn’t keep that money and invest it all those years you’re darn right I strongly feel I’m due those SS payments when I retire
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:48 AM (wVCl1)
A lot of people would freak the fuck out if they learned about "bend points".
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ExV1e)
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I would say who cares about the WNBA? After all, it's nothing more than a welfare organization for black lesbian thugs. But here is the coach herself justifying her thug's attack on Cunningham, and that makes her a big problem.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (80kY5)
67 I think if you’re counting on Democrats to self destruct in the midterms, you may want to check that thought. The polls are moving in the wrong direction on economic issues, with Democrats oddly ahead in some polls.”
10 years of non stop fake push polling on every conceivable issue, and some people are still saying “omigod! Have you seen what this poll says?”
It’s like the latest poll showing Talarico in the lead - done by the same pollster who said Kamala was going to win Texas by 5 points.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ZGz6B)
I have to admit, I don’t get it. I’m a little at a loss as to why people believe Democrats will do a better job. That’s stunning to me as they’ve been preaching socialism and wrecked the economy last time they were in charge. So- so a better job? Really? I also wonder what people expect Congress in general to do about high prices.
The only thing I can think of is that Trump set an expectation and people don’t believe he’s met that promise. The way to fix it is with patience, not giving up halfway.
Posted by: Vengeance at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (veXvk)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:13 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
Fair. She has two Masters as well. I concede that she's damn smart about a lot of things but I think she believes in the promises.
I recall an argument with a woman about the various flavors of socialism. She got mad about my final retort:
"You look at things like this and ask 'How does it make me feel?' I look at them and ask 'What is the end result?' "
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
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Oops, sorry, I should have included JJS' link, and Totenberg was referring to her false report claiming Justice Alito was retiring.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (80kY5)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (wOO3z)
This. Very much this. They have a laser focus on one small area, so their expertise is a mile deep, but an inch wide. Get them outside of their area of specialty, and they often become rather helpless, needing to lean hard on the expertise of others to help them accomplish tasks. They are NOT generalists, and they can't afford the time to be.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 10, 2026 08:15 AM (t+TFX)
Its primarily the lawsuits from the shareholders. Corporations are not charities, even NGOs and "charities" aren't charities, they are operations that are pass-throughs from donors/customers/clients to those operating and/or owning the entity's assets.
Government are even more so, because they use the threat of violence to coerce donors/customers and clients to surrender their money for no certain return.
Pensions/Retirement funds and Insurance are the largest slices of the economy's investment sector. These DSA innumerate retards focus the hate on one or two people and ignore the fact their prescriptions will destroy everything.
Despite FATCA, money doesn't need to stay in the US.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:15 AM (nCgQz)
The GOPe, esp. in the Senate, gives no one a reason to vote for them.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:09 AM (u82oZ)
Concur. But there is one reason that works for me: In almost all cases, the dem is worse. Even with Susan Collins in Maine she’s better than the Dem freak. She voted for Kavanaugh for instance. There is one GOP senator I’d never vote for though: that hag Murkowski in Alaska… I do have my limits
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:16 AM (yZ6uc)
Well... we start with "it's a tax" and then we move on to the fact that all the socialism we already have, and have had for decades, gets approved by the courts because of four words in the preamble.
Ta da.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 08:17 AM (bFu5X)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:52 AM (u82oZ)
The options available would have to be VERY limited and every time there's a downturn the politicians would jump up and down about how Shaneequa and her fifteen babies will starve when they're old.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)
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indoor toilet
The super elite have the indoor toilet actually connected to functional plumbing.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:18 AM (nCgQz)
Didn't that get sunk at Midway?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 08:17 AM (bFu5X)
Severe mechanical issues scratched it from the mission and it stayed in port undergoing repairs.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 10, 2026 08:19 AM (wVcYX)
Ask her to run an experiment on something well known, like proving gravitational acceleration. Does she accept the data?
We have run a large numbers of experiments on socialism and communism since the Paris Commune.That have all failed, irrespective of culture, intelligence of the people, and wealth of the nation. Socialism does not work in humans.
The area under the curve of prosperous, happy people is always much greater under a Constitution - based society of private ownership, limited government, and the unlocking of individual creativity; compared with any totalitarian government.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:19 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 08:20 AM (JvZF+)
The reason Cornyn lost to Paxton so badly was because Cornyn’s entire campaign consisted of “But Talarico is going to win! Plus you owe me!”
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 08:20 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: Dash Riprock at August 10, 2026 08:20 AM (JM9I6)
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Francesca Hong's entire TV advertising budget is paid for by GOP donors, it seems. And the tactic is working.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:20 AM (6Xuoc)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:22 AM (VbzrQ)
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Far too many people are just completely ignorant, tbh. That's sadly what it boils down to, and they vacillate from this candidate to that candidate for the flimsiest of reasons. I see candidates running on a platform such as, "I will bring down inflation for working families!" and laugh to myself knowing there's nothing they can do to make that happen. Yet people hear it and think, yeah, I want inflation down, I'm voting for you! It's madness.
I've no illusions about November. Things can go either way, with the upper hand to the Democrats due to cheating and the "media" behind them 100%. It sure doesn't help that many in the GOP are actively trying to sink Trump, and will gladly lose Congress by their inaction on passing wildly popular agenda items. I believe with every fiber of my being they want to lose, so he's hobbled for the last 2 yrs.
Posted by: Lady in Black at August 10, 2026 08:22 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 08:11 AM (2Ez/1)
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Oops, sorry, I should have included JJS' link, and Totenberg was referring to her false report claiming Justice Alito was retiring.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM
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Ah, thanks.
Well, she's a "journalist." Which, as I vaguely recall, Twain characterized as a group of wretched losers who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking on their way to the poor house.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm still waiting for society to figure out what to do with the 10% (growing to much higher levels due to unbalanced immigration) whose IQ is too low to be marketable.
Forget retirement, they are too mentally deficient to even support themselves at any point in their lives outside of crime.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:22 AM (+4Cf6)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
At my age, I just don't bother to engage. It ain't worth trying and any references I provide would be ignored.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:23 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)
The GOPe is stealing a well-known tactic from the Dems. Good to see some grit there.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:23 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: J Edward Griffin at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ZGz6B)
I saw a “concern piece” by IIRC Douglas MacKinnon in RollCall yesterday about how inflation is gonna cause Paxton to lose to Talarico and Byron Donalds to lose the guv race in Florida to the Dem…. Man, if those two things happen I’m not really worried anyway because the rapture happened and I’m in heaven watching the Great Tribulation from paradise
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (yZ6uc)
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They just haven't thought it through.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ZxPkt)
I am disapoint.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:54 AM (wVCl1)
During my working years, I always told my financial advisor to leave SS out of any projections he worked up for me. He was always, "SS isn't going anywhere, it'll be fine", and I told him that it could be a bonus but I wasn't going to make decisions where I had to rely on it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:20 AM
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People still watch TV?
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
I've got editing to do while waiting for a plumber to address a leaky pipe in the cellar directly underneath the bathroom. More money that I really cannot afford.
A depressing array of stories in the morning roundup, but what else to expect?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:09 AM (OPGS/)
Yet Democrats have the smallest ideological tent imaginable.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (ZxPkt)
Extortion is usually not a good campaign strategery.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (+4Cf6)
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The kids are sheep and the media is still winning.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (2YhKe)
Groupthink, i.e., the accumulated effect of cultural/media narrative about the innate, infinite and indissoluble evil of Republicans, especially as embodied in the grandest figure of evil of all times, Donald Trump. Their own sense of virtue and even the reason for their existence depends on this narrative.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 10, 2026 08:26 AM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Thankful Theodore at August 10, 2026 08:26 AM (JM9I6)
Trump’s Iran Negotiations Build on Legacy of Unprecedented Statesmanship”
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Can't make a deal with scum. They understand two things - humiliation and deadly force.
"Information cleared for publication by the Israeli military has revealed a reported exchange between several countries in the region regarding a possible agreement with Israel, according to Israel’s Kan 11 and Channel 12.
According to the reports, one Arab state allegedly advised another country to first sign an agreement with Israel and then, if circumstances became more favorable, launch a war against the Jewish state.
The identity of the country that received the advice remains classified."
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 08:26 AM (g47mK)
One of them on Thursday was one of the most attractive women I've ever seen in person. Sadly, she's only been on the case that one day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:26 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (ZxPkt)
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AOC freezing her eggs was a little depressing. Where does the time go?
Posted by: Oglebay at August 10, 2026 08:27 AM (2ap+5)
I am disapoint.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)
Sponge — Don’t feel bad my friend. This is exactly the kind of weekend I consider a great success! It’s what I did… and gained 10 lbs probably going out to dinner twice with wife and daughter. Fat and happy!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:27 AM (yZ6uc)
Get the left organizing victory parades for Iran.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 08:27 AM (Y8DZL)
And of course the usual pants-pissing loser RINOs are reposting those, not just that Paxton will lose but that he's dragging down the whole ticket.
Sure, sure-- it's Paxton and not the laughably bad poll.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 08:28 AM (3cUTc)
I am disapoint.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)
Sponge, I did nothing. I did absolutely nothing, and it was everything that I thought it could be.
Posted by: Peter Gibbons at August 10, 2026 08:28 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: The Huge Manatee! at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (JM9I6)
Good to see the Republican consultant class may have figured out how to fight, if the Hong TV ad actions are any indication. Of course the Republicans could always screw it up
Posted by: Smell the Glove at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (gFr+v)
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:27 AM (yZ6uc)
Wife is out of town on a girls trip with her friend and they passed through to pick up the First Daughter along the way.
I had every opportunity to finish the projects I've got going prepping the house for market and I did nothing. I'm really starting to get on my nerves with this shit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Oglebay
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she spent her child-bearing years in self-actualization, instead of pursuing domestic tranquility.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (ZxPkt)
Four consecutive hours of thunder and lightning last night. Biblical.
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (Y8DZL)
I think it's just a case of big things being put into place during the first year. Now they're in place and churning along. Not sexy, no big reveals just after the commercial break, but things are slowly getting better... despite the opposition of almost the entire rest of the government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)
Between people putting too much stake in polls and not voting because 'our candidate just isn't my perfect choice,' we just will never have nice things......
Only, the next two go arounds will f*ck this country beyond belief and the world will never be the same.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:30 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (ZxPkt)
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Next up: "I'm not really as stupid and entitled as I sound".
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:31 AM (LXQKz)
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A tactic, to demoralize , they did the same in Michigan with Abdul Durka Durka Jihadi, showed him 30 point ahead. They tried that a week before 2024 election in some key states, then sent around an army of foreign bots and trolls to push the message.
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 08:31 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Auspex at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (Y8DZL)
We've had 5 drops of rain in the last month, I think.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)
Extortion is usually not a good campaign strategery.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:25 AM (+4Cf6)
If you mention extortion again I'll have your legs broken.
Posted by: Senator Cornyn at August 10, 2026 08:32 AM (wVcYX)
What accomplishments has she achieved, beside impoverishing her constituents by driving away Amazon?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (wOO3z)
I do get a sense the society is being intentionally "fatigued" of women (and blacks for that matter) to set up for a white male Democrat savior in 2028. Just a weird hunch.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:33 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Giant Petri Dish at August 10, 2026 08:33 AM (JM9I6)
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he's definitely let the Iran thing get away from him
word around the campfire is, he's looking for a way to declare victory and disengage
we had such high hopes
remember this is just my opinion, and needn't upset anyone
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:34 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (wOO3z)
I do laugh that there are now 2 former NBA players looking to join ranks, and there's pressure for the 'league' to draft the freak from France........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:34 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:34 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 08:34 AM (wVCl1)
Posted by: SMOD at August 10, 2026 08:35 AM (RHGPo)
I do get a sense the society is being intentionally "fatigued" of women (and blacks for that matter) to set up for a white male Democrat savior in 2028. Just a weird hunch.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:33 AM (YXnK3)
My current favorite phrase for 'black fatigue:'
Blacktose intolerant.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)
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Well, her last job was cocktail waitress and yet, somehow, she is now worth millions. Does that count?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:35 AM (LXQKz)
I qualify for SS and I remain against SS.
The problem is that it's been in place for so long, and the public has been miseducated about it for so long, that unwinding it would require enormous pain for a large segment of the public AND the Congress to do something both difficult and unpopular. We no longer have the capacity as a nation to accomplish such things.
And, so, we will continue to limp along, with periodic crises, taking an ever larger segment of the economy to provide an ever worsening return, until the entire system collapses, with catastrophic effect.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)
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This time it will work!
/translated from Arabic
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 08:35 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Peter Gibbons at August 10, 2026 08:28 AM
What is it you'd say you DO here?
Posted by: The two Bobs at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (3cUTc)
David Hogg. This retard went to Harvard and speaks as coherently as Jason Arday.
Posted by: mr tmz at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (rJ48h)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 08:37 AM (l4RKn)
I can see starting people at 20 or 25 and the government "seeding" their self directed retirement account for whatever they've worked, but what do you do for those who have been stolen from at gunpoint for 48 years and are looking at retirement in 16 months?
Just tell them sorry. You fucked up. You trusted us?
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:38 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)
So the move in an easterly direction is imminent? Hope it goes smoothly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:38 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: The two Bobs at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Well, I generally come in at least fifteen minutes late, ah, I use the side door - that way Lumbergh can't see me, heh heh - and, uh, after that I just sorta space out for about an hour.
Bob Porter: Da-uh? Space out?
Yeah, I just stare at my desk; but it looks like I'm working. I do that for probably another hour after lunch, too. I'd say in a given week I probably only do about fifteen minutes of real, actual, work.
Posted by: Peter Gibbons at August 10, 2026 08:38 AM (wVcYX)
talk about non-stop excitement
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:38 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: SMOD at August 10, 2026 08:35 AM
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Sitting right here, boss
Posted by: "Pr0n" using a zero at August 10, 2026 08:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: polynikes at August 10, 2026 08:39 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
On a phone, use Brave browser. No ads. I use Brave solely to comment here.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:40 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 08:20 AM (ZGz6B)
What else was he gonna run on?
- Vote for me and I'll continue to not legislate as you want!
- Vote for me, Paxton is dirty as was "shown to be false" when he was impeached.
- Vote for me, I really like DC!
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:40 AM (ExV1e)
So the move in an easterly direction is imminent? Hope it goes smoothly
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:38 AM (yZ6uc)
Yes. First Lady is adamant that we're to be eastward before October.
We have our RA friend scheduling a meet with investors in 2 weeks.
I must stop procrastinating and get shit done.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:40 AM (2YhKe)
skiing skating track and field, swimming
not basketball
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM (ZxPkt)
My favorite female sport: tennis…. Two words: Anna Kournikova
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:40 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:40 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 08:12 AM (ZGz6B)
His ads are all over Youtube, usually in the middle of a video.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 10, 2026 08:40 AM (hmYU4)
THIS
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 10, 2026 08:41 AM (p7nPj)
skiing skating track and field, swimming
not basketball
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:36 AM
Ummm... hello?
Posted by: Beach volleyball at August 10, 2026 08:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (ExV1e)
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Second season always stumbles. Third season is when things should start to hum. Can't wait for the reruns.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 08:41 AM (JvZF+)
talk about non-stop excitement
Posted by: Don Black
Grass growing and paint drying. Nail biters.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:41 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:42 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 10, 2026 08:29 AM (2Ez/1)
Some of these strippers today are big girls. If that thing stays attached, he's credible.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
That's gay
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (roSd3)
Some of these strippers today are big girls. If that thing stays attached, he's credible.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
https://youtu.be/_8HRtc0ivcA?t=2
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (2YhKe)
This. Very much this. They have a laser focus on one small area, so their expertise is a mile deep, but an inch wide. Get them outside of their area of specialty, and they often become rather helpless, needing to lean hard on the expertise of others to help them accomplish tasks. They are NOT generalists, and they can't afford the time to be.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 08:14 AM (O7YUW)
HEY!! I'm standing right here!!
Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper PHD at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (hmYU4)
While many are looking at shiny objects few are watching the guy with a mean streak who has control of the money.
Gotta be kind of humiliating to have the Great Satan blockading your country and not letting a mouse fart get through while occasionally blowing up your shit and your one legged gay ayatollah slips into death.
Do you know what's really odd? This is the first war we've had with basically zero reporting on the ground. Instead we get the media dooming from their cozy studios in NYC and DC with no more real knowledge of what's going on in Iran than we do.
Meanwhile, Colombia just tossed Hezbollah and their commie president and elected a Trump ally. I wonder how that happened?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Loafing Along at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Abdul El-Sayed, Foreign Interloper at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (F1rMs)
I am disapoint.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
That's my every weekend. I have so much to do around here & I just don't give a F*ck.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:45 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper PHD
I really despise that show. I watched one episode, lasted about 30 seconds and drank away the memory of it.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:45 AM (OPGS/)
This is one of the most stupid and transparent games I have seen in a long time. Search engines have solved this problem literally decades ago. SOUNDEX was patented in 1918 for the purpose of government record indexing particularly with Census records.
The government adopted this in the 1930s, its been in computer databases from the beginning, and with AI this excuse is absolutely bull-shit. "pr0n" might as well be highlighted since even AI knows it.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:46 AM (pawvM)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:33 AM (YXnK3)
My prediction on the R side is that a candidate emerges who proposes the de-Islamification of America and, with a turbo-MAGA message, makes a good run for the presidency.
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 10, 2026 08:46 AM (t+TFX)
Adam Hamawy, terrorist "combat doctor" and official translator for the infamous "Blind Sheik", won the Demoncrat nomination for Congress in central NJ, and since the district is overwhelmingly Democrat, he is a certain winner.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 08:46 AM (e0auD)
The general problem we face outside of the fraud is that LIVs do not want to get into the details of politics. They zone out, get bored, and really try to get you to shut up so they can back to watching Love Island.
But stuff like this? Easy to understand and quick to share...
Though as always is the GOP candidate more interested in winning or "losing with honor"?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)
https://youtu.be/_8HRtc0ivcA?t=2
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
What a fucking retard.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 10, 2026 08:47 AM (GquHV)
The dems are beginning to implode. Just keep deporting those who are eligible.
Posted by: Black JEM at August 10, 2026 08:47 AM (7/DDO)
Posted by: Loafing Along at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM
Turns out they're still on strike...
https://youtu.be/ffCPUS7GNuI
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 10, 2026 08:47 AM (2Ez/1)
It was always going to come to this.
Since no-fault divorce, look at what most women do in the divorce:
They'd rather destroy their family, destroy every asset, waste tens of thousands of dollars, ruin the lives of everyone around them--poison their own personality and demeanor--than ever, ever, ever let the man get anything.
Let him be free and happy.
They will lie about him, ruin his life and reputation, poison his own children against him--and often worse--all just to make sure he gets nothing.
So of course they will do that on the national stage as they see their grip on power weakening:
Better to shack up with the muslim and the freeloader, who will steal and enslave her and everyone, than let him "win."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 08:47 AM (3cUTc)
Typical Democrat. Can't stand it when an African American gets uppity.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:48 AM (OPGS/)
- Keep taxing people to pay the benefit.
- Reduce the benefit in steps for people further away from retirement age.
- Lower the COLA by 1%.
- Remove the benefit for wealthy seniors.
It would be colossally unpopular but it would work. The only other possibility would be to run up the debt to cover the transition but Congress has already pissed that opportunity away.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)
I don't think so, the Dems will force whatever candidate they want on the their own party so they don't need to prep for that.
The reason we are seeing the current levels of insanity, IMO, are:
Lefties have to keep trumping each other for status
On the left victimization points make you untouchable so if you are a Hong or an El-Sayed you never had to learn to make normal sounding arguments for normal people
Every Dem expects to be allowed to say crazy things to their base while the media filters them out from the LIVs (and Islamists have this as well)
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)
Typical Democrat. Can't stand it when an African American gets uppity.
Posted by: NR Pax
*golf clap
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:50 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: Ordinary American at August 10, 2026 08:50 AM (t+TFX)
I read about one man whose wife demanded the dog that he had adopted in the divorce. The man lost the case and the woman put the dog down the day it was handed over to her.
And that's the least evil thing I have read from divorce cases.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:50 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Loafing Along at August 10, 2026 08:44 AM (JM9I6)
You think you could keep us out of Florida? We're moving in lock, stock and barrel. We're gonna be in the pool. We're gonna be in the clubhouse. We're gonna be all over that shuffleboard court! And I dare you to keep me out!
Posted by: Frank Costanza at August 10, 2026 08:50 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:51 AM (OPGS/)
skiing skating track and field, swimming
not basketball
Didn't the owner of this website have this fascination with women's pole-vaulting? Some of the videos went right past Dirty Old Man™ approved and were close to NSFW territory.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 08:51 AM (a3CJ+)
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 08:51 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Dr. Sheldon Cooper PHD
I really despise that show. I watched one episode, lasted about 30 seconds and drank away the memory of it.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:45 AM
Watch a sample without the laugh track:
https://youtu.be/jKS3MGriZcs
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 08:51 AM (2Ez/1)
You almost have to laugh, while the GOP outside of Trump is mostly afraid to do anything "mean" the Dems are talking about:
Stacking the court
Arresting anyone that disagrees with them
Censoring social media
Jailing ICE workers
and on and on
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 08:52 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 08:53 AM (ZxPkt)
- Reduce the benefit in steps for people further away from retirement age.
- Lower the COLA by 1%.
- Remove the benefit for wealthy seniors.
It would be colossally unpopular but it would work. The only other possibility would be to run up the debt to cover the transition but Congress has already pissed that opportunity away.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:48 AM (ExV1e)
It could be done in phases so that people now who are close to retirement don’t get impacted… people within say 10 years of retirement get a little of the current system and 10 years to have their own investment account… etc etc… use 5 or 10 year increments… or 1 year increments until those just starting in the workforce have their entire career to build their own nest egg. It might take 20 years or more but at the end SS would be properly gone and no one got screwed. Since it makes so much sense, Congress will never even consider it
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:53 AM (yZ6uc)
Your chosen phrasing is a "chef's kiss" of irony. I love it.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 08:54 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
I didn't mean to convince their people to make that person the nominee. The nominee is already chosen. I think the idea is to get "everyone" on board quickly so they can have a strong coronation. This is cultural zeitgeist I'm talking about here not ticky tack vote corraling.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:54 AM (YXnK3)
What would change in the lives of women if the 19th was repealed?
And, realistically, nothing would change.
We know that because we already tested that, over 100 years and the republic was perfectly fine without women voting.
So, other than women yowling about it being "unfair," nothing would change.
OTOH, look at what giving power over to the worst instincts of women has done to us.
And this current destructive obsession with illegals, trannies and muslims?
What will happen if that continues? Grows in power (as it is)?
The complete destruction of America, the United States and the Constitution.
All because it's "unfair" that woman couldn't vote.
Related:
The WNBA is what rule under liberal, white women looks like.
In so many ways.
Even including being forcibly subsidized by men.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
That just reinforces my belief. I saw one such clip where the actors were pausing long enough to wait for the laugh track to stop.
Seriously though; I've seen porn with better acting and a more sympathetic character arc than that show.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: redridinghood at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:45 AM (OPGS/)
I was on a plane, and bored, so I started to watch that show because I figured it was incredibly popular so it must be at least passably amusing.
I was wrong. It was awful.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (l4RKn)
Arresting anyone that disagrees with them
Censoring social media
Jailing ICE workers
and on and on
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)
Don't forget removing the Senate and eliminating all non-Ramadan holidays.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
I am not as high-brow as the rest of the horde. I watched every episode of BBT and enjoyed most of them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:56 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:57 AM (VbzrQ)
Two Broke Girls at the time was at least mildly amusing and far superior. I think I watched two whole episodes.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 08:58 AM (YXnK3)
No need to vote for the DSA, it's already here.
Posted by: The New Deal at August 10, 2026 08:58 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 08:59 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
Aren't all modern sitcoms one-joke shows?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 09:00 AM (Q+gd/)
Arresting anyone that disagrees with them
Censoring social media
Jailing ICE workers
and on and on
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 08:52 AM (sKqQm)
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For the children! And protecting Democracy! And ending Hate!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 09:00 AM (iOeLf)
Let me guess, it was a female judge that granted that motion/order?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 09:01 AM (O7YUW)
What would change in the lives of women if the 19th was repealed?
I read an argument that an anti-suffragette women writer made back when they were debating it that was interesting...
The core was:
Either women will vote the same as their husbands, in which case giving a family two votes doesn't matter
Or women will vote in opposition to their husbands in which case these removes the vote from a family
Which was a fascinating take
In the modern era people get married less often and are more likely to divorce which weakens are argument now but it is a much more nuanced argument then what the modern FNM claims was what the anti-suffrage movement was arguing
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)
World Lion Day. 🦁
Posted by: redridinghood at August 10, 2026 09:01 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)
Could you BE anymore closed minded?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:02 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 09:03 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:03 AM (yZ6uc)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:57 AM (VbzrQ)
*****
S'more sh*t from the Democrats.
Posted by: redridinghood at August 10, 2026 09:03 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Julia at August 10, 2026 09:04 AM (wVcYX)
"BREAKING: Michael Beasley has officially declared for the 2027 WNBA Draft after identifying as a woman. He is the third former NBA player to do so following Enes Kanter Freedom and Royce White. The move continues to spark debate across professional sports."
Who is Michael Beasley? 11 NBA seasons. Drafted 2nd in 2008. 6'9"
Infinitely more qualified than any current WNBA player.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:05 AM (VbzrQ)
And Trump and the RNC are sitting on basically an unlimited amount of money while the DNC is broke.
Economy is rocking, stock market is booming, illegals are being deported, crime is the lowest its been in decades and the WNBA is imploding.
Not to spoil Monday morning dooming but we're in a pretty good place right now.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)
Or women will vote in opposition to their husbands in which case these removes the vote from a family
Ann Barnhart was saying that years ago.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 09:05 AM (qRla/)
The last sitcom I watched was Space:1999. Before that, the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 09:05 AM (u82oZ)
Shrub proposed this and the lefty argument for a while was the 2008 mortgage meltdown showed this was insane. Of course compare the current real estate/stock market to that of 2006 and how many people wouldn't have rather how had their retirement savings in the latter?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)
• "Adam, try this fruit—the Serpent said it is wonderful"
• "Abraham, forget what God says, bed down my helper Hagar"
• "Jacob, go Cosplay as your brother when your father is handing out the inheritance"
• "Samson, you know what you need? A haircut"
• "What would be a great gift is John the Baptist's head"
• "So Ahab, have you considered slaughtering all of the priests"
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 09:06 AM (U4c/V)
Male lions are lazy layabouts who need their females to feed them.
Lions are almost up there with pandas as the most overrated animal ever.
Tigers rule.
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:06 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 09:00 AM (qRla/)
Could you BE anymore closed minded?
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:02 AM (YXnK3)
Was that a joke or a slam? I don't understand.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at August 10, 2026 09:06 AM (qRla/)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:06 AM (VbzrQ)
Damn.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 09:06 AM (sl73Y)
That's my every weekend. I have so much to do around here & I just don't give a F*ck.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 08:45 AM (VbzrQ)
I'm kinda there as well, but can't afford to be.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)
Then they all got girlfriends and it got unrealistic.
Best ep was when the went to a convention dressed as superheroes and Raj went as Aquaman, wearing a little kids pink rubber seahorse floaty around his waist.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 09:07 AM (ZGz6B)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 09:07 AM (iOeLf)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:03 AM
Also known around these parts as "pronounced hooterage."
Posted by: AoSHQ Style Guide at August 10, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:08 AM (ZxPkt)
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That's USA Today's lead sentence in an article this morning, purportedly about Democrat extremism being nothing more than a catch-up to Tea Party and Maga.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 09:09 AM (iOeLf)
Posted by: Oglebay at August 10, 2026 09:09 AM (2ap+5)
• "Adam, try this fruit—the Serpent said it is wonderful"
Adam - we have it made. No stress. Everything we can imagine has been taken care of. No want for anything.
Eve - it's just not enough.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:09 AM (VbzrQ)
Then they all got girlfriends and it got unrealistic.
And the two blondes were drop dead gorgeous.
Intelligence IS a turn on for a lot of women but not the dweebie way they portrayed most of the male characters
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:10 AM (sKqQm)
So enough about obama....
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 09:10 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: redridinghood at August 10, 2026 08:55 AM (NpAcC)
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Having last night's s'mores pie with this morning's coffee.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:11 AM (JvZF+)
JUST IN: James Bond producer Amy Pascal reveals the next 007 actor will offer a “really different” take on the character.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)
JUST IN: James Bond producer Amy Pascal reveals the next 007 actor will offer a “really different” take on the character.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt
Trans ?
Posted by: It's me donna at August 10, 2026 09:12 AM (FtULh)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 09:12 AM (Dv3i1)
Trump policies to this point wouldn't be unexpected for a 90s era centerist democrat.
Hell, in the 90s even people like Sanders were arguing illegal immigration is bad for America
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:12 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Donate Your Used Eyewear at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt)
Black Lesbian. 3-2
Fake Man. 4-1
Fake Woman. 5-1
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (l4RKn)
JUST IN: James Bond producer Amy Pascal reveals the next 007 actor will offer a “really different” take on the character.
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:11 AM (ZxPkt
Trans ?
Posted by: It's me donna
Trans muslim female midget.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (VbzrQ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)
244 Either women
Voice of sanity, trapped in KC, miles ftom the head clearing salty ocean breezes.
Posted by: From about That Time at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (gHU/A)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ZGz6B)
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Worshipping? F_ck you, Obama ass-lickers!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)
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That’s easy. They expect Congress (or their state) to give them cash.
I wouldn’t want to spoil it for anybody, on what happens after that.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (3ElP1)
https://tinyurl.com/54ud4mvw
Posted by: runner
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That's what they are shooting for.
Others are shooting for something different.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (Pee1E)
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"Elliot" Page is the new Bond!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (ZxPkt)
I'm reminded of the British girls that went to Syria to help ISIS and when they got there ISIS made them "wives"/sex slaves of their fighters. No they didn't get a choice in who.
And the fighters expected them to cook, clean, and do whatever/whenever they wanted sexually. Yes...exactly like the left is always whining about the patriarchy wanting to do.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)
Oh joy, another woman with a great branding idea. Will it be merely Cracker Barrel or Bud Light levels of "really different"?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 09:15 AM (U4c/V)
"Elliot" Page is the new Bond!
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)
Isn't it barely above 'little person' status?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at August 10, 2026 09:15 AM (2YhKe)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:03 AM
Also known around these parts as "pronounced hooterage."
Posted by: AoSHQ Style Guide at August 10, 2026 09:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Well pronounced, even.
Posted by: Melissa Rauch as Bernadette at August 10, 2026 09:15 AM (wVcYX)
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That’s easy. They expect Congress (or their state) to give them cash.
And the reasons we have high prices is congress/Biden already did that for 4 years.
You can't fix a problem created by government spending with more government spending
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: davidt at August 10, 2026 09:16 AM (Q+gd/)
What could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 10, 2026 09:17 AM (gHU/A)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at August 10, 2026 09:17 AM (Dv3i1)
Or women will vote in opposition to their husbands in which case these removes the vote from a family
Which was a fascinating take
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This feels particularly misleading, even if you were to take it at the face value of every single person being married. Let's go with that.
Say 60 husbands vote for X. 40 husbands vote for Y.
And say 30 wives vote for X, and 70 wives vote for Y.
Y passes 110-90 instead of X passing 60-40. No?
The framing takes away individual and puts it at the "household" level. But that's not how voting works. BTW this is very confusing to think about.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:17 AM (YXnK3)
JUST IN: James Bond producer Amy Pascal reveals the next 007 actor will offer a “really different” take on the character.
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Zendaya !
Posted by: runner at August 10, 2026 09:17 AM (g47mK)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant
More than likely, yes. Now a smart man would have a friend who said "Oh, I adopted him your Honor. This happened before the divorce proceedings happened."
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 09:18 AM (OPGS/)
If we owned the media, which is in the process of destroying itself, we would be bathing in 7x24 glowing coverage of our daily wins. Lots of people say they don't care what the media says but they do.
Look around. We are winning on every front not associated with the NY Mets. It's ok to be happy when we win.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 09:18 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Put them on the planes with the moose limbs, they can help with the new moose limb colony Afearistan.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 09:19 AM (Pee1E)
Posted by: Starting To Worry at August 10, 2026 09:20 AM (JM9I6)
It is a framing change. But what is the goal of voting? Is it to validate your view of self or pick the candidate that would do the best job of protecting your family?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:20 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:02 AM (YXnK3)
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Now THAT'S some quality humor.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 10, 2026 09:21 AM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (ZxPkt)
Gunga Din!
Posted by: Rudyard Kipling at August 10, 2026 09:21 AM (wVcYX)
Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
As DSA influence in his party grows, Gavin Newsom has come up with a new brand:
"Established insurgent."
"I've always had that mindset."
He doesn't actually believe anything, so it's just a never-ending, desperate effort to chase relevancy for 2028.
https://tinyurl.com/tn4fey89
Posted by: redridinghood at August 10, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)
Mornin', MP4. Yeah...it's been a mite warm and humid around here lately. I, for one, am looking forward to Autumn.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 09:21 AM (bFu5X)
Of course the program itself was rolled into the general fund in 1968. The budget was looking rough, and this sort of accounting jiggery-pokery made everything look much better.
The T-Bills they “invest” in are “special” T-Bills, they are not marketable securities. But I think that just means they are IOUs of IOUs, instead of just … IOUs. Just as good as real money!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 09:21 AM (3ElP1)
Posted by: Nature vs Nurture at August 10, 2026 09:22 AM (F1rMs)
"Established insurgent."
Newsom is a scion of one of CA's Four Families.
He's as much an insurgent as a Bush or Kennedy would be
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:22 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 09:23 AM (77rzZ)
There was an insightful meme: Cartoon woman and Cartoon man standing behind a wall presumably looking over the ocean. She is holding up a "Immigrants Welcome" sign he is with binoculars seeing who is on board the incoming boats.
"Looks like young Japanese women"
Next panel: She puts the sign down out of sight.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 09:23 AM (/TiS1)
As soon as you put controls on who qualifies, you admit that it's welfare. Back when it was adopted, the population wasn't ready to embrace taxing Peter to just hand money to Paul. So they lied.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)
Look around. We are winning on every front not associated with the NY Mets. It's ok to be happy when we win.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Buddy's got a brain, he knows the facts (the real one's) and will independently defend each one of them. But when it comes to analysis he sits there and believes CNN polls. I explained the Gell-Mann theory and the response; I don't read the news paper.
So, he rants and votes straight Republican at the poll.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 09:24 AM (Pee1E)
Or women will vote in opposition to their husbands in which case these removes the vote from a family
Which was a fascinating take
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This feels particularly misleading, even if you were to take it at the face value of every single person being married. Let's go with that.
Say 60 husbands vote for X. 40 husbands vote for Y.
And say 30 wives vote for X, and 70 wives vote for Y.
Y passes 110-90 instead of X passing 60-40. No?
The framing takes away individual and puts it at the "household" level. But that's not how voting works. BTW this is very confusing to think about.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:17 AM (YXnK3)
This is why Ranked Choice Voting is the way forward.
Posted by: Lisa MurCOKEski, AK at August 10, 2026 09:25 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: rickb223 at August 10, 2026 09:13 AM (VbzrQ)
Sh*t! I forgot about muslim!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 09:25 AM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Tom Servo
_____________
The Larry Sanders Show is the most recent sitcom I regularly rewatch. Can't think of a single episode that strayed into politics. And Artie (Rip Torn) is one of the greatest characters ever.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at August 10, 2026 09:25 AM (XvL8K)
Next panel: She puts the sign down out of sight.
I've seen a few real threads on feminist sites with "Immigrants are welcome here!" types also spiting venom about Passport Bros.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:26 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 09:26 AM (ExV1e)
Or women will vote in opposition to their husbands in which case these removes the vote from a family
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Science; women will vote one way or the other.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 09:26 AM (Pee1E)
That's impossible! My very gay and liberal cousin told me that Democrats hate family wealth. How could they allow him so much success?
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 09:26 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)
Democratic (Ha!) Socialist = Commie.
Posted by: Darth Randall at August 10, 2026 09:27 AM (137A3)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at August 10, 2026 09:09 AM (iOeLf)
They are moving the psy op very very fast. Faster than even I expected but it makes sense to go fast in this day and age so no one has time to see or fight the trick.
I told you on the day we saw Democrat messaging across the board in June as "these people are dangerous radical extremists" that actually they were just ushering in a fake Democrat version of MAGA and that you could expect the messaging to morph and change.
Even with me narrating it this whole time, people still won't see what's going on.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:27 AM (YXnK3)
Posted by: 18-1
Their hatred for Passport Bros is hilarious. If they really want to put an end to it, they have to offer a better alternative.
(Seriously kids: Don't do this without researching the country and use only trusted agencies or close friends to set you up with a woman.)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 09:28 AM (OPGS/)
They tried to brush him off, but he persisted, apparently. Eventually they copied a series of T-Bill CUSIP #s more than likely, put them in a manila folder, and keep them in a locked filing cabinet at the Bureau of Public Debt in Parkersburg, West Virginia. So, everything is groovy.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 09:28 AM (3ElP1)
DSA = Return America to what Russia was like in the 80s.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: sidney at August 10, 2026 09:29 AM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 10, 2026 09:21 AM (bFu5X)
Who is she? Got a photo?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 10, 2026 09:29 AM (l4RKn)
I think the lone wolf goes against the super villain genre is dead because it is way too unrealistic.
Mission Impossible and Bond suffer in a way that Jason Bourne didn't. Bourne was escaping people who were trying to end the program. MI and Bond don't have singular villains, most of our society ending problems involve conglomerates. There isn't a mastermind with a nuke, we have rogue nations with nukes. There isn't a arch-criminal who is cornering the water market, we have Climate Change™ and thousands of monsters.
Hell we can't even get rid of a literal MI plot - some evil bastard that created a chimera and was selling a cure in order to live.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 09:29 AM (rgGn5)
Isn't all men want from a woman is to show up naked and bring beer? Or am I really wrong here?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 09:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg
That's kinda sick.
When the chill Eastern winds replace summer breezes,
And the long summer days are remembered no more,
Then you'll know how it feels when a woman's love changes,
When at last she has told you she loves you no more.
Posted by: Sunny Disposition at August 10, 2026 09:29 AM (JM9I6)
Heck, I watch old Johnny Carson shows from the 70s and 80s on YouTube and they’re great
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at August 10, 2026 09:30 AM (yZ6uc)
So, he rants and votes straight Republican at the poll.
Four years ago we were struggling to kick start the world after being locked down for over a year because of the flu. Thousands of 3rd worlders were pouring across our borders every single day. There were literal illegal immigrant encampments in our airports. Crime was at scary levels. Inflation was through the roof and the guy many of us hoped would be president again was being crushes with fake lawsuits.
Look where we are today. We still have a long way to go but we've come so far in 4 years it's remarkable. And it gets better every day.
It's pretty f'ing good time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 09:30 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 08:45 AM (OPGS/)
Actually, it's a very well written and acted show. If you work in tech, you'd know many people like that. I have the box set and watched it many times. Mayim Bialik who played Amy, was asked once if she knew anyone like her character. Her answer was, "Oh, yes. If you worked in my field, you know many who are very much like Amy or Sheldon". Mayim is an actual neuroscientist and has written many papers on the subject. Working in my field for over 50 years, I had many people like the guys of The Big Bang Theory. Nerdvanna.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at August 10, 2026 09:31 AM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (3ElP1)
DSA = Return America to what Russia was like in the 80s.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10,
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Tell me that you grew up in the 80s without telling me.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (Pee1E)
Bond is sent on a mission to stop an evil cabal of international anti-democract/anti-immigration people with an order to kill them.
Instead of shoot on site he observes them and sees they are normal British citizens who are a political problem for the British government.
So he goes rogue and deals with the British government.
It would be a great capper for the franchise and hell you can have a Klaus Schwab/Auric Goldfinger stand in being the power behind the British government to keep it very Bond-like
But they would never, ever do that
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)
I have thought a lot about what Trump needs to do to fight this well planned menace. I havef the shape of it but that's all. He always surprises me. Its gonna be fascinating to watch what he does to pull the plug on it.
The op has been designed to be Trump proof and to use the energy of what he built, for themselves. But he loves to find a way.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:34 AM (YXnK3)
Well, having lived this long means I've seen plenty of iterations of "democratic" socialism.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at August 10, 2026 08:24 AM (ExV1e)
That's what we did.
Posted by: Question Authority bumper sticker at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (gHU/A)
DSA = Return America to what Russia was like in the 80s.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 10, 2026 09:28 AM (sKqQm)
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DSA = "The Great Leap Backward -- Make The Chinese Great Leap 'Forward' Great Again!"
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 09:36 AM (+n6Zq)
You mean like having his administration go after their foreign money sources?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 09:32 AM (3ElP1)
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Old & Busted: A Pyramid Scheme.
New Hotness: A Trapezoid Scheme.
Posted by: ShainS at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (+n6Zq)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 09:40 AM (viF8m)
It will help but the war is every bit a "messaging" war and the Democrat grip of the media has not changed.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 09:45 AM (YXnK3)
"That's kinda sick.
When the chill Eastern winds replace summer breezes,
And the long summer days are remembered no more,
Then you'll know how it feels when a woman's love changes,
When at last she has told you she loves you no more."
Counterpoint:
When the weather's hot and sticky
there's no time for dunkin' dickie;
When the frost is on the punkin
that's the time for dickie dunkin'!
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 09:48 AM (O7YUW)
Arcades with juke boxes, pool tables, pinball machines, and tons of stand-up and sit-down video games, and so... so many rolls of quarters spent.
(You have no idea how much my heart aches for those days.)
Example: Venture's Exidy, which I used to love as a kid:
https://youtu.be/c0vlqup0muU
And that has to be a modern emulation with a machine playing the machine because no human is that good at Venture. Nobody.
(The emulation and game play is excellent though and a great way to see all the levels and hear all the music.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 09:54 AM (O7YUW)
One thing not there I thought interesting the past weekend, The Yarn, (Facebook) "Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is trying to distance today’s Democratic Party from the radical politics it embraced in 2020, brushing aside the era of defunding police and abolishing prisons as candidates now retreat from positions that became politically toxic."
There is more 👆🏻 there, but it reminded me of a handful of years ago when it was the beginning of very nasty politics, but the U.S. Reps like Madeleine Dean took to chanting, "Decency." Remember?
(AI Overview +) "Decency" became a centralized Democratic campaign theme beginning in April 2019, when Joe Biden launched his 2020 presidential campaign with the core promise to "restore the soul of America" and bring decency back to the White House. Representative Madeleine Dean and other congressional Democrats actively aligned with and adopted this messaging framework as a unified party slogan heading into the 2020 election cycle.
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)
They're not stepping away from their ultimate goals as the schools & msm news have sufficiently brainwashed and numbed the U.S. public.
"Caring AOC", "Today, I'm reintroducing the Green New Deal for Public Housing Act with @SenSanders & @repdeliaramirez to repair U.S. public housing stock while creating hundreds of thousands of union jobs," Aug 8, 2026
Now, or be pushed back again for another several decades.
All, imo.
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Many good links above, one: 'While The World Watches War, Tehran Hangs Its Young'
How can that & more re: Iran's tyranny not be routinely 'shouted from the roof tops' in this country, especially on & through msm?
In Germany, the public hangings sparked a localized diplomatic and municipal backlash. Human rights groups and exiled Iranian activists have launched active campaigns demanding that the German city of Freiburg officially dissolve its 25-year-old sister-city twinning agreement with Isfahan to avoid lending local legitimacy to the executing municipality. (Facebook, Iran International - English, 4d)
Cont'd
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)
In part, "Nearly 100 prominent Iranians, including artists and filmmakers, have been summoned by security agencies or judicial authorities after speaking out against a new wave of executions, particularly the public hanging of protesters in Isfahan, a rights activist said.
More than 20 of those summoned were well-known film and television actors, civil rights activist Mehdi Mahmoudian reported Saturday on his Telegram channel Khabaraneha."
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Can never be a 1st world problem, right?
Good day 🤗
PS - IDF ✊🏻
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at August 10, 2026 10:36 AM (NFX2v)
And also, that therefore immigration needed to be Dramatically Restricted and especially be made ethnically and religiously discriminatory.
At which point the fucking sky fell on their heads. Some very powerful and influential people denounced, berated, and generally hounded them and their information right out of existence. And the US imported millions more Muslims.
Every single one of the denouncers was Jewish.
Which is why when Jews complain about Muslims today, I don't give a shit.
Posted by: tevildo at August 10, 2026 10:43 AM (V79ec)
Posted by: Jim Rose at August 10, 2026 11:16 AM (miqrx)
Daily Tech News 10 August 2026
Top Story
- A Google developer has vibe-coded an entire new browser - albeit one that doesn't browse the web. (XDA Developers)
Instead it interprets every URL as an AI prompt and vibe codes a web page on the spot.
It's a slop machine.
Tech News
- If you happen to have half a terabyte of Crucial DRAM that you bought before prices went into the ionosphere and the brand ceased to be, at least you have the comfort that parent company Micron will abide by the lifetime warranty. (Tom's Hardware)
Lol. Lmao, even.
There's a reason why I bought more than I need.
- Asimov was right. (The Register)
In his famous Robot stories he explored a variety of ways his Three Laws of Robotics - what we today call "alignment" - would go wrong, from malicious compliance to compliant malice to just plain human stupidity.
All of which we are seeing play out today, though the latter has never been in short supply.
- Make yourself invisible to surveillance cameras with this one simple trick. (Tech Crunch)
In short: Camouflage.
In not quite so short: Wear clothing so ugly that you are painful to look at.
- Lenovo has a new small tablet and it's garbage. (Tech Crunch)
Since I picked up a couple of the outgoing model of Legion Tabs - one in black, one in white - at half price, I don't need to care for a while about the scarcity or expense of good small Android tablets.
Disclaimer: I never knew Roy Orbison had an entire album of Dolly Parton covers.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:30 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at August 10, 2026 04:37 AM (BLOW1)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)
MDIG is winning the battle again
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0)
If you play this record backwards, he leaves Jolene and comes back to her.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)
=
https://archive.is/HoSOZ
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:55 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 04:58 AM (OPGS/)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at August 10, 2026 05:07 AM (AMvSw)
"Compared to being on the wrong side of the ground, even a bad Monday is pretty small kumquats, nicht wahr?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:08 AM (wzUl9)
... month ... day ... year ...
(TechCrunch surveillance article)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 05:09 AM (odBC9)
Was just reading an article about FEL lasers that was patiently explaining why they are the future of chip manufacturing. I could comprehend every word, even some of the less technical jargon. When I finished the article I realized I couldn’t translate anything I had read into comprehensible English. Except Elon and laser good. Save semiconductor industry. Use a boatload of power.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 10, 2026 05:11 AM (CUnWa)
At nine I have a video tour of a new house possibility, a corner lot place, 2BR/1BA, basement and garage. Maybe I can get to Walmart and back before nine, and then run out for some things WM doesn't carry. Or, wait until ten and then handle my grocery run before lunch when it's hotter. Decisions . . .
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:14 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:15 AM (wzUl9)
In other joys, there are two storms brewing up off the coast of Africa -- the twin possibility of our getting what John D. MacDonald called "one of the great Cape Verde hurricanes of August."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:18 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 05:20 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:21 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 05:27 AM (odBC9)
Good, good stuff.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:29 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:30 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 05:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 10, 2026 05:36 AM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)
The hell it does.
Posted by: Satan at August 10, 2026 05:46 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 05:49 AM (jhKkc)
Following her departure from Wagoner's show, Parton branched out into pop music with her 1977 single "Here You Come Again."
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 05:50 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)
Googling
porter wagoner show dolly
pulls up a bunch of videos and photos of her on the show.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 05:53 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 10, 2026 05:55 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 10, 2026 05:55 AM (3Ope
Dirty anti-sandite.
Posted by: The Worms at August 10, 2026 06:01 AM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/5n6ntt42
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2026 06:03 AM (xSAlF)
https://tinyurl.com/3fh9u2hp
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2026 06:08 AM (xSAlF)
BBC
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.
3 hrs ago
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at August 10, 2026 06:10 AM (amcLV)
https://tinyurl.com/ke5mm5cw
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2026 06:14 AM (xSAlF)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: coln at August 10, 2026 06:21 AM (CiQE7)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 10, 2026 06:22 AM (mmrXZ)
I'm going to try my best to avoid politics today.
May you have a blessed day, see God at work in the day around you -even in things as simple yet beautiful as flowers in nature or through concern or kindness of others around you-. May you know that you are a blessing to others!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 10, 2026 06:22 AM (xSAlF)
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.
3 hrs ago
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)
Only one million?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 06:25 AM (4g5V+)
Even at age ten or eleven I was aware of and impressed by the prettiness of girls. I knew (unlike male friends who muttered, "I hate girls!")
Age 10: I hate girls
Age 20: I love girls
Age 70: I hate girls
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:28 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Just Wondering at August 10, 2026 06:28 AM (2Ez/1)
But I have downloaded a lot of music videos, and if "video edits" are common, then that's a lot of potentially lesser versions I have taking up space. And there is no way I'm just going to systematically go through and compare them all with the album version. So it's just going to grate on me in the back of my mind.
#FirstWorldProblems
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 06:29 AM (Sy6m/)
Sadly, this doesn't surprise me too much.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 06:30 AM (OPGS/)
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.
3 hrs ago
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)
Are the Chinese media blaming Global Warming and suggesting that coal plants get shut down?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:30 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 10, 2026 06:33 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 06:39 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I'm surprised Greta isn't already in a first class seat on a plane going to Beijing so she can scold them.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 06:40 AM (OPGS/)
Does it matter if my face and body are already too ugly to look at?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 06:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I'm surprised Greta isn't already in a first class seat on a plane going to Beijing so she can scold them.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 06:40 AM (OPGS/)
While she's there, she should scold them for being the #1 polluter of plastics into the ocean...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 06:41 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 06:39 AM (ZxPkt)
I'm losing too much hair on my head to have any hair-on-fire commenting...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 06:42 AM (l3cgK)
Millions of people and growing so fast.
I remember thinking thinking about the millions of people that would die if the power went out.
Posted by: pawn at August 10, 2026 06:42 AM (L5eIP)
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.
3 hrs ago
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:09 AM (odBC9)
Are the Chinese media blaming Global Warming and suggesting that coal plants get shut down?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 06:30 AM (O0L8i)
Typhoon Dolph for short? Typhoon Dolph Lundgren?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 06:43 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 06:39 AM (ZxPkt)
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You've picked the wrong week to start sniffing glue...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 10, 2026 06:44 AM (FZ29D)
If I move fast, I can hit Walmart and be back in time for my video tour at nine am. The stuff I need from a different store can wait until tomorrow -- or I can walk to Aldi for some of it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at August 10, 2026 06:44 AM (wzUl9)
Millions of people and growing so fast.
I remember thinking thinking about the millions of people that would die if the power went out.
Posted by: pawn at August 10, 2026 06:42 AM (L5eIP)
I don't know if it's still true, but Phoenix was the only state capital with over 1M people. Atlanta isn't, as the actual city is smaller than 1M (the suburbs make it much, much bigger).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 06:44 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 10, 2026 06:45 AM (1FEc1)
w00t
Posted by: m
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Nice to see this word spelled correctly.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at August 10, 2026 06:22 AM (mmrXZ)
l33t
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:45 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 10, 2026 06:46 AM (zJHVr)
https://tinyurl.com/mry3dfva
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 06:46 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 10, 2026 06:52 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 06:39 AM (ZxPkt)
You go, Don Black.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:54 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at August 10, 2026 06:55 AM (AHxhK)
Posted by: little people at August 10, 2026 06:58 AM (ehY6c)
List of storms named Dolphin
The name Dolphin has been used for four tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific Ocean.
The name was contributed by Hong Kong and refers to the Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis), a mascot in Hong Kong.
Typhoon Dolphin (2026) (T2613, 12W) – ... Category 5 super typhoon, currently active.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 06:58 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 10, 2026 06:58 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 06:59 AM (ZxPkt)
You can take the politician out of the third world, but you can’t take the third world out of the politician.
Posted by: Fenderbender at August 10, 2026 06:59 AM (1FEc1)
Blood work awaits. Have to fast, so no breakfast, but can have coffee. Just waiting long enough for the lab techs to wake up and the school buses to have made their morning runs.
Nothing more aggravating than being behind a bus as it stops at every. single. driveway. for. miles.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
The Catechon (restrainer) that St. Paul mentions (forgive me for not knowing chapter and verse) may have been removed. I have heard folks say that Benedict XVI was the last true Pope and he was the restrainer. The demons have been unleashed.
Pray. Pray constantly.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:02 AM (wVCl1)
The Catechon (restrainer) that St. Paul mentions (forgive me for not knowing chapter and verse) may have been removed. I have heard folks say that Benedict XVI was the last true Pope and he was the restrainer. The demons have been unleashed.
Pray. Pray constantly.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:02 AM (wVCl1)
2 Thessalonians...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 07:05 AM (l3cgK)
Blood work awaits. Have to fast, so no breakfast, but can have coffee. Just waiting long enough for the lab techs to wake up and the school buses to have made their morning runs.
Nothing more aggravating than being behind a bus as it stops at every. single. driveway. for. miles.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
Coffee, no sugar...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 07:06 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:08 AM (u82oZ)
Free is just another name for socialist ran big govt healthcare.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 07:08 AM (/+uur)
He tried pushing back against Al Gayeda and then stepped down shortly afterward.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:08 AM (OPGS/)
Nothing more aggravating than being behind a bus as it stops at every. single. driveway. for. miles.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
Mommy can drive them, then you can be behind a long line of cars at the school.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:08 AM (O0L8i)
WTF is a "utility provider"?
Today's writers are obsessed with going as far out of the way as possible to sound as stupid as possible.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 07:09 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 10, 2026 07:09 AM (/+uur)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
"Baby Shark" played on endless repeat?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:10 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 06:39 AM
*turns head both ways to crack neck vertebrae; flexes fingers in both hands; pours a fresh cup of coffee*
Let's go.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 07:10 AM (2Ez/1)
And of course, the people paying into this magical rainbow system will never be turned away, every need will be met in a few days and we shall all sing kumbaya in the waiting room.
Posted by: NR Pax at August 10, 2026 07:10 AM (OPGS/)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
"Baby Shark" played on endless repeat?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:10 AM
Is this about me?
Posted by: Dominique by The Singing Nun at August 10, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
Ready for another week of all-out, full tilt, hair-on-fire commenting action.
Posted by: Don Black
Gotcher snark snacks handy for sustenance during this ordeal, have you?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:13 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
"Baby Shark" played on endless repeat?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:10 AM
Is this about me?
Posted by: Dominique by The Singing Nun at August 10, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
At least the Dominique song lets you learn French.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: NR Pax
Canada promised that. Send all socialized medicine proponents to Canada for treatment. Problem solved.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:15 AM (u82oZ)
Il ne parle. que. du. bon. Dieu
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:15 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 07:16 AM (ZxPkt)
Nothing more aggravating than being behind a bus as it stops at every. single. driveway. for. miles.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
Mommy can drive them, then you can be behind a long line of cars at the school.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:08 AM (O0L8i)
At least in Kalifornia, you have to stop of the STOP sign is extended on a bus, no matter what side of a road you are on...and that includes multi-lane roads...
So I was behind this bus, stop sign was out...for more than 5 minutes. I don't know what the going on with that bus. Eventually it started moving again...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 07:17 AM (l3cgK)
The one bus driver to worry about was me, singing "The Wheels on the Bus".
Only for unsafe kids in the bus aisle. I had them beg me to stop.
Ah, memories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)
And of course, the people paying into this magical rainbow system will never be turned away, every need will be met in a few days and we shall all sing kumbaya in the waiting room.
Posted by: NR Pax
In six days, people will be calling ambulances to take them to the hospital after stubbing their toe. It's a slight exaggeration, but only a slight one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:19 AM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Don Black
Gotcher snark snacks handy for sustenance during this ordeal, have you?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:13 AM
++++
Cool ranch Doritos, Buc-ee's beaver nuggets, gummy bears, grape Nehi.
Check, check, check, and check.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 07:19 AM (2Ez/1)
And of course, the people paying into this magical rainbow system will never be turned away, every need will be met in a few days and we shall all sing kumbaya in the waiting room.
Posted by: NR Pax
In six days, people will be calling ambulances to take them to the hospital after stubbing their toe. It's a slight exaggeration, but only a slight one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 10, 2026 07:19 AM (O0L8i)
I was waiting in Urgent Care this one time (I think I was in for a hematuria). There was a teenage girl with a toothpick in her foot. Did she try to remove it? Probably not...
I mean, sure, remove it cleanly, get a tetanus shot...but Urgent Care for that?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 07:21 AM (l3cgK)
The one bus driver to worry about was me, singing "The Wheels on the Bus".
Only for unsafe kids in the bus aisle. I had them beg me to stop.
Ah, memories.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:17 AM (u82oZ)
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming, like his passengers...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (l3cgK)
Are we still outraged about Flock or has the algorithms chosen a new hair-on-fire topic to keep the perpetual rage and crisis machine going?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (/TiS1)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black
snark snacks
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:13 AM (s9VOe)
It's a pome.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:23 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Don Black at August 10, 2026 07:23 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:01 AM (2Cry5)
"Baby Shark" played on endless repeat?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:10 AM
Is this about me?
Posted by: Dominique by The Singing Nun at August 10, 2026 07:12 AM (2Ez/1)
At least the Dominique song lets you learn French.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:13 AM (odBC9)
Lady Marmalade had French too...I found out at some point what she was saying...and meaning...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at August 10, 2026 07:24 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)
Are we still outraged about Flock or has the algorithms chosen a new hair-on-fire topic to keep the perpetual rage and crisis machine going?
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (/TiS1)
Tune in!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Nelson Muntz at August 10, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:24 AM (odBC9)
Ha-ha!
Posted by: Nelson Muntz at August 10, 2026 07:25 AM (l3cgK)
Mean!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:25 AM (odBC9)
Your position on top of the leader board was not an accident. You worked for it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM
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*blinks uncomfortably at the bright stage lights; studies statue thoughtfully*
I just want to thank all the little people...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (/TiS1)
Yes! My hair is still on fire from the Flock cameras as well as the origination of "Gunsel".
Posted by: Booji Boy at August 10, 2026 07:26 AM (F1rMs)
The missus has procured the speaker for our lapidary group's September meeting, so she is responsible for creating the meeting notice and introducing him. The meeting is online. She is a student of his (online) and a big admirer as well, but she was lamenting that she "can't write" yesterday. She requested my assistance. I started with the basic "name three things you like about this instructor" and I took her forward from there. Last night after I had cleaned up she brought me her final draft for review. A couple or two edits on my part and it was ready to go. Happy wife.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:26 AM (s9VOe)
instead of paying that guy, $20MM out of a $5.3T annual spend on healthcare — lets install DMV efficiency and care and replace the trained professionals with untrained DEI monkeys who will base their admission on race, estimated wealth and your attitude at the time.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:27 AM (/TiS1)
I just want to thank all the little people...
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
Please send your regards to Gimli, members of the Lullaby League and the Lollipop Guild.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:29 AM (s9VOe)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:30 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (/TiS1)
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I predict a continuation of sturm and drang regarding irritating pop up ads featuring senior ladies in gray sweaters with pronounced hooterage.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)
It won't remain so. Let me tell you about Ontario Canada...
When I was younger than 20, and I was walking the halls of any hospital in our province, every one was busy; doctors, nurses, orderlies, support staff, it felt like everyone had something to do, and the place looked and felt busy. Patients were taken care of quickly.
Compare to today - hospitals feels barely populated by staff. You almost expect tumbleweeds to roll down the halls. Patients are not taken care of quickly, and the wait time in ERs can be 14, 24, even 48 hours. People can die in the ER waiting room because there's so little staff. Demand is going up because we've got a bubble in the population that's aging out, who need medical treatment for things more frequently.
Socialized medicine worked for a while, until it didn't. Now it's just a barely functional disaster. We borrowed from the future too long to fund it. Future's here now. We're broke. Oops.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Community Notes at August 10, 2026 07:22 AM (/TiS1)
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I predict a continuation of sturm and drang regarding irritating pop up ads featuring senior ladies in gray sweaters with pronounced hooterage.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 10, 2026 07:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Yay!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:32 AM (odBC9)
When I die, I want to die like my grandfather, peacefully in his sleep, not screaming, like his passengers...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
I thoroughly enjoy that one liner! Thanks!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:33 AM (s9VOe)
Hopefully no school busses.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 10, 2026 07:33 AM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:33 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 10, 2026 07:26 AM (s9VOe)
Camels? A dromedary group?
Oh.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:34 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)
No worries...we got the MAID working overtime so soon all the golden oldies will be going bye bye.
Next!
Posted by: Dying Without Dignity at August 10, 2026 07:35 AM (F1rMs)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 10, 2026 07:35 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 10, 2026 07:36 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at August 10, 2026 07:37 AM (wVCl1)
Posted by: Oops. Wrong thread at August 10, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Button Pushing Monkey at August 10, 2026 07:40 AM (igCg8)
Posted by: Oops. Wrong thread at August 10, 2026 07:37 AM (2Ez/1)
But they're frequent in limerocks.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 07:41 AM (odBC9)
Sunday Overnight Open Thread - August 9, 2026 [Doof]
Yosemite from Travel and Nature PhotographyHowdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Sunday ONT. Glad you could stop by! I'm not available to hang out with you this evening - many thanks to Dino for launching and holding down the fort! Open thread, as always. Fashion and music, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Britain continues to beclown itself
Absolute state of this.
— Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 (@TRobinsonNewEra) August 9, 2026
Young lad purchases a baseball bat in "Modern England".
As soon as he leaves the store, police grab him for "carrying a weapon".
The bat is literally still in it's plastic covering.
pic.twitter.com/BkJim3laJ8
Not sure if that version is real or if this one is
When you buy a baseball bat in the UK but you’re white… and there’s a female cop pic.twitter.com/b88GZ3nEOB
— Dr. Clown, PhD (@DrClownPhD) August 9, 2026
----- The Virginia governor is very popular with her people
Governor Spanberger booed in Galax. Turns out when you break your campaign promise, attempt a Leftist power grab pushing an unconstitutional gerrymandering effort In order to silence rural Virginia voices, coupled with massive tax increases, it results in a frosty reception…. pic.twitter.com/oqOBR58SEF
— Jason Miyares (@JasonMiyaresVA) August 9, 2026
----- Please run again, Kammie!
Just when you think Kamala couldn’t get any dumber! 😳. Absolutely unbelievable.
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) August 9, 2026
Trump’s pinned post on Truth. pic.twitter.com/1kVZ7H5hj1
----- Which one of you did this?
What a wild rendition of the national anthem tonight at American Family Field. First time I’ve seen a grill used as an instrument! pic.twitter.com/vaj0q1CLet
— Zach Sweet (@by_ZachSweet) August 8, 2026
----- Moron worthy quip in Canton, OH
You know your wife absolutely rocks if you can rip a joke like this in your hall of speech and she laughs instead of getting sensitive. pic.twitter.com/YJcB0lsjVQ
— Nicky Smokes (@nickysmokess) August 8, 2026
----- Gun thread b-roll footage Here are 7 times when playing with tannerite didn't end well
Remember kids, if you can see the target, the target can see you.
Sadly, this one is gone now, but has been a regular for me this summer. Their items sell fast, so buy quickly!
Another really fun, moderately priced brand that you should consider in your rotation is Tuckernuck. They have created squee worthy outfits with the ric-rac trend.
Let me know if you have already joined the return of the ric-rac trend or if you are inspired now to take it on! ----- Thanks, Piper! The rest of you - Don't forget to check out Piper's X page. *** Fashion segment b-roll footage
Don’t think they would survive a Carnival Cruise. pic.twitter.com/1WeHtn8lWW
— SweetMarie (@Oceanbreeze473) August 8, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 09, 2026 10:00 PM (zMzlR)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:00 PM (wljQY)
There's a lot of effort goes into making AoS posts, and comments, too. They may not always produce joy, but there's a good amount of happiness.🙂
Posted by: mindful webworker - effortlessly at August 09, 2026 10:00 PM (AHfYh)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 09, 2026 10:00 PM (zMzlR)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 09, 2026 10:02 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: mindful webworker - jumpin jehosophat at August 09, 2026 10:02 PM (AHfYh)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at August 09, 2026 10:02 PM (i7wbv)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:03 PM (ZdaMQ)
We have a launch in the morning.
SpaceX - Falcon 9 - Starlink 10-19
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: August 10, 2026
Launch Time: 10:49 a.m. EDT (1449 UTC, 16:49 CEST)
https://youtu.be/x6FNFhI98xw
Posted by: Joyenz at August 09, 2026 10:04 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:04 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 09, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Cat survives about 37 days under quake rubble in Venezuela
https://youtu.be/eXxuFo5gIuQ
Posted by: Joyenz at August 09, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)
Dad's people were from there
The event was over-shadowed by Nixon resigning
Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2026 10:06 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Yosemite Sam at August 09, 2026 10:07 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Hey, hey, hey, like being toned? at August 09, 2026 10:07 PM (AHfYh)
As soon as he leaves the store, police grab him for "carrying a weapon".
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Pre-crime
Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2026 10:07 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:08 PM (WeRjo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:08 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at August 09, 2026 10:09 PM (zMzlR)
Soooo...we're just ignoring bedazzling?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: davidt at August 09, 2026 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:10 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:11 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: four seasons at August 09, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
NOOOOO !!!
Don't go! We'd miss you ...
Posted by: Adriane the Critically Critical Critic . . . at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (b1P8a)
Posted by: Carrol O-Conner at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (Nk4NG)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: TRex - nice but modest dino at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Hey, hey, hey, like being toned? at August 09, 2026 10:07 PM (AHfYh)
It's the most well known song that mentions me!
Posted by: Some Junkie Cosmonaut at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (y6pwI)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at August 09, 2026 10:02 PM (i7wbv)
It seems like you've been whelmed.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (WeRjo)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 09, 2026 10:14 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Hey, hey, hey, like being toned? at August 09, 2026 10:07 PM (AHfYh)
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Always loved this song. What an embarrassment of riches we had in 90's music.
Hey, dontcha wanna go down
Like some junkie cosmonaut
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 09, 2026 10:14 PM (kpS4V)
Soooo...we're just ignoring bedazzling?
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:09 PM (Riz8t
Do I bite? Do I ignore? 😂
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:15 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at August 09, 2026 10:02 PM (i7wbv)
It seems like you've been whelmed.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (WeRjo)
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I got here perfectly gruntled but now I'm not so sure.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:15 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Molly k. at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (b1P8a)
Garrett's favorite designer....
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 10:15 PM (l4RKn)
Had a rather big crush on this lady. But crushing on a married woman is stupid. Thing is, she quit her job. I think the feelings may have been mutual. At least I like to tell myself this.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 09, 2026 10:16 PM (0aYVJ)
The dresses are nice looking. It would be great if more women would embrace modesty.
Posted by: four seasons at August 09, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
__________
It's entirely possible to enhance your femininity without looking like you've been poured into your clothes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:16 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 10:16 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: davidt at August 09, 2026 10:10 PM (Q+gd/)
Certainly, in the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, having a good solid piece of wood in your hand is often useful.
Posted by: Ian Faith, Spinal Tap Manager at August 09, 2026 10:17 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - effortlessly
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I'ma go get some. brb
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:18 PM (wljQY)
Maybe I could get used to rickrack again. My mother put it on all my dresses when I was a kid. Ugly dresses. For my fifth birthday, I asked for a store-bought dress.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:18 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: The Eyes of Nostrildamus at August 09, 2026 10:19 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I don't get it.
Posted by: K. Kardashian at August 09, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:18 PM (mmrXZ)
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Could we interest you in something in plaid?
Posted by: Montgomery Ward at August 09, 2026 10:19 PM (6/7Fs)
Maybe I could get used to rickrack again. My mother put it on all my dresses when I was a kid. Ugly dresses. For my fifth birthday, I asked for a store-bought dress.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:18 PM (mmrXZ)
I love that it is big, it just works for summer.
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)
But I was a kid during the Ric-Rac scourge and it was on everything. I'll pass.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (kpS4V)
——
At this point, what alternative remains? I’m not suggesting this is an optimal state of affairs.
The most disturbing thing to me, really, is there is apparently no shortage of twats on the force willing to do chicken shit like this. How do you get people to think “Yes, this is a good idea”? Well, a paycheck and pension, certainly.
The Nazis at Nuremburg are owed an apology, in principle, then. “Just following orders” after all. Sometimes you’ll hear people say they were doing illegal things. Well no - that’s the hell of it. They were following the law. Just like the twink citing some chump buying a bat.
Posted by: Carrol O-Conner at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (Nk4NG)
Posted by: Pikov Andropov at August 09, 2026 10:02 PM (i7wbv)
It seems like you've been whelmed.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:13 PM (WeRjo)
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I got here perfectly gruntled but now I'm not so sure.
I have arrived in a state of perfect pluss; not too much plus, but still not nonplussed.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (Riz8t)
I also have the media acqusition pipeline sorted out, the only manual step is running the naming tokenizer and formatter that strips extraneous text in file and folders and conforms it for what the schema requires.
I'm seriously contemplating monetizing this.
Just have to figure out how to make it multi-platform as it relies heavily on python scripting and macOS centric workflow.
Problably refactor it as an electron app.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
Applied to plastic footwear, it's ri-croc?
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)
I commented to Her Majesty (who spent part of her youth in India) how nice Indian women looked in saris. Plus they look comfortable and you don't have be a Victoria's Secret model to wear one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (O0L8i)
And people actually voted for that bint.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:21 PM (WeRjo)
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2026 10:21 PM (z6kPi)
Posted by: four seasons at August 09, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
__________
It's entirely possible to enhance your femininity without looking like you've been poured into your clothes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:16 PM (O0L8i)
Is this about me?
Posted by: Morgan Lanexo at August 09, 2026 10:22 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Montgomery Ward
If you want an object lesson in the perils of plaid, look at the woman giving a tour of the House of Lords library in this morning's book thread.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (XV/Pl)
Doof - Great ONT!
Happy Sunday all!
Posted by: Iris at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (286+n)
I love that it is big, it just works for summer.
Posted by: Piper
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It is a bit different on women's fashions, but I'm recovering from calico-induced trauma.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (mmrXZ)
Nice sun dresses Piper - simple and lovely!
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2026 10:21 PM (z6kPi
Thank you, sir!
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (ZdaMQ)
At this point, I think that's the only way left to go.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:23
My mom made a Holly Hobby Halloween costume for me. Complete with bonnet. I feel you!
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:24 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)
Galax is not NoVa - it's west and south of Blacksburg (VPI). Spanberger has no appeal to, nor understanding of, anyone outside of NoVa.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:26 PM (Riz8t)
Great fashion tonight. Thanxs.
There was a day Mrs D wore stuff like that.
Sigh...
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 10:25 PM (2WIwB)
I bet she was lovely, too.
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:26 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 10:22 PM (Riz8t)
I took one look at the still, and thought, "tranny". A plump one, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 10:26 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
That guy must really love his wife to wear that matching outfit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wVcYX)
Our church has not so much a dress code as dress suggestions. True, I go to the 7:00 AM Mass and while I've question some people's taste I can't say I've ever seen anyone inappropriately dressed.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:18 PM (mmrXZ)
I still have one dress that my mother made when I was about 3, which would have been circa 1960. I keep it in an acid free box and all these decades later, it looks brand new. It has black ric rac and a reminder that my mother could sew like nobody’s business. She did like her ric rac though.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (SjAWL)
See, that exercise shit will kill you.
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (z6kPi)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:23 PM (0Htd1)
That guy must really love his wife to wear that matching outfit.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wVcYX
Chinoiserie, even!
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (ZdaMQ)
CIA Barbie and her merry band of Khmer Rouge enthusiasts, are very popular in Soviet Virginia (Northern Virginia). Not so anywhere else in VA. She and her merry band of Khmer Rouge are utterly depraved.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 09, 2026 10:28 PM (sAmhv)
Bunch of ignorant foreigners. Yes, they be stupid. Come over here and get your ass kicked, we don't need a bat.
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 10:28 PM (fV9m3)
Might mean nothing to anyone else but it was devastating to us. Then they said they were going to play nothing but his music for the next 48 hours. So we had a huge party to celebrate his life and music.
Thanks Jerry for all the tunes. RIP.
https://tinyurl.com/2puf5m25
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:29 PM (WeRjo)
http://tiny.cc/gzb8101
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026
Hey, TD, over here. *whispers* that is rick rolled.
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (ZdaMQ)
Am always learng new words from our commemtaters.
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2026 10:31 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:31 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
https://shorturl.fm/8jfmw
Posted by: GWB at August 09, 2026 10:32 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: TxAnn at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (SjAWL)
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That is sweet! Someone in my family preserved a doll that I got when I was about 3 and put a home-made dress on it that my sister wore when she was about 3. Yes, it has rickrack on it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:32 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: GWB at August 09, 2026 10:33 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:33 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (XV/Pl)
Python scripting?! Oh no.
Posted by: And now for something completely different at August 09, 2026 10:33 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I never seem to leave the church premises due to my running the kitchen. Last week, one of our lectors thought she'd arrive very early to avoid all other parishioners. Wrong. She ran from her vehicle wearing a hula skirt and a tube top with her church clothes under her arm.
Caught her at the door. Heh.
Apparently she was at some competition function for Mrs. Senior Tennessee. Yes, a ginger - how'd you know?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2026 10:34 PM (z6kPi)
The dresses are nice looking. It would be great if more women would embrace modesty.
Posted by: four seasons
I entertain myself by watching youtubes of idiots having to be dragged out of restaurants, hotels, stores, etc. Almost all of them are overweight, white women dressed like the town slut. On a lot of people Spandex pants are a blight.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:34 PM (0Htd1)
*bows at waist, exits stage left*
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at August 09, 2026 10:34 PM (kOluj)
Actually, there's nothing more charming to see at Mass than boys dressed as young gentlemen and girls in modest dresses and chapel veils.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:35 PM (O0L8i)
Tonypete, I hope husband's friend fights his way back. It can be done!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:35 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:30 PM (ZdaMQ)
Po-tay-to, po-tah-to.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 10:35 PM (WeRjo)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:35 PM (ZdaMQ)
Grandson #1 wanted to go on a boat cruise out of SF harbor. We were on it, just as it was pulling out of the docking area, my feet decided not to work correctly, and I ended up landing HARD on my noggin. Hurt like an SOB!
EMTs suggested I go to the ER near daughter's house - I didn't have any signs of neurological impairment, but given my age and the fact that I am on blood thinners, we just wanted to be sure.
Turns out I am fine, and I am now back at daughter's house.
I think we will be staying here tomorrow before we leave on Tuesday morning.
On the plus side, I got to see the Muir Woods area and the sea lions in SF harbor. Still haven't seen the Golden Gate Bridge (it was too foggy), and I still want to ride a cable car, so another trip will be in order very soon 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 09, 2026 10:35 PM (S7WXb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:36 PM (wljQY)
“The world needs more pretty women in sundresses!”
I always get a blush and a smile. And a “thank you!”
How much do you want to bet they pass that compliment back to the next lady? Because I bet they do!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 10:36 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:36 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:36 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: four seasons at August 09, 2026 10:37 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:37 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Montgomery Ward at August 09, 2026 10:19 PM (6/7Fs)
Please don't bring back Shatner Pants.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 09, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)
and I still want to ride a cable car, so another trip will be in order very soon 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
You're not even going to say hi...???
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:38 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: free tibet at August 09, 2026 10:39 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 09, 2026 10:39 PM (DsDRo)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
My fifties childhood included dresses with rickrack, and those awful home perms that gave me that poodle look.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (ZdaMQ)
*bows at waist, exits stage left*
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Please, stay humble and real. Others have let the honor go to their heads and now expect a standing ovation just for showing up. This is a test of character.
Posted by: Man of the People at August 09, 2026 10:41 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: tankdemon
*************
Don't you just hate it when that happens?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (XfIK1)
Going north over the bridge, take the first exit (not the vista point), turn left under the highway and keep driving. The view is worth it.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (vTZFs)
I often miss stuff here. What did I miss with this. I have a Roku TV.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Cicero
That is not correct.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (DZ9Lv)
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We'll, it came within 1800 feet of landing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (6/7Fs)
12 Some news out of Venezuela.
Cat survives about 37 days under quake rubble in Venezuela
https://youtu.be/eXxuFo5gIuQ
Posted by: Joyenz at August 09, 2026 10:05 PM
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I guess it found something to eat.
Posted by: Sustainable Asswipe at August 09, 2026 10:43 PM (PquBa)
So are there 1 Arday per program or 100 or 1000.
Approximately 80% of companies have implemented diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs as part of their workplace strategies. So there are about 3126 Ardays embedded in US publicly trading companies.
Posted by: r hennigantx at August 09, 2026 10:44 PM (/+uur)
In today's news, AOC back-tracked her socialist/authoritarian bullshit policies like a version control algorithm with infinite Undo's.
Smiled very prettily for Jonathan Karl and spoke in a soft, girly voice. "Well, that was COVID, you know, and we had a lot going on..." He fell for every word of it.
I hope she runs and I hope Vance or Rubio crushes her like a bug.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:44 PM (mmrXZ)
She's written several times about her racism against Whites. Well, she hired a white woman as a senior campaign advisor. Her skills: OnlyFans model.
I'm still trying to figure this out. Is OnlyFans "Squirrel Food's" backup plan if she loses?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 09, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:45 PM (ZdaMQ)
See, that exercise shit will kill you.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Didn't that Atkins diet guy crater while jogging.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wljQY)
Cat survives about 37 days under quake rubble in Venezuela
https://youtu.be/eXxuFo5gIuQ
Posted by: Joyenz at August 09, 2026 10:05 PM
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I guess it found something to eat.
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Maybe it was a collapsed cat food factory.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:46 PM (6/7Fs)
Gene Autrey singing in the background.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:47 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 10:48 PM (fV9m3)
Oh, and AOC video'd herself freezing her eggs. That's something you can do at home now, apparently.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:48 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 10:48 PM (bmNfW)
Good night, Piper! Thanks for the fashion!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:48 PM (mmrXZ)
Oh, and the unfortunately named CEO of Blue Origin, David Limp, announced they found the problem that caused Bezos Big Boom at the Cape. It's a problem with the LOX valve on the engine. Not much detail, but they say only minor modifications will be needed to fix it, and they can easily retrofit it on existing engines.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 10:49 PM (w6EFb)
Didn't that Atkins diet guy crater while jogging.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 10:46 PM (wljQY)
_________
Jim Fixx. Robert Atkins died of cardiomyopathy.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:49 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Cicero
Okay, boys, here's the assignment. We want you to fly over enemy territory and drop an experimental bomb, biggest bomb ever, bigger than that one a couple of days ago. Then zip out of there as fast as you possibly can lest you get caught in the blast. Now, off you go.🫨
Posted by: mindful webworker - big BIG bada boom at August 09, 2026 10:50 PM (AHfYh)
Heart disease ran in his family. Did he die early, or maybe lived longer than he might otherwise have?
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 10:50 PM (bmNfW)
Oh, and AOC video'd herself freezing her eggs. That's something you can do at home now, apparently.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 10:48 PM (mmrXZ)
No, just giving herself a shot of Lupron in prep for harvesting.
She is 36, though, so that seems problematic in general. When does she plan to have these babies?
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
Sweeney commanded the 2nd mission on Bockscar and it was pretty much a complete CF of epic proportion.
__________
"You fucked up, didn't you, Sweeney?" - Gen. LeMay
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Cicero
That is not correct.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (DZ9Lv)
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We'll, it came within 1800 feet of landing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (6/7Fs)
There was a handy-dandy ottoman?
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (wVcYX)
*bows at waist, exits stage left*
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher
Please, stay humble and real. Others have let the honor go to their heads and now expect a standing ovation just for showing up. This is a test of character.
Posted by: Man of the People
That's why I didn't point out that three of them were mine. 😉
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
How happy did it make you to pass along a compliment? Much more important.
Being pissed off all the time is easy. Being happy and passing along is way more fun.
Life is short. Enjoy it.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)
When I got older, I wanted the hem shorter and she always shut that down. So after she’d pin it before hemming, I’d covertly re-pin the hem shorter. Those days thankfully ended when schools let girls wear pants.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (SjAWL)
nerdygirl,
It is horrifying what we see in public.
Posted by: four seasons
It's gotten so bad that the women wearing pajama bottoms to the grocery store are an improvement.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:38 PM (DZ9Lv)
Oops!
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (S7WXb)
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)
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The vanishingly rare AoSHQ Hat Trick. That's Hall of Fame stuff.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (6/7Fs)
>>I often miss stuff here. What did I miss with this. I have a Roku TV.
I got fed up with Plex and their ever changing UI and TOS, so I've built my own Plex replacement that, in my estimation, blows Plex away in features, function and search capabilities, I also built a Roku front end so it's an end to end replacement for Plex.
The other piece of integration I did was media acquisition via torrents.
It's all currently a very bespoke setup, so if someone wanted to set it up in their environemnt they would have to know how set up a python virtual environment, load ibraries, set everything up as a service so it starts up automatically.
It's shall we say, involved.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Cicero
That is not correct.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (DZ9Lv)
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We'll, it came within 1800 feet of landing.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (6/7Fs)
Blowed up real good it did.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Cicero
That is not correct.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:40 PM (DZ9Lv)
We'll, it came within 1800 feet of landing.
Posted by: Cicero
That is correct. Airbursts matter.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (DZ9Lv)
How happy did it make you to pass along a compliment? Much more important.
___________
Men should not receive compliments. They only give them swollen heads. At least that's what women say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:54 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Common Tater
If you spend all your time jogging, chances are you'll die while you're jogging.
If you spend all your time sitting around eating Cheetos, chances are you'll die while you're sitting around eating Cheetos.
Posted by: mikeski tiptoes around the Math at August 09, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:54 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:38 PM (DZ9Lv)
Oops!
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth
Grrr.... I meant me, since I live in S.F.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:54 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 10:55 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
Surrogate mom, maybe? One of those Chinese women who drop a pup in the rice paddy, and go right on harvesting rice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
So do I. I live alone and I figure it's good to have one in case my cell phone didn't work in an emergency.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
There is not one guy out there who should provide that fat *** donkey chompers bitch any seed.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 10:57 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: mnw at August 09, 2026 10:57 PM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 10:57 PM (bmNfW)
https://tinyurl.com/mr3f22fx
Never allow woketards to get a foothold in your project. When they show up (and they will), you need to excise them like the fucking cancer they are.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 10:58 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: free tibet at August 09, 2026 10:58 PM (iNp3L)
Posted by: Pining For The Fjords at August 09, 2026 10:58 PM (JM9I6)
Sweeney commanded the 2nd mission on Bockscar and it was pretty much a complete CF of epic proportion.
__________
"You fucked up, didn't you, Sweeney?" - Gen. LeMay
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (
WTF was he supposed to do over Kokura? Radio out to God and ask him to improve the weather so he could drop the bomb there?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 10:59 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 10:59 PM (bmNfW)
Posted by: Common Tater
If that's what it takes to live to 106, why bother?
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 10:59 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 10:55 PM (1z8ji)
It's not like there aren't plenty of Latinas available for the job.
Plus she could segue the womb donor straight into the obligatory "illegal alien nanny" role that seems to be a DC status symbol nowadays.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:00 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (0Htd1)
I look forward to the day where going out in public looking like you just woke up is no longer an accepted fashion trend.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 11:00 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Common Tater
Been too long to give it the young college try.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 11:00 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 10:54 PM (DZ9Lv)
Ummm....I hit my head earlier, so I forgot that....
(Yeah, that's the ticket)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at August 09, 2026 11:01 PM (S7WXb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (iySPJ)
One or two engines actually flamed out taxiing on the ground after landing at the alternate site (Okinawa?, wherever). That’s cutting it a little too close on fuel
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (bmNfW)
Posted by: JackStraw
I try to. And it’s teally fun to surprise a stranger with a sincere compliment. Especially in passing.
It’s much easier to be nice than it is to be an asshole.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 10:57 PM (4g5V+)
I'd bet that pudgy little Birkenstock-wearing manlet ® that she pretends is her "fiance" doesn't have enough testosterone to be fertile.
I'd also bet that not one woman in history has ever gotten wet for that nebbish.
Not even her.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 10:53 PM (XV/Pl)
Hypothetically speaking, would I look technologically bankrupt if I say I have no idea what you said?
Posted by: TxAnn at August 09, 2026 11:03 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:04 PM (bmNfW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
I thought that was Vietnamese women. Oh, well, they all look alike.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Laxity, one little thread and the whole thing starts to unravel.
Got to put the family back together again.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 11:07 PM (wljQY)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (bmNfW)
If you are going to run out of fuel, the taxiway is definitely the place to do it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:07 PM (1z8ji)
I enjoy your comments and hearing about your dogs and how hard you work to make your wife's hobby work.
Your hard work and sacrifices doesn't go unseen.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 11:07 PM (viF8m)
She's written several times about her racism against Whites. Well, she hired a white woman as a senior campaign advisor. Her skills: OnlyFans model.
I'm still trying to figure this out. Is OnlyFans "Squirrel Food's" backup plan if she loses?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
LoL! Yep! Heinlein's Crazy Years have been surpassed.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 09, 2026 11:08 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Cow Demon
She can probably buy it at one of those fertility clinics.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
My maternal uncle was stationed there at the base the Enola Gay took off from and saw it.
He and those of his level had no idea what was about to happen. Way above their pay grade.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 11:09 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
That one is common enough to be worth buying a quality tap, IMO.
For unusual threads that I'm not likely to need again, I sometimes risk a ChiCom special, although there I always try to test it in a scrap piece first because snapping one off in the actual workpiece always sucks. In my experience, if it survives the first hole it's probably gonna last for a while.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:09 PM (IG3/x)
>>Hypothetically speaking, would I look technologically bankrupt if I say I have no idea what you said?
Not at all, most people would have no idea how to set up a python virtual environment, nor how to flip their roku into developer mode so they can side load an app. nor the other myriad things necessary to get a system like this up and running, which is why monetizing something like this would be difficult as I would have to turn it into a universal package that can be installed on different OS's.
It is a pretty sweet system if I do say so myself.
I'm thinking of making a short video clip and either sending it to Trex for incorporation on the hobby thread or The James Madison so he can drool over it.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at August 09, 2026 11:10 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:04 PM (bmNfW)
Can confirm. Used one in the oilfield for years. 3 watts to the final in the transmitter. And I could mount a high-gain Yagi antenna on the roof of the shack, too. In really remote areas, they would hire a comms service to install a cell repeater on the top of the derrick.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:12 PM (1z8ji)
I compliment the guys who run the boat I rode to work everyday. They are great guys, most either married or gay and they know I’m not hitting on them.
But I cannot compliment patients. That’s weird. And strangers on the street would be occasionally dangerous.
I wish folks felt ok in saying nice things to each other.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 11:13 PM (yEz+x)
Fuckin' funny as shit, still.
Posted by: ... at August 09, 2026 11:13 PM (vE0+H)
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The Paolo, he can, how do you say, attest to this.
Posted by: The Paolo at August 09, 2026 11:15 PM (6/7Fs)
There are only two types of Dave Ramsey callers:
1) Dave, I have $2M in tax free retirement savings, a paid off house, and a 13 year old car. I'm 65 and I just retired. Can I afford to buy a more recent used car or should I get a few more years out of my clunker?
2) Dave, I've 50, I rent, and I have $200K in credit card debt and no savings. My kids really want me to bring them and their nephews on a Disney vacation again this year. Can I make this work out?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2026 11:15 PM (sKqQm)
Ordinarily aircraft are extensively tested by the manufacturer before the design is finalized. The government wanted a long range heavy bomber so very badly it ordered 250 of them before even a prototype had been built. Jeeze Louise. I guess the fear at the time, if Britain were to get invaded, then bombing raids would have to be launched from Newfoundland. That’s a pretty long haul.
So all the normal typical teething problems with any new aircraft were hashed out by the army aircrews. In combat sometimes. They would churn out brand new aircraft in say, Wichita, and park them by the hundreds. Then maintenance teams would take install upgrade “kits” on them outside, often in horrendous weather. Just a complete load of bullshit, I guarantee it. The engines had a disconcerting habit of catching on fire, often.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:15 PM (bmNfW)
Posted by: nurse ratched
I like it that when I'm out and about with MiladyJo, she can compliment women on their hair or attire. Sometimes I think to do so, but have sufficient self-control not to. Wouldn't. Be. Prudent.
Posted by: mindful webworker - my, what nice _____ you have at August 09, 2026 11:16 PM (AHfYh)
Posted by: tankdemon
*************
Don't you just hate it when that happens?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at August 09, 2026 10:42 PM (XfIK1)
To be fair, I am used to having my income exceeded.
Posted by: tankdemon at August 09, 2026 11:16 PM (WeRjo)
Fuckin' funny as shit, still.
Posted by: ... at August 09, 2026 11:13 PM (vE0+H)
So, we have MAGAA going for us, and enough Mr. Magoo's voting for Democrats.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 09, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Notice that of the 14 open pull requests, ALL 14 are administrative wankery.
https://tinyurl.com/mryfaxwb
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:17 PM (IG3/x)
Some of tonight's fashions remind me of simple clothes my mother used to wear. Good memories. Thanks, Piper.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 09, 2026 11:17 PM (burSy)
I wish folks felt ok in saying nice things to each other.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 11:13 PM (yEz+x)
My new female doctor (wife of my regular doctor, don't ask) complimented me last time she saw me, which was actually the first time she saw me.
No it wasn't a compliment of *that*.
Posted by: ... at August 09, 2026 11:17 PM (vE0+H)
The amount of information you can get if you know how to look for it is amazing.
Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2026 11:18 PM (sKqQm)
Not just easier it's who you are. You didn't raise two assholes, you raised two great young men.
You're a frigging all-star. We see you.
Keep on.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 11:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 09, 2026 11:16 PM (qx7Zg)
Nice. Magaa vs Magoo was about right, especially at the time.
Posted by: ... at August 09, 2026 11:18 PM (vE0+H)
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Made for an awkward prostate exam, I'll wager.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 11:20 PM (6/7Fs)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:21 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 11:21 PM (0Htd1)
I want certain people to know what I think of them in the here and now.
Posted by: ... at August 09, 2026 11:21 PM (vE0+H)
The 509th took a LOT of shit from other units on Tinian. Everybody is flying very dangerous missions every day, getting shot all to hell. Not these guys. They have their own little fenced in compound. They get the highest priority for parts and personnel. Even the fucking mess hall has great food. They basically evicted the SeaBees from the barracks buildings they had built for themselves.
Who are these fags, anyway, who never fly any missions? I guarantee you, they were not well liked. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:22 PM (bmNfW)
Posted by: Orson at August 09, 2026 11:23 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 11:20 PM (6/7Fs)
Apparently I do have an amazingly supple one
Posted by: ... at August 09, 2026 11:24 PM (vE0+H)
Posted by: 18-1
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I have copies of letters hand written by my ancients in the late 1700's. Obtained from the East Anglia archives.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 11:24 PM (XeU6L)
Some 800 headstones and 80 panels with the names of British Empire soldiers were removed from Basra in 2003 for safeguarding.
Instead of being restored to the military cemetery, all 800 headstones and the panels were ground up and used to make a drain on a nearby military base.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Who are these fags, anyway, who never fly any missions? I guarantee you, they were not well liked. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:22 PM (bmNfW)
Indeed.
Posted by: United States Air Force at August 09, 2026 11:26 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 11:21 PM (0Htd1)
Or the doorknob-heads who used to go on Jerry Springer.
It was always "Herp-derp! I'm gonna be on JER-RY! JER-RY! JER-RY! I wonder what lovely surprise my pregnant girlfriend and my stepbrother have in store for me."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:27 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:28 PM (bmNfW)
She can probably buy it at one of those fertility clinics.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
Well, I guess so long as it is not by…natural means.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 11:28 PM (4g5V+)
That's funny!
I see a lot of those kind of messages on investment message boards, too.
I think a lot of the "questions" come from people who just want to brag about how rich they are.
"I'm an 87 year old widower. My kids are now in their '50s I have $5 million in my IRA. Should I move some of it into a Roth?"
Posted by: mnw at August 09, 2026 11:29 PM (RCjYY)
And where was the 509th based after WWII? Roswell, NM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anna Puma
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Just when you thought the British couldn't be any more disgusting.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 11:32 PM (wljQY)
His posts seem to have changed lately.
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 11:32 PM (fV9m3)
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Sweeney commanded the 2nd mission on Bockscar and it was pretty much a complete CF of epic proportion.
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"You fucked up, didn't you, Sweeney?" - Gen. LeMay
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 10:51 PM (O0L8i)
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It worked well enough.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at August 09, 2026 11:34 PM (krI25)
God, this uptalk and vocal fry is getting intolerable.
I just listened to some NASA video by Kelsey Young. She's a fucking Ph.D. in geology and was of the head of the "science part" of Artemis II. She was the one who trained the astronauts all about the surface of the Moon they would be flying over, what to look for, how to recognize interesting this to focus on, etc.
And she talks with full uptalk and vocal fry. Where the hell is this coming from?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)
Instead of being restored to the military cemetery, all 800 headstones and the panels were ground up and used to make a drain on a nearby military base.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
Anyone willing to bet that the officer in charge of that was not a a God-damned musloid?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:37 PM (1z8ji)
The coolest part was they had almost completely lost their wings. The had little arms like a T-rex.
All extint now, there was a smaller one in New Zealand. Both were absolute terrors to the natives.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 11:38 PM (P4bJX)
Sooo... what does the horde think? Black handicapped tranny?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:40 PM (IG3/x)
His posts seem to have changed lately.
I noticed that too.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 11:40 PM (viF8m)
Chaging James Bond sounds like a good way to lose a chunk of money.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 11:41 PM (P4bJX)
What is called the Cheyenne turret on B-17Gs emerged from, you guessed it, the Cheyenne, WY modification center. Officially this turret modification that increased the area of coverage of the twin .50cals was called the pumpkin turret.
The Curtiss SB2C also had a modification process though it was mainly because there were so many that to stop production to incorporate them would have delayed that problem plagued bomber even more.
The concept predates even the start of World War II in the USAAC/USAAF with Hawai'ian Air Depot modified B-17s being ID'd by their unique paint scheme.
The US in Australia had an extensive modification setup. It is where A-20s and B-25s were modified to become low level strafers for example. Or 18 B-25H-1 Mitchells were modified for the night intruder mission and issued to the 418th NFS.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:24 PM (2GVsD)
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On a more positive note, when they built the 36,000 acre Joliet, illinois arsenal during WWII, they built it around several existing cemeteries. When they decommissioned the arsenal, they used part of the land for the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery where my folks are interred along with 75,000 members of military families
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 09, 2026 11:43 PM (burSy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:44 PM (2GVsD)
Sooo... what does the horde think? Black handicapped tranny?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:40 PM (IG3/x)
R2-D2 to the white courtesy phone. R2-D2 to the white courtesy phone, please.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 09, 2026 11:45 PM (qx7Zg)
Ordinarily aircraft are extensively tested by the manufacturer before the design is finalized. The government wanted a long range heavy bomber so very badly it ordered 250 of them before even a prototype had been built. Jeeze Louise. I guess the fear at the time, if Britain were to get invaded, then bombing raids would have to be launched from Newfoundland. That’s a pretty long haul.
One of the few times the Allies rushed something into service. In a way the B-29 was kind of like the Panther tank, of which the earlier models broke down a lot at first but the Germans really needed it
Posted by: Azjaeger at August 09, 2026 11:45 PM (3/XaG)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:46 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:41 PM (2GVsD)
At least they had the wisdom to see that certain mods were needed, and the flexibility and resourcefulness to do it on the fly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:47 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw
>It's party time. Just cut loose. Are you saving it up for one last boner? You can't take it with you, champ.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 11:48 PM (iySPJ)
Sooo... what does the horde think? Black handicapped tranny?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Girlboss.
AI Girlboss. Ghost In The Shell did well, right? So woke GitS Jamie Bond should print money!
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 11:48 PM (VHUov)
The B-26 Marauder went from drawing board to military service. And while ironing out the problems the plane earned nicknames like the Flying Prostitute.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 09, 2026 11:50 PM (burSy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:44 PM (2GVsD)
And the officer who gave the order to do that should have been sentenced to death by being rent asunder.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:50 PM (1z8ji)
Base security, the CID guys found about a half dozen machinists, good ones, that were actually convicted felons who were on the run, who had escaped from jail, things like that. I guess in those days, they didn’t look too closely at people who enlisted, until later on. The Army was a good plafe to hide. Tibetts called them into his office and started reading their files outloud. Uh-oh. How the hell did they get all this info?? He said, basically keep your mouth shut, and we’ll destroy your files and arrest warrants. Apparently welders and machinists were very much in demand at the time.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:50 PM (bmNfW)
Uh
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 11:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 11:53 PM (bmNfW)
Guess who is having a very busy season voicing characters this season?
Wakayama Shion is voicing Nanahoshi, Ruche, and Alna.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:54 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The makings of the Iraqi version of "Poltergeist". "You moved the bodies, but not the headstones!" (in Arabic)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 09, 2026 11:54 PM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: Common Tater
Isn't that still the case? I mean doesn't one need to be a felon in order to be an oil patch welder?
Posted by: Tonypete at August 09, 2026 11:55 PM (z6kPi)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 09, 2026 11:50 PM (burSy)
I'd like to see Sophie and Caitlin show up on the court packing .44 hoglegs in belt holsters.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:55 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 11:48 PM (iySPJ)
Mom? Is that you?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 11:55 PM (4g5V+)
The B-339 in Finnish service racked up the second highest kill count in the Finn's wars against the Soviets. Only the Bf 109 beat it. Finnish pilots who flew it, loved the plane.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 09, 2026 11:56 PM (2GVsD)
That fake Cambridge don Jason Arday is getting showered with love by Black scholars on X. It's NUTS. Those people should be canned, too.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 11:56 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:40 PM (IG3/x)
No.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 11:57 PM (4g5V+)
Useless trivia, these were made at a massive plant about a mile from where I grew up
Posted by: JM in Illinois at August 09, 2026 11:57 PM (burSy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:58 PM (1z8ji)
So you think they are going to Dr Who it?
Posted by: 18-1 at August 09, 2026 11:58 PM (sKqQm)
And where was the 509th based after WWII? Roswell, NM.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 09, 2026 11:31 PM (w6EFb)
Today, in Knob Noster, MO.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 11:59 PM (4g5V+)
At least they had the wisdom to see that certain mods were needed, and the flexibility and resourcefulness to do it on the fly.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Airmen with time on their hands, a bunch of busted fighter planes with functional machine guns, one thing leads to another and another. Pretty soon you eight or more forward mounted 50's.
Kinda' the way it is around your shop.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 11:59 PM (wljQY)
Oh, hey! I looked at the sockpuppets list and didn't see my moniker on my usual place at the bottom, so I thought I hadn't made it. Looked again and saw I'd moved up to
7 [37 names] 'mindful webworker - I can see clearly now de cain has rum'
Whattaya know. Still a long way to go to be on the top commenters list. Thank goodness.
Posted by: mindful webworker - my, what nice _____ you have at August 09, 2026 11:59 PM (AHfYh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 11:59 PM (1z8ji)
Chaging James Bond sounds like a good way to lose a chunk of money.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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There was nothing wrong with me. The public got small.
Posted by: New Coke at August 10, 2026 12:00 AM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:01 AM (77rzZ)
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Right, but in the case of the B-29 it was mainly because they were fucked up from the git go. It was a huge clusterfuck. There was great concern whether this was going to work, they had to make it work. Remember they spent $2 billion in 1940 dollars, and even the first test article crashed in Seattle, right into a meat packing plant killing a bunch of people, including Boeing’s senior test pilot.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:01 AM (bmNfW)
The coolest part was they had almost completely lost their wings. The had little arms like a T-rex.
All extint now, there was a smaller one in New Zealand. Both were absolute terrors to the natives.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 11:38 PM (P4bJ
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So, IOW, if I find some Elephant Bird dna and pass it to the Koreans (who like to play with that stuff), they could clone me a "flock" of something that would make KFC, Popeyes, and Chic Filet break out in a cold sweat?
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 12:02 AM (dIske)
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At least you remembered to capitalize “black”, that’s the important thing
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:03 AM (bmNfW)
Certainly glad to see you got to do some of the things you wanted in the SF area, TiFW. Especially after that first visit to the doctors. I hope you have joy the remainder of your visit and a safe trip home.
Posted by: GWB at August 10, 2026 12:04 AM (kU0PQ)
There is this sense to me they're setting us up for a white male Demonrat candidate in two years. Someone who will stand as a "bridge" between the old tired establishment, and the radical youth and almost fully astroturfed energy of the DSA.
They do NOT let their people choose, it's just not how the demon party works. I guess we will see!
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 11:59 PM (wljQY)
Heh! Today, the Little Engine Stand That Couldn't became the Little Engine Stand That Can. I cut off the useless third caster wheel, and welded on a bar bearing two caster wheels, leftover from when I re-wheeled my rolling ladder. Did the welding with the wheels bearing weight on a flat cement floor so they are all in the same plane. Got the VW engine back on it, and it will not tip over, and rolls like a baby buggy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:05 AM (1z8ji)
Wakayama Shion is voicing Nanahoshi, Ruche, and Alna.
Posted by: Anna Puma
So not just the side characters, but a couple female leads. Definitely busy.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)
Correct. The R-3350 was a brand new engine in a brand new plane. It too had teething problems.
And in China and the Marianas it turned into a real mess. With many aborts and crashes. By the time the B-29s moved to the Marianas and the first commander sacked, it had been proven that very high-altitude bombing was a bust. The horrendous CEP and the jet stream thwarted accuracy.
In fact it was the 509th that found a partial solution to high altitude bombing accuracy. Unconsciously the bombardiers would shift their head while looking through the Norden just before release and that was enough to badly affect accuracy. There was no easy fix to the jet stream.
In the meantime, LeMay went with low level nighttime firebombing because Japanese air defense at night was almost nil, far too many buildings were wooden, and it lessened the strain on the B-29 engines because they didn't have to struggle to high altitude or carry as heavy a bombload.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:06 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Orson
They'd probably be more red-meat-like, like ostriches.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 12:07 AM (VHUov)
Thus... Are you *sure* it's in fashion?
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 10, 2026 12:08 AM (aJQbY)
Sooo... what does the horde think? Black handicapped tranny?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 11:40 PM (IG3/x)
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Well, Bond will never have to stand in line to use a public bathroom (or anything for that matter). The drink of choice would likely be one of the ones that keep showing up on the ONT as a playing card instead of the Dry Martini. And , the term Bond Girl will likely refer to the person at the place Bond gets his Brazillian wax done.
Posted by: Orson at August 10, 2026 12:08 AM (dIske)
Posted by: mindful webworker - drives a vespa at August 10, 2026 12:09 AM (AHfYh)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:09 AM (bmNfW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:09 AM (2GVsD)
The first Registered [Smith & Wesson 357] Magnum revolver was gifted to FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover on April 8, 1935. Registration no. 2 went to Phil Sharpe shortly thereafter. General George S. Patton's registration no. 506 was shipped to Hawaii in October and would be carried by “Old Blood and Guts” along with his ivory-handled Colt SAA throughout WW2, where Patton nicknamed the .357 Magnum his “killing gun.”
Other notable Registered Magnum customers included shooting legend Ed McGivern, founder of the U.S. Office of Strategic Services “School for Spies and Assassins” Colonel Rex Applegate, and actors Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, and Gary Cooper.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:10 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)
So far have not removed a book from the shelves and have been going purely from memory.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:10 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: mindful webworker - drives a vespa at August 10, 2026 12:09 AM (AHfYh)
5'5" in lifts, and unable to lift 40#. Makes the cop in the UK video look like Arnold Schwarzenegger in his prime.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 10, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:12 AM (wljQY)
Have you heard her voice Ruche yet. At one point, her speech patterns and tone was making me think 'is this Tetra from Log Horizon'? She is absolutely hamming it up and having fun.
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:13 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Anna Puma
It's a GoHands anime. If they don't ham it up, it won't match the over-the-top animation. 😁
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 12:15 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:16 AM (bmNfW)
She filmed herself giving herself the hormone shot.
Commenters point out that she's 36, has been with the same guy 15 years and would already ve considered a geriatric mom rn
Probably just a publicity stunt and does not want kids
Unless she plans on hiring a surrogate womb
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at August 10, 2026 12:16 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 12:16 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:17 AM (2GVsD)
a tidbit
The largest GMRS repeater network was just busted by the FCC
Big shakeup in the radio-dork world today!
@TheNotARubiconAug 5
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:19 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:20 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:22 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 12:23 AM (bmNfW)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:09 AM (2GVsD)
Interesting! Was any effort ever made to find and punish the Japanese fighter pilots who shot at the B-32 photo reconnaissance planes after Japan had surrendered?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:23 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: mnw at August 10, 2026 12:24 AM (RCjYY)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:25 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 12:26 AM (Cqx++)
Tay-Tay is also 36. Baby clock at 5 minutes to midnight.
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the clock.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 10, 2026 12:27 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:28 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
My tools have tools, but the only reason I even have that tap is because of some of the occasional stupid metric yang poon accessories people like to bolt on to their bikes. Thankfully it sits in the dusty section of the tap set.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 12:28 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 10, 2026 12:25 AM (2GVsD)
By rights, that should have gotten them in supreme shit from the Japanese High Command, too. Big risk of having America say, "You boys need another nukin'!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:28 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:29 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:29 AM (wljQY)
Maybe Kimberly-Clark should buy Iranian Rials as a green source of fiber for butt wipe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:31 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Berserker
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Yeah, I was looking through my bin of taps thinking, 'Oh man! C'mon...I have to have one...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
They added jet engines to later variants and even retrofitted them to the previous. Total of 10 engines, 6 piston, and 4 jets, "six turnin' and four burnin'".
Due to some of the engine problems, crews changed that to "two turning, two burning, two smoking, two choking, and two more unaccounted for."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 12:33 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:34 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 12:34 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
A tech-thread callback!
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 12:34 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 12:35 AM (77rzZ)
Secretary Marco Rubio
@SecRubio
Aug 6
The Cuban Communist regime is a state sponsor of terrorism that spies on America, arms violent left-wing radicals, spreads poisonous Marxist ideology, and serves as a staging ground for Russia, China & Iran just 90 miles from our shores. Today I sanctioned five Cuban entities and eight individuals associated with procuring arms for the regime. As President Trump has said: the United States will not tolerate a rogue state harboring hostile military, intelligence & terror operations on our doorstep.
Anyone supporting, sponsoring, or providing services to these sanctioned actors is at risk of being sanctioned themselves. Foreign banks and other companies that provide services to, or hold funds for, these entities should terminate those activities immediately.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:39 AM (wljQY)
As soon as he leaves the store, police grab him for "carrying a weapon".
- - - - -
The coppers would have blinked like cows if he'd walked past them with a lighter and a can of hairspray. If he'd had a box of plastic picnic knives, they'd have been on him like piranha...
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at August 10, 2026 12:39 AM (hSRe8)
Nice dresses. Reminds me of stuff Mom wore, and sewed for me when I was little. She *loved* ric rac!
There were leftover packs of that stuff, in various colors, when she passed away. We'd been using it for craft projects after she quit sewing clothing.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 12:39 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 12:34 AM (viF8m)
Trump gets lucky again.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:41 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: Braenyard
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Here in the mountains, we'll have to go with Kudzu.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 12:41 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:42 AM (wljQY)
Besides, the police are just following orders.
Posted by: Michael Berry at August 10, 2026 12:45 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 12:33 AM (XeU6L)
I hate that. Some of the vintage harleys use weird threads, and all of them use some regular, but not common things you would have laying around. We have a drawer for all that weird shit, and I ever time I go in it I pray. Last week I needed a die to clean up threads on an engine sprocket shaft. It was 7/8-14. Thank god we had it, but I was sweating that one. Another time I needed 1"-24, got lucky again. But... one time I needed a 1 1/2-24 left hand thread die for the drive gear on an earlier 4 speed trans. I got foiled.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 12:45 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Sean Hannity at August 10, 2026 12:45 AM (4g5V+)
A woman in a hot-air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below.
She shouted to him, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, "You're in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2,346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude.
"She rolled her eyes and said, "You must be a Republican."
"I am," replied the man. "How did you know?"
"Well," answered the balloonist, "everything you told me is technically correct. But I have no idea what to do with your information, and I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help to me."
The man smiled and responded, "You must be a Democrat."
"I am," replied the balloonist. "How did you know?"
"Well," said the man, ..., cont
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:47 AM (wljQY)
"Well," said the man, "you don't know where you are or where you are going.. You've risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You're in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but somehow, now it's my fault."
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:47 AM (wljQY)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 10, 2026 12:47 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: As Not Seen On TV at August 10, 2026 12:39 AM (hSRe
If he were visibly from a minority group and promptly took out the bat and beat up some English with them, the police would cheer him on.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:47 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:49 AM (4g5V+)
Yeah, because what will fix politics is making absolutely everything imaginable political.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:50 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 12:50 AM (1z8ji)
Trump put out a Truth about how things are playing out in Iran now. Basically, "We're negotiating in a very half-assed way while they slowly go broke."
Posted by: New Coke at August 10, 2026 12:50 AM (mmrXZ)
Woops, sock.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 10, 2026 12:51 AM (mmrXZ)
Trump put out a Truth about how things are playing out in Iran now. Basically, "We're negotiating in a very half-assed way while they slowly go broke."
Posted by: New Coke at August 10, 2026 12:50 AM (mmrXZ)
Isn't Tehran out of water at this point?
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:52 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: MAGA lol at August 10, 2026 12:52 AM (25xLL)
No way!
I was told right here this webzine Trump had no idea what was going on.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 10, 2026 12:53 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: Bulg
Ah, there you are. Been saving these for you (and any others interested) c/o BitsAndPieces.us
Barbara Marie Nickerauer (1928-1976)
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Margaret Ruth Kidder (1948–201
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Actress Anne-Marie Pettit (1938- )
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Posted by: mindful webworker - hubba hubba at August 10, 2026 12:55 AM (AHfYh)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 10, 2026 12:57 AM (sAmhv)
Lacks the pith of "How did you know?" "Because you're a fucking cunt". That was the version I heard.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:57 AM (vE0+H)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 10, 2026 12:57 AM (P4bJX)
In drive by fashion because it can't handle debate.
Sad!
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 12:58 AM (4g5V+)
Either way, to the trash they go.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:00 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 10, 2026 01:01 AM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Bulg
Now what am I going to do with this cappuccino?
Posted by: mindful webworker - and all those 30035? at August 10, 2026 01:02 AM (AHfYh)
Posted by: Berserker
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Heh. Not somethng that they stock at the local hardware store.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
We cooked and chatted and chowed down. Had a great time.
I did all the cooking, but didn't have to do the clean up. LOL, I win!
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard
Here in the mountains, we'll have to go with Kudzu.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Plant it right by the outhouse, and it'll probably grow new leaves faster than you can use them.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)
The first few times I heard the Doors - Light My Fire on the radio, they actually played the album version, an unheard-of 7 minutes. After that, they only played the disappointing 2:52 single version, which just left us wanting the long one.
Then there was that magical Small Faces hit, Itchykoo Park. We got hiiiiiigh was actually allowed on the airwaves.
We expected great things in 1968. And, while there were some good songs, we got overplay of José Feliciano's Light My Fire lightmyfire lightmyfire lightmyfire, which made us long for even the single version by the Doors.
And then there was MacArthur Park, a sappy overproduced and 'way overplayed bit of nonsense that only left us hungry for Small Faces. But, radio did not play last year's hits in those days.
It was all downhill from there. Okay, not all, but sometimes felt like it.
https://youtu.be/fayL1WTR1Go
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - and all those 30035? at August 10, 2026 01:06 AM (AHfYh)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 01:10 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Count de Monet at August 09, 2026 10:27 PM (wVcYX)
Assuming she sewed it herself, it would be challenging to find a graceful way to reject an expression of love.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 01:10 AM (Sy6m/)
Paid 3.44/gal today. Not great, but less than under Biden.
Also:
as of
8/9/26
"Lower Crude Oil Prices Driving Down National Average"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:12 AM (XeU6L)
https://gasprices.aaa.com/todays-state-averages/
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:14 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Stop confusing the trolls with facts!
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:16 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Berserker
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Heh. Not somethng that they stock at the local hardware store.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:03 AM (XeU6L)
No, not even close. We got lucky, somewhat. When we went to order it from our normal harley specialty tool source we found a kit that had a lot of the weird taps and dies for harley on a special sale. We ordered that pronto.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 01:17 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: mikeski
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Composting!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 10, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 01:19 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 01:21 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:21 AM (2El4P)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (ibDUx)
I thought I noticed something disappeared, then came back.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Common Tater
The site was inaccessible for a moment. Pixy may be outgrabing the momeraths.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: m
Dude *just bought* the thing, right? Walks out of the store & is immediately jumped for it. I'd be pi$$ed off, too.
Next time, have them put it in a sack? I dunno. Maybe it's just clickbait and we don't get the whole story?
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 01:17 AM (S41Gd)
I have an outside thread-chaser die set. Rarely used it, but it can restore damaged axles threads, for example.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (1z8ji)
No-- I didn't make any drinks. Bro & friend had their own bottled stuff; 3 kids not old enough; I had to drive home afterward...
Had a peach-flavored hard cider when I got home, LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:28 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: m
Dude *just bought* the thing, right? Walks out of the store & is immediately jumped for it. I'd be pi$$ed off, too.
Next time, have them put it in a sack? I dunno. Maybe it's just clickbait and we don't get the whole story?
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (rdVOm)
At a minimum, we're missing the opening frames of the video.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 01:29 AM (odBC9)
Deep Purple, man. Deep Purple.
And the year King Crimson got together.
That’s the year things started to get good.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 10, 2026 01:29 AM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 10, 2026 01:31 AM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 01:25 AM (ibDUx)
Taco party?? That sounds..uh...yeah... lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 01:31 AM (S41Gd)
China evacuates one million from homes as massive storm arrives
Typhoon Dolphin has made landfall, bringing strong winds and heavy rain across eastern China including Shanghai.
1 hr ago
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 01:32 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Braenyard
Here in the mountains, we'll have to go with Kudzu.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Plant it right by the outhouse, and it'll probably grow new leaves faster than you can use them.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:05 AM (VHUov)
... and, in weeks, will cover the outhouse.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 01:33 AM (odBC9)
We had a "taco feed"-- The deal was that I would do the prep & main cooking... bro, friend & older girls would bring their favorite sauces/salsas. And then we would sit down to a hearty meal and catch up on each other's lives.
Good times with people I rarely get to see!
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:34 AM (wljQY)
Yuck-a!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 01:42 AM (odBC9)
We had a "taco feed"-- The deal was that I would do the prep & main cooking... bro, friend & older girls would bring their favorite sauces/salsas. And then we would sit down to a hearty meal and catch up on each other's lives.
Good times with people I rarely get to see!
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:38 AM (rdVOm)
Sounds like fun!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 01:44 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:46 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Crazy band. 23 bandmembers over time. Robert Fripp was the only one in it from start to finish, 1968-2021.
There's still a group touring and playing their music, but they're calling themselves "Beat," not "King Crimson," because Fripp's not part of it.
Started here:
https://youtu.be/UlKrH07au6E
And somehow wound up here:
https://youtu.be/I5PWb2szhbE
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:47 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 10, 2026 12:34 AM (wljQY)
Yuck-a!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 01:42 AM (odBC9)
That sounds a little like wiping your ass with a cactus.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 01:47 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 01:47 AM (DsDRo)
Would've made some for tonight, but have to wait for grocery to get new shipment of jalapenos. What they had in stock looked kinda sad.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)
I read that Jalepeño are suspected in the Late Unpleasantness, it isn’t confined to Lettuce. I even looked sideways at canned Chipotle in Adobo.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:51 AM (2El4P)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:52 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 01:53 AM (2El4P)
Posted by: Bulg at August 10, 2026 01:55 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bulg
* checks *
Hard to argue anything in 1967 being more important than The Blue Danube.
Posted by: mikeski at August 10, 2026 01:55 AM (VHUov)
I read that Jalepeño are suspected in the Late Unpleasantness, it isn’t confined to Lettuce. I even looked sideways at canned Chipotle in Adobo.
Posted by: Common Tater
Don't worry about anything *canned*-- it has reached a high enough temperature to kill any pathogens.
As far as produce? WASH IT! Wash it well, under running water. Rub the surface while washing, especially if it will be consumed raw.
Poppers are cooked, so not a terribly risky food. Still, the peppers will be washed well before prep.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
Bers, I don't know why I said taco party, I grew up in a different time. I plead ignorance.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 02:01 AM (ibDUx)
Last night's little geometric thing reminded me of a paradox for Mooslemen. They're supposed to pray facing the direction of Mecca, and they are prohibited from facing Mecca when taking a dump. Also, they can't have their back turned to Mecca either. So, that can't shit parallel to the direction of Mecca.
This becomes a big problem at the antipode of Mecca on the globe. Every direction faces Mecca. They're just fucked there, I guess....
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at August 10, 2026 01:47 AM (DsDRo)
Yeah, the cameraman is not an amateur.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:03 AM (odBC9)
——
Yes, I know this. But, have you ever had food poisoning? (I went swimming at night at a hotel after we watched Jaws in the theater. I knew damn well there were probably no sharks in the pool. There weren’t any lights, it was black as coal)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:04 AM (2El4P)
She can probably buy it at one of those fertility clinics.
Posted by: nerdygirl at August 09, 2026 11:09 PM (0Htd1)
Well, I guess so long as it is not by…natural means.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 11:28 PM (4g5V+)
When we found out that the Walzes used the turkey baster method (which he conflated with IVF like a blockhead), I made a point of acknowledging that there are gay men who can do a direct injection, and straight men for whom it doesn't 'take' for whatever reason. But wow, it was like a puzzle piece that fit all too neatly for such a fey weirdo.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 02:06 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at August 10, 2026 02:06 AM (DZ9Lv)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
I wash veggies in a warm sudsy bath and then rinse them under running water.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:08 AM (odBC9)
But I thought I'd see if Google could help me with the Lagrangian, and it was surprisingly effective! I think I started with "Why do we care about the *difference* between T and V?" And it talked about least action (which was in the book). "So we want low speed and huge potential?" "No, you minimize the accumulated difference over *time*."
Posted by: frammish at August 10, 2026 02:08 AM (rcENI)
Yes, I understand... I could hardly bring myself to swim in the lake after watching Jaws. Pool? No problem.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:09 AM (rdVOm)
That is actually really helpful!
Posted by: frammish at August 10, 2026 02:11 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:04 AM (2El4P)
probably
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:11 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:11 AM (2El4P)
21°25′S, 140°11′W. Near a part of French Polynesia called Tematagi atoll.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
I said taco party, but had no idea it meant anything skeevy! I plead innocence as well.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:13 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:11 AM (2El4P)
"Deck The Halls" is probably the last vestige of the old meaning. I wish you the best of luck reclaiming it, but I don't think it's coming back.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 02:15 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: frammish at August 10, 2026 02:15 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 01:59 AM (rdVOm)
I wash veggies in a warm sudsy bath and then rinse them under running water.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:08 AM (odBC9)
A lot of YouTube clickbait scam ads on this very topic recently for some reason.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 02:16 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Feels Fake at August 10, 2026 02:18 AM (KEDzs)
Here in America we should have signs in all public restrooms certifying that none of the toilets face Mecca, I suppose that they would just shit on the floor facing Mecca anyway.
I think that AOC was actually injecting herself with weight loss drugs. She has shed a few pounds recently.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 02:20 AM (ibDUx)
Sad!
Posted by: MAGA lol at August 10, 2026 02:21 AM (25xLL)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:22 AM (odBC9)
I vaguely remember some story from the UK, where they had to rip up the toilets in a bathroom(s) at some prison because they were facing Mecca or back toward Mecca.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:23 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:23 AM (odBC9)
Popped the core. Put it under running water while I removed the outer leaves (4 big leaves) and then turned it over, pulling it apart slightly to open the insides. Filled & drained it several times. Set it in a bowl to finish draining while I cut up onions & tomatoes. Sliced it into sheds on a *clean* cutting board.
I think the greatest danger, re: fresh produce is "pre-cut" and prepared greens. Bagged salads. Bagged spinach. That sort of stuff.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Later we went to the 7-11. The clerk was zonked out snoozing at the register. I helped myself to a bunch of candy and gum. I hope the statute of limitations has passed!
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:25 AM (7imgO)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:27 AM (7imgO)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz
I said taco party, but had no idea it meant anything skeevy! I plead innocence as well.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
I heard 2 chicks talking one time about getting together and bumping tacos. First time I heard it, but I knew what they meant. I almost asked if they wanted a beef stick to stir the tacos. I didn't though. Mrs B was next to me and probably wouldn't be amused. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 02:29 AM (S41Gd)
I am pay LESS for gas than a month ago.
And Iran has been at war with us since November 1979.
Statist/Socialist propagandist still vomits talking points and is scared of real debate.
Sad!
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 02:30 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Common Tater
Great question!
I don't know the answer.
What I bought said "product of U.S.A." on the label, so... hoping no problems.
I'll let ya know tomorrow if anything bad happens to me or the others! We all ate it!
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Sad!
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 02:32 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 10, 2026 02:33 AM (7imgO)
When you first discover the Principle of Least (Stationary) Action, the theme from 2001 goes off. Like you understand some deep "meaning of the universe". Everything follows from it. Feynman loved to play with that.
Just about everything can be derived from that. For example, see the derivation of Maxwell's Equations from least action. You write the Lagrangian for the EM field, apply the Euler-Lagrange equations, a boom, Maxwell falls right out. The EM field minimizes the action.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:35 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 02:36 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Common Tater
Great question!
I don't know the answer.
What I bought said "product of U.S.A." on the label, so... hoping no problems.
I'll let ya know tomorrow if anything bad happens to me or the others! We all ate it!
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)
Lettuce pray.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 02:37 AM (S41Gd)
Einstein's Field Equations (EFE) of General Relativity fall right out of varying the action. Spacetime curves in response to mass-energy such that the action is minimized.
That's all well and good, and seems profound (and it is), but the trouble is finding the Lagrangian that works. The gravitational action there is known as the Einstein-Hilbert action. Hilbert actually found it first before Einstein.
Hilbert joked about that something like, "Any schoolboy knows more about four dimensional mathematics than Einstein, but he did all the work, and the credit belongs to him and him alone."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 02:42 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 10, 2026 02:45 AM (U/Byj)
I had to look that up, Hilbert's actual quote was this:
"Every boy in the streets of Göttingen understands more about four-dimensional geometry than Einstein. Yet, in spite of that, Einstein did the work and not the mathematicians."
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: frammish at August 10, 2026 02:47 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: lol maga at August 10, 2026 02:49 AM (25xLL)
Posted by: MAGA lol at August 10, 2026 02:51 AM (25xLL)
Foreign produce is always suspect. Foreign handling, also! Enter now The Bean Counters-- who cheap-out on water usage and dictate the use of topical, anti-microbial sprays instead of thorough washing/rinsing.
And then, the "food handlers" in our own country, many from 3rd world, who don't wash after using the toilet and then *touch our food*--- ICK!!!
But we still ate and laughed and enjoyed our meal.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:53 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 02:55 AM (oVbG+)
I think I remember something about that, now you mention it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 02:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:57 AM (rdVOm)
There is this sense to me they're setting us up for a white male Demonrat candidate in two years. Someone who will stand as a "bridge" between the old tired establishment, and the radical youth and almost fully astroturfed energy of the DSA.
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)
Hamas Piker. I was thinking he would be #2 with Grim Platner, before he cracked up, but as long as they're astroturfing they can do whatever they want. Put him at the top of the ticket, why not.
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 03:01 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: tcn in AK at August 10, 2026 02:55 AM (oVbG+)
Ruh Roh
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:01 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 03:02 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 03:04 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 02:12 AM (rdVOm)
As long as it’s not a Dead Man’s Party.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 03:04 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 03:04 AM (S41Gd)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)
Wikipedia:
"In July 2026, the DSA announced that its membership exceeded 120,000 members"
No one needs to build a bridge to that.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:05 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 03:01 AM (Sy6m/)
Piker’s dumb enough to believe he won’t be among the first to be lined up against the wall if he gets the society he so badly wants.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 03:05 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 10, 2026 03:04 AM (S41Gd)
Someone cares about me at last.if other countries did. Tehran would NO diplomats from anywhere.
Posted by: Vienna Convention of 1961 at August 10, 2026 03:07 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 10, 2026 03:07 AM (4g5V+)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:08 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 03:09 AM (rdVOm)
PDT's gonna want some of that!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:10 AM (odBC9)
There are three sequels. I'm not sure I should order one right away, but I might just do it.
A few weeks ago I discovered the Mechanical Universe series on YouTube: old MIT lectures covering the same topics, with early computer animations. It is amazing. I had Claude write me a yt-dlp script to download all of them. I must have watched eight or so. Maybe I'll go back and watch them again.
Posted by: frammish at August 10, 2026 03:11 AM (rcENI)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at August 10, 2026 03:15 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 03:18 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)
I got to looking up what the "scholars" decided the Saudi astronaut should do. There was a lot of "try to do" so-and-so, but if that's not possible, then blah, blah.
The end result was "pray in whatever direction" you can.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 03:22 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
Weak. Sad.
all-uh must not be very strong, or it could hear "prayers" from any direction, or in whatever form. Pfft.
And who cares what direction one faces, while taking a dump?
Petty dictator BS.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 03:27 AM (rdVOm)
Jane's Addiction - Jane Says (Official Vinyl Video)
https://youtu.be/G6vc3CgHt2s
If you're curious, here are the other two I saw, and I think at least one was from an ONT:
Van Morrison - Into The Mystic (Official Vinyl Video)
https://youtu.be/syIUmrSJWAU
Steely Dan - Hey Nineteen (Official Video) (HD Vinyl)
https://youtu.be/QU7yl9R9bkY
Posted by: SciVo at August 10, 2026 03:27 AM (Sy6m/)
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 03:43 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: ... at August 10, 2026 12:04 AM (vE0+H)
Wikipedia:
"In July 2026, the DSA announced that its membership exceeded 120,000 members"
No one needs to build a bridge to that.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:05 AM (odBC9)
I wonder if they require enrolling members to show proof of US citizenship?
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:47 AM (odBC9)
Oh, and the timing thing I wasn't even thinking. A Moosleman must pray 5 times a day, and that depends on where the Sun be at. Basically, depends on solar noon, and sunrise and sunset, and something about when a shadow of a stick gets twice the length of its height and such stuff.
Well, for our Saudi astronaut on orbit, that's a big problem. He's going have a sunrise every 93 minutes. So, if he followed the Sun rules, he'd be doing nothing but praying all the time. And the shadow of the stick thing would be quite problematic, depending on the station's attitude and beta angle.
So the "scholars" decided that he should just use some time on earth. Now, that time could be Mecca time, launch site time, or even just UTC (which the station clock uses for the 24 hour cycle), depending.
So, basically pray 5 times per 24 hours of UTC time in whatever direction you can...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at August 10, 2026 03:49 AM (w6EFb)
internal bickering
membership numbers
Seriously, a search for memb returns 91 hits, in a text of approximately 7,000 words (say, 30 pages).
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 03:57 AM (odBC9)
Q: Do I have to be a US citizen to join DSA? / I live outside of the United States, but I want to join DSA.
A: You don’t have to be a US citizen to join DSA! If you live outside the country, you can join by mailing in this form with a check or money order to Democratic Socialists of America, PO Box 1038, New York, NY 10272.
Well, then.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:01 AM (odBC9)
Q: Is it possible to buy someone else a membership?
A: Yes, it is! You can give a friend the gift of DSA membership. To pay by check or money order, mail in your payment with the name, mailing address, and contact information of your membership recipient to:
Democratic Socialists of America
PO Box 1038
New York, NY 10272
To pay by credit card, fill out the membership form with your friend’s email address (not yours!) and phone number. Then, enter your name and billing address along with your credit card information. Once the payment has been submitted, you can fill out this form to update your friend’s name and mailing address. Just make sure to once again enter your friend’s email address on that form, not your own!
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)
Can we flood their mailbox with... junk mail? LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 04:05 AM (rdVOm)
Q: How do I get a national endorsement from DSA for my organization?
A: Email the NPC at npc@dsausa.org.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:06 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 10, 2026 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:08 AM (odBC9)
Can we flood their mailbox with... junk mail? LOL.
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 04:05 AM (rdVOm)
Ewww, it might get something ooky on you.
Posted by: m at August 10, 2026 04:09 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m
Nah. I was thinking some hands off way. Fill out whatever spam forms, and use that mailing address as "contact" addy.
NRA, for example. They send LOTS of mailers! Or, an insurance outfit.. or window replacement business.. You get the idea..
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 04:13 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: m
Nah. I was thinking some hands off way. Fill out whatever spam forms, and use that mailing address as "contact" addy.
NRA, for example. They send LOTS of mailers! Or, an insurance outfit.. or window replacement business.. You get the idea..
Posted by: JQ at August 10, 2026 04:13 AM (rdVOm)
hahahahaha
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Yeeeesh. Hope you were able to dunk your computer into a bath of disinfectant after going there!
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I turned it off and on again.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Eromero at August 09, 2026 07:00 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 07:01 PM (ttrGW)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 09, 2026 07:01 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:03 PM (dZE4s)
Adding it to the list.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 07:04 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 07:04 PM (Qmx03)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 07:05 PM (Qmx03)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:05 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by boom bank pew at August 09, 2026 07:06 PM (sAmhv)
I am not concerned about over penetration, just stopping power, muzzle flash and sound.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:08 PM (9H7EW)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 07:04 PM
I wonder if a missile silo would be a good place to have if we ever have a SHTF moment.
Bet that is a big rabbit hole (pun intended) one can go down
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:09 PM (dZE4s)
They are both now ringing steel with the entire cylinder.
.22LR is also surprisingly NON-punitive to shoot. I took the gun out first for a test drive. I could barely feel any recoil, and heard only the slightest sound through my hearing protection.
After a few more shots, I was afraid I had gotten a box of CCI squibs, so I peeled my protection off of one ear for the next shot. Squeeze trigger and craaaaaack! Put my ears back on all of the way ... and then focused on fundamentals.
They both love shooting their inexpensive, but very accurate, Heritage Rough Rider.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:09 PM (HlyYF)
Thanks, Weasel, as always. Really appreciated the revolver content of the last few weeks.
Posted by: Coelacanth at August 09, 2026 07:10 PM (rWQH+)
Posted by: Coelacanth at August 09, 2026 07:10 PM (rWQH+)
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My pleasure!!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:12 PM (jt/rW)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:13 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 07:04 PM
We have a Titan II site just catty-corner to our farm. Unfortunately, the site is plugged and abandoned.
I have taken the Boy Scouts over to the site with a map of the facilities. They were able to identify all of the structures (except one) based on the shape and spacing of the concrete caps remaining at the surface.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:14 PM (HlyYF)
I started with a G44 figuring it would be a good practice gun but once I started shooting the G48, it was so much more comfortable to shoot, I hardly shoot 22 anymore. Iris's Buckmsrk is much more fun to shoot than the Glock. She shoots the lights out with that gun even at distance.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 07:15 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2026 07:16 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 07:16 PM (4g5V+)
Is that what you are referring to Ed L. ?
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:17 PM (E4rtv)
Unverified rumor is that the CMP may be getting some legit M 97s in the near future.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 07:17 PM (/R0dg)
Posted by: Coelacanth at August 09, 2026 07:10 PM
It was just misinformation that Coelacanths had gone extinct!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:17 PM (HlyYF)
They were going to call it "Journey To Uranus" but were afraid that might attract the wrong audience.
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 07:18 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: blaster at August 09, 2026 07:18 PM (NlEaG)
Our Air Force was headed by people who had no illusions about the Soviets. The usual suspects had nothing good to say about Curtis LeMay, but he was a stellar individual and a great American. He is probably a big reason why several US cities are not smoking craters, (although it may be hard to tell the difference today). LeMay was criticized through numerous administrations, but it's notable he was kept on through those administrations regardless of political party. There's a reason for that.
Europe was still largely intact in those days as well. They have completely lost the plot.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:21 PM (0P8K0)
It is also fun as hell plinking with them!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:21 PM (dZE4s)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 07:22 PM (L7CUp)
I am not concerned about over penetration, just stopping power, muzzle flash and sound.
Posted by: Accomack
300 Blackout was designed for short barrels down to about 8 inches (although ballistics suffer a bit at that length. Easy enough to do a 10 inch or so with a suppressor mount upper and current no SBR tax if you send in for the stamp on it. Feds are also looking at simplifying transport of NFA devices across state lines by going online with the application to the ATF.
9mm gains little from longer barrels without handloading, even then mebbe 100-150 fps which can be just enough to raise penetration but actually reduce expansion as self defense bullets are meant to operate at a certain velocity for ideal expansion. Ballistics tests have actually shown that in gel.
So other than cheaper ammo with less terminal velocity, a 9mm is inferior to a 300 Blackout and ironically, felt recoil will not be that different than a 300 Blackout.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)
- Why, yes.
Anyone out there using the .22 in addition to their regular stuff?
- Why, yes!
Broke out the Christiansen Ranger the other day. It was feeling unused and unloved.
Easy head shots at 200 yards.
I loved it long time.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 07:22 PM (ttrGW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 09, 2026 07:23 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 07:23 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: rhomboid
Yes, those stayed around a bit longer than the Polywell semi auto M-14 rifles but I think sanctions for Norinco's affiliation with the PLA ended up killing imports.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:23 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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May you enjoy your new firearm.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:24 PM (E4rtv)
Is that what you are referring to Ed L. ?
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:17 PM (E4rtv)
Yes. The reports I read said that "several hundred" Model 1897s are coming into CMP hands along w/ the M14s. It sounds like most will be in trench gun configuration, but it's possible that riot guns (i.e. w/o heat shields and bayonet lugs) may be in the mix. Since only a few hundred Model 1897s (compared to thousands of M14s) are arriving, I think CMP will auction them off to the highest bidder. If market prices are any indication, I'd be shocked if they didn't.
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:25 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 07:25 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:26 PM (0P8K0)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 07:26 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Oddbob
Not unverified, CMP put it out on X end of this week. From Firearms News--former Shotgun News
Firearms News Magazine
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1897 Winchester Trench Guns Coming from the CMP?? YES! Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) CEO Gerald O'Keefe states in addition to the M14 rifles, they are also receiving a quantity of original Winchester M1897 Trench Guns for sale!! What do YOU think, interested in one
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 07:27 PM (U/Byj)
I loved it long time.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 07:22 PM
Time to break out the aspirin. :-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:27 PM (dZE4s)
Posted by: TRex - underground silo dino at August 09, 2026 07:27 PM (/3xb/)
Posted by: Eromero at August 09, 2026 07:28 PM (LHPAg)
Have to go run an errand, which will interrupt my normal cigar burning/thread reading routine, danggit, but hope to be back before it's "thank you" time.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 07:28 PM (U/Byj)
Have fun with the new toy!!
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:29 PM (dZE4s)
Technically no. But I've been plinking ground squirrels as I see them.
I just wish it was easier to confirm the kill if you hit them when they're on top of their burrows.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 07:29 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:29 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:30 PM (0P8K0)
I have a model 12 that dates to 1936 that has already had the barrel chopped pretty much destroying any collectible value. I have thought about sending it off to Bull Creek for conversion. They are very adamant about not faking markings which I respect.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 07:30 PM (gpndr)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 07:32 PM (MWfyi)
Europe was still largely intact in those days as well. They have completely lost the plot.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:21 PM (0P8K0)
The Cold War focused minds at least, especially in Europe, on the front lines.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 07:34 PM (4g5V+)
A roll of dime? 5 bucks a shot minimum.
In the Vietnam era you could get 12 gallons of gasoline for 5 bucks. (about 39 cents a gallon in August 1973)
That would be an expensive round
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:34 PM (dZE4s)
Posted by: rhomboid
I've liked every one of the Graycliffs I've tried. The Emerald is a bit spicier than the Rose Gold, the Black Presidente is stronger yet and a bit peppery, the Artisan Triple-wrapper which has a light medium and dark wrapper all on the same stick is an excellent variety experience.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 07:34 PM (C0Nlv)
I am not concerned about over penetration, just stopping power, muzzle flash and sound.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:08 PM
Hi Point has come out with their HP-15. It comes in 5.56 or 300BLK. It has a 10.5" threaded barrel. That should be about optimal to fire some slow, fat .300 rounds that could even be sub-sonic for your home defense needs.
Numerous parts (on that model) are mil-spec, so it is priced above most Hi Point guns. However, it is still very affordable at $540 MSRP.
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Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:35 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:35 PM (BCwQW)
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Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)
I loved it long time.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 07:22 PM
Time to break out the aspirin. :-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:27 PM
If Red shoots me at 200 yards with his .22, I am going to need something much stronger than aspirin!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:38 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Ed L
Probably. CMP is in the business to make money to support youth marksmanship and since the auctions for the rarer Garand and Carbine versions were successful, I suspect the same will go here. Bit more M14s, apparently over 200k by some accounts.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:39 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:38 PM (HlyYF)
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Don't let him get that close!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:39 PM (zqeQL)
The sights are seriously unique but when dialed in, enable it to be a very accurate tack driver. My Godfather says he still has his too. They were enlisted at the same time. Odd that they were able to keep them upon discharge from the army.
The “metal” detaches from the wood sock, and stores in a green storage bag. Have that too, but unfortunately the leather strap to hold it closed is deteriorated and gone.
Posted by: Gunslinger at August 09, 2026 07:40 PM (N91F8)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 07:30 PM (gpndr)
Bull Creek does good work. I had a US surplus Model 12 riot gun someone converted to trench gun configuration (and bungled it) fixed up there for what I thought was a reasonable price.
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:40 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:40 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: rhomboid
I seem to remember shotguns were the last firearm Norinco was allowed to sell (sporting purposes I think is why) and IRRC, it was the mid 2000's under GWB. Norinco was treated gently by Clinton as SKS versions flowed in from Norinco until he left office.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:42 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:42 PM (BCwQW)
It is probably going to take a couple of weeks to get everything in place maybe more if the range has to order it. But they had a really nice one in stock so just have to hope,it's still there. Kind of a red wine color. And 7 day waiting period in MD once it gets to my FFL.
Huge thanks to Blaster who discovered that the Viridium was made especially for the Bodyguard so fits perfectly replacing the rear sight and does not require any gunsmithing.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 07:42 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (0P8K0)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (BCwQW)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:38 PM
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Don't let him get that close!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:39 PM
If he keeps working on his long-range fundamentals, I am a little worried he might be able to hit me ... from Rhode Island.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 07:23 PM
You *are* going to get one of the 'ette Fashion Colours, right?
Between taupe, fawn, sea foam, ecru, and fuchsia, you have quite the choice.
The correct answer is, of course, at least one of each!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:39 PM
Heed the words of The Weasel
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (dZE4s)
The sights are seriously unique but when dialed in, enable it to be a very accurate tack driver. My Godfather says he still has his too. They were enlisted at the same time. Odd that they were able to keep them upon discharge from the army.
The “metal” detaches from the wood sock, and stores in a green storage bag. Have that too, but unfortunately the leather strap to hold it closed is deteriorated and gone.
Posted by: Gunslinger
US used several different versions of 22 LR training rifles--Mossberg, Winchester, Remington, even Savage on their Steven's brand from WWII onwards. CMP used to sell those too but ran out somewhere in the 00's. I think Clinton had a bunch of them destroyed as well in the 90's.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 09, 2026 07:44 PM (hj9Cy)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:43 PM (BCwQW)
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I doubt it. I think my active collecting days are kaput.
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:45 PM (zqeQL)
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That, and silver is a lot heavier than the chucky cheese coins they press out now. Ballistically it probably makes some difference, I dunno. He was really enthusiastic about this, sorta creeped me out a bit. LOL
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:45 PM (0P8K0)
(I need to sneak out of the thread and go grill, since Bride of PI put together some kabobs!)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:46 PM (HlyYF)
Your testimony was one of the deciding factors. I also shot a G42 in 380 and had no problems so that also helped because I couldn't actually shoot one.
You can tell they want to attract women shooters because the gun comes in like 12 colors including pink and two different purples. There is also one that looks like a spotted cow.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 07:47 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at August 09, 2026 07:46 PM (HlyYF)
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Lucky!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:47 PM (zqeQL)
It is probably going to take a couple of weeks to get everything in place maybe more if the range has to order it. But they had a really nice one in stock so just have to hope,it's still there. Kind of a red wine color. And 7 day waiting period in MD once it gets to my FFL.
Huge thanks to Blaster who discovered that the Viridium was made especially for the Bodyguard so fits perfectly replacing the rear sight and does not require any gunsmithing.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
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Nice. I have had good luck with Viridium products albeit not their holoscopic handgun sights. Ironically Smith bought out Crimson Trace and now puts some Crimson Trace holo sights on at the factory for some models.
Changing sights is a pita. I have the sight pushers, punches, vises, etc. to do it but it is still unpleasant as other than Glock or the few mfgs still using roll pin retainers, etc., you have to pound the sights in and out.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:48 PM (E4rtv)
300 subsonic is the internets’ choice also. I am inclined to go with RF to simplify the supply chain.
I see that AR’s in 22lr are not cheap, but, the bolt actions are.
Thanks for the comments Whig and PIA.
Time to do the dishes
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:49 PM (28cZF)
Anyway. My AR 7 Henry Survival rifle has seen little (read, no) action in the last 12 months, save a few days in Corsicana. (NDA/Omerta restrictions may apply)
I am aware of outdoor ranges in my general area. I guess I need to make the effort and get out to one..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 07:49 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Common Tater
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Swiss did that IRRC until they started issuing full auto--one of my K31's has the guy's name under the butt plate.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:49 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:50 PM (0P8K0)
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 07:52 PM (zqeQL)
I noticed rural NAPA stores sell ammunition, btw. How cool is that? I mean, you probably can't get 10w30 at the gun shop.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:53 PM (0P8K0)
https://tinyurl.com/3hraf5nf
Whig, the Viridium for the Bodyguard is a piece of cake to install. Just need sight pusher.
IMPORTANT: No optic cut, adapter plate, or gunsmithing required. Installation replaces the factory rear sight using the existing dovetail.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 07:53 PM (kJmSS)
Same thing as AF alert aircraft crews: sit on their butts.
A LOT of reading, shelf checks at the BX/Commissary*, and working out at the gym. With occasional scrambles to the a/c or seats in the silo to run an exercise which you really hope IS an exercise. And you fiddle with maintenance and training (which involves more reading) and Professional Military Studies (which involves even MOAR reading).
(* Missileers don't get shelf checks. They can do fridge checks, I guess. And their gym is whatever was put in the house stop their facility.)
Posted by: GWB at August 09, 2026 07:53 PM (jTXkU)
Thanks for the comments Whig and PIA.
Time to do the dishes
Posted by: Accomack
Cheaper to just buy one of the replica ARs for shooting 22 LR than building an upper. Lots of used Smith and Wessons, Colts made my Umarex, and even some fake AR types (look like them but use a regular 22 LR receiver, Mossberg did that among others. You can get a 22 LR version of the H&K 416 if you want too.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 07:30 PM (0P8K0)
My old South Dakota Army National Guard unit had swapped out their old M16A1s and 1911s for M16A2s (newly FN manufactured) and M9s by 1994. But they still had over a dozen Winchester Model 12 trench guns in the arms room. The Gulf War vets said that they'd dragged those to Saudi and used them for local guard duty and POW guard work. They said that the regular Army guys really wanted those things but wouldn't let them go for anything. Even then, a sword attached to pump action shotgun was still an eye catcher.
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 07:56 PM (BCwQW)
(Yeah, I know it's lame, but they can't all be gems!)
Particularly enjoyed the Armed Attorneys in the video clips. I've learned much from watching their videos.
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at August 09, 2026 07:56 PM (xVpNO)
IMPORTANT: No optic cut, adapter plate, or gunsmithing required. Installation replaces the factory rear sight using the existing dovetail.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice)
Ok. That is what you meant, I thought it came as optics ready slide like a lot of the others.
Never tackled a Bodyguard sight but Smith's M&P and the older 3rd Generation sights are a pita to remove, I had to use a punch, plenty of penetrating oil, and after starting it, then I could use the sight pusher. If they have the MGW Sight Tool with the right shoe, the guys at the shop can swap it in a matter of minutes.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater
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You can, 10w30 is just sold in a small bottle and called gun oil for a much higher price. Mobil One is over qualified for firearm use and pretty darn cheap by the quart.
Lot of hokum in gun oil sales.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)
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Mobil 1 is what I use. Still on my original quart I think!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 08:01 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Weasel
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I have tried a bunch--the only one I detested was Froglube--I tested it first on an old bolt action military surplus and the stuff oxidized into a mess despite following the directions explicitly.
I use evil petroleum based oils since that test went sour. It was about on par with cleaning cosmolene except it smelled like rancid mint.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)
A while back, a seller of a super-secret formula, gee whiz bang gun lube took great umbrage when it was announced their product was actually straight canola oil.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 09, 2026 08:05 PM (hj9Cy)
For family reasons I did a 5-state round trip, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, MA, NH. For 4 of those states, I am licensed or Constitutional Carry.
However, because CT was in the mix, I had to disarm myself, have a gun with max 10 round magazine, and separate gun and mags into separate locked boxes in the trunk.
In an incident like the Idaho In n Out, that puts me at an extreme disadvantage.
Whine over.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 08:06 PM (iB8Z+)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 08:07 PM (P4bJX)
Apart from the oil business, I have a weakness for Swedish Mausers but the original cartridge is just fine 6.5x55 Swede is an excellent hunting and target cartridge.
It is a long action Mauser and I have seen people convert them to even 30-06 but personally I wouldn't unless I handloaded them.
Ironically an easy conversion without altering the bolt face is to the French 7.5 used in their MAS series rifles. That was based on the 6.5 Swede which has a larger cartridge base than either the Argentine or Spanish Mausers.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 08:09 PM (0P8K0)
If you already own a 5.56 AR and are OK with minute-of-tin-can accuracy, the CMMG conversion kits are the best $/fun deal on the market.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 08:11 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 08:11 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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The enviromentally friendly stuff is basically vegetable/seed oil which can work in a pinch but it has the nasty habit of oxidizing and turning into sludge with constant reoiling to work the old crap out of the action. Nasty though for semi autos.
If you must, food grade mineral oil, Lubriplate grease used for the Garand, or Ballistol which is mineral oil with a few more ingredients are safe as the seed/vegetable oil gunk.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 08:12 PM (zqeQL)
Some years back somebody was offering Colt ARs with Hello Kitty emblazoned on the stock. True story
Posted by: Common Tater
More like Goodbye Kitty.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 08:12 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Oddbob
Yeah, not for me. When I went to AF basic, we had those damn 22 LR adapters for the clapped out M-16s and they jammed frequently and spread nasty crap into the receiver after qualification. But since we were trainees, we had to clean the rifles from the crap that the MTU fired, then clean up our own nasty 22 LR fouling.
I can see using an old AR receiver for only 22 LR but I don't want that fouling in a serious purpose AR. Easier just to get a Smith, clone AR built for blowback 22 LR as I keep my rifles clean but hate cleaning rim fire ammo fouling.
I kept pricing 22 LR upper builds but never could make the math work--CMMG is one of your better sources if you want to roll your own components for the upper.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Weasel
I used to use walnut but moved to wet tumbling and ultrasonic by 2019 or so. Got tired of picking out media from flashholes as I decap on a different press outside and used to vibrate decapped brass. Kept the lead styphanate from the primer and fouling crap residue down in the media and cleaned the pockets a bit. Wet tumbling though worked for me even better.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:19 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:21 PM (kzq+c)
And yes, it could be done.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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That and the Mauser 7.63 were the original high velocity low weight bullet rockets. CZ made and still makes good firearms even if their designs are a bit different than US or even other Euro countries. Yugoslavia did the same thing.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:25 PM (E4rtv)
;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:27 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 08:28 PM (0P8K0)
For family reasons I did a 5-state round trip, NH, VT, MA, CT, RI, MA, NH. For 4 of those states, I am licensed or Constitutional Carry.
However, because CT was in the mix, I had to disarm myself, have a gun with max 10 round magazine, and separate gun and mags into separate locked boxes in the trunk.
In an incident like the Idaho In n Out, that puts me at an extreme disadvantage.
Whine over.
Posted by: RI Red
I am fortunate at least for now, that I don't have the problem as all the Southern states I would have to pass through are constitutional carry now in vehicles. Sorry for y'all though and Mass ended up losing Smith and Wesson to Maryville TN just recently over it despite Smith being there for over 150 years in Springfield Mass.
And the Smith and Wesson training academy is now reopening in Maryville, TN (close to Knoxville) as well.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:21 PM
Sez the soon-to-be-grannie.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:29 PM (0sNs1)
I don’t use a ton, but have always used Remoil “With Teflon!” Apparently, you indicate it’s snake oil, but I never felt put out by the $5 price for 2oz…
I always have some Mobile 1 around for the boat motor(s) so that’s my new lube from now on.
Thanks all, for the recommendation.
Posted by: Gunslinger at August 09, 2026 08:29 PM (N91F8)
;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I am a Sunday little old lady type driver of my firearms nowadays. Mine are happy just to be taken out of the safe and lubed once per year right now.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:30 PM (E4rtv)
I got to shoot outside! We had a steel silhouette with a plate in the middle I was trying to hit at 100 yards. Did t hit the play but hit the silhouette.
With a 9mm pistol.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:31 PM (yEz+x)
;-)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:27 PM (0sNs1)
My body is getting to be high round count. I think I’ll add the Mobil 1 Extended Mileage to my morning geritol.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 08:31 PM (iB8Z+)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I pity the fool who messes with my DiL or granddaughter.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:32 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: The Woodpeckers at August 09, 2026 08:33 PM (Wnv9h)
I don’t use a ton, but have always used Remoil “With Teflon!” Apparently, you indicate it’s snake oil, but I never felt put out by the $5 price for 2oz…
I always have some Mobile 1 around for the boat motor(s) so that’s my new lube from now on.
Thanks all, for the recommendation.
Posted by: Gunslinger
Go to Amazon, buy some empty oil dispensing bottles with needle tips. Cost about $5-10 bucks. Use the Mobil One in it.
On some, I use grease on rails instead of oil because it tends to stay put better in a ccw holster situation. Revolvers, I use a real light weight CLP type oil and a needle dispenser because they don't need much oil and it can attract dust, etc. if you over oil them.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:33 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: RI Red
Pretty sure it will clean you out for a colonoscopy after.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: The Woodpeckers
Stop banging on my metal gutters you bastards!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:35 PM (yEz+x)
I am not concerned about over penetration, just stopping power, muzzle flash and sound.
SilencerShop vs ATF: court ruled in favor of SilencerShop so that Tax Stamp (killed by BBB) and now the paperwork (killed by court a few days ago) allows you to buy the ultimate package:
Desert Tech WLVN Micron in 300BLK. Get the extended hand grip and attach a CGS Hyperion K Suppressor.
Everyone on the planet will envy you as that rig is 8 lbs with gun, Trijicon and suppressor and is Hollywood quiet.
Posted by: Community Notes at August 09, 2026 08:35 PM (rgGn5)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 08:36 PM (0P8K0)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:37 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 08:37 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: The Woodpeckers
Stop banging on my metal gutters you bastards!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:35 PM (yEz+x)
And woe betide the woodpecker who wakes up grandbaby from her nap!
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 08:37 PM (iB8Z+)
I am not concerned about over penetration, just stopping power, muzzle flash and sound.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 07:08 PM (9H7EW)
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I've been looking hard at the Ruger LC Carbine in 10mm. Ruger also sells the PC Carbine in 9mm.
There are reports of ammo manufacturers offering 9mm cartridges specifically for long barrel 9mm carbines (Federal ?). Most tests suggest a minimum bullet weight of 124g with standard velocity 147g bullets giving the best expansion/velocity performance.
Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2026 08:39 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: mrp at August 09, 2026 08:40 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Community Notes at August 09, 2026 08:35 PM (rgGn5)
Sorry to be a party pooper, but the judge gave the Feds seven days (starting last Friday) to file an appeal. If nothing has changed by COB Friday, you can pop the champagne then.
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 08:41 PM (BCwQW)
*puts on lab coat*
The presence of unsaturates in oils will lead to oxidation and crosslinking. Vegetable oils are rife with unsaturates. Stick to high-saturates base oils and PAOs.
*doffs lab coat*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 08:41 PM (O0L8i)
Motor oils: Generally good boundary lubrication (particularly the Havoline formulations), but very poor corrosion resistance and poor resistance to open-air oxidation. In addition, their pour-point additives often contain benzene compounds, which aren't a good thing to have next to your skin on a regular basis! ATF performs better for firearms use on every count, even if it is a tad more expensive. (ATF is still 1/10 to 1/100th the cost of a specialty "gun oil"!)
Dexron-type Automatic Transmission Fluid (ATF). That's right, plain ol' ATF. The kind you get at every gas station, auto parts store, and even most convenience stores. Synthetic or regular, either will work just fine. (ATF does have a slight odor to it. If you find that objectionable, a decent alternative that is still readily available is "NyOil." Check your local auto parts store, in the aisle where they keep the miscellaneous lubricants and additives.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:42 PM (0sNs1)
I guess there is a rather large advantage to living in the boonies and having earth moving equipment. Like a bulldozer.
Or hogs.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:42 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd
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Try Ghee butter aka clarified butter if you want less smoking from a mag dump.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:44 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 08:45 PM (O0L8i)
And even then only if you're in the 5th Circuit, right? I don't anyone really expects that ruling to be the final word on the subject.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 08:45 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: whig
How can I rig something to make popcorn at the same time?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:45 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:46 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: whig
How can I rig something to make popcorn at the same time?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:45 PM
Might need a belt-fed. There is a belt-fed MSR upper available.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 08:41 PM (BCwQW)
Plus, the ruling is limited to only the members of the organizations who filed the suit.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 09, 2026 08:48 PM (hj9Cy)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:49 PM (MWfyi)
Let's start with oil. Most people use oils that are way too heavy; thicker is not better! Use a relatively thin oil with the correct properties, and use it very sparingly - most "oil failures" I've seen have been from too much, rather than too little, oil.
Frankly, in terms of mechanical performance, most oils "work"; some are better than others, but everything will make parts move for a while. The weakest area of most oils is in corrosion resistance - and on a gun, corrosion is a bad thing! There have been lots of claims, but those people who have actually taken the time to run experiments to test corrosion on steel have found that the products with the greatest hype are often the worst at corrosion resistance. Not surprisingly, plain mineral oils, such as Rem Oil, score at the very bottom of the list.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at August 09, 2026 08:48 PM
NRA is among them.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:51 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 08:45 PM (vTZFs)
There were quite a few plaintiffs. If you're doing business with them (PSA, Silencer Shop, B&T USA are just the ones I can think of right now), the effects of the ruling would apply as well if state/local law doesn't get in the way.
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 08:52 PM (BCwQW)
I thought of you recently when a tree man told me he could tell I had borers in a few of my trees because he could see the woodpecker damage.
Grrr, I said.
He said, Think of it this way. They're closer to their noise than anyone. They're probably all deaf.
Posted by: Wenda at August 09, 2026 08:54 PM (C67kD)
There were quite a few plaintiffs. If you're doing business with them (PSA, Silencer Shop, B&T USA are just the ones I can think of right now), the effects of the ruling would apply as well if state/local law doesn't get in the way.
Silencer Shop has their understanding of the ruling. Its good everywhere except for state laws like California and other communist states that don't recognize the US Constitution
Posted by: Community Notes at August 09, 2026 08:56 PM (xE0sV)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:56 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 08:57 PM (yEz+x)
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ATF has anti corrosives of unspecified nature added to it as well. Depends on mfg. I agree to disagree with Cunningham on this one. I've used ATF as a solvent for breaking apart rusty parts for milsurps and made a batch of Ed's Red without the lanolin.
Works ok for cleaning, okay on lube, but pretty much all petroleum based oils can have various additives that we don't know future effects might be and that is because the dose determines the poison.
I got up to organic chem and raw benzene is an issue but the small amounts released in motor oil are not likely to be an issue and there is no guarantee that your ATF won't have small amounts either.
I think Grant is talking past his expertise (he was a gunsmith until he had some issues which I cannot recall--now a firearms trainer).
For a lengthy discussion, go to Bob is the Oil Guy and look at the Friction Reducers and AW additives tab.
Summary, both ATF and motor oil can have benzene along with molybdenum and antimony compounds. Depends on the mfg but the high performance stuff has more antiwear and friction reducers in it. The regular stuff is just fine for a firearm.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)
Same thing as AF alert aircraft crews: sit on their butts.
A LOT of reading, shelf checks at the BX/Commissary*, and working out at the gym. With occasional scrambles to the a/c or seats in the silo to run an exercise which you really hope IS an exercise. And you fiddle with maintenance and training (which involves more reading) and Professional Military Studies (which involves even MOAR reading).
(* Missileers don't get shelf checks. They can do fridge checks, I guess. And their gym is whatever was put in the house stop their facility.)
Posted by: GWB at August 09, 2026 07:53 PM (jTXkU)
I’ve run into many a missileer in my time and lol tell me the same. You can get a master’s degree very easily as a missileer as there is nothing else to do down in the hole.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 08:58 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: man at August 09, 2026 08:59 PM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1)
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All good! We recently had them at the kennel for boarding and the place is ridiculous. Pool time, nature walks, baths, massages... they didn't want to come home! The kennel has an associated all-breed dog rescue and I spoke briefly with the owner about volunteering one or two days a week.
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:06 PM (zqeQL)
And quite frankly, if you don't live around salt water, keep reasonable care of your firearms like keeping them in a humidity controlled space, and oil them on occasion, any corrosion is minimal. Even less so on modern nitrided (Tennifer or Melonite for example), aluminum, or stainless steels, traditional bluing is suspect but there are better ways to protect that than the best of gun oils except possibly in the hunting field. For most of us, corrosion is not an issue on modern firearms.
Grant is located in the Pacific Northwest and there has high humidity and sometimes a salt environment. People used to use Boeshield to protect hunting rifles, etc. up there. So that is where he is coming from and I am sure as a gunsmith, he used to have to work on corroded firearms.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ed L at August 09, 2026 09:07 PM (BCwQW)
Have a "clean" batch of the stuff, no additives, used only for cleaning the lube off 30-06, 9mm, 30 carbine, or other brass that takes lube for resizing.
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 09:07 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:07 PM (zqeQL)
Have a "clean" batch of the stuff, no additives, used only for cleaning the lube off 30-06, 9mm, 30 carbine, or other brass that takes lube for resizing.
Posted by: rhomboid
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That is pretty much what I used to do. Still have the tumbler and media stored outside in a storage shed. Tried wet tumbling and liked it better is all.
Ultrasonic works too in a small batch but you may have to use a pinch of lube as it leaves the brass bone dry clean compared with wet tumbling additives (soap).
Ultrasonic removes everything. Nice for small batches of rifle cartridges where you lube them anyway.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: M. Gaga at August 09, 2026 09:11 PM (FpUx/)
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at August 09, 2026 09:12 PM (kJmSS)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 09:12 PM (MWfyi)
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You're welcome! 'Nite!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:13 PM (zqeQL)
Compared to what? A1 sights -- sure. Optic -- depends on the platform.
Posted by: Oddbob at August 09, 2026 09:13 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Oddbob
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From my brief scan of the decision, it applies only to members of organizations who sued (they are litigants as is the US government). And if the Trump DoJ appeals. The issue then is a circuit split and possible Scotus review. Other courts have held the NFA constitutional and the caselaw is unclear if a taxing power exists when the tax equals zero. That would appear to be a use of the commerce clause rather than taxing power.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:17 PM (xcxpd)
I've switched to my beloved Glock 21 for EDC, I found a IWB G30 holster that works...well enough.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:18 PM (xcxpd)
And .22s are fun!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:19 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:19 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Community Notes
Per Silencer Shop's website:
Set Up Profile Create your Silencer Shop profile, answer demographic questions, and complete fingerprints at a local dealer.
Sign & Submit You'll receive two documents via email. Simply sign and submit — you'll be notified once your application is approved.
F that noise. Sorry. Already did prints with my CHL license. Have the ATF contact the FBI. They're in my file.
Better yet. Make buying a suppressor like buying a a magazine since it's an accessory too. Walk in, pick it up, walk to the register, pay for it & walk out. 10 minutes tops.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2026 09:19 PM (sTU8y)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:19 PM (zqeQL)
#DoIt
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:20 PM (xcxpd)
Nobody would stand for any other taxed rights.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:20 PM (P4bJX)
I don't care for them myself. A1 sights are easy enough to sight in for accuracy at the range. Use optics if you need more accuracy.
A2 sights came about due to US Marines insistence IIRC and are more complicated as well as two versions-carbine and rifle are out there. I was serving when the change occurred and people had a lot more difficulty sighting in with the newer A2 sights due to their complexity. Fine for target shooting but a bit like the Ordnance Department fight between Gen Buffington and Gen. Crozier between the open sights and ladder sights on the Krag.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:21 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: M. Gaga at August 09, 2026 09:11 PM (FpUx/)
Sure, beats buckhorn style
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:22 PM (xcxpd)
Nobody would stand for any other taxed rights.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
And that is a fair summary of past Scotus jurisprudence. You can put a generally applicable tax like a sale tax on newspapers or newspaper ads but not a specific tax on newspapers as it causes a possible chilling of the 1st amendment for government to have that power.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:20 PM (xcxpd)
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I told the owner I could drive a tractor and mow grass, paint fences, maintain small engines, dig holes, fill in holes, do their taxes, audit their pension plan... lots of stuff. She said my job would be playing with the dogs which sounds kind of nice!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:23 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Damning with faint praise there. Well done.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:25 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Weasel
Heh. Until you brought out the Mark 97* tennis ball cannon that flung those balls into the next county for the dogs to chase. Long distance tennis cannoning for accuracy with retrievers as your spotters.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:25 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:26 PM (P4bJX)
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:27 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Well, not a US constitutional right now. Used to be under Roe to the point it was hard under Casey decision to regulate it at all.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)
If I have a concealed carry permit, does that mean I can have a loaded pistol In the console In my Car? And leave it there when I’m not in it?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:29 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:25 PM (yEz+x)
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Probably will!
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:29 PM (zqeQL)
Less than 1000 rounds fired and only 3 head of boar harvested (not even any venison!) with my brand new "forever gun" and the el weirdo .375 calibre in a stupidly small 40", 3.5lb rifle is suddenly the only way i will ever be able to contentment in this world!
I'm going to have to sell both my kidneys for this.
Posted by: Nato at August 09, 2026 09:30 PM (XAyZ8)
If I have a concealed carry permit, does that mean I can have a loaded pistol In the console In my Car? And leave it there when I’m not in it?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:29 PM (yEz+x)
If you want it stolen, sure.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:30 PM (P4bJX)
If I have a concealed carry permit, does that mean I can have a loaded pistol In the console In my Car? And leave it there when I’m not in it?
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:29 PM (yEz+x)
If your pistol is in your car and not visible, you're fine IIRC.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at August 09, 2026 09:30 PM (xcxpd)
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Absolutely whig. Always a pleasure to have you here.
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:30 PM (zqeQL)
He loved them, and is quite good with them. His wife agreed he needs to add a few to his cabinet.
Posted by: Dale at August 09, 2026 09:32 PM (f45WX)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 09:32 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:33 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:35 PM (zqeQL)
Benjamin Lewis Jones, (Cooter Davenport) has unfortunately passed away earlier today. For those of you The Dukes of Hazzard fans, this definitely comes as a shock. Rest Easy Cooter, you’ll be missed!
Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2026 09:36 PM (sTU8y)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:38 PM (yEz+x)
If I have a concealed carry permit, does that mean I can have a loaded pistol In the console In my Car? And leave it there when I’m not in it?
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Depends on the state laws.
Federal Firearm Owner's Protection Act allows carry in a car across state lines if the ammo is separate from the empty firearm and the firearm is not 'readily' accessible. Generally that has been interpreted as being in a locked case.
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AI summary of Washington Law
In Washington State, you cannot carry a loaded handgun in a vehicle unless you have a valid Concealed Pistol License (CPL) and the gun is either on your person, you remain in the vehicle, or it is locked and concealed if you leave. Rifles and shotguns are generally prohibited from being loaded in any vehicle at all, regardless of licensing.
For individuals without a CPL, firearms must be unloaded and stored in a locked container that is concealed from view (e.g., in the trunk or a locked box in the cargo area). It is illegal to leave an unloaded handgun visible or accessible in the passenger compartment without proper securing.
Check with the state firearm association for guidance.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)
And a hell of a lot more accurate than my summer carry pistol: a Sig P365.
Which I hate.
Anyone want to buy it from me?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:39 PM (l4RKn)
Anyone want to buy it from me?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:39 PM (l4RKn)
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The Browning?
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:40 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:42 PM (P4bJX)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:40 PM (zqeQL)
Bite your tongue!
I love my Browning Buckmark!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:42 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 09:42 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:42 PM (P4bJX)
I just took a look at the Browning site. Wow! Buckmarks have gone through the roof! Their prices are insane.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:45 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 09:46 PM (iB8Z+)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:48 PM (P4bJX)
For individuals without a CPL, firearms must be unloaded and stored in a locked container that is concealed from view (e.g., in the trunk or a locked box in the cargo area). It is illegal to leave an unloaded handgun visible or accessible in the passenger compartment without proper securing.
Check with the state firearm association for guidance.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:38 PM (E4rtv)
Since 2007 in TX you can carry an arsenal in your vehicle if you wish, LTC or not. But they must be concealed in the vehicle (like in a console or glove compartment).
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 09:50 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 09:51 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:48 PM (P4bJX)
After I bought my Buckmark I got rid of my Ruger Mark II (or III?). Cleaning it was too much of a pain, and the Buckmark is more accurate.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:53 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Or as Texans call it, a normal load out.
Posted by: rickb223 at August 09, 2026 09:53 PM (sTU8y)
Like CBD.
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 09:46 PM (iB8Z+)
Harrumph! You were conspicuously absent from the Food Thread!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:55 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:55 PM (P4bJX)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)
That is my one requirement for the P365. The mag extensions are a must. Same for the G26 that I carry.
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 09:56 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: rhomboid at August 09, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)
Yes, there is an extended mag available, which gives it a much more comfortable grip.
It's not the recoil...it's the size. It disappears in my hand and it just isn't much fun to shoot. It is accurate enough for a self defense pistol, but I don't like the lack of a safety. Not even a trigger safety!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:57 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 09:57 PM (zqeQL)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 08:46 PM (MWfyi)
It has strong detergent properties. Makes a pretty fair hand cleaner, if you are out of the real thing.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe
Well, not a US constitutional right now. Used to be under Roe to the point it was hard under Casey decision to regulate it at all.
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)
Cue Slayer, “Silent Scream”
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 09:58 PM (4g5V+)
Harrumph! You were conspicuously absent from the Food Thread!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 09:55 PM (l4RKn)
I was inconspicuously driving back from Communist Connecticut.
But I did catch the last 10 minutes eating leftover bachelor spaghetti!
Posted by: RI Red - at August 09, 2026 09:59 PM (iB8Z+)
Nobody would stand for any other taxed rights.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at August 09, 2026 09:20 PM (P4bJX)
One reason why I can never support a national sales tax: if that happens, prepare to see a Leftist Congress impose a 6000% sales tax on guns. “See? We didn’t ban them. Just pay the tax.”
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 10:00 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: nurse ratched
>The 2nd amendment is all you need. I have 3 loaded firearms in my vehicle and have been pulled over for a couple of traffic citations. Never been a problem. I guess it depends on which state you're in.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 10:03 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 10:03 PM (iySPJ)
MY WORD IS THE LAW. NOT THE STUPID CONSTITUTION.
Posted by: Police officers at August 09, 2026 10:08 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Cow Demon at August 09, 2026 10:09 PM (4g5V+)
Posted by: Police officers
>To clarify, one is a semi-auto pistol for varmints, one is a semi-auto rifle, both .22lr, also for varmints and the third is a .357 mag pistol for other contingencies. I know all of the LEOs and they know I have their back.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 10:20 PM (jt/rW)
Posted by: whig at August 09, 2026 10:24 PM (E4rtv)
cz kadet should not go unmentioned in the trainer vid.
Posted by: cmeat at August 10, 2026 11:49 AM (Bep7s)
Food Thread: Lamb, Mac & Cheese, And The Perils Of Eating Food
Coblogger Misanthropic Humanitarian is clearly losing a step or two. He is fond of spamming me with weird recipes that make me wonder about his mental health, but recently he sent me Lemon-Marinated Tuscan-Jewish Fried Chicken, which sounds...great! That's a PDF download,because the recipe is from "Serious Eats," and I don't link to that TDS prick Kenji López-Alt. And yes, I am being ridiculously strict, because the website is now owned by People Magazine, but I am nothing if not obsessively rigid.
One of the pleasures of some Italian cooking is how ridiculously simple it is. Sure, they have their share of complex recipes, but a lot of italian cooking is ingredient-driven and delightfully simple. Here is a link for spaghetti aglio e olio, which is pretty damned simple, and pretty damned delicious. Hell, this is from a cook book writer from NYC, which is a testament to the simplicity of the dish and how widespread Italian cooking is!
I am sick and f*cking tired of the hysterical over-reaction to food-borne illness in America. We have much better reporting systems now than we did in previous generations. We have amazingly sensitive diagnostic tests that detect pathogens at minuscule concentrations. And we have a media that are maniacal in their desire to amplify every bit of equivocal data into some worldwide pandemic. Yes, we have food-borne illness. No, it is not a crisis. No it is not increasing much, if at all. Do you want to minimize your risk? Wash produce before consuming. learn basic food safety techniques to minimize cross-contamination. Don't eat day-old tacos from the illegal stand on the corner. Wash your hands with hot soapy water before during and after cooking. Yeah...nothing particularly complicated there! I would add: minimize eating take-out food or prepared food. But that's because I don't much trust strangers to follow the simple, basic rules of food safety. Like the five-second rule! Because being afraid of food is just silly, and the media desperately tries to make us terrified!
Leftover sushi rice, mayonnaise, and Sriracha hot sauce. Don't judge me until you have tried it! But you have to warm the rice...only a savage would eat that dish cold!
The great garlic experiment of 2025-2026 was a resounding...meh. Send all of your excellent home-grown garlic to: cbd dot aoshq at gmail dot com. Rumor has it that the Bourbon Bubble is bursting. I have seen no evidence of decreasing prices, but maybe the bursting started somewhere else! I think the sweet spot is $40-$60 for excellent and interesting bottles, and bumping that to $100 gets you an incremental improvement in quality, but nothing mind-blowing. More than that and I think you are paying for hype and rarity, which may look good in your liquor cabinet, but doesn't translate to more quality in the bottle. The problem...or the solution...is to buy lots of bourbon, take tasting notes, and eventually arrive at your favorites! It should take forty or fifty years, but it is worth it!
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 04:03 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:03 PM (Ia/+0)
No where ever near overweight
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 04:04 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 04:05 PM (KtVoC)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 04:07 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 04:07 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:09 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:10 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 04:10 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 04:10 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 09, 2026 04:11 PM (FZ29D)
And blueberry pancakes with strawberries and whip cream for the grandkids for breakfast on the first day of school tomorrow
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 04:11 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 04:14 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:06 PM (Ia/+0)
YUM!
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 04:14 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 09, 2026 04:15 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:09 PM (3ZNGI)
Both! Or...one of each!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 04:18 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 04:18 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 04:19 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:10 PM (3ZNGI)
They do! And some of them don't even measure much!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 04:20 PM (l4RKn)
It turned out more like a cobbler with a soggy top, and I dared not flip it, so I ate it and retried the recipe, this time using baking powder as the leavening agent. The second try turned out more like a cobbler made with a surprisingly light and crispy topping (which I will save for making shortbread for strawberries and the like in the future), and I didn't dare flip that one either. It was a banger of a cobbler, and would go fantastic with blackberries or cherries in syrup. Sadly not with my early tart plums.
So I went to a German recipe page a friend pointed out to me, and once I successfully translate all the weight in metric into useful kitchen values, I will try again. Once the next plum tree gets ripe
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 04:20 PM (rbvCR)
Harvarti is on the money.
I always did like the Danes more than the French so it checks out.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 04:23 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Weasel at August 09, 2026 04:25 PM (jt/rW)
I have my drawbacks and limitations. But I make a good soup. Nothing fancy: broth, meat or chicken, celery, onions, mushrooms, carrots, potatoes sometimes, spinach. Add a pint of heavy cream at the end. Lunch for a week.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:25 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 04:25 PM (JvZF+)
Now it is getting interesting. Any good MoMe recipes that you could rip off?
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 04:26 PM (KtVoC)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:26 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 04:26 PM (JvZF+)
I'd definitely have to add chicken or shrimp to it, though.
My brother was raving about some "Dirty Spaghetti" he made a few months back.
I never got to try it, but it seems like it would be tasty.
Here's a recipe:
https://tinyurl.com/3x2f85mc
(homemadeinterest.com)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt)
God bless her!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:27 PM (7kJyR)
Per the Post, "The UK council for the heart of London is pushing a bonkers new policy that would ban drinkers from standing up while having a drink.
The Westminster City Council — which oversees one of the busiest nightlife districts in Europe — wants to ban what it labels “vertical drinking” in a bizarre bid to cut down on drunkenness..."
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 04:28 PM (lJ0H4)
I bought a biggun yesterday, cut it up into three pieces, which I froze to make pulled pork at a later time, and put the bone with some good-sized scraps of meat still on it in a pot of pinto beans, which I just had some of for lunch.
A pulled pork + soup bone destiny means that making "pretty" cuts or getting everything off the bone is a non-issue, so your butcher skills don't matter all that much.
One advantage of living alone: you don't have to worry about offending anyone by farting.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 04:28 PM (IG3/x)
Love pasta aglia e olio with huge amounts of freshly rough ground black pepper.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 04:25 PM (JvZF+)
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I'm a simple guy. Macaroni, butter, salt, pepper. Happiness.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:29 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:29 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 04:29 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 09, 2026 04:31 PM (h7ZuX)
The UK council for the heart of London is pushing a bonkers new policy that would ban drinkers from standing up while having a drink.
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When Vince Lombardi came to the Packers in 1959, his rule was no drinking at the bar. It didn't look professional. If you're having a drink, you have to be seated.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:31 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Billythesquid at August 09, 2026 04:32 PM (gN+5I)
@Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 04:28 PM (IG3/x)
OMG, bone in is the only way to go! In addition to your suggestions, I will often make a chili verde out of the leftovers. (Ummm, may cause additional fartage,..pronounced fart-ahhhhjjj)
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:32 PM (7kJyR)
Tonight: grilled salmon filet, roasted yellow potatoes, sliced tomato and cucumber salad
We will also observe National S'mores Day even though I do not partake in this ritualistic debasement of an American chocolate bar
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 04:32 PM (JvZF+)
I went to a full pig roast at an out in the country wedding party once, and it was great and the roast pig tasted great, but then I looked over at it still on the spit, and it seemed to be looking at me. And I just couldn’t eat it any more. Like I said, I know that’s weak.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 04:33 PM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
My grandkids start tomorrow too. Normally they would have started last week but the school systems got hacked so they got a well reprieve.
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 04:33 PM (lJ0H4)
HEB sells pound-and-a-half packages of ham trimmings. Very convenient in size, form and flavor (lots of yummy fat).
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:34 PM (O0L8i)
I've made 2 pans (cast iron!) of baked apples in the last 3 days!!! Need more vanilla ice cream to go alongside!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:35 PM (7kJyR)
Oh, also of note, we are coming into APPLE season!!!!
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Would like to make pork and apples, but I haven't found the right recipe.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:37 PM (O0L8i)
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H7: That's just another spit in the face of cultural England. What is a more iconic image than the Brits standing at the bar of their local and having pint.
Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at August 09, 2026 04:39 PM (mITdA)
In addition to her job with horses, my mom coached high school girls sports. It became a tradition for her team to give her an animal at the end of every season.
One year they gave her a baby pig. It was adorable and smart like a dog. Loved to hide in the shavings in her stall and play fetch. Also grew like a weed.
We couldn't keep her when she started getting big and a bit destructive but we couldn't eat her. So we traded her to a pig farmer who gave us a freezer full of bacon, ham, etc. I don't whose pig we did eat but it was delicious and guilt free.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 04:39 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 04:33 PM (QDJ2U)
Around here a lot of the kids do 4H. I think that reinforces the agricultural outlook, but I would guess more than a few tears have been shed when selling an animal that had been raised just for that purpose.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 04:40 PM (KtVoC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 04:40 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:37 PM (O0L8i)
NEITHER HAVE I!!!!!
Tried a couple times, but can't find an apple with the right tartness.
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:40 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 04:40 PM (QDJ2U)
First day of school already?!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 09, 2026 04:31 PM (h7ZuX)
__________
*laughs cruelly*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:41 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 04:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 04:44 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
I've made Thai red curry with pork and apples. It sounds all kinds of wrong, but it works.
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 04:44 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nckate at August 09, 2026 04:44 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 04:44 PM (2Cry5)
I think you're forgetting Trump's role in encouraging food borne illness.
Posted by: Piper's daughter at August 09, 2026 04:45 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes = Piper's daughter at August 09, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 04:46 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes
If you're Piper's daughter, you're too young for a Manhattan.
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 04:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:47 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 04:48 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Archimedes
If you're Piper's daughter, you're too young for a Manhattan.
Or a Tesla!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes
If you're Piper's daughter, you're too young for a Manhattan.
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 04:47 PM (VHUov
Did something happen while I was floating around in the pool like a princess?
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 04:49 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 04:50 PM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 04:51 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes
If you're Piper's daughter, you're too young for a Manhattan.
Or a Tesla!
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)
Tesla is a GREAT band! Love Modern Day Cowboy!
Ohhhhh, wait,....were you talikng about that car thingie that runs on batteries????
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:52 PM (7kJyR)
I forgot to mention red wine vinegar, and grated cheddar and parmesan cheese.
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 04:52 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 04:33 PM (QDJ2U)
Memo to Other Food Morons: "Make Tom Servo a Man."
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 04:52 PM (j10i6)
Buy some decent elbow macaroni. Make a base with Milk, even better a Bechamel and fold in your own Cheddar or even Velveeta, and it is much better. Throw in a can of Chili, and you’ve got some fine dinin’, genuine trailer trash cuisine right there, pard
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:53 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 09, 2026 04:53 PM (h7ZuX)
Buy some decent elbow macaroni. Make a base with Milk, even better a Bechamel and fold in your own Cheddar or even Velveeta, and it is much better. Throw in a can of Chili, and you’ve got some fine dinin’, genuine trailer trash cuisine right there, pard
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:53 PM (YOD0n)
I have Alton Brown's books, and his Mac&Cheese is AWESOME!!!!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:54 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 04:47 PM (VHUov
I hear she's also getting a Tesla with a Flock camera installed in it...the poor kid will be dateless all thru high school...
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 04:54 PM (j10i6)
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Isn't it weird how some cocktails are "winter" and others are "summer?" And yet, others are anytime drinks.
Martinis are suitable anytime. Just sayin'.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 04:55 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
My mom always did it with Granny Smiths, sauerkraut and onions, so it wasn’t overly sweet. She told me it’s how they did it in the Alsatian area of France. True? Who knows but it makes sense.
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 04:55 PM (ZdaMQ)
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 04:57 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 04:58 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:59 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 04:59 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 04:55 PM (ZdaMQ)
Sauerkraut and onions are as German as it gets, but the Alsatian’s are all half German so like you say, it makes sense.
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 04:59 PM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: RS at August 09, 2026 04:59 PM (GYx3d)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 05:00 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: nckate at August 09, 2026 05:00 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: a.moron at August 09, 2026 05:01 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Archimedes at August 09, 2026 05:01 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:01 PM (3ZNGI)
Just pan sear maybe 3 minutes a side and season simply with salt and pepper. I add some cumin and za’atar for a little extra bling and earthy flavor.
That’s it. Done. No fancy prep. No recipes with 762 ingredients. No long cooking times measured in days.
I like Australian loin chops (look like mini porterhouse steaks). Some ppl prefer American and/or rib chops. Australia lamb is significantly cheaper and has a bit more gamey flavor. Which is what I want when eating lamb.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:03 PM (qszYa)
ProTip: take a picture when the food is done, just before you take it off the stove or grill, when it’s all nicely browned or cooked to perfection.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 05:05 PM (YOD0n)
Per the Post, "The UK council for the heart of London is pushing a bonkers new policy that would ban drinkers from standing up while having a drink.
The Westminster City Council — which oversees one of the busiest nightlife districts in Europe — wants to ban what it labels “vertical drinking” in a bizarre bid to cut down on drunkenness..."
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 04:28 PM (lJ0H4)
In my experience, if you can still stand up while drinking, you're not all that drunk.
Posted by: a.moron at August 09, 2026 05:05 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:01 PM (3ZNGI)
Oh Ben...please tell me you would ruin a beautiful brisket by putting it on a kids meal!
Like putting a medium rare grilled tomahawk steak on Cheetos..
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:05 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:59 PM (YOD0n)
Grow up with your Grams and Nanas making it all WRONG, and you need a new starting point.
God bless their souls,..but they were wrong.
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 05:06 PM (7kJyR)
Lamb is one of the most underrated meats. It’s so tasty, almost as tender as the best beef, and very easy to cook.
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Her Majesty's ideal meal (she's a Kiwi) would be lamb, oysters and potatoes, washed down with a margarita.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 05:06 PM (O0L8i)
ProTip: take a picture when the food is done, just before you take it off the stove or grill, when it’s all nicely browned or cooked to perfection.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 05:05 PM (YOD0n)
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‘Fuck you!’
— Chuck Schumer
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:06 PM (qszYa)
Posted by: nckate at August 09, 2026 05:00 PM (enNUy)
YEP! That's the Grams recipe...there are better options!
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 05:08 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:59 PM (YOD0n)
Homemade Mac & Cheese would require a recipe.
My mom made it forever for Thanksgiving and/or Christmas & New Years. It was a pretty long process of adding layers of boiled macaroni, lots of Velveeta and shredded cheddar, along with pouring condensed milk and milk over the entire pan topped with pats of butter. Then it was in the oven for a few hours.
It was worth it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
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Absolutely. Things have become much improved since 2003. That year marked the largest Hepatitis A outbreak in US history and brought down a franchise (Chi-Chi's Restaurant). The culprit was green onions out of ....(you guessed it)....Mexico. The irony being that Chi-Chi's was not really a Mexican brand. It was created up in Minnesota. But, the Mexicans got their revenge...eventually.
Posted by: Orson at August 09, 2026 05:08 PM (dIske)
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Hold it...just last thread you were complaining about that.
Posted by: CBD's thermostat at August 09, 2026 05:09 PM (XeU6L)
A very popular dish around here is lobster mac n cheese. Kids of all ages love it.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:09 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:09 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:53 PM (YOD0n)
Oh...look at Mr. Fancypants!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 05:10 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: A Tar Heel at August 09, 2026 05:10 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:10 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:09 PM (viF8m)
Lobster...well okay then. They disserve it, the damn water bugs.
But beautifully smoked, aged beef - right out!
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:11 PM (j10i6)
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Her Majesty's ideal meal (she's a Kiwi) would be lamb, oysters and potatoes, washed down with a margarita.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 05:06 PM (O0L8i)
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What, no wallaby? LOL. Wallaby is excellent, btw. More subtle than lamb, but a really good lean piece of red meat. Almost impossible to get in the USA, unless you order online from a exotic meat store and pay through the ass.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:11 PM (qszYa)
I love it too.
How is you email working? I want to send you a video.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at August 09, 2026 05:13 PM (DK5Sh)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:09 PM (3ZNGI)
Okay Ben...
and sorry, I was just testing out Rude Week.
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:13 PM (j10i6)
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Her Majesty's ideal meal (she's a Kiwi) would be lamb, oysters and potatoes, washed down with a margarita.
Posted by: Hadrian
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When, exactly, does 'lamb' become 'mutton'? At weaning time?
Posted by: A Tar Heel at August 09, 2026 05:14 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:03 PM (qszYa)
I'm not into the gamey flavor. I've liked some venison I've eaten over the years, but that's about it.
The only lamb I've tried and liked comes off the spit in and goes in gyros.
I love that.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 05:06 PM (O0L8i)
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Kiwis are suspect in my culinary opinion (which admittedly carries no weight), but don't they eat something called Kina? I think they are sea urchins of something like that.
Posted by: Orson at August 09, 2026 05:15 PM (dIske)
Posted by: A Tar Heel at August 09, 2026 05:14 PM (XeU6L)
Oh hell, are we now going to argue chicken "fryers" vs "roasters"?
-SLV
Posted by: Shy Lurking Voter at August 09, 2026 05:15 PM (7kJyR)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:16 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:16 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 05:17 PM (XeU6L)
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Her Majesty's ideal meal (she's a Kiwi) would be lamb, oysters and potatoes, washed down with a margarita.
Posted by: Hadrian
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When, exactly, does 'lamb' become 'mutton'? At weaning time?
Posted by: A Tar Heel at August 09, 2026 05:14 PM (XeU6L)
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Lamb is young sheep, maybe 6 months to a year. Mutton is adult sheep. 2+ years old. Mutton might be too gamey to eat as a steak. But it’s in a lot of classic UK stews, like Shepards Pie.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:18 PM (qszYa)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:18 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
The Japanese love uni, sea urchin sushi.
This is not to say the Japanese don't have some weird ideas about food. They do.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:20 PM (viF8m)
Fun fact: Kraft Original Mac & Cheese doesn't have any actual cheese in it
just cheese-mimicking substances
Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2026 05:21 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 05:21 PM (iySPJ)
Something that has a chance of killing me?
I'm fine not trying everything on the menu.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
Everyone with severe TDS will stop eating. DSA candidates will drop like flies.
PS. If I forget to mention something odd about a WI DSA candidate on the ONT, ask. I won't pollute the Food Thread with it.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at August 09, 2026 05:23 PM (qx7Zg)
Was it worth it? Hell no. But I never saw it on a menu before, so I said what the fuck. Never saw it on a menu since. Which is fine. It was a one-and-done for me.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:23 PM (qszYa)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 05:24 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:25 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 05:25 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 05:28 PM (QDJ2U)
1 tbspn Olive oil
1/2 tbspn cider vinegar w/splash of raspberry balsamic vinegar (happened to be in reach)
1 crushed garlic clove
pinch of salt
1/2 tspn dry mustard
Same, paprika
Same Worcestershire sauce
The wine is a 2020 Petit syrah/ Zinfandel blend. Should be interesting. Off to prep the grill...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 05:29 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Ben Had
I see there's a new movie coming out about the young Anthony Bourdain.
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 05:29 PM (lJ0H4)
Something that has a chance of killing me?
I'm fine not trying everything on the menu.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
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Status symbol in Japan. Very expensive. It’s actually a nice clean whitefish, but nothing extraordinary. And the deaths are (deliberately) overhyped to add to the exotic danger. Only a few deaths a year in Japan, and almost always some rando who tries to prepare it himself.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:29 PM (qszYa)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)
Something that has a chance of killing me?
I'm fine not trying everything on the menu.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)
It numbs your extremities and gives a warm fuzzy feeling I am told. It also reduces sensation in your schwanzstucker, so you can stay hard and go longer. Woof!
Fugu toxin is also the toxin in the skins of rough-skinned newts, I am told. So if you are in the PNW you have yet another way to kill yourself.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 05:30 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Tom Servo at August 09, 2026 05:30 PM (QDJ2U)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 05:30 PM (IivNP)
works great- you should try it
tonight is reverse-seared top sirloin with insta-mash potatoes & gravy
Posted by: Don Black at August 09, 2026 05:31 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 05:31 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:32 PM (3ZNGI)
Tonight will be turkey sandwich and Mac and cheese.
My meals are according to my food budget which is getting a bit skimpy lately. And No Lettuce!
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 05:32 PM (fV9m3)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (zJHVr)
Marinate in crushed garlic, fresh rosemary, s& p and olive oil.
Brush with Dijon mustard and broil for just a couple minutes each side. I like mine medium rare.
Serve with a salad and homemade tzatziki.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:29 PM (qszYa)
Apparently you need to be a skilled surgeon to get the right parts out without infecting the entire fish.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:28 PM (6ydKt)
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Different animal. I’ve had rabbit many times and like it. The Scottish hare was 10x more gamey. I won’t eat that again.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (qszYa)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:32 PM (3ZNGI)
See Elric, Ben Had has rabbit experience.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:35 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (zJHVr)
He likes to live …….dangerously
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 05:35 PM (3/IoU)
Posted by: Elric the Blade
They need to be strongly flavored to hold up to the scotch-whisky marinade, laddie.
Posted by: macmikeski at August 09, 2026 05:36 PM (VHUov)
We can have a frosty on the beach first.
Seattle is a shithole. But it’s my shithole and I’m not leaving. Until Marine asks me to.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:36 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Tom Servo
>Mutton has a peculiar flavor best tamed with parsnips, turnips, carrots and potatoes. Definitely a stew type dish. I can eat it, but it's not something I would order from a menu.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 05:38 PM (iySPJ)
Apparently you need to be a skilled surgeon to get the right parts out without infecting the entire fish.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)
I know there is a license involved. It's illegal to serve fugu unless it has been prepared by a licensed chef.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 05:38 PM (IG3/x)
Text him. back: "But Doctor, I am Pagliacci"
Will he understand the joke?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 05:39 PM (rbvCR)
There must be a thousand ways to cook it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 05:41 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Then...there is the risk of tularemia.
Posted by: Bugs at August 09, 2026 05:42 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Veteran Grade School Teacher Pet at August 09, 2026 05:42 PM (YOD0n)
>>Will he understand the joke?
Am I a clown? Do I amuse you?
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:43 PM (viF8m)
Will he understand the joke?
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 05:39 PM (rbvCR)
Are you afraid of me?
Posted by: Crazy Joe DiVola at August 09, 2026 05:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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Ammonia, is my recollection. Same with blueprints.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 05:44 PM (XeU6L)
He did see The Watchmen and suggested it to me.
I think he would get it.
Yeeeeesh.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:45 PM (yEz+x)
Something that has a chance of killing me?
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Yeah, not like "shit yourself to death" lettuce. Or whatever death trap we're dealing with this week.
The food chain is a very, very weak link.
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 05:45 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:46 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Veteran Grade School Teacher Pet at August 09, 2026 05:46 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Bugs at August 09, 2026 05:42 PM (XeU6L)
*looks it up*
That looks bad.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:46 PM (6ydKt)
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Hm. Maybe
Posted by: Veteran Grade School Teacher Pet at August 09, 2026 05:48 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 05:48 PM (fV9m3)
It wasn't long after this that my wife and I were out in the pasture, looking over the cattle when Troublemaker ambled over, stuck his head in the utility vehicle, and laid his head on my legs so as to facilitate the scritching of the ears. He'd never done it before, but I have a sneaking suspicion that he knew what lay in his future. My wife, of course, couldn't bear the idea of having him trucked to the slaughterhouse, much less cooking him up for the next year. "All I would think about are those big brown eyes!"
I told her that it was hard on me as well. "Every time I fire up the grill to cook steaks, the cattle all gather at the back fence and glare at me. I try to explain, 'It's no one you know!' But they still glare..."
Posted by: Brewingfrog at August 09, 2026 05:48 PM (7eSPw)
Nothing remained but a pile of white fur.
Posted by: Crazy Joe DiVola at August 09, 2026 05:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Just sayin'.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 05:45 PM (2Cry5)
We import a lot from Mexico, and South America.
Especially seasonally.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at August 09, 2026 05:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:49 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 09, 2026 05:49 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)
Nurse, look up from the pizza halfway through and say to him..."does this taste funny to you?"
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:52 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 09, 2026 05:52 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Crazy Joe DiVola
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Found the tattered remains (just a pile of feathers) of a wild turkey in the front yard. Coyote.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 05:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:53 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 05:54 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:56 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Veteran Grade School Teacher Pet at August 09, 2026 05:56 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: It's me donna at August 09, 2026 05:56 PM (q2fPJ)
Posted by: Eromero at August 09, 2026 05:56 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:56 PM (3ZNGI)
Oh I so want to go, just to see Tom Servo eat while wearing a blind fold...
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:57 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:56 PM (3ZNGI)
OooooooWeeeeee!
Posted by: Eromero at August 09, 2026 05:57 PM (LHPAg)
*stares at reheated pizza*
*kicks dirt*
Posted by: Diogenes
Reheat in the air fryer and throw a fried egg on top!
And some mama Lil’s Hungarian Peppers!
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:57 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 05:58 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Eromero
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Bacon & eggs, toast, sliced watermelon
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 05:58 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:53 PM (3ZNGI)
Now if you were only drunk, you'd be my kind of girl!
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 05:58 PM (j10i6)
Went to Steak N Shake earlier this week to try their beef tallow fries. They were damn good fries that reminded me of Mickie D's fries of yore. Comparing them to In-N-Out, which tend to linger on the palate (and esophagus) , the beef tallow lets more of the potato come through, and it just seems to digest easier. I'm encouraged enough to expand my research to include home kitchen use...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 05:59 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:59 PM (yEz+x)
"Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, venison, venison, venison..."
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 06:01 PM (IG3/x)
Scotch and a movie time
Colossus of Rhodes on YouTube
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 06:02 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 06:02 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:53 PM (3ZNGI)
Never bothered me, either.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 09, 2026 06:02 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:52 PM (viF8m)
Joe's KC BBQ gets the best rating, but there is a place called Jack's Stack...that might appeal to you...um for some reason
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 06:03 PM (j10i6)
191 Fucking mariners.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 05:59 PM (yEz+x)
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Fucking Todd
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 06:04 PM (/wPHZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Forget the film, but Glenn Ford, speaking to someone who calls their horse by name, 'It's a bad idea to name an animal you may have to eat'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 06:04 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 06:05 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 06:04 PM (XeU6L)
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Turned out Hans wasn't so clever after all.
Posted by: The 6th Army at Stalingrad at August 09, 2026 06:07 PM (/wPHZ)
Joe's sounds intriguing. Last time I was there I was referred to a nice place but it was very fancy and stupid expensive. Not my thing for BBQ.
Joe's sounds closer to my wheelhouse. Thanks.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 06:09 PM (viF8m)
Spoiled little bastages.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at August 09, 2026 06:09 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 06:11 PM (fV9m3)
Did you know they sell balsamic vinegar in spray-bottles? It's weird. I don't like it. I don't think it's effective.
But that's the only stuff I have on hand at the moment, so obviously I took the spray cap out to drip the stuff on the bread.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 06:12 PM (C0Nlv)
Fred- Does anybody?
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 06:11 PM
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Salad ain't got nuttin' on this mutton!
https://youtu.be/b-HisCMWaso
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 09, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)
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Bingo! In addition to tasting far better, better crisp, it’s digestible. Let a Fry, fried in hydrogenated vegetable oil cool off, or wait till the next day, and they are like mealy cardboard. Completely inedible.
That shit tears your gut up too, took me a long time to figure this out, because I ate so much crappy food in such large amounts I could never really pin it down or make the connection. If you tend towards IBS or other unmentionable maladies stay the fuck away from synthetic foods
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 06:13 PM (YOD0n)
Fred- Does anybody?
Posted by: Case
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Acquaintance, stationed in Australia WWII, hates even the mention of it.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 06:13 PM (XeU6L)
Don't think I haven't been tempted.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Isn't that usually mexican lard with shelf-stabilizers in?
Which I suppose is better than nothing, if you don't have the option to get leaf-lard from a butcher and render it yourself...
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 06:15 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 06:17 PM (XeU6L)
Don't think I haven't been tempted.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 06:02 PM (IG3/x)
Morell is better than the Fiesta brand, it has less scent. I put lard down for the cats, it seems to help their hairballs and it keeps the Calico from getting on the table and licking the butter. I also use it for cooking.
I don't use a lot but I figure it is probably better for me than soybean or corn oil.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 05:48 PM (fV9m3)
But how would you make ramen? Or a “what the heck is left in this fridge” quiche?
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 06:18 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: ChE99 at August 09, 2026 06:18 PM (7QfDF)
Forget the film, but Glenn Ford, speaking to someone who calls their horse by name, 'It's a bad idea to name an animal you may have to eat'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 06:04 PM (XeU6L)
Especially important if you may need to go through the desert.
Posted by: America at August 09, 2026 06:19 PM (IG3/x)
Never tried it to make
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:20 PM (Ia/+0)
Even after she dared me to eat Sky-line Chili during our honeymoon. (So, food thread adjacent)
Part of our honeymoon was spent in Yellowstone, right when the huge fires were flaring up. August of 1988.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 09, 2026 06:21 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 06:21 PM (3OyJk)
Posted by: America
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At least it won't be raining.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 06:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: ChE99 at August 09, 2026 06:18 PM (7QfDF)
Slice the cooled corned beef cross grain, and first rinse it in fresh water, and then simmer it in a pan of water for a minute or so. If you have a 6" frying pan, put about 1/2" of water in it, bring it to a boil and put the slices in. About a minute in, flip it, and pull it out a minute later. DON'T boil it dry.
It will wash the salt out and make the meat tender enough for sandwiches, or to just eat. That is usually how I eat salt pork or corned beef since it is often too salty for me.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06:23 PM (rbvCR)
Congratulations! What a nice thing to say and God bless you both.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 06:23 PM (3OyJk)
But. Eggs are an excellent source of protein, easily digested and fill you up. I got to the point where I was dreaming about fluffy scrambled eggs slow cooked in butter with chives and fresh tomato.
Mmmmmmmm
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 06:23 PM (yEz+x)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 06:23 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 05:25 PM (3ZNGI)
Have you seen "Chef?" It's pretty good!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:24 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: ChE99 at August 09, 2026 06:25 PM (7QfDF)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:24 PM (l4RKn)
Is that a murder mystery starring Obama?
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 06:25 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: ChE99 at August 09, 2026 06:18 PM (7QfDF)
Homemade?
If so, aren't they a hoot to make?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:26 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 06:26 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 06:15 PM (C0Nlv)
Dunno. Their online store has Armour, Morell, Sulu Organics, Stellar Grass Fed, and Farmer John, in a variety of sizes from 1 pound to a 25 pound pail. Some say "needs refrigeration", others say "no refrigeration needed".
As one would expect the "organic" and/or "grass fed" is more expensive. Also the higher-end spreads seem to be out of stock.
No country of origin on any of the ones I checked.
Posted by: America at August 09, 2026 06:27 PM (IG3/x)
Mmmmmmmm
Posted by: nurse ratched
That reminds me that I wanted to try making frumenty sometime.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 06:27 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Good for you! I’m sure it wasn’t always a walk in the park. But. You kept to your vows. And honored each other.
I admire you both.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 06:27 PM (yEz+x)
So in that situation I would call myself and the horse both Fred.
https://youtu.be/oaUtP2YDvDM
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06:28 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: America at August 09, 2026 06:28 PM (IG3/x)
Congratulations! I hope you got her something completely frivolous.
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 06:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 06:29 PM (wOO3z)
Posted by: America at August 09, 2026 06:30 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: America at August 09, 2026 06:28 PM (IG3/x)
You can pre-wash it, but you really need to simmer it to get the salt out.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06:30 PM (rbvCR)
I haven't seen Chef but I have seen CBD and Pete Bog in the kitchen.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 06:30 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 05:48 PM (fV9m3)
Elastic demand! And I did the same thing, even though even at their peak, eggs were still a reasonably priced food.
Adam Smith would have loved the egg shortage!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:30 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06
This place is truly beautiful sometimes.
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 06:31 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 06:30 PM (3ZNGI)
Two very different cooks!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:32 PM (l4RKn)
They tend to come out of the fridge a bit salty.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Ben Had
Good fight!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 06:32 PM (Qmx03)
Posted by: JackStraw
Jack, I'm way behind, and I'm sure you have many answers, but I recently tried an old favorite I hadn't been to for many, many moons...
Sneads on Holmes at Hiway 58. Way south. No sauce, Most places sauce suck, and this is no exception... but the hickory crust on that burnt end sammich was to die for.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:33 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:52
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Jackstacksbbq.com
Posted by: olddog in mo at August 09, 2026 06:33 PM (zJHVr)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 06:27 PM (yEz+x)
Being privates in the Army, we had hurdle after hurdle thrown at us. But we endeavored to persevere.
We will go eat a nice dinner at a restaurant tomorrow. Hopefully one of us will decide where.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 09, 2026 06:33 PM (0aYVJ)
Fred- Does anybody?
Posted by: Case
Obligatory Seinfeld mutton reference -
Jerry’s date: Jerry, I’m thrilled you liked my mutton.
Jerry: Salad’s got nuttin on this mutton.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 09, 2026 06:35 PM (SjAWL)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:52
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No one mentioned Zarda BBQ?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at August 09, 2026 06:35 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 06:36 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Pug
The eternal dilemma.. congrats!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 06:36 PM (Qmx03)
Sneads on Holmes at Hiway 58. Way south. No sauce, Most places sauce suck, and this is no exception... but the hickory crust on that burnt end sammich was to die for.
Now we are talking. Burnt ends is exactly what I am looking for. Thanks!
>>Jackstacksbbq.com
And a 2nd recommendation for Jack Stack. Thanks to you as well.
I knew you morons would come through for me.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 06:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 09, 2026 06:38 PM (0aYVJ)
Mostly to re-sellers.
That's some serious BBQ.
Her place was in the hood.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:38 PM (q6tQZ)
Anathema to a serious eater.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:39 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at August 09, 2026 06:40 PM (Qmx03)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:52
I drove past Arrowhead stadium once, but that's my entire experience with Kansas City. So, my input would be useless.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at August 09, 2026 06:41 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 06:42 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)
That, right there, would help a lot.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:42 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 06:43 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 06:43 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 06:30 PM (rbvCR)
Yes, they'd tow it over the side for a while, then cook it in a couple of changes of water.
The pre-soak in sea water saved some fresh water, always in short supply on a sailing ship.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 06:44 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 05:52
The only time I was in Kansas City, I fell asleep at the gate and missed my connecting flight.
I do not have fond memories of the place.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:45 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 06:45 PM (JvZF+)
That, right there, would help a lot.
Staying downtown near the convention center. One of the guys I'm meeting has a truck so it doesn't have to be walking distance.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 06:45 PM (viF8m)
Nothing is too good for our boys, you see
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 06:45 PM (YOD0n)
Her place was in the hood.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:38 PM (q6tQZ)
Flint's BBQ in Oakland.
Incredible BBQ, but terrible businessmen.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:46 PM (l4RKn)
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According to Reddit, a place called "Jack Stack" is a favorite ... Two others mentioned are "Slaps" and "Meat Mitch ... I've never been to any of these, but you'll at least have a match if your local person recommends any of these.
Posted by: Kathy at August 09, 2026 06:48 PM (MOK4W)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 06:48 PM (3ZNGI)
Hit Arthur Bryants (during the day). Do NOT get their sauce. "Dry, sauce on the side."
He was the original that made KC famous. Been dead 40 years, but what the hell!
I worked downtown in the 80's, and once a week 3 or 4 of us would go in on 1 (count 'em) sandwich. Buy a loaf of white bread on the way back, and a lunch for 4!
Big Hands Richard worked there then.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:49 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 06:50 PM (JvZF+)
I'm getting persnickety about vinegars and olive oil in recent years. I use apple cider vinegar in water every day. Malt vinegar on fries and baked spuds. Balsamic in a salad dressing and on fruit. Discovered sherry vinegar and it is wonderful. Only tried Napa Valley Naturals sherry vinegar so far. It is fantastic as a bread or pizza crust dip. The place we get our olive oil and balsamic has their own family run vineyards and groves. They also offer white balsamics with flavorings like blood orange, bourbon, and others. Lots to play with.
FWIW, I use White House Organic ACV with the mother.
Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2026 06:51 PM (yTvNw)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 09, 2026 06:53 PM (VCgbV)
Might like LC's at Martin Luther King (old Hiway 50) and Sni-a-Bar.
Neighborhood's as good as it looks.
Food is great.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:54 PM (q6tQZ)
Hit Arthur Bryants (during the day).
That looks walking distance to the area I'll be.
Thanks
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 06:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JTB at August 09, 2026 06:51 PM (yTvNw)
Shut yo mouth!
I'm talkin about vinegar..
And we can dig it!
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 06:57 PM (nbLIj)
We just a text saying "Alert. Your residence needs to evacuate now. Emergency."
No link. New scam to break in people's homes?
Posted by: four seasons at August 09, 2026 06:57 PM (/QHx4)
Thanks
Posted by: JackStraw
Don't walk there. Serious. Too far, and seedy shit in between.
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 06:59 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 06:59 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 07:00 PM (q6tQZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 07:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Nazdar at August 09, 2026 07:05 PM (NcvvS)
No problem. Just thought it might be fun to have a beer or so.
Your buddy from here?
Posted by: MkY at August 09, 2026 07:13 PM (q6tQZ)
No, Indiana so he's driving. This is a business trip and I don't have much time other than after work but I might be back again soon and I'll let you know. Love to grab a beer.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 07:19 PM (viF8m)
https://youtu.be/b-HisCMWaso
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 09, 2026 06:13 PM (2Ez/1)
Note to self: Read all comments before you post the exact same thing 30 comments later.
Posted by: TxAnn at August 09, 2026 07:20 PM (SjAWL)
First World Problems...
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 01:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:01 PM (+sNap)
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 09, 2026 02:01 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:01 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:02 PM (MWfyi)
Nice LCD. No problem reading that at all. I hate it when I'm outdoors like at the beach and I need to get some info out of my phone. Just, you know, vaguely tap and hope I don't wipe it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at August 09, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 02:03 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at August 09, 2026 02:04 PM (JvZF+)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at August 09, 2026 02:05 PM (O7YUW)
And changes it back when you reset it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 02:05 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:06 PM (iySPJ)
My FWP is this cat and mouse whack a mole with the ad
Bet had it 300 times in last few days
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 02:07 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 09, 2026 02:07 PM (V3mMn)
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape
If it's supposed to move, but it doesn't, use the WD-40
If it's not supposed to move, but it does, use the duct tape
If it's impossible to fix or frustrating the hell out of you, use the hammer.
Your welcome.
In the situation described above, I'd suggest the hammer.
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at August 09, 2026 02:07 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:08 PM (/wPHZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:08 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 02:09 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:09 PM (/wPHZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:12 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:12 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."
Did they have a Daylight Savings Time setting?
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (VyBeY)
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My overpriced Bosch oven does that. A brief outage and it's Jan 1, 2016 all over again.
I've given up resetting it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (/wPHZ)
Wire a UPS into the circuit, and this particular sub-problem is solved.
Good food and good engineering. The Horde always satisfies.
How 'bout them Red Sox?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)
A river in Amsterdam.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (+ePcn)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (/wPHZ)
My needs are very low—just drip hot water over the coffee and into the carafe. Two or three real cups (which is I think five of those fake coffee cups measurements on the side of the carafe…).
Any recommendations for coffee makers made in America, or perhaps made in Italy?
I’ve been following some guy in Austin who is making a simple, all-metal coffeemaker, but it isn’t done yet.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)
Idiot.
Posted by: CBD at 01:55 PM
Concur. Whoever it was he probably stirs or shake his Paella as well.
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (KtVoC)
There are really only 3 items you need in a toolbox.
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape
_________
4) Cable ties
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:16 PM (O0L8i)
Then never worry about timers and programs and power outages again. No worries about DLST, and dusk and dawn times shifting throughout the year. I have used them forever in my outside garage light fixture. I buy ones made by Philips. They last for many years.
Posted by: Gref at August 09, 2026 02:16 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:17 PM (3Ope8)
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape
_________
4) Cable ties
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:16 PM
5) 10mm socket
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 02:17 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Pete Bog at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Avoids maple syrup on French Toast at August 09, 2026 02:19 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:20 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:21 PM (9H7EW)
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape
The water dispenser on my fridge recently stopped working; so I took the face off and discovered that a piece of plastic that held the button in one place so that the lever could whack it had broken off.
I attempted to duct tape it back, but it had too much give. So I gorilla-glued the button to where it was supposed to be, and for extra measure stuffed it around with packing foam I had lying around in the garage, to reduce the stress on the glue.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:21 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:23 PM (O0L8i)
The Chinese are not into makkng anything last, if they could make cars to import they wouldn't last either, as well as report to Beijing everywhere you gonor say while in it.
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 02:23 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:20 PM (iySPJ)
________________
I have A/C but rarely need it. I've found the cheapest, most effective way to cool things down is a window fan. In the evening it's almost always going to be cooler outside. And, during the day as long as you place the fan on a window opposite the side of the house the sun is located on, it serves the purpose well.
I'm not a big fan (heh) of regular fans....and definitely not ceiling fans in the summer. Regular fans just dry your eyes out. Ceiling fans just push the rising heat down to the living area. (Disclaimer: IMO).
Posted by: Orson at August 09, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)
particularly fingers and clothing
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 02:26 PM (VyBeY)
Anti-FWP. Since bringing all the dogs up to the house and turning off the AC and fans in the kennel, our electricity use has fallen by a third.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:27 PM (O0L8i)
I’ve been following some guy in Austin who is making a simple, all-metal coffeemaker, but it isn’t done yet.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
French press.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 02:28 PM (HM3at)
Posted by: nckate at August 09, 2026 02:28 PM (enNUy)
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Internet connection or no internet connection?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:29 PM (/wPHZ)
French press.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 02:28 PM (HM3at)
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The recumbent bicycle of coffee preparation.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:29 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:30 PM (iySPJ)
The other is a talented and gifted charger. Both work, and both perform about the same charging profile. The latter charger is much lighter in weight (no transformer) and has "digital" switches and controls. In temperatures below about 40 deg. F., it becomes inoperative insofar the microswitches do not work. The charger itself has to be brought in someplace warmer in order to turn on.
It will also hork during a brief power sag, say when a generator spools up when an air conditioner kicks on. Annoying.
The old school iron is a marvelous design, that is approximately perfect at doing what it is supposed to do. Armed with a voltmeter, and a thermometer, the end user can maintain a battery to almost a textbook charge level. The "smart" charger is an approximation, it will do OK, but there isn't really any comparison. Both have their uses, but if I could only choose one, I'd go with the 80 year old design.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 02:31 PM (VyDjz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM (WY+aP)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)
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https://www.bialetti.com/it_en/
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM (QNSrI)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM (MWfyi)
No Internet connection. As few things as possible to go bad. I don’t need my coffeemaker to make coffee when I’m not home.
I would prefer electric, because I do plug it into a HomeKit outlet; this way I have coffee waiting for me in the kitchen in the morning. And when I make tea in the evening I can turn it off without leaving the book I’m reading and then go get it a few minutes later when it’s cool enough to drink.
But the coffeemaker doesn’t need to know this.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:33 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:33 PM (kYmoU)
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Like Toasters, you want something made in the 1950s, (when the chrome was thick and the women were straight). Keep your eye peeled on venues like eBay
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 02:34 PM (VyDjz)
https://www.bialetti.com/us_en/
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 02:34 PM (XE5AP)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)
If she's storing them next to her bacon, I don't think she's grasping the concept fully...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at August 09, 2026 02:34 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 02:37 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:33 PM (kYmoU)
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We have a 9 cup. Solid. Been using it for decades. Nothing brings out the flavor live stove top brewed over a low/med flame.
Of course, the coffee grounds have to be high quality, too.
Been to Italy twice. Drank lots of excellent coffee there. Ours is better. This is our 4PM standard.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 02:38 PM (QNSrI)
Also a Sears 12v, 10 amp with a 50 amp surge/start switch. The surge start is to be used for only short duration.
It's not commercial grade but it's been helpful.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 02:38 PM (WY+aP)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)
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Quick! Rescind the Hatch Act!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at August 09, 2026 02:40 PM (QNSrI)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:41 PM (3Ope8)
I have a Keurig. I wake up, go into the kitchen, turn it on and let Puff and Ruth out. By the time they come back in, the thing has heated up. While Dot and Dutchess are out, I make my coffee. When they're ready to come in, it's done. No weighing, grinding or filtering.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:42 PM (O0L8i)
AOC is freezing her eggs. She thought you all would like to know.
Posted by: fd
She's not taking Justice Holmes' "Three generations of imbeciles are enough" pronouncement seriously, I guess.
I guess Birkenstock Boy "Riley" may not fit into her plans.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 09, 2026 02:44 PM (s9VOe)
It is possible to boil a battery out if you forget about it, but it takes a while, and it won't be a factor in subzero temperatures. There is nothing to wear out, and has one moving part. And no micro-switches or goofy digital shit that horks out when it gets cold.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 02:45 PM (VyDjz)
When I go the NY Post, I can only read and comment from my phone.
One of the odd things about living in an area with four seasons is that people want the peaks to all to be about a month long.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (+sNap)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (3Ope8)
This is a good premise for a sci-fi horror movie....
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (XE5AP)
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Hard boiled, scrambled or fried? Being AOC I wouldn't be surprised.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: fd
>AOC has never had a proper chorizo to allow nature to take it course. Pathetic woman.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 02:46 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at August 09, 2026 02:32 PM
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Who makes time with the timekeepers daughter when the timekeeper's busy keeping time?
https://youtu.be/X6u6jvhno-c
Posted by: I gotta ask at August 09, 2026 02:47 PM (2Ez/1)
It is one thing to pause curbside at the supermarket to let your partner quickly debouche. It is quite another to pull up there and wait while the day's loot is trundled out and loaded.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:52 PM (O0L8i)
Wife uses a Nespresso, very nice brew especially the illy brand.
A big pot of black coffee is a joy in the morning.
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:52 PM (+sNap)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Flock Off at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (SaWpx)
Posted by: Accomack at August 09, 2026 02:54 PM (+sNap)
I will not eat them when I vote
Posted by: Sam-I-Am at August 09, 2026 02:55 PM (/wPHZ)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)
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Boob talk commences at 0300 Zulu
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:58 PM (/wPHZ)
I’ve been following some guy in Austin who is making a simple, all-metal coffeemaker, but it isn’t done yet.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (kYmoU)
Moka pot. Small, reliable, and there is a wide variety of sizes and models to choose from, some quite fetching.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 02:59 PM (uSPfw)
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[smugly eyes classic circular Honeywell thermostat across the room]
Actually, I own several vintage thermostats that I have salvaged from older homes being 'refurbished'. Some of these are remarkably ornate. I have mounted one or two on wooden plaques as wallhangers.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 02:59 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43
Oh, what a shame! I have to leave "hooterville" at 3;00. 😉
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 09, 2026 03:00 PM (gsYaF)
Posted by: lin-duh at August 09, 2026 03:01 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
>Depends on your FWP. I have enough coffee gear to get me thru a nuclear apocalypse. Camp stoves, percolators, french presses. I'll even grind my own coffee beans with a hammer. If we can make fire and find water, we have coffee.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 03:02 PM (iySPJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:02 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 03:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:42 PM (O0L8i)
So...the terrorists have won.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 03:03 PM (l4RKn)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
If you have fewer than three different ways of making coffee, you are a miserable excuse for a human being and should just kill youreslf now.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (7hR46)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 09, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)
$20...same as in town.
[what happened to The Horde I know?]
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (l4RKn)
Good food and good engineering. The Horde always satisfies.
How 'bout them Red Sox?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 02:13 PM (0sNs1)
Simply putting a BIOS battery into all devices incorporating a timer would solve that problem, for ten years or so, until the BIOS battery died. But they can be made replaceable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:05 PM (1z8ji)
No? Cuz I think I've had alarm clock radios that could show AM/PM, but the alarm portion didn't know about AM/PM...
The stove clock in my house is the super-twitchy 'breathe on it wrong and it resets'. The microwave across the aisle is far more robust. But at least neither has a program to rebuild, just the clock setting.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click) at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Hadrian
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I use refillable 'cups'. The time that it takes to empty, rinse and refill the cup corresponds to the heating time of the Keurig.
Every morning I ask myself why I did not do that the night before. Answer: 'Because you were hanging out on the ONT way too late'.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)
Well, they are already pre-scrambled.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (1z8ji)
Thanks! Agree on the coffee in Italy. Looks like the Bialetti Moka is moving to the top of the list. Everyone seems to like it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (kYmoU)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 02:52 PM (O0L8i)
If you are lamenting the disappearance of civility and common courtesy in our culture, you are shoveling sh*t against the tide.
Hold on while I grab a shovel and join you.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 09, 2026 03:07 PM (l4RKn)
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I use one, probably 20-25 years old at Christmas time to turn the outside lights on and off.
Set it and forget it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 03:07 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at August 09, 2026 03:08 PM (VyBeY)
Even if no electric, could use grill or charcoal grill to heat it
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 03:08 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 03:09 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: nckate at August 09, 2026 03:10 PM (enNUy)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (7hR46)
I mean, I have several moka pots, a Corelle percolator, an Ibrik and whatever the Romanians call their ibrik coffee maker, and a dedicated sauce pan for boiling coffee on the stove, not to mention three types of instant, but that I sort of harsh.
Oh, I also have kerosene, propane, alcohol, gasoline stoves in case the power goes out.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 03:10 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
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Backpack stove, coffee filters, and 2lb. can of coffee are the only reason I survived a month without power post-Helene. I started brewing the coffee in the evening, and reheating it in the a.m. to save time.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 03:13 PM (XeU6L)
You paid for your stuff, and then went and got your car, and pulled up in front. They loaded up your car for you
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 03:13 PM (5cAZW)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at August 09, 2026 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)
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Boob talk commences at 0300 Zulu
Posted by: Cicero
2300 EDT.
FYI
Posted by: Puddleglum, drive by meow at August 09, 2026 03:14 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 03:14 PM (fV9m3)
Even if no electric, could use grill or charcoal grill to heat it
Posted by: Skip
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Yeah...I keep meaning to buy a camping type percolator.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 03:16 PM (XeU6L)
I try not lament. Not always successful, obviously. But I try.
What I do is be as courteous as I can and go from there. Not because I'm a good person, the evidence is in on that one. But because it's all I can control and it makes me feel better.
Hold the door for the next person. Offer to help people when they need it instead of just walking by. Being nice to store clerks, making eye contact and saying thank you. Silly little things that I can control and it makes my day feel better and every now and then it seems to make someone else's better.
I might not be able to change the world but I can make the one I live in a bit better and it doesn't cost a thing.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 09, 2026 03:16 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 03:17 PM (1z8ji)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 09, 2026 03:06 PM (kYmoU)
There are multiple versions depending on what you want. The plain-jane is the Aluminum one, but I love my stainless.
They also make a stainless one that has a clear borosilicate carafe top so you can watch the coffee spew out.
If you buy one, make sure to get a couple of replacement gaskets because you will certainly forget it on the stove and cook the gasket, and that burnt gasket can make the coffee taste funny.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 03:17 PM (rbvCR)
Everyone should have them as part of their emergency kit. They (all of them)will run for years and years perfectly fine on ordinary automotive gasoline.
Just don’t try to store them with car gas in the tank. For emergency or standby use, Coleman fuel in the tank will light up fine after 20 or 30 years storage, easy. In that sense it is sort of like propane. Car gasoline will have turned to goo and ruin the appliance.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 03:18 PM (5cAZW)
Posted by: Puddleglum
--------
30 oz. can of JFG.
Caffeine
Black
Hot
All criteria met.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 09, 2026 03:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: fd at August 09, 2026 02:15 PM (MWfyi)
It'd be a shame if someone went like...oops! I unplugged the freezer.
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 03:23 PM (2WIwB)
Keep your head in the sand if it makes you feel better.
Posted by: Reality My Friend at August 09, 2026 03:23 PM (qLHFc)
Posted by: fd
She's 36 years old. If she hasn't figured out how to make babies yet, I don't think another 10 years will help.
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 03:25 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (7hR46)
Bialetti (in two sizes), french press, percolator, pour over cup with reusable basket, Kuerig. 45. Check.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 03:28 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Case at August 09, 2026 03:29 PM (fV9m3)
I might not be able to change the world but I can make the one I live in a bit better and it doesn't cost a thing.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:16 PM (viF8m)
_________
I just try not to make it worse.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 03:29 PM (O0L8i)
It is possible to boil a battery out if you forget about it, but it takes a while, and it won't be a factor in subzero temperatures. There is nothing to wear out, and has one moving part. And no micro-switches or goofy digital shit that horks out when it gets cold.
Posted by: Common Tater
I have one of those from the 70s. Need to repair the rectifier in it though. Very good charger, 6v, 12v. Plug it in and it's on.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at August 09, 2026 03:30 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 03:30 PM (3Ope8)
I don't need it, man. I can quit whenever I want.
You just don't know.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come
>There's no shame in admitting you have a canister of freeze dried coffee as a backup. It does the job. I always take some on the road when I'm commuting or traveling. I hate energy drinks.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at August 09, 2026 03:31 PM (iySPJ)
I get a kick out of it. Hold the door for someone who isn't used to or some other simple thing that used to be common courtesy and watch the reaction.
Sometimes, often, nothing. Sometimes a thank you and a smile. Maybe they will pass it forward. Maybe not.
Either way I feel better.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:34 PM (viF8m)
I find using 'sir' and 'maam' when speaking with younger folks always seems to be an ice breaker.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 03:36 PM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 03:36 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: nurse ratched. at August 09, 2026 03:04 PM (7hR46)
1. Boil water in kettle
2. Put No-Name coffee in cup.
3. Add honey.
4. Pour water.
5. Stir.
6. Add milk.
7. Stir again.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 09, 2026 03:38 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 09, 2026 03:40 PM (3Ope8)
BOOKMAN: You got any coffee?
JERRY: Coffee?
BOOKMAN: Yeah. Coffee.
JERRY: No, I don't drink coffee.
BOOKMAN: Yeah, you don't drink coffee? How about instant coffee?
JERRY: No, I don't have--
BOOKMAN: You don't have any instant coffee?
JERRY: Well, I don't normally--
BOOKMAN: Who doesn't have instant coffee?
JERRY: I don't.
BOOKMAN: You buy a jar of Folger's Crystals, you put it in the cupboard, you forget about it. Then later on when you need it, it's there. It lasts forever. It's freeze-dried. Freeze-dried Crystals.
JERRY: Really? I'll have to remember that.
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 09, 2026 03:41 PM (2Ez/1)
I get a kick out of it. Hold the door for someone who isn't used to or some other simple thing that used to be common courtesy and watch the reaction
__________
Go out to eat. Ask to see the manager afterwards. Tell them you had an excellent meal and great service. Watch them almost collapse with relief.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 03:41 PM (O0L8i)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:34 PM (viF8m)
A guy I used to work for went on to sell hearing aids to hearing aid clinics, and he was a fantastic salesman of the old school.
He said he spent a lot of time waiting in airports and he had game he played: he would smile at people to get them to smile back. His goal was 100% and he never got it. He said he would top out on his best day at about 70-80%
He said he figured most people in airports are having a crappy day, but if he could get a smile out of them he could get a smile out of a potential sale, and that was step one in getting in getting rapport going.
I have tried that, it is an interesting game to play. He said women have to be careful, since a smile and a second side-look can be interpreted as a come-on, but anyone can play.
It feels like I am brightening a couple of people's days.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 03:43 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Obligatory Seinfeld reference at August 09, 2026 03:44 PM (2Ez/1)
I get a kick out of it. Hold the door for someone who isn't used to or some other simple thing that used to be common courtesy and watch the reaction
__________
Go out to eat. Ask to see the manager afterwards. Tell them you had an excellent meal and great service. Watch them almost collapse with relief.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 09, 2026 03:41 PM (O0L8i)
Instead of asking how a person's day is, I'll tell them "I hope you're having a good day."
Almost always yes and my reply "Good, I won't make it worse" gets a laugh.
And when they ask if I want a receipt, I'll respond with "Sure, that way you won't have to tackle me going out the door." Again, a little chuckle.
Posted by: Stateless - Keeping 15 year old Ralphy happy and alive. He's a puppy at heart. at August 09, 2026 03:44 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at August 09, 2026 02:58 PM
Isn't there a lamp that's supposed to be lit to signify that?
I've heard of the smoking lamp, and an Italian leg lamp, but I've never heard of, or seen, a boob lamp.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 03:36 PM (2Cry5)
My wife buys Korean brand "pixie stix" coffees with creamer and sugar from H-Mart, and I buy the Vinacafe 3-in-1 because they are stronger and make a larger cup of coffee.
Posted by: Kindltot at August 09, 2026 03:46 PM (rbvCR)
Yep. Aside from the obvious dirtbags, I've found that extending a bit of courtesy is welcomed by a lot of people.
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:47 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 03:48 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at August 09, 2026 03:48 PM (V3mMn)
A little small talk too.
They'll remember you.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at August 09, 2026 03:48 PM (2Cry5)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 03:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 03:52 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:47 PM (viF8m)
Dammit - just when I thought my idea of scuttling Pride Month for Rude Week was gaining traction around here...
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 03:52 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Skip
Skip, Didn't you ever get an ad blocker?
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 03:52 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Skip at August 09, 2026 03:55 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 03:52 PM
You might get more traction around here suggesting scuttling No-Fap November in favor of Rude Week.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:55 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: JackStraw at August 09, 2026 03:55 PM (viF8m)
There is a stately two-story brick home on the next block. Somebody bought it and ... painted it white to chase the fading "farmhouse" trend. Regular siding would have been fine in white, but painting brick is a sin against the house, and doubly so to do it for a style that is already looking dated.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at August 09, 2026 03:57 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
Different Major Awards.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 03:58 PM (XE5AP)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:55 PM (0sNs1)
But wouldn't No-Fap November put a lot of popup ad ladies with pronounced hooterage out of work?
Rude Week always keeps everyone happy and employed...seems a no brainer...
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 03:58 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
Well it's not really a "lamp", per se, it's more like a brazier.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at August 09, 2026 03:59 PM (Ot/FD)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (XE5AP)
Posted by: Ben Had at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (3ZNGI)
Posted by: fd
She's 36 years old. If she hasn't figured out how to make babies yet, I don't think another 10 years will help.
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 03:25 PM (VHUov)
I think the problem there is her showpiece "fiance". You have to have sex before you can have kids.
No woman in history has ever gotten wet for that pudgy little Birkenstock-wearing manlet.
Including her.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: fd
So she can scramble them later??
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: Irregardless at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
Hmm.... (fires up CAD program)
I have a 3D printer and I'm not afraid to use it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 04:01 PM (IG3/x)
Cheap is not. The most expensive mistakes one can make, are often because of being cheap.
Posted by: Common Tater at August 09, 2026 04:01 PM (YOD0n)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (XE5AP)
An airing of grievances would be a welcome addition to the week of incredible insults, yes...
Posted by: Boswell at August 09, 2026 04:02 PM (j10i6)
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 04:03 PM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Tuna
Yep. Don't care.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 04:03 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at August 09, 2026 04:04 PM (IivNP)
Posted by: Irregardless at August 09, 2026 04:00 PM (JM9I6)
*eye twitch*
Posted by: AoSHQ Grammar Nazi at August 09, 2026 04:04 PM (XE5AP)
Posted by: Caffiending at August 09, 2026 04:07 PM (JM9I6)
Posted by: Tuna at August 09, 2026 04:03 PM (lJ0H4)
Wouldn't the FAA have issued a NOTAM to not fly over or near the course while the Pres. was on it? I mean a 737 overflying at 36000 feet is not a threat, but a Cessna 172 at 1500 feet might be.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 09, 2026 04:07 PM (1z8ji)
Seriously, who comes up with this?
Posted by: George V at August 09, 2026 04:07 PM (HUbHH)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 09, 2026 03:45 PM (0sNs1)
Hmm.... (fires up CAD program)
I have a 3D printer and I'm not afraid to use it.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 09, 2026 04:01 PM (IG3/x)
Cup holder included?
Posted by: Diogenes at August 09, 2026 04:07 PM (2WIwB)
___________________________
Cooked or raw … ? Enquiring minds, y' know …
Posted by: Dr_No at August 09, 2026 04:09 PM (ayRl+)
Posted by: JJ at August 09, 2026 04:09 PM (Q5Kt2)
Posted by: Stateless
I'll joke with the stylists where I get my hair cut about receipts.
"Would you like a printed receipt?"
"I'm not sure how I'd return it....."
Posted by: mikeski at August 09, 2026 04:09 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:00 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at August 09, 2026 05:02 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: JackStraw
Be the manners you want to see in the world. 100%
Posted by: FeatherBlade at August 09, 2026 05:24 PM (C0Nlv)
Posted by: Community Notes at August 09, 2026 05:58 PM (rgGn5)
From fox5 ATL:
https://tinyurl.com/3rdworldinga
Posted by: banana Dream at August 09, 2026 06:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 09, 2026 07:23 PM (UWN7z)
1) a hammer
2) WD-40
3 duct tape
——
4) a sledgehammer, for old Bose electronics
Posted by: Ray Van Dune at August 09, 2026 07:31 PM (UWN7z)
IMPORTANT
*******************
If it's a Intermatic, you can change the battery in it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Frnz6x9ULE4
Although it looks like a Defiant.
Posted by: Mark at August 09, 2026 11:51 PM (ap8GQ)
writing is in fact a nice paragraph, keep it up.
Posted by: Major Model Management at August 10, 2026 06:04 PM (RBjVi)
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