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Fox News Identifies 54 Marxist/Communist Organizations Funding and Directing the Riots in France

Many of these are funded by CCP-connected Marxist tech billionaire, Neville Roy Singham and his awful communist wife.

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) -- A Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations involved in or publicly supporting France's October student protests, including communist parties, socialist groups, labor unions, environmental activists and Palestinian-solidarity organizations.
The report alleges that far-left political groups have helped organize and amplify the demonstrations, expanding protests over school conditions into a broader campaign against capitalism, government austerity, policing and military spending.
Among those highlighted is Vijay Prashad, executive director of Tricontinental, a nonprofit funded by American-born Marxist tech investor Neville Roy Singham, who lives in Shanghai. Prashad posted a message on X linking protests in Paris, New Delhi and Buenos Aires, quoting the Clash lyric, "Let fury have the hour, anger can be power."
According to Fox News Digital, 16 of the 54 identified organizations are student or youth groups, while the other 38 include political parties, unions, advocacy organizations and media outlets.
The investigation also identifies an international coalition of 28 communist and socialist youth organizations and groups that is promoting coordinated demonstrations across 12 European countries under the slogan "Fight for Our Future, Not Their Wars!" Organizers are calling for walkouts, rallies, assemblies, blockades and occupations.
The report points to organizations associated with Singham's network, including Tricontinental, CodePink and New York-based BreakThrough News, which published video coverage of the French demonstrations under the headline "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
CodePink co-founder Jodie Evans, Singham's wife, also cited youth demonstrations in France, Spain and India while promoting a planned November campaign in Washington against U.S. military spending.

The actual organizations behind the riots are listed in this "Who's Who of France's Chaos, Inc."

Fortunately nothing like that is going on in the USA.

Evidence is growing that the tyrannical regimes of China, Iran, and Cuba are not only financing protests in American streets, but actively directing them.
The Network Contagion Research Institute, whose work in these areas has been indispensable for years, recently published another groundbreaking study that blows the lid off how this foreign network operates.
The report indicates that an Iranian influence node that takes orders from the Islamic Republic regime, the House of Latin America, conducts what NCRI calls "high-impact domestic U.S. influence operations."
"For nearly two decades," NCRI says, HOLA "has functioned as a primary bridge between the Iranian regime, Latin American socialist governments, and U.S. anti-war coalitions, with its American-based operatives acting as undeclared agents of a foreign government on U.S. soil."
It gets much worse. HOLA, it says, "has now formally merged with Neville Roy Singham's Chinese Communist Party-linked Tricontinental network to form a unified Iran-China operation targeting the United States from the south."
Neville Roy Singham is an American who lives in Shanghai, has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party, and uses the nearly $800 million he made in the 2017 sale of a tech consulting firm to fund communist causes worldwide.
All of this means that "Iran and China have now merged their U.S. influence operations into a single machine," the report says.
This means that many of the protests in America aren't organic, but actually Kabuki street theater perpetrated by a red-green alliance of communist and Islamist groups. Less well known is the involvement of malign foreign interests.
Hillary Clinton recently got into trouble online not for celebrating street mayhem, but for saying that what was wrong was not the protests, but white Christians trying to stop societal and cultural decay.
"People have been protesting, you know, for hundreds of years, that, you know, things were not as they should be, given our ideals and how we should be moving toward them. So I think that's what makes us so special as a country," she said on the liberal confessional stage offered by MS Now's Morning Joe every weekday morning.
"The idea that you could turn the clock back and try to recreate a world that never was, dominated by, you know, let's say it, white men, of a certain persuasion, certain religion, a certain point of view, a certain ideology, is just doing such damage to what we should be aiming for," she averred.
I was cheered, though, to hear Hillary confirm that conservatives have derailed the liberal project, at least temporarily: "We were on the path toward that ... we were on the right trajectory."

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:27 PM

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1 Organizations with the stated goal of tearing down western civilization are just funding protests because they want bigger class sizes for student.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (qGAQr)

2 Meep meep!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM (W2Pud)

3 I wonder how much Soros is profiting off of this.

There are a lot of people that won't be happy when all these niceties of civilization are over.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM (Sco7b)

4 Yet someone like Dinesh D'Souza gets prison time for slightly going over annual limits for his donations, yet foreign communist groups funnel in hundreds of millions of dollar and ....crickets.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 20, 2026 03:29 PM (j7qGX)

5 The story of how the elites want to take over sounds like a really bad movie plot, and yet it seems more and more that is exactly what is happening…and the hate for DJT is he is firing up the normies who are supposed to be complacent.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

6 I wonder how much Soros is profiting off of this.

There are a lot of people that won't be happy when all these niceties of civilization are over.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM

I wonder how much of this is being funded from the last trickle of usaid money. Pretty sure there is still a chunk of that money being handed out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)

7 6 I wonder how much of this is being funded from the last trickle of usaid money. Pretty sure there is still a chunk of that money being handed out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)

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It's Singham, so it's direct funding from the CCP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (qGAQr)

8 I'm just thrilled USAID isn't one of them this time.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/TiS1)

9 I knew it was a psy-op from the beginning

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:31 PM (Poy1v)

10 The same sort of shit's going down here too.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (RORbl)

11 8 I'm just thrilled USAID isn't one of them this time.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/TiS1)

No, the CIA is having to bankroll them through their own slush funds directly instead of having clearly appropriated money to use to as a slush fund.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (P9Ea3)

12 Individuals who take funds from foreigners to undermine the US should be executed.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (rJ48h)

13 I knew it was a psy-op from the beginning

if the Enemedia is all singing in unison their Hallelujah Chorus, you know for a fact that it is an Op.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:33 PM (nAS9C)

14 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:33 PM (jb8Ss)

15 Cuba's interference should be considered an act of war.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:33 PM (88C+u)

16 A Fox News Digital investigation has identified 54 organizations involved in or publicly supporting France's October student protests

Does the NCAA know about this so they can get a cut? Professional students- it's not just for football, anymore.

Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2026 03:34 PM (R1D6K)

17 A world that never was? So the Flintstones are not a documentary?

Posted by: PG at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (1Xa6P)

18 The story of how the elites want to take over sounds like a really bad movie plot, and yet it seems more and more that is exactly what is happening…and the hate for DJT is he is firing up the normies who are supposed to be complacent.
Posted by: Piper

Everyday is a Bond movie.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (8B4gm)

19
>>I was cheered, though, to hear Hillary confirm that conservatives have derailed the liberal project, at least temporarily: "We were on the path toward that ... we were on the right trajectory."

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Slight diversion...

I'll always treasure her public appearances in the aftermath of the 2016 election. She used the same lines over and over. "I was on the way to winning!" she always declared angrily, "and Jim Comey STOPPED my momentum." At that moment, she would dramatically raise her arms and smack her fist into her palm. "If it weren't for that" (turning away from the event host and out to the adoring crowd), "then today, I. Would. Be. Your. PRESIDENT." (roars of applause, lamentation, etc)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)

20 But if the Republicans can hold off the Dems in at least the Senate (and I still have hopes for the House), and USAID stays defunded, then the orgs funded by our domestic enemies will be hurting for 2028.

This year, they're using up a lot of reserves (see SLPC) and are truly desperate to regain some power. Unfortunately, I can see Trump agreeing to refund some of USAID as part of a budget deal for 2028 if the Dems retake both House and Senate, and there any enough uni-party Republicans hiding in the shadows to cheer them on.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (P9Ea3)

21 Man, the world is really flipping its lid.

I'm so old I remember when they didn't allow billionaires to be communists.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (qlLNh)

22 Put a woman in it and make it gay and ~~lame~~ fake.

Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (SwyyQ)

23 China, Iran and Cuba. huh

Probably just a huge coincidence we are taking down both Iran and Cuba and hamstringing China.

Now if you layer this in top of the information DataRepublican has been releasing starting yesterday and continuing you can see what they have planned for us after the elections.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (viF8m)

24 Iran was a major funder of these efforts. And now Iran has no money while it's finding a host of insurgencies within its borders.

Socialist governments in South America were funders as well, but those have mostly fallen (Brazil next, hopefully).

Cuba's having more blackouts than normal, and I suspect financial pressures on the island from Bessent at Treasury are strangling what lifeline the elite have in the nation. So, it's ability to fund and organize is probably lessened.

And Trump has centered Chinese interests as his focus on foreign policy (Iran is an offshoot of that), squeezing them in on an assortment of fronts.

I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (qGAQr)

25 How does Cuba of all places have money to fund, well, anything?

Posted by: far cry at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (fmbc9)

26 Neville Roy Singham is an American who lives in Shanghai, has close ties to the Chinese Communist Party,

Have you considered stripping him of his citizenship for his obviously treasonous activities?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (vJrRc)

27 No, the CIA is having to bankroll them through their own slush funds directly instead of having clearly appropriated money to use to as a slush fund.

I totally believe they're blowing all their money on garbage like this instead of actual spy stuff. Also probably cases of White Claw and cat food.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (2ocoG)

28 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (mmrXZ)

They didn't want to admit the truth - the Trump came out of nowhere and beat the everloving snot out of Miss Inevitable.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (XvD//)

29 > "If it weren't for that" (turning away from the event host and out to the adoring crowd), "then today, I. Would. Be. Your. PRESIDENT." (roars of applause, lamentation, etc)

And if my Aunt Sally had a penis she'd be my Uncle Dick.

(another classic adage ruined by modern events)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

30 Treat them all like Hamas and Hezbollah. Give them all free pagers and blow them up.

Posted by: Roy at October 20, 2026 03:38 PM (qwype)

31 I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

We're #twoweeks from a major election and there were no big riots this year. So the nexus is definitely damaged.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:38 PM (2ocoG)

32 If we were able to snatch and grab Maduro from a fortified bunker.... we sure as hell should be able to snatch and grab Neville Roy Singham the second he steps outside of China.

And run him up a flagpole by his goddamn neck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (RORbl)

33 >>> 29 > "If it weren't for that" (turning away from the event host and out to the adoring crowd), "then today, I. Would. Be. Your. PRESIDENT." (roars of applause, lamentation, etc)

And if my Aunt Sally had a penis she'd be my Uncle Dick.

(another classic adage ruined by modern events)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (qlLNh)

Tell me about it.

Posted by: that kid from Kindergarten Cop at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (jb8Ss)

34 Nah. Seems all on the up and up to me.

Posted by: Doodad Pro at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (XvD//)

35 A new form of warfare is using the enemy's own population against them. china has been doing this for years.

They use slave labor to destroy the manufacturing base of their enemy, and the welfare state of their enemy to then bankrupt the country.

Now, as in 2020, they are using the leftists who want a communist dictatorship to riot in the streets. Who do you think was paying for the bricks?

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (0U5gm)

36 31 I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

We're #twoweeks from a major election and there were no big riots this year. So the nexus is definitely damaged.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:38 PM (2ocoG)

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The Zoom calls are promising it for next year.

Why not this year and help DSA win more elections since they think it helps win elections?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:39 PM (qGAQr)

37 3 I wonder how much Soros is profiting off of this.

There are a lot of people that won't be happy when all these niceties of civilization are over.
Posted by: Stateless
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Old George is a drooling room bound idiot now. Son Alex and Huma from Clintonworld run the scam now. Real life Red-Green alliance.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

38 Trump needs to pull another Maduro on this Singham prick.

Except they need to inadvertently drop him over the Pacific on the way back from Beijing.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (6ydKt)

39 ONLY President Trump has made efforts to counter these attacks.

It would have been an Iran-China-Venezuela op.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (RIvkX)

40 >>How does Cuba of all places have money to fund, well, anything?

Cuba has been a clearinghouse for decades to funnel money from bad actors, some likely here in the US, into radical communist groups for the purpose of destabilizing the US government.

War comes in many forms.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

41 40 >>How does Cuba of all places have money to fund, well, anything?

Cuba has been a clearinghouse for decades to funnel money from bad actors, some likely here in the US, into radical communist groups for the purpose of destabilizing the US government.

War comes in many forms.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:40 PM (viF8m)

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And here I thought it was their vibrant 50s car culture that got them the cash to do it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (qGAQr)

42 OT: the Ohio governor's election is the dirtiest I've ever seen, and I am well over 29.
Vivek thought it was a good idea to drag in Amy Acton's biological mother to run an ad against her:
x.com wcdispatch/status/2112388948563554668
That mother had lost custody of Amy when Amy was twelve, because she'd hooked up with a pedobear who then molested Amy from nine-to-twelve because that's what those scum do to kids.
Probably why Amy has had a few too many drinks on occasion. (Not saying Amy is a good candidate on the D side, either.)

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

43 … or Shanghai, or wherever he is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (6ydKt)

44 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (0U5gm)

45 >>It would have been an Iran-China-Venezuela op.

It likely was. Cuba got a lot of money from Venezuela.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM (viF8m)

46 Trump needs to pull another Maduro on this Singham prick.

And Zelenskyy... I think Trump has had enough of that little prick

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM (+gK6I)

47 24 I don't think this nexus of funding and organizing is going to be as effective today as it was 3 years ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (qGAQr)

I think this is their desperation. The global left is losing power and right now their money. If they can be denied for another year or so, they will be spent dry in 2028. But they are a wounded animal right now, and perhaps at their most dangerous because there's no downside to risking it all.

Trump 47 has an amazing group of Cabinet officials. And Rubio and Bessent as a team are methodically stripping some of the key avenues for adversaries and enemies to undermine the United States. I hope they have really good protection, because by taking away money and power, they are enraging some truly evil people who have zero moral qualms about anything but their own self-interest.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:43 PM (P9Ea3)

48 That mother had lost custody of Amy when Amy was twelve, because she'd hooked up with a pedobear who then molested Amy from nine-to-twelve because that's what those scum do to kids.
Probably why Amy has had a few too many drinks on occasion. (Not saying Amy is a good candidate on the D side, either.)
Posted by: 88C+u
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It appears so far that Amy lied about it. No sign so far of any police reports or any other supporting allegations. Amy started the shit by claiming she was forced to live in a tent as a kid.

My guess is like Omar, the past lies Amy got away with are now being found out.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (E4rtv)

49 And no Muslim organizations joining in?

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (Ia/+0)

50 It's me donna

The US is talking with President Zelenskyy in Norway.

"Zelenskyy, this is a one-way discussion. And you are not talking."

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (u82oZ)

51 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)

52 Commies. I hate f'n commies.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (l3cgK)

53 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (0U5gm)
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La France insoumise is a different party from the PCF (communists), which is now the smallest in that coalition of four parties (the others being the Socialists and the Greens).

Melenchon is the leader of la France insoumise.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (G04ci)

54 38 Trump needs to pull another Maduro on this Singham prick.

Except they need to inadvertently drop him over the Pacific on the way back from Beijing.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Eh, just have him run over by a car over there. And his wife is over here anyway available for arrest if needed.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (E4rtv)

55 >>From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

Look at where the Summer of Love riots and destruction happened. Deep blue cities in deep blue states, all with the blessing of local Democrat politicians. Not only didn't they try to stop the violence, they abetted it and cheered it on.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (viF8m)

56 The US is talking with President Zelenskyy in Norway.

"Zelenskyy, this is a one-way discussion. And you are not talking."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 03:44 PM (u82oZ)

Rubio is pissed.. he just spoke to the press saying Zelenskyy has to stop lying about what we are doing....

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (+gK6I)

57 We're gonna a need a much larger helicopter...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (l3cgK)

58 That mother had lost custody of Amy when Amy was twelve, because she'd hooked up with a pedobear who then molested Amy from nine-to-twelve because that's what those scum do to kids.
Probably why Amy has had a few too many drinks on occasion. (Not saying Amy is a good candidate on the D side, either.)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:41 PM (88C+u)

Except it seems that the supposed arrest warrants for the step-dad and mom don't exist. You know, the one Amy claims her parents fled from and became fugitives?

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (P9Ea3)

59 47
I think this is their desperation. The global left is losing power and right now their money. If they can be denied for another year or so, they will be spent dry in 2028. But they are a wounded animal right now, and perhaps at their most dangerous because there's no downside to risking it all.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:43 PM (P9Ea3)

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There's pretty much nothing a slim Dem House majority can do to undo any of the executive's actions (there was never a chance of Dems taking the Senate this year).

If they shut down the government, Trump has authority to direct funds to keep what he deems necessary open (it's the trick Obama used to closed down parks, but applied differently). So, no DOJ, DOT, or DOW operations slow even a moment (DHS is fully funded and appropriated through the end of his term, so they can't do anything about it).

Trump has nearly 2.5 years more to fuck with the left's infrastructure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (qGAQr)

60 Amy the Fabulist Victim Bingo champ?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (2GVsD)

61 Happy to swap Europe with South America for spheres of influence. One is rich in national resources and the other is a Confederacy of Shitbirds.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (bX16E)

62 You gotta wonder if the French have any guillotines in storage, like maybe in the Eiffel Tower's crawl space or somethin'.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (qlLNh)

63 Acton apparently is off putting to just about everyone who has ever worked with her. The mother ad is rough, but politics ain't beanbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (vJPf4)

64 62 You gotta wonder if the French have any guillotines in storage, like maybe in the Eiffel Tower's crawl space or somethin'.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (qlLNh)

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Last public execution by guillotine in France by the French government was in 1977.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (qGAQr)

65 Amy Acton's brother Philip Stearns is backing her up against her mom here

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (88C+u)

66 Scratch a GOPe, find a dem.
Scratch a Dem, find a socialist.
Scratch a Socialist, find a commie.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (l3cgK)

67 "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
......

What about potato salad?

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (UjdFS)

68 60 Amy the Fabulist Victim Bingo champ?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM (2GVsD)

Yup.. The same.... I hope no more men come after her at campaign stops and try to kill her.... With their phone...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (+gK6I)

69
They didn't want to admit the truth - the Trump came out of nowhere and beat the everloving snot out of Miss Inevitable.
Posted by: ...

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lol. She had every excuse in the book. Because of third-term penalty. Because of Jim Comey. Because Trump "weaponized" her nontroversy silly old emails. Because I'm female. Because I didn't turn around and yell "Back off, you creep!" in the debates (another line she repeated a good seven times, same intonation each time).

Hillary and Ilhan are topics I could live on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)

70 Good news, everybody!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (ndZc7)

71
Golly!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (wVcYX)

72 Rodrigo Borgia

Think bigger.

Cordon off the riots. Bring in the PPV cameras. Hunt the ringleaders.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (u82oZ)

73 From X.

Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
Georgia IPEV Day 7 Update
1:30pm - 79,574 voted

White: 58.5%
Black: 26.4%

18-29: 6.1%

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

74 67 "ANTI-MACRON PROTESTS ROCK FRANCE."
......

What about potato salad?

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 03:47 PM (UjdFS)

Just leave it out in the sun to marinate...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (l3cgK)

75 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

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I heard the same, Mélenchon is involved.

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 03:49 PM (AKptf)

76 73 From X.

Latinx Adjacent Doctor PhD
@TonerousHyus
Georgia IPEV Day 7 Update
1:30pm - 79,574 voted

White: 58.5%
Black: 26.4%

18-29: 6.1%

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (E4rtv)

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Just today's data there. Black turnout cumulatively is about 30.5% or so, if I remember correctly.

But it is following the established pattern in early voting and trending down. How far down is the only real question.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:49 PM (qGAQr)

77 70 Good news, everybody!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (ndZc7)

And he's not like the Abdul that rodgers goats, sheep and little boys.

He's the Abdul that does ALL that AND is running for office.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:49 PM (l3cgK)

78 Good news, everybody!

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (ndZc7)
______

Gas stations are mostly owned by dot-indians, not arabs, at least in the northeast. So this genius probably just pissed off a lot of indians in the state.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:50 PM (iFTx/)

79 You would say "send in John Clark" but John Clark probably has an SSRI addled commie blue haired boss nowadays.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (ssz2a)

80
Hillary and Ilhan are topics I could live on.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:48 PM (mmrXZ)

My apologies if you hate this but A. I don't think you will and B. it is pure art. Beware of volume.

https://shorturl.at/DloV3

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (XvD//)

81 Amy Acton's brother Philip Stearns is backing her up against her mom here
Posted by: 88C+u

Doesn't matter nowadays. Acton claimed reporting to the police, no reports have been found. The person making the assertion is the one that has to prove it. Too many bullshit claims nowadays with no actual proof that something existed and then suddenly going vague on details so they cannot be checked. Cornell 7 floozy tried that but apparently Cornell had the text chain in evidence. That is what you have to do rather than claims.

Remember Kavanaugh?

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

82 We're gonna a need a much larger helicopter...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

Chippers are much more cost effective.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (8B4gm)

83 I invite all the Arabs and Hindus to come eat at my Pork and Beef Rib joint!

Posted by: Collecting on the Fire Insurance at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (l3cgK)

84 A world that never was? So the Flintstones are not a documentary?
Posted by: PG at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (1Xa6P)

Those poor people.

Posted by: Mathesar at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (wVcYX)

85 Any such protests in America need to be put down quickly and brutally either by government or citizenry. Enough.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (OkYzo)

86 82 We're gonna a need a much larger helicopter...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

Chippers are much more cost effective.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:51 PM (8B4gm)

But you lose out on the betting on where the commies land...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (l3cgK)

87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

88 So al-Sayed just insulted the Indian gas station owners AND again pissed off the blacks. He's a natural

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (vJPf4)

89 Youngstown Vindicator, August 31, 2019 at 12:05a.m.
tinyurl.com/3puymnuu
Claims (in 2019) that criminal charges were filed against Amy's stepfather.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (88C+u)

90 3:50 pm....

What's the downstream crap...

CBC - Quebec crap

FoxNews - Omar investigations, sexy, sexy investigations

CNN - Christina Applegate misdiagnosed with MS. Man, she's had it tough.

MSNow - lol. I love this. Live from Texas! Talarico baby!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

91 87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

We're always finding large pools of blood there...

Posted by: New Zealand Police at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (l3cgK)

92 I see the protests made it as far north as Belgium. Just another little skip and they hit Germany. Then, watch what happens.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (dIske)

93 Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...
------

Now we know where Talarico disappeared to

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (XvD//)

94
And here I thought it was their vibrant 50s car culture that got them the cash to do it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

Do you remember Melissa Harris-Perry, late of MSNBC incompetence and ignominy? Do you remember her lamenting that Havana would lose its quaint crumbly charm if it got enough money to construct buildings that aren't collapsing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)

95 If we had a functioning IC, we'd assassinate people like this.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (xEhzD)

96 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)

Doc says yer gonna die.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (wVcYX)

97 90 3:50 pm....

What's the downstream crap...

CBC - Quebec crap

FoxNews - Omar investigations, sexy, sexy investigations

CNN - Christina Applegate misdiagnosed with MS. Man, she's had it tough.

MSNow - lol. I love this. Live from Texas! Talarico baby!!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 03:53 PM (Sco7b)

So a turd?

Posted by: New Zealand Police at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)

98 @hughhewitt
Has Abdul El-Sayed given up and switched to making sure the hard left shows up so he won’t be embarrassed? Because Michigan is a solid Second Amendment state with lots and lots of gun owners. Between 35% and 40% of Michigan households have guns.

David Marcus
@BlueBoxDave
·
1h
Yes.

-----

Marcus is a FoxNews guy who does like Selena Zito and spends the election season on the ground talking to people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (qGAQr)

99 If they shut down the government, Trump has authority to direct funds to keep what he deems necessary open (it's the trick Obama used to closed down parks, but applied differently). So, no DOJ, DOT, or DOW operations slow even a moment (DHS is fully funded and appropriated through the end of his term, so they can't do anything about it).

Trump has nearly 2.5 years more to fuck with the left's infrastructure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:46 PM

Yep and he has pretty much beaten 85% of the left's lawfare against him and his policies so that obstacle is pretty much out of the way for his last two years.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (I43vL)

100 And Zelenskyy... I think Trump has had enough of that little prick

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM

To be honest, I think everybody is done with him. Even his supposed European allies. His 15:00 are about up.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (OkYzo)

101 94 Do you remember Melissa Harris-Perry, late of MSNBC incompetence and ignominy? Do you remember her lamenting that Havana would lose its quaint crumbly charm if it got enough money to construct buildings that aren't collapsing?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:54 PM (mmrXZ)

========

"We must protect the noble savage from the ravages of modernity. No, I will not give up any of the ravages of modernity myself. Why do you ask?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (qGAQr)

102 But you lose out on the betting on where the commies land...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

On the ground.

Cash or cashier's check.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (8B4gm)

103 91 87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

_______________________________

They left the part out about the security cameras picking up some 20 year old girl literaly skipping out of the tunnel singing "I'm not pregnant. La la la I'm not pregnant."

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)

104 From my understanding, the coordination of the French riots is being done by the leading politician of the French communist party.

-
1. Burn the m*th*rf*ck*r down!

2. ?????

3. Profit!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (ndZc7)

105 102 But you lose out on the betting on where the commies land...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

On the ground.

Cash or cashier's check.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (8B4gm)

But WHERE on the ground. That's the trick. How close to the bullseye?

Posted by: New Zealand Police at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (l3cgK)

106
My apologies if you hate this but A. I don't think you will and B. it is pure art. Beware of volume.

https://shorturl.at/DloV3
Posted by: ...

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

That's hilarious!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:56 PM (mmrXZ)

107 Off down-under keystone kops sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:57 PM (l3cgK)

108 Man, we are just whistling through the graveyard. The forces trying to pull the rug out from under the constitution are strong, well-financed, and growing. And against this we have, what, the GOP?

Posted by: Paco at October 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2L+MU)

109 MSNow - lol. I love this. Live from Texas! Talarico baby!!

Does MSNow know that the Democrat Party is now basically printing gay jokes about him?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:57 PM (2ocoG)

110 >>> 87 More good news!

New Zealand police say large pool of human blood in pedestrian tunnel is "not suspicious"
. . . .
Around 10.40pm on October 4, police were called after blood was found in the Coutts St pedestrian underpass in Rongotai, which runs under Wellington Airport to Miro St in Miramar. ...

In an update this afternoon, police said officers "can confirm the matter is not of a suspicious nature, and no further police involvement is required".
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 03:52 PM (ndZc7)

Uh huh.

This happens all the time?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (jb8Ss)

111 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
______

That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

112 99 Yep and he has pretty much beaten 85% of the left's lawfare against him and his policies so that obstacle is pretty much out of the way for his last two years.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM (I43vL)

=======

The target of the admin's efforts are 2028. Win 2028, and the left loses...a lot.

Whichever party wins the presidency in 2028 controls the 2030 census.

The 2020 was intentionally (and admittedly, by the Bureau itself) messed up, giving at least 6-8 extra seats to Democrat run states over Republican states. They estimated. They didn't count. And the estimates were wrong. Whoops! Whoopsie!

Deport millions. Maybe even not count illegals here. Actually count.

Holy shit, Democrats lose at least 20 if not 30 or more seats in Congress in 2032.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (qGAQr)

113 While Donna Arthur was married to Cledith Arthur in 1978 when Acton was 12 years old, Cledith Arthur was charged with having sexual contact with her, documents show. Evidence against him included a sworn statement from Acton’s biological father, and Acton herself was called to testify as a witness. Following his indictment by a grand jury, Cledith Arthur skipped town.
tinyurl.com/y9mjujwv

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (88C+u)

114 (Mirthless Chuckle, shakes head) Those dirty Commie bastards. They'll never take Loontah. Not while there is freedom and justice... (Sets jaw, balls fists)

AND TOM TUTTLE FROM TACOMA WASHINGTON

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (bX16E)

115 How high would they bounce? There's the betting pool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (8B4gm)

116 They know whonits from and who caused it

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (Ia/+0)

117 And Zelenskyy... I think Trump has had enough of that little prick

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 03:42 PM

To be honest, I think everybody is done with him. Even his supposed European allies. His 15:00 are about up.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 03:55 PM

He is intentionally targeting russia's diesel production facilities to astronomically drive up the price globally in hopes that will make his allies contribute even more $$$$ to him in a lame effort to "win" the war.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 04:00 PM (I43vL)

118 Boy Mayor Frey is going to be big mad -

Gunther Eagleman™
@GuntherEagleman
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: The feds just moved to seize half a city block in Minneapolis, reportedly bought with stolen SNAP money.

Per the White House fraud task force, DOJ's new National Fraud Division filed yesterday to take back property that was fraudulently bought with food stamp dollars meant for hungry Minnesotans.

Then the speaker turned to the press in the room: "None of your outlets reported it. It took one brave kid and a camera."

That learning center was cited hundreds of times, and the legacy media sat on it for years.

Nick Shirley did their job for free. Now Trump is taking the money back, one city block at a time.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

119 That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

But you do get to look at sexy, sexy snakeass.

Posted by: guy who just needs you to hold this snake still for a few minutes at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (xEhzD)

120 111 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
______

That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

Especially if you have to lift up or turn over the snek to find out...
Mice: "Who'll volunteer to put the bell on the cat?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (l3cgK)

121
Only 54?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:02 PM (eRlcH)

122 115 How high would they bounce? There's the betting pool.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 03:59 PM (8B4gm)

Old and Outdated: Dead Cat Bounce
New and Improved: Dead Commie Bounce

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (l3cgK)

123 Finally, a definition.

WNBA Clarifies A Woman Is An Adult Human Lesbian

-
From the Bee.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (ndZc7)

124 >>> 111 Your tax dollars at work:

https://tinyurl.com/zxaaee22

medlineplus.gov explains how to tell if a snake is venomous by looking at its butthole.

That's the kind of thing you really should be certain about before getting close enough to look at its butthole, yes?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 03:45 PM (qlLNh)
______

That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)

Todd said that's what the AI told him!

Posted by: medlineplus at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (jb8Ss)

125 Hadrian the Seventh

So good to finally meet you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (u82oZ)

126
That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

AoS ...where else are you going to read about snake anuses and Communist organizations at the same time ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

127
Nick Shirley did their job for free. Now Trump is taking the money back, one city block at a time.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (kX27y)

Nick Shirley would be arrested and jailed in the People's Republik of Kalifornia...we have laws against what he does.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (l3cgK)

128 News report of Cledith's arrest: tinyurl.com/yhuffpdd
As the tinyurl suggests, I got this link from the Huffington Post but a primary source is a primary source

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (88C+u)

129 Love it, Nick Shirley is in the oval.....

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 BREAKING: President Trump with Nick Shirley, JD Vance and Stephen Miller formally establishes a federal fund to give MONETARY REWARDS to anyone who gives information leading to the conviction of a fraudster — 1% COMMISSION

INCLUDING reporters! This could even incentivize the 3rd worlders to tell on each other! 🔥

"Anyone who can prove they turned somebody in...and you find $1B, we are giving a commission of 1%."

This is sending chills down the spine of Somalis and foreigners.

It has to lead to a conviction or a major federal enforcement action

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)

130 Heading back to the computer. I'm feeding my friends' cats too.

Top of the news. Today's lies.

CBC - Premier of Saskatchewan talking

CNN - covering a Trump rally speech. Bitch is sad because the riots in France are by poor students.

MSNow - milirptary families evacuated from Navy base from Bahrain. Sad bitch's undying love for US troops is shining.

Fox - Will Cain - midterms.

Cats - fed
Ralphy - microwaved egg in kibble gone. Satisfied.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (Sco7b)

131
So good to finally meet you.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:03 PM (u82oZ)

__________

*tips hat*

The same, sir. An honor.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (eRlcH)

132 It's me donna

*Gasp*

They are not the same?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (u82oZ)

133 126
That's also terrible advice they're giving. Looking at the scales leading to the anus is not a reliable indicator of whether a snake is poisonous.

AoS ...where else are you going to read about snake anuses and Communist organizations at the same time ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

Are they not the same thing?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:05 PM (l3cgK)

134 >>> 126
==
AoS ...where else are you going to read about snake anuses and Communist organizations at the same time ?
Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (+gK6I)

"Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:05 PM (jb8Ss)

135
They are not the same?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 04:04 PM (u82oZ)

Good point...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 04:05 PM (+gK6I)

136 Poison Snake Anus would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (yt3LH)

137 Cain - record early voting turnout on Day one in Texas.

Not sure if that's good.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

138 Neville Roy Singham.
Three names... like an assassin.
He probably lives in a hollowed out volcano and accesses it via submarine.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (8+zLT)

139 137 Cain - record early voting turnout on Day one in Texas.

Not sure if that's good.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (Sco7b)

=======

Texas is a Trump+14 state.

What do you think high turnout ends up looking like in a state like that?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (qGAQr)

140 136 Poison Snake Anus would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (yt3LH)

The anus is poisonous?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

141 Behold the power of Horde Mind!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (jb8Ss)

142
What do you think high turnout ends up looking like in a state like that?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (qGAQr)

True, but Dems have been pushing for that big first day push which was the point of their failed rallies.

I believe Texas and Michigan will be Republican.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 04:08 PM (Sco7b)

143 The anus is poisonous?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

I’m not a biologist.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:08 PM (yt3LH)

144 >>> 140 136 Poison Snake Anus would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 20, 2026 04:06 PM (yt3LH)

The anus is poisonous?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:07 PM (l3cgK)

Maybe the snake ate a rat near a Taco Bell.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 04:09 PM (jb8Ss)

145 I was cheered, though, to hear Hillary confirm that conservatives have derailed the liberal project, at least temporarily: "We were on the path toward that ... we were on the right trajectory."
===========================
"were"

Posted by: PDJT is doing some real good at October 20, 2026 04:09 PM (q7yvH)

Report: Debanking of Conservatives Was Driven by the KKK-Funding Race Grift Organization the SPLC

Ben Whedon of Just the News:

A recent report from the Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) in the Treasury Department shows that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) was a driving force behind the debanking of conservative groups prior to its indictment.
The SPLC is a left-wing anti-racism advocacy group that has faced scrutiny from conservatives for years over its alleged bias against them and penchant for labeling mainstream political figures on the right as "extremists."
...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the SPLC with allegedly defrauding donors by paying exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations.
The SPLC has denied wrongdoing in the case, and said in a statement that "The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts and a misapplication of law. Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."
The OCC report, released last week, detailed the efforts of financial applications, banks, and other institutions to deny service to conservative organizations, particularly highlighting the SPLC's role. Many of the groups the report documented had been labeled as hate groups by the organization. Driving much of the effort were broad reputational risk policies that the OCC generally swept up many mainstream conservative groups.
"Today's report provides irrefutable evidence that the nation's largest banks have denied, debanked and discriminated against customers and lawful businesses," Comptroller Jonathan Gould said at the time. "Americans should have access to financial services regardless of their beliefs, affiliations, or political views. Fair access to financial services is not a mantra--it is a mandate. The Trump Administration is committed to ending the weaponization of finance against hardworking Americans, once and for all."
Among the top findings of the OCC were that banks largely did not have quantifiable standards for determining the reputational risk of maintaining relationships with specific customers. Those standards, moreover, allegedly came to the detriment of generally right-wing groups. The report also documented damage to specific industries that were affected heavily by debanking.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:22 PM

Comments

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1 THE BLADE

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

2 First?

Posted by: HowardDevore at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (H/Jxx)

3 RICO?

Sounds like RICO, for every member of the SPLC.

Posted by: Another Anon at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (4h45B)

4 ! Ah well now to read the content

Posted by: HowardDevore at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (H/Jxx)

5 Shocking.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (8B4gm)

6 /sigh, did it again.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (Q/FnY)

7 "The SPLC is a left-wing anti-racism advocacy group that has faced scrutiny from conservatives for years ...."

They gave away the game right from the get, with that comically biased phrasing

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (iFTx/)

8 Ace obviously admired this article.

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at October 20, 2026 02:25 PM (PFC1v)

9 I can only hope big banks like BOA’s legal team is working overtime right now at the request of their leadership team who are currently having a few stomach cramps in advance of problems over the horizon.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

10
In before the riff-raff!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (eRlcH)

11 Can we haz at least a couple 3am no-knock flash-bang raids?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (jb8Ss)

12 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups
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It turns out you can just say things.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (XvD//)

13 10
In before the riff-raff!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02

Wrong! I am in at number 9! 😂

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (ZdaMQ)

14 Surprise surprise surprise...

/Gomer Pyle voice

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (pfXMo)

15 Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

And this is documented somewhere by a law enforcement agency that Mighty Mouse SPLC came and saved the day, right?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (6ydKt)

16
DARN, I was having fun with Ilhan. Oh well.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (mmrXZ)

17
Can we haz at least a couple 3am no-knock flash-bang raids?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (jb8Ss)

__________

Perp walks amid flashing cameras and shouted questions will be fine.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (eRlcH)

18 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped

By who? Name them.

But then they could sue your commie fag asses for slander.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (jb8Ss)

19 Are there any organizations besides DOGE that aren't effing us hard?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (iOpI2)

20 SPLC

What is Soviet Propaganda and Lies Committee?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (awxTv)

21 Couldn't have been done without the Gov't putting their thumb on the scales either.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:29 PM (l3cgK)

22 In before the riff-raff!"

What am I, chopped Eddie?

/Dr Frank-n-furter

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (pfXMo)

23 “Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

Has anyone let the SPLC team know they are not a law enforcement agency of any type?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

24 "banks largely did not have quantifiable standards for determining the reputational risk of maintaining relationships with specific customers"

That's a big load of steaming hot chocolate dogshit. The "reputational risk" was always a made-up excuse for naked partisan discrimination for political views. I don't think "reputational risk" exists as a basis to refuse a customer. Every bank that did this should have been prosecuted.

Sure, a bank can refuse to do business with criminals, cartels, terrorists, drug dealers, methodists, and known money-laundering actors. But that requires some prior conviction of a crime, or designation on a terror list, or some very hard evidence of criminality.

A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

25 Thumb?

More like an elbow.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (awxTv)

26 Who decided whom would be on the list?

Who signed off? The CEOs?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

27 23 “Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

Has anyone let the SPLC team know they are not a law enforcement agency of any type?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

=======

I think there's an AUSA telling them right about now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (wn0/z)

28 I've seen the SLPC advertise on MSNow asking for money.

Just tuned in. They're in Texas!
Ahhh, sweet, sweet hopium.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (Sco7b)

29 If the Democrats get back in power, the SPLC will become a major department of the federal government, funded by taxpayers.

And no, I am not joking.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:31 PM (HD2n/)

30 A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

And our Gov't led the charge under the Obama and Obiden administrations.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:31 PM (l3cgK)

31 24 A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

======

It was to prevent fascism that large companies did the bidding of the permanent bureaucracy through NGOs that received government funds.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (wn0/z)

32 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped"

Didn't you hear about the Turner Diaries and stuff?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

33 Someone, somewhere said, "yep, on my authority accept SPLC's documentation and act to terminate the accounts on their lists"

That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

34 "Take what you can, give nothing back!" - BoA Pirates, probably.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (wVcYX)

35 Who decided whom would be on the list?

Who signed off? The CEOs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)
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I don't know. Let's (meaning you) ask the Lord High Executioner!

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (rj6Yv)

36 32 Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped"

Didn't you hear about the Turner Diaries and stuff?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (pfXMo)

Did the SPLC pay for that too?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (l3cgK)

37 Sue like the wind.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (dK+Kv)

38 Interesting side note. From X
Natalie Winters
@nataliegwinters
🚨 NEW: Inside the Neocons’ Secret Plan to Take the Republican Party Back.

A Republican organizing network backed by liberal foundation money held private meetings where participants discussed how to “retake the local party apparatus.”

A former Soros foundation grantmaker helped advise the effort.

The target was local Republican organizations. Their own report records one participant’s assessment that parties were:

“strong enough to still matter, but weak enough to be taken over.”

Participants in Kansas and Kentucky had already begun developing plans to rebuild local parties.

Johns Hopkins’ SNF Agora Institute and the R Street Institute organized the meetings: private dinners followed by full-day, off-the-record sessions. Rules prevented participants’ statements from being attributed to them individually.

Johns Hopkins named Brad Raffensperger among the project’s architects.

The funding includes:

• $1.85 MILLION from Hewlett for the Civic Right project.
• $500,000 from Carnegie for the Conservative Agenda for Democracy program.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)

39 The SPLC is the physical embodiment of the argument against "hate speech" and "hate crime" laws: The problem is not the law itself, but instead who gets to define what counts as "hate."

As soon as you give some unelected person or group the supreme power to determine who is disfavored, that you have just created a dictatorship and ended democracy.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (HD2n/)

40 Corporate comms is always the go to before legal. Every time.

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (enNUy)

41 The Department of Justice (DOJ) has charged the SPLC with allegedly defrauding donors by paying exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations.
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They lied and stole coming and going.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (RIvkX)

42 Fines are irrelevant. Show me some prison terms for executives who enforced this.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (0U5gm)

43 Small bakeries have to bake buggery cakes but giant chartered banks can deny services for wrongthink.

What a country!

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (Poy1v)

44 That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

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I want specific people to be indicted. Someone gave the okay.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

45 >>> 29 If the Democrats get back in power, the SPLC will become a major department of the federal government, funded by taxpayers.

And no, I am not joking.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:31 PM (HD2n/)

They weren't already?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (jb8Ss)

46 The feds have the evidence where their VP AWFL Karen McFatty Fats paid her KKK boyfriend every month and informing her he was taking her out to dinner and then dismantling her hate panties afterwards.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (6ydKt)

47 Being debunked from the Horse Trailer @ the TxMoMe >>>> debanked by the SPLC

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (0sNs1)

48
Who decided whom would be on the list?

Who signed off? The CEOs?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (RIvkX)

____________

"It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

49 44 That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

------

I want specific people to be indicted. Someone gave the okay.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

It goes up to the very top of who runs the Demonrats and Soros and others.
At best you'll get the smaller fish.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)

50
JustTheNews says the SPLC paid "exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations."

Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

51 As soon as you give some unelected person or group the supreme power to determine who is disfavored, that you have just created a dictatorship and ended democracy.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (HD2n/)
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This describes the Administrative State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (RIvkX)

52 Thumb?

More like an elbow"

Hey, a trillion here, a trillion there...

"Did the SPLC pay for that too?"
Rumor was that they were involved with publishing and such...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (pfXMo)

53 "It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)
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LOL

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (rj6Yv)

54 In before the riff-raff!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM

Dr. Frank N. Furter sock opportunity missed.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:37 PM (0sNs1)

55 50
JustTheNews says the SPLC paid "exorbitant sums to members of extremist groups, both to act as informants and to recruit and expand their operations."

Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

You didn't get the memo?

Posted by: SPLC Liason to the KKK at October 20, 2026 02:37 PM (l3cgK)

56 49 44 That someone should be sued serially, and wind up living in absolute poverty on the street in San Francisco knowing his grandchildren might graduate from community college with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

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I want specific people to be indicted. Someone gave the okay.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:35 PM (iOpI2)

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Do people just leak news out of their heads?

Heidi Beirich, a former director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's Intelligence Project, was indicted by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama.

Remember the fat ugly exec from the SPLC who had a Neo-Nazi boyfriend? That lady was indicted.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (wn0/z)

57 If you do not allow me to scam the government, then how do you expect me to make a decent living ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (qDw3H)

58 with a welding certification should they be able to scrape together the tuition.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)

Welders are making good money compared to baristas so their kid will probably turn out alright.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (6ydKt)

59
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October

Totally off topic, but you were asking about side planks earlier, right? And worried about your wrists? Without seeing you do them, it’s hard for me to say anything specifically, but in general: make sure your hand is under your shoulder and you are not collapsing down, 2. You are targeting your obliques most strongly, so that is what you need to be dialed into to hold you up, think rainbow arch into the obliques. 3. You don’t need to hold a side plank with feet stacked or floated for a long time, but to get there, start in your high plank with feet wide, open up to the side plank with feet staggered. If you are still struggling, bend and plant the top foot behind the bottom leg, then move to staggered, then move to stacked, then to floating. Once you are good there, add in the other stuff that make it spicier with strength tubes, weights, spinal twists, etc etc.

If it wasn’t you, well…here is how you do a side plank. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

60 Justice would be that banks would be sanctioned for violation of rights but the SPLC needs to be sued to the ground for their slander which predicated the harm the banks caused.

Posted by: Getting it done twerkin' inna coal mine at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (IDiL6)

61 You know who REALLY feels like fools right about now?

The idiots who joined the KKK for free.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (HD2n/)

62 They lied and stole coming and going."

You can get rich off the vig!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (pfXMo)

63 If the right had anything close to the warfare resources the left does, a class-action suit should have been filed against the SPLC 4 years ago, naming the org and the executives as defendents.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (nEUC6)

64 It goes up to the very top of who runs the Demonrats and Soros and others.
At best you'll get the smaller fish.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM

* side eyes *

Posted by: Big Penguin at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (0sNs1)

65 37 Sue like the wind.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=========
I would start anti trust actions at the FTC to break them up. Time for too big to fail to fail as a policy.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

66 >>> 27 23 “Our informant program was successful in accomplishing its purposes: Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups."

Has anyone let the SPLC team know they are not a law enforcement agency of any type?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (ZdaMQ)

=======

I think there's an AUSA telling them right about now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (wn0/z)

Was there also a Todd in Risk Management at the Eff.Bee.EYE who approved the "help" from the SPLC?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (jb8Ss)

67
And no, I am not joking.
Posted by: zombie

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

Like in the last thread, I don't think it's one bit pessimistic of SpeakingOf to say that a Dem Congress would pass "Ilhan's Law" to bring her back should she be deported.

Of course SPLC would be folded into a Dem administration.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (mmrXZ)

68 "The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts. . .#

Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)

69 by any means necessary, including fraud

Posted by: Sid at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (w9N1h)

70 59 If it wasn’t you, well…here is how you do a side plank. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

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It was. I'll have to watch my hand placement most, it seems.

Thanks!

I also nope out of every dumbbell pushup because it hurts my palms so much. I'll sacrifice the slight height for just being able to do the damn things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/z)

71 Dr. Frank N. Furter sock opportunity missed"

Ahem.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (pfXMo)

72 Things that are not a legal issue: Revolutionary rape, arresting the opposition leader on spurious charges, making people take a poison shot you knew didn't work

Real serious constitutional crises: Investigating someone for immigration fraud who committed immigration fraud, deporting someone here illegally, building a ball room.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)

73 "It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

“Fucking Todd!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

74 Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)
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Inaccurate and inconvenient facts?

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (rj6Yv)

75 68 "The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts. . .#

Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)

Inaccurate facts = Inconvenient facts

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (l3cgK)

76 The charges against the SPLC are provably wrong; they are based on inaccurate facts. . .#

Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here

Saw a lefty arguing that the truth has become a rightwing issue.

It all clicks pretty obviously I think.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (sKqQm)

77 The idiots who joined the KKK for free."

Dang it. It's "chick's for free"

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (pfXMo)

78 Fines are irrelevant. Show me some prison terms for executives who enforced this.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM

May I propose an alternative?

Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (0sNs1)

79 >>> 74 Inaccurate facts

Can someone help me out here
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (FxH7T)
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Inaccurate and inconvenient facts?
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (rj6Yv)

Per Brandon's MiniTru, those would be "malinformation": it's true but it hurts our fee-fees.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:41 PM (jb8Ss)

80 73 "It was Todd in Risk Management!" - The CEOs
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)

“Fucking Todd!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:40 PM (6ydKt)

Elder son had an Obiwan Kenobi toy that was left in the car which derped the toy. After that, we called him Todd, as a We-Todd-Did Jedi.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

81 May I propose an alternative?
Posted by: zombie Vlad Tepes "

Poplar?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (pfXMo)

82 DOJ also froze all of SPLC's assets.

DOJ isn't just putting a small fine on the organization. It's effectively killing it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (wn0/z)

83 I've posted this before but the friend of a friend had a nice Jewish great aunt who passed away. She had in her obit "in lieu of flowers donate to the SPLC". She didn't specify that the money shouldn't go to the KKK.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (vJPf4)

84 I wonder why there is no Northern Poverty Law Center.

Posted by: Double Standard at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM (8EQTH)

85
Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

You didn't get the memo?
Posted by: SPLC Liason to the KKK

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

It's so tangled I can't keep up. SPLC gives exorbitant sum to the KKK leader because let's face it, the demand for racism exceeds the supply. Informants? The KKK is informing the SPLC of what? And why? If I were the KKK, I'd take the money and spend it on recruitment. I wouldn't do squat for the SPLC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

86 Chris Rock was likely talking about the SPLC when he did that (recent) monologue about Salem.
You gotta respect a comedian who can stay relevant after three decades.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (88C+u)

87 If it wasn’t you, well…here is how you do a side plank. lol.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

===

It was. I'll have to watch my hand placement most, it seems.

Thanks!

I also nope out of every dumbbell pushup because it hurts my palms so much. I'll sacrifice the slight height for just being able to do the damn things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/z)
________

The Paolo, he ... how you say .. do da "front plank" with his ... well, you know The Paolo

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

88 IIRC the interim president of the SPLC was "grilled" by Congress several months ago. It went about as well for Congress as the Fauci "grilling" went.

But... again, IIRC a lot of the fraud based money that the SPLC was getting to operate dried up.

If there's still, even a shell of what was the SPLC, it needs to be burned to the ground with anyone stupid enough to be inside.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (RORbl)

89 I also nope out of every dumbbell pushup because it hurts my palms so much. I'll sacrifice the slight height for just being able to do the damn things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (wn0/

I have a feeling you are dumping into your shoulders. Push ups are just moving planks and you should have weight on all four corners, not just shoulders and arms. Shift back a little bit and see what happens.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (ZdaMQ)

90
Starts as a crusade, evolves into a business, ends up as a racket.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (otI7K)

91 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

92 The right-wing is again playing the victim card

They used to be thought of being made of sterner stuff

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (71mhK)

93 A Republican organizing network backed by liberal foundation money held private meetings where participants discussed how to “retake the local party apparatus.”

Imagine you are a left leaning Republican, but you have principles. You want some kind of government oversight of healthcare but not socialized healthcare, you want a welfare net but not as generous as the Dems, you want gay marriage but not tranny crap. You want legal immigration but not illegal immigration and so on.

You stop for a moment and notice you want the exact same policies as Donald Trump has implemented.

You stop complaining about OrangemanBad and go vote for the people he has endorsed knowing this is the best way to get the policies you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

94 The Northern Poverty Law Centre is the CBC.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (88C+u)

95 I wonder why there is no Northern Poverty Law Center.
Posted by: Double Standard at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM

Yet another example of Yankees keeping People of South down.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (0sNs1)

96 SPLC was the org where one of its leaders was paying a KKK leader for sex right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

97 93 Imagine you are a left leaning Republican, but you have principles. You want some kind of government oversight of healthcare but not socialized healthcare, you want a welfare net but not as generous as the Dems, you want gay marriage but not tranny crap. You want legal immigration but not illegal immigration and so on.

You stop for a moment and notice you want the exact same policies as Donald Trump has implemented.

You stop complaining about OrangemanBad and go vote for the people he has endorsed knowing this is the best way to get the policies you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)

=======

But then you realize that you are driven by social pressures, not ideology or policy, so you amp up your OrangeManBad-itis even further because it's expected of you in your social circles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (wn0/z)

98 Act as informants? We know the SPLC donated to e.g. the KKK, but I'm just trying to clarify the JustTheNews report, who was informing whom what?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)

You didn't get the memo?
Posted by: SPLC Liason to the KKK

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It's so tangled I can't keep up. SPLC gives exorbitant sum to the KKK leader because let's face it, the demand for racism exceeds the supply. Informants? The KKK is informing the SPLC of what? And why? If I were the KKK, I'd take the money and spend it on recruitment. I wouldn't do squat for the SPLC.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)
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You can be sure a nice fat slice of the money that SPLC gave to the KKK was kicked back to bigwigs at SPLC

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (G4kNP)

100 Toooooooooooodd!

Posted by: Ghost of George Carlin at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (Poy1v)

101 One-arm pushups help ease the strain on the other arm.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (0sNs1)

102 Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 02:34 PM (HD2n/)

Not everyone wants a Democracy

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (XvD//)

103 99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (G4kNP)

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I reviewed that movie recently.

It's a Hammer joint.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (wn0/z)

104 96 SPLC was the org where one of its leaders was paying a KKK leader for sex right?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:45 PM (sKqQm)

"Desperately Seeking Ilsa"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

105 Just reminded me of Jennifer Beals in Vampire's Kiss. Yikers

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:47 PM (XvD//)

106 91 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

He didn’t add ‘watermelon, chitlins, and big asses’ to that sentence so he should be OK.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:47 PM (6ydKt)

107 i oppose putin refining diesel because i am loyal to ukraine

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (71mhK)

108 One-arm pushups help ease the strain on the other arm.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

There was a story of a dude who was trying to beat the world record for push-ups. It was like 1400 or something. He beat it but was paralyzed for a few days. Doesn't sound worth it.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (nEUC6)

109 > LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
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Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (RORbl)

110 91 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (dK+Kv)

******
Lol...someone should ask him about chitlins and pickled pig lips cuisine.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (hzuYO)

111
Jocelyn Benson was on the board of the SPLC, a secret agent posing as a reporter for it, and Morris Dees's lover.

But it would be unseemly to bring this up as she's about to be Governor of Michigan.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (Y8DZL)

112 You stop for a moment and notice you want the exact same policies as Donald Trump has implemented.

You stop complaining about OrangemanBad and go vote for the people he has endorsed knowing this is the best way to get the policies you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
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lmao all of this presumes that these people are capable of reflection and rational thought rather than being governed by their fee fees.

It is to laugh.

Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (oqH4h)

113 99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Reading through the wiki entry this is a serious of movies about busty lesbian vampires in history?

Do they also put up book shelves? Because I know someone that might be interested.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

114 113 99 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Reading through the wiki entry this is a serious of movies about busty lesbian vampires in history?

Do they also put up book shelves? Because I know someone that might be interested.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

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The Vampire Lovers has more nudity.

A lot more nudity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:50 PM (qGAQr)

115 *makes notes*

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:51 PM (6ydKt)

116 Why do I think they were the dupes not the actual agents?

@PolitlcsUK
🚨 BREAKING: Two men previously bailed over the RAF Fairford plot have been rearrested on suspicion of assisting Iran’s intelligence service

One is a British-Iranian man aged 25 and the other is a British man aged 24

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (nEUC6)

117
Fines are irrelevant. Show me some prison terms for executives who enforced this.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada

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I bet Elric has already given us the sad truth about this: what they did was not a crime. To criminalize their acts, you'd have to get Congress to pass laws against their donors and Bros In High Places. So, settle for meaningless fines. Maybe if we take the White House in 2028 and 2032, we could hope for enough swamp drainage to get laws like that starting in 2037.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

118 Paulbot is busted

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (Poy1v)

119 From X, stealth replacement for social security ongoing.
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Eric Balchunas
@EricBalchunas
·
5h
Trump Accounts may soon be expanded even more to anyone under 40yrs old. That would be another 100 million people, on top of the 70 million kids and 3.5mil babies born each year. This according to Brad Gerstner who is the main guy spearheading efforts on this. He also said Elon

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

120 117 I bet Elric has already given us the sad truth about this: what they did was not a crime. To criminalize their acts, you'd have to get Congress to pass laws against their donors and Bros In High Places. So, settle for meaningless fines. Maybe if we take the White House in 2028 and 2032, we could hope for enough swamp drainage to get laws like that starting in 2037.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

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Here's the indictment.

They broke a lot of laws.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (qGAQr)

121 The Vampire Lovers has more nudity.

A lot more nudity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:50 PM

Like 'ron cinema consumers care about that.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (0sNs1)

122
Threats and attacks were prevented, criminal activity was stopped, and information was gathered to dismantle the efforts of hate and extremist groups.

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The SPLC could have dismantled those groups pretty quick if they'd suddenly stopped paying them.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (VWtfl)

123 Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (pfXMo)

124 I haven't really followed the whole debanking story that closely. I get the feeling I should be way more outraged than I am. Way more

Posted by: 496 at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (5vw01)

125

I was playing a game called Thea: The Awakening which is based on slavic mythology and learned one way to beat a Polish vampire is to dig up its corpse and if you remove its clothes it will literally die of embarrassment.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (sKqQm)

126 The Silence of the DNC would be a great title for a movie.

They sure are quiet.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (rj6Yv)

127 I bet Elric has already given us the sad truth about this: what they did was not a crime. To criminalize their acts, you'd have to get Congress to pass laws against their donors and Bros In High Places. So, settle for meaningless fines. Maybe if we take the White House in 2028 and 2032, we could hope for enough swamp drainage to get laws like that starting in 2037.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:52 PM (mmrXZ)

========

Here's the indictment.

They broke a lot of laws.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:53 PM (qGAQr)
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I think she was talking about the debanking by banks based on little more than partisan politics.

The SPLC was doing truly criminal shit. Should be an open and shut case, but we'll see.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (iFTx/)

128 I have a little niece that should get a Trump account and an Elon share of Tesla.

It would’ve been nice if this was done when I was a kid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)

129 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM

Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

130 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (pfXMo)

--Morris the Cat > Morris Dees

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:56 PM (Poy1v)

131 Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (pfXMo)

132 109 > LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.
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Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:48 PM (RORbl)

Good. You all found it.

And I'm liking that Mother story on GatewayPundit too.

WHOA! Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s Mother Appears in Attack Ad: “She’s a Liar… She’s Lied Her Entire Life.” – UPDATE: Acton Responds

When even your Mom doesn't want you to win AND IS ACTIVELY campaigning against you....lol.

Talarico may be falling to third or fourth in the Democratic crazy train of lunacy. I'm getting optimistic about the midterms.....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

133 Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)

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The Vampire Lovers has more nudity.

A lot more nudity.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:50 PM (qGAQr)
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Doesn't Vampire Lovers have a lot more lady vampires who can get naked?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

134 So, will anything happen?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (ebJJx)

135 Dang it. Too slow again. It's this head cold

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (pfXMo)

136 129 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM

Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

Nah, Morris is the best.

Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (9ZFZd)

137 Jinx, man!

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (Poy1v)

138 133
Doesn't Vampire Lovers have a lot more lady vampires who can get naked?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (iFTx/)

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For most of the running time, both films only have one lady vampire.

The Vampire Lovers gains a second very late, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (qGAQr)

139 Vampire lovers?

Pfftt. What a waste. Note even one scene of two dude vampires making out.

Posted by: Anne Rice at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

140 136 129 Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM

Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (0sNs1)

Nah, Morris is the best.
Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (9ZFZd)

Morris Day that is.

Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (9ZFZd)

141
You can be sure a nice fat slice of the money that SPLC gave to the KKK was kicked back to bigwigs at SPLC
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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

Haha, I'm ignorant about the subtleties of accounting. I don't see why the bigwigs didn't just steal it straight from the organization instead of relying on kickbacks from illicit payouts, but I guess there are some Excel spreadsheets that really do have to look legit.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (mmrXZ)

142 The report also documented damage to specific industries that were affected heavily by debanking.

___________________________

I think there's more coming on this as it relates to the energy industries. Any way you slice it, it's discrimination based on political views. A significant number of banks joined these "Net Zero" alliances that resulted in refusing loans (and even accounts) to various (very profitable) energy companies. THIS was a direct violation of their fiduciary duties to their investors. And, arguably, you could say that the discrimination on "climate change" policy was ALSO discrimination based on political views. The Premier of Canada was instrumental in these discriminatory practices. And, he (and those banks) bailed quickly when he was elected.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (dIske)

143 have a little niece that should get a Trump account and an Elon share of Tesla.

It would’ve been nice if this was done when I was a kid.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:55 PM (6ydKt)
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For my Bar Mitzvah, my late aunt gave me 100 shares of Pan Am.

Oh well.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (ebJJx)

144 Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM

"Some people call me Morris" > Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees

Posted by: Steve Miller Band at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (0sNs1)

145 I haven't seen Fearless Vampire Killers since college.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (Poy1v)

146 When even your Mom doesn't want you to win AND IS ACTIVELY campaigning against you....lol.

Talarico may be falling to third or fourth in the Democratic crazy train of lunacy. I'm getting optimistic about the midterms.....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

Saw a lefty rebuttal about this ad on a X reply to a post of the video.

Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

147 OT on Movies! now, Twins of Evil, aka Tits of Evil.
Vampire with boobs.

Reading through the wiki entry this is a serious of movies about busty lesbian vampires in history?
Posted by: 18-1

Lesbian vampires were some of the original stories. "Carmilla" predates "Dracula" by 25 years.

Vaguely-NSFW song/video based on Carmilla:

Blackbriar - Moonflower
https://youtu.be/1eOIvQnkhg0

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (VHUov)

148 Moar....
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@RapidResponse47
.
@POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website — and they'll be given a commission of one percent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)

149 145 I haven't seen Fearless Vampire Killers since college.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (Poy1v)

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I'll run through Roman Polanski's work when he's dead.

Just to sidestep some of the inevitable conversation. Can't avoid it all, but I can avoid some if he's dead.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (qGAQr)

150 once again, a right-wing-nutjob-conspiracy-theory (IOW something we all knew was true years ago) is proved to be irrefutably correct!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (VyBeY)

151 I don't think "reputational risk" exists as a basis to refuse a customer. Every bank that did this should have been prosecuted.

Sure, a bank can refuse to do business with criminals, cartels, terrorists, drug dealers, methodists, and known money-laundering actors. But that requires some prior conviction of a crime, or designation on a terror list, or some very hard evidence of criminality.

A bank can't debank Charlie Kirk because they don't like his views on abortion. But that's basically exactly what the banks did.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)

I think you are mistaken about what the law is. I believe it is legal for a bank to decide it doesn't want to do business with NAMBLA, for example. Assuming for the moment that NAMBLA isn't actually violating any laws, and only acts as a lobbying group for those that want to make pedo sex legal, a bank can decide that they are just too disgusting to do business with.

They don't get to refuse to do business with people based on race, religion, etc. Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (8mulE)

152 When even your Mom doesn't want you to win AND IS ACTIVELY campaigning against you....lol.

Talarico may be falling to third or fourth in the Democratic crazy train of lunacy. I'm getting optimistic about the midterms.....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM (Sco7b)

If only you had sold them all in like 1980 and banked the cash?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (6ydKt)

153 So, will anything happen?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:57 PM

So, like my wife, you don't listen to me?

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (0sNs1)

154 Nah, Morris is the best.
Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (9ZFZd)

Morris Day that is.
Posted by: Jerome at October 20, 2026 02:59 PM (9ZFZd)

Disagree!

Posted by: Appolonia 6 at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (Poy1v)

155 Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

That's what the follow-up response said.

But as you said, popcorn.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (Sco7b)

156 WHOA! Ohio Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Amy Acton’s Mother Appears in Attack Ad: “She’s a Liar… She’s Lied Her Entire Life.” – UPDATE: Acton Responds

Pretty rare someone's own mother will say not to vote for her kid because said kid is cray-cray.

I see Acton's response is to call her mother a liar back and insinuate she helped a man rape her.

Crazy stuff

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (sKqQm)

157 146 Saw a lefty rebuttal about this ad on a X reply to a post of the video.

Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (6ydKt)

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1. Apparently there's no court record of the accusations, so those are suspect.

2. Just having Acton's mom on TV saying not to vote for her is going to be the kind of emotional punch that will affect soft partisans and the small population of swing voters enough that no explanation from the Acton campaign will undo it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (qGAQr)

158 I'll run through Roman Polanski's work when he's dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM

I'm already there, you know.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (0sNs1)

159 So, like my wife, you don't listen to me?

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at October 20, 2026 03:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Of course I listen to you, dear!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (ebJJx)

160 158 I'll run through Roman Polanski's work when he's dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM

I'm already there, you know.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at October 20, 2026 03:02 PM (0sNs1)

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When I'm good and ready!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (qGAQr)

161
There's been an Oval Office press conference going on this whole time!!

I've had it on tv but I've been so absorbed with you morons that I don't know what Trump did. Announce more gaping holes of fraud, I think.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

162 146, IMO it's a pretty safe assumption that the leftist (demonrat) side of any question is based on lies.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (VyBeY)

163 I don’t recall much, if any, nudity in Fearless Vampire Killers but I do vaguely remember some lingerie.

Been several years since I watched it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (6ydKt)

164 Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.
Posted by: No Name Today

Actual law in California. Guess how often it's enforced?

GUESS.
HOW.
OFTEN?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (nEUC6)

165 Morris The Cat > Morris Dancing > Morris Day > Morris Dees >Morris Minor

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (pfXMo)

166 161
There's been an Oval Office press conference going on this whole time!!

I've had it on tv but I've been so absorbed with you morons that I don't know what Trump did. Announce more gaping holes of fraud, I think.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)

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Criterion flash sale is also on right now.

Got my first order in (first time in 18 months). Waiting for $50 credit to arrive so I can get in the second.

Wish it had happened a week later so I could get Frankenstein, but oh well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (qGAQr)

167
I think you are mistaken about what the law is. I believe it is legal for a bank to decide it doesn't want to do business with NAMBLA, for example. Assuming for the moment that NAMBLA isn't actually violating any laws, and only acts as a lobbying group for those that want to make pedo sex legal, a bank can decide that they are just too disgusting to do business with.

One of the things the left has been successful at is taking normal rightleaning beliefs, hell normal 2000s era leftwing beliefs, and argue they are so far right wing as to be the same as NAMBLA while at the same time arguing hating on NAMBLA is homophobia.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:04 PM (sKqQm)

168 >>> 164 Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.
Posted by: No Name Today

Actual law in California. Guess how often it's enforced?

GUESS.
HOW.
OFTEN?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 03:03 PM (nEUC6)

It's enforced where protectors of Our Precious Democracy, or Newcomers, or other good people are affected.

What do I win?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (jb8Ss)

169 Saw a lefty rebuttal about this ad on a X reply to a post of the video.

Apparently, according to them, Acton hasn’t lived with her mother since she was 12 because her mother married a man who molested her daughter and then did nothing about it so mom is the liar.

I have no clue who’s right or who’s lying so I’ll just get some popcorn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Pedo step-incest? That's a bit tame for today's Democrat party. Is there some blood-related pedo incest somewhere, too?

Posted by: the tabloids at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (VHUov)

170
They don't get to refuse to do business with people based on race, religion, etc. Maybe the law should be changed to include political views, but that's where we are now.
Posted by: No Name Today

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That's my impression. "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."

Banks aren't utilities.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (mmrXZ)

171 129, truth! LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 03:05 PM (VyBeY)

172 One thing I find kind of hilarious - imagine going back in time to Jan 2017 and telling your average leftist in the future the party in power will seek to prosecute and debank anyone that has argued the election wasn't 100% on the up and up.

They'd all decry Trump's "fascism"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:07 PM (sKqQm)

173 >>> 148 Moar....
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@RapidResponse47
.
@POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website - and they'll be given a commission of one percent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)

1% doesn't sound like much until you consider how much money has been flying all the fck over.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:07 PM (jb8Ss)

174 Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website - and they'll be given a commission of one percent.

Can I report the federal government as a whole?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

175
Haha Trump is asked about Ilhan.

"She comes from Somalia, which isn't even a country. It's a real shithouse, okay?" Then goes on to note that she never heard of Constitutional rights until she started screaming for hers... on a false basis.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (mmrXZ)

176 I wish Sayed would say, "I'm a safe muslim, just like Barack Obama."

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (XvD//)

177 I see Acton's response is to call her mother a liar back and insinuate she helped a man rape her.

You know how to alienate men? Have these loud and public cat fights. It will remind men of their ex-wives and ex-mother-in-laws.

The only time men may want to see women viciously fighting involves mud and skimpy bikinis.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (pawvM)

178 This is change. From X

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
1h
🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: SecWar Pete Hegseth CONFIRMS the Pentagon is preparing to 100% PASS with flying colors a full audit, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, in 2028

Long overdue!

"The Department of Defense and now Department of War has never passed an audit. Never."

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (E4rtv)

179 Just to sidestep some of the inevitable conversation. Can't avoid it all, but I can avoid some if he's dead.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

--Yeah, I feel a little icky about, even though he's hilarious in it.

This, though, is one minute of non-icky awesomeness:

https://youtu.be/Yu3KEivauFM?is=F7oDJFkQEJcttv0S

Posted by: Appolonia 6 at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (Poy1v)

180 I'm already there, you know.

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer "

You mean T*its Up?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (pfXMo)

181 The only time men may want to see women viciously fighting involves mud and skimpy bikinis.
Posted by: Community Notes
======
John Candy living his best life!

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (E4rtv)

182 Banks have also debanked marijuana and other legitimate retail recreational drug stores even when their merchandise is 100% legal in their jurisdiction.

They also were trying to debank gun manufacturers at one time.

They can deny it in some areas, for sure.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (6ydKt)

183
LOLOL

Trump trying to get discipline from the press: "QUIET! Are you a sick person?"

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:09 PM (mmrXZ)

184 Off with the Sex Shooter sock!

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (Poy1v)

185 1% doesn't sound like much until you consider how much money has been flying all the fck over."

$40 Trillion in debt.. . I'd settle for 1 percent of that...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (pfXMo)

186 @POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website — and they'll be given a commission of one percent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)
______________________________

Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

187
IT'S OFFICIAL: SecWar Pete Hegseth CONFIRMS the Pentagon is preparing to 100% PASS with flying colors a full audit, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER, in 2028

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

Okay, but... no one's changing any of the criteria in order to achieve a pass?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (mmrXZ)

188 False Claims Act is even more generous.

Successful whistleblowers are entitled to 15% to 30% of the government’s recovery, depending on their involvement and whether the government intervenes. The Act also provides anti-retaliation protections for employees who face discharge, demotion, or harassment for reporting fraud. Common areas of FCA enforcement include healthcare fraud (Medicare/Medicaid), defense contracting, and government procurement.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (E4rtv)

189 Why hasn't the AG slapped splc with rico charges yet? I know they had some criminal stuff come back from a couple of grand juries but I have seen no press releases or anything after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (I43vL)

190 Big haul from Criterion:

Nightmare Alley
The Man Who Wasn’t There
The Dead
Captain Blood
Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring: Two Films by Claude Berri
Sorcerer
Trainspotting
The Roaring Twenties
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester
The Ranown Westerns: Five Films Directed by Budd Boetticher

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (qGAQr)

191 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Ia/+0)

192 184 Off with the Sex Shooter sock!
Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (Poy1v)

Such a teen boy thing to say....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

193
Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson

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

Nick Shirley has been to my city and found fraud. I don't know if he followed up -- there's video of him asking ugly Somali women if they actually run a daycare -- but hmmm....

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

194 The only time men may want to see women viciously fighting involves mud and skimpy bikinis.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:08 PM (pawvM)

One more reason to tune in to the new season of Girls!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (9ZFZd)

195 Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)
======

He's getting the first check. $10K

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (rj6Yv)

196 189 Why hasn't the AG slapped splc with rico charges yet? I know they had some criminal stuff come back from a couple of grand juries but I have seen no press releases or anything after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (I43vL)

========

"Sure, the DOJ has frozen all of SPLC's assets and personally indicted actual executives at the company, but they haven't done a legal tactic everyone misunderstands and gets wrong. So, nothing's happening."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (qGAQr)

197 139 Vampire lovers?

Pfftt. What a waste. Note even one scene of two dude vampires making out.
Posted by: Anne Rice at October 20, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

She's a vampire lover
She likes holy water believe it!
She's like no other!
and all she wants to do is make him bleeeeed!

Posted by: Nelly at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (6+ehB)

198 Okay, but... no one's changing any of the criteria in order to achieve a pass?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
======
Like a dog speaking, it is not whether the dog can speak very well with proper grammar but the fact that it is speaking at all.

If DoW can be audited successfully, not auditing the Fed becomes indefensible. Especially after the disgusting Powell lies to Congress over its overspending on its hq.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)

199 I wonder how many drug addicts would turn their aunts and grandmas in for Medicare fraud just for their cut from the feds?

This could prove to be a popular program with the people and criminals.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (6ydKt)

200 One of the things the left has been successful at is taking normal rightleaning beliefs, hell normal 2000s era leftwing beliefs, and argue they are so far right wing as to be the same as NAMBLA while at the same time arguing hating on NAMBLA is homophobia.
Posted by: 18-1

Yeah, that's always entertaining, to have the people who campaigning for MAPs to be considered a legit sexual identity while calling everyone in the Trump admin pedos, as if they think that's a bad thing.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (vJrRc)

201 "Sure, the DOJ has frozen all of SPLC's assets and personally indicted actual executives at the company, but they haven't done a legal tactic everyone misunderstands and gets wrong. So, nothing's happening."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (qGAQr)

THE KABUKI IS IMPORTANT, DAMMIT!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

202
Here's the indictment.

They broke a lot of laws.

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1437146/dl
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

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

That's against the SPLC, not the banks.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (mmrXZ)

203 @FootballCravee
·
2h
Roger Goodell says the NFL has “no plans” to plans to cancel Sundays NFL game in Paris despite protests

“The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

204 Debanking? We are giving you financial freedom you ruffians.

Posted by: Big Bank at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (yPJaS)

205 Russ Meyer movies reviewed: tits, big tits, even bigger tits

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (vJPf4)

206 men may want to see women in skimpy bikinis.

the only correct answer is yes

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (jrgJz)

207 192 184 Off with the Sex Shooter sock!
Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:10 PM (Poy1v)

Such a teen boy thing to say....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

LOL, and very appropriate given that group (and that video).

Posted by: 80s kid at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (9ZFZd)

208 Has John Thune done anything to censure Slotkin? I just went on his X account and I don't see anything but ~~Jack and~~ shit.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (88C+u)

209 201 THE KABUKI IS IMPORTANT, DAMMIT!

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

========

How else are we to know if things are going right if Jim Jordan's sleeves aren't rolled up and Trey Gowdy's hair isn't quaffed?

The conventions must be followed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (qGAQr)

210 I wonder how many kids will be ratting out their parents on mortgage fraud?

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (dIske)

211 190 Big haul from Criterion:

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (qGAQr)

I have seen several of those.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (6ydKt)

212 Sense when has fraud not been a crime?
It's not a crime when people of color do it?
Two American laws, one for white folks, one for people of color? Sounds very racist to me. I mean fraud is fraud no matter who does it. No "special" get away with it free law.
And "reasons" does not cut it. "Reasons" is bullshit double talk. Guilty of violating the law is straight up.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (Dd7BU)

213 Roger Goodell says
“The protests have been mostly peaceful”
Posted by: Don Black

The revolver is filled with mostly blanks.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (VHUov)

214 189 Why hasn't the AG slapped splc with rico charges yet? I know they had some criminal stuff come back from a couple of grand juries but I have seen no press releases or anything after that.

Posted by: Mister Scott
=======
Rudy is one of the few prosecutors that did that to the Mafia and broke its back. It takes years and you first have to get initial convictions on other crimes to show a pattern of behavior and colluding with others. Helpful to also get insiders to flip on the others in a race to give testimony and government witness status.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

215 >>> 186

______________________________

Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

I'd think he could still make several claims, if they're within the statute of limitations and have not been formally investigated.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (jb8Ss)

216
1% doesn't sound like much until you consider how much money has been flying all the fck over.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

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

Fuck, are you kidding? I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

217
Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)

I'd think he could still make several claims, if they're within the statute of limitations and have not been formally investigated.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

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

Trump just gave him a lump of money in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

218 Everything about this scandal is an example of why I have very little confidence in the country or civic culture and contempt for most of the bipeds currently inhabiting it.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (U/Byj)

219 “The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

The NFL is going to be screwed up until they get rid of this asshole, but he manages to hang on like Rose hanging on to a door in the North Atlantic.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (6ydKt)

220 214 Rudy is one of the few prosecutors that did that to the Mafia and broke its back. It takes years and you first have to get initial convictions on other crimes to show a pattern of behavior and colluding with others. Helpful to also get insiders to flip on the others in a race to give testimony and government witness status.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

========

False.

The past happened all at once and instantaneously. No one had to wait between things ever.

The pyramids were built at the same time as William the Conqueror sailing from Normandy at the same time that the shogun was overthrown in Japan at the same time an Englishman first saw a kangaroo shit in Australia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:18 PM (qGAQr)

221 @FootballCravee
·
2h
Roger Goodell says the NFL has “no plans” to plans to cancel Sundays NFL game in Paris despite protests

“The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)
________

My prediction?

The game will go off without a problem. The powers that be will get the word out to the rent-a-mob organizers that the game is off limits. In exchange, the NFL will loudly praise how great Paris and the french are, and say it's just a few students peacefully protesting.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

222 men may want to see women in skimpy bikinis.

the only correct answer is yes
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (jrgJz)

Oh, some I am happy to see not in their bikinis too.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (rbvCR)

223 >>> 203 @FootballCravee
·
2h
Roger Goodell says the NFL has “no plans” to plans to cancel Sundays NFL game in Paris despite protests

“The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

So you're going to be in Paris to watch the game, Roger?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (jb8Ss)

224 221 My prediction?

The game will go off without a problem. The powers that be will get the word out to the rent-a-mob organizers that the game is off limits. In exchange, the NFL will loudly praise how great Paris and the french are, and say it's just a few students peacefully protesting.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)

========

The elite always protect their own.

Don't know about the regular joes attending, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (qGAQr)

225 Fuck, are you kidding? I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

_________________________

Next MoME in Minneapolis. Bring your flex cuffs, a calculator, a $20 bill attached to fishing line, and a plate of Bariis Iskukaris to lure in the fat ones.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (dIske)

226
Can I report the federal government as a whole?
Posted by: 18-1

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

lol. Let's start with Congress, which hasn't fulfilled its Constitutional duty to pass a budget since...?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (mmrXZ)

227 Such a teen boy thing to say....
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (Sco7b)

--I wasn't even a teenager when Purple Rain came out (and at most barely one when I watched it) but when a girl group in lingerie was performing, I took notice.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (Poy1v)

228 The pyramids were built at the same time as William the Conqueror sailing from Normandy at the same time that the shogun was overthrown in Japan at the same time an Englishman first saw a kangaroo shit in Australia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:18 PM (qGAQr)

If you get the right history book it’s possible all of that could have happened in two pages.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (6ydKt)

229 “The protests have been mostly peaceful, we don’t feel our players are in any danger.”

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 03:13 PM (ZxPkt)

These are the people who would wave hankies at the drivers of the box cars. They would do it in a heartbeat.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (XvD//)

230 208 Has John Thune done anything to censure Slotkin? I just went on his X account and I don't see anything but Jack and shit.
Posted by: 88C+u
======
Thune lurks from behind. And like a river otter is prone to giving the GOP base an unpleasant 'surprise' from the rear.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (E4rtv)

231 226
lol. Let's start with Congress, which hasn't fulfilled its Constitutional duty to pass a budget since...?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:20 PM (mmrXZ)

=======

Budget for 26/27 was passed a few months ago by both chambers, actually. Still haggling over appropriations, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (qGAQr)

232 186 @POTUS
: Today, I'm thrilled to announce the Fraud Whistleblower Incentive Program. Americans will now be able to report cases of corruption and theft of taxpayer dollars in their communities via a new website — and they'll be given a commission of one percent.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:00 PM (RORbl)
______________________________

Nick Shirley reading this. "F*ck!!!....Is it retro-active?"
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:11 PM (dIske)
******
Should offer a bounty on each illegal's head reported to ICE.

I would do it for free!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (hzuYO)

233 I remember the story of Morris the cat. I recall he lived a long time.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)

234 209 How else are we to know if things are going right if Jim Jordan's sleeves aren't rolled up and Trey Gowdy's hair isn't quaffed?

i'm'a just assume this is a typo for "coiffed", because i don't want to even *think* about the hairball that would be hocked up after quaffing gowdy's hair.

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (sGtp+)

235 Next MoME in Minneapolis. Bring your flex cuffs, a calculator, a $20 bill attached to fishing line, and a plate of Bariis Iskukaris to lure in the fat ones.
Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 03:19 PM (dIske)
======

California is the place you oughta be. Load up the truck and move to Berkely.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (rj6Yv)

236 >>> 216
==============

Fuck, are you kidding? I'm thinking of moving to Minnesota.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

>>> 217
==================

Trump just gave him a lump of money in the Oval Office.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:17 PM (mmrXZ)

Awesome!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (jb8Ss)

237 1% commission... on fraud.

But... is it tax free/deferred?

Because the IRS might be licking it's chops.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (RORbl)

238 the same time an Englishman first saw a kangaroo shit in Australia.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Vegemite origin story?

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (xLChk)

239 Russ Meyer movies reviewed: tits, big tits, even bigger tits
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 03:14 PM (vJPf4)

You have my undivided attention. Go on . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (wVcYX)

240 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

241 The NFL is going to be screwed up until they get rid of this asshole, but he manages to hang on like Rose hanging on to a door in the North Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
========
Asshole rich owners of the NFL pay him well to be spear catcher. Like John Thune being supported in his position by RINOs because he takes the heat they deserve.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

242 >>> 241 The NFL is going to be screwed up until they get rid of this asshole, but he manages to hang on like Rose hanging on to a door in the North Atlantic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
========
Asshole rich owners of the NFL pay him well to be spear catcher. Like John Thune being supported in his position by RINOs because he takes the heat they deserve.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)

Would it be wrong to laugh if he *did* attend the Paris game, and caught something else?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (jb8Ss)

243 You’ll be waiting a long time for Trey Gowdy.
He’s been out of congress for like six years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

244
240 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

=======

I mean...are we doing phrasing anymore?

But that paradigm of trying to shift the model of how people look at American politics recently has always been a stalking horse for getting people to vote Democrat. It's never about telling Democrats to vote Republican because they have a bunch of weird connections to, say, a convicted pedophile who died 7 years ago. It's always just "Republicans need to give up that whole partisanship thing and become Democrats."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

245 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (2ocoG)

They sound like they are so overwhelmed they are just going through the motions and hoping it all turns out OK.
It could also be that all the competent people bailed out leaving the rest because they didn't feel like going down in flames.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (rbvCR)

246 243 You’ll be waiting a long time for Trey Gowdy.
He’s been out of congress for like six years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (6ydKt)

=======

Joke still works.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

247 SPLC is a Marxist organization

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (Ia/+0)

248 237 1% commission... on fraud.

But... is it tax free/deferred?

Because the IRS might be licking it's chops.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

So what. Basically free money. I suspect one could do quite well using AI to detect government fraud and report it getting a steady income. If you do it under the False Claims Act which takes a bit more work, you can get 15-30 percent of the validated fraud amount.

Once knew an attorney who did nothing other than sue governments that violated bond issue legal requirements. Would get regular hits because the assholes in local government could not be bothered to follow the rules.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (E4rtv)

249 245 They sound like they are so overwhelmed they are just going through the motions and hoping it all turns out OK.
It could also be that all the competent people bailed out leaving the rest because they didn't feel like going down in flames.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (rbvCR)

========

No one, not one single person, in that campaign ever thought he had a chance. Ever.

It was a graft from the beginning.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (qGAQr)

250 TJM, coiffed, not quaffed

(Damn talk-to-text)

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Poy1v)

251 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

I don't even want to know about two Sodomites fighting over who bites the pillow.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (/TiS1)

252
If you get the right history book it’s possible all of that could have happened in two pages.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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

By Africans.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (mmrXZ)

253 250 TJM, coiffed, not quaffed

(Damn talk-to-text)

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (Poy1v)

=======

Depends on his hair style.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:26 PM (qGAQr)

254 240 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."

Do they have any idea what they're saying?

Posted by: Ian S.
======
Welp, they tried to make Talarico's "Bottoms Up!" a thing but somehow people took that badly.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:26 PM (E4rtv)

255 Judge Ada Brown suspended because wacko.
Must undergo psychiatric evaluation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (JS6jE)

256 They sound like they are so overwhelmed they are just going through the motions and hoping it all turns out OK.
It could also be that all the competent people bailed out leaving the rest because they didn't feel like going down in flames.

They know "blue Texas" was always a stupid mirage. I'm just wondering if Ace infiltrated their team or something, because spending campaign donations on a thinly disguised gay joke is hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (2ocoG)

257 I remember the story of Morris the cat. I recall he lived a long time.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)

--Then 9 Lives chose their mascot well.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 03:27 PM (Poy1v)

258 Would it be wrong to laugh if he *did* attend the Paris game, and caught something else?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

The French Disease?

Posted by: go long on azithromycin at October 20, 2026 03:28 PM (88C+u)

259 No one, not one single person, in that campaign ever thought he had a chance. Ever.

It was a graft from the beginning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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"The Producers!" except in politics there are no 'shares' in profits that have to be distributed. So no prison terms after. Just some 'costs' that can have portions sluiced off into pockets of those involved.

Basically, I think every scam artist in the US should look at a US political career as a well to make bank quickly and then parley it into a lucrative post political career in media/social media.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)

260 Joke still works.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

Well, he and Jordan did it to themselves for sure.

They uncovered a lot of information and possible crimes, but what are you going to do if the DOJ is filled with Obamabots who only did the bidding of Barack, Hillary, and Scranton Joe?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

261
Why does the NFL have a game in Paris?

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/QHx4)

262
No one, not one single person, in that campaign ever thought he had a chance. Ever.

It was a graft from the beginning.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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

What a tool. When it's over, they're going to take his lunch money and start a rumor that he's retarded.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (mmrXZ)

263 File under what a shame/sarc

Fox News
@FoxNews
·
3h
WATCH: A makeshift boat packed with 66 migrants is intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard in the Caribbean, with aerial footage capturing the vessel as crews move in to assist those onboard.

The Coast Guard says the vessel was stopped Friday in the Mona Passage, a stretch of water between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

Of the 66 migrants, 63 were returned to the Dominican Republic, while three are now in custody facing charges for attempting to illegally reenter the United States.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (E4rtv)

264 Brave AI summary - Ada Brown is a U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed in 2019. She is the first African-American woman and the first Choctaw woman to serve as a federal judge in that district

Hoo boy.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (88C+u)

265 The Texas Democrat Party put out a pro-Talerico flyer that says "The real battle in politics isn't left vs. right. It's top vs. bottom."
Posted by: Ian S.

I mean...are we doing phrasing anymore?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Even without the phrasing issues, it's a lie.

It's been "a coalition of the top 1% of the 1%, and the bottom 50%, vs the middle 50%," forever.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 03:31 PM (VHUov)

266 NOOD

Mostly Peaceful Paris Riots

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (jb8Ss)

267 260 Joke still works.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:24 PM (qGAQr)

Well, he and Jordan did it to themselves for sure.

They uncovered a lot of information and possible crimes, but what are you going to do if the DOJ is filled with Obamabots who only did the bidding of Barack, Hillary, and Scranton Joe?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

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Grassley does it better.

He uncovers stuff and releases it with less fanfare. He doesn't have the ability to play for the cameras, so he doesn't.

There's use in investigatory tools of Congress into the executive. It has oversight over the presidency, technically.

But yelling at underlings who can't change policy, which was Gowdy's bread and butter, while passing no legislation to enforce change of behaviors, turned the whole show into farce more than anything else.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (qGAQr)

268 On X people are now asking who the top is, since Talerico is obviously not one.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 03:32 PM (2ocoG)

269 Why does the NFL have a game in Paris?

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 03:30 PM (/QHx4)

Outwardly to expand their market. In actuality probably a shit ton of money laundering.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 03:34 PM (XvD//)

270 But yelling at underlings who can't change policy, which was Gowdy's bread and butter, while passing no legislation to enforce change of behaviors, turned the whole show into farce more than anything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I was amused at idiots wanting Ole Rooster Tail to be AG after Gaetz crashed and burned.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

271 By Africans.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 03:25 PM (mmrXZ)

There was a viral X post out recently that showed examples from different grade level’s Social Studies schoolbooks in Palestine.

It’s hilarious it’s so bad.
Israel is never mentioned in the entire history of the Middle East.

It’s one lie after another accompanied by endless factual mistakes.

I thought the leftists here were stupid and liars about history here but the Palis are totally mind-raping their children with Goebbels-sized lies.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

272 268 On X people are now asking who the top is, since Talerico is obviously not one.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Confucius say, what comes up, must go down. Talafreako agrees with that.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

273 Outwardly to expand their market. In actuality probably a shit ton of money laundering.
Posted by: ...

Betting. Now you can put a bet on prediction markets whether the game is cancelled, how many Free Pali disruptions will happen, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

274 nood Iranian/Chinese money post

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 20, 2026 03:37 PM (P9Ea3)

275 54? Not 57?

Have they even watched "The Manchurian Candidate"?

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (ZRu9u)

276 A cleat indication thst USAID is still overfunded.

Posted by: tankdemon at October 20, 2026 04:01 PM (ZRu9u)

Report: DNA Proves Ilhan Omar Married Her Gay Brother

Is that so.

Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud, as part of the sprawling investigation into the congresswoman, sources told The Post.
People familiar with the years-long criminal probe said the feds have made use of whistleblowers, government records and now obtained DNA in an effort to substantiate decade-old allegations that Omar -- and possibly members of her family like her father -- defrauded immigration authorities.
One source said the DNA evidence was critical to proving an allegation that Omar married her brother when she wed Ahmed Nur Said Elmi in 2009 because she was trying to help him get a green card -- which never came to fruition.

It's unclear whether the DNA was taken before or after Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) searched the congresswoman's home in Washington, DC, last Monday, when federal agents were seen exiting the bungalow with boxes marked "Seized Property Evidence."
Another source pushed back on initial reports that investigators had gone "dumpster diving" in order to get DNA swabs of Omar, Elmi, who is currently residing in the UK, or family members.
Two more indicated that the execution of the search warrant on Oct. 12, coupled with the DNA and additional evidence, has provided a solid basis to bring charges of conspiracy to commit some form of immigration fraud before a grand jury, stemming from the probe initiated by the Minnesota US Attorney's Office.
Given the case is being pursued as a general conspiracy, the evidence will prove useful even if some of the acts fall outside of the statute of limitations.
"If you argue a conspiracy, you can allege overt acts in furtherance of the conspiracy that are outside the statute of limitations," said Neama Rahmini, a former federal prosecutor.

Meanwhile, James Comer thinks Ilhan "Omar" might have defrauded "investors" in her "winery."

She accepted "investments" in her "winery" -- which I speculate, pretty reasonably, was just an open-secret conduit for illegal political donations -- but the barrels of wine had no wine in them.

Comer continued, "Not only was there a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure form, there was the winery that was the big base of her $25 million listing on her financial disclosure form." He added, "That winery has, according to the press, been shut down because of fraud. They were apparently selling investors barrels of wine to be aged, but there was nothing in the barrels."

This would explain why the winery suddenly shut down. Omar and Mynett made a killing off a business that either didn't have anything to sell or didn't have as much to sell as it claimed, and then they just shuttered the business and cut their losses, expecting no consequences.

Video at the link.

I don't know if that constitutes fraud. I think that maybe the barrels wine is aged in are an asset in themselves, so maybe they were buying the barrels for aging wine, but never got around to buying the wine.

I mean, I'm 99% sure this business was a fraudulent front for buckraking, but I don't know if empty barrels prove that.

Of course there is more fraud than that:

Comer also referred to Omar's numerous connections to the Somali fraud network in Minnesota, including through earmarking taxpayer money for an alleged substance abuse clinic that was actually a fraud scam run out of a restaurant. Omar's sister Sahra Noor likewise seems to be connected both to the $250 million "Feeding Our Future" scam and a USAID fraud scheme. It's all in the family.

Ahem. Five years ago I wrote a column about DNA test results that showed there was a 99.999998 percent chance that Ilhan Omar and her second husband Ahmed Elmi were siblings. A few hours before we went to press my informant was arrested by Biden's FBI. Funny that. https://t.co/MEBWf5U7pv
— Miranda Devine (@mirandadevine) October 20, 2026

WaPo, while attempting to exonerate Ilhan Omar, actually reported some incredibly new, damning information.
Ilhan Omar's second husband - the one alleged to be her brother - applied for a green card, was asked about the marriage, and then withdrew his application.
— Will Chamberlain (@willchamberlain) October 16, 2026

The "father" that Omar supposedly derived her citizenship from turns out to have no record of actually being a citizen himself, so no one could have derived her citizenship from his.

OMG
Letters from the USCIS and DHS appear to verify that citizenship records for Ilhan Omar's father DO NOT EXIST.
No record of his naturalization exists.
Ilhan Omar claimed citizenship through her father. If no record exists, how can she be a U.S. citizen? https://t.co/pFjyLgUXUZ
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) October 19, 2026

Shipwreckedcrew
@shipwreckedcrew
The process for denaturalizing a person who is a naturalized citizen -- after having come into the country as a lawful immigrant -- is very difficult, and the evidentiary burden is quite high.
But if Ilhan Omar was 18 or older when her father became a naturalized citizen -- or if he never became a naturalized citizen -- they she's an illegal alien now and always has been.
SHE claims she had derivative naturalization via her father. That means she never went through the process herself of becoming a naturalized citizen. If she had that would be very simple to document -- every lawful alien has an "A File" and evidence of her naturalization would be in that file.
If, as she claims, hers was derivative -- and if she was too old or her father lied to everyone about being naturalized himself -- she's going to get the boot because there is no lawful basis for her to remain.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 Boom.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (HD2n/)

2 First for the worst.

Posted by: fringe at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (9W15a)

3 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (8B4gm)

4 the blade is NOT first

Posted by: ace at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (1wjle)

5 This is gonna be huge.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (HD2n/)

6 the blade is NOT first

===

hahahah!!

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

7 DEPORT!!

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (AKptf)

8
Ewwwwww!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (eRlcH)

9 1 Boom.
Posted by: zombie

4 the blade is NOT first
Posted by: ace

I'm across the street with binoculars, looking in your window over your shoulder at the screen to see when you make a new post.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (HD2n/)

10 Just F'in gross.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (Q/FnY)

11 It's a good time to be tracking down any girl who ever said "the only time I'll ever sleep with you is when cars fly."

Well lookey here ....

Tesla flying car expectation vs reality
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xau8CCcND8o
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)
_________

Ok, that shit was funny ... and true

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (iFTx/)

12 lolgf

BroFo moniker is legitimized.

Thank you, Trump.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (/T4YN)

13 "Federal prosecutors are planning to use DNA evidence to try to prove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) committed immigration fraud, as part of the sprawling investigation into the congresswoman, sources told The Post."

Gonna go out on a very long limb here but I have a hunch that this will backfire and we will be told that is natural and is the custom in somalia.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (I43vL)

14 You know who else married a gay brother?

Posted by: Moochelle at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XvD//)

15 There was a flurry of activity a few days ago suggesting that Omar might have fled the country. Has she been seen in the last 3-4 days?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)

16 I don't know guys, I don't think the DOJ and FBI are doing this just to not follow through.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (wn0/z)

17 Shut your fucking face, Brother-fucka!

Posted by: Thrawn at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (oPFtC)

18 Boot her and all her kin and the rest of the Somalians while you're at it.

Posted by: huerfano at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (2Xqig)

19 Man, I've got to stop reading content, I know, rookie mistake.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (Q/FnY)

20
So. This "Omar" bint may not be on the up and up with the truth. Not impossible?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (eRlcH)

21 They are now indistinguishable from Democrats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (3cUTc)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (/T4YN)

22 Wake me up when that nasty bitch is thrown out of my country.

And her family.

Confiscate everyrhing. Take her offshore bank accounts. Seize her property. Send her out with the rag on her head and that’s it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 01:26 PM (W2Pud)

23 Boom.
Posted by: zombie

4 the blade is NOT first
Posted by: ace

I'm across the street with binoculars, looking in your window over your shoulder at the screen to see when you make a new post.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (HD2n/)
_______

This post dropped early, I think. The Blade was foiled, thwarted, and bamboozled!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:26 PM (iFTx/)

24 20
So. This "Omar" bint may not be on the up and up with the truth. Not impossible?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (eRlcH)

==

Democrats cannot lie.
Government employees cannot lie.

It's literally impossible. Once you become one or the other, you lose the ability to lie because it's impossible.

Plus, she's oppressed, which means that any lie she tells is completely justified because fighting oppressors by any means necessary is good and just.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:26 PM (wn0/z)

25 Shut your fucking face, Brother-fucka!
Posted by: Thrawn

Missed Terrance and Phillip sock.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 01:26 PM (8B4gm)

26 Deport with extreme prejudice. Family of looters and wreckers too.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (E4rtv)

27 Okay I married my brother but I never fucked him
Ilhan Omar

Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (YwEeS)

28 CP fail

You know who else married a gay brother?

Posted by: Moochelle at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (XvD//)

lol

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (/T4YN)

29 There was a flurry of activity a few days ago suggesting that Omar might have fled the country. Has she been seen in the last 3-4 days?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)
_______

8 days and counting. But IIRC, the feds say she has not fled the country. Something is up, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

30 3-4 days?"

Something like 2 weeks...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:28 PM (pfXMo)

31
Liberia is nice this time of year, hear tell.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:28 PM (eRlcH)

32 14 You know who else married a gay brother?
Posted by: Moochelle at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM

Comment of the Week nominated. Too funny.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 20, 2026 01:28 PM (IhL8c)

33 I mean at least when the Mafia opened a car wash, you could actually get your car washed there.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:28 PM (aKiSo)

34 I stand with 2 people. Ilhan Omar, her husband, and her brother.

Posted by: Blanco at October 20, 2026 01:28 PM (sW/8y)

35 The Blade was foiled, thwarted, and bamboozled!"

At least you weren't hoodwinked!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:29 PM (pfXMo)

36 The walls, they are a'closing.

Posted by: LASue at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (sF9Zf)

37 She accepted "investments" in her "winery" -- which I speculate, pretty reasonably, was just an open-secret conduit for illegal political donations -- but the barrels of wine had no wine in them.

Comer continued, "Not only was there a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure form, there was the winery that was the big base of her $25 million listing on her financial disclosure form." He added, "That winery has, according to the press, been shut down because of fraud. They were apparently selling investors barrels of wine to be aged, but there was nothing in the barrels."

This would explain why the winery suddenly shut down. Omar and Mynett made a killing off a business that either didn't have anything to sell or didn't have as much to sell as it claimed, and then they just shuttered the business and cut their losses, expecting no consequences.

I really tried to come up with a "water into wine" joke, but failed miserably. Probably for the best, since I don't want God to smite me.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (Riz8t)

38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

39 deport
deport
deport

deport the fucking lot

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (jb8Ss)

40 Generally the IC used genetic evidence to plot relationships in the clans in tribal areas, in the most celebrated example they were looking for close relatives of Osama bin Laden since they were not native to the area tribes and false leads by distant relatives would not pop up.
I wonder if the search this time is to determine Ilhan's true father to prove actual relationships. If she misrepresented herself as a daughter to someone who was not her father the question of whether she was of age or not when she was allowed it is moot.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (rbvCR)

41 That she never cleaned up these problems while the Autopen was cranking away is a great mystery.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (rPGi+)

42 We had a guy in the Navy who was brought to the US legally by his parents when he was very young. Turns out he never made the required citizenship declaration when he turned 18 and his US citizenship was never completed, he was still a citizen of the czech republic and had been in the Navy for over 4 years based on being a US citizen.

We had to go through hoops at the state department to fix it. It took quite some time and multiple trips and affidavits from both him and his parents who luckily were both still alive to get it all sorted out.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (I43vL)

43
Okay I married my brother but I never fucked him
Ilhan Omar
Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (YwEeS)

__________

This has the makings of a defense. Non-comsummation can be held as evidence that no real marriage has taken place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (eRlcH)

44 If, as she claims, hers was derivative

No Math.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (l3cgK)

45 Confiscate everyrhing. Take her offshore bank accounts. Seize her property. Send her out with the rag on her head and that’s it.
-
And deposit her in a random Asian country for good measure.

I'm sure Trump has a better relationship with the Kims than whoever's running Somalia.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (vSvIl)

46 Didn't they take her passport, supposedly?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (8B4gm)

47 Read that feds have her regular passport, but not her "congressional" passport. Not sure, maybe that's an official passport (used to be brown). Recall as Senate staff I had an official passport. Later at another gig got the black one (diplomatic), it was a bit of a stretch but the missions in relevant countries agreed the security situation made it a prudent move.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (U/Byj)

48 Wake me up when that nasty bitch is thrown out of my country.

And her family.

Confiscate everyrhing. Take her offshore bank accounts. Seize her property. Send her out with the rag on her head and that’s it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 01:26 PM (W2Pud)
______

The FBI wouldn't raid her stinky garbage looking for DNA if they weren't serious and/or didn't think they had anything. They are taking this very seriously, and I think they think they have something.

Whether that turns into anything that actually happens, we'll have to see.

I think they have her dead to rights on the financial crimes. And the FBI/DOJ have been taking financial crimes seriously, and indicting and prosecuting, even when it involved protected classes of people.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (iFTx/)

49 38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

=======

Probably makes navigating on Mars easier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (wn0/z)

50 Say, where can I get some of those barrels? Mrs likes them as planters...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (pfXMo)

51 May I be the first to say: bwa-ha-ha.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (amcLV)

52 43
Okay I married my brother but I never fucked him
Ilhan Omar
Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (YwEeS)

__________

This has the makings of a defense. Non-comsummation can be held as evidence that no real marriage has taken place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (eRlcH)

Incest or fake marriage...you decide...
Power of AND?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (l3cgK)

53 38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

Rooftop parking?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (aKiSo)

54 In fairness, wineries do trade in empty barrels all the time... But if they are being sold as something else, that's another thing.

Posted by: elmo at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (m2sbV)

55 8 days and counting. But IIRC, the feds say she has not fled the country. Something is up, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (iFTx/)

Did they? I know they took her personal passport but not her congressional.

Posted by: redchief at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (aoQhf)

56 Looks like he's enjoying some of the single-vine wine, Our Kids' Only Grandfather.

Posted by: Elmi & Elmi, Siblings and Spouses, Inc. at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (9GwoN)

57 Democrats cannot lie.
Government employees cannot lie.

It's literally impossible. Once you become one or the other, you lose the ability to lie because it's impossible.

Plus, she's oppressed, which means that any lie she tells is completely justified because fighting oppressors by any means necessary is good and just.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
==========
Careful, once you go down intersectionary road, your brain will break from cognitive dissonance because the hierarchies of the oppressed change in a New York minute.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

58 I hope history will record Obumbles as our first Kenyan President.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (rPGi+)

59 45 Confiscate everyrhing. Take her offshore bank accounts. Seize her property. Send her out with the rag on her head and that’s it.
-
And deposit her in a random Asian country for good measure.

I'm sure Trump has a better relationship with the Kims than whoever's running Somalia.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (vSvIl)

=======

Both Somalia and Somaliland would take her back (for very different reasons, Somaliland would make...an example of her), so there won't be a third-nation deportation for her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (wn0/z)

60 >>>They were apparently selling investors barrels of wine to be aged, but there was nothing in the barrels."

Literally selling a bill of goods.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (/T4YN)

61 Odd how no one's ever gotten hot and bothered about a flying motorcycle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aKiSo)

62 Another interesting tidbit is that when Omar married her brother, they went across town to a Christian woman and had a Christian marriage. Because Omar knew if an iman married them, he would know her husband was her brother. So she or someone else had to search out a Christian that would marry them in a different area of town.

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (kX27y)

63 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)
----------------

Lift bridges. Draw bridges.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (eGzf1)

64 There was a flurry of activity a few days ago suggesting that Omar might have fled the country. Has she been seen in the last 3-4 days?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (Riz8t)
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8 days and counting. But IIRC, the feds say she has not fled the country. Something is up, though.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM

She was seen in california at a cair conference over the weekend, she was one of the keynote speakers. Pretty ironic.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (I43vL)

65 49 38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

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Probably makes navigating on Mars easier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (wn0/z)

leaping over robbers blockading a road...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (l3cgK)

66 Both Somalia and Somaliland would take her back (for very different reasons, Somaliland would make...an example of her), so there won't be a third-nation deportation for her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (wn0/z)

Trump needs to recognize Somaliland.

Posted by: redchief at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aoQhf)

67 This could not happen at a worse time for Democrats. Peggy Flanagan is sinking in the polls and Michelle Tafoya is coming on strong. Absolutely nobody saw Republicans picking up a Senate seat in Minnesota a few months ago.

Surprise!

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (viF8m)

68 53 38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

Rooftop parking?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (aKiSo)

Parallel parking...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (l3cgK)

69 If, as she claims, hers was derivative"

Sine, sine, everywhere a sine...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (pfXMo)

70 >>> 53 38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

Rooftop parking?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (aKiSo)

Waitlist is full of Koreans?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (jb8Ss)

71 57 Careful, once you go down intersectionary road, your brain will break from cognitive dissonance because the hierarchies of the oppressed change in a New York minute.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (E4rtv)

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I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (wn0/z)

72 30 3-4 days?"

Something like 2 weeks...
Posted by: man

She's on Talarico Island, sipping margaritas.

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (HD2n/)

73 Simple truth: The Democrats do no circle the wagons around someone so toxic unless they, themselves, have skin in the game.

I think you're thinking way to small on the winery. There's a high chance that she was laundering money using "Phantom Shipping." This is not only a common form of trade based money laundering. It is most prevalent in the wine business.

My first question is....did the Warrant include Bank Accounts?

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (dIske)

74 61 Odd how no one's ever gotten hot and bothered about a flying motorcycle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aKiSo)

They occasionally happen during bad vehicle accidents.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

75 60 >>>They were apparently selling investors barrels of wine to be aged, but there was nothing in the barrels."

Literally selling a bill of goods.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (/T4YN)

What strikes me as hilarious is how the only reason anyone would ever know about this is because at least one dipshit ordered wine from these cretins, and at least one dipshit who worked for them actually shipped out an empty show-barrel to them, and then Dipshit #1 who didn't even realize the whole thing was a sham cried foul over it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (aKiSo)

76 Lift bridges. Draw bridges.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker

No bridges.

Posted by: Bo and Luke Duke at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (8B4gm)

77 I want to know what Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, is doing now for work. Nothing??

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (kX27y)

78 66 Both Somalia and Somaliland would take her back (for very different reasons, Somaliland would make...an example of her), so there won't be a third-nation deportation for her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (wn0/z)

Trump needs to recognize Somaliland.

Posted by: redchief at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aoQhf)

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Hell, don't recognize Somaliland, just choose to land her airplane at a Somaliland airport while declaring that we're just deporting her to Somalia.

And then recognize Somaliland.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (wn0/z)

79 This could not happen at a worse time for Democrats. Peggy Flanagan is sinking in the polls and Michelle Tafoya is coming on strong. Absolutely nobody saw Republicans picking up a Senate seat in Minnesota a few months ago.

That would be just awesome. I'm trying not to get my hopes up, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)

80 I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:33 PM (wn0/z)
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Incel. The word you're thinking of is "incel."

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (eGzf1)

81 This has the makings of a defense. Non-comsummation can be held as evidence that no real marriage has taken place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (eRlcH)
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A defense against an incest charge maybe, but it doesn't help against an immigration fraud claim. In fact, it adds to the evidence against her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (rPGi+)

82 So only anal with sis ?

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (U72eg)

83 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

Sixth generation fighters, possibly 7th. Lifting body design and jet assisted mobility.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (rbvCR)

84 68 53 38 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

Rooftop parking?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (aKiSo)

Parallel parking...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

jumping the line at the Dunkin Donuts drive through in the morning.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (BBO56)

85 They occasionally happen during bad vehicle accidents.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)
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I don't think the bikes levitate so much as the riders sort of helicopter.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (eGzf1)

86 33 I mean at least when the Mafia opened a car wash, you could actually get your car washed there.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Read a funny account of a guy that unwittingly walked into a Mafia run pizza joint and ordered a pizza. Gist of it was that the hoods sitting around shooting the breeze were astonished but after a bit of discussion went ahead and baked the guy a pizza. Guy said the pizza was actually pretty good.

Later, he saw in the papers when that place and others were shut down for selling heroin and other nasty drugs and there were multiple arrests.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (E4rtv)

87 81 This has the makings of a defense. Non-comsummation can be held as evidence that no real marriage has taken place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (eRlcH)

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"Lying on government documents is fine if I didn't fuck anyone in the process."
-A defense, not a good defense, but A defense

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (wn0/z)

88 This has the makings of a defense. Non-consummation can be held as evidence that no real marriage has taken place.

She better make sure her brother doesn't slip up!

Posted by: t-bird at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (BvTxf)

89 "Democrats cannot lie.
Government employees cannot lie.

It's literally impossible. Once you become one or the other, you lose the ability to lie because it's impossible."

spot-on, TJM

I encountered this cognitive dissonance talking to a
communofascist back a while ago ... simultaneously believing that all people were lying, thieving scum, and that the government was the trustworthy source of all blessings. I didn't catch the dissonance at the time or I woulda tried to clobber the idiot with it. (alas!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

90 I'm enjoying her humiliation, myself. And do hope she is deported along with her people back to Somolia.

She'd live like a queen there with all of her wealth she stole from the USA.

In the past year I remember reading of a Somolian woman, stopped by TSA, from exporting a suitcase of cash to take with her to her homeland. Probably from a Learing Center or home health care rip off.

Now I want a white Bronco fleeing to Canada live action film of Omar and her turban of the day. This would make me very happy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (hzuYO)

91 Trump needs to recognize Somaliland.
Posted by: redchief at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aoQhf)

You don't technically need an extradition treaty in place if you're willingly handing some scumbag over on account of you're just so nice, do you?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (aKiSo)

92 89
I encountered this cognitive dissonance talking to a
communofascist back a while ago ... simultaneously believing that all people were lying, thieving scum, and that the government was the trustworthy source of all blessings. I didn't catch the dissonance at the time or I woulda tried to clobber the idiot with it. (alas!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

========

"The government isn't the people who make it up. It's magic soil."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (wn0/z)

93 Hell, don't recognize Somaliland, just choose to land her airplane at a Somaliland airport while declaring that we're just deporting her to Somalia.

And then recognize Somaliland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Tricksy. I like it.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (E4rtv)

94 "I mean, I'm 99% sure this business was a fraudulent front for buckraking, but I don't know if empty barrels prove that."

They don't. Lotsa wineries have empty barrels that they buy and sell from other wineries. You can go online and buy empty barrels.

I think some people are looking at this the wrong way. The fraud wasn't at the point of sale of any wine. Wineries don't sell barrels of wine. This wasn't a scam where fake product was shipped.

This scam was at the investment level. What I think was going on was the winery was soliciting investments in the company from "investors" who were likely really just donors or otherwise trying to curry favor with a US rep.

This is a very common way to launder money and evade financial disclosure. It's much easier, leaves less a paper and evidence trail, and can involve higher-dollar laundering than the old "fake product" scam.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

95 Odd how no one's ever gotten hot and bothered about a flying motorcycle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aKiSo)

Mount a couple light missiles and a chain gun and you have true air cavalry.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (rbvCR)

96 So... who remembers The Squad

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:38 PM (XvD//)

97 77 I want to know what Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, is doing now for work. Nothing??
Posted by: beckster

Calling defense lawyers.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:38 PM (E4rtv)

98 Omar apparently was with CAIR in Seattle, hiding out. Good plan , doesn't look suspicious at all.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 01:38 PM (vJPf4)

99 Mount a couple light missiles and a chain gun and you have true air cavalry.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (rbvCR)
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Oh man....

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (rPGi+)

100 A defense against an incest charge maybe, but it doesn't help against an immigration fraud claim. In fact, it adds to the evidence against her.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (rPGi+)
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I'm not worried about potential "loopholes". There was so much fraud, deceit, perjury, and general mopery going on in Mineesoeta that just about everything they find will stick to the Walz.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (rj6Yv)

101 Elmi, who is currently residing in the UK
.......

lol

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (UjdFS)

102 This scam was at the investment level. What I think was going on was the winery was soliciting investments in the company from "investors" who were likely really just donors or otherwise trying to curry favor with a US rep.

And when the Feds demand to see the evidence of a real asset, the donors can simply claim they drank it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)

103 Now I want a white Bronco fleeing to Canada live action film of Omar and her turban of the day. This would make me very happy.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (hzuYO)

It is wrong to wish she be dug out of a spider hole under a house like Saddam.
So wrong . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (rbvCR)

104 >>> 61 Odd how no one's ever gotten hot and bothered about a flying motorcycle.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aKiSo)

This might have ruined them:
https://youtu.be/y7CvyLCZtMg

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (jb8Ss)

105 93 Hell, don't recognize Somaliland, just choose to land her airplane at a Somaliland airport while declaring that we're just deporting her to Somalia.

And then recognize Somaliland.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Tricksy. I like it.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (E4rtv)

========

I honestly should be a political consultant.

"Nominate troublesome senators for cabinet posts, get their replacements in, fire former senators."

That's another idea I have regularly. There's another, but it escapes me at the moment.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (wn0/z)

106 Well if no real marriage took place then one of these motherfuckers loses their meal ticket, don't they? (I can't keep track anymore of which of these gypsy ass ratfuckers have wedded, bedded or beheaded whom.)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (aKiSo)

107 This has the makings of a defense. Non-comsummation can be held as evidence that no real marriage has taken place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (eRlcH)
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A defense against an incest charge maybe, but it doesn't help against an immigration fraud claim. In fact, it adds to the evidence against her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM

Agree, just because you didn't fvck your brother after you got married doesn't clear you of the crime of filling out and signing the marriage application forms and going through a marriage ceremony.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (I43vL)

108 9 1 Boom.
Posted by: zombie

4 the blade is NOT first
Posted by: ace

I'm across the street with binoculars, looking in your window over your shoulder at the screen to see when you make a new post.
Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (HD2n/)

That shit always freaks out the person being watched ...

Posted by: Jason Bourne at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (oCio0)

109 I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

I saw a funny AI video where you pull up alongside a dick on a bicycle and use the side thruster to blow them into the next county.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (2ocoG)

110 96 So... who remembers The Squad
Posted by: ...
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I always thought of them as The Squat. Come from places where indoor toilets did not exist. End product is the same too.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (E4rtv)

111 85 They occasionally happen during bad vehicle accidents.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)
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I don't think the bikes levitate so much as the riders sort of helicopter.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (eGzf1)

Does this count?
https://youtu.be/1yAot2HVIVk&t=24s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

112 There was so much fraud, deceit, perjury, and general mopery going on in Mineesoeta that just about everything they find will stick to the Walz.

ISWYDT

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)

113 When her father is mentioned, I do not know if they are talking about her actual father or her pretend father. Apparently her actual father is/was a war criminal and would not have been admitted to our country. Some other guy claimed her as his daughter so she was allowed in. Is it her pretend father who never became a citizen?

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 20, 2026 01:40 PM (OlzlW)

114 I am confused. If her father was never a citizen, then either
- she has no documents as citizen as it is just a "claim" and she never got any documents that required proof -- but I guess that is only needed for a passport.
- She has the documents but got them because no one checked?

Is that possible? did she go to the passport office and said "oh yea, my father is naturalized." And they just handed out a passport?

Or, has she been going through life with her Somali passport and (I guess) Social Security number we seem to hand out like candy and she never had any document at all.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 01:40 PM (BBO56)

115 I want to know what Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, is doing now

He's on myotte?

/get it?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:40 PM (pfXMo)

116 I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson

Incel. The word you're thinking of is "incel."
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

The quote is preceded by "How do you write women so well," from the Jack Nicolson movie, As Good as It Gets. So, no, wrong entirely.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 20, 2026 01:40 PM (nEUC6)

117 Again, this'll be a great Cosmo article.

Ten tips to have the Best Orgasms Ever with Your Gay Brother!!

And the Lifetime movie will be fantastic too!
I want Whoopi to play Omar. A little makeup, some AI touch-up. It'll turn out great....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 01:41 PM (Sco7b)

118 33, yup, what I used to call "honest corruption"

86, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:41 PM (VyBeY)

119 - leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

I saw a funny AI video where you pull up alongside a dick on a bicycle and use the side thruster to blow them into the next county.
Posted by: Ian S.

To that end, imagine a Tesla that goes up in the air and then comes down to squash protesters blocking the road. Totes legal in Florida and now some other states where blockading the public roads with intent to menace can be a fatal mistake.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

120 I honestly should be a political consultant.
"Nominate troublesome senators for cabinet posts, get their replacements in, fire former senators."
That's another idea I have regularly. There's another, but it escapes me at the moment.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (wn0/z)

That was a Biden era thing: Transfer troublesome FBI / ATF agents to DHS, then fire them for "poor fit" and they don't get the full pension, either

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

121 92 89
I encountered this cognitive dissonance talking to a
communofascist back a while ago ... simultaneously believing that all people were lying, thieving scum, and that the government was the trustworthy source of all blessings. I didn't catch the dissonance at the time or I woulda tried to clobber the idiot with it. (alas!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

========

"The government isn't the people who make it up. It's magic soil."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (wn0/z)

Someone magic soiled my pants...

Posted by: Joey Biden at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

122 There was so much fraud, deceit, perjury, and general mopery going on in Mineesoeta that just about everything they find will stick to the Walz.
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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Hilarious note from the Michelle Tafoya takedown of Peggy Flanagan in the recent debate, making this very point. Flanagan said she was "in the room" for every important decision, except for the massive frauds, that was all Waltz. 100 percent. Tafoya just sneered and said "Go sell that someplace else", and Flanagan was left sputtering.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (rPGi+)

123 Voted this morning in Harris County (Houston)
I have never waited more that 5 minutes in the past. 25 Minutes this morning and the line was out to the parking lot when we left. Probably a 35 minutes wait.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (P4Pk9)

124 If, as she claims, hers was derivative"

Sine, sine, everywhere a sine...
Posted by: man

That is so derivative!

Posted by: Cosine at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (w9Wax)

125 This is a very common way to launder money and evade financial disclosure. It's much easier, leaves less a paper and evidence trail"

True, and it's disturbing that you know that...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (pfXMo)

126 This is why I'm perfectly willing to believe Obama
was not eligible for the presidency. We have open demonstrable fraud, and it's taken years and years to get anyone to do anything about it. The whole country is an unfunny joke. At this point, we're just schmendricks for obeying the law and trusting the process.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 01:43 PM (xEhzD)

127 This scam was at the investment level. What I think was going on was the winery was soliciting investments in the company from "investors" who were likely really just donors or otherwise trying to curry favor with a US rep.

And when the Feds demand to see the evidence of a real asset, the donors can simply claim they drank it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (Riz8t)
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Or the company was in the start-up stage and hadn't acquired any wine yet, etc. You can pretty much make up any story you want.

Laundering money through fake companies is a yuge problem that's almost impossible to detect. Who is to say what the value of Company X was at the time of the investment? Lotsa legit companies are worth millions on paper but have little to show for it yet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:43 PM (iFTx/)

128
Some people did some things...

...or so I heard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 01:43 PM (trSL4)

129 Gateway Pundit...

Kyle Kennedy, Robert F. “Bobby” Kennedy’s granddaughter, has passed away.

She was 42 years old.

Kyle Kennedy was one of RFK Senior and Ethel Kennedy’s 34 grandchildren.

According to her obituary, Kyle Kennedy “passed away peacefully” on September 21 at her home in Westwood, Massachusetts.

Kennedy became paralyzed after she suffered a spinal cord injury in 2020.

She is survived by her two sons and her husband.

And Slotkin is still around...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 01:43 PM (Sco7b)

130 I can't find the back up info at the moment, but Omar and her bro-husband attended NDSU (North Dakota State University) at the same time. It was reported that she got subsidized housing and possibly tuition due to her marital status. So, if true, frauding all the way......

Posted by: beckster at October 20, 2026 01:43 PM (kX27y)

131 Send her back.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 01:43 PM (ndySI)

132 Ilhan "Omar" is counting on being unindictable in the uber-left jurisdictions of Washington D. C. and Minnesota.

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (OlgZh)

133 She was seen in california at a cair conference over the weekend, she was one of the keynote speakers. Pretty ironic.

===

of course, looking for one of those tunnels to Mex

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (AKptf)

134
Here's why I think he's in trouble with the Nurs/Elmis (whoever the "Omars" actually are).

Contrast Ilhan's reaction when someone asked her if she had married her brother.
"OF COURSE NOT!! THAT'S RIDICULOUS!!! (condescending snicker) Did you marry your brother??"

His reaction when asked: "Um, I don't recall any marriage. Really, not that I recall..."

If he doesn't start firmly denying the accusations, the Nurs/Elmis will make him disappear. Has anyone tried to find him since the raids?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (mmrXZ)

135 Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)

_______________________

It's a common practice for wineries to sell whole barrels of a vintage. They do so under custom barrel programs, private-label packages, or wine auctions as well as a number of other programs. I worked a summer at a vineyard and saw it first hand. There's a whole industry of "custom label" application where someone with some throw away income will design their own label and have a vineyard cater to their order (selecting grapes etc.) I'm pretty sure Omar was operating under a botique producer...and they sell barrels over bottles. Some can bring in nearly $15,000 per barrel.

Posted by: Orson at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (dIske)

136 When her father is mentioned, I do not know if they are talking about her actual father or her pretend father"

She's her own grandpa...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (pfXMo)

137 92, exactly, TJM, "then a miracle happens ... "

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (VyBeY)

138 I encountered this cognitive dissonance talking to a
communofascist back a while ago ... simultaneously believing that all people were lying, thieving scum, and that the government was the trustworthy source of all blessings. I didn't catch the dissonance at the time or I woulda tried to clobber the idiot with it. (alas!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

They believe the government's power to coerce their preferred outcomes outweighs any questions of its trustworthiness. So it's not exactly dissonance which is why you didn't catch it.

In their mind the choice is between a world they can't control at all and a world they have some hope to control they will always take the second option.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (XvD//)

139 This is a very common way to launder money and evade financial disclosure. It's much easier, leaves less a paper and evidence trail"

True, and it's disturbing that you know that...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (pfXMo)
______

Well, I am a corporate litigator ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (iFTx/)

140 3 - PROFIT!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (VyBeY)

141 Squad 1 was craaazeeeyyyy

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional-Cortex, Senator in waiting at October 20, 2026 01:44 PM (rPGi+)

142 120 That was a Biden era thing: Transfer troublesome FBI / ATF agents to DHS, then fire them for "poor fit" and they don't get the full pension, either

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

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Different level when you do senators.

Imagine Trump 2.0 if he had put Ernst, Murkowski, Cornyn, and Cassidy into cabinet posts, secured replacements from their Republican governors more in alignment with the admin as a whole...and then fired the new cabinet secretaries.

You'd burn a whole lot of bridges doing that (would need buy in from Senate leadership to even hope to pull it off), and you could only ever do it once (no senator would accept the offer again). But, if you pulled it off...magic.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:45 PM (wn0/z)

143 If Omar's bro is gay , and she married him, that makes her a fag hag. Pretty sure that's punishable by death under Islam

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 01:45 PM (vJPf4)

144 Hilarious note from the Michelle Tafoya takedown of Peggy Flanagan in the recent debate, making this very point. Flanagan said she was "in the room" for every important decision, except for the massive frauds, that was all Waltz. 100 percent. Tafoya just sneered and said "Go sell that someplace else", and Flanagan was left sputtering.

That's good, but I might have gone with "So, every time someone was needed to ensure the good people of Minnesota weren't being defrauded, you were elsewhere?"

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)

145 That's another idea I have regularly. There's another, but it escapes me at the moment.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (wn0/z)

Derailing cabinet meetings with random diatribes about Prometheus?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 20, 2026 01:45 PM (vSvIl)

146 When her father is mentioned, I do not know if they are talking about her actual father or her pretend father"
==================
I have this problem too.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (aDNkm)

147 I don't think the bikes levitate so much as the riders sort of helicopter.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (eGzf1)

Does this count?
https://youtu.be/1yAot2HVIVk&t=24s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)
----------------

I can't find the link but there's some fool on a bike who's doing 80mph or some such on a city street, running from the cops, hits a car and flies 20 feet into the air or some such. I thought the newsreader was going to barf because it was a live feed from their helicopter.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (eGzf1)

148 Voted this morning in Harris County (Houston)
I have never waited more that 5 minutes in the past. 25 Minutes this morning and the line was out to the parking lot when we left. Probably a 35 minutes wait.

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 20, 2026 01:42 PM

Same here in rural NE Texas, the lines are as long as they were in 2024 voting for Trump. It ain't democrats lining up and standing around waiting in those long lines.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (I43vL)

149 Some can bring in nearly $15,000 per barrel"

Really?

/ the GOP sits up...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (pfXMo)

150 145 Derailing cabinet meetings with random diatribes about Prometheus?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 20, 2026 01:45 PM (vSvIl)

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I hadn't considered it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (wn0/z)

151 >>Ilhan "Omar" is counting on being unindictable in the uber-left jurisdictions of Washington D. C. and Minnesota.

Then it must have come as a shock to her that a Democrat DC Magistrate, one who has a history of donating to Democrat politicians, signed the search warrant of her home.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:47 PM (viF8m)

152 148 Same here in rural NE Texas, the lines are as long as they were in 2024 voting for Trump. It ain't democrats lining up and standing around waiting in those long lines.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (I43vL)

======

I'm sure it is in Houston.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:47 PM (wn0/z)

153 I think some people are looking at this the wrong way. The fraud wasn't at the point of sale of any wine. Wineries don't sell barrels of wine. This wasn't a scam where fake product was shipped.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

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- She was not aging wine. boutique wineries like this do not deal in barrels, they deal in bottles. They buy wine from wineries, pay someone to bottle it, and then they sell bottles. Barrel aging is just not done unless you are growing grapes and making port or sherry or something no one would buy from a fraud office.

- Yet, barrels are nice "decor" and it is possible the empty barrels were for display in the office. A couple mason planks and they make a nice desk or conference table.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 01:47 PM (BBO56)

154 Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)
=====================
There is a drinking game in there somewhere

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:48 PM (aDNkm)

155 138 I encountered this cognitive dissonance talking to a
communofascist back a while ago ... simultaneously believing that all people were lying, thieving scum, and that the government was the trustworthy source of all blessings. I didn't catch the dissonance at the time or I woulda tried to clobber the idiot with it. (alas!)

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (VyBeY)

They believe the government's power to coerce their preferred outcomes outweighs any questions of its trustworthiness. So it's not exactly dissonance which is why you didn't catch it.

In their mind the choice is between a world they can't control at all and a world they have some hope to control they will always take the second option.
Posted by: ...

Government is the leftist version of a god. They have others like consensus, arbiter of oppression, etc. but Government is their version of Zeus, king of all the rest.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:48 PM (E4rtv)

156 I don't think the bikes levitate so much as the riders sort of helicopter.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:35 PM (eGzf1)

Does this count?
https://youtu.be/1yAot2HVIVk&t=24s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)
_____

Rider panicked and squeezed the throttle. Happens a lot to newbie riders. Snowmobiles too.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:48 PM (iFTx/)

157 It ain't democrats lining up and standing around waiting in those long lines.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (I43vL)

And neither were mine!

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 20, 2026 01:48 PM (P4Pk9)

158 Well, I am a corporate litigator ...."

But I was assured that lawyers were among the best of the best...
Or was i just watching the Paper Chase..

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:48 PM (pfXMo)

159 149 Some can bring in nearly $15,000 per barrel"

Really?

/ the GOP sits up...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (pfXMo)

Our Barrel isn't used for making wine. Whine, maybe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:48 PM (l3cgK)

160 >>>I want to know what Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, is doing now

He's in Somalia setting up a khat and 7.62x39 ammo distribution money-laundering scam.

Posted by: Gref at October 20, 2026 01:49 PM (5rh/l)

161 I think the winery was just a front to explain how their net worth jumped by $30 million in one year.

The money came from the fraud in Minnesota.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:49 PM (viF8m)

162 151 >>Ilhan "Omar" is counting on being unindictable in the uber-left jurisdictions of Washington D. C. and Minnesota.

Then it must have come as a shock to her that a Democrat DC Magistrate, one who has a history of donating to Democrat politicians, signed the search warrant of her home.

Posted by: JackStraw

Minnesota is the rare state where ONE federal district exists that covers the whole state. Most of the rest of the state other than Minneapolis/St. Paul is actually red and getting redder due to the urbanites turning Minnesota into a laughing stock.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (E4rtv)

163 I'm sure it is in Houston.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:47 PM (wn0/z)

I was not in Demon crat country

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (P4Pk9)

164
163 I'm sure it is in Houston.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:47 PM (wn0/z)

I was not in Demon crat country

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (P4Pk9)

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Well, good times!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (wn0/z)

165 Unless they can prove an intent to purchase wine the charges will stick. There has to be an investment prospectus and an entire disclosure process according to state law, and presumably SEC regulations depending on the financial structure. The investment vehicle and more importantly its operations are a part of that.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (60OBK)

166 "I saw a funny AI video where you pull up alongside a dick on a bicycle and use the side thruster to blow them into the next county.
Posted by: Ian S. "

early that morning when I just heard "thrusters on a Tesla" I was imagining the kind that use, say, hydrazine and RFNA to produce hot gases, and remembering the Kzinti Lesson ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (VyBeY)

167 146 When her father is mentioned, I do not know if they are talking about her actual father or her pretend father"
==================
I have this problem too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:46 PM (aDNkm)
*******
Either/or were lying about being naturalized citizens. Then she lied about being a minor and her age.

It's probably confusing to many of eeslam who have polygamy.

Or they are so used to lying due to their race and religion to taqiyya spew their entire lives.

The untouchables are probably in shock over this!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (hzuYO)

168 I'm sure it is in Houston."

Voters? That's funny.

/Lina Hidalgo

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (pfXMo)

169 I find it comical that this Somali pirate whore married a white dude, and then decided to continue her Somali pirate fraud but her crooked-ass husband convinced her to make it the whitest fraud possible. Wine. lol.

Posted by: ballistic at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (oqH4h)

170 Don't tell the boys to frog march the bitch or they'll nab Rancid Tilapia by mistake.

Amphibious lookin' ribbity ass motherfucker.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (aKiSo)

171 Between all the federal programs and USAID, it's going to take a helluva large DOJ group to track down all the different frauds. Happily, they have that going.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (aDNkm)

172 >>I'm 99% sure this business was a fraudulent front for buckraking, but I don't know if empty barrels prove that.
__
What pushes it to 100% is the fact that the last thing you do is suddenly shutter a company that took your net worth from $10,000 to $30,000,000.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (bNf8H)

173 early that morning when I just heard "thrusters on a Tesla" I was imagining the kind that use, say, hydrazine and RFNA to produce hot gases, and remembering the Kzinti Lesson ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (VyBeY)
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Lying Bastard.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (eGzf1)

174 When her father is mentioned, I do not know if they are talking about her actual father or her pretend father

Neither does she.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (Riz8t)

175 I don't think long lines in TX means anything. A lot of us have settled into early voting. It's more convenient to pick a day/time of our choosing than face the lines that typically exist on election day. Both sides are probably just cannibalizing their election-day vote. I don't sense any election mania here. But I could be wrong; I am a near shut-in.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (xEhzD)

176 >> I want to know what Omar's husband, Tim Mynett, is doing now

Blowing the pool boy for $10.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (60OBK)

177 cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

Rooftop parking?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:31 PM (aKiSo)

Parallel parking...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

jumping the line at the Dunkin Donuts drive through in the morning.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)

Deer season

Posted by: Heirloominati at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (erhDr)

178 He's in Somalia setting up a khat and 7.62x39 ammo distribution money-laundering scam.
Posted by: Gref
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42 million Yemenis chewing khat and shooting each other in one of history's longest civil wars plus a population fertility of over 4 means a fast expanding market for both.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

179
His reaction when asked: "Um, I don't recall any marriage. Really, not that I recall..."

___________

Every guy remembers his wedding day. Not always happily, but he remembers it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (eRlcH)

180 was just a front "

It's a put on?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (pfXMo)

181 175 I don't think long lines in TX means anything. A lot of us have settled into early voting. It's more convenient to pick a day/time of our choosing than face the lines that typically exist on election day. Both sides are probably just cannibalizing their election-day vote. I don't sense any election mania here. But I could be wrong; I am a near shut-in.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (xEhzD)

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What matters most is two things:

Seeing Republican districts turnout to make sure that there isn't depressed turnout on that front.

And, black turnout being down (if South Dallas is any indication, it's very down comparatively).

Democrats can't win statewide if Republicans are actually voting and blacks aren't.

They'd need massively depressed Republican turnout and massively inflated black turnout to have a remote chance.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (wn0/z)

182 Trump, the energizer bunny of rallies schedule.

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
3h
🚨 WOW! Donald Trump is going FULL 2024 MODE with very little sleep and his campaign schedule just keeps growing

TODAY: North Carolina
TOMORROW: South Carolina
THURSDAY: Iowa
FRIDAY: Florida
SATURDAY: Georgia
SUNDAY: Michigan 🔥

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (E4rtv)

183 Lina isn't on the ballot this time around. She's stepping back to spend more time with her mental illness.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (xEhzD)

184 Omar married a U.S. citizen, so that will be her next way out of this.

They can deport her. but maybe she can get back in on a marriage green card?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (6ydKt)

185 184 Omar married a U.S. citizen, so that will be her next way out of this.

They can deport her. but maybe she can get back in on a marriage green card?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (6ydKt)

========

There is a visa process for marrying an immigrant.

She didn't follow that process.

That defense will die a quick death.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:54 PM (wn0/z)

186 This scam was at the investment level. What I think was going on was the winery was soliciting investments in the company from "investors" who were likely really just donors or otherwise trying to curry favor with a US rep.

This is a very common way to launder money and evade financial disclosure. It's much easier, leaves less a paper and evidence trail, and can involve higher-dollar laundering than the old "fake product" scam.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
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I have no doubt that the US Attorney and the investigative teams in MN have an unlimited budget for interviews, transportation, office space, and all the accoutrements necessary for a top-to-bottom investigation. If they need more, more is just a text or phone call away.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 01:54 PM (rj6Yv)

187 Yet, barrels are nice "decor" and it is possible the empty barrels were for display in the office. A couple mason planks and they make a nice desk or conference table.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
_________

Barrels and milk crates made up my college decor. One of those huge spools for a table. But did not sleep on a pallet.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 01:54 PM (JzUSu)

188 husband convinced her to make it the whitest fraud possible. Wine"

Cheese makers high five each other

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:54 PM (pfXMo)

189 Some can bring in nearly $15,000 per barrel.
Posted by: Orson

But barrel here is just a unit of measure. They buy the wine from the winery and it is shipped in a stainless steel truck to a bottler. The boutique winery selling it never sees a wooden barrel.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 01:54 PM (BBO56)

190 What matters most is two things:

Seeing Republican districts turnout to make sure that there isn't depressed turnout on that front.

And, black turnout being down (if South Dallas is any indication, it's very down comparatively).

Democrats can't win statewide if Republicans are actually voting and blacks aren't.

They'd need massively depressed Republican turnout and massively inflated black turnout to have a remote chance.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (wn0/z)
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I think R voters are energized and have learned their lesson.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (eGzf1)

191 > was just a front "

>>It's a put on?

Eminently

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (viF8m)

192
Most of the rest of the state other than Minneapolis/St. Paul is actually red and getting redder due to the urbanites turning Minnesota into a laughing stock.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:50 PM (E4rtv)

_________

In 2024, Trump lost MN by 4 percent, which means he actually won.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (eRlcH)

193 It's a put on?
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:52 PM (pfXMo)
===============
Pete Townsend called and say that's Roger Daltrey's line.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (aDNkm)

194 BTW the entire winery investment scheme blew up along with Omar’s adjustment to her financial statements and taxes. As part of that financial process the FA will typically ask about potential increases in wealth in order to take advantage of various tax and financial advantages in the future. They disclosed that potential increase to their FA and tax people, and rather unwittingly also provided evidence of their fraud.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (60OBK)

195 190 I think R voters are energized and have learned their lesson.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (eGzf1)

===

I think Democrats nationalized the Texas Senate race, so Texas Republicans are treating it like a presidential election.

So are Democrats.

But, last presidential election, Republicans won by 14.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (wn0/z)

196 171 Between all the federal programs and USAID, it's going to take a helluva large DOJ group to track down all the different frauds. Happily, they have that going.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:51 PM (aDNkm)

Assholes got sensors in orbit that can auto-translate a conversation overheard between two drain flies in a Tashkent whorehouse, and have it automatically transcribed and printed and on your desk within seconds if either of them happened to mention Elvis Pressley, and you wanna tell me they can't trace a couple damn dirty checks that the scumbags weren't even bothering to hide because they knew they'd never be touched....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:56 PM (aKiSo)

197 Lina isn't on the ballot this time around. She's stepping back to spend more time with her mental illness."

True, but the Dim machine in harris county is up and running

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:56 PM (pfXMo)

198
His reaction when asked: "Um, I don't recall any marriage. Really, not that I recall..."

___________

Every guy remembers his wedding day. Not always happily, but he remembers it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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

His answer alone, regardless of the contrast with Ilhan's emphatic denial, is insanely sus.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 01:56 PM (mmrXZ)

199
I think Democrats nationalized the Texas Senate race, so Texas Republicans are treating it like a presidential election.

So are Democrats.

But, last presidential election, Republicans won by 14.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (wn0/z)
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Slotkin opening her pie hole so close to the mid-terms didn't help either.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:56 PM (eGzf1)

200 What would it take for them to stop voting for her. Or "voting"

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:57 PM (XvD//)

201 In 2024, Trump lost MN by 4 percent, which means he actually won.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 01:55 PM (eRlcH)
*****************************

The difference in the 2016 presidential election in Minnesota was about one-and-a-half percent, if you want to mention close Minnesota elections.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 20, 2026 01:58 PM (GK1HQ)

202 200 What would it take for them to stop voting for her. Or "voting"

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:57 PM (XvD//)

=======

Her district is partisan Democrat.

It'd take her changing parties.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:58 PM (wn0/z)

203 >Ilhan "Omar" is counting on being unindictable in the uber-left jurisdictions of Washington D. C. and Minnesota.

>>Then it must have come as a shock to her that a Democrat DC Magistrate, one who has a history of donating to Democrat politicians, signed the search warrant of her home.--Posted by: JackStraw

It probably did.

But the jury pool in those jurisdictions is contaminated. Ilhan "Omar" is a black, female, Muslim immigrant. How are they going to get an indictment in Washington, D.C., which voted 91% for Kamala Harris in 2024?

If there's a way around that, I'd like to hear it.

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 01:58 PM (OlgZh)

204 Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:56 PM (aKiSo)
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It's so hard they may have to work on Saturdays. Can't have that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:58 PM (aDNkm)

205
Why Marrying Your Gay Brother is the Ultimate American Value

David French

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:58 PM (XvD//)

206 Have we had the "everyone marries their gay brother to evade the law" lecture yet?

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (XvD//)

207 Under the radar but today on X

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
🚨 JUST IN: The FBI is reportedly RAIDING locations across Queens, Brooklyn, and Staten Island right now in a federal healthcare FRAUD crackdown, with agents spotted walking out of a building in Flushing

More. THERE IT IS! 👏🏻

Flushing is ground zero. Dr. Oz toured the neighborhood recently and pointed to 64 adult day care centers and a dense cluster of pharmacies tied to suspicious Medicaid billing

In February, two Flushing men were charged with a $120 MILLION Medicare and Medicaid scheme run through a pharmacy and adult day cares

I spot a trend!

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)

208 Since she was particularly anti-American while robbing us blind, fuck her, and I hope she ends up back in Somalia. Shit hole indeed.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (iOpI2)

209 74 61 Odd how no one's ever gotten hot and bothered about a flying motorcycle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aKiSo)

They occasionally happen during bad vehicle accidents.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

"WATCH OUT- MOTORCYCLES ARE EVERYWHERE!"
-stupid signage

"Indeed. There's some motorcycle there *points*. And some over there *points*. And there's even some waaaaay over there *points*."
-me, at accident scene

Posted by: fringe at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (9W15a)

210 Slotkin opening her pie hole so close to the mid-terms didn't help either.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 01:56 PM (eGzf1)
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That bitch!

Posted by: John Brennan at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (aDNkm)

211 Every time a keffiyeh-draped "youth" or a all-black-clothed clown armed with a Molotov Cocktail shows up on a European riot video, more Republicans and independents are fired up to head to the polls. More PA flags, comrades! Wave them with pride!

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:00 PM (rj6Yv)

212 So… anyone know where Ilhan is at the moment?

Doubt we’ll get our ‘escorted by police in handcuffs’ moment, but one can hope…

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:00 PM (4KUe5)

213 184 Omar married a U.S. citizen, so that will be her next way out of this.

They can deport her. but maybe she can get back in on a marriage green card?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (6ydKt)

Ah, that could explain why she married outside her clan. And outside her race. I vaguely recall the groom converted to Islam, checking that box at least. This would indicate she was thinking ahead about possible immigration problems.

But what does the white guy get out of the deal? A slice of the Somali fraud bucks? Getting to have gay sex with an unending stream of gay Somalis? Nothing but tears of regret after being duped by a congenital Somali fraudster?

Posted by: Gref at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (5rh/l)

214 OT, funny:
Florida Issues Arrest Warrant For Former Cuban Leader Raul Castro
https://shorturl.at/LZdjM
Zerohedge, pulled from Epoch Times

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (jb8Ss)

215 Omar married a U.S. citizen, so that will be her next way out of this.

They can deport her. but maybe she can get back in on a marriage green card?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 01:53 PM (6ydKt)
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That was a citizen to citizen marriage, wasn't it?

If you are a non-citizen and want to marry a citizen and get a green card or citizenship, there's a very specific process you have to go through.

And that process is no joke (at least on paper). A guy in my car circle is going through it now. Married his long-term Italian girlfriend.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

216 206 Have we had the "everyone marries their gay brother to evade the law" lecture yet?

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (XvD//)

Heyell NO!

Posted by: Inbred Redneck at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (l3cgK)

217 Flushing is Chinatown....

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (AKptf)

218 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: Bo and Luke Duke at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (8B4gm)

219 Every time a keffiyeh-draped "youth" or a all-black-clothed clown armed with a Molotov Cocktail shows up on a European riot video, more Republicans and independents are fired up to head to the polls. More PA flags, comrades! Wave them with pride!
Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:00 PM (rj6Yv)

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Funny, I drew a similar conclusion, that the summer of love in France was reminding people Democrats would like to have it happen again here.

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (eGzf1)

220 There was a video made by a couple people who went to the actual winery Omar was purported to own. This was right after her financial disclosure plummeted.

There was no "winery." No grapes. No nothing. Just a huge empty lot. A few decrepit building, but... no it wasn't a working, or soon to be working winery.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:02 PM (RORbl)

221 215 That was a citizen to citizen marriage, wasn't it?

If you are a non-citizen and want to marry a citizen and get a green card or citizenship, there's a very specific process you have to go through.

And that process is no joke (at least on paper). A guy in my car circle is going through it now. Married his long-term Italian girlfriend.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (iFTx/)

======

The importing spouse has to go back home and apply for the visa.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:02 PM (wn0/z)

222 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

I was joking. Maybe you are too.

But I wonder, do people know what a mason plank is? It is the wood they used to use for scaffolding and by masons for building walls. Now they use special scaffold planks, but it used to be wood you would get from lumber yard that was not milled and hardwood.

Not sure of dimensions now and I don't trust my memory, I think 5/4 to 2" x 10" up to 14"

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 20, 2026 02:02 PM (BBO56)

223 Dumpster DNA brings down Omar the Cobra!

This is perfection. Who would have believed this entire story 20yrs ago? That this Congress Womman of the Squad had lied her way into citizenship and the Capitol.

To have your fake marriage to your gay brother in the news. Not what she wanted.

Wut's in your wallet, Ilhan?
*insert photo of her screaming like a cheerleader at Trump during a SOTU

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:02 PM (hzuYO)

224
She was seen in california at a cair conference over the weekend, she was one of the keynote speakers. Pretty ironic.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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

Rlly? Chatbot says no. There were cair events in cali, but she was not listed as a speaker.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:02 PM (mmrXZ)

225 If there's a way around that, I'd like to hear it.

Posted by: Just reporting

You get to try someone based on where the crimes were committed. A lot of the financial crimes were committed in Minnesota which has the entire state to draw a jury from. Same for the fraud in immigration--jurisdiction is MN. All DC magistrate did was sign a warrant for her home in DC, not where the cases has to be tried. Normally you go to wherever the evidence is and the local magistrates execute the search warrants on the ground. This was true even regarding Trump. Local magistrate judges issued the Mar a Lago search warrant even though Smith was using a DC grand jury at the time.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

226
Flushing is Chinatown....
Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (AKptf)

__________

Chinese are past masters at financial chicanery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:03 PM (eRlcH)

227 The importing spouse has to go back home and apply for the visa.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:02 PM (wn0/z)

"Awww, dammit all, ya bulb-headed floozy. That's a Diner's Club, not a Visa! Now we gotta go back again."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 02:03 PM (aKiSo)

228 209 74 61 Odd how no one's ever gotten hot and bothered about a flying motorcycle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 01:32 PM (aKiSo)

They occasionally happen during bad vehicle accidents.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

"WATCH OUT- MOTORCYCLES ARE EVERYWHERE!"
-stupid signage

"Indeed. There's some motorcycle there *points*. And some over there *points*. And there's even some waaaaay over there *points*."
-me, at accident scene

Posted by: fringe at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (9W15a)

Motorcyclists and bicyclists are some of the worst assholes on the road. It's almost as if they don't realize that a car or truck or semi are much, much more massive than they are. Oh, I watch for them, despite some of the stupid behavior (including one that, when I tried to pull into a parking entrance and the car in front of me hit the brakes, so I was jutting into the bike lane) slammed his fist on the trunk of my car...really, really stupid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

229 now in a federal healthcare FRAUD crackdown,"

Yeah. Have elderly disabled veteran parents with real dementia diagnosis?
Tough sh... spend every penny you've ever made. And then some.

Make up a bunch of crap? Payday!

F...me. And I'm supposed to be a good boy and pay taxes and such?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:04 PM (pfXMo)

230 “Particularly unAmerican” is a nice way to put it.

She is a vile woman who loves to bait with ugly statements, such as essentially blaming Charlie Kirk for his own assassination and he has no legacy other than hatred.

All she does is dish it out knowing she gets a free pass as a black, Muslim woman. Free pass being denied - at last!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:04 PM (4KUe5)

231 Ahmed Nur Said Elmi -

WITH A FACE only a sister could love ...

Posted by: _Jim at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (Xdx1K)

232 You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (offKY)

233 Flushing is Chinatown....
Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (AKptf)
_____

Chinese yes, and also big Korean population there too.

Lotsa yellow hotties that Hunter Biden wouldn't be interested in.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

234 Funny, I drew a similar conclusion, that the summer of love in France was reminding people Democrats would like to have it happen again here.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (eGzf1)
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Besides MN, I expect the blowback to more intense in the mid-Atlantic states and NE. The Columbia University protests are not forgotten.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (rj6Yv)

235 But what does the white guy get out of the deal?"

Money for nothing...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:06 PM (pfXMo)

236
In February, two Flushing men were charged with a $120 MILLION Medicare and Medicaid scheme run through a pharmacy and adult day cares

I spot a trend!
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:59 PM (E4rtv)

************
I LOVE IT!

GET OUT! GET THEM ALL OUT!

I'd honestly help pay expenses, President Trump!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:06 PM (hzuYO)

237
But what does the white guy get out of the deal? A slice of the Somali fraud bucks? Getting to have gay sex with an unending stream of gay Somalis? Nothing but tears of regret after being duped by a congenital Somali fraudster?
Posted by: Gref at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (5rh/l)
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Access to young nubile congressional staffers. (No way there's a marital bed between those two.)

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 20, 2026 02:06 PM (eGzf1)

238 226
Flushing is Chinatown....
Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 02:01 PM (AKptf)

__________

Chinese are past masters at financial chicanery.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:03 PM (eRlcH)

In China, no frushing...you do in hole.

Posted by: Two Wongs no make Right at October 20, 2026 02:06 PM (l3cgK)

239 She's on Talarico Island, sipping margaritas.

Just got a free copy “The Week”. Features Mr? Talarico on the cover, and the headline:

Getting religion
Talarico and the rise of the new Christian Democrats

Apparently, this is all Trump’s fault for having “Epstein-adjacent allies”.

Golly, should I subscribe to this magazine or not? I just can’t tell.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 02:06 PM (kYmoU)

240
All she does is dish it out knowing she gets a free pass as a black, Muslim woman. Free pass being denied - at last!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:04 PM (4KUe5)

__________

One without a joy buzzer. Because of white male supremacy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:06 PM (eRlcH)

241 They might be able to get an indictment in Minnesota. The blacks there don't much like the Somalis. Only AWFLs and other Somalis are the problem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (vJPf4)

242 She married her brother and wound up in MN instead of WV? That's UnAmerican!

Posted by: DaveA at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (FhXTo)

243 @ 225

Do you think there's a better-than-50/50 chance they can get a Minnesota jury to indict her?

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (OlgZh)

244 Omar's accession to Congress is pure Islamic infiltration. They're all doing it to gain control of the levers of power and subvert the US into a Islamic country.

There are already enclaves that follow Islamic "law" and there are more coming.

It's a conquest. We haven't acknowledged it yet. Well, some of us haven't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (RORbl)

245 243 @ 225

Do you think there's a better-than-50/50 chance they can get a Minnesota jury to indict her?

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (OlgZh)

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Minnesota is not just Minneapolis.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (wn0/z)

246 When is Netflix going to produce the remake of "All in the Family" with a Somali family coming to America?

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (offKY)

247 I'm dreaming of either a video of the rush to self deport for Omar or her mug shot without her famous turban.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (hzuYO)

248 Ilhan "Omar" is counting on being unindictable in the uber-left jurisdictions of Washington D. C. and Minnesota.

>>Then it must have come as a shock to her that a Democrat DC Magistrate, one who has a history of donating to Democrat politicians, signed the search warrant of her home.--Posted by: JackStraw

It probably did.

But the jury pool in those jurisdictions is contaminated. Ilhan "Omar" is a black, female, Muslim immigrant. How are they going to get an indictment in Washington, D.C., which voted 91% for Kamala Harris in 2024?

If there's a way around that, I'd like to hear it.

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 01:58 PM (OlgZh)
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Depends where the crime occurred and/or possibly where the effect was felt. If you live in the bluest area in DC but defraud a TX company, and the harm happened in TX, the indictment could be brought in TX.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

249 This is absolutely insane stuff. People will look back at this as an all time low. The lack of support for this woman from her own party leaders is barbaric.

Yeah liberals punching left. And the right leverage division. The leftists are the future they’re the only ones seeding new grassroots candidates. And if the liberals keeping punching left, and the fascists win, we’re gonna end up with full blown Communism.

Everyone was comprehensively warned of this type of fascist action but the feckless 80M still couldn't be bothered to vote because Gaza or whatever. Utterly shameful and pathetic.

Let’s be serious. If her father lied and said she was 17 instead of 18 (-25 years ago). Do you think that should be cause to denaturalize someone?

This is the exact constitutional abuse that should have the 2 A folks up in arms. Instead they are showing their authoritarian colors. Next time we bring up gun safety laws tell them to shove their idea of the constitution up their asses. Fucking traitors.

Trump goons were saying they had a strong case against the reflecting pool “vandal” too. These people are fucking clowns.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (A9bg4)

250 All she does is dish it out knowing she gets a free pass as a black, Muslim woman. Free pass being denied - at last!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:04 PM (4KUe5)

But what about muh norms. What about if a Democrat gets in office and decides to start using the law against Republicans?

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (XvD//)

251 Have also seen a woman who requested docs on her dad via FOIA a few years ago was told in way they couldn’t find any records on his immigration.

Fake marriage (done legally) to her brother + immigration via her dad whose documents don’t exist = she’s screwed.

Also, pretty sure that when denaturalized it can be done with denial of future entry? Meaning she can’t just reapply and start over.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (4KUe5)

252 Motorcyclists and bicyclists are some of the worst assholes on the road"

Let me introduce you to the electric scooter...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (pfXMo)

253
Another reason I think this has legs is that her defenders (i.e., Trump attackers) aren't talking about the merits of this case. They're just throwing the old accusations of fascism and racism and misogyny.

The AWFLs (one of them is black, but functionally white) at Strict Scrutiny whiffed by saying that uh, mumble-whatever about the case, it's (brightening and speaking clearly) VERY BAD OF THE DOJ AND RACIST OF DONALD TRUMP to do these raids and public investigations within 60 days of an election! Nothing about the facts...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (mmrXZ)

254 What I want to know, is which is bigger: the percent of Indian DNA Lizzie Warren has or the percent of goat DNA Ilhan has.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (jb8Ss)

255 Well for somebody who “won’t be silenced” Ilhan sure has been pretty quiet since last week.

She knows she’s in deep shit.
Her American husband might be her final card to play after they send her back to Somalia.

She could wait until a Dem is president then start the marriage green card process.

Just thinking like a con artist pirate Somali here.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (6ydKt)

256
Marrying a family member is no big deal.

Posted by: Troy Jackson, Maine senate candidate. Married my cousin at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (OkYzo)

257 By the way, has anyone seen her lately? She seems to have vanished.

My guess is she's hiding in a cargo container en route to Argentina.

Posted by: weew at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (9TspW)

258
Chinese are past masters at financial chicanery.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:03 PM (eRlcH)

Bad joss to get caught ...

Posted by: Dirk Struan at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (oCio0)

259 Yeah liberals punching left. And the right leverage division. The leftists are the future they’re the only ones seeding new grassroots candidates. And if the liberals keeping punching left, and the fascists win, we’re gonna end up with full blown Communism.

Yeah, and it'll be great when the commies, after they take over, round up all you useful idiots and place you against walls for your execution...What'll you say then? "But I HELPED YOU and BELIEVED IN YOU!"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)

260 Yeah liberals punching left. And the right leverage division. The leftists are the future they’re the only ones seeding new grassroots candidates. And if the liberals keeping punching left, and the fascists win, we’re gonna end up with full blown Communism.
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Ummm. Drugs are bad ok

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (XvD//)

261
Motorcyclists and bicyclists are some of the worst assholes on the road"

Let me introduce you to the electric scooter...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (pfXMo)

_________

Out of the way, jerkoff!

Posted by: Skateboarders at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (eRlcH)

262 249 Let’s be serious. If her father lied and said she was 17 instead of 18 (-25 years ago). Do you think that should be cause to denaturalize someone?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (A9bg4)

========

"Also, Trump's lawyer classifying a payment to Stormy Daniels on an internal financial document with no reporting power should have led to Trump's execution."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (wn0/z)

263 You can bet on this stuff on Kalshi and Poly. There are markets for when she is indicted and for what.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (VEYhL)

264 254 What I want to know, is which is bigger: the percent of Indian DNA Lizzie Warren has or the percent of goat DNA Ilhan has.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (jb8Ss)

Her brother probably has more goat DNA on and in him...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (l3cgK)

265 She just has the flu!

Posted by: MSM at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (n1ewr)

266
Also, pretty sure that when denaturalized it can be done with denial of future entry? Meaning she can’t just reapply and start over.
Posted by: Lizzy

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Even if she could reapply, surely they could deny her new application on the basis of her previous fraud. Or hell, on the basis of what they ate for dinner last night.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (mmrXZ)

267 Chinese yes, and also big Korean population there too.

Lotsa yellow hotties that Hunter Biden wouldn't be interested in.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

Massage parlors ??

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (AKptf)

268 266
Also, pretty sure that when denaturalized it can be done with denial of future entry? Meaning she can’t just reapply and start over.
Posted by: Lizzy

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Even if she could reapply, surely they could deny her new application on the basis of her previous fraud. Or hell, on the basis of what they ate for dinner last night.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (mmrXZ)

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Her advocation for communist ideologies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:12 PM (wn0/z)

269 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)

If only El Presidente Por Todos Los Dias Cortez knew!!!

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:12 PM (XvD//)

270 Do you think that should be cause to denaturalize someone?"

Yes.

"bring up gun safety laws "

"Misstate" on a 4473 and let me know how that works out, m'kay?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:12 PM (pfXMo)

271 261
Motorcyclists and bicyclists are some of the worst assholes on the road"

Let me introduce you to the electric scooter...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (pfXMo)

_________

Out of the way, jerkoff!

Posted by: Skateboarders at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (eRlcH)

Rules in Kalifornia:
You don't need a license to drive an e-bike. You DO need a drivers license to drive an e-scooter or any other motorized scooter.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:12 PM (l3cgK)

272 OT

Yup, Jalen Hurts got the clot shot in 2021.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:13 PM (Poy1v)

273 Exactly, Blonde Morticia!
Of course, we have to make sure a Democrat doesn’t win in 2028 or they’ll no doubt invite her back in.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:13 PM (4KUe5)

274 The quote is preceded by "How do you write women so well," from the Jack Nicolson movie, As Good as It Gets. So, no, wrong entirely.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Oh, I don't know... I haven't seen much reason or accountability from those who self-identify as incels...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 02:14 PM (vJrRc)

275 272 OT

Yup, Jalen Hurts got the clot shot in 2021.
Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:13 PM (Poy1v)

Pfft ...

Posted by: Jiri Kulich at October 20, 2026 02:14 PM (oCio0)

276 >"By the way, has anyone seen her lately? She seems to have vanished.

My guess is she's hiding in a cargo container en route to Argentina."

Last I heard this morning, the FBI believes that she's still in the country, unless the situation has changed.

Posted by: Just reporting at October 20, 2026 02:14 PM (OlgZh)

277 that when denaturalized"

You mean like alcohol?

/Hillary

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (pfXMo)

278
By the way, has anyone seen her lately? She seems to have vanished.

My guess is she's hiding in a cargo container en route to Argentina.
Posted by: weew

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

I thinks she's either gone or holed up somewhere plotting to go at the first opportunity. I mean like, the minute the bribed officers rotate in. BOLT.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (mmrXZ)

279 Headline (NBC News):

"How France’s far right has capitalized on a weekend of riots, looting and chaos

Marine Le Pen has used the unrest to cast herself as the voice of reason, order and strict controls on immigration."

Me:

Her troll a couple of days ago was EPIC.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (rj6Yv)

280 Chinese yes, and also big Korean population there too.

Lotsa yellow hotties that Hunter Biden wouldn't be interested in.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

Massage parlors ??
Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 02:11 PM (AKptf)
______

[Perks up]

-- Robert Kraft

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (iFTx/)

281 If she's arrested, will Ace post a burning skull with a turban?

I am optimistic, I know, but there's always hope.

This is the closest she's come to being humiliated vs hiding behind her Somolian pirate roots.

And, in typical Somolian pirate fashion, she's raped and pillaged the USA.

The Squad seems quiet or I've missed their retarded retort screams in all this...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (hzuYO)

282
I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:30 PM (VyBeY)

leaping ONTO protest crowds

Squishy.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (y9nCu)

283 But what about muh norms. What about if a Democrat gets in office and decides to start using the law against Republicans?
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:09 PM (XvD//)

This IS the "What If", dumbasses. You're looking at it, square in the ass of the horse bolting over the horizon while you stand there holding the barn door you opened yourselves. You Fucked Around, and now you get to Find Out, so shut your yaps and enjoy the show. I know I'm going to."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (aKiSo)

284
I see a lot of weekend cyclist packs touring the roads in my rural location. Never had a problem with them. It's when you get urban cyclists that their full assholitude becomes manifest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (eRlcH)

285 How France’s far right has capitalized on a weekend of riots, looting and chaos
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Seize pounce capitalize!!!!

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (XvD//)

286 The balls on this woman are incredible

You would think if someone scammed their way in like this they wouldn’t run for congress

But look how the media and dems have covered for her this whole time

Posted by: Maroon at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (iZHgT)

287 Massage parlors ??"

Steam 'n' cream?

/ heard from a friend

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (pfXMo)

288 Everyone was comprehensively warned of this type of fascist action but the feckless 80M still couldn't be bothered to vote because Gaza or whatever. Utterly shameful and pathetic.

lol. They actually think Biden's 80 Million voters exist.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (vJrRc)

289 Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (aKiSo)

LOL true

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (XvD//)

290 288 Everyone was comprehensively warned of this type of fascist action but the feckless 80M still couldn't be bothered to vote because Gaza or whatever. Utterly shameful and pathetic.

lol. They actually think Biden's 80 Million voters exist.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (vJrRc)

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They think 80 million people voted on the Gaza issue?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (wn0/z)

291 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (A9bg4)
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So following the law is optional?

Good to know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (PFC1v)

292 The Squad seems quiet"

It's refreshing

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (pfXMo)

293 291 Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (A9bg4)
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So following the law is optional?

Good to know.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (PFC1v)

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For Democrats.

For Republicans, just existing is against the spirit of the law.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (wn0/z)

294 Talk about 'All in the Family,' sheesh.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:17 PM (awxTv)

295 232 You don't have to go home but you can't stay here.
Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 02:05 PM (offKY)

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Yes!

There are so many I want to say that to.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (iOpI2)

296
another kooky thing about her behavior, she actually got fined in 2019 for using some piddly amount around $2200 in campaign funds on immigration attorneys.

Why on earth wouldn't she just spring for such a pitiful amount from her own pocket? She could afford it in a heartbeat. Why expose herself like that? That's where people are speculating on the brother-marriage issue.

Either she's ridiculously careless or some staffer is in big trouble for using the wrong bank account.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (mmrXZ)

297
But look how the media and dems have covered for her this whole time

Posted by: Maroon at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (iZHgT)

Not just covered for her but used her for The Cause. They would be beating you over the head with her muslim female this and that shit to this minute if they could.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (XvD//)

298 246 When is Netflix going to produce the remake of "All in the Family" with a Somali family coming to America?
Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 02:07 PM (offKY)

"Edith isn't the only one who could use a clitoridectomy around here, Meathead!"

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (xEhzD)

299 Selling the empty barrels sounds a lot like the scheme LBJ and Al Gore, Sr ran - "selling" cattle that the buyers would completely forget to pick up. So it's a Democrat tradition. And since wine is involved, I bet that she received helpful set up advice from some California friends.

Any guess on how long before we start hearing, "Well, give her a break. Fraud is a long-standing Somali tradition. Bigot."

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (QJwZd)

300 Not that it matters a bit, however her brother's outfit is weird and he's carrying a purse.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (hzuYO)

301 You would think if someone scammed their way in like this they wouldn’t run for congress

Posted by: Maroon at October 20, 2026 02:16 PM (iZHgT)
###################################

Some people might think that makes one perfectly suited for a career in Congress.

Posted by: Zombie Mark Twain at October 20, 2026 02:19 PM (n1ewr)

302 Why on earth wouldn't she just spring for such a pitiful amount from her own pocket? "

She's above all that.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:19 PM (pfXMo)

303 carrying a purse."

It's his dildo holder...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 02:20 PM (pfXMo)

304 273 Exactly, Blonde Morticia!
Of course, we have to make sure a Democrat doesn’t win in 2028 or they’ll no doubt invite her back in.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 02:13 PM (4KUe5)

I’d honestly expect the Dems in congress to come up with a special ‘Ilhan’s Law’ to somehow get her back in the country once they retake power.

They can blame it on Trump and ‘white supremacy’ and bring her home on Air Force 1 with a welcome home party.

Not trying to be pessimistic, I just know the Dems too well by now.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:20 PM (6ydKt)

305
Maybe the Trump administration could do a Cruise ship "return to Somaliland!" package. Illham Omar could be the headliner.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 02:20 PM (OkYzo)

306
The balls on this woman are incredible

You would think if someone scammed their way in like this they wouldn’t run for congress

But look how the media and dems have covered for her this whole time
Posted by: Maroon

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

It's amazing, isn't it? But apparently,

1) she knew how to play the game -- if they challenge you, scream RACISM MISOGYNY BIGOTRY ISLAMOPHOBIA, and

2) the fraud was so entrenched, she could be confident off a permanent Democrat dominance in which she would never be exposed.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:20 PM (mmrXZ)

307 SO.

What do we think will happen?

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (ZxPkt)

308 Good news:

Woke Narnia looks like it's getting shitcanned by Netflix and at least some responsible heads will roll for it.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (Poy1v)

309 300 Not that it matters a bit, however her brother's outfit is weird and he's carrying a purse.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (hzuYO)

He’s a known fag so it fits.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (6ydKt)

310 What kind of an idiot marries her homo brother?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (8EQTH)

311 So this is all they could find on her. It means she obviously hasn't lied about anything important or we would know by now.
This ridiculous private family stuff is how clean Democrats are meanwhile Republicans get away with actual murder!

Intercepted Retard Transmissions

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (XvD//)

312 Brother needs a damn pick or something. Maybe teach your asshole sisterwife how to braid some rows my dude. Damn. Nerdy Buckwheat. Figure your shit out.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (aKiSo)

313 249 Let’s be serious. If her father lied and said she was 17 instead of 18 (-25 years ago). Do you think that should be cause to denaturalize someone?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 20, 2026 02:08 PM (A9bg4)

Me! me! Pick me!

The answer is yes. The fact she has committed so much fraud beyond this proves the initial response of yes is the correct one.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (ZdaMQ)

314 there may be others ...

I hit black ice in Michigan once and spun around into a ditch; it wouldn’t have taken much of a boost to get out and back on the road.

Not to mention, a computer could have detected the issue and kept me from going into the ditch in the first place.

Not sure about the time I fell asleep and did a Dukes of Hazzard leap across half of a ravine.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (kYmoU)

315
I’d honestly expect the Dems in congress to come up with a special ‘Ilhan’s Law’ to somehow get her back in the country once they retake power.
...
Not trying to be pessimistic, I just know the Dems too well by now.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

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

Sounds entirely plausible to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)

316 "Do they have a green dildo in the purse?" - WNBA.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:22 PM (awxTv)

317 Maybe the Trump administration could do a Cruise ship "return to Somaliland!" package. Illham Omar could be the headliner.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 20, 2026 02:20 PM (OkYzo)

Ship, Missile, whatever you got.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (aKiSo)

318 308 Good news:

Woke Narnia looks like it's getting shitcanned by Netflix and at least some responsible heads will roll for it.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (Poy1v)

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No, Narnia is not getting shitcanned.

The exec who greenlit is getting shitcanned (his whole tenure for the last 3 years has been...uneven). The biggest issue regarding his firing is probably David Fincher leaving his contract with Netflix after 10+ years (Lin, the exec, refused the reshoots Fincher wanted and only gave him a fraction of the schedule Fincher asked for).

However, there does seem to be a stoppage on new developments until a new executive team is installed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (wn0/z)

319 The one time I hit black ice I braked to slow down for a traffic light and the brake didn't do anything. Very very odd feeling.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (XvD//)

320 Is it wrong to say Somali people (in general, not all) look retarded? I guess that 70 IQ has "a look."

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (iOpI2)

321 Unwind that shitty rag hat a bit and use it to tie her fucking noggin to a JASSM.

FWOOOSH!

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (aKiSo)

322 Isn't brother Ahmed Nur Said Elmi a fancy-boy dandy!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (wVcYX)

323
Omar apparently was with CAIR in Seattle, hiding out. Good plan , doesn't look suspicious at all.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

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

Chatbot says that was October 10. Can't find any sightings of the past weekend.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (mmrXZ)

324
What do we think will happen?
Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 02:21 PM (ZxPkt)

__________

The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid, the calf and the lion and the fatling together, and a little child shall lead them.

The cow and the bear shall graze, their young shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.

The nursing child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put its hand on the adder’s den.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (eRlcH)

325 The Squad seems quiet or I've missed their retarded retort screams in all this...
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 02:15 PM (hzuYO)

Tlalib was making "I can't believe this" noises the other day.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)

326 NOOD

SPLC

filthy commie de-banking front

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 02:25 PM (jb8Ss)

327 Nood kkk splc

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 20, 2026 02:25 PM (6ydKt)

328 Comer also referred to Omar's numerous connections to the Somali fraud network in Minnesota, including through earmarking taxpayer money for an alleged substance abuse clinic that was actually a fraud scam run out of a restaurant."

Somali food is substance abuse !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (NtVYv)

329 They have six months to reshoot and edit Narnia...

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (awxTv)

330
The lack of support for this woman from her own party leaders is barbaric.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions

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

I saw a couple of Reps on X defending her, and of course there's the essay by Obama, which has me infinitely puzzled.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:26 PM (mmrXZ)

331 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (wn0/z)

--Thank, TJM. I hope it's a good portent. Rumors are it's even more horrawful than Rangz of Power.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (Poy1v)

332 331 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (wn0/z)

--Thank, TJM. I hope it's a good portent. Rumors are it's even more horrawful than Rangz of Power.

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:27 PM (Poy1v)

======

Yes, the film is probably awful.

However, the news swirling today is about something other than Narnia being canceled, and I've seen more than one person assert that connection.

Reading comprehension is apparently a challenge.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (wn0/z)

333 another kooky thing about her behavior, she actually got fined in 2019 for using some piddly amount around $2200 in campaign funds on immigration attorneys.

Why on earth wouldn't she just spring for such a pitiful amount from her own pocket? She could afford it in a heartbeat. Why expose herself like that? That's where people are speculating on the brother-marriage issue.

Either she's ridiculously careless or some staffer is in big trouble for using the wrong bank account.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 02:18 PM (mmrXZ)

Pirate. "Take what you can, give nothing back!"

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (wVcYX)

334 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 02:28 PM (RIvkX)

335 60 >>>They were apparently selling investors barrels of wine to be aged, but there was nothing in the barrels."

Literally selling a bill of goods.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,
---

I like the part about buying bottles of cheap wine and re-labeling them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 02:29 PM (JS6jE)

336 Is it wrong to say Somali people (in general, not all) look retarded? I guess that 70 IQ has "a look."
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (iOpI2)

--Light bulb heads with overbites

Posted by: logprof at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (Poy1v)

337 ======

I'm sure it is in Houston.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:47 PM (wn0/z)
----

Houston for sure. Harris County might be a toss up if the count is legit.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (JS6jE)

338 LMAO

Abdul El-Sayed to black Americans: I like fried chicken just like you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)

339 282
I see two valid use cases for Tesla flight as it stands:
- avoiding oncoming / t-bone collisions
- leaping over protest roadblocks
there may be others ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez
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Protesters lined up behind the road blocks, ranting, chanting and throwing rocks. Teslas roll up in tandem, sitting there pulsing on their Mexican shock absorbers. The crowd flees in panic knowing the next move to come.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 02:54 PM (JS6jE)

Feminists: Rape Is a Weapon of White Supremacy
Also Feminists: If Our Revolutionary Islamic Brothers Threaten to Rape Women, That's Just "Collateral Damage" In the Cause of Socialist Justice

Imtiaz Mahmood
@ImtiazMadmood

French left-wing activist Bettina Zourli who describes herself as a journalist, feminist, and pro Palestine activist tells a woman who was threatened with rape while holding her baby during last night's riots that her experience was "collateral damage" in the revolution.
A "professor" of "Gender Sociology". Throw her to the wolves and she can find out first hand. She's perfectly happy to call others trauma acceptable collateral but I suspect if she lived the experience she would be quiet.
Useful idiots are a real thing. Very on brand behavior for those fucking lunatics. Of course she's pro-all those things, and of course she looks like that.
The woman who complains about lawless violence says she's in favor of the Revolution.
"I never thought the Islamo-Leftist leopards would eat my face!"
Any means is justified for the Revolution that will bring about Paradise.
Except there won't be Paradise.

SwordOfSalomon
@SwordOfSalomon
Oct 18
Translated from French
🚨📹 IDENTIFICATION: She described the rape threat made by rioters against a mother accompanied by her infant as "collateral damage." In the same video filmed at Place de la République by @brutofficiel
, she calls for revolution and revels in the violence and destruction in Paris.
This woman is named Bettina Zourli. An LFI activist and pro-Palestinian 🇵🇸, she is also a sociology professor at @UnivRennes_2.

French left-wing activist Bettina Zourli who describes herself as a journalist, feminist, and pro Palestine activist tells a woman who was threatened with rape while holding her baby during last night�s riots that her experience was �collateral damage� in the revolution.
A "professor" of "Gender Sociology". Throw her to the wolves and she can find out first hand. She's perfectly happy to call others trauma acceptable collateral but I suspect if she lived the experience she would be quiet.
Useful idiots are a real thing. Very on brand behavior for those fucking lunatics. Of course she's pro-all those things, and of course she looks like that.
The woman who complains about lawless violence says she's in favor of the Revolution.
"I never thought the Islamo-Leftist leopards would eat my face!"
Any means is justified for the Revolution that will bring about Paradise.
Except there won't be Paradise.
— Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) October 19, 2026

📌 https://t.co/fKyJEwz69o
— SwordOfSalomon (@SwordOfSalomon) October 18, 2026

Paris now looks post-apocalyptic, which it actually is.

Italy's PM Georgia Meloni is deploying 500 soldiers to Milan to stop the "Class Size Activists" from destroying that city as well.

Giorgia Meloni's government is set to approve a series of measures Tuesday, including the deployment of 500 troops in Milan, after a weekend of riots in the northern Italian city.
The Italian prime minister is convening a Cabinet meeting Tuesday afternoon to respond to unrest in Milan and other major cities amid youth-led anti-government protests. Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani told Italian media deploying soldiers "with police powers" would be among the measures his government would take.
Police in Milan arrested around 270 people over the weekend, most of them minors, after authorized youth protests turned into violence and looting -- echoing riots in neighboring France.
The government is also considering a range of measures to extend policing powers. People who have not committed any crimes but are seen as a potential risk could be held in preventive detention for up to 24 hours -- a provision that may include minors.
Police could be allowed to arrest people they believe to be rioters even after the fact, and prosecutors may be able to charge alleged rioters as members of a criminal group.

I don't see the words "shoot to kill" in there so, for the moment at least, Georgia Meloni is a female cuck.

Hello. So much grim news.

I hope your day is going well.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:17 PM

Comments

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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:17 PM (JDhDw)

2 Sometimes you've gotta take one for the team.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (8mulE)

3 F Fwance. They're on their own.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (JDhDw)

4 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (NcvvS)

5 Coming soon to many more European countries...

Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2026 12:19 PM (YwEeS)

6 So Cornell Jane doe was 2/7ths rape?

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 12:20 PM (enNUy)

7 Quel Dommage.

Posted by: Bob Terwilliger at October 20, 2026 12:20 PM (brIJB)

8 Remember when feminists were saying women should be lining up to give BJs to BJ Bill Clinton?

We remember.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (l3cgK)

9 Or 5/7ths collateral damage

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (enNUy)

10 The sensible woman needed to punch Bettina in the throat and explain it as collateral damage for the revolution. Why does this never happen?

Posted by: huerfano at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (2Xqig)

11 The "feminist" unerring defense of Kennedy, Clinton, Polanski etc told anyone with a brain everything they needed to know.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (XvD//)

12 I really hate these people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (Y/06r)

13 But that's not rape-rape.

Posted by: Whoopee! Goldberg at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (l3cgK)

14
Old: See Europe before you die.

New: See Europe before it dies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (x51/B)

15 The greatest virtue of communists is that they kill so very many communists.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (okun6)

16 Keep in mind the people telling you revolutionary rape is no biggie also tell you we need to replace the "patriarchy" because it allows white men to rape.

Oh and that not using tranny pronouns is beyond the pale and anyone caught doing so should be cancelled.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

17 Some people are just stupid.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (u73oe)

18 Oh, in favor of the revolution? Rape away.

Posted by: huerfano at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2Xqig)

19 >>Coming soon to many more European countries...

If you read the documents and watch the videos DataRepublican is dropping you will see that the same groups doing this in Europe are planning to do it here after the elections.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (viF8m)

20 18 Oh, in favor of the revolution? Rape away.

Posted by: huerfano at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (2Xqig)

Raaaaping, Raping away,
As France goes on burning...

Posted by: Mohammy "Chris" Cross at October 20, 2026 12:23 PM (l3cgK)

21 This is a bit long, but is spot on for this topic.

The Useful Idiot: A Natural History

Specimen: Western, educated, well-meaning.
Habitat: universities, NGOs, quality newspapers, dinner parties where the wine is good and the opinions are better.
Status: abundant.

The useful idiot is not exactly stupid. This is the first and most important thing to understand. Stupidity would be a defense. The more precise diagnosis is what we in Poland call pół-inteligent – the half-wit. Not the bottom of the intelligence distribution, which is too obviously lost to be useful. Not the genuine top, which tends to develop the inconvenient habit of following arguments wherever they actually lead. The sweet spot: smart enough to absorb a complex ideological framework, to deploy its vocabulary with confidence, to feel the social rewards of appearing sophisticated – but not quite sharp enough to interrogate the framework itself. Enough horsepower to run the program. Not enough to question who wrote it... And the specimen is typically convinced – this is crucial – that it is among the most independent thinkers in the room.

https://tinyurl.com/ymjwp9cr

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

22 That woman's picture just screams "smug, condescending lefty."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (2gwTb)

23 16 Keep in mind the people telling you revolutionary rape is no biggie also tell you we need to replace the "patriarchy" because it allows white men to rape.

Oh and that not using tranny pronouns is beyond the pale and anyone caught doing so should be cancelled.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

========

The incoherence does nothing to convince the revolutionaries that they are wrong.

But it's going to have an effect on softer supporters who start looking at these people as...not normal.

There's a theory that female political preferences actually signal the end points of political movements because they see the established order as something to defend. However, that means that things are shifting away from them as they get more shrill.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (wn0/z)

24 From the comments in the link at @21.

Call them Educated Fools, because that's what they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

25 Feminists: Rape Is a Weapon of White Supremacy
Also Feminists: If Our Revolutionary Islamic Brothers Threaten to Rape Women, That's Just "Collateral Damage" In the Cause of Socialist Justice
_______

What's jacking lines of ket off some fratbro's dick?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

26 She's perfectly happy to call others trauma acceptable collateral but I suspect if she lived the experience she would be quiet.
----
On the contrary, she'd loudly blame her experience on "toxic masculinity" and "white patriarchy."

The last thing she would do is hold her attacker accountable for his actions.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (FZ29D)

27 Italy's PM Georgia Meloni is deploying 500 soldiers to Milan to stop the "Class Size Activists" from destroying that city as well.

fun size activists > class size activists

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sGtp+)

28 Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

Just watch interviews where folks say Trump is a fascist, and what happens when they're asked to describe how it is fascist and to define what fascist is...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (l3cgK)

29 One might argue that western european countries haven’t had adults in charge since the Winston Churchill era… Maggie Thatcher was an aberration for awhile. That’s it… it’s almost like WWI and WWII destroyed Europe but it’s taken 80+ years to recognize the demise

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (wJ5Zl)

30 If you read the documents and watch the videos DataRepublican is dropping you will see that the same groups doing this in Europe are planning to do it here after the elections.
Posted by: JackStraw

So we may actually get to choot commies.
Posted by: Troy Landry

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (JDhDw)

31 Oh, in favor of the revolution? Rape away.

Though sick this is another one of those ways the left actually offers concrete things to its activist class.

Want to rape someone? Do it in the name of the revolution and all will be forgiven.

Meanwhile on the right the usual deal is "support us and we'll hurt you less then the opposition will"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

32 27 Italy's PM Georgia Meloni is deploying 500 soldiers to Milan to stop the "Class Size Activists" from destroying that city as well.

fun size activists > class size activists

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sGtp+)

=======

I had a feeling she'd take it more seriously than Macron.

Which is good. We're going to Milan in like 4 weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (wn0/z)

33 If you read the documents and watch the videos DataRepublican is dropping you will see that the same groups doing this in Europe are planning to do it here after the elections.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (viF8m)

And if they riot? Shoot them down like they are feral swine. No mercy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 12:26 PM (wSl27)

34 8 Remember when feminists were saying women should be lining up to give BJs to BJ Bill Clinton?

We remember.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (l3cgK)

The most damning quote I remember over that came from Nina Berleigh, former Time magazine White House correspondent, who said “I'd be happy to give him (Der Slick) oral sex just to thank him for keeping abortion legal.".

Posted by: Thrawn at October 20, 2026 12:26 PM (oPFtC)

35 25 Feminists: Rape Is a Weapon of White Supremacy
Also Feminists: If Our Revolutionary Islamic Brothers Threaten to Rape Women, That's Just "Collateral Damage" In the Cause of Socialist Justice
_______

What's jacking lines of ket off some fratbro's dick?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

A: Last Friday night?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:26 PM (l3cgK)

36 It will be a mostly peaceful rape.

Posted by: This is CNN at October 20, 2026 12:26 PM (dF6f/)

37
fun size activists > class size activists

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sGtp+)

___________

fun size activists > class size activists > plus size activists

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (x51/B)

38 Almost as bad as January 6. But not quite.

Posted by: CNN at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Cqx++)

39 "I hope your day is going well."

It is, and I hope same for you and all.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (Jr5Lq)

40 Keep in mind the people telling you revolutionary rape is no biggie also tell you we need to replace the "patriarchy" because it allows white men to rape.

Oh and that not using tranny pronouns is beyond the pale and anyone caught doing so should be cancelled.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

========

The incoherence does nothing to convince the revolutionaries that they are wrong.

But it's going to have an effect on softer supporters who start looking at these people as...not normal.

There's a theory that female political preferences actually signal the end points of political movements because they see the established order as something to defend. However, that means that things are shifting away from them as they get more shrill.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (wn0/z)
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Part of the reason the Jane Hoe case didn't get nearly the traction the left thought it would. Normal people -- including normal women -- took a look at the actual facts and saw the lies and the op. The only news you hear about the case now is continued drip-drip of exculpatory evidence.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

41 32 27 Italy's PM Georgia Meloni is deploying 500 soldiers to Milan to stop the "Class Size Activists" from destroying that city as well.

fun size activists > class size activists

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (sGtp+)

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I had a feeling she'd take it more seriously than Macron.

Which is good. We're going to Milan in like 4 weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (wn0/z)

"Have fun storming the castle!"--Miracle Max

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (l3cgK)

42 "including the deployment of 500 troops in Milan, after a weekend of riots in the northern Italian city."

With 5000 they could lock up every one of the rioters ... lock them up for at least a year, if they were just walking with the riot crowd, or several years if they were actively throwing big rocks and breaking things. And make them pay for damages.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (vbXSk)

43 And on the other side of this rape is a tool for the islamists. They are actually doing what feminists accuse Christians/westerners of doing, using rape to terrify women in regions they are trying to dominate.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:28 PM (sKqQm)

44 This is what comes of cucking your own people. Grape shot would calm things down fast..

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2026 12:28 PM (Wp1X1)

45 >>Want to rape someone? Do it in the name of the revolution and all will be forgiven.

Or just say you're a girl, and you can use your girl penis to do it in the locker room.

Posted by: Roy at October 20, 2026 12:28 PM (qwype)

46 Feminists: Rape Is a Weapon of White Supremacy
Also Feminists: If Our Revolutionary Islamic Brothers Threaten to Rape Women, That's Just "Collateral Damage" In the Cause of Socialist Justice
_______

What's jacking lines of ket off some fratbro's dick?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (iFTx/)

A: Last Friday night?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:26 PM (l3cgK)
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Saturday too. College kids across the country are upset that the Jane Hoe case is ruining ket-fueled orgies for the rest of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:28 PM (iFTx/)

47 42 "including the deployment of 500 troops in Milan, after a weekend of riots in the northern Italian city."

With 5000 they could lock up every one of the rioters ... lock them up for at least a year, if they were just walking with the riot crowd, or several years if they were actively throwing big rocks and breaking things. And make them pay for damages.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2026 12:27 PM (vbXSk)

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The riots in Milan looked comparatively small. A few dozen given space to destroy by local Carrabinieri.

500 will do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:28 PM (wn0/z)

48 The National Sanity Service has declared a Dense Frog Warning, effective until midnight, January 1, 2040, for France. The government leadership and "thought leaders" have forgotten that they are French, and should repel invaders.

Use extreme caution around any of these Dense Frogs.

This is in addition to the Dense Donkey Warning, for the United States.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 20, 2026 12:29 PM (qx7Zg)

49 So we may actually get to choot commies.
Posted by: Troy Landry
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:25 PM (JDhDw)

The Rooftop Koreans did not ask for State permission to go to the rooftops with their rifles. They just did it.

Remember that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 12:29 PM (wSl27)

50 Bettina is so happy to upset the apple carts...

And then complain about the lack of apples.

See also: Cleese, Idiot actor...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:29 PM (pfXMo)

51 All according to plan...

Thank you, President Trump, for being a wrench in their gears.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 12:29 PM (offKY)

52 fun size activists > class size activists > plus size activists > cup size activists

Posted by: Frank Costanza at October 20, 2026 12:29 PM (dF6f/)

53 It will certainly make the tourist season interesting.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (0U5gm)

54 French left-wing activist Bettina Zourli who describes herself as a journalist, feminist, and pro Palestine activist tells a woman who was threatened with rape while holding her baby during last night's riots that her experience was "collateral damage" in the revolution
_______

Yikes! That woman really needs to tone down the hatred! Sheesh!
- IGRC Spokesman

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (7h/N/)

55 48 The National Sanity Service has declared a Dense Frog Warning, effective until midnight, January 1, 2040, for France. The government leadership and "thought leaders" have forgotten that they are French, and should repel invaders.

Use extreme caution around any of these Dense Frogs.

This is in addition to the Dense Donkey Warning, for the United States.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 20, 2026 12:29 PM (qx7Zg)

seems like the pot is starting to boil...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)

56 This is what comes of cucking your own people. Grape shot would calm things down fast..
Posted by: Pudinhead

Steel balls. Not lead. Get some ricochet action going.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (JDhDw)

57 Part of the reason the Jane Hoe case didn't get nearly the traction the left thought it would. Normal people -- including normal women -- took a look at the actual facts and saw the lies and the op

Reading left wing boards on the case one thing that amazed me was how there was NO discussion about the case itself.

It was just feminist after feminist decrying how "the patriarchy" and "white men" got away with rape then claiming they too were Jane Doe.

Now compare that to say the Juanita Broaddrick case...

But the left makes their martyrs out of whole cloth now so they need to make sure no one is actually aware of the details.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

58 Demonstrated ability to parallel park should be a prerequisite to being taken seriously.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (0sNs1)

59 Doesn’t revolution implicitly imply that there is some sort of societal system built to serve civilization in place of the former government? Otherwise, a mad max dystopia would be all that’s left. I can confidently say that the twinks left are unprepared for that reality.

Posted by: Unkaren at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (m6fGY)

60 The riots in Milan looked comparatively small. A few dozen given space to destroy by local Carrabinieri.

500 will do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Pshaw. We could do it with 300.

Posted by: Sparta at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (w9Wax)

61 It is mostly peaceful! I heard it on CNN!

Posted by: Aunt Dipshit, West Hartford, CT at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (Ovx+P)

62 Yesterday I had to wait at the pencil sharpener so I took a blow torch (torche du bleaux) to the Eiffel Tower.

That should reduce class a little bit if my calculations are correct, after all I used pi to the second decimal point.

Posted by: Marcel Marcel DeGaulle at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (47/pr)

63 Meanwhile this coming Sunday the New Orleans Saints will play the Pittsburgh Steelers IN FRANCE, just north of Paris.

That's a *stupid* decision during "normal" times, but its downright ridiculous to allow this to go forward only a few days from now.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (TN0g+)

64 The Useful Idiot: A Natural History

Specimen: Western, educated, well-meaning.
Habitat: universities, NGOs, quality newspapers, dinner parties where the wine is good and the opinions are better.
Status: abundant.

The useful idiot is not exactly stupid. This is the first and most important thing to understand. Stupidity would be a defense. The more precise diagnosis is what we in Poland call pół-inteligent – the half-wit. Not the bottom of the intelligence distribution, which is too obviously lost to be useful. Not the genuine top, which tends to develop the inconvenient habit of following arguments wherever they actually lead. The sweet spot: smart enough to absorb a complex ideological framework, to deploy its vocabulary with confidence, to feel the social rewards of appearing sophisticated – but not quite sharp enough to interrogate the framework itself. Enough horsepower to run the program. Not enough to question who wrote it... And the specimen is typically convinced – this is crucial – that it is among the most independent thinkers in the room.

https://tinyurl.com/ymjwp9cr
Posted by: Archimedes
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Good post. Midwits is what is commonly used here. 115-130 iq range.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

65 This is what comes of cucking your own people. Grape shot would calm things down fast..
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2026 12:28 PM

*nods*

Posted by: N. Bonaparte at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (2gwTb)

66 The riots in Milan looked comparatively small. A few dozen given space to destroy by local Carrabinieri.

More of a probing action to see how the locals will respond. I would not choose to FAFO with Meloni and the Carabinieri. I would like to see Meloni in a leather suit with a whip, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

67 Giorgia Meloni's government is set to approve a series of measures Tuesday, including the deployment of 500 troops in Milan, after a weekend of riots in the northern Italian city.

The rioting will stop when the shooting starts and not a minute before.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (vTZFs)

68 56 This is what comes of cucking your own people. Grape shot would calm things down fast..
Posted by: Pudinhead

Steel balls. Not lead. Get some ricochet action going.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (JDhDw)

I get plenty of action already, thank you.

Posted by: Rick O'Shea at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (l3cgK)

69 I'm convinced these feminists & leftists will be happy to lift their chin to have their head removed from their shoulders for this cause when the time comes.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (offKY)

70 This is why I have little to no sympathy for women/feminists that are raped by the muzzie invaders. They voted for it, they believe in it, and they will kill western society... oh and complain about white men because of the turn it has taken.

I'm nearly in the "islam is right about women" camp. Just a few more major incidents like this and I'll be there.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (xvV+O)

71 Honestly, I can't think of anything more annoying than two women, arguing with each other, at the same time, in French.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (RORbl)

72 57 Reading left wing boards on the case one thing that amazed me was how there was NO discussion about the case itself.

It was just feminist after feminist decrying how "the patriarchy" and "white men" got away with rape then claiming they too were Jane Doe.

Now compare that to say the Juanita Broaddrick case...

But the left makes their martyrs out of whole cloth now so they need to make sure no one is actually aware of the details.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)

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Which leaves open a lot of space to the other side to say, "Here are the details of what happened."

Again, not targeted at the ideologues who cannot be argued out of anything, but to the softer devotees who can be opened to seeing those ideologues as...not normal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (wn0/z)

73 It will certainly make the tourist season interesting"

Why is it tourist season when you can't shoot them?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (pfXMo)

74 Or just say you're a girl, and you can use your girl penis to do it in the locker room.

Remember the VA case where a tranny raped a girl in the girl's bathroom?

The *official* line from the left was that the girl should have known she was getting raped if she went in there because obviously the tranny needed to get his rocks off and the victim was just a ladydick tease

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

75 59 Doesn’t revolution implicitly imply that there is some sort of societal system built to serve civilization in place of the former government? Otherwise, a mad max dystopia would be all that’s left. I can confidently say that the twinks left are unprepared for that reality.
Posted by: Unkaren

Underpants gnome popularized by S. Park explains this. Come the Revolution then Utopia. They kind of forget the middle step.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (E4rtv)

76 59 Doesn’t revolution implicitly imply that there is some sort of societal system built to serve civilization in place of the former government? Otherwise, a mad max dystopia would be all that’s left. I can confidently say that the twinks left are unprepared for that reality.
Posted by: Unkaren at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (m6fGY)

They are going to form "people's congresses", comrade, that will guide the remaining populace to Utopia once the undesirables and the "wreckers" are dealt with.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM (oPFtC)

77 Stop using sex as a weapon.

Posted by: Pat Benetar at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM (wGerL)

78 66 More of a probing action to see how the locals will respond. I would not choose to FAFO with Meloni and the Carabinieri. I would like to see Meloni in a leather suit with a whip, though.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (Riz8t)

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I suspect that the Carabinieri in Northern Italy have a lot of the same problems that the Gendarme in France have: lots of Muslim officers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM (wn0/z)

79 It's time for the UN to send peacekeepers into France. I've been thinking about which nation(s) should get tapped for the role.

At first, I thought the Chinese would like the chance. Russia might also be a good candidate, to show their thanks for Napoleon and Zelenskyy. I think the Ukraine needs to send peacekeepers, however, to keep their weapons supply lines open.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM (qx7Zg)

80 73 It will certainly make the tourist season interesting"

Why is it tourist season when you can't shoot them?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (pfXMo)

I think it's right after Hobo season...but you can't bait them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM (l3cgK)

81 French left-wing activist Bettina Zourli who describes herself as a journalist, feminist, and pro Palestine activist tells a woman who was threatened with rape while holding her baby during last night's riots that her experience was "collateral damage" in the revolution
----

That bitch should have had her glasses smacked off of her smarmy face for such a comment.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM (TN0g+)

82 Pshaw. We could do it with 300.
Posted by: Sparta"

Texas sends Frank Hamer...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:34 PM (pfXMo)

83 Honestly, I can't think of anything more annoying than two women, arguing with each other, at the same time, in French.

Depends. Is Jello involved?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

84 83 Honestly, I can't think of anything more annoying than two women, arguing with each other, at the same time, in French.

Depends. Is Jello involved?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

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Do they they have Boston accents?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:35 PM (wn0/z)

85 Meanwhile this coming Sunday the New Orleans Saints will play the Pittsburgh Steelers IN FRANCE, just north of Paris.

That's a *stupid* decision during "normal" times, but its downright ridiculous to allow this to go forward only a few days from now.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (TN0g+)

Let’s hope no Saints or Steelers players develop blood clots

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2026 12:35 PM (wJ5Zl)

86 I took a picture inside the Milan duomo back in 2000 and damn near got kicked out. Guess things have loosened up since then.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 12:35 PM (JzUSu)

87 Support of 'palestinians' is a tell.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:35 PM (ndySI)

88 So to try and understand where the left/feminism now stands on rape...

No means no...even if no comes weeks after yes. Also, it doesn't matter what she is wearing or even nothing at all, she is not consenting to sex, unless she is a Jew or Christian whore mouthing off to an Islamic man or Democrat politician

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)

89 Bettina Zourli sounds like a true daughter of the French Revolution.

She is probably an old lesbian that hates Western Christendom, mothers, families, and the Church.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 12:36 PM (LOvBA)

90 Which leaves open a lot of space to the other side to say, "Here are the details of what happened."

Again, not targeted at the ideologues who cannot be argued out of anything, but to the softer devotees who can be opened to seeing those ideologues as...not normal.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:32 PM (wn0/z)

Unfortunately the amount of "undecided" people who care about details vs feels is vanishingly small.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:36 PM (XvD//)

91 It's time for the UN to send peacekeepers into France. I've been thinking about which nation(s) should get tapped for the role.

That would really get the rape train moving I guess.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:36 PM (sKqQm)

92 Honestly, I can't think of anything more annoying than two women, arguing with each other, at the same time, in French."

Ever been to Sicily? Yikes.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:36 PM (pfXMo)

93 >>It's time for the UN to send peacekeepers into France.

If you want rape...those are the guys to send.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:37 PM (ndySI)

94 The riots in Milan looked comparatively small. A few dozen given space to destroy by local Carrabinieri.

500 will do.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Pshaw. We could do it with 300.
Posted by: Sparta

We could do it with one.
Posted by: Texas Rangers

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:37 PM (JDhDw)

95 85 Meanwhile this coming Sunday the New Orleans Saints will play the Pittsburgh Steelers IN FRANCE, just north of Paris.

That's a *stupid* decision during "normal" times, but its downright ridiculous to allow this to go forward only a few days from now.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (TN0g+)

Let’s hope no Saints or Steelers players develop blood clots
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 20, 2026 12:35 PM (wJ5Zl)

Am I the only one looking at this and going: fine. Do it. Let's see what happens.

My guess is the ones directing this will avoid it like the plague because they do not want it to show up on US news channels.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 12:37 PM (Y/06r)

96 93 >>It's time for the UN to send peacekeepers into France.

If you want rape...those are the guys to send.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:37 PM (ndySI)

foxhole means something different to UN troops...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:37 PM (l3cgK)

97 45 Or just say you're a girl, and you can use your girl penis to do it in the locker room.

"why don't we do it in the locker room" > "why don't we do it in the road"

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:37 PM (sGtp+)

98 Which leaves open a lot of space to the other side to say, "Here are the details of what happened."

Again, not targeted at the ideologues who cannot be argued out of anything, but to the softer devotees who can be opened to seeing those ideologues as...not normal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Which is why when the Cornell 7 texts started leaking out into common knowledge, the embarrassing op was suddenly shelved by the media. Repeat over and over again for unsuccessful leftist ops. They are always trying for the next George Floyd if they don't have an actual meltdown like Bush's Iran and Iraq policy and economics destruction in his second term.

I think in our relatively passionless world, those that in previous years would have been involved in poetry/activism (see Lord Byron), do gooderism, (see Robert Owen and the Shaker movements), and religion, have now become passionate Marxist fans in the 20th and 21st Century.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (E4rtv)

99 France has an army. But they are too busy packing fudge right now.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (LOvBA)

100 63 Meanwhile this coming Sunday the New Orleans Saints will play the Pittsburgh Steelers IN FRANCE, just north of Paris.

That's a *stupid* decision during "normal" times, but its downright ridiculous to allow this to go forward only a few days from now.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:31 PM (TN0g+)

-----

My money is that the French government will make sure that game is safe and happens without a hitch (the orcs will get their marching orders to stay away and with extra security just in case). In exchange, the NFL will non-stop praising how beautify the city is.

The NFL did this in SuperBowl 40 for Detroit a la "Comeback City".

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (offKY)

101 Just lie back and think of ~~England~~ Allah.
--Bettina Zourli

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (8mulE)

102 90 Unfortunately the amount of "undecided" people who care about details vs feels is vanishingly small.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:36 PM (XvD//)

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It's not about shifting major segments of the population in terms of something like voting. It's not about convincing people of details.

It's about the left ceding all detail completely which allows for just the smallest bit of detail (Craig snorting ketamine off a passed out guy's dick) to the point where one piece of information can emotionally shift softer partisans against the ideologues screaming about rape.

"Sure, rape is bad, but what are you talking about? She did this thing."

It's a signal that the feminist left is not ascendant because they have nothing else but emotional manipulation and screaming anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (wn0/z)

103 The NFL is a protected class having bent the knee over and over. Will it matter when the bricks are flying? Let's wait and see!!

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (XvD//)

104 14
Old: See Europe before you die.

New: See Europe before it dies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (x51/B)

...it's dead Jim.

Posted by: Bones McCoy at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (oCio0)

105

Britain announced that Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets will begin defensive missions over Saudi Arabia to help protect cities, airports and critical infrastructure against continuing missile and drone attacks launched by the Houthis.

The Ministry of Defence said the aircraft will operate exclusively in a defensive capacity, intercepting aerial threats and helping secure Saudi airspace. British officials emphasized that the jets will not participate in offensive operations against Houthi positions in Yemen.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (Cqx++)

106 Useful Idiot: "The revolution participants will be committing rape, murder, arson and rape."

Lady with infant: "You said 'rape' twice."

Useful Idiot: "They like rape."

Posted by: Blazing Chappelles at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (47/pr)

107 This is why I have little to no sympathy for women/feminists that are raped by the muzzie invaders. They voted for it, they believe in it, and they will kill western society... oh and complain about white men because of the turn it has taken.

One thing you'll note is a lot of the most ardent pro-immigration feminists are banging younger refugee/immigrant men. I suspect this is hitting all their revolutionary and good old evolutionary gina tingles.

I'm nearly in the "islam is right about women" camp. Just a few more major incidents like this and I'll be there.

Single women are largely married to the government which is why they vote the way they do. Imagine if married women could directly vote to get more $$$ for their husbands how many would?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

108 Part of the reason the Jane Hoe case didn't get nearly the traction the left thought it would. Normal people -- including normal women -- took a look at the actual facts and saw the lies and the op

Reading left wing boards on the case one thing that amazed me was how there was NO discussion about the case itself.

It was just feminist after feminist decrying how "the patriarchy" and "white men" got away with rape then claiming they too were Jane Doe.

Now compare that to say the Juanita Broaddrick case...

But the left makes their martyrs out of whole cloth now so they need to make sure no one is actually aware of the details.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:30 PM (sKqQm)
_____

Had a BBQ last weekend with a number of ladies in attendance, ranging in age from 21 to boomer and from center-left to MAGA right. They were unanimous in thinking there was no rape or anything non-consensual at all. At least one of the ladies was harsher on the girl than I am.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (iFTx/)

109 Oof. It's required a contingent of 1500 Guardsmen to pacify & maintain order in Memphis.

Granted, Memphis was much scarier on a day-to-basis than Milan - but, the danger there was chronic, ubiquitous gang violence. Easier to address piecemeal. Milan is experiencing a barking mad Islamic mob.

I sincerely hope 500 troops is enough, but I have doubts.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (BI5O2)

110 73 It will certainly make the tourist season interesting"

Why is it tourist season when you can't shoot them?

hmm... second look at viking river cruises?

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (sGtp+)

111 106 Useful Idiot: "The revolution participants will be committing rape, murder, arson and rape."

Lady with infant: "You said 'rape' twice."

Useful Idiot: "They like rape."

Posted by: Blazing Chappelles at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (47/pr)

sometimes in that very order.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (l3cgK)

112 See Europe die before you

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (XvD//)

113 Old: See Europe before you die.

New: See Europe before it dies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
---------
Well said, H7.

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (yPJaS)

114 Keep in mind the people telling you revolutionary rape is no biggie also tell you we need to replace the "patriarchy" because it allows white men to rape.

Oh and that not using tranny pronouns is beyond the pale and anyone caught doing so should be cancelled.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)

Everything they tell you they believe in shatters against the only altar on which they worship: the will to power. A tranny complaining about misgendering would get the same, if not even more dismissive, treatment under similar circumstances..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (08OqX)

115 >>They are always trying for the next George Floyd

Their team is stacked with career criminals. Shouldn't be too hard to do.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (ndySI)

116 The Saints should be playing the Vikings in Paris this weekend.

Then all the rapists and pillagers would have a team to root for.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (w9Wax)

117 Afternoon Ace.
A guy I've known for years posted on Facebook that France is going and so is Italy. Immediately one gay guy and one black guy, and another guy I don't know, all leftists , screeched that it was students and all the immigrant crap were lies and racist. The guy I don't know posted a Forbes article , but their is no reasoning with them so why bother

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (vJPf4)

118 110 73 It will certainly make the tourist season interesting"

Why is it tourist season when you can't shoot them?

hmm... second look at viking river cruises?

Posted by: anachronda at October 20, 2026 12:39 PM (sGtp+)

How much rape, pillage and plunder are you allowed on shore leave?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)

119 Oh no doubt the left plans to try it here. Trump is a different proposition to any squish they deal with in Europe.

Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2026 12:40 PM (YwEeS)

120
It's a signal that the ~~feminist~~ left is not ascendant because they have nothing else but emotional manipulation and screaming anymore.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

121 Saints/Steelers game might be worth watching.
I’m in!!!!

Posted by: Billythesquid at October 20, 2026 12:41 PM (tEXd+)

122 We seem to be learning (or learing) that the racists were right all along.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 20, 2026 12:41 PM (CHHv1)

123 >>Oh no doubt the left plans to try it here. Trump is a different proposition to any squish they deal with in Europe.

They can pull it off in Blue Enclaves...but if it leaks out into the real America, there will be casualties.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (ndySI)

124 I sincerely hope 500 troops is enough, but I have doubts.

Depends entirely on their loadout and willingness to use it.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

125 120
It's a signal that the feminist left is not ascendant because they have nothing else but emotional manipulation and screaming anymore.

FIFY

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

======

The feminist left in particular seems to be in some sort of freefall of support.

They can't get anything off the ground anymore narratively.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (wn0/z)

126 They are always trying for the next George Floyd

One of the most telling things to come out of BLM was really how few cases of cops being needlessly violent there are.

Floyd OD'd
Michael Brown tried to grab a cop's gun
Breonna Taylor was banging a mob boss and had an armed and trigger happy one night stand

and on and on...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

127 The Women of France are now discovering the Power Doctrine.

The simple historic fact is that Women only have the safety and power that Men (as a group) give them... because truth is that Men can use violence to take away that safety, or power, at any time.

This is not Good, Right, or moral... but then again those who would take away Women's Rights are not Good, Right, or Moral, by Western Standards.

So the only protection they now have, is Western Men... the very group they have spent decades degrading, belittling, and telling they must be more like Women.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (mP0Kj)

128 istr some commie bint here in the US saying "what did you think de-colonization looked like?" to Jewish 'allies' of Palestine after 10/7.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (jb8Ss)

129 Bettina Zourli sounds like a true daughter of the French Revolution"

Algerian. And is against having children (vids and such going back years)

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:43 PM (pfXMo)

130 123 >>Oh no doubt the left plans to try it here. Trump is a different proposition to any squish they deal with in Europe.

They can pull it off in Blue Enclaves...but if it leaks out into the real America, there will be casualties.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (ndySI)

=======

All while Trump has Memphis in his back pocket.

Sending in the NG with Bill Lee's blessing and decreasing violent crime by like 30% in a few weeks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wn0/z)

131 They were unanimous in thinking there was no rape or anything non-consensual at all. At least one of the ladies was harsher on the girl than I am.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Snorting ketamine off of a guy's pecker tends to jade the crowd when trying to claim rape.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:44 PM (JDhDw)

132 hmm... second look at viking river cruises?"

It's a scam. They wouldn't let me bring as much as a hatchet aboard...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:44 PM (pfXMo)

133 Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

Last year, there were 1200 people killed by Cops.

Last year, there were 1700 Children killed by Parents due to violence or neglect.

Mom is more dangerous that a Cop with a gun.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (mP0Kj)

134 They are going to form "people's congresses", comrade, that will guide the remaining populace to Utopia once the undesirables and the "wreckers" are dealt with.
____

Ah, rule by charismatic psychopaths. That always turns out great.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (7h/N/)

135 Apparently Bettina Zourli thinks she will be a survivor and hero of the revolution. I don't think so

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (vJPf4)

136 131 They were unanimous in thinking there was no rape or anything non-consensual at all. At least one of the ladies was harsher on the girl than I am.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Snorting ketamine off of a guy's pecker tends to jade the crowd when trying to claim rape.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:44 PM (JDhDw)

======

In the texts, she admits the guy was unconscious when she did it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (wn0/z)

137 The USA should re-intern all WWII American Serviceman buried in France to Paris Texas!

Posted by: Bang-a-gong at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (mnFxU)

138 Italy's PM Georgia Meloni is deploying 500 soldiers to Milan

Il Post hasn’t gone beyond calling this “unprecedented” (un’anomalia italiana)… yet. But she’s really only doing it, they imply, because “Matteo Perego, sottosegretario alla Difesa e deputato di Forza Italia” is likely to be running for mayor of Milan (“sindaco di Milano”).

“Impiegare 500 soldati a Milano è insomma una scelta dettata almeno in parte da logiche propagandistiche…”

Placing 500 soldiers in Milan is, therefore, a choice dictated at least in part by the propaganda benefits…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (kYmoU)

139 It's about the left ceding all detail completely which allows for just the smallest bit of detail (Craig snorting ketamine off a passed out guy's dick) to the point where one piece of information can emotionally shift softer partisans against the ideologues screaming about rape.

"Sure, rape is bad, but what are you talking about? She did this thing."

It's a signal that the feminist left is not ascendant because they have nothing else but emotional manipulation and screaming anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:38 PM (wn0/z)
_______

The single fact that seemed to most motivate every lady I've talked to about this case is that Jane Hoe was still eager to go to the halloween party and only got hostile after she was uninvited.

Jane Hoe: "I WAS GANG-RAPED IN THAT FRAT HOUSE OF HORRORS!"

Also Jane Hoe: "I can't wait to go back for the halloween party!"

It's a simple but blockbuster fact that anyone with a functioning brain can easily understand.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

140 Unfortunately the amount of "undecided" people who care about details vs feels is vanishingly small.
Posted by: ...

A lot more than you would think. Most people are not terminally online like here. So average folks sort of absorb bits and pieces of whatever current op is going on but are too busy with their own lives to spend a lot of time on it nor even really affecting voting behavior. And the bits and pieces are often disjointed like the Cornell woman was a slut but the guys were bad too by taking advantage of the slut. So not really feminist, not really for the frat guys.

Riots in Paris would have similar disjointed impressions based on casual scrolling of their social media feed or worse, the people watching tv. And almost like magic, in a time of uncertainty, most individual fall back to some pseudo middle ground--well, they are students but are doing bad things yet if they are not getting enough money then French state is at fault.

What makes it worse is that we are a post literate society--that means visuals are as important and storytelling by twits on screen are more important than actually delving into the complicated facts themselves.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

141 Rape is good when our allies do it is a take that is not a surprising commie position.

Leftists believe nothing they espouse, their "morality" is entirely situational, and their perceived altruism is always transactional.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 12:46 PM (/T4YN)

142 >>Snorting ketamine off of a guy's pecker tends to jade the crowd when trying to claim rape.

This makes me wonder about Ace and his failure to make Crow frenz...

You are putting the food on a Plate, right?

...Right?

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (ndySI)

143 Where do you get ketamine? Imma thinking this might be better than coffee.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Wp1X1)

144 138 “Impiegare 500 soldati a Milano è insomma una scelta dettata almeno in parte da logiche propagandistiche…”

Placing 500 soldiers in Milan is, therefore, a choice dictated at least in part by the propaganda benefits…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (kYmoU)

========

The Italian Democrat Party has been enthralled to illegal immigration for decades now, all while they've lost political power.

This is in contrast to the Danish left which went against illegal immigration about a decade ago and completely undercut the rising right-wing movement in the country and retains power to this day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (wn0/z)

145 “Impiegare 500 soldati a Milano è insomma una scelta dettata almeno in parte da logiche propagandistiche…”

Placing 500 soldiers in Milan is, therefore, a choice dictated at least in part by the propaganda benefits…

Proving that we are not the only ones whose press should be sent to the gulag.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

146 132 hmm... second look at viking river cruises?"

It's a scam. They wouldn't let me bring as much as a hatchet aboard...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:44 PM (pfXMo)

https://youtu.be/jC61zbu0ZLk

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (l3cgK)

147 Wait, does Italy have a gulag?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

148 134 They are going to form "people's congresses", comrade, that will guide the remaining populace to Utopia once the undesirables and the "wreckers" are dealt with.
____

Ah, rule by charismatic psychopaths. That always turns out great.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 20, 2026 12:45 PM (7h/N/)

Yup, it is flat out Mao's cultural Revolution as a playbook.

They believe they will be the Politburo when it all settles out after a few million deaths.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 12:48 PM (mP0Kj)

149 hmm... second look at viking river cruises?
Posted by: anachronda
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Make sure to buy passage on the ones with deck guns to shell the rioters.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:48 PM (E4rtv)

150
Out: Let them eat cake
In: Let them get raped

Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 20, 2026 12:48 PM (7h/N/)

151 Bettina Zhourli is wearing her Strelnikov glasses. She wants a train. Pulled by the other lady.

Posted by: Minuteman at October 20, 2026 12:48 PM (47/pr)

152 147 Wait, does Italy have a gulag?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)

==

Italian Marxists are talking about razing Assisi as a whole and placing a gulag there.

Should play well with religious Italians.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:48 PM (wn0/z)

153 >>>I don't see the words "shoot to kill" in there so, for the moment at least, Georgia Meloni is a female cuck.

That's my inclination as well.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 12:49 PM (/T4YN)

154 That's a joke, by the way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:49 PM (wn0/z)

155 It's a simple but blockbuster fact that anyone with a functioning brain can easily understand.

Well, that leaves out the left and Sean Hannity.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

156 11 years ago Charle Kirk tweeted- "France is letting in 30,000 refugees. They are fools."

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 12:49 PM (NpAcC)

157 Feminists: Rape Is a Weapon of White Supremacy
Also Feminists: If Our Revolutionary Islamic Brothers Threaten to Rape Women, That's Just "Collateral Damage" In the Cause of Socialist Justice

You only think that those two things contradict each other, because you are a reasonable Western human being with understanding of logic.

Rape is not forcible sexual interaction with an unwilling target (they way normal people define it) - rape is the expression of power by someone powerful. White men are powerful, therefore any sexual interaction they have is an expression of that power, which is why all white men are rapists.
Brown men are not powerful, because they are not white, therefore any sexual interaction they engage in cannot be rape, because you cannot express power you don't have.

It's Wonderland logic.

As Humpty Dumpty said "Words mean what I say them to mean."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 12:49 PM (vJrRc)

158 "Pshaw. We could do it with 300." Posted by: Sparta

Or they could allow the citizens to use live fire to protect their shops, AND the right to rob and rape the rioters. Seems to be a popular trend. Just "collateral damage".

Posted by: illiniwek at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (vbXSk)

159 127 gets it. Too many would think those words unpleasant or distasteful, tho...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (pfXMo)

160 Algerian. And is against having children (vids and such going back years)
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:43 PM (pfXMo)

A musloid, then. A date with the guillotine will ensure she does not procreate.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (wSl27)

161 "Where do you get ketamine? Imma thinking this might be better than coffee."

Burgle a veterinary office. Don't buy it on the street.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

162 no one will read what i write

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (i14TE)

163 142 >>Snorting ketamine off of a guy's pecker tends to jade the crowd when trying to claim rape.

This makes me wonder about Ace and his failure to make Crow frenz...

You are putting the food on a Plate, right?

...Right?

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (ndySI)

Those bastards keep stealing my nuts and crushing them on my roof. Thank God My cucumber is safe.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (l3cgK)

164 >>>So much grim news.

Meh. This is a necessary step in any ultimate rectification what may come. So this is progress rather than stagnation.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 12:51 PM (/T4YN)

165 End Wokeness-

Over 50% of African migrants in France are living in housing paid for by French citizen taxpayers.

They have an odd way of saying thanks.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 12:51 PM (NpAcC)

166 Paul-

You live in a state of denial. Go blow your mom.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 12:51 PM (8B4gm)

167 That's a joke, by the way."

Assi what you did there...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:52 PM (pfXMo)

168 >>>So much grim news.

Meh. This is a necessary step in any ultimate rectification what may come. So this is progress rather than stagnation.

I'm sure the Parisian shopkeeper woman is not thrilled about being the global face of clueless idiocy.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:52 PM (Riz8t)

169 165 End Wokeness-

Over 50% of African migrants in France are living in housing paid for by French citizen taxpayers.

They have an odd way of saying thanks.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 12:51 PM (NpAcC)

/looks around at US Illegal immigrants...

Hey.... wait a sec...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 12:52 PM (mP0Kj)

170 Where do you get ketamine? Imma thinking this might be better than coffee.
Posted by: Pudinhead

Veterinarians. Ketamine is horse tranquilizer.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:53 PM (JDhDw)

171 >>> Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 12:51 PM (8B4gm)

Ruined the joke, man.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 12:53 PM (jb8Ss)

172 161 "Where do you get ketamine? Imma thinking this might be better than coffee."

Burgle a veterinary office. Don't buy it on the street.

Posted by: gp at October 20, 2026 12:50 PM (Jr5Lq)

Is it next to the Ivermectin?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)

173 So the newest plank in the DSA platform is : rape is good if it is the 'right ' rapist??!!

That should sell well in Flyover Land. (sarc)

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 20, 2026 12:53 PM (TX8H3)

174 I'm sure the Parisian shopkeeper woman is not thrilled about being the global face of clueless idiocy.
Posted by: Archimedes

Shaming works. That stupid woman may not change her attitudes but is now more likely to keep her mouth shut on the matter lest someone ridicule her in public.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

175 Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

The Left use buzzwords and buzz phrases because it works on the vast majority of people. They piggyback off of horrors like rape, nazism, slavery because it works. Just the mention if the word. Same with other loaded terms like "mother" or innocuous ones like "Maryland" or friendly ones like "affordability".

The only reason we have had a snow leopard's chance in hell is because Trump does it too and he's as good as they are if not better. His primary advantage is he does it with the truth to back it up.

But when we go back to "Republicans" and their fucking spineless soulless PowerPoint presentations intended to inform and "educate", we go right the fuck back to the wilderness. Genuine facts and truth are not how non-connected people absorb information and form opinions.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:54 PM (XvD//)

176 Back in 1871 after the Prussians stomped the French , the communists tried the first takeover, the Paris Commune. A French army group ended it after 20 days or so. Somewhere between 5-20000 dead. A replay might be necessary

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 12:54 PM (vJPf4)

177 >>> 172
==
Is it next to the Ivermectin?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:53 PM (l3cgK)

No, ivermectin is in feed stores, and places like Tractor Supply and Farm and Fleet.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 12:54 PM (jb8Ss)

178 Depends entirely on their loadout and willingness to use it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

And air support.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 12:55 PM (rbvCR)

179 153 >>>I don't see the words "shoot to kill" in there so, for the moment at least, Georgia Meloni is a female cuck.

She has bigger balls than Macron... Mr Macron...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 12:55 PM (+gK6I)

180 >>>So much grim news.

Meh. This is a necessary step in any ultimate rectification what may come. So this is progress rather than stagnation.

It's actually probably good news.

Are the French Riots the Republicans’ October Surprise?

Our ex-president Barack Obama is fairly fanning the flames of disruption, coming out in loud support of the noxious Ilhan Omar. It’s as if he wants to relive the glory days of the Ferguson or the Trayvon Martin shootings. Where is this leading, and what is he really trying to do? I don’t think it’s just winning a midterm election, and it’s certainly not saving Omar.

I hope we never find out. Actually turning the tables and winning the midterms is one way to stop this in its tracks. The French red-green rioters may have given us a gift by providing absolutely every Republican a great talking point in the waning days of this campaign, a talking point most normal people will respond to. As I type this, Trump is using it in Kansas. Every candidate should too. And so should we with everyone we talk to.

https://tinyurl.com/4wdzc5ez

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

181 Mon dieu.

The poodle hair French woman jabbering about collateral damage to the woman speaking the truth is mind blowing.

It's ok to have the barbarians rape! It is the point!
[I assume like reparations?]

Thankful I saw France several times before the barbarian invasions. President Trump said he told them 10yrs ago to close the borders, mais non.

Tourism in France (2025) was 77.5 Billion Euros (or $91.5 Billion dollars). The riot/burn/rape parades will reduce this revenue in an already dying economy. Public debt is 3.6 Trillion Euros. Je suis desole.

You were warned. Macron is useless in stopping the tsunami. He could have a decade ago.

You get the revolting revolution you deserve, France.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 12:56 PM (hzuYO)

182 Should play well with religious Italians.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Lighten up, St. Francis.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 12:56 PM (w9Wax)

183 Rape was always a weapon for the fascist left (which includes Muslims).

They use rape themselves to brutalize and oppress women and girls. Gotta keep the bitches in line, lest they get uppity and start to question authority.

The left also uses rape against their political enemies, in the form of baseless accusations of rape against anyone they seek to discredit or get rid of. It's almost always white men who trend right, or at least the left thinks they are and do.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)

184 No, ivermectin is in feed stores, and places like Tractor Supply and Farm and Fleet.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Pony paste is nasty tasting. A dab'll do ya. But it has a flat taste and sucks all the moisture out of your mouth. You'll do it for the price, not the taste.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:57 PM (JDhDw)

185 It's a simple but blockbuster fact that anyone with a functioning brain can easily understand.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

That, and her initial musings and reverence of the fact that she acted a slut, but was remorseful only that people thought of her rightfully as a slut.

Without the slut-shamers, the whole thing would have gone over with an uncomfortable laugh.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 12:57 PM (/T4YN)

186 Also in France:

Rioters torched Jewish shops, skipped Muslim.
Rioters in Marseille burned and vandalized Jewish-owned businesses while leaving Muslim-owned shops on the same street untouched

https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/tn3zkd

How do you spell "Kristallnacht" in French?

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (HD2n/)

187 How do you spell "Kristallnacht" in French?

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (HD2n/)

Kristallnacht

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (XvD//)

188 >>The left also uses rape against their political enemies, in the form of baseless accusations of rape against anyone they seek to discredit or get rid of. It's almost always white men who trend right, or at least the left thinks they are and do.

They celebrate Rapists, too...

Biden
Clinton
Harvey Weinstein

The list is long.

Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (ndySI)

189 All while Trump has Memphis in his back pocket.

Sending in the NG with Bill Lee's blessing and decreasing violent crime by like 30% in a few weeks.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:43 PM (wn0/z)

The TNG is still in place to maintain order, but yeah - the initial operation only took a few weeks to force the gangs behind closed doors, and out of the streets.

And it's not just the generalized mayhem that's being rolled back. All crime in the city has cratered. There's a lot of work left to do in Memphis, but the troops made a huge difference, very fast, and with almost no bloodshed.

I hope people who live there take note of how easy this was for a small group of men who weren't on gang payrolls to achieve, and work on clearing out their PD.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)

190 Women have no business walking the streets without a hijab.

Posted by: Jeff E at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (rdB6k)

191
You know what no one seems to be talking about anymore?

Iran

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (XvD//)

192 189 I hope people who live there take note of how easy this was for a small group of men who weren't on gang payrolls to achieve, and work on clearing out their PD.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)

=======

I kind of wish the TN government hadn't redistricted, because I'd be really curious to see how Cohen would do this year vs. last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (wn0/z)

193 >>>Old: See Europe before you die.

New: See Europe before it dies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (x51/B)

So don't visit Europe?

Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (SwyyQ)

194 How do you spell "Kristallnacht" in French?

Posted by: zombie at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (HD2n/)

Kristallnacht"

THREADWINNER!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (pfXMo)

195 Our ex-president Barack Obama is fairly fanning the flames of disruption, coming out in loud support of the noxious Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

He is not known as shit-Midas for nothing.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (/T4YN)

196 I don't see the words "shoot to kill" in there so, for the moment at least, Georgia Meloni is a female cuck.
=====

This. Time for Finding Out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (RIvkX)

197 Stop using sex as a weapon.
Posted by: Pat Benetar at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM

But I thought love was a battlefield.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (2gwTb)

198 The Left use buzzwords and buzz phrases because it works on the vast majority of people. They piggyback off of horrors like rape, nazism, slavery because it works. Just the mention if the word. Same with other loaded terms like "mother" or innocuous ones like "Maryland" or friendly ones like "affordability".

The only reason we have had a snow leopard's chance in hell is because Trump does it too and he's as good as they are if not better. His primary advantage is he does it with the truth to back it up.

But when we go back to "Republicans" and their fucking spineless soulless PowerPoint presentations intended to inform and "educate", we go right the fuck back to the wilderness. Genuine facts and truth are not how non-connected people absorb information and form opinions.
Posted by: ...
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I don't think it does work long term. That is the reason for constant ops. As each one fails, the Dems have to restart the hysteria machine and they burn credibility over and over again doing that when the truth eventually comes out. The media is down in the toilet now for persuasion with only Democrats halfway relying on it being truthful.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

199 Where do you get ketamine? Imma thinking this might be better than coffee.
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2026 12:47 PM (Wp1X1)
_____

K is widely available at any frat, at any party or rave, or through any drug dealer. It's probably the most popular party drug out there now. The girls love it.

I suspect the bulk comes in from China.

Although most people think K is horse tranquilizer, it was developed and used for anesthesia and pain management in humans long before it was used by vets.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

200 Over 50% of African migrants in France are living in housing paid for by French citizen taxpayers.

They have an odd way of saying thanks.
Posted by: redridinghood

Isn't there some old saw about no one more resentful than someone you've done a favor for?

Although in this case I suspect it's more "These kuffars are not giving us enough tribute which the Prophet promised was ours. Time to punish them and take what we are owed."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 01:01 PM (vJrRc)

201 The sweet spot: smart enough to absorb a complex ideological framework, to deploy its vocabulary with confidence, to feel the social rewards of appearing sophisticated – but not quite sharp enough to interrogate the framework itself. Enough horsepower to run the program. Not enough to question who wrote it... And the specimen is typically convinced – this is crucial – that it is among the most independent thinkers in the room.

https://tinyurl.com/ymjwp9cr
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

Distressingly, I have family members like that. They assume I am uninformed or have a moral defect ("not a good Christian").

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 20, 2026 01:01 PM (OlzlW)

202 Pony paste is nasty tasting. A dab'll do ya. But it has a flat taste and sucks all the moisture out of your mouth. You'll do it for the price, not the taste.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:57 PM (JDhDw)

If you are able to get to a Mexican pharmacy, you can get it in pill form over the counter, quite cheaply. HCQ, also. And many other drugs normally prescription-only in USA and Canada.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 01:01 PM (wSl27)

203 184 No, ivermectin is in feed stores, and places like Tractor Supply and Farm and Fleet.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Pony paste is nasty tasting. A dab'll do ya. But it has a flat taste and sucks all the moisture out of your mouth. You'll do it for the price, not the taste.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:57 PM (JDhDw)

Ivermectin is now legal Over the Counter in most States without a prescription... it's only silly non functional states like Calif that you still need a prescription...

That you can get online via tele med sites pretty cheaply.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 01:02 PM (mP0Kj)

204 Stop using sex as a weapon.
Posted by: Pat Benetar at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM

But I thought love was a battlefield.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (2gwTb)
________

Hit me with your best shot

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

205 Aw c'mon. Isn't Paris paradise?

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 01:02 PM (UjdFS)

206 End Wokeness-

I just discovered that there are now over 160 mosques in JAPAN

That's a 993% surge in 2 decades

It's happening all over

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)

207 no one will read what i write
=====

You and me both but you more, troll.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 01:03 PM (RIvkX)

208 And air support."

Brrrrtttt...

/GAU 8

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:03 PM (pfXMo)

209 Intersectionality.

Instead of looking at racism, sexism, or classism as separate, isolated problems, intersectionality examines how these systems overlap and compound.

For example, discrimination faced by a Black woman cannot be understood simply by looking at racism and sexism separately; rather, the two forces interact to produce a distinct experience. (Britannica & more)

Coined in 1989 by American civil rights advocate and legal scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw; however, the underlying concept existed well before Crenshaw gave it a name, and the concept has since broadened across sociology, public policy, and social justice movements to include class, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, and age.

For example, intersectional analysis looks at how gender
(i.e., men making the rape threat) interacts with their race, ethnicity, citizenship status, and socioeconomic background to shape their daily experiences.

Until the break cutting BS stops in western nations, this is the world we live in.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 01:03 PM (NFX2v)

210 193 >>>Old: See Europe before you die.

New: See Europe before it dies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 12:22 PM (x51/B)

So don't visit Europe?
Posted by: Max Power at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (SwyyQ)

I was lucky enough to visit parts of Europe in the early 80's... back when it was peak cool.

Now? I have the resources if I wanted to go... but don't .

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 01:04 PM (mP0Kj)

211 But I thought love was a battlefield.

Not when my clone sleeps alone.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 20, 2026 01:04 PM (kYmoU)

212
https://tinyurl.com/4wdzc5ez
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)

**********
Read today that the eternally jealous Romney, who blew his chances at being president by letting Obungo win the debate (he had him in the corner re: Benghazi) has reared his greasy head.

To, of course, whine about President Trump not supporting the YouCrane. Right, Mitt the Contrarian. Return to your bunker.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:04 PM (hzuYO)

213 You know what no one seems to be talking about anymore?
Iran
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (XvD//)

I know, right?

Posted by: Epstein's Client List at October 20, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)

214 206 End Wokeness-

I just discovered that there are now over 160 mosques in JAPAN

That's a 993% surge in 2 decades

It's happening all over

I'm actually quite surprised at that. The Nips are sure they're the best culture on earth, and nobody else really measures up. I'm not sure why they'd want to import problems in the way the rest of the world has.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

215 i want islam, which is right about women, to take over america

Posted by: Sid at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (w9N1h)

216 Stop using sex as a weapon.
Posted by: Pat Benetar at October 20, 2026 12:33 PM

But I thought love was a battlefield.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (2gwTb)
________

Hit me with your best shot
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:02 PM (iFTx/)

If you're on this thread and you don't like Pat Benetar, then You Better Run

Posted by: Doof at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (gtY/l)

217 Ellipsis, in social sciences there has long been the idea that the masses are asses essentially and driven easily by propaganda. The other strain of thought is by a pollster named Daniel Yankelovich.

His masterpiece with considerable theory and developed through empirical evidence is Coming to Public Judgment.

I encourage anyone really interested in public opinion and policy formation to read it. Book is from the 90's before Marxists completed their long march through institutions.

Having done published research on how Scotus is affected by public opinion over time on its cert agenda, it is both theoretically and empirically sound to me. And having a past in practical politics, I saw what Yankelovich was discussing in real time with events.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

218
The French red-green rioters may have given us a gift by providing absolutely every Republican a great talking point in the waning days of this campaign, a talking point most normal people will respond to.

TAX CUTS!!!!!

-The GOPe-

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (y9nCu)

219 The left also uses rape against their political enemies, in the form of baseless accusations of rape against anyone they seek to discredit or get rid of. It's almost always white men who trend right, or at least the left thinks they are and do.

They celebrate Rapists, too...

Biden
Clinton
Harvey Weinstein

The list is long.
Posted by: garrett at October 20, 2026 12:58 PM (ndySI)
_______

True, but only while they're useful to the cause. They protected Fat Harv for decades, but threw him to the rats the moment he ceased being useful. Ditto Kevin Spacey and that lecherous gay pedo director who's name I mercifully forgot.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (iFTx/)

220 I don't think it does work long term. That is the reason for constant ops. As each one fails, the Dems have to restart the hysteria machine and they burn credibility over and over again doing that when the truth eventually comes out. The media is down in the toilet now for persuasion with only Democrats halfway relying on it being truthful.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

May not work on an individual basis, but there's a sucker born every minute.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:06 PM (/T4YN)

221 208 And air support."

Brrrrtttt...

/GAU 8
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:03 PM (pfXMo)

/Cue Music, Ride of the Valkyries...

Shot, pan back for Wide Angle of multiple Military Helicopters flying in.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 01:07 PM (mP0Kj)

222 Georgia Meloni...
You loot we shoot. Make it happen.

Posted by: wth at October 20, 2026 01:07 PM (UjdFS)

223 Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)

Just do not forget we are where we are mostly because of the foundation Trump laid. This is not to take away from anyone else who has put it on the line or fought, but Trump is the one who forced the media to pick a side rather than pretend to be objective.
He did the same with the GOP and what was pretending to be it.

A series of Bushes and Cruzes and Huckabees simply does not get that done. You and others are analyzing a post-Trump world potentially without noting or giving credit to what Trump did.

Without what he did and does, we slink back toward ignorance and hell. Don't get me wrong. We can draft in his wake and be thankful for Elon and Twitter for the next five years or so but when the Left gets in they will clamp it all down and restrict everything to the point where it stops mattering what people know and don't know. But feelings will still be there.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:07 PM (XvD//)

224 he has bigger balls than Macron... Mr Macron...

* nods *

Posted by: Candy O. at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (vTZFs)

225 Ellipsis, in social sciences there has long been the idea that the masses are asses essentially and driven easily by propaganda. The other strain of thought is by a pollster named Daniel Yankelovich.

His masterpiece with considerable theory and developed through empirical evidence is Coming to Public Judgment.

I encourage anyone really interested in public opinion and policy formation to read it. Book is from the 90's before Marxists completed their long march through institutions.

Having done published research on how Scotus is affected by public opinion over time on its cert agenda, it is both theoretically and empirically sound to me. And having a past in practical politics, I saw what Yankelovich was discussing in real time with events.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

That's as good an endorsement as could exist.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (/T4YN)

226 They use rape themselves to brutalize and oppress women and girls. Gotta keep the bitches in line, lest they get uppity and start to question authority.

The left also uses rape against their political enemies, in the form of baseless accusations of rape against anyone they seek to discredit or get rid of. It's almost always white men who trend right, or at least the left thinks they are and do.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

To your point 1, it’s effective. A part of you breaks forever.

To your point 2, women who make up claims of sexual assault are doing more than just harming the man you are trying to hurt, they are harming every woman who has been assaulted and who may be assaulted. They are causing women who should be believed to be doubted, which causes women to be reluctant to report, which leaves the assaulter out there to hurt others. The disgust I have for these women cannot be accurately put into words. For the falsely accused men, for those who would never, ever do something so vile, I can’t begin to imagine the pain in their hearts, and a reputation that will be ruined just by the association.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

227 Ditto Kevin Spacey and that lecherous gay pedo director who's name I mercifully forgot.

Straight pedo is still okay, right? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Poman Rolanski at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (kYmoU)

228 i want islam, which is right about women, to take over america
====

Shocking.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 01:09 PM (RIvkX)

229 I don't think it does work long term. That is the reason for constant ops. As each one fails, the Dems have to restart the hysteria machine and they burn credibility over and over again doing that when the truth eventually comes out. The media is down in the toilet now for persuasion with only Democrats halfway relying on it being truthful.

Democrats are like that guy who lost his short term memory. He's always just awakening, and never remembers what he learned from the last lunacy he endorsed. He only remembers things that happened long ago, like that time he said the right things in college and got laid as a result.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:09 PM (Riz8t)

230 Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (E4rtv)

I will read thank you. Sounds good.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:09 PM (XvD//)

231 I doubt the French would be playing La Bel Age by Pat Benatar

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 01:09 PM (vJPf4)

232 I'm actually quite surprised at that. The Nips are sure they're the best culture on earth, and nobody else really measures up. I'm not sure why they'd want to import problems in the way the rest of the world has.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

They went through a short phase of Cultural suicide... but have recently gone back to Japan for the Japanese.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 01:10 PM (mP0Kj)

233 New: See Europe before it dies.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

Zed's dead, baby.

Posted by: Butch Coolidge at October 20, 2026 01:10 PM (UjdFS)

234 Democrats are like that guy who lost his short term memory. He's always just awakening, and never remembers what he learned from the last lunacy he endorsed. He only remembers things that happened long ago, like that time he said the right things in college and got laid as a result.
Posted by: Archimedes

Everyday is a new day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 01:10 PM (8B4gm)

235 Without what he did and does, we slink back toward ignorance and hell. Don't get me wrong. We can draft in his wake and be thankful for Elon and Twitter for the next five years or so but when the Left gets in they will clamp it all down and restrict everything to the point where it stops mattering what people know and don't know. But feelings will still be there.

True, but at least we'll have flying cars.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:10 PM (Riz8t)

236 Extra points for being honest????

We already knew this, but at least they admit it.
Now we can discuss this openly.

But also, (types deletes) this ghoulish feminist antifa in particular!!!!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 01:10 PM (4KUe5)

237 To your point 2, women who make up claims of sexual assault are doing more than just harming the man you are trying to hurt, they are harming every woman who has been assaulted and who may be assaulted. They are causing women who should be believed to be doubted, which causes women to be reluctant to report, which leaves the assaulter out there to hurt others. The disgust I have for these women cannot be accurately put into words. For the falsely accused men, for those who would never, ever do something so vile, I can’t begin to imagine the pain in their hearts, and a reputation that will be ruined just by the association.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

Well said.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:10 PM (/T4YN)

238 Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

I have noted a few times that there is little worse in life than being falsely accused. Not just of rape but of anything. Until you go through it you just have no idea what I even mean by this. Which will sound weird but it's true.

Going through it made me think of Jesus, and of why Satan is called The Accuser. I wouldn't wish being falsely accused on my worst enemy. I might on a Democrat though.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:11 PM (XvD//)

239 now over 160 mosques in JAPAN"

Seems to be a questionable number....

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:11 PM (pfXMo)

240 The idea is hilarious that these riots in France and Italy are over class size.

Wut?

Maybe lost in translation that the riots are about the Ummah after the invasion, the conquer phase begins.

The elites and the bourgeois vs the invading barbarians. Choose one. Without the military on the ground the barbarians win.

You will bow down to Mecca or die, Europe, with your open borders.

I assume this won't happen here in my lifetime, but I will die.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:11 PM (hzuYO)

241 To, of course, whine about President Trump not supporting the YouCrane. Right, Mitt the Contrarian. Return to your bunker.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
=======
Romney is invested literally in the Ukraine. His son Tagg and his hedge fund have investments there and Romney rejoined the hedge fund as a manager post senatorial career and his foreign policy advisor and person friend Cofer Black are his ties to Ukraine skim. McCains had similar issues via their not for profit Institute plus involvement in the Russia Russia conspiracy.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)

242 231 I doubt the French would be playing La Bel Age by Pat Benatar
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 01:09 PM (vJPf4)

France:
Old and Busted: Do you hear the People Sing? This is the sound of angry Men...

New Hotness: Meh...

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 20, 2026 01:12 PM (mP0Kj)

243 Left-wing intellectuals have strong sadomasochistic tendencies, like American LGBT people who love and support Hamas. Or like Foucault.
Of course they are excited about using rape as an instrument of policy.

Posted by: PG at October 20, 2026 01:12 PM (1Xa6P)

244 They use rape themselves to brutalize and oppress women and girls. Gotta keep the bitches in line, lest they get uppity and start to question authority.

The left also uses rape against their political enemies, in the form of baseless accusations of rape against anyone they seek to discredit or get rid of. It's almost always white men who trend right, or at least the left thinks they are and do.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

To your point 1, it’s effective. A part of you breaks forever.

To your point 2, women who make up claims of sexual assault are doing more than just harming the man you are trying to hurt, they are harming every woman who has been assaulted and who may be assaulted. They are causing women who should be believed to be doubted, which causes women to be reluctant to report, which leaves the assaulter out there to hurt others.
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)
______

I agree and have long been screaming from the rooftops that "believe all women" hurt women more than it hurt men because all these phony fake claims of rape trivialized real rape victims and made it harder for people to believe them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

245 I kind of wish the TN government hadn't redistricted, because I'd be really curious to see how Cohen would do this year vs. last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (wn0/z)

Probably still a win, but by less. I'm sure the vote fraud has gone uninterrupted. That isn't the Guard's mission in Memphis, but he'd certainly lose some natural, living votes from people who can see the difference.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 01:13 PM (BI5O2)

246 Piper gets it.

*applause*

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:13 PM (pfXMo)

247 Ugly comment:
Why are muslim women not offended or upset about rape?

Because they've all been so mutilated, all nerve endings down there have been destroyed--so it doesn't hurt them.
It's just some dude laying on top of them for all they feel down there.

Related:
Why do all muslim men rape?

Because that's the only type of sex they know.
There is no affection or mutual satisfaction, they all just ram their dick into any hole they can until they cum.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 01:13 PM (3cUTc)

248 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:11 PM (hzuYO

The Left are not just trying to fool people about what these riots are but they want to mobilize "youth" worldwide.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:13 PM (XvD//)

249 agree and have long been screaming from the rooftops that "believe all women" hurt women more than it hurt men because all these phony fake claims of rape trivialized real rape victims and made it harder for people to believe them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:12 PM (iFTx/)

Which worked out great because they hate rape victims and love rape. Win win.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:14 PM (XvD//)

250 It's a good time to be tracking down any girl who ever said "the only time I'll ever sleep with you is when cars fly."

Well lookey here ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

251 Just do not forget we are where we are mostly because of the foundation Trump laid. This is not to take away from anyone else who has put it on the line or fought, but Trump is the one who forced the media to pick a side rather than pretend to be objective.
He did the same with the GOP and what was pretending to be it.
[. . . ]
Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:07 PM (XvD//)

I think what Trump is doing is promising to Give Sovereignty Back. This is what he did in supporting Argentina, what he is attempting in Venezuela, what he is doing with constitutional and voting issues here in the States, what he is doing in Memphis and DC.
I see him trying to break the power that the Rentiers have over the world, the ones who stand between doing things and profiting things, and insist that they be paid to be allowed to do it.
I hope he succeeds.

Posted by: Epstein's Client List at October 20, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

252 stupid Epstein sock

Posted by: Kindltot at October 20, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

253
and that lecherous gay pedo director who's name I mercifully forgot.

Salva or Singer? You're gonna have to narrow things down...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 20, 2026 01:15 PM (y9nCu)

254 Democrats are like that guy who lost his short term memory. He's always just awakening, and never remembers what he learned from the last lunacy he endorsed. He only remembers things that happened long ago, like that time he said the right things in college and got laid as a result.
Posted by: Archimedes

Except for sex of their average voter, you got it right. Democrats rely on AWFLs as key constituency and have pretty much shoved males to the periphery of their coalition. Plattner and now Troy whatshisname and Talafreako represent what is left of males in the Democrat coalition and none of them can exactly be called normal.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

255 Hello. So much grim news.
=========================
Yes, grim, but also an opportunity. Sooner or later the mask has to come off and the "feminists" who drive so much of the craziness need to face their consequences. As Orwell warned us.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (rPGi+)

256 >>I have noted a few times that there is little worse in life than being falsely accused. Not just of rape but of anything. Until you go through it you just have no idea what I even mean by this. Which will sound weird but it's tru

Been there. Done that. Got the t-shirt. And scars.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (viF8m)

257 I agree and have long been screaming from the rooftops that "believe all women" hurt women more than it hurt men because all these phony fake claims of rape trivialized real rape victims and made it harder for people to believe them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Which was probably the entire point of the exercise.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (vJrRc)

258 I'm glad the rioters and rapists waited to do their rioting and raping during the shoulder season. I bet there are some travel deals this autumn!

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (rj6Yv)

259 190 Women have no business walking the streets without a hijab.

Posted by: Jeff E at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (rdB6k)

You wear the hijab or you get the He Jab...

Posted by: Rapey Muslim at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (l3cgK)

260 Sorry to hear it Jack.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (XvD//)

261 250 It's a good time to be tracking down any girl who ever said "the only time I'll ever sleep with you is when cars fly."

Well lookey here ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)

/Looks satisfied...

Posted by: George Jetson at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (mP0Kj)

262 212. To, of course, whine about President Trump not supporting the YouCrane. Right, Mitt the Contrarian. Return to your bunker.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Newsweek, yesterday,' List of Republicans Breaking With Trump on Russia Sanctions Waiver'

I think about someone, anyone shaking a certain little grifting Ukrainian oligarch until his eyes roll around in their sockets.

And Mitt could follow.

Posted by: Auntie Z at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (NFX2v)

263 Also, the same people demanding justice against the Cornell 7 will gleefully express they hope that "justice" is rape in prison.

And have all hoped, every one of them, that Republicans will be thrown in jail so they will be raped.

You can't be against rape when you see it as a form of punishment.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (3cUTc)

264 245 I kind of wish the TN government hadn't redistricted, because I'd be really curious to see how Cohen would do this year vs. last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:59 PM (wn0/z)

Probably still a win, but by less. I'm sure the vote fraud has gone uninterrupted. That isn't the Guard's mission in Memphis, but he'd certainly lose some natural, living votes from people who can see the difference.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 01:13 PM (BI5O2)

====

It'd be my guess as well, but I'd still be interested in how that sort of action can affect voting patterns. Remaking the district ex post facto in analysis won't be the same thing, but it'll be the best we got.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:17 PM (wn0/z)

265 It's a good time to be tracking down any girl who ever said "the only time I'll ever sleep with you is when cars fly."

Well lookey here ....

Tesla flying car expectation vs reality
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Xau8CCcND8o

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:17 PM (Riz8t)

266 257 I agree and have long been screaming from the rooftops that "believe all women" hurt women more than it hurt men because all these phony fake claims of rape trivialized real rape victims and made it harder for people to believe them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

Which was probably the entire point of the exercise.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 20, 2026 01:16 PM (vJrRc)

=======

"Believe all women" was a short term strategy to be against Trump with no concern for long-term effects.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 01:18 PM (wn0/z)

267 >>Sorry to hear it Jack.

Thanks but long time ago. All good now.

But you're right, until you go through being falsely accused you really can't know what it feels like.

You also find out fast who you're friends are.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:18 PM (viF8m)

268 238 Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 01:08 PM (ZdaMQ)

I have noted a few times that there is little worse in life than being falsely accused. Not just of rape but of anything. Until you go through it you just have no idea what I even mean by this. Which will sound weird but it's true.

Going through it made me think of Jesus, and of why Satan is called The Accuser. I wouldn't wish being falsely accused on my worst enemy. I might on a Democrat though.
Posted by: ...

Reason why Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness is in the ten commandments. And the biblical treatment for false accusations was at one time, the same punishment as the accused would get if found guilty.

Lot less false reporting if that was the case.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv)

269 This is happening because France dresses like a whore, isn't it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (P0irv)

270 ‘Dis is some smart military blogging right here !!

Posted by: AVC at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (xZ7Ly)

271 Newsweek, yesterday,' List of Republicans Breaking With Trump on Russia Sanctions Waiver'
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National Review is absolutely red in the face screaming in anger about "Trump's favors to Putin."

They are now indistinguishable from Democrats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (3cUTc)

272 You also find out fast who you're friends are.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:18 PM (viF8m)

Fuckin true dat

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (XvD//)

273 What Piper said.

What also annoys me is how the left continues to “discover” sexual harassment and sexual assault. Long before #metoo there was Anita Hill, then Monica Lewinsky. Each time WE get lectured about appropriate behavior, and men lectured “how not to rape.” No, normies know how to behave, where there are boundaries, thanks to mandatory workplace training, being decent people with vale’s and respect for others, etc. Just because one of your Lefty leaders was a perv and you allowed it doesn’t mean it’s a teachable moment for the rest of us.

Gen Z did not discover rape or regret sex, so spare us the lectures- we are not the ones in need of an education from you fools.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (4KUe5)

274 Romney is invested literally in the Ukraine. His son Tagg and his hedge fund have investments there and Romney rejoined the hedge fund as a manager post senatorial career and his foreign policy advisor and person friend Cofer Black are his ties to Ukraine skim. McCains had similar issues via their not for profit Institute plus involvement in the Russia Russia conspiracy.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:12 PM (E4rtv)
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Thank you for these reminders; I had completely forgotten about Romney's involvement in Ukraine, and also about Cofer Black.

Romney has been surprisingly silent about Ukraine since he left office.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (rPGi+)

275 your

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (viF8m)

276 It's a good time to be tracking down any girl who ever said "the only time I'll ever sleep with you is when cars fly."
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Cars, pigs...potato, tomato...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 01:20 PM (amcLV)

277 They are now indistinguishable from Democrats.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (3cUTc)

That's handy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 20, 2026 01:20 PM (/T4YN)

278 Newsweek, yesterday,' List of Republicans Breaking With Trump on Russia Sanctions Waiver'
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National Review is absolutely red in the face screaming in anger about "Trump's favors to Putin."

They are now indistinguishable from Democrats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (3cUTc)
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Compare that list to the list of Republican senators that voted to convict DJT on the impeachment charges.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 01:20 PM (rj6Yv)

279 263. You can't be against rape when you see it as a form of punishment.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

Or an entitlement.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 01:21 PM (NFX2v)

280 Thank you for these reminders; I had completely forgotten about Romney's involvement in Ukraine, and also about Cofer Black.

Romney has been surprisingly silent about Ukraine since he left office.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Waiting for statute of limitations to kick in and I think Mitt is a cowardly nepot. If you cannot confront Candy Crowley who was lying openly interceding for Obama in a debate, then you never were the person you thought you were.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)

281 Or like Foucault.
Of course they are excited about using rape as an instrument of policy."

Well, Foucault liked little Algerian boys, so...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (pfXMo)

282 New one:

Report: DNA Proves Ilhan Omar Married Her Gay Brother

Posted by: Archimedes at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (Riz8t)

283 Just because one of your Lefty leaders was a perv and you allowed it doesn’t mean it’s a teachable moment for the rest of us.
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Very true words. I hate it when they suddenly discover civilized behavior and decide their late lesson is another opportunity to start lecturing everyone else. The Cornell situation bugs me in part for this very reason, the lefties in charge there issue pamphlets telling students to experiment with every form of sex short of snuff films, and then when someone has a bad experience, the harridan lectures start up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (rPGi+)

284 Romney is invested literally in the Ukraine."

Many are. It's scam central.
My sympathy meter seems...broken.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (pfXMo)

285 Nood

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (RIvkX)

286 "And the biblical treatment for false accusations was at one time, the same punishment as the accused would get if found guilty.

Lot less false reporting if that was the case.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (E4rtv) "

if only! and apply it to cops and prosecutors who employ false witness, too.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (VyBeY)

287 National Review is absolutely red in the face screaming in anger about "Trump's favors to Putin."

They are now indistinguishable from Democrats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

No one cares about National Review anymore other than idiotic staffers and Congress critters in DC. Bunch of slimy bastards that are less principled than whores walking the streets in NYC. Paid off by the techlords just like Weakly Standard was.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (E4rtv)

288 Didn't Whoopie say it has to be rape rape before it's rape?

Posted by: torabora at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (hQipU)

289 if only! and apply it to cops and prosecutors who employ false witness, too.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Yep.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (E4rtv)

290 269 This is happening because France dresses like a whore, isn't it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 01:19 PM (P0irv)

They were acting like that Cornell girl, letting every Muslim into her.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (l3cgK)

291 If you cannot confront Candy Crowley who was lying openly interceding for Obama in a debate, then you never were the person you thought you were.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (E4rtv)
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I remember thinking at the time, "You just lost the debate to Candy Crowley and the election to Mr. Useless."

One thing that has always been attractive about Trump, he's no Mitt Romney.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (rPGi+)

292 Women have no business walking the streets without a hijab.
Is that like a mattress on her back?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (y6jSU)

293 " The Cornell situation bugs me in part for this very reason, the lefties in charge there issue pamphlets telling students to experiment with every form of sex short of snuff films, and then when someone has a bad experience, the harridan lectures start up.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 01:23 PM (rPGi+) "

"the issue is never the issue; the issue is always The Revolution"
never forget this!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 01:25 PM (VyBeY)

294 Post Apocalyptic, sure. That makes the Apocalypse the current government that has steered this course for a generation or more.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 20, 2026 01:27 PM (uhVAy)

295 Title IX was passed into law in 1972.

It took til 2006 and the Duke rape case to bring it to the forefront of news of college rape accusations.

I remember because I had two sons in universities and a couple of years prior read stories of boys being expelled for false rape charges. Their stories not heard by the Title IX committees on campus. Consensual texts of sex (often by the girl to the boy for sex) were not recognized to support the boy's stories.

The mere fact of underage drinking doomed these boys to be expelled and register as sex deviants. All because of a girl's vengeance of seeking sex without a relationship. I do hope, after thousands of $ and a return to court, they got their lives back.

Using Title IX for revenge is the crowning point of a woman scorned in universities...along with true rape.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 20, 2026 01:28 PM (hzuYO)

296 While I was waiting for an hour in line to vote, there was this gray-haired lady (not in line) holding a sign asking Republicans to think hard about trans rights before voting. A NY accent, so a transplant (sic). She loudly lamented "What happened to the Republican Party? They used to be reasonable, with politicians like Nelson Rockefeller and Jacob Javits (blah blah blah)". The line was mostly Dem retirees, and they all clucked and nodded in agreement.

Not many young people in line, though, and by young, I mean under 50.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)

297 True, but only while they're useful to the cause. They protected Fat Harv for decades, but threw him to the rats the moment he ceased being useful. Ditto Kevin Spacey and that lecherous gay pedo director who's name I mercifully forgot.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 01:05 PM (iFTx/)

Also every free-wheeling liberal Republican power broker in the early 1990s got it in the neck when the Dems came for their seats.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 20, 2026 01:34 PM (uhVAy)

298 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 01:36 PM (vTZFs)

299 I volunteer to commit some "colateral damage" on this frog.

Posted by: pendejo at October 20, 2026 01:57 PM (7nWOL)

300 needs more water cannon

Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 20, 2026 03:12 PM (jrgJz)

301 Europe will be destroyed by women who project onto those animals the motherhood that belonged to the children they aborted.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 03:22 PM (RHGPo)

The Morning Rant

Tip O'Neill famously, and accurately said, "All politics is local." Well...mostly accurate, but it's good enough for government work. State parties are where the heavy lifting is done, and solid ones have tremendous influence over the direction their states -- and the country -- go!

But let us discuss the lousy ones! Yes, there will be some debate, but the Republican Party of New Jersey might be the worst of a sordid and lazy list of pathetic state political organizations. They do nothing...not even fundraising...with any sense of urgency or purpose. And there are multiple avenues for activity, not least of which is the mail-in ballot fiascos during Covid. When solid Republican counties turn in late mail-in ballots that increase the Democrat lead, shouldn't someone ask the obvious questions?

And even granting the cowardice of the NJ Republican Party, how about just trying to get out the vote! That seems to be an easy and well-understood function of a stat party, and one that won't interfere with those prized cocktail party invitations in Trenton.

But they couldn't even do that. Corruptocrat Phil Murphy of Goldman Sachs won by fewer than 85,000 votes, with a pathetic 40% turnout. He was weak, he was ineffective, and he was unappealing: just the sort of candidate who is vulnerable. But the Republican Party Of NJ couldn't be bothered to do the minimum, and the results showed.

I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life, and I was never contacted by anyone in the party apparatus. That is simply pathetic. And the same thing was true in 2022, and 2024, and 2026!

But now I am supposed to believe that another feckless and weak Democrat is ripe for the taking? Sure...in a state with a modestly-well-functioning party, but not NJ.

Booker rival who 'shoots from the hip' hopes viral debate moment can break GOP's Senate drought

The sad thing is that Justin Murphy makes a lot of sense when he speaks, and his platform is a good one. With the pathetic turnout in NJ, his opponent, Cory Booker (who is a f*cking retard) is absolutely vulnerable. A robust GOTV program would narrow the traditional Democrat advantage in NJ to a manageable gap. But it hasn't happened, and it never will.

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. And if you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow me it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (NcvvS)

2 And SPONGE!!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (NcvvS)

3 Virginia's and Georgia's are in the conversation.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (7/DDO)

4 The GOP is feckless... everywhere.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (RORbl)

5 Hola!

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 11:04 AM (77rzZ)

6 My shocked face.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 11:06 AM (8B4gm)

7 "I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life, and I was never contacted by anyone in the party apparatus. That is simply pathetic. And the same thing was true in 2022, and 2024, and 2026!"

I was just thinking this morning nothing could be worse than Pennsylvania. However, since the experience you wrote above is identical for me, I suspect we simply take our political stances from both NJ and VA.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 11:06 AM (NFX2v)

8 Isn't there a prefix that must be added before using the Booker name?

Posted by: Fiercely Heterosexual Cory Booker at October 20, 2026 11:07 AM (EdP2u)

9 Slept in this morning. J.J. and I share a birthday today. Happy Birthday to us! Today I turn 70. And today I feel 70.🥳

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 11:07 AM (Dd7BU)

10 3 Virginia's and Georgia's are in the conversation.
Posted by: Black JEM
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Both state parties are dominated by country club Republicans who see illegals as cheap labor and economic growth and whose cultural affinities are with their leftist classmates in selective colleges. They are Republicans to get rich, not to fight political battles. And their hideous political consultant apparatus respond to the donors that pay them and the state parties that force candidates to use them if they want to win a primary. Big donors are well to the left of the GOP party mostly on social issues but hate taxes and regulation that prevents them from getting richer.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:07 AM (E4rtv)

11 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life, and I was never contacted by anyone in the party apparatus. That is simply pathetic. And the same thing was true in 2022, and 2024, and 2026!

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So...everyone knows that you are a regular voter and just assumed that they didn't need to spend money to convince you to vote?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:08 AM (wn0/z)

12 Hi.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 11:08 AM (LOvBA)

13 Los Angeles Mayor Promises to Use LAPD to Protect Illegal Voters From ICE

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Sure,it's why not?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

14 I'm getting, on average, at least three texts a day from the GOP.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 11:08 AM (JzUSu)

15 Wasn't the Jersey GOP responsible for bending over for the voting consent decree that the GOPe used as an excuse for years?

And yes, VA and Georgia GOP organizations suck. VA is still tied to seniority...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:08 AM (pfXMo)

16 13 Los Angeles Mayor Promises to Use LAPD to Protect Illegal Voters From ICE

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Sure,it's why not?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 11:08 AM (ndZc7)

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But Bass wouldn't use resources to protect the Palisades from fire.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM (wn0/z)

17 Part of the reason blue states are blue is because the GOP in that state doesn't function as an opposition political party. It functions as a grifting machine and full-employment act for lazy, feckless, otherwise unemployable retards.

Ciattarelli would have beaten the loathsome Sherill in 2024 had there been a functioning GOP in NJ. Hell, he might have beaten Potatohead Murphy in 2021 if there was.

Likewise, Hochul would be toast in November if NY had a functioning GOP party.

We endlessly make fun of how the Dems keeping hoping and trying to turn the reddest red states blue. But they keep at it, every time. I wish we had a GOP that did the same in blue states.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

18 Republicans -- the good ones anyway -- in Texas win in spite of the state party apparatus, not because of it.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM (vTZFs)

19 I have Trader Joe Chocolate Chip Cookie Dunkers. So good.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM (8B4gm)

20 I'm getting, on average, at least three texts a day from the GOP"

Wait until they find out about the fax machine!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:10 AM (pfXMo)

21 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life, and I was never contacted by anyone in the party apparatus. That is simply pathetic. And the same thing was true in 2022, and 2024, and 2026!

The Republican Party of Maryland is better at outreach than that, and they're widely considered to be useless.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG)

22 My views on the nature of the GOPe on all levels are well known. I'll spare y'all.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (ENA4W)

23 The Oklahoma GOP has some GOPe tendencies. Trump carried each and every one of Oklahoma's 77 counties but not because of any heroics from the locals.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (TN0g+)

24 I'm getting, on average, at least three texts a day from the GOP

I had to block a number over the weekend because I was getting a text every 15 minutes about a 5x match if I donated now.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (2ocoG)

25 17 We endlessly make fun of how the Dems keeping hoping and trying to turn the reddest red states blue. But they keep at it, every time. I wish we had a GOP that did the same in blue states.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM (iFTx/)

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Yes.

Democrats will look at Trump+14 Texas and say, "Maybe we can win it!"

Sure, the insiders are using it for graft, but the donors giving Talarico tens of millions of dollars think it's possible.

And then we look at Kamala+3 MN having a Senate race with a bunch of local controversies affecting the Democrat party and just stand off saying, "Nah, it's a deep blue state. Don't even bother thinking about it."

We take our cues from leftist news sources. It's an underlying reality of the entire right-wing ecosystem in America that hinders and shapes so much in terms of tactics and strategy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (wn0/z)

26 Slept in this morning. J.J. and I share a birthday today. Happy Birthday to us! Today I turn 70. And today I feel 70.🥳
Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 11:07 AM (Dd7BU)

Many happy returns!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (wSl27)

27 Republicans -- the good ones anyway -- in Texas win in spite of the state party apparatus, "

Hey, we're still important. Or something.

/ the Bush family machine

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (pfXMo)

28 "I was never contacted by anyone in the party apparatus"

... simple solution .. donate money to the Party

They will never leave you alone for the next 10 years.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (RHGPo)

29 Tip O'Neill famously, and accurately said, "All politics is local." Well...mostly accurate

I think this is a lot less true than it once was. Texas Democrats were once a unique species. How do they differ from the national brand these days? If Robert Francis O'Rourke or James Talarico differ from the average Democrat, I haven't noticed it.

I don't know that you can even blame the local GOP (entirely) for the NJ situation. It's not like the RNC couldn't intervene and help out if it wanted to win. There's just not a lot of evidence that it does; it acts more like a union for GOPe incumbents.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (xEhzD)

30 Los Angeles Mayor Promises to Use LAPD to Protect Illegal Voters From ICE
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Just exactly what does he expect LAPD officers to do?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (TN0g+)

31 I have Trader Joe Chocolate Chip Cookie Dunkers. So good.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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All chocolate chip cookies are dunkers.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (JzUSu)

32 > Los Angeles Mayor Promises to Use LAPD to Protect Illegal Voters From ICE

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Sure,it's why not?
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The left has a variety of tools like the local LE. They've got a raft of judges on their side, the media, illegals and a fair number of idiots.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 11:13 AM (RORbl)

33 Hey, lay off us. We're doing our best to BECOME New Jersey.

Posted by: Virginia at October 20, 2026 11:13 AM (dF6f/)

34 30 Los Angeles Mayor Promises to Use LAPD to Protect Illegal Voters From ICE
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Just exactly what does he expect LAPD officers to do?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (TN0g+)

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Commit obstruction of justice and, hopefully, get into a firefight with ICE in an effort to spark some kind of civil war?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:13 AM (wn0/z)

35 The Oklahoma GOP has some GOPe tendencies. Trump carried each and every one of Oklahoma's 77 counties but not because of any heroics from the locals.
Posted by: Crusader

Same with WV. Even Monongalia Co. (WVU).

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 11:13 AM (8B4gm)

36 I was just thinking this morning nothing could be worse than Pennsylvania. However, since the experience you wrote above is identical for me, I suspect we simply take our political stances from both NJ and VA.

Posted by: L - No nic...

State party organizations exist to implement party big donors' wishes and keep some of that sweet cash flow in someway for themselves. So if you are a candidate in a winnable district, the party demands that you use their own consultants from a list--finance, fund raising, legal, etc. If you try to roll your own, you get challenged in the primary by a candidate who towed the line on accepting party help. And repeatedly, just like party officials, these political consultants hate base GOP voters and are in fact well to the left of the GOP ideologically. And they want to get rich.

So, instead of GOTV which involves doing what the base voters want, you get mailers, robocalls, crappy ads, crappy media relations, etc. All of these make a pretty penny for the GOP consultants and they don't have to hang out with the smelly people but can smooze with what they consider their equals--reporters, ad placement for media, special interest policy wonks e

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)

37 Tillis to Cooper won't be much of a change.

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 11:15 AM (enNUy)

38 We take our cues from leftist news sources. It's an underlying reality of the entire right-wing ecosystem in America that hinders and shapes so much in terms of tactics and strategy.

I've said before that too many right-wingers only believe things the TV says. They should read Ace's content, even though it would make Andrew Breitbart unhappy.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:16 AM (2ocoG)

39 I can speak from the farthest regions of NY state. Useless would be an improvement over here. Usually we just get less competent, less connected crooks than the Ds.

We have a natural wonder of the world and a crazy amount of hydro power and natural gas available. We have one of the biggest ports in the country and access to the great lakes' 35 million people. Throw in the media center of nyc and Wall Street and the whole state should be wearing Tiffany cufflinks in our morning jackets at brunch.

Instead, we get rust belt decay and corpse camped by regulation. The primary obstacle to general prosperity is the state government.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 20, 2026 11:16 AM (r7+Q7)

40 We take our cues from leftist news sources. It's an underlying reality of the entire right-wing ecosystem in America that hinders and shapes so much in terms of tactics and strategy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (wn0/z)
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The Right: "The leftwing media is nothing but lies and propaganda trying to keep us down!"

Also The Right: "The NYT has a poll saying we're gonna lose TX and have no chance whatsoever in MN. [Puts hair on fire] I guess we might as well just pack it all in then. Too bad, maybe next time!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 11:16 AM (iFTx/)

41 I'm getting, on average, at least three texts a day from the GOP

I had to block a number over the weekend because I was getting a text every 15 minutes about a 5x match if I donated now.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (2ocoG)

I get nuthin'. And I'm a registered Repuke. Been voting for *mumble*mumble* years.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 20, 2026 11:16 AM (hmYU4)

42 From what I did for years, I knew a bunch of political consultants, taught some of them as undergrads, and had a colleague that got out of the business because it was so rotten.

It is driven by money, not ideology nor even party loyalty and has been for decades in the GOP--same handler types going way back and those handlers will turn and stab the candidate in the back in a trice if they view them as unacceptable. See Trump, See Reagan, Goldwater, Taft, even Landon.

Trump learned this in Trump II--staffing itself is politics.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)

43 There's just not a lot of evidence that it does; it acts more like a union for GOPe incumbents."

Thus seniority. It's the traditional path in American politics. Democrats as well, but the fracturing between traditional dems and radicals in the latter part of the 20th century "refreshed" and energized several state parties...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:18 AM (pfXMo)

44 37 Tillis to Cooper won't be much of a change.
Posted by: nckate

Reports are dribbling out now that Cooper has Parkinson's.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:18 AM (E4rtv)

45 Republicans -- the good ones anyway -- in Texas win in spite of the state party apparatus, not because of it.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM

Purely anecdotal but the lines for early voting here in NE Texas are very long. They have never been this long for an off year election for the decade we have lived here. There are about the same number of people waiting in line as there were for the 2024 presidential election.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 11:19 AM (I43vL)

46 @26. Thanks AOP.

It's been a long and winding road. Such is life.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 11:19 AM (Dd7BU)

47 44 37 Tillis to Cooper won't be much of a change.
Posted by: nckate

Reports are dribbling out now that Cooper has Parkinson's.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:18 AM (E4rtv)

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Early Democrat advantages in early voting in NC are eroding...fast.

Over the weekend, and including Monday, they lost 10% of the share.

https://x.com/aggou/status/
2112493249931689987

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:20 AM (wn0/z)

48 I've said before that too many right-wingers only believe things the TV says. They should read Ace's content, even though it would make Andrew Breitbart unhappy.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:16 AM (2ocoG)

Been emailing links to AOS to many fellow conservatives for years. Get very few replies. Too busy doing stupid and pointless shit to bother reading anything. A few get their "news" from Newsmax. The others? They live in a cone of silence. Incredible.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 20, 2026 11:20 AM (hmYU4)

49 It seems we have besmirched the French.

Mexican Rioters Tear Down Beautiful Oak Doors, Set Them On Fire

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 11:20 AM (ndZc7)

50 So, instead of GOTV which involves doing what the base voters want, you get mailers, robocalls, crappy ads, crappy media relations, etc….
Posted by: whig

So last night my daughter found political fliers on her car after work - cut as something you’d hang from your rear view mirror.

For Gov Abbott. 41 of them. We live 1000 miles from Texas.

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 20, 2026 11:20 AM (36bTp)

51 45 Purely anecdotal but the lines for early voting here in NE Texas are very long. They have never been this long for an off year election for the decade we have lived here. There are about the same number of people waiting in line as there were for the 2024 presidential election.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 11:19 AM (I43vL)

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And black turnout in South Dallas is comparatively...very low.

Talarico is going to lose by a lot, and we're going to be told that we need to ignore the fact that polling said he was going to win easily for like 4 months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:21 AM (wn0/z)

52 Tip O'Neil is proof the folks in massassholechusettes have been assholes for a very, very, very long time.

Posted by: Stop The Madness at October 20, 2026 11:21 AM (8EQTH)

53 41 I'm getting, on average, at least three texts a day from the GOP

I had to block a number over the weekend because I was getting a text every 15 minutes about a 5x match if I donated now.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (2ocoG)

I get nuthin'. And I'm a registered Repuke. Been voting for *mumble*mumble* years.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy

Ian S. have you donated in the past? You will get those texts and calls because those consultants bought your name from whoever you donated to.

thatjerseyguy, you might vote but consultants running campaigns want to get rich. If a candidate does not pay them to text and call you, the consultants won't do it. GOP consultants HATE GOTV activities because the commission rates are a lot lower and it often deals with volunteer management. Left uses NGOs to do it sometimes paid, sometimes ideological, the right uses paid mercenaries who have the loyalty of a paid mercenary.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:22 AM (E4rtv)

54 UK Sends Typhoon Jets To Support Saudis Amid Houthi Attacks

Claims this cutting-edge warplane will be merely 'defensive'...

... this smells of the Gulf War trick of sending a French aircraft carrier, then having the planes fly back to France after the carrier is over the horizon

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (RHGPo)

55 So last night my daughter found political fliers on her car after work - cut as something you’d hang from your rear view mirror.
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I bet they are door knob hangers.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (TN0g+)

56 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life, and I was never contacted by anyone in the party apparatus.

But look how well we have convinced you that we are real! Vote as you wish for D or R, your votes all go to The Party.

Posted by: NJ Party Division "R" at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (9GwoN)

57 Condolences AOP on the result up there. Sad. Was hoping for a spark that might indicate Canada was going to change course.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (U/Byj)

58 So last night my daughter found political fliers on her car after work - cut as something you’d hang from your rear view mirror.

For Gov Abbott. 41 of them. We live 1000 miles from Texas.
Posted by: Kratwurst
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The connected Printer got paid, the person placing them may or may not have gotten paid, donors were shown pretty pictures of the flier as evidence the consultants are doing the job, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)

59 Oklahoma's GOP at least fills my mailbox with mailers, accusing each other of being weak and evil, and mans the polling stations.

They often leave Dems unopposed, and they spam me with texts, and there's all these polls I refuse to answer...

Posted by: RandomDave at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (aJQbY)

60 I was thinking of putting a whiteboard out in front of my house. Can anyone - particularly from NJ- think of anything to say to encourage voting for Murphy and against Booker? . Please note: it has to fit on one large white board and I would prefer that y house not be firebombed. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 11:24 AM (IDUoO)

61 Bangladesh is seeking answers on why Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals in the city of Mecca - which is considered holy in Islam - without telling Dhaka.

Last week, Saudi Arabia executed a male and a female Bangladeshi national after they were convicted of committing "indecent acts" inside a mosque (in Mecca).

Riyadh did not provide further details on the acts the two Bangladeshi nationals allegedly committed or whether they had legal representation in the Gulf kingdom, according to local media reports.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 11:24 AM (RHGPo)

62 52 Tip O'Neil is proof the folks in massassholechusettes have been assholes for a very, very, very long time.
Posted by: Stop The Madness at October 20, 2026 11:21 AM (8EQTH)

Since about 1640.

Posted by: Reforger at October 20, 2026 11:25 AM (Ae6Br)

63 The connected Printer got paid, the person placing them may or may not have gotten paid, donors were shown pretty pictures of the flier as evidence the consultants are doing the job, etc."

This. It's how it works

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:25 AM (pfXMo)

64 48 I've said before that too many right-wingers only believe things the TV says. They should read Ace's content, even though it would make Andrew Breitbart unhappy.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:16 AM

I sometimes wonder that as time passes traditional (or any version, for that matter) television is less and less important.

Do very many people still watch "television?" There are so many other options for entertainment now, and depending on how much you're willing to pay, avoid advertising.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2026 11:25 AM (dF6f/)

65 but the Republican Party of New Jersey might be the worst of a sordid and lazy list of pathetic state political organizations.

Hey, we have to be on the list somewhere!

Posted by: Repubs of Kalifornia at October 20, 2026 11:26 AM (l3cgK)

66 Bikers for Trump Alaska joins list of those endorsing Bernadette Wilson for governor

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 11:26 AM (RHGPo)

67 Hey, we have to be on the list somewhere!
Posted by: Repubs of Kalifornia"

You don't exist...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:27 AM (pfXMo)

68 Bangladesh is seeking answers on why Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals in the city of Mecca - which is considered holy in Islam - without telling Dhaka.

Last week, Saudi Arabia executed a male and a female Bangladeshi national after they were convicted of committing "indecent acts" inside a mosque (in Mecca).

Riyadh did not provide further details on the acts the two Bangladeshi nationals allegedly committed or whether they had legal representation in the Gulf kingdom, according to local media reports.
Posted by: SMOD

There will be an Inshallah investigation and it will disappear in a month or two.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 11:27 AM (8B4gm)

69 I was thinking of putting a whiteboard out in front of my house. Can anyone - particularly from NJ- think of anything to say to encourage voting for Murphy and against Booker? . Please note: it has to fit on one large white board and I would prefer that y house not be firebombed. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 11:24 AM (IDUoO)

So I guess "Corey Booker Sucks" is out of the question?

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 20, 2026 11:28 AM (hmYU4)

70 As an aside, the deluge of actblue fundraising ads in my media feeds shut off like a faucet a day or two ago. I had 90% from Beato Talarico, several from Bear Claw Vindman's twin running in FL. I've never set foot in FL. Even SCOAMF ximself made a few appearances. The only person running against Trump is Kathy Holchul. Everybody else is using "Big money Billionaires" for the boogieman.

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 20, 2026 11:28 AM (r7+Q7)

71 Early Democrat advantages in early voting in NC are eroding...fast.

Over the weekend, and including Monday, they lost 10% of the share.

https://x.com/aggou/status/
2112493249931689987
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

So far, in almost every state, we see the TDS brigade, probably old lefty boomers that seriously go to No Kings rallies go to the polls or submit their mail in requests/ballots on the first day. Then the tide recedes day by day. Leaners claiming they are independent but are in fact less likely to vote in every election are going to be the 'swing' version this election that either show up or don't vote depending on party success in mobilization.

Base voters are going to vote and the endless stupid demoralization polling/prediction markets don't seem to be affecting GOP base voting turnout at all. Media has become largely ignored by such voters now.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:28 AM (E4rtv)

72 I know New Jersey is bad but I have to say that the Republican Party here in the Soviet of Washington has been compliant and utterly corrupted by stupidity and surviving on the scant bones allowed. The I-5 corridor, as in Oregon and California wags the dog. All three states are schizophrenic in make up and attitude. The Cascades and Sierra's represent two different places. It may in fact be too late to save all three. Gerrymandered districts, media influence and, as is showing up in Montana as well, the people who voted for decline and destruction are fleeing to areas where they continue to vote for decline.

To quote our philosopher of firearms, Weasel; Buy Ammo.

Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at October 20, 2026 11:28 AM (+jRTn)

73 Abdul El-Sayed to black voters: I am not like your "gas station Abdul" who hates blacks, catcalls women

OMG Undercover: Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Reveals El-Sayed Knowingly Receives Illegal Donations from Overseas

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 11:28 AM (RHGPo)

74 I saw a whiteboard the other day outside a local pub.

FREE (in large letters)

tv and a/c (in tiny letters)

HEAD (in large letters)

inside for fun and food (in tiny letters)

Posted by: Madison Avenue at October 20, 2026 11:29 AM (8EQTH)

75 70 As an aside, the deluge of actblue fundraising ads in my media feeds shut off like a faucet a day or two ago. I had 90% from Beato Talarico, several from Bear Claw Vindman's twin running in FL. I've never set foot in FL. Even SCOAMF ximself made a few appearances. The only person running against Trump is Kathy Holchul. Everybody else is using "Big money Billionaires" for the boogieman.
Posted by: Bilwis

I used to get a lot of that crap but refuse to donate money--I will donate time to candidates I like going door to door or nowadays, driving someone who does. Don't get those calls and solicitations anymore.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:29 AM (E4rtv)

76 I bet they are door knob hangers.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:23 AM (TN0g+)

Inorite?

Posted by: zombie David Carradine at October 20, 2026 11:30 AM (wSl27)

77 I also learned this morning that Pennsylvania has employed a "Decoupling" Strategy (Act 45) which means -

PA's primary method of protecting its budget is tax code decoupling. Act 45 has explicitly rejected several-business friendly federal tax write-offs established under the federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). By forcing corporation to add back these federal deductions on their state forms, PA artificially widens the taxable base to extract more revenue, even as the baseline tax rate drops.

For decades, PA had one of the highest corporate tax rates in the nation at 9.99%, which severely crippled its economic competitiveness. The tax rate has dropped to 7.49% for 2026 & will continue its downward glide path until it hits 4.99% in 2031. Because it cuts deeply into the state's recurring revenue, the Decoupling Strategy will compensate for the reduction over the next 5 years.

PA also has an aggressive sales tax & the "Digital Commons" Tax Catch-All; has explicitly refused to conform to No Tax on Tips as per the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and has a pathetic energy policy.

No wonder many PA residents never feel the Federal tax relief programs!

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 11:30 AM (NFX2v)

78 HOME!

Posted by: Weasel at October 20, 2026 11:30 AM (leKdc)

79 Speaking of local elections I am amused in one near me. The current state Rep is a republican. He has a job in addition to being state rep.

So the challenger is a young Dem is running on a platform of "well the Republican guy isn't 100% committed, why he doesn't go to every single meeting on the committees he is on, so let's fire him for being lazy!"

But here is the funny thing, the challenger is in some local office currently and admitted in one interview he didn't go to most of their committee meetings because, well, they don't really matter. This has become the item that every Republican social media post/ad I see focuses on.

Now the Dem alternates ads and social media with pleas to stop mud slinging and...calling for the incumbent to be defeated because he didn't show up to all his committee meetings.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (sKqQm)

80 Well the CA GOP will not just sit there while youz try to claim your own states' GOP is the most useless. Its performance speaks for itself.

But while all accurate, this trashing of state GOPs is sort of in the same category as blaming shadowy unknown forces - or foreign influence "ops"!! - for various idiotic and destructive trends or events.

It's the voters that are the problem. As Trump's existence redundantly demonstrates, if the voters insist on something, they'll get it (ludicrous theft like 2020 being an exception of course, but the foundations of that also are laid by voters who mostly didn't revolt in the slightest, even after that, to clean things up).

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (U/Byj)

81 Early Democrat advantages in early voting in NC are eroding...fast.

Over the weekend, and including Monday, they lost 10% of the share.

https://x.com/aggou/status/
2112493249931689987
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:20 AM (wn0/z)
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I suspect there's a small but vociferous group of Trump-hating boomers and incels who can't wait to vote early. That juices the early early voting. But once these losers blow their load, there isn't anyone coming behind them to keep the momentum going.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (iFTx/)

82 >>> 34 30 Los Angeles Mayor Promises to Use LAPD to Protect Illegal Voters From ICE
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Just exactly what does he expect LAPD officers to do?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:12 AM (TN0g+)

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Commit obstruction of justice and, hopefully, get into a firefight with ICE in an effort to spark some kind of civil war?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:13 AM (wn0/z)

Retard commie bassmouth wants: to spark to Glorious Peoples Revolution Against The Bad Orange Man To Protect They/Them's Precious Democracy
Would settle for: big boost in name recognition in the Presidential Election Grift
Will probably get: many of the retards in the LAPD who gleefully enforced woofloo mandates arrested by ICE, some of whom will be identified as illegals...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (jb8Ss)

83 Amazingly, as much as the left hates Trump himself, I sense little enthusiasm for the election among the Democrats. Maybe it's their incredibly bad slate of candidates, maybe it's the USAID funding cutoff, I do not know, but even in Ohio (where Brown is supposedly running ahead of Husted) I see very few signs and hear zero conversation.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (vue/J)

84 The Oklahoma GOP has some GOPe tendencies. Trump carried each and every one of Oklahoma's 77 counties but not because of any heroics from the locals.
Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:11 AM (TN0g+)

Have you ever thought that the "no heroics" might be the reason repubs win in OK? Most people here appreciate the fact that our state government and repub party isn't up in our grill 24/7 like other states.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (g8Ew8)

85 I am getting constant political texts.

Interestingly the one I get the most is Michele Tafoya and no I don't live in her state.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (sKqQm)

86 Bangladesh is seeking answers on why Saudi Arabia executed two Bangladeshi nationals in the city of Mecca...
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I can help explain that--Saudi Arabia is chock full of Muslims and Muslims do things like that.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (TN0g+)

87 72 I know New Jersey is bad but I have to say that the Republican Party here in the Soviet of Washington has been compliant and utterly corrupted by stupidity and surviving on the scant bones allowed. The I-5 corridor, as in Oregon and California wags the dog. All three states are schizophrenic in make up and attitude. The Cascades and Sierra's represent two different places. It may in fact be too late to save all three. Gerrymandered districts, media influence and, as is showing up in Montana as well, the people who voted for decline and destruction are fleeing to areas where they continue to vote for decline.

To quote our philosopher of firearms, Weasel; Buy Ammo.
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops
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The South had its GOP patronage parties during the era of Democrat rule where the party organization just existed to make money from candidates, share in federal patronage, and otherwise spend its time in a circular firing squad over who got to be head cheese the organization for fun and profit.

Pattern is probably reasserting itself in WA.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

88 I am unclear what the GOP is doing anywhere. It’s pathetic. Imagine what would happen with a Scott Pressler or Spencer Pratt at the helm.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (ZdaMQ)

89 81 I suspect there's a small but vociferous group of Trump-hating boomers and incels who can't wait to vote early. That juices the early early voting. But once these losers blow their load, there isn't anyone coming behind them to keep the momentum going.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (iFTx/)

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It's the pattern seen in every state so far from OH to VA and appearing in NC.

Only one day in TX and FL to see, but I suspect they'll follow through as well.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (wn0/z)

90 I was thinking of putting a whiteboard out in front of my house. Can anyone - particularly from NJ- think of anything to say to encourage voting for Murphy and against Booker? . Please note: it has to fit on one large white board and I would prefer that y house not be firebombed. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 11:24 AM (IDUoO)

"Support Lindsay Clancy: Vote Cory Booker"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (wSl27)

91 HOME!
Posted by: Weasel at October 20, 2026 11:30 AM (leKdc)
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Always a happy moment. Congratulations sir.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:33 AM (vue/J)

92 78 HOME!
Posted by: Weasel

Welcome back. Go ahead and take a three minute break before starting the write up for the gun thread.

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 20, 2026 11:33 AM (36bTp)

93 >>> 78 HOME!
Posted by: Weasel at October 20, 2026 11:30 AM (leKdc)

Are Fun Size Joe and Gertie still doing the happy dance?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 11:33 AM (jb8Ss)

94 The only republican we had running for city council had a drive by at his house so he decided to drop out and move out of Charlotte.

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 11:34 AM (enNUy)

95 I can help explain that--Saudi Arabia is chock full of Muslims and Muslims do things like that.
Posted by: Crusader

Bangladeshis are lower on the Muslim totem pole than Arabs. Saudis view themselves as the pinnacle of Islam with other nations as lessers and non-Arabs as lesser still.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

96 "Support Lindsay Clancy: Vote Cory Booker"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (wSl27)
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Sadly, my NJ neighbors would miss the irony and approve of that message.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:34 AM (vue/J)

97 Glad you made it safely, Weasel.
Thanks for all you did to help create a very enjoyable TX MoMe!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2026 11:35 AM (dF6f/)

98 Riyadh did not provide further details on the acts the two Bangladeshi nationals allegedly committed or whether they had legal representation in the Gulf kingdom, according to local media reports.
Posted by: SMOD

There will be an Inshallah investigation and it will disappear in a month or two.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 11:27 AM (8B4gm)

islam is evil. Full stop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 11:35 AM (wSl27)

99 94 The only republican we had running for city council had a drive by at his house so he decided to drop out and move out of Charlotte.
Posted by: nckate

I noticed that. And ironically, it was partly a factor of the business community who were soft GOP types bringing in out of state banks and other economic development to Charlotte. Bring in out of staters, might improve economics briefly but inherently the newcomers too often revert to bad voting habits and virtue signalling they learned from their home blue state and education at college.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

100 Are Fun Size Joe and Gertie still doing the happy dance?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 11:33 AM (jb8Ss)
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They are pretty happy! I woke up early and hit the road about 3:30am from near Knoxville. Soooo good to be home but I'm a teeeeensy bit sad it's all over.

Posted by: Weasel at October 20, 2026 11:36 AM (leKdc)

101
It's the voters that are the problem. As Trump's existence redundantly demonstrates, if the voters insist on something, they'll get it (ludicrous theft like 2020 being an exception of course, but the foundations of that also are laid by voters who mostly didn't revolt in the slightest, even after that, to clean things up).

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:31 AM (U/Byj)

When the dems win, they play dirty and change the rules. When the repubs win (which has been a long time in Kalifornia), very little changes. The ratchet is only allowed to move one way...
Even if prop 39 here passes (voter ID measure) expect it to be held up in court while Ju(D)ges here declare it disenfranchises voters (how? They'll pull up SOMETHING) and is watered down or killed, like Prop 8 against Gay Marriage was almost 20 years ago.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:36 AM (l3cgK)

102 Don't be so harsh on the Saudis, you guys, those Bangladeshi might have been journalists.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 20, 2026 11:36 AM (jb8Ss)

103 PA has layers of issues. Including perhaps the most corrupt and machine-ish structure of local government (LA and Cook County are impressed). Of course the enormous fraud machine of Philadelphia is key for state-wide stuff.

Years back I was adjacent to but not involved in a state-wide campaign. A prominent Dem political consultant was the campaign adviser - the candidate was one of a tiny handful of GOP candidates that this guy would work for.

After a big strategy meeting, I'm told by a participant that one of the basic planning factors was estimating the fake vote total out of Philly. Just a routine consideration. Actual voter participation rates and expectations were no part of it.

Pathetic, Haiti- or Belarus-level election conditions.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (U/Byj)

104 So I guess "Corey Booker Sucks" is out of the question?

😉 He does, but that might be a little too confrontational.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (IDUoO)

105 I am unclear what the GOP is doing anywhere. It’s pathetic. Imagine what would happen with a Scott Pressler or Spencer Pratt at the helm.
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (ZdaMQ)
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Just like in the Senate.

I wish Spencer Pratt lived in Florida or Texas. He'd be a national GOP leader from those states.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (vue/J)

106 Yes, please help my cause and donate to the RNC!

Or at least buy a MAGA hat.

Posted by: Jack Smith at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (w9Wax)

107 There will be an Inshallah investigation and it will disappear in a month or two.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Eh, a few Bangladeshi officials mouthing off will suddenly get a few bucks in their accounts and be silenced. Same way the Saudis tamped down 9/11 discussions of their complicity here.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (E4rtv)

108 😉 He does, but that might be a little too confrontational.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (IDUoO)
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But specific and true!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:38 AM (vue/J)

109 It's the voters that are the problem. As Trump's existence redundantly demonstrates, if the voters insist on something, they'll get it...
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You're reversing cause-and-effect. Its not the audience's problem if nobody buys tickets to a movie or a sporting event. The audience reacts, positively or negatively, to what its being offered. Trump inspired people to come see the movie. The rest of the GOP still hasn't learned how to run for office in a way that gets people excited.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:38 AM (TN0g+)

110 Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2026 11:35 AM (dF6f/)
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Thanks! It was good to see you.

Posted by: Weasel at October 20, 2026 11:38 AM (leKdc)

111 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life

Exactly the sort of person we *will* be keeping an eye on, and more, IYKWWMAWTYD.

Posted by: Susan Rice & Elissa Slotkin at October 20, 2026 11:38 AM (0sNs1)

112 Pathetic, Haiti- or Belarus-level election conditions.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (U/Byj)

Philly is a hive of demonratic villainy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:39 AM (l3cgK)

113 HOME!
Posted by: Weasel
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There's always a moment went I turn that last corner, and see that the house is still standing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 20, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

114 A few get their "news" from Newsmax. The others? They live in a cone of silence. Incredible.

Newsmax is significantly better than Fox in terms of showing actual news. Trump's been touting them, and for good reason.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:40 AM (2ocoG)

115
112 Pathetic, Haiti- or Belarus-level election conditions.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:37 AM (U/Byj)

Philly is a hive of demonratic villainy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:39 AM (l3cgK)

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Whose DA looks to be under federal indictment for obstruction of justice reasons in the near future.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:40 AM (wn0/z)

116 Counter Rant:

If, if, if, the NJ GOP became a viable political force, I absolutely guarantee that the conn self-servo hive podcast universe would start chumming for clicks by singing their RINO RINO RINO song. Not to mention, the inevitable "weak one the 2nd Amendment" chant.

Thank God that the aforesaid cadre of idiots has never heard of the Carolinas.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at October 20, 2026 11:40 AM (9X60i)

117 New Jersey, Colorado... haa

Posted by: California GOP at October 20, 2026 11:40 AM (xvV+O)

118 He does, but that might be a little too confrontational.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

You’re just celebrating his choices

Posted by: Kratwurst at October 20, 2026 11:40 AM (xLChk)

119 There's always a moment went I turn that last corner, and see that the house is still standing.

And you scream "noooo, my insurance fraud!"

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:41 AM (2ocoG)

120 A robust GOTV program would narrow the traditional Democrat advantage in NJ to a manageable gap. But it hasn't happened, and it never will.

= =

What are you looking at us for?

Posted by: The RNC at October 20, 2026 11:41 AM (m0WlR)

121 But Bass wouldn't use resources to protect the Palisades from fire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM

To borrow a quote from a non-Promethean movie (horrors!, I know), "A Mayor's got to know her priorities."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 11:41 AM (0sNs1)

122 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life

I am too, except for the one time, because I worked in one county but had my permanent residence in another (that was Demonratic), I said jury duty that year would be a burden and without warning I was disenfranchised, only to magically be put back on the rolls before I could file a complaint with the state for disenfranchisement. Wasn't able to vote that cycle.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:42 AM (l3cgK)

123 Interestingly the one I get the most is Michele Tafoya and no I don't live in her state.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 20, 2026 11:32 AM (sKqQm)
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I bet I see three or four Trump texts per day, and Michelle Tafoya about once a week. Turning Point Action too.

How they found me I have no idea.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:42 AM (vue/J)

124 It must be disheartening to travel from your shithole of origin to another shithole to parade around an important rock but do it wrong and end up getting murdered by zealots for your trouble. "I could have stayed home and suffered this shit," had to be rolling around in the ol' golova sometime before execution.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 11:42 AM (xEhzD)

125 36. So, instead of GOTV which involves doing what the base voters want, you get mailers, robocalls, crappy ads, crappy media relations, etc.

Oh, I hear you, Whig.

However, aside from lots of TV ads covering central and SE Pennsylvania and supporting Bernie's people, there's nothing. Not a mailer, a robocall, nothing!

In fact, the large majority of "Rs" in my county had no idea signatures were being collected for the following:

Bethel Democrats of Garnet Valley
August 6
Delco GOP's Minority Representation Referendum Falls Short
DELCO COUNCIL NEWS: "An effort [by Delco GOP] to put a referendum on the November ballot asking voters if they’d like to increase Delaware County Council by two members to allow for minority representation fell short.
The collectors had until Tuesday to garner the thousands of signatures needed. Officials did not say how far short the effort fell.
Delaware County Democratic Committee Chair Cheryl Grosso offered her response to the referendum defeat.

I respect everyone who was willing to engage in the process,” she said. “I believe Delaware County voters recognize that adding two more council seats isn’t the solution to the challenges we face...."

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 11:42 AM (NFX2v)

126 After the 2010 Tea Party crushed Obama and the donks I contacted the Kalifornia and my county republican party. They never returned any of my many messages.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 20, 2026 11:43 AM (xvV+O)

127 It's the voters that are the problem. As Trump's existence redundantly demonstrates, if the voters insist on something, they'll get it...

----

Well, they got Trump. They didn't get Trumpism.

The problem is that only Democrats get what they vote for. They put Obama in, they got Pelosi forcing a midnight, party-line vote for Obamacare.

We put Trump in during '16 and '24, and got the GOP stonewalling his signature legislation along with the rest of his agenda, both times.

It's not the voters.

It's the GOP.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

128 124 It must be disheartening to travel from your shithole of origin to another shithole to parade around an important rock but do it wrong and end up getting murdered by zealots for your trouble.
+++

Don't be showing so much ankle, whore!

Posted by: The Powers That Be at October 20, 2026 11:44 AM (dF6f/)

129 Don't know that NJ has ever been considered a Republican state, at least in my lifetime. Virginia, however, is/was supposed to be a red state- southern, conservative, etc. Given those advantages, the GOP in Virginia should have been able to hold it. Alas, they are as worthless as tits on a tomcat, as my late mother would say.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 20, 2026 11:44 AM (QaH55)

130 127 We put Trump in during '16 and '24, and got the GOP stonewalling his signature legislation along with the rest of his agenda, both times.

It's not the voters.

It's the GOP.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2)

========

Trump's signature issue for 2025 was immigration enforcement, and the DC GOP delivered the OBBB which tripled the budget for ICE and secured funding and appropriations for the agency through the end of 2028.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM (wn0/z)

131 But Bass wouldn't use resources to protect the Palisades from fire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:09 AM
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Maybe in advance of the fire itself that is true, but I think she couldn't be bothered to help any community (not just the Palisades). She let Altadena and South Pasadena go too without much action. Mostly I had the impression she was aggravated she had to come back from Africa early. There were still martinis left undrunk there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM (vue/J)

132 It's not the voters.

It's the GOP.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 11:43 AM

You say that like it's a Bad Thing.

Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM (0sNs1)

133 126 After the 2010 Tea Party crushed Obama and the donks I contacted the Kalifornia and my county republican party. They never returned any of my many messages.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 20, 2026 11:43 AM (xvV+O)

My Dad had that problem, so he went to the address that was supposed to be the GOP HQ there, and found...nobody home...
GOP was AWOL.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM (l3cgK)

134 and against Booker? . Please note: it has to fit on one large white board and I would prefer that y house not be firebombed. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Vote Out The Fag?

Posted by: Short, Sweet! at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM (EdP2u)

135 Posted by: Piper
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Most of GOTV is like an iceberg, you don't see it if you are a regular voter but to ideally it should be targeted at the voter that appears for the party in presidential elections but not in midterms. Or identifying new voters and making sure they get to the polls.

Your voting history as to what elections and even primaries and special elections are public record and a wise GOTV guru is going to ignore those that vote every election because those types know what they are voting for and it is a waste of resources to mobilize them etc. You might get a late call if you are such a supervoter and have not voted yet. But otherwise, you should get nothing.

Wasteful GOPe types spray fliers, etc. around to these super voters because they get commissions for it. Best to target those that might not vote but have voted GOP in the past like primaries, etc.

Suspect this is still true but all advertisements have diminishing marginal utility as a barrage of them tends to get tuned out and wasted to get a few votes. What is a killer is turning out your voters that vote less frequently. And you should be watching turnout figures in competitive races for that.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

136 Been emailing links to AOS to many fellow conservatives for years. Get very few replies. Too busy doing stupid and pointless shit to bother reading anything.

I think we have to admit that AoS is a narrow subset of conservatism with its own unique "flavor" that just doesn't appeal to everyone.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM (vTZFs)

137 Sure the collapse of the rule of law into comical arbitrary rule by unaccountable "courts" has played a role in CA's decline, but there really wasn't much push-back to it.

Collapse of morale over time has led to a situation where a good friend who was briefly involved in the state party said at the convention he attended the party gave an estimate of 30% voting participation by registered party members, in many counties.

And while desperation and common sense keep many voting, you also get things like this. The pretty solid guy running for governor against the loathsome, and stupid even by current Dem standards Becerra, in their one debate, said that we "needed to lower the temperature" on immigration.

That's it. Lower the temperature. Because, you know, both sides have become too emotional. It's not a situation where massive individual and social costs are being inflicted via lawlessness. Just a heated little spat or something.

The more attentive and informed a likely GOP voter is, the less likely they are to vote (select local issues excepted).

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:47 AM (U/Byj)

138 Sad comments about the NJ GOP. My son and daughter-in-law live there. They can't wait to retire and get the hell out of Dodge, where they won't pay tens of thousands of dollars a year in real estate tax on a pretty normal middle class house. I think they are thinking Tennessee or South Carolina, but they are open to other low-tax alternatives.

Posted by: Ralph at October 20, 2026 11:47 AM (8WZD4)

139 Vote Out The Fag?
Posted by: Short, Sweet! at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM

Homophobia is a tool of the white capitalist cispatriarchy!

Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at October 20, 2026 11:48 AM (0sNs1)

140 "Immigration is the number 1 issue in America. If we don't fix it, we lose America. I am a single issue vote on immigration."
-like, 75% of the American right for decades

*Trump triples immigration enforcement and deports so many people in one year that our population as a whole actually declines.*

"Who gives a shit about immigration?"
-like, 75% of the American right for the last 1.5 years

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:48 AM (wn0/z)

141 Suspect this is still true but all advertisements have diminishing marginal utility as a barrage of them tends to get tuned out and wasted to get a few votes. What is a killer is turning out your voters that vote less frequently. And you should be watching turnout figures in competitive races for that.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

I did canvassing one year (2016) in my neighborhood. It was enlightening. I found out my small neighborhood had about 10 folks listed as over 115 years old! Amazing! One person was registered under one name...no surname. Another, the registered person's "son" said they didn't live there any longer (in rest home). So many folks on that voter roll with info that was suspicious. BTW, almost all those over 115 were registered (D)...and my county has greater than a 100% registration rate too! Amazing! Math Defying!
But the State insists the rolls are fine!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (l3cgK)

142 Guys, the NY Times is owned and operated by the Mexican cartels. The first rule of being in NJ is get out of NJ. NJ is green meat sandwiched between Philiy and NY City.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (Wp1X1)

143 I'm down in South Jersey, red-ish, rural Gloucester County. I see regular ads and texts from the incumbent Van Drew campaign, but nothing for any other GOP candidates at all.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (Fy73i)

144 I think we have to admit that AoS is a narrow subset of conservatism with its own unique "flavor" that just doesn't appeal to everyone.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM (vTZFs)

I've got a bunch of friends who lurk. Especially the Morning Report. It's their drudgereport now since that douche sold out.

Posted by: Reforger at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (Ae6Br)

145 The WaPo is out running interference for Democrats after DR started dropping her intel. Gonna get spicy.

>>@DataRepublican
This is how you know my recordings are real and they're scared. Washington Post already doing counter-messaging.

>>"A small group of U.S. national security officials has been discreetly advising state governments and congressional lawmakers on how to prepare for the possibility that the Trump administration will attempt to interfere in November’s midterm elections, according to people involved in the effort.

>>The group includes about 10 current and former officials with experience in the Defense Department, some of whom have previously focused on countering authoritarianism abroad."

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

146 136 Been emailing links to AOS to many fellow conservatives for years. Get very few replies. Too busy doing stupid and pointless shit to bother reading anything.

I think we have to admit that AoS is a narrow subset of conservatism with its own unique "flavor" that just doesn't appeal to everyone.

Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM (vTZFs)

Well, Hobo Pelt hunting can be considered niche...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:50 AM (l3cgK)

147 Virginia, however, is/was supposed to be a red state- southern, conservative, etc. Given those advantages, the GOP in Virginia should have been able to hold it. Alas, they are as worthless as tits on a tomcat, as my late mother would say.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
____________

I would guess that the population of NOVA donks has exploded during our lifetimes.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 11:50 AM (JzUSu)

148 139 Vote Out The Fag?
Posted by: Short, Sweet! at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM

Homophobia is a tool of the white capitalist cispatriarchy!

Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at October 20, 2026 11:48 AM (0sNs1)

They've basically banned fags in the UK. I can hardly get a drag now.

Posted by: Average UK man at October 20, 2026 11:51 AM (l3cgK)

149 Trump's signature issue for 2025 was immigration enforcement, and the DC GOP delivered the OBBB which tripled the budget for ICE and secured funding and appropriations for the agency through the end of 2028.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:45 AM (wn0/z)

Yes. A term's worth of funding. Yay. They blocked his wall when it counted, and was his signature legislation.

This time, the signature legislation, the one he and his administration went to the mattresses for, was SAVE. An even more important law, blocked by the GOP.

Virtually everything he did in both terms was phone-and-pen work - because he and his voters do not have the support of their other elected leaders.

If anyone wants to find someone to blame for flaccid Republican turnout in these midterms, they should look somewhere else besides the millions of people who crawled over broken glass to vote for him.

They are motivated. Just by far different things than the GOP is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 11:51 AM (BI5O2)

150
Let's see how the O-like Pennsylvania Governor does in the 2028 Presidential campaign.

You have worries and complaints now? Pftt.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 11:51 AM (NFX2v)

151 142 Guys, the NY Times is owned and operated by the Mexican cartels. The first rule of being in NJ is get out of NJ. NJ is green meat sandwiched between Philiy and NY City.

Posted by: Pudinhead at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (Wp1X1)

But...I was told it's the Garden State...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (l3cgK)

152 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life

Exactly the sort of person we *will* be keeping an eye on, and more, IYKWWMAWTYD.
Posted by: Susan Rice & Elissa Slotkin at October 20, 2026 11:38 AM (0sNs1)

Keep an eye on THIS. *grabs crotch*

Posted by: Speedy Gonzales at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (hmYU4)

153 Whose DA looks to be under federal indictment for obstruction of justice reasons in the near future.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:40 AM (wn0/z)
===========================
We had a poster here when Krasner was first elected who was a cop at the time, and very quickly educated us as to the PD view of the guy. Wyatt?

Anyway, he will be delighted if and when the obstruction indictment actually happens.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (q7yvH)

154 Don't know that NJ has ever been considered a Republican state, at least in my lifetime.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Remember when Christine Todd Whitman was the big thing?

And then the other big thing, Chris Chrstie?

Squishes, both of 'em.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)

155 129 Don't know that NJ has ever been considered a Republican state, at least in my lifetime. Virginia, however, is/was supposed to be a red state- southern, conservative, etc. Given those advantages, the GOP in Virginia should have been able to hold it. Alas, they are as worthless as tits on a tomcat, as my late mother would say.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Government workers are almost 80-90 percent Democrat because the Democrats want more spending, higher salaries, etc. for their constituents. Somewhat true of government contractors depending on their specialty. NoVA grew into a behemoth and became fabulously rich because of government spending and white out migration from DC and Maryland as they got blacker with higher crime.

It is not surprising with the surge in government spending from 2000-2016 that NoVA became bluer and bluer as well, a greater and greater share of the population of VA, and some of the wealthiest per capita counties in the US. And this is in direct contrast with the rest of the state but NoVA wags the Virginia dog so to speak.

And that VA GOP party was dominated by those profiting from the growth in NoVa, not the areas of the party base.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)

156 >>The group includes about 10 current and former officials with experience in the Defense Department, some of whom have previously focused on countering authoritarianism abroad."

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

Tell me there are Deep State actors without telling me there are Deep State actors...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:53 AM (l3cgK)

157 Yes, there will be some debate, but the Republican Party of New Jersey might be the worst of a sordid and lazy list of pathetic state political organizations.

*waves from MA*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 11:53 AM (2gwTb)

158 No it's obviously the voters. The voters can punish the GOP any time/way they choose. They put Trump in over the inertia and opposition of the GOPe and a large minority of other voters.

Yet Trump +Big districts today have some competitive House races. Why? "Oh people don't show up for mid-terms". The voters don't show up. They'll do the gauche and deplorable thing of putting the coarse Queens real estate guy in the WH, but not show up to try and make sure his policies they like are implemented.

The voters. Overall. The ossified unresponsive inertia of the 2-party "system" indeed is a huge obstacle. But the only corpse twitches we've seen as the nation slides down the hill were 2010 and the Trump elections.

2010 was an earthquake the GOP successfully, in effect, erased. Well if voters were serious, they'd keep at it until something changed.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 11:53 AM (U/Byj)

159 Wyatt?

Anyway, he will be delighted if and when the obstruction indictment actually happens.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Yep, Wyatt, I suspect he has retired now as he was close to doing that several years ago when he posted here.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

160 152 I am a registered Republican who has voted in every single general election of my adult life

Exactly the sort of person we *will* be keeping an eye on, and more, IYKWWMAWTYD.
Posted by: Susan Rice & Elissa Slotkin at October 20, 2026 11:38 AM (0sNs1)

Keep an eye on THIS. *grabs crotch*

Posted by: Speedy Gonzales at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (hmYU4)

Slow Poke Rodriguez might be better help for you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:54 AM (l3cgK)

161 Josh Shapiro is a little prick.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 11:54 AM (8B4gm)

162 I think we have to admit that AoS is a narrow subset of conservatism with its own unique "flavor" that just doesn't appeal to everyone.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM

We do tend to be purer on the things that matter (Mary Ann, .45 ACP, trebuchets, no carrots in chili) than other conservatives.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 11:54 AM (0sNs1)

163 149 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 11:51 AM (BI5O2)

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There are two elements to this:

First, immigration enforcement is still the major issue. And securing funding only for ICE through 2028 and leaving the rest of the federal government up for budget games is not small. You dismiss it as "only for one term" but the proper measure is "until the next budget crisis" which is always another few weeks away. That Thune got that done is...simply amazing. And everyone forgot it. In fact, as we can see now, people dismiss it as nothing.

Second, I can see how Thune got the horsetrading done to get the OBBB passed with that spending because it was a big spending bill.

But the SAVE Act isn't that. It's a targeted piece of legislation around policy. And then his majority of 53 includes Murkowski, Tillis, Cornyn, Cassidy, Mitch, and Ernst.

If those six refuse to vote for it no matter what (5/6 are retiring this year), what could Thune do to get them to vote for it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:55 AM (wn0/z)

164
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)

Why unions of Gov't workers should be illegal...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:55 AM (l3cgK)

165 After the 2010 Tea Party "...

True tale of woe - GOP song and dance at George Mason about then. Gonna show us local types the big guns the State GOP will roll out.
We're thinking this newish "social media" and ways to connect with local groups and voters.

We got... "check out the new targeted TV spots, print media, and...

(Google this. It was real)

Support for the Shad Planking! Yayyyy! Whoo hoo!

Buddy of mine who worked for Verizon said "there won't be a republican party here in 10 years".
He was right.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:56 AM (pfXMo)

166 It's the voters that are the problem. As Trump's existence redundantly demonstrates, if the voters insist on something, they'll get it
-----

Tail wagging the dog--there is virtually ZERO GOP leadership other than Trump, and Trump can't even get the GOP house and senate to go along with his agenda. Stop blaming the voters--the voters are the ones that noticed that Trump was different than the squishes that nominally pass for Republicans.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:56 AM (TN0g+)

167 I would guess that the population of NOVA donks has exploded during our lifetimes.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 11:50 AM (JzUSu)

Certainly that, but the population boom has been everywhere, following the freeways out from the belly of the beast. The Hampton Roads area, even with the immense DOD presence, now trends blue. They'll probably put that dour little phony Luria back in Congress. Anywhere the Democrats can drum up the Trump-hate, it seems to work for them.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 20, 2026 11:56 AM (QaH55)

168 The voters. Overall. The ossified unresponsive inertia of the 2-party "system" indeed is a huge obstacle. But the only corpse twitches we've seen as the nation slides down the hill were 2010 and the Trump elections.

2010 was an earthquake the GOP successfully, in effect, erased. Well if voters were serious, they'd keep at it until something changed.
Posted by: rhomboid
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Multiparty democracies are worse and I can prove that mathematically. PR is not a pathway to good policy and government accountability. You can take a look at what its done abroad and a classic example is the situation Belgium is in. Did not have an actual governing majority for decades because the Walloons and Flemish hate each other and the main parties are ethnically based.

Israeli coalition politics come to mind and the implosion of Germany is another example.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

169 162 I think we have to admit that AoS is a narrow subset of conservatism with its own unique "flavor" that just doesn't appeal to everyone.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 20, 2026 11:46 AM

We do tend to be purer on the things that matter (Mary Ann, .45 ACP, trebuchets, no carrots in chili) than other conservatives.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 11:54 AM (0sNs1)

But how do you feel about long bows vs cross bows?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:57 AM (l3cgK)

170 Don't even talk to me about New Jersey. I live in Broward County, Florida a solid Blue county in solid red Florida. I was a member of the Broward County Republican Executive Committee...until I wasn't. I quit in total disgust. Oh they talked a great game but when they had a chance to oust Moskowitz from the 23rd District when he was actually vulnerable, the really solid Republican candidate could have won with just a couple of thousand dollars infusion into the campaign. Nope, since it was perceived as too Blue to win the race, they refused to spend a dime. Moskowitz won of course. The money could have put our guy over the top. Hopefully with the DeSantis redistricting, we now are in the 22nd district and have a good shot of beating a pathetic Democrat and where there is no incumbent. The district spreads from Ft, Lauderdale all the way over to Naples so it looks like a solid red district that should overcome the Blues in Broward but never underestimate the GOPe's ability to screw it up.

Posted by: USMCMGB at October 20, 2026 11:57 AM (e+Rw4)

171 154 Don't know that NJ has ever been considered a Republican state, at least in my lifetime.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Remember when Christine Todd Whitman was the big thing?

And then the other big thing, Chris Chrstie?

Squishes, both of 'em.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
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Sure, they were squishes, but far better than any damn Democrat!

Posted by: Ralph at October 20, 2026 11:57 AM (8WZD4)

172 166 Tail wagging the dog--there is virtually ZERO GOP leadership other than Trump, and Trump can't even get the GOP house and senate to go along with his agenda. Stop blaming the voters--the voters are the ones that noticed that Trump was different than the squishes that nominally pass for Republicans.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 11:56 AM (TN0g+)

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House passes a lot, actually. The House isn't the problem.

The problem is the Senate majority which includes Murkowski, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, Mitch, and Ernst. 53 GOPers where 6 are outright against Trump in terms of policy for whatever reason, and 5 of those 6 are retiring this year and don't have to face the voters again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:57 AM (wn0/z)

173 Don't know that NJ has ever been considered a Republican state, at least in my lifetime.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Remember when Christine Todd Whitman was the big thing?

And then the other big thing, Chris Chrstie?

Squishes, both of 'em.
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 11:52 AM (77rzZ)
___

True, but both were way better than the Democrap hacks that followed. Ditto Pataki in NY being much better than Cuomo and now Hochul.

Neither NY or NJ will ever get a red-blooded MAGA assassin as gov. But

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 20, 2026 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

174 The problem is the Senate majority which includes Murkowski, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, Mitch, and Ernst. 53 GOPers where 6 are outright against Trump in terms of policy for whatever reason, and 5 of those 6 are retiring this year and don't have to face the voters again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:57 AM (wn0/z)

Money talks. No other reason is needed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

175 Tail wagging the dog--there is virtually ZERO GOP leadership other than Trump, and Trump can't even get the GOP house and senate to go along with his agenda. Stop blaming the voters--the voters are the ones that noticed that Trump was different than the squishes that nominally pass for Republicans.
Posted by: Crusader

Not really true. Johnson managed multiple bills through the House that went to die in the Senate. It is the Senate that is the remaining bastion of GOPeism and that will change quite a bit with the departure of those Mitch groomed and pampered.

But the filibuster has to go if there is to be any policy movement and that is the hardest thing for ANY president to get rid of. Even Biden and Obama could not do it.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)

176 Who's this Philip Buster you keep talking about?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

177
174 The problem is the Senate majority which includes Murkowski, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, Mitch, and Ernst. 53 GOPers where 6 are outright against Trump in terms of policy for whatever reason, and 5 of those 6 are retiring this year and don't have to face the voters again.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:57 AM (wn0/z)

Money talks. No other reason is needed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 11:59 AM (l3cgK)

=

What could Thune do to them to convince them to vote?

He can't hold RSCC funds because they're not running.

There's a huge economic zone to hire anti-Trump Republicans of prominence in cushy, do nothing jobs that Thune nor Trump have any say in that will hire all of them once out of office.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:00 PM (wn0/z)

178 And then the other big thing, Chris Chrstie?

He was big, alright.
Has he Ozempiced himself into a vaguely non-spherical human shape yet?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (xEhzD)

179 You got to look at it this way, Gov Corp is largely run by the Democrats, Republicans who want a job in Gov Corp need to generally adhere to what's going to get them a job in Gov Corp, and doing what your voters want is not going to get them in the good graces of the people that run Gov Corp.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (XV/Pl)

180 Thx CBD.
NJ had Whitman and Christie as governor and Tom Jean as senator. RINOs to the core , but a Republican of that sort could win. But you're correct, NJ R's suck

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (vJPf4)

181 178 And then the other big thing, Chris Chrstie?

He was big, alright.
Has he Ozempiced himself into a vaguely non-spherical human shape yet?

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (xEhzD)

Imagine a spherical politician...

Posted by: Katy Padilla at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (l3cgK)

182 Former DOD who have expertise in "countering authoritarianism abroad". What a farce. It is rarely the job of DOD to be involved in election integrity mechanics, if ever.

And of course there's not a single example where federal behavior could be more lawless or inappropriate than the farcical insecure elections in so many Dem states.

And everything would be done via the courts, where DOD dorks would have zero experience or expertise.

Just another head-shaking example of how dumbed-down beyond recognition the whole country is. Like "Russian collusion" or "hallmarks of Russian disinformation", this crap could only have purchase with an incredibly unworldly and ignorant public.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (U/Byj)

183 Why? "Oh people don't show up for mid-terms". The voters don't show up. They'll do the gauche and deplorable thing of putting the coarse Queens real estate guy in the WH, but not show up to try and make sure his policies they like are implemented.
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They put in Republican majorities for '17 and '25.

Those majorities adamantly and vociferously *refused* to implement those policies.

Your argument is predicated on something that doesn't exist - a MAGA Republican party that motivates Trump voters. The Republican Party is metaphysically useless, and so it doesn't.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:02 PM (BI5O2)

184 Tillis has a job lined up at a university

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 12:02 PM (enNUy)

185 Virginia, however, is/was supposed to be a red state-"

You mean the Virginia that voted in Doug Wilder?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:02 PM (pfXMo)

186 There's a huge economic zone to hire anti-Trump Republicans of prominence in cushy, do nothing jobs that Thune nor Trump have any say in that will hire all of them once out of office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:00 PM

Is it this extreme level of cynicism, particularly unusual in one so young, that's keeping you from the retrospective and definitive ranking of the films of the last American auteur?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (0sNs1)

187 WA state GOP is also useless.
Fucking cowardly surrender monkeys that give the French a run for their bitch-ass title.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (s1VwS)

188 184 Tillis has a job lined up at a university

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 12:02 PM (enNUy)

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And he was a Democrat before he was elected to the House. He's always been a Chamber of Commerce stooge, at best.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (wn0/z)

189 To CBD's point, my NJ district is about to send an actual al Qaeda member to Congress, with little notice from the "news media". Adam Hamawy, a US Army veteran who served as a "combat doctor" in Gaza and testified as a character witness for the Blind Sheik during his trial for trying to blow the World Trade Center is going to replace the current machine representative in Washington, Bonnie Watson Coleman.

The GOP barely mounted even a token effort to run against this evil dude.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (FcAaq)

190 186 There's a huge economic zone to hire anti-Trump Republicans of prominence in cushy, do nothing jobs that Thune nor Trump have any say in that will hire all of them once out of office.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:00 PM

Is it this extreme level of cynicism, particularly unusual in one so young, that's keeping you from the retrospective and definitive ranking of the films of the last American auteur?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (0sNs1)

What do you mean? He just DID Bob Fosse!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (s1VwS)

191 182 Former DOD who have expertise in "countering authoritarianism abroad". What a farce. It is rarely the job of DOD to be involved in election integrity mechanics, if ever.
...
Just another head-shaking example of how dumbed-down beyond recognition the whole country is. Like "Russian collusion" or "hallmarks of Russian disinformation", this crap could only have purchase with an incredibly unworldly and ignorant public.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 12:01 PM (U/Byj)

Your definition of "countering authoritarianism" and their definition of it do not coincide...

Posted by: Katy Padilla at October 20, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)

192 Correction, Kean was also governor

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 12:05 PM (vJPf4)

193 US Army veteran"

Yeah, the "military" is right leaning?

That's funny.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:05 PM (pfXMo)

194 186 Is it this extreme level of cynicism, particularly unusual in one so young, that's keeping you from the retrospective and definitive ranking of the films of the last American auteur?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (0sNs1)

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The fortunate thing is that their replacements seem far less inclined to make shows of themselves or put themselves on the line.

Curtis in UT will say some mild stuff on CNN but has never once voted against a Trump priority. He's far down the totem pole in terms of seniority in the Senate, and he's part of a dying breed of Republicans who make their time between elections about how much they hate the base.

https://x.com/derzum_/status/
2058609208287789558

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:05 PM (wn0/z)

195 187 WA state GOP is also useless.
Fucking cowardly surrender monkeys that give the French a run for their bitch-ass title.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 20, 2026 12:03 PM (s1VwS)

I'd say a pox on them, but the gays have that taken care of.

Posted by: Katy Padilla at October 20, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)

196 If those six refuse to vote for it no matter what (5/6 are retiring this year), what could Thune do to get them to vote for it?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 11:55 AM (wn0/z)

Beg. Borrow. Steal. Cajole. Threaten. Make good on threats. Call midnight votes, and vote it through on the Party line.

Put forth the effort Democrats would, or at least put forth half the effort they would to stop a populist from picking up a GOP Senate nomination, ferpetessakes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (BI5O2)

197 162 I think we have to admit that AoS is a narrow subset of conservatism with its own unique "flavor" that just doesn't appeal to everyone.
Posted by: Oddbob

Many of the people that post politically including me are ideological--we have a mental framework of how the world works, have specific policy preferences, and have a cause and effect mechanism as to what causal factors are involved in something like Iran policy and what it should be.

Most voters have outcome preferences but vague ideas about policy needed to get to their outcome preferences. Eg. Education--should the GOP encourage vouchers? home schooling? charter schools? religious education? public schools?. Ideologues will have strong beliefs about how a policy will reach 'good' outcomes.

An average GOP voter has the outcome preference of wanting the best education of their kids that they can afford. Or if no kids, then the cheapest method in public property taxes that does not affect home values in suburbia, etc.

See this on gun policy. An ideologue wants no restrictions (or conversely total banning) while an average voter wants peace and security without running gun battles in the streets. Etc Etc

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (E4rtv)

198 Voting is so easy for me. I am Conservative, I vote Conservative, which means not Democrat.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (Dd7BU)

199 Is it this extreme level of cynicism, particularly unusual in one so young, that's keeping you from the retrospective and definitive ranking of the films of the last American auteur?"

Nah. He's watching Prometheus. Again.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (pfXMo)

200 196 Beg. Borrow. Steal. Cajole. Threaten. Make good on threats. Call midnight votes, and vote it through on the Party line.

Put forth the effort Democrats would, or at least put forth half the effort they would to stop a populist from picking up a GOP Senate nomination, ferpetessakes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (BI5O2)

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So, you demand failure theater.

And, no, that's not what Democrats do. How many show votes leadership knew it was going to lose did Schumer have over ending the filibuster in 2021?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:07 PM (wn0/z)

201 off spherical political sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:07 PM (l3cgK)

202 199 Is it this extreme level of cynicism, particularly unusual in one so young, that's keeping you from the retrospective and definitive ranking of the films of the last American auteur?"

Nah. He's watching Prometheus. Again.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (pfXMo)

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You wouldn't even know what I'm watching now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:07 PM (wn0/z)

203 >>@MarioNawfal
·
3h
>>🚨🇺🇸 Trump and JD Vance will make an "ANNOUNCEMENT" from the Oval Office at 1:30 PM.

>>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 12:09 PM (viF8m)

204 198 Voting is so easy for me. I am Conservative, I vote Conservative, which means not Democrat.

Posted by: Case at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (Dd7BU)

Welcome to the Jungle (Primary)...
Gets worse every day...
You want to vote Republican,
But only Dems, I'm sad to say...

Posted by: Voting in Kalifornia at October 20, 2026 12:09 PM (l3cgK)

205 203 >>@MarioNawfal
·
3h
>>🚨🇺🇸 Trump and JD Vance will make an "ANNOUNCEMENT" from the Oval Office at 1:30 PM.

>>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 12:09 PM (viF8m)

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They've both resigning and Hillary becomes president.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:09 PM (wn0/z)

206 199 Is it this extreme level of cynicism, particularly unusual in one so young, that's keeping you from the retrospective and definitive ranking of the films of the last American auteur?"

Nah. He's watching Prometheus. Again.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:06 PM (pfXMo)

That's fire!

Posted by: Pro-Metheus at October 20, 2026 12:10 PM (l3cgK)

207 3h
>>🚨🇺🇸 Trump and JD Vance will make an "ANNOUNCEMENT" from the Oval Office at 1:30 PM.

>>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀
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France?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:10 PM (TN0g+)

208 Massachusetts GOP is apparently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Think Washington Generals.

Posted by: Grand Old Pussies at October 20, 2026 12:11 PM (Ovx+P)

209 3h
>>🚨🇺🇸 Trump and JD Vance will make an "ANNOUNCEMENT" from the Oval Office at 1:30 PM.

>>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 12:09 PM (viF8m)

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They've both resigning and Hillary becomes president.
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They should send Hillary an invitation.

And then completely, totally ignore her.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:11 PM (TN0g+)

210 207 3h
>>🚨🇺🇸 Trump and JD Vance will make an "ANNOUNCEMENT" from the Oval Office at 1:30 PM.

>>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀
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France?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:10 PM (TN0g+)

Ilhan Omar's love child with her gay brother?

Posted by: Pro-Metheus at October 20, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)

211 You wouldn't even know what I'm watching now"

"Chimes at Midnight"?

(Hey, it's a guess)

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:12 PM (pfXMo)

212 The war in Iran is over and Ukraine has surrendered. And all Indians are getting deported.

Posted by: nckate at October 20, 2026 12:12 PM (enNUy)

213 My error, in re. to NJ, I guess, but the fact that it doesn't occur to me that Whitman or Christie or the rest are Republicans maybe shows where we're at, as far as the GOP is concerned. What's the saying? Two wings of the same bird?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 20, 2026 12:12 PM (QaH55)

214 Massachusetts GOP is apparently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Think Washington Generals.
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The Washington Generals are a storied fantasy football franchise.

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:12 PM (TN0g+)

215 211 You wouldn't even know what I'm watching now"

"Chimes at Midnight"?

(Hey, it's a guess)

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:12 PM (pfXMo)

I'm guessing not something with busty lesbians...that's more ACE's thing.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:13 PM (l3cgK)

216 The GOP barely mounted even a token effort to run against this evil dude.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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One is getting a candidate willing to run in a probably losing race. Democrats do that, GOP are strategic. Used to be hopeless races had a GOP lawyer, real estate, or some other type that could use a party nomination for advertising their services. That has become a lot trickier now as you have at least 30 percent, and more in blue districts, that if you do that now, you are viewed as the devil incarnate and would actually lose business. The left loves to cancel people via Yelp fake reviews, etc.

And you might even end up like the Charlotte GOP council candidate whose house got shot up and he had to move due to threats.

The Democrats have returned to their KKK roots in political violence for the cause which causes all but the most assured of running as a GOP candidate. And in a blue district, running as a milksop is about the only chance for an upset but then the base refuses to vote for you in such places. See Collins for example.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

217 Any ideas what this will be about? 👀

15, 20 minutes?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:13 PM (pfXMo)

218 211 You wouldn't even know what I'm watching now"

"Chimes at Midnight"?

(Hey, it's a guess)

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 12:12 PM (pfXMo)

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So mainstream.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:13 PM (wn0/z)

219 You wouldn't even know what I'm watching now
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Its Point Break, isn't it?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:14 PM (TN0g+)

220 Yes, there will be some debate, but the Republican Party of New Jersey might be the worst of a sordid and lazy list of pathetic state political organizations.

hahaha.

Posted by: Illinois GOP at October 20, 2026 12:14 PM (wGerL)

221 And you might even end up like the Charlotte GOP council candidate whose house got shot up and he had to move due to threats.

The Democrats have returned to their KKK roots in political violence for the cause which causes all but the most assured of running as a GOP candidate. And in a blue district, running as a milksop is about the only chance for an upset but then the base refuses to vote for you in such places. See Collins for example.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

THIS. This is what I'm talking about!

Posted by: Elissa Slotkin at October 20, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

222 214 Massachusetts GOP is apparently a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Democrat Party. Think Washington Generals.
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The Washington Generals are a storied fantasy football franchise.
___

The basketball team. As in Harlem Globetrotters.

Posted by: Grand Old Pussies at October 20, 2026 12:15 PM (Ovx+P)

223 219 You wouldn't even know what I'm watching now
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Its Point Break, isn't it?

Posted by: Crusader at October 20, 2026 12:14 PM (TN0g+)

"The Day the Earth Stood Still"?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)

224 I have observations, not arguments. If voters really want something, they'll vote for it more than once in a while. Against a clear lack of response from the incumbents, they'll replace them, etc.

Discouraged voters are understandable. GOP inertial uselessness is obviously a huge problem. But, apart from locations where the election system is farcically insecure, it's up to voters to keep bashing til they get what they want.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 12:16 PM (U/Byj)

225 🚨🇺🇸 Trump and JD Vance will make an "ANNOUNCEMENT" from the Oval Office at 1:30 PM.

>>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀
----

France?
Posted by: Crusader

Underpants?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:17 PM (JDhDw)

226 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (NcvvS)

227 224 I have observations, not arguments. If voters really want something, they'll vote for it more than once in a while. Against a clear lack of response from the incumbents, they'll replace them, etc.

Discouraged voters are understandable. GOP inertial uselessness is obviously a huge problem. But, apart from locations where the election system is farcically insecure, it's up to voters to keep bashing til they get what they want.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 12:16 PM (U/Byj)

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I think there's a misunderstanding of how long change takes to actually happen in America through the legislative process. We're kind of used to SCOTUS-level proclamations that shift major policy on a dime, but even those took years, often decades to reach that point.

The comparison I keep coming back to is the 1924 Immigration Act.

It didn't just come together as a thought in 1922 and then become law a couple of years later.

It was the product of lobbying and legislative efforts for 40 years, at least. The seeds of the immigration problems that necessitated it stemming back to the 1840s, nearly 80 years earlier.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (wn0/z)

228 Rapey Fwance is up. Nood.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (JDhDw)

229 My SCAWFUL sister (single childless AWFUL) , that canceled me years ago but still insists on sending hostile messages to my wife managed to fine away around the block I have set for her on email my attaching a hate message to some suggested anti-Trump newsletter. It is a direct window into the current left/woke/prog mind.

Hate does not really capture it. It is delusional insanity from stewing in all the anti-Trump derangement 24/7 and swallowing it whole, without question. It is a first hand reminder just how deranged the Dems have become. They must be defeated.

Posted by: Ripley at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (GUOwU)

230 224 I have observations, not arguments. If voters really want something, they'll vote for it more than once in a while. Against a clear lack of response from the incumbents, they'll replace them, etc.

Discouraged voters are understandable. GOP inertial uselessness is obviously a huge problem. But, apart from locations where the election system is farcically insecure, it's up to voters to keep bashing til they get what they want.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 20, 2026 12:16 PM (U/Byj)

Sounds violent; If you're in a libbie state, expect a knock on your door, sir.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)

231 So, you demand failure theater.

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No. The feeble, desultory pretense of "trying" to pass the bill (while badmouthing it the whole time, of course) was the failure theater.

I wanted to see signature legislation passed by hook or crook - the Jarrett and Pelosi and Schumer way. Not 2021 Schumer. The Obama-era Schumer, when Democrats fundamentally transformed all this shit in the first place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:19 PM (BI5O2)

232 212 The war in Iran is over and Ukraine has surrendered. And all Indians are getting deported.
Posted by: nckate
======
Purity spirals tend to exist along with Motte and Bailey arguments online. Words are cheap as is posing and that goes as much on the right as left online.

I was a mod and prominent commenter on a 2A website when I was involved in 2A activism at the state and local level. Got burned out by the true believers that would wave the 2A wording around and claim anyone that did not agree to felons being able to buy machine guns after they left prison was a sell out. Similar true believers on local zoning and development issues I worked with. Some, my property is whatever I want to do with it types, some that wanted no development at all because they wanted the landowner to essentially provide the land for free for others to use.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)

233 >>Any ideas what this will be about? 👀
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A. Renaming the Panama canal.
B. US back on the gold standard.
C. A new season of The Apprentice.

Posted by: Mere speculation at October 20, 2026 12:20 PM (dF6f/)

234 231 No. The feeble, desultory pretense of "trying" to pass the bill (while badmouthing it the whole time, of course) was the failure theater.

I wanted to see signature legislation passed by hook or crook - the Jarrett and Pelosi and Schumer way. Not 2021 Schumer. The Obama-era Schumer, when Democrats fundamentally transformed all this shit in the first place.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 12:19 PM (BI5O2)

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"We will not vote for it no matter what. You have nothing you can do to us to convince us otherwise."
-Cornyn, Cassidy, Tillis, Mitch, Ernst, and Murkowski

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 12:20 PM (wn0/z)

235 NJ was a hopeless case when I left in 98. I see FB posts from people I know back there complaining about their government and I recall their political affiliation. Stupid is impossible to fix, and that goes double for the ones who can't be bothered to vote at all..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 20, 2026 12:21 PM (08OqX)

236 They don't win because no one votes for them, and no one votes for them because they don't win.

And by some perverse arcanum these bastards have turned that into a viable business model.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 12:40 PM (aKiSo)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Sitting old man nude
Anton Azbe

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 First of the morning to you all.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

2 I will nood.

Oh wait...

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 09:30 AM (w9Wax)

3
Well, okay then...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:31 AM (trSL4)

4 No ottoman?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 09:31 AM (DwWkT)

5 I wouldn’t want to be the one responsible for cleaning the chair afterwards!

Posted by: Unkaren at October 20, 2026 09:32 AM (4q3+P)

6
That beard is a freakin' disaster

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:32 AM (trSL4)

7 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at October 20, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

8 And the artist’s reason for painting this was…what, exactly?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (77rzZ)

9
Lemme guess... Neil Young?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (trSL4)

10 Talk about a bait-and-switch… he’s got pants on!

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (Ve/HL)

11 He was only 36 years old.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

12 Rip Van Wrinkle

Posted by: Nosmo King at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (I0N4X)

13 The old man is not following Piper's exercise routine.

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

14 According the the artist, the old man's Azbe hangin' out.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (w9Wax)

15 I bet he worked hard all his life.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (yEz+x)

16 nude beatnik > nudnik

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (skLNB)

17 Thinking about what to have for breakfast?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (RORbl)

18 I guess it's better than nood Ilhan Omar.
Would not hang, could see much of this in the mirror.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (vJPf4)

19 For the 'ettes?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (5T19r)

20 I feel this painting. Deep in my bones.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (JDhDw)

21
And the artist’s reason for painting this was…what, exactly?
Posted by: Bulg

The guy was mostly dead and so was the most cooperative model available to him at the time.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (trSL4)

22 Epic beard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:35 AM (Y/06r)

23
From the "Rejected Exercises for Chair Tai Chi" collection.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:36 AM (trSL4)

24 What's wrong with that neck??

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 09:36 AM (Oy/m2)

25 Whew, at least he's somewhat covered.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 20, 2026 09:36 AM (d/XeE)

26 ZZ Top.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:36 AM (Y/06r)

27 He's looking for his mistress. Can't waste an erection at that age.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 09:36 AM (8B4gm)

28
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (eRlcH)

29 I guess there was no young lady nude available.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (Lo97M)

30 19 For the 'ettes?
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (5T19r)
******
You guys get boobs and we get this.
Life is not fair.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

31 Oh man, this is bad.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (vBZcw)

32 Would not hang, could see much of this in the mirror.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 09:34 AM (vJPf4)

Hah!

I think this is a fine painting....portraits of wealthy donors made to look grand are fun, but painting reality so well shows talent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (k5CNB)

33 He’s thin, but still muscular and has that look of a man who didn’t sit at a desk all day, but rather worked manual labor. He supported his family and no one went hungry, but they didn’t vacation to the beach every year. He was stern with his children, but never struck them. His whole body has earned the rest he will soon be blessed with.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:38 AM (1PzR6)

34
He IS the sniper and is known for his inventive disguises.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:38 AM (trSL4)

35 Azbe: “I’m in the mood to paint something wrinkly.”
Assistant: “We’ve got some tulle in the closet.”
Azbe: “Nah… wrinklier.”
Asst: “I’ve got some cotton pajamas I’ve been wearing for a week. Maybe the butcher will lend us his shar pei for the afternoon? There’s some wadded newspaper in the dumpster…?”
Azbe: “What’s your bed-ridden grandpa got going on today?”

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (Ve/HL)

36 Whew, at least he's somewhat covered.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 20, 2026 09:36 AM (d/XeE)
******
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. It could have been worse.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

37 “The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.”

- - Proverbs 20:29 KJV

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)

38 You guys get boobs and we get this.
Life is not fair.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

No, it is not, but neither is the art world. Send me well-painted male nudes and I will post them!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (k5CNB)

39 He IS the sniper and is known for his inventive disguises.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:38 AM (trSL4)

He can hide behind that beard anywhere.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (Y/06r)

40
Please, I'm sick to death of BIDEN!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2026 09:40 AM (x0n13)

41 I remember him from watereorld

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4lpXoDNg_ss

Posted by: Kittens! at October 20, 2026 09:40 AM (LOZbR)

42 In one of the happier alternate universes, that's Biden in a jail cell.

Sad painting. Stoics would probably like it as a nice daily reminder that life in finite.

From Chat....

Sitting Old Man Nude is a striking figure study by Slovenian painter Anton Ažbe (1862–1905), an influential artist and art teacher. Rather than idealizing the human body, Ažbe portrays an elderly man with realism and sensitivity, emphasizing the effects of age through his posture, skin, and physical form.

The painting demonstrates Ažbe’s skill in observing anatomy, light, and shadow while capturing the quiet dignity of an ordinary human subject. It reflects his belief in painting directly from life and his commitment to honest, expressive realism.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 09:40 AM (Sco7b)

43
One of my grandfathers, who had been a commercial fisherman, was a wiry old guy like this, but without the beard.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:41 AM (trSL4)

44 Now the 'ettes have a homework assignment.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 09:42 AM (8B4gm)

45 “Sit up straight!”
“This is as straight as I get.”

Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 09:42 AM (Ve/HL)

46 An alternate title for the painting might have been “ Time”, CBD.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 09:42 AM (Gqar8)

47 43 How does one fish for commercials, anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

48 Hmmm, after further consideration, I'd consider hanging.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 20, 2026 09:43 AM (Sco7b)

49
red speck

LOL

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:43 AM (trSL4)

50
How does one fish for commercials, anyway?
Posted by: Bulg

By not using an ad blocker

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:43 AM (trSL4)

51 Lemme guess... Neil Young?"

Iggy Pop...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 09:44 AM (pfXMo)

52 How does one fish for commercials, anyway?"

Hookers.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 09:44 AM (pfXMo)

53
Is that our Diogenes?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:45 AM (trSL4)

54 I am looking at his hands. This man was familiar with work.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 09:45 AM (Gqar8)

55 13 The old man is not following Piper's exercise routine.
Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

I dunno. His body fat has to be in the single digits.

I bet his grip could crush rocks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:45 AM (Y/06r)

56
Azbe was aces for his use of black...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:46 AM (trSL4)

57 54 I am looking at his hands. This man was familiar with work.
Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 09:45 AM (Gqar

Yeah, the red cast has me wondering. Fisherman? Mason?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:46 AM (Y/06r)

58 He was only 36 years old.
Posted by: Count de Monet

**************

Live Fast, Die Young - a limerick

A young man named Peter Van Dorps
Got pushed through some cosmic time warps
The ravages of time
struck him down in his prime
But he sure left a beautiful corpse

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)

59 Howard Hughes gets out bed and slips on his Kleenex boxes to start the day.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 09:47 AM (8B4gm)

60 I also bet young kids cannot meet his gaze. Note how the artist does not show his eyes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

61 Okay…so a straight forward study of anatomy and an aging body, nothing representative of esoteric struggles. I don’t know this is art I would hang, but it certainly highlights the artist who was an art teacher, it’s technical.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:48 AM (ZdaMQ)

62 Not something I would hang. It's a little too close to the reality of a man aging to be comfortable for a guy well over 29. But the accuracy of the physique, the bent posture and the skin tones speak of a huge talent. The emotional impact of a man, previously tall and muscular, surrendering to loss and age is unavoidable.

It reminds me of Rodin's sculpture The Old Courtesan (La Belle qui fut heaulmière).

Posted by: JTB at October 20, 2026 09:48 AM (yTvNw)

63 red cast has me wondering. Fisherman? Mason?"

Spank'n it like a monkey in a mango tree?

*ducks

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 09:48 AM (pfXMo)

64 “The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.”

- - Proverbs 20:29 KJV
Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (wVcYX)
=====

That is a relief.

Posted by: What few hairs has San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 09:48 AM (RIvkX)

65 Please, I'm sick to death of BIDEN!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Look Fat, you Brooklyn guys think you are tough. I can still take ya. Meet me behind the gym!

Posted by: In The Shower With Ashley at October 20, 2026 09:48 AM (EdP2u)

66
Strange beard or one hell of a goiter.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 09:48 AM (Y8DZL)

67
The very same grandfather's own father also fished and went missing, boat and all, during an early season show squall on the icy lake.

Yes, he sleeps with the fishes.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:49 AM (trSL4)

68 La Belle qui fut heaulmière"

Oh yeah?

/

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 09:49 AM (pfXMo)

69 Sort of a counterpoint to our time of the Pursuit of Eternal Youth and Beauty. It will make viewers uncomfortable, and in need of a cleansing by social media.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 09:49 AM (Gqar8)

70 I wasn't available for yesterday's art thread but thanks to CBD for using such an intriguing and unusual Remington painting. I got to it too late to comment but spent some time looking.

Posted by: JTB at October 20, 2026 09:50 AM (yTvNw)

71 It will make viewers uncomfortable, and in need of a cleansing by social media."

Sidneysweeny.com...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 09:50 AM (pfXMo)

72 Where's his ottoman?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 09:50 AM (FZ29D)

73 It's go time!

Posted by: Izzy Mandelbaum at October 20, 2026 09:51 AM (wVcYX)

74 Talk about a bait-and-switch… he’s got pants on!
Posted by: red speck at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (Ve/HL)
----
Then he's allowed to participate in the Sunday Morning Book Thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 09:51 AM (FZ29D)

75
Where's the ottoman?

His name was Otto, man

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 09:52 AM (trSL4)

76 "You think you're better than me?!"

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 09:52 AM (8B4gm)

77 I would not hang this in my home, but I would spend a bit of time pondering in a gallery. I wonder how large this is?

Kind of makes me sad. But I think it’s beautiful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:53 AM (4wq+Z)

78 If I was an 'ette, I'd be pissed.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 20, 2026 09:53 AM (N39Ws)

79 Seriously, why

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 09:53 AM (ZxPkt)

80 If he had a diamond grill he'd be the spitting image of Cohen the Barbarian.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 09:53 AM (FZ29D)

81 That's a really good painting. Hard to believe that hack Kandinsky studied under this guy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 09:54 AM (BI5O2)

82 The old buzzard is hoping Azbe gets done in time for Lawrence Welk.

Posted by: Norma Zimmer at October 20, 2026 09:54 AM (EdP2u)

83 Not quite a paean to aging, is it?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

84 *looks up painter*

Well, CBD could have chosen far worse.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:55 AM (Y/06r)

85 83 Not quite a paean to aging, is it?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

Reality is haaarrd.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 09:56 AM (Gqar8)

86 If I was an 'ette, I'd be pissed.
Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 20, 2026 09:53 AM (N39Ws)
=====

I'm willing to model, but I get scale. $$$

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

87 From wiki:
Anton Ažbe (30 May 1862 – 5 or 6 August 1905) was a Slovene realist painter and teacher of painting. Ažbe, crippled since birth and orphaned at the age of eight, learned painting as an apprentice to Janez Wolf and at the Academies in Vienna and Munich. At the age of 30, Ažbe founded his own school of painting in Munich that became a popular attraction for Eastern European students.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 09:56 AM (Y/06r)

88 No Ottoman for the poor guy. Cheap bastard artist.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 09:57 AM (sl73Y)

89 Not quite a paean to aging, is it?
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Oh, I dunno. Seems a far cry better than ending up a whale confined to bed. This is probably something worth aspiring to. He looks tired but not incapable.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 20, 2026 09:57 AM (d/XeE)

90 86 If I was an 'ette, I'd be pissed.
Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems

No way. I would much prefer to live out my days with this man than some foppish dandy who buggers little boys in the stables.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 09:58 AM (yEz+x)

91 Well, better than the ottoman guy, anyway.

Posted by: GWB at October 20, 2026 09:58 AM (kU0PQ)

92 Earlier today, I suggested this for the art thread. New at the Louvre:

https://tinyurl.com/3z6v8zes

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:59 AM (skLNB)

93 Not sure this is one for the ettes or not:

https://tinyurl.com/2a7c6f5p

Study of a man
Anton Azbe
Date: 1886

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

94 Azbe taking his sweet time painting this made the model late for dinner at the Assisted Living. Missed the Fruit Cup entirely. Made up for it by eating his ice cream first.

Posted by: Joan Lunden, A Place For Mom at October 20, 2026 10:00 AM (EdP2u)

95 Omg Biden’s dog. That’s hilarious!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 10:00 AM (yEz+x)

96 92 Earlier today, I suggested this for the art thread. New at the Louvre:

https://tinyurl.com/3z6v8zes
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:59 AM (skLNB)

I saw that. It is good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 10:00 AM (Y/06r)

97 Okay, which one of us sat for this painting?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:01 AM (V8Zwm)

98 95 Omg Biden’s dog. That’s hilarious!
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 20, 2026 10:00 AM (yEz+x)

That is extremely clever.

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 10:01 AM (Gqar8)

99 Earlier today, I suggested this for the art thread. New at the Louvre:

https://tinyurl.com/3z6v8zes
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:59 AM (skLNB)

*golf clap*

Posted by: Count de Monet, Ars Gratia Artis at October 20, 2026 10:01 AM (wVcYX)

100 Poor fella was born to early to profit from his SpaceX stock.

Posted by: Timing Is Everything at October 20, 2026 10:01 AM (EdP2u)

101
The Time Of His Life - a limerick

An octogenarian named Bessents
Developed an unsightly excrescence
Seems a man as he ages
goes through several stages
Infantry. Adultery. Obsolescence.

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:01 AM (I0N4X)

102
Well, better than the ottoman guy, anyway.
Posted by: GWB

That reminded me of this:
“I don't see no p'ints about that frog that's any better'n any other frog.” — Mark Twain, book "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:01 AM (trSL4)

103 Don't pick a fight with Gramps.

Posted by: Tennessee Ernie Ford at October 20, 2026 10:02 AM (rj6Yv)

104 Where's his ottoman?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Right where it ottobee.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:02 AM (V8Zwm)

105 Joe Biden....old and forgotten and stewing in his own bodily waste.

Posted by: A Painting By Hunter The Sex Pest at October 20, 2026 10:02 AM (8EQTH)

106 78 If I was an 'ette, I'd be pissed.
Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems

I am not. It’s a technical painting, and it shows a real body that has lived a life. A perfect body is pretty rare, male or female. A handsome man is nice, of course, and for all we know, this guy was the town hottie back in his day.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:03 AM (ZdaMQ)

107 quite a paean to aging, "

Paean? That's why the pants are wet...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:03 AM (pfXMo)

108 86 If I was an 'ette, I'd be pissed.

At our advanced ages of 29, any one of us is one sneeze away from being pissed.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:03 AM (V8Zwm)

109
"No, beardoes!!!"

Posted by: Pete Hegseth, Art Critic at October 20, 2026 10:03 AM (YSUhf)

110 Thankfully, the title does not check out.

Posted by: No Name Today at October 20, 2026 10:04 AM (8mulE)

111 and all, during an early season show squall on the icy lake.

Yes, he sleeps with the fishes.
Posted by: Krebs v Carn

Or with.his other wife and family on the other end of the lake??

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 10:04 AM (sl73Y)

112 Hard to believe he is only 35!

Posted by: Les Miserables at October 20, 2026 10:04 AM (AKptf)

113 The hand and forearm are impressive. I bet he carried a knife to his dying day.

Posted by: mrp at October 20, 2026 10:06 AM (rj6Yv)

114 The old man was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 20, 2026 10:06 AM (dF6f/)

115 this guy was the town hottie back in his day."

Hey babe, come upstairs and check out my thatching!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:06 AM (pfXMo)

116 that guys in pretty good shape.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2026 10:07 AM (Bep7s)

117 weren’t we all going to all die from the Russian plague? What happened.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:08 AM (ek+0M)

118 The old man has been waiting for a long time for Milwaukee to reach the World Series.

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 10:08 AM (Oy/m2)

119
Apropos of nothing, here are percussionists performing Khachaturian's "Sabre Dance"

https://youtu.be/yqGb2OKecN0

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:09 AM (trSL4)

120 Give this guy a shave, force him to gain 75 pounds, and give him shigella. He could be a US Senator if he puts the work in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:10 AM (BI5O2)

121 Old dude’s gonna miss the Senate vote. But then, he usually does.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:10 AM (xBlOg)

122 last night some dsa genius tossed a rocks glass at me. my ear is still bleeding but i don't have the headache he does. i didn't get the free bologna and mustard sandwich that he goot tho.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)

123 Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

Posted by: Neil Yuck at October 20, 2026 10:10 AM (EdP2u)

124 Help me out folks.

What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

125 Family values.

Ohio Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton’s own mother urges voters not to vote for her daughter.
“My name is Donna Arthur and I’m Amy Acton’s mother. I worked at Children and Family Service Association, building one of the first two sexual abuse programs in America.
I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent—and it’s not easy for a mother to say this—but Amy has a serious problem.
She is a liar. She lies about her past. She says she grew up living in a tent. None of that is true. She’s lied her entire life.
My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn’t doing that.
Don’t vote for people who lie. Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself. It will only get worse.”

-
There'll be one helluva Thanksgiving dinner.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

126 124 Help me out folks.

What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

James Carville?

Posted by: tubal at October 20, 2026 10:12 AM (Gqar8)

127 Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Posted by: Neil Yuck at October 20, 2026 10:10 AM (EdP2u)

Ugh. I hated that song even when I was little. That song sucks.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

128 Maverick.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:12 AM (BI5O2)

129 What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:11 AM (I0N4X)

Electric?

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 10:12 AM (Oy/m2)

130 What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?"

Theodoric?

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:12 AM (pfXMo)

131 124 Help me out folks.

What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon at October

Maverick?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 10:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

132 What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon at October

Had a ferret??
This is why I don't do limericks.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 20, 2026 10:14 AM (sl73Y)

133
What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon

Paregoric

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:14 AM (trSL4)

134 i was told there'd be a old nekkid dude but that guy is pantful.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2026 10:15 AM (Bep7s)

135 65 Please, I'm sick to death of BIDEN!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

"Beau Biden in the Burn Pits of Iraq" will be made into a movie someday and you will regret this statement as you will be required to care.

I'm not making sense. Time for a Bloody Mary.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 10:15 AM (Y8DZL)

136 Muldoon, that was excellent, thank you.

Posted by: Frenchjeton at October 20, 2026 10:16 AM (j0T5y)

137 I imagine I look a lot like that old man when I get up in the mornings. Sans the beard and thinning hair.

My body... it's worn out. I'm worn out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 10:16 AM (RORbl)

138 Am I looking in a mirror … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at October 20, 2026 10:16 AM (ayRl+)

139
Botryoidal

Nah, just messin' with ya, muldoon

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:16 AM (trSL4)

140 Hard to believe he is only 35!
Posted by: Les Miserables

Married an Italian ginger, didn't he?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:17 AM (V8Zwm)

141 What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon

Cyanotic or hypoxic for this guy?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 10:17 AM (JzUSu)

142 The artist's subject ended up being elected to the Papacy.

It was the Old Man and the See.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 10:18 AM (w9Wax)

143 Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Posted by: Neil Yuck

Geez, Neil, look in the mirror. You're a lot like he is.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:18 AM (ndZc7)

144 Every girl's crazy about a sharp undressed man.

Posted by: ZZ Top at October 20, 2026 10:18 AM (l4Y2n)

145 Well, it looks like the Independence folks in Alberta lost out, bigly, 24.5% to 75.5%, with most of the votes now counted. Cowardice won out, I guess. But we will persevere.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:19 AM (wSl27)

146 What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon

Stradiveric?

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 10:19 AM (w9Wax)

147
Riverboat, ring your bell!
Fare thee well, Annabelle!
Luck is the lady that he loves the best.
Natchez to New Orleans,
Livin' on jacks and queens,
Maverick is the Legend of the West.

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

148 no one will read what i write

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 10:20 AM (DjQfP)

149 Well, it looks like the Independence folks in Alberta lost out, bigly, 24.5% to 75.5%, with most of the votes now counted. Cowardice won out, I guess. But we will persevere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Too bad.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

150 >>> 70 I wasn't available for yesterday's art thread but thanks to CBD for using such an intriguing and unusual Remington painting. I got to it too late to comment but spent some time looking.
Posted by: JTB

Agreed, very impressive. You look at and instantly know it's at night with a full moon, that eery moonlit glow that happens near a waxing moon.

And Nurse, love your take on today's painting! The man has certainly lived a life and looks like he's looking forward to an eternal rest.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2026 10:21 AM (Toos7)

151 I like this one. My favorite art class was figure drawing. It did not matter who the model was. I learned a lot about how to draw the human form in a realistic way.

I also like drawing portraits.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 20, 2026 10:22 AM (PSEDc)

152 Married an Italian ginger, didn't he?
Posted by: Tonypete

Who was that Italian ginger from the James Bond movie?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

153
Muldoon wanted a rhyme for cadaveric
To use for a eulogy limerick
Then he fell out of bed
And banging his head
Forgot all about writing his panegyric!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2026 10:23 AM (YSUhf)

154 Livin' on crack and cheese

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 20, 2026 10:23 AM (OwMlf)

155
Good job Paul!

You are growing as a commentator and a person.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 10:24 AM (Y8DZL)

156 I don't always play the fiddle but when I do, it's a Stradiveric.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

157
Who was that Italian ginger from the James Bond movie?
Posted by: Bulg

Luciana Paluzzi

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:25 AM (trSL4)

158 "Hunting for Hobo Pelts"?

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 10:26 AM (l3cgK)

159 Luciana Paluzzi
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

Yum.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 10:26 AM (77rzZ)

160 Not the topless model I was hoping for.

Better go watch some Bob Fosse movies.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 20, 2026 10:26 AM (s1VwS)

161 Luciana Paluzzi
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot:

Bless You!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:26 AM (V8Zwm)

162 Well, it looks like the Independence folks in Alberta lost out, bigly, 24.5% to 75.5%, with most of the votes now counted. Cowardice won out, I guess. But we will persevere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
============
Not surprised. It took about ten years of political development in the US to lead to independence. Most people have a normalcy bias that changes only when things get bad enough to make them change their alliances and opinions.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (E4rtv)

163 Sorry, Alberta Oil Peon. Hugs up. Canada might not be ready for breaking up into smaller pieces, yet, but there's always the next election. It might take a few election cycles? If Canada has time to spare before impoding into communism?

France might finally, finally, be electing one of the Le Pen ladies after electing socialist numbskulls. We will see if the riots show a turning point or if France just folds.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (Toos7)

164 Who was that Italian ginger from the James Bond movie?
Posted by: Bulg

Luciana Paluzzi
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

"She's just dead."

Posted by: Tuna at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (lJ0H4)

165 David Bowie Aslan is on hold -
x.com cosmicbooknews/status/2112272610528575937
and everyone's getting fired. Lern 2 coad, fagz

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (yYROg)

166 165 David Bowie Aslan is on hold -
x.com cosmicbooknews/status/2112272610528575937
and everyone's getting fired. Lern 2 coad, fagz
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (yYROg)

We can haz nice things?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 20, 2026 10:28 AM (s1VwS)

167 Need someone to burn down Toronto?

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

168 Le Pen is a socialist numbskull. She's just anti-immigration, up to a point.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)

169 165 David Bowie Aslan is on hold -
x.com cosmicbooknews/status/2112272610528575937
and everyone's getting fired. Lern 2 coad, fagz
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (yYROg)

They gave 100s of millions of dollars to a gal who wanted to fuck the source material.

Then they are surprised when she fucked the source material and made an unwatchable mess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 20, 2026 10:29 AM (Y/06r)

170 165 David Bowie Aslan is on hold -
x.com cosmicbooknews/status/2112272610528575937
and everyone's getting fired. Lern 2 coad, fagz

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:27 AM (yYROg)

=======

Reading the actual post, no, Narnia is not on hold.

Development of future projects is on hold, according to this anonymous source, which seems believable with Lin's firing this weekend.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:29 AM (wn0/z)

171 Need someone to burn down Toronto?
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

Do Ottawa first, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:30 AM (wSl27)

172
"She's just dead."
Posted by: Tuna

No, still alive at 89.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:30 AM (trSL4)

173 168 Le Pen is a socialist numbskull. She's just anti-immigration, up to a point.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:28 AM (BI5O2)

So by French standards, she's Margaret Thatcher.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 20, 2026 10:30 AM (s1VwS)

174 "Oh, no! The only video file I could find of this obscure movie from decades ago was dubbed into another language! What do I do?!"

*investigate how to auto-generate translated subtitles from mp3 file for 20 minutes*

"Wait a second...do subtitles for this movie already exist?"

Yes, yes they do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:31 AM (wn0/z)

175 A young man can look in the mirror, stand up straight, pull his shoulders back, suck in his gut, puff his chest out, do a slight biceps flex and imagine that he looks good.

whereas

An old man can look in the mirror, stand up straight, pull his shoulders back, suck in his gut, puff his chest out, do a slight biceps flex and imagine that he looks good...

...for about 10 seconds

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (I0N4X)

176 David Bowie Aslan is on hold -"

We'll make it up on volume!...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (pfXMo)

177 171 Need someone to burn down Toronto?
Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:28 AM (yYROg)

Do Ottawa first, eh?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:30 AM (wSl27)

========

"HAHAHA!! Ottawa isn't the capital of Canada! It's Toronto!"
-the funniest thing Michael Moore ever wrote in Canadian Bacon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (wn0/z)

178 YIKES: Trump Predicts That Paris Could Become a “Muslim City” Very Soon

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Just because a bunch of school boys threw a tantrum?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (ndZc7)

179 My daughter needs help, and she can’t help you if she needs help herself. People can change, but first they have to tell the truth, and my daughter still isn’t doing that.
Don’t vote for people who lie. Don’t let her become your governor. If you think she’ll make your life better, you’re fooling yourself. It will only get worse.”

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There'll be one helluva Thanksgiving dinner.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Sociopathy is one trait that close to being shared by both sexes but it manifests differently in female sociopaths than males.

And you will see more sociopaths in media, politics, and CEO types as well as criminals.

Sounds like Amy is a sociopath.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

180 So by French standards, she's Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 20, 2026 10:30 AM (s1VwS)

Exactly. She is the least-worst electable candidate to be found in France. Must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (wSl27)

181 I saw a video of "migrants" tearing a beautiful hardwood door off of a historic European building.

The comment was "that's a bit too on the nose."

Ref: "Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door" -- Camp of the Saints

Posted by: blaster at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (xhfG9)

182 124 ford maverick.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (Bep7s)

183 181 I saw a video of "migrants" tearing a beautiful hardwood door off of a historic European building.

The comment was "that's a bit too on the nose."

Ref: "Your universe has no meaning to them. They will not try to understand. They will be tired, they will be cold, they will make a fire with your beautiful oak door" -- Camp of the Saints
Posted by: blaster at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (xhfG9)

More shotguns needed in France, clearly.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (s1VwS)

184 Not Big Mac's fault!

As Chaos Continues in France, Macron Points the Finger at Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

185 I like this painting.

In a couple of weeks I will begin my 8th decade on Earth, God willing.

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (I0N4X)

186 180 So by French standards, she's Margaret Thatcher.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 20, 2026 10:30 AM (s1VwS)

Exactly. She is the least-worst electable candidate to be found in France. Must not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (wSl27)

========

And she wants Muslims to stay in France.

In response to the poll showing that 45% of Muslims would consider leaving France if she won the presidency, she reacted by saying that they're as French as any Frenchman.

Um...Le Pen ain't deporting anybody if she's discouraging the easiest option: self-deportation.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (wn0/z)

187 Wait a second...do subtitles for this movie already exist?"

Yes, yes they do."

Heh. Been there, done that.

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (pfXMo)

188 Last couple of months, polls in Alberta consistently showed Stay in Canada side winning anywhere from 65-75%.

Final vote was 76%.

Not a surprise.

Albertans love being abused by Ottawa and Toronto I guess.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:33 AM (ek+0M)

189 "She's just dead."
Posted by: Tuna

No, still alive at 89.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM)

No, that was Bond's best line in "Thunderball".

Posted by: Tuna at October 20, 2026 10:34 AM (lJ0H4)

190
Today's Bloody:

1 dash Orange bitters
1/2 fresh lime squeezin's
1/2 t Prepared hot horseradish
1/2 t Worcestershire sauce
1/2 t Frank's hot sauce
1/2 t Milani Dill sauce
1 oz Clamato
1 oz Zing Zang
6 oz Tomato juice
1 Garlic stuffed Olive to garnish
Shake of fresh ground Black Pepper to taste

Prepare the ingredients in a large glass, roll pour into another to mix thoroughly.

Set aside, open a handle of Value-Rite and swig it while admiring all the hard work put in already today.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 10:34 AM (Y8DZL)

191
Tuna

Never watched it. Heresy, I know.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 20, 2026 10:35 AM (trSL4)

192 Today's artist was Wassily Kandinsky's teacher.

Posted by: Tuna at October 20, 2026 10:35 AM (lJ0H4)

193 Sounds like Amy is a sociopath.
Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:32 AM (E4rtv)

Mama needs to go all Lindsay Clancy on her crotch fruit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:35 AM (wSl27)

194 There's a Thunderball-in my pants!

Posted by: Leaky Joe, Wilmington, DE at October 20, 2026 10:37 AM (EdP2u)

195 The Magician's Nephew movie is troubled, but in the can and has a release date in the doldrums of February. Not Christmas, when it should have been. This should be pro Christian, family friendly fare that racks up hundreds of millions at the holidays. Not some glam rock, niche pet project. Greta should never have been picked for it.

The irony Is not lost on anyone who has read The Last Battle that the end comes when a donkey puts on a lion skin suit and parades around as a fake lion. A gender bending fake Aslan by a non Christian was always going to be a tough sell. But destroying the eagle and child in the trailer, and resetting it to the 50s instead of keeping it in a timeline where WW2 bombings of London happen, was just bizarre choices.

Posted by: LizLem at October 20, 2026 10:37 AM (Toos7)

196 The Islamonazi /Democrat alliance.

Iran Escalates Attacks on Strait of Hormuz As Midterms Approach

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

197 Final vote was 76%.

Not a surprise."

Why would there be? My guess is they're patriotic Canadians...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:38 AM (pfXMo)

198 Today's artist was Wassily Kandinsky's teacher.
Posted by: Tuna at October 20, 2026 10:35 AM (lJ0H4)

I know. It's weird and also funny and sad.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:39 AM (BI5O2)

199 Forgot all about writing his panegyric!
Posted by: naturalfake

*********

That's how it's done, folks!

Posted by: muldoon at October 20, 2026 10:39 AM (I0N4X)

200 As Chaos Continues in France, Macron Points the Finger at Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

PDJT's power is astounding!! What a guy!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:39 AM (V8Zwm)

201 Today's artist was Wassily"

One ping only, Wassily...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:40 AM (pfXMo)

202 200 As Chaos Continues in France, Macron Points the Finger at Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

PDJT's power is astounding!! What a guy!!

Posted by: Tonypete at October 20, 2026 10:39 AM (V8Zwm)

========

"Trump is magic. He has powers we cannot fathom. He enriches all of his friends at the expense of his enemies, and nothing can stop him. Let's be his enemies."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:40 AM (wn0/z)

203 >>@visegrad24
BREAKING:

>>The far-left extremist Hodei Ciarra has been identified as the man who burned down the historic town hall in Limoges

BLM communist.

https://tinyurl.com/hr96p9mj

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:41 AM (viF8m)

204 PDJT's power is astounding!! What a guy!!"

Should've seen him wrestle the steering wheel from the back seat!

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:41 AM (pfXMo)

205 The irony Is not lost on anyone who has read The Last Battle that the end comes when a donkey puts on a lion skin suit and parades around as a fake lion. A gender bending fake Aslan by a non Christian was always going to be a tough sell. But destroying the eagle and child in the trailer, and resetting it to the 50s instead of keeping it in a timeline where WW2 bombings of London happen, was just bizarre choices.
Posted by: LizLem

Most of modern culture among the left is subverting and destroying norms. The sixties broke the artistic community and if you look, literature, art, theater, architecture, etc. have all ran downhill since then and gotten progressively uglier, primitive, and vile.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:41 AM (E4rtv)

206 Curfews will stop them!

France Enacts Curfews After Paris Rioters Target Residential Apartments for Looting

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Hmm. Targeting residential apartments sounds bad.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:42 AM (ndZc7)

207 204 PDJT's power is astounding!! What a guy!!"

Should've seen him wrestle the steering wheel from the back seat!
Posted by: man
=======
Stretch Armstrong in the flesh.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:42 AM (E4rtv)

208 Anti-Zionist Brendan Nugent nearly killed Australian MP Helen Haines

Posted by: Yyrog the Lich King at October 20, 2026 10:42 AM (yYROg)

209 As Chaos Continues in France, Macron Points the Finger at Trump
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

In the same speech he blamed French citizens too. Macron is most likely a sociopath who lives by lies. That is the reason his puppet masters installed him.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:43 AM (E4rtv)

210 Why would there be? My guess is they're patriotic Canadians...
Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:38 AM (pfXMo)

Early returns had one district, Grande Prairie, going pro-Independence. Then that all changed, and the 75-25 ratio never changed thereafter, for all districts. Seems a little too pat for me. There may have been fraud going on.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:43 AM (wSl27)

211 The right answer is "it's a shame that only 45% of Muslims are considering leaving if I win. Even I thought fewer than 55% of them were flat out retarded, but there you have it... they're either too stupid or too lazy to run while they still have a chance."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

212 Should've seen him wrestle the steering wheel from the back seat!
Posted by: man
______

And use his mind powers to have the uncooperative driver continue operating the gas and break while he drove.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 20, 2026 10:44 AM (JzUSu)

213 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Weird art. But that's ok. Maybe.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 20, 2026 10:44 AM (TpUGH)

214 211 The right answer is "it's a shame that only 45% of Muslims are considering leaving if I win. Even I thought fewer than 55% of them were flat out retarded, but there you have it... they're either too stupid or too lazy to run while they still have a chance."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 10:44 AM (BI5O2)

=========

"Good. That'll make my job 45% easier."
-what someone who is actually concerned with deporting Muslims would say

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:44 AM (wn0/z)

215 The Radical Network Behind the Violent Riots in France Says the U.S. Is Next

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Because of French student class size?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:45 AM (ndZc7)

216 DataRepublican started dropping the videos and documents she has somehow gotten ahold of last night. There is a giant cabal of communists, Muslims and a whole bunch of ex-USAID types planning for action after the elections.

Sounds like she is turning over what she has found as well as releasing it online but it sounds like win or lose we are going to be seeing violence like we are seeing in Europe here after the election.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:46 AM (viF8m)

217 This fellow is thinning on top, like I was. My patented system can give him a full, luxurious, head of hair, permanently. Remember, I'm not just the President, I'm a client.

Posted by: Sy Sperling at October 20, 2026 10:46 AM (EdP2u)

218 Well, it looks like the Independence folks in Alberta lost out, bigly, 24.5% to 75.5%, with most of the votes now counted. Cowardice won out, I guess. But we will persevere.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:19 AM

Well, that sucks.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 10:47 AM (2gwTb)

219 Hodei Ciarr was just upset he didn’t have enough pencils and pens provided to him at school guys.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:47 AM (ek+0M)

220 And she wants Muslims to stay in France.

In response to the poll showing that 45% of Muslims would consider leaving France if she won the presidency, she reacted by saying that they're as French as any Frenchman.

Um...Le Pen ain't deporting anybody if she's discouraging the easiest option: self-deportation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
========
Rot is pretty deep in Euroland and she may believe that all those Muslims are necessary to prop up the economy and the French welfare state.

Then again, she could just be lying to win the election and then do what she wants.

I think though the Overton window on Muslims in Euroland is moving on policy options but the question is will it move enough in time to do something before a disaster.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:47 AM (E4rtv)

221 The sixties broke the artistic community and if you look, literature, art, theater, architecture, etc. have all ran downhill since then and gotten progressively uglier, primitive, and vile.

In part because the USSR sent billions of dollars to the US to promote ugly, primitive art, as proven in the Venona intercepts. They couldn't stand that we had really neat design and architecture in the 20s and 30s (Beaux-Arts, Art Deco, Art Moderne, Streamline Moderne) and they have stuff that looked like the Obama library.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)

222 “France is burning! The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country,” Trump said in a post Sunday on his Truth Social platform.

“Close your Borders and take control, before it is too late!”

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Racist!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)

223 220 Rot is pretty deep in Euroland and she may believe that all those Muslims are necessary to prop up the economy and the French welfare state.

Then again, she could just be lying to win the election and then do what she wants.

I think though the Overton window on Muslims in Euroland is moving on policy options but the question is will it move enough in time to do something before a disaster.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:47 AM (E4rtv)

=======

Le Pen is French Boris Johnson.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:48 AM (wn0/z)

224 Muslims will voluntarily leave France like liberals promise to leave the US if they lose an election.

They've conquered it fair and square, and they'll have to be militarily defeated and removed.

Which isn't going to happen.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 10:48 AM (xEhzD)

225 Well, that sucks.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 20, 2026 10:47 AM (2gwTb)

I was hoping for a much closer vote. What I was expecting was a distinct rural-urban divide, and there is no evidence of that, which makes me suspicious of the results.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:49 AM (wSl27)

226 Because of French student class size?"

Oui.

Boy, did that line age like fine...yogurt... in Houston

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:49 AM (pfXMo)

227 Saw a hot take on LinkedIn on France. The riots are being done by right wingers pretending to be left wingers as a way to turn French people against immigrants.

Sadly it has many upvotes.

The left is retarded squared.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:50 AM (ek+0M)

228 Brain-Infecting Fungus That Can Kill 60-70 Percent of Patients On the Rise Across America

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Socialism is a brain fungus?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 10:50 AM (ndZc7)

229 Hodei Ciarr was just upset he didn’t have enough pencils and pens provided to him at school guys.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:47 AM (ek+0M)

Since he is a big fan of fire, let him be burned at the stake.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 20, 2026 10:51 AM (wSl27)

230 Rot is pretty deep in Euroland and she may believe that all those Muslims are necessary to prop up the economy and the French welfare state.

How? Most of them aren't working, they're a net drain on the welfare state.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)

231 Le Pen is French Boris Johnson.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
======
I can see that.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)

232 Karen was surprised when, after a night of heavy tequila drinking, she woke up in bed with a member of ZZ Top.

> and they have stuff that looked like the Obama library.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)

Ask a Russian to design a pair of shoes and you'll wind up with something that looks like the box the shoes came in.

Ask him to design something that will kill Germans and he turns into Thomas Fucking Edison.

-- Neal Stephenson

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:52 AM (qlLNh)

233 she may believe that all those Muslims are necessary to prop up the economy and the French welfare state"

Can't speak for all, but I can attest that that belief runs thru much of "western " Europe...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:52 AM (pfXMo)

234 Brain-Infecting Fungus That Can Kill 60-70 Percent of Patients On the Rise Across America

—

I just died from the Russian plague so I’m not worried.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:52 AM (ek+0M)

235 Saw a hot take on LinkedIn on France. The riots are being done by right wingers pretending to be left wingers as a way to turn French people against immigrants.

So they're admitting the riots make them look bad. That puts them ahead of the media on admitting the truth.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

236 I wonder if Trump will be forced to step in and secure France's nukes if this keeps up.

France has nearly 300 nuclear warheads.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

237 235 Saw a hot take on LinkedIn on France. The riots are being done by right wingers pretending to be left wingers as a way to turn French people against immigrants.

So they're admitting the riots make them look bad. That puts them ahead of the media on admitting the truth.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:52 AM (2ocoG)

========

It's what the white progressives of America were saying online after BLM riots started looking bad by summer of 2020.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 10:53 AM (wn0/z)

238 > Brain-Infecting Fungus That Can Kill 60-70 Percent of Patients On the Rise Across America
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Leftism? Socialism?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 10:54 AM (RORbl)

239 How? Most of them aren't working, they're a net drain on the welfare state."

You aren't supposed to notice that.

Besides, they're "building communities" and some such. That's good... if you think 10th century economics works...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:54 AM (pfXMo)

240 Meh, at least he ain't fat...

Posted by: steevy at October 20, 2026 10:54 AM (YwEeS)

241 That's a nude?

Posted by: sidney at October 20, 2026 10:55 AM (Uy/WF)

242 Leftism? Socialism?"

Net neutrality...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:55 AM (pfXMo)

243 How? Most of them aren't working, they're a net drain on the welfare state.
Posted by: Ian S.
=====
Very few leaders are economists and economist are captured by the left just like other social science fields. You still see that canard bruited about here as illegals saving social security and other such drivel.

Apart from Thatcher perhaps who was formally trained as a chemist, most political leaders use advisors on policy matters like economics. The profession leans left and produces leftist justifications. Frankly, macroeconomics is not a science but a grab bag of political ideas and some empirical observations. Microeconomics is pretty much a science, macro--not so much.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:55 AM (E4rtv)

244 > France has nearly 300 nuclear warheads.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:53 AM (viF8m)

Supposedly we have a plan to go in and snatch the Paki nukes if things go too far south there.

Time to set up one for France and the UK as well.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 20, 2026 10:56 AM (qlLNh)

245 The Mohammedans didn't immigrate.
They invaded.
Words matter.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 20, 2026 10:56 AM (dF6f/)

246 The yuutes protesting school funding thing has shifted to yuuutes protesting cost of living.

How many kids in school do you know are worried about cost of living? That’s a thing you worry about when you get out of school not when you’re 16.

Soon it will be yuutes protesting a delay in GT6.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 10:56 AM (ek+0M)

247 236 I wonder if Trump will be forced to step in and secure France's nukes if this keeps up.

France has nearly 300 nuclear warheads.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Yeah no. Trump has enough on his plate.

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 10:56 AM (E4rtv)

248 Ask a Russian to design a pair of shoes and you'll wind up with something that looks like the box the shoes came in.

Ask him to design something that will kill Germans and he turns into Thomas Fucking Edison.

-- Neal Stephenson

LOL. Was that Cryptonomicon?

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)

249 You still see that canard bruited about here as illegals saving social security and other such drivel."

This. It's the basic idea that all economic numbers must always increase.
(See Soviet 5 year plans)

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 10:58 AM (pfXMo)

250 Soon it will be yuutes protesting a delay in GT6.

The yutes are turning on GTA6 before its release because it strongly appears you will play as a male cuck who gets shown what's what by a powerful Latina girlboss.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 10:58 AM (2ocoG)

251 What rhymes with 'cadaveric'?
Posted by: muldoon

You're golden. 👍🏻

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 10:58 AM (NFX2v)

252 Oil Tumbles As Qatar, Pakistan Tout 'Compromise Proposal' To End Iran War

Here we go again...

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 10:59 AM (RHGPo)

253 Why the fuck did I even bother?

If I'd known these effeminate cucks in the 21st Century were just going to surrender, I'd have abdicated and gone fishing instead.

Posted by: The Ghost of Charlie the Hammer at October 20, 2026 10:59 AM (qlLNh)

254 >>Yeah no. Trump has enough on his plate.

He does. But who else is there?

There's no difference between allowing Iran to develop a nuke and allowing Frances nukes to fall into their control.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 10:59 AM (viF8m)

255
A happy little children's song that is now racist:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bWyhj7siEY

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 11:00 AM (Y8DZL)

256 Oil Tumbles As Qatar, Pakistan Tout 'Compromise Proposal' To End Iran War

The Iran war more than anything else has shown how retarded commodities markets are. The strait is open, oil's going through, and alternative routes are opening but prices were still high.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:00 AM (2ocoG)

257 > There's no difference between allowing Iran to develop a nuke and allowing Frances nukes to fall into their control.
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A reason why France's military might want to act even without government authority. That, and to assure they survive the end times... if it goes that far.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (RORbl)

258 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (NcvvS)

259 This from X over a 21 year old furry troon that got stabbed to death by a homeless guy. This is the leftist mindset.

"𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐥
@ultiodivina
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8h
It’s also a glimpse into how sheltered and delusional these freaks are, aside from the obvious traits.

This furry troon died because he taunted a homeless guy who threatened him. He claimed the guy was “too old” to do anything, and then got stabbed to death.

Most people that have real world experience know that homeless people are mostly brainfucked wildcards and should be avoided. They’ll kill eachother over a leftover fentanyl foil if they have to.

These people’s entire realities were shaped online. They have no idea how this world works. He thought he could make a snarky remark like he was on reddit and got murked by a dude who probably ate literal garbage earlier that day."

Posted by: whig at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (E4rtv)

260 Time to set up one for France and the UK as well."

We handle the ukes nukes...

Posted by: man at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (pfXMo)

261 246 i'd riot for that.

Posted by: cmeat at October 20, 2026 11:03 AM (Bep7s)

262 Speaking of movies . . .

But royal experts told Fox News Digital that Harry's reported plans to consider making a documentary about Princess Diana could threaten that opening, giving the Prince of Wales another reason to remain wary of his younger brother.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 20, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

263 It is too forgiving to brush off European policy on muslims to misguided economics. Do you think people like Le Pen don't know there are no-go zones and that muslim culture is fundamentally incompatible with the French republic? People who think a North African is indistinguishable from a Frenchman hate themselves and their country.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 20, 2026 11:04 AM (xEhzD)

264 It is too forgiving to brush off European policy on muslims to misguided economics. Do you think people like Le Pen don't know there are no-go zones and that muslim culture is fundamentally incompatible with the French republic? People who think a North African is indistinguishable from a Frenchman hate themselves and their country.

At this point it's clear that the elites set a deadline of 2030 for the entire world to be run by a unified Communist government, basically a world-wide EU. And the closer we get to that date with countries like the US and Japan (and most of South America) going the opposite direction the sportier things will get.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 20, 2026 11:07 AM (2ocoG)

The Morning Report — 10/20 /26

Good morning kids. Apologies in advance for continuing on from yesterday with thoughts about what's going on in France and by extension Europe and whatever remains of the West and civilization as it had been (or as we had intended it to be) since 1945. Nearly 600 years ago as the black plague ravaged most of Europe the great fire of London, which some historians suspect might have been set by foreign enemies of England has also been cited as a factor in stopping the plague.

In any case whatever parallels or similes to the current situation in Europe the fact remains that they and indeed WE TOO are on a knife edge of succumbing to a new dark age, one that is by our, that is by our fellow citizens in name only, making.

There are two ways of looking at the midterms, now less than three weeks away.
One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visions (as Thomas Sowell puts it): socialism versus capitalism, intrusive versus limited government, and the destruction of time-honored institutions and traditions versus their preservation and renewal.
Rarely in American history have the two parties been so far apart or the choice between them so stark. In brief, Islamist-sympathizing socialism is on the ballot against free-market capitalism and American exceptionalism.
The new Islamist-allied socialist Democrat Party is confident, largely because the party holding the White House has increased its share of House seats in a midterm election only three times since 1900. Each of those exceptions arose under unusual circumstances. . .
. . .Are they demonizing the majority of the American people in the manner of Zohran Mamdani’s housing czar, Cea Weaver, who declared that homeownership is “a weapon of white supremacy”? Or like Melat Kiros, who argues that “We were never really going to be able to tackle white supremacy in the way that we need to without reparations”? Could anyone imagine Republican or conservative candidates apologizing for terrorism in the manner of marquee Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed, who responded to a cowardly Islamist attack on a synagogue with “Hurt people do hurt people”? In short, treat this midterm election as the deep choice that it is.

That is just a taste, and a very bitter one (like bitter almonds IYKWIMAITYD) from our esteemed friend Prof. Victor Davis Hanson who goes into much more disturbing detail of just what's at stake two weeks from now.

And the equally eloquent and cromulent Glenn H Reynolds goes off on this harridan Elissa Slotkin.

Democrats speak with forked tongue.
On Sunday, former President Barack Obama denounced the Trump administration’s investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar for immigration fraud as un-American.
In America, we don’t go after our political opponents, he said.
This from the man who sent his Internal Revenue Service after Tea Party protesters, and whose running mate, after he became president, treated traditional Catholics, COVID-vaccine skeptics and parents who spoke out at school board meetings as potential terrorists.
Not to mention raiding Donald Trump’s home and sending FBI agents to rifle through Melania’s underwear. . .
. . . Biden’s team went after COVID-vaccine skeptics and critics of trans policy.
Slotkin just wants to scare young people away from being conservatives.
The goal seems to be something like Britain — a society where disagreeing with the government on social media gets you a visit from police, and possibly a jail term, just for stating a contrary opinion.
As The Post’s Karol Markowitz put it, “They told me the US was heading toward fascism and they were right.”
Ironically, Slotkin is an alumna of the Central Intelligence Agency, where the motto “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free” is carved into the wall.
It is a core American belief that you don’t learn the truth through censorship and intimidation.
You learn the truth through free and open debate and competition in the marketplace of ideas.
One would think a CIA alumna would understand, and support, these American principles. Instead she’s talking like a thug.

Well this is the same CIA that somehow hired John Brennan, a Gus Hall-Angela Davis voting communist who not surprisingly became Obama's CIA chief and who no or shockingly few Republicans opposed (or am I misremembering?).

Reynolds continues...

But Slotkin represents the kind of thinking that is bringing America closer to civil disorder, if not outright civil war.
For over two centuries, America managed to engage in a peaceful transfer of power without the outgoing parties having to protect themselves against political prosecutions by the incoming party.
The other way is dangerous. . . the increasing politicization of the justice system and the creation of what were fundamentally political crimes and prosecutions. We warned this practice would destroy faith in both the political and the justice system. Things have only gotten worse since. Sen. Slotkin’s speech amplifies the problem. Treating political opposition as a crime is wrong. It’s unAmerican. And it’s dangerous.

Well, that's strong language, especially from someone I respect, but that brings me to someone that I'm not so confident in nor respectful of to say the least who had this to say...

Marsha Blackburn: The Radical Left Wants Tennessee. They’ll Have To Go Through Me.. .Socialism stops at the Tennessee line.

While Blackburn yammers on about voting, the question was and is at what point will voting simply not matter? whether the Democrats do as they've always done by stealing elections or as we see in France and as we saw here in 2020 as well as several other times in our recent past riot and burn cities to the ground, on top of outright assassinating their political enemies?

When what Slotkin and her ilk are hot and horny for fails, then violence is their only option?

And so, Marsha Blackburn and all of us the question is "How many divisions do they and more crucially WE have?!

I'd like to end on a more humorous note as commenter Spamf Roming noted my reference to the classic movie "Casablanca" was totally wrong:

Bogey didn't kiss Elsa at the station. She sent a note and stood him up. He didn't kiss her at the airport, but sent her off with her husband.

Considering I must've seen the flick at least a couple dozen or more times and studied it as a screenwriter, that is an embarrassing error. My only defense is I must've been channeling something else that riffed off of that scene.

On that note I bid you all to, despite the above and all the rest of the news,have a good day.

And please vote early and often!!!

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Victor Davis Hanson: The midterms are a fundamental choice over America’s economic future, national identity, immigration, energy, and Western civilization.
The Deep Midterms
If Alberta votes Oct. 19 to leave Canada, Washington should be waiting with open arms for the resource-rich province and its conservatives.
Instead of Making Canada The 51st State, Just Take Alberta

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

This is about people who want to destroy the West.
America Is Watching Its Own Future Unfold
Glenn Reynolds:In a book I coauthored with Peter W. Morgan in 1997, we wrote about the increasing politicization of the justice system and the creation of what were fundamentally political crimes and prosecutions. We warned this practice would destroy faith in both the political and the justice system. Things have only gotten worse since. Sen. Slotkin’s speech amplifies the problem. Treating political opposition as a crime is wrong. It’s unAmerican. And it’s dangerous.
Elissa Slotkin’s threats to prosecute conservatives moves America closer to civil war (which side has the most guns and probably the entire military on its side? -jjs)
As Slotkin herself said, her plans for ‘victory’ are focused on dealing out ‘retribution’ to Republicans. Americans should take her warning very seriously.
The Democrat Party Platform Is Throwing Conservatives In Prison And Slotkin Just Said It Out Loud
If Republican Senate Majority Leader John Thune doesn’t at least censure Sen. Elissa Slotkin, he supports unconstitutional abuses of power. It’s that simple.
If Thune Doesn’t Censure Slotkin, He Supports Nuking All GOP Staffers
The Article III Project is releasing daily digital ads warning American voters of the ‘Red-Green Alliance’ of Marxists and Islamists.
The Unholy Marriage Between Marxists And Islamists Is ‘The Most Dangerous Partnership’ In U.S. Politics
A deranged leftist on TikTok advises people on how to "unalive" Tesla and SpaceX Founder Elon Musk but walks it back, saying it's all a "joke." You're not fooling anyone, dude!
Deranged Leftist Wants Elon Musk Dead, Calls It A 'Joke'
From Lenin and Stalin to today’s radical left, the history of communism reveals a recurring pattern of false promises, political repression, and revolutionary violence.
Marxists, Deception, And Violence
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“Make it known to ICE that it is not authorized to use your garages and lots,” the radical mayor says in his letter.
NY Mayor Mamdani Demands Parking Lot Owners Ban ICE Agents
The prospects of Democrat ruination are readily apparent. The early ballots, blue and red, are already being cast. The question is whether enough GOP voters treat the stakes as real.<
Democrats Want To Wreck America With Third-World Immigration/a>
Homeland Security chief Markwayne Mullin will soon review a plan to expand worksite inspections, White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday. (Proseuctions/Fines with extreme prejudice!!! - jjs)
Tom Homan Pushes DHS to Pressure Employers Who Hire Illegals
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Iranian leaders have long danced around their true intentions with their nuclear program after former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a fatwa against developing atomic weapons in 2005. Since then, officials have maintained that any atomic enrichment happening inside Iran was for domestic nuclear energy development and not for bombs, despite doubt from nuclear watchdog groups — as well as American and Israeli leaders.
Iran pols finally admit they want nuclear weapons: ‘It’s a necessity more important than bread’
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Her allegations revive questions about extremism in "Palestinian" classrooms and the UNRWA agency's responsibility to protect children from indoctrination.
Gaza teacher says she was threatened for opposing hatred of Jews in classroom

* * * * *
ICE arrested Khalil, who is a green card holder from Syria of "Palestinian" descent, in March 2025.
Mahmoud Khalil Asks The Supreme Court For A Lifeline
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
First Mayor Mamdani, next Senator El-Sayed?
The Muslim March to Power
Some parents first raised concerns about the camp’s display of Israeli flags last spring. CAIR-CT now wants the district to stop using the site altogether.
CAIR-CT Demands Greenwich Schools Bar Jewish Camp Visit Over Israeli Flags; Trip to Go Ahead
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI), released October 19, showed builder confidence in the market for newly built single-family homes declined three points to 29 in October, down from 32 in September.
Exclusive — HUD Secretary Scott Turner Defends Trump’s Housing Reforms: ‘America Cannot Regulate Its Way to Affordability’
The U.S. Supreme Court added to its 2026 docket on Monday two high-profile cases. . .
SCOTUS Takes Up Cases On Race and School Admissions, Federal At-Home Distilling Ban
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has offered a detailed explanation and a fresh apology after the Instagram account of the No Kings movement was suspended for several hours during nationwide rallies for suspicious behavior driven by AI usage.
Instagram Suspends ‘No Kings’ Account for Suspicious Activity, Leftists Led by Bernie Sanders Suddenly Care About Censorship
Fifth Circuit rules the FCC illegally created a private company to administer its $9 billion telecom subsidy fund without congressional approval.
Fifth Circuit Strikes Down FCC’s $9 Billion Telecom Fund
In an apparent attempt at a CNN impression. . .
BBC Claims French Riots Were ‘Mostly Peaceful’ While Showing Country on Fire
There’s little doubt that this globalist serial liar decided to leave CNN knowing that she now works for David Ellison, the Skydance CEO who successfully merged his company with Warner Bros., which owns the basement-rated CNN. Ellison put Bari Weiss in charge of CBS News, and one area where Weiss is actually good is how Israel is covered. Weiss is Jewish and a defender of the Jewish state. Amanpour’s seething hatred for Israel isn’t something she bothers to disguise.
Disgraced, Far-Left Christiane Amanpour Leaving CNN in June
Don’t expect the CNN stars to ask any awkward questions. Qatar is subsidizing CNN’s new Doha bureau and is a major sponsor of the moneymaking conference.
CNN Is Caught Quietly Deleting Sycophantic Language About Hamas-Loving Qatar Ahead of Network’s For-Profit ‘Global Forum’ With Wolf Blitzer, Christiane Amanpour
Tarlov clearly sees herself as the open-minded voice at the table. The reality is far less flattering. She has become a useful prop for an antisemite whose election she is helping to secure, and she's perfectly happy to set aside his hostility toward Jews to help the Democrat Party. That's where Gad Saad comes in.
Ouch! Gad Saad Destroys Jessica Tarlov, and It's Brutal
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Donald Trump ran on a promise to end job-killing regulation, and now is the moment when we’re within sight of the fulfilment of that promise.<
The New Bill That Might Be Trump 2.0’s Biggest Accomplishment/a>
By 2023, government transfer payments to the lowest income quintile totaled roughly 70 percent of their average cash income.
It’s Not Billionaires Robbing The Middle Class, It’s Welfare Recipients
Does public money create private value? The best evidence says yes.
Put the Taxpayer on the Cap Table
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
It is time to prosecute. (meh execute- jjs)
With MAGA Enemies List, Jack Smith Trashes The Constitution Once Again
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Giving murderers a pass isn’t compassion, it’s cruelty.
The Death Penalty Upholds the Value of Human Life
Faisal is also charged in the fatal crash that killed the mother of a former Trump Middle East adviser
Man Charged With Killing Former Trump Adviser’s Mother Arraigned On Hate-Crime Charges
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The federal government has intensified efforts to curb rampant sexual abuse of students in the nation’s schools and to end the despicable practice of “passing the trash.”
Pedophilia Proliferates in U.S. Schools
“despite trying to follow the university’s procedures, members of YAF say administrators restricted the event without providing a clear explanation”
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical U. Trying to Block Col. Allen West From Speaking on Campus
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The effort, “Operation Protect the Vote,” focused on foreign nationals accused of fraudulently registering to vote in U.S. elections. Some of those arrested are also accused of already casting ballots in an election.
Federal Officials Arrest Over Two Dozen Connected with Illegal Voting in California
“This is not political or controversial. 18 U.S.C. § 611 [voting by aliens] makes it a federal offense for noncitizens to vote in a federal election. We will not allow California to dilute the votes of American citizens,” posted First Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California Bill Essayli.
Trump is Trying to Stop States from Counting Suspected Noncitizen Ballots. Can He Do It?
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
As if we needed more evidence that this man is a plant.
Report: Left-Wing Donors Bankroll ‘Decoy Dan’ Sullivan in Alaska Senate Race
The Indiana Democrat candidate admitted on Monday that she downed “three beers” before slurring through a viral, trainwreck interview — in which she pledged to fire all…
'I was nervous!' Indiana Dem reveals how many beers she downed before trainwreck interview

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The sprawling criminal probe is seeking in part to prove Omar allegedly married her brother in 2009 to try to help him get a green card.
Family matters Feds have DNA evidence that could prove Ilhan Omar wed her brother, committed immigration fraud: sources
POLITICS
Several pivotal races remain close enough that turnout, late shifts among undecided voters, or a modest polling miss could determine which party holds the majority.
The Battle for the Senate Comes Down to These Eight Races
President Donald Trump’s Monday evening rally outside of Wichita, Kansas, saw thousands of attendees lined outside the arena and “every seat filled” as he continues to barnstorm the country ahead of the November midterm elections.
Trump’s Kansas Crowd ‘Blew the Roof Off the Arena’
El-Sayed couldn’t hide his own skepticism as he was trying to explain to the Bostonians why Flint residents care about their city
'They’re Like, "Why?"' El-Sayed Asked Why Anyone Would Want To Live in Flint, Michigan, in Appearance Before White Boston University Audience
Democrats, such as Michigan's Sen. Elise Slotkin and Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed keep reminding us who they are. And voters are believing them.
IBD/TIPP poll shows a narrowing midterm race: The trend is our friend
There is not one position in the DSA platform that has not been embraced by local Democrat candidates for federal, state, and local office.
PETROGRAD 2026
Despite Dem poll lead, Republicans hope to boost GOP turnout to pull an election upset. (unless the polls are total shit and the GOP is really leading? -jjs)
Dems Hold Slim Lead Over GOP In Midterm Vote, But Can They Keep It? I&I/TIPP Poll
Democrats pour $4.3 million into Kathy Hochul’s reelection campaign as Republican Bruce Blakeman challenges her on taxes, energy costs, and crime.
Democrats Pour $4.3M Into Kathy Hochul Reelection Fight
'Nonpartisan law enforcement professional' takes on political hack Letitia James
Saritha Surge Could Be Surprise in New York
Socialism stops at the Tennessee line.
arsha Blackburn: The Radical Left Wants Tennessee. They’ll Have To Go Through Me.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Communist and socialist groups are organizing a coordinated strike across Europe on November 20.
REVEALED: 54 communist, socialist and Muslim organizations are backing French riots
They're telling us that the riots are "mostly peaceful."
The Riots In France Aren’t What You Think

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Putin knows that the original Yalta was a triumph for Joseph Stalin, who persuaded an ailing President Franklin Roosevelt to open the door to postwar Soviet domination of Eastern Europe. Look: Yalta One was a meeting of allies — this new one would be Trump volunteering to be outnumbered by our determined foes.
Trump going for ‘Yalta 2’ with Putin and Xi would blow up the Republican Party
The dispute exposes a growing contradiction at the heart of the European project, with many asking how the free movement of people within the bloc can survive if single states can grant access to hundreds of thousands of foreigners all on their own.
Europe Is Splitting in Two Over Mass Migration.
The images, published by North Korean state media on Monday, show a seemingly animated Kim examining children’s footwear.
Shop till you drop Kim Jong Un ‘proof of life’ photos released by North Korea after wild rumors dictator died from brain hemorrhage
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
The obstacle is often the enormous cost of the final clinical trials needed to win approval. Researchers call this funding gap the biotech “valley of death.” Yet, President Donald Trump could make a difference by providing federal funding to help promising treatments through the valley and across the finish line.
The missing piece of the puzzle holding up a key Alzheimer’s drug
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
“Two new reports from WWF-Mexico and its partners found that colonies covered 7.24 acres of forest in the 2025-2026 season. That’s an increase of 4.42 acres compared to last season.”
Monarch Butterfly Populations Rebound as U.S. Honeybee Colony Counts Rise
If all goes as planned, it will orbit Mars from 2027 to 2030, studying the Martian moon Phobos in detail. It will then grab about ten grams of material from Phobos, shift its focus to the second moon Deimos for about a year. It will then return the Phobos samples to Earth in 2031.
Japan launches MMX sample return mission to the Martian moon Phobos
No details, but the promise is astounding.
Musk: “Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America”
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Our culture has spent decades denigrating basic truths about sexual morality. Is it any wonder we don’t produce many gentlemen or ladies?
Feminists Ask Men To Sleep With Them, Leave Them Alone, And Save Them From Themselves
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
The actress and wannabe expat then fantasized about leftists having to “welcome” fleeing Trump supporters back to “the reality of the United States.”
Rosie O’Donnell Spews Another Conspiracy-Soaked Screed About Midterm Elections Being Rigged (Sensing Dems will get their ass kicked hard? - jjs)
Christian Toto: Former big-screen comedy king stood silent during woke madness
Judd Apatow (Almost) Struck a Blow Against Cancel Culture
Under Secretary Lonnie Bunch, the museums have drastically fewer visitors, especially the National Museum of American History.
The Smithsonian’s Dwindling Attendance

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1 Good morning!

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

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

2 yahoo news is calling it a blue wave election because Trump is so unfavorable.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 20, 2026 07:35 AM (I43vL)

3 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 07:36 AM (/+uur)

4 Morning all. Again. 😂

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 07:36 AM (JDhDw)

5 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

6 It's a mostly peaceful Tuesday.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:37 AM (MWfyi)

7 OT: So Acton's mom made an ad saying she's a complete liar and a bad choice for governor...

Ohio, you may hate Vivek (I don't love him), but if I still lived there, I'd be voting for him today. I mean, if you've lost your mom and she's willing to call you out publicly and not privately, your whole family is probably screwed up...and that probably started with you.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:38 AM (tOcjL)

8 Well, that second link when sour like old milk. Guess they feel Ontario thievery isn't that bad.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 07:38 AM (1Ff7Z)

9 Yahoo News says a lot of things.

Posted by: Just ignore it at October 20, 2026 07:38 AM (dF6f/)

10 James O'Keefe reveals some more about Abdul El-Sayed:

https://tinyurl.com/2k38xy72

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:39 AM (6ORiD)

11 "yahoo news is calling it a blue wave election because Trump is so unfavorable."

Major News Outlets Are Predicting A Republican Rout!

Posted by: Fox "News" at October 20, 2026 07:39 AM (MWfyi)

12 I view it this way: from a legislative standpoint, we are living through a straight-up note for note cover of 2017-2021. Which means these midterms are of no importance whatsoever - all that changes with a Democrat win is more stupid impeachment theater, and perhaps some vetos. The GOP flatly refuses to move Trump's agenda, and he'll have to govern by executive order with "either" Party running committees.

'28 is a different story - but '26 is a big fat nothingburger.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 07:40 AM (BI5O2)

13
Did I understand aright that the independence referendum failed? AOP didn't vote enough times, it seems.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:40 AM (eRlcH)

14 I'd like to end on a more humorous note as commenter Spamf Roming noted my reference to the classic movie "Casablanca" was totally wrong
-

Here's looking at you, junior!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:40 AM (6ORiD)

15 Alberta voted to remain in Canada.

Losers.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 07:41 AM (LOvBA)

16
I'd like to end on a more humorous note as commenter Spamf Roming noted my reference to the classic movie "Casablanca" was totally wrong

"This is the West, sir. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:42 AM (eRlcH)

17 9 Yahoo News says a lot of things.
Posted by: Just ignore it at October 20, 2026 07:38 AM (dF6f/)

Roșie O'Donuts yammering seems to indicate she fears Dems are going to get their asses kicked badly, or am I misreading her?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2026 07:42 AM (x0n13)

18 Oh well. I thought it might have had a chance.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 07:43 AM (8B4gm)

19 Treating political opposition as a crime is wrong. It’s unAmerican. ...
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I said as much yesterday morning.
/preens

The Democrats have done away with 120 years of professional, continuous, and apolitical civil administration.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

20 Alberta voted to remain in Canada.

Losers.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 07:41 AM (LOvBA)nothing burger.

At least they tried. At least they made it a serious topic of discussion in their country.

Better than any effort Americans have made toward disentangling ourselves from our own problem federation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 07:44 AM (BI5O2)

21 12 I view it this way: from a legislative standpoint, we are living through a straight-up note for note cover of 2017-2021. Which means these midterms are of no importance whatsoever - all that changes with a Democrat win is more stupid impeachment theater, and perhaps some vetos. The GOP flatly refuses to move Trump's agenda, and he'll have to govern by executive order with "either" Party running committees.

'28 is a different story - but '26 is a big fat nothingburger.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 07:40 AM (BI5O2)

Fed budget will skyrocket b/c Trump will eventually give in and Ds will have the power to make it happen (b/c Rs as the minority will just say that Ds won the election and elections have consequences, so they'll go back to standing aside and saying yes to Ds)...all the unfunded groups, like USAID, will regain funding at levels above their 2024 levels...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:45 AM (tOcjL)

22 The KKK was invented by the (D) to keep blacks and abolitionist in line.
The mock trial courts of today are the exact same principle, strike fear into the opposition and use (Big Govt) violence to control their lives.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 07:45 AM (/+uur)

23 Oh well. I thought it might have had a chance.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 07:43 AM (8B4gm)

As someone else said somewhere, I don't need to hear any complaints from up north. Either there aren't enough people who are angry about being looted by Ottawa, or they really don't care enough, or they don't really like us.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 07:45 AM (1Ff7Z)

24
The Democrats have done away with 120 years of professional, continuous, and apolitical civil administration.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

Didn't FDR do that first??

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)

25
I simply pray that soon I will no longer have to see the same political ad on TV - for whatever candidate - ten times in an hour.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:47 AM (eRlcH)

26 26
I simply pray that soon I will no longer have to see the same political ad on TV - for whatever candidate - ten times in an hour.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:47 AM (eRlcH)

The Rs have no money to spend in VA...so the only ad I get is Warner's about dynamic directed pricing online...b/c it's about the only apolitical thing he can run on without sounding like a nut to normal people...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:49 AM (tOcjL)

27 Play It for me again Sam.

Posted by: Elsa at October 20, 2026 07:49 AM (dF6f/)

28 >Alberta voted to remain in Canada.
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That sucks. I was hoping for something historic. Sidenote: independence for the Colonies wasn't popular at first.

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)

29 Democrats do not speak with forked tongues, they’re generally pretty specific on what they intend to do.

And what they intend to do is usually demonic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 20, 2026 07:50 AM (iO3uP)

30 Why in the world do you watch TV?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 20, 2026 07:50 AM (dF6f/)

31 "Sam, take two. And this time, really explore the studio space."

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 07:50 AM (ZxPkt)

32
Democrats do not speak with forked tongues, they’re generally pretty specific on what they intend to do.

If they sound moderate, they're lying. If they sound extreme, they're telling the truth.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:51 AM (eRlcH)

33 > On Sunday, former President Barack Obama denounced the Trump administration’s investigation of Rep. Ilhan Omar for immigration fraud as un-American.

In America, we don’t go after our political opponents, he said.
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Apparently Slotkin didn't get his message.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 07:51 AM (RORbl)

34 James O'Keefe reveals some more about Abdul El-Sayed:

https://tinyurl.com/2k38xy72
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:39 AM (6ORiD)
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The video he posted is damning.

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

35 Homie don't play like dat.

Posted by: Sam at October 20, 2026 07:52 AM (Q+gd/)

36 Paul is a tard and not in a good way.

Definitely a Baris or Marky Mark account. Or someone like that.

Anywho, these are strange days indeed. Unsure about what to think of the coming elections but Europe is a window into our future if messaging and outreach don't change. The choice and differences are high contrast and stark.

Life vs death. Not just in the human physical sense but civilization itself. We've frittered away so much, now we have our footing back, the left knows this and is gearing up to do terrible things to make sure we don't have feet or legs on which to stand.

The choice is clear.

Posted by: GigantorX at October 20, 2026 07:52 AM (r2cbW)

37 Good morning Horde and thanks JJ. Too bad about Alberta.

Posted by: Buck at October 20, 2026 07:52 AM (z6ONu)

38 35 James O'Keefe reveals some more about Abdul El-Sayed:

https://tinyurl.com/2k38xy72
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:39 AM (6ORiD)
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The video he posted is damning.

Nothing will happen.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:51 AM (RIvkX)

WHitmer, Nessel and Benson have the Democrat rigging machine already set to ludicrous speed to drag Sayed across the finish line first.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 20, 2026 07:53 AM (x0n13)

39 Ironically, Slotkin is an alumna of the Central Intelligence Agency, where the motto “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free” is carved into the wall.

Double irony: The motto which they looted from John 8:32 in the KJV. They have hijacked and perverted the words of Jesus Christ by changing "truth" to mean "contemporary politically expedient narrative". Which is especially ironic because the audience of that time also thought "freedom" was social and political liberty, and "truth" was simply facts and secret information. Jesus explicitly dealt with that misconception because He meant "truth" as the identity of Jesus, the reality of mankind's condition and God's Holy revelation. Freedom is breaking the bondage of sin and spiritual blindness.

The CIA, like Satan, has twisted those words so that "truth" = "lies" and "freedom" = "tyranny".

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:53 AM (a3CJ+)

40 Speaking of VA, vote down Amendments 1, 2, and 3. The Catholic Churches here have started mailing personal postcards to all Catholics to vote down 1 and 2 (they are staying silent on 3). Even if all the candidate races are losers, get out to vote to vote down the amendments.

Yes, Amendments 1 and 2 are a grave enough moral concern that the Church is putting their money and personnel where their mouth is, and has been doing it since these amendments got on the ballot.

1 is unlimited abortion for all ages at all times
2 is codifying gender ideology into the VA constitution through the guise of gay marriage

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:53 AM (tOcjL)

41 I see Alberta decided to stay shackled to the sinking ship of Canada...

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

42 In 2018, there was a Trump rally in Topeka. I wrote about it:

https://tinyurl.com/49hn8x7p

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)

43 Gas still at $4.30 when Biden left $3.10

Why didn't you mention the fact that the highest U.S. national average price for regular gasoline during Biden’s term approximately $5.01–$5.016 per gallon?

Posted by: Paul at October 20, 2026 07:47 AM (ddIJC)
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Bozo.

>> And Trump's Truth Social stock has fallen 94%
>> since it's opening high price.

Does anyone here even care? Any shareholders here?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:55 AM (6ORiD)

44 Didn't FDR do that first??
Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)
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Until the Pendleton Act in 1873 the entire federal bureaucracy was fired by a newly elected president and every position given to a party supporter.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

45 I personally don't think our political betters are making a good case for keeping them around.

Sure, there are a few... here and there. But generally speaking, I don't see much use for them.

Too bad the sentiment isn't widespread.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 07:56 AM (RORbl)

46 Didn't FDR do that first??

Woodrow Wilson

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:57 AM (a3CJ+)

47 Until the Pendleton Act in 1873 the entire federal bureaucracy was fired by a newly elected president and every position given to a party supporter.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

As it should be. Civil service should only be for people like clerks, janitors, ground crew, etc. Policy positions must be cleared out after each election.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 07:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

48 WHitmer, Nessel and Benson have the Democrat rigging machine already set to ludicrous speed to drag Sayed across the finish line first.

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I'm afraid this is my gut feeling. The Communists know this is their shot to stop Trump, and make their play for full-on takeover. They're not going to let the chance go by without pulling out every dirty trick imaginable. They know what's at stake. And they're foaming rabid to start their show trials and all that that implies.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 07:57 AM (qBdHI)

49 {{{Lady in Black}}}

Was not even close. At 25% leave levels.
Sucks to be them.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)

50 Alberta voted to remain in Canada.

Losers.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

Then they deserve the buttfucking coming their way. Except for our AOP. He doesn't deserve that.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 07:59 AM (JDhDw)

51 >> And Trump's Truth Social stock has fallen 94%
>> since it's opening high price.

If anyone here thinks that Truth Social was supposed to be a competitor to X and not simply a way to make laundered political donations to Trump, please raise your hand.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:59 AM (a3CJ+)

52

Was not even close. At 25% leave levels.
Sucks to be them.

--

{{{Salty!}}}

Geez, 25%?! At that's supposed to be the "good" part of Canada? Oh well...

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)

53 They could have called the Alberta race 10 minutes after the polls closed. Disappointing.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 08:01 AM (8B4gm)

54 Not very ladylike and/or Christian of me, but Slotkin has a very punchable face.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 08:01 AM (qBdHI)

55 Lady in Black

If you do, I will bail you out of jail.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

56 If anyone here thinks that Truth Social was supposed to be a competitor to X ...

What's the deal with Rumble?
Supposed to be a competitor with YouTube?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 20, 2026 08:04 AM (dF6f/)

57 "Roșie O'Donuts yammering seems to indicate she fears Dems are going to get their asses kicked badly, or am I misreading her?"

D candidates in NYS don't want to be seen with Hochul.

When you see a story about a Blue Wave taking the Senate and it counts on flipping Texas you know it's a lie.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:04 AM (dtajH)

58 Morn' all...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 08:05 AM (+gK6I)

59 44 Didn't FDR do that first??
Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 07:46 AM (tOcjL)
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Until the Pendleton Act in 1873 the entire federal bureaucracy was fired by a newly elected president and every position given to a party supporter.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:55 AM (RIvkX)

You said we've had it apolitical the last 120 years...I'm saying no way was FDR's group apolitical...so, it hasn't been that long, no matter what the laws said. B/c FDR didn't care about legality...for anything...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 08:06 AM (tOcjL)

60 I simply pray that soon I will no longer have to see the same political ad on TV - for whatever candidate - ten times in an hour.

--

Here in SC, Darline Graham has been pounding the airwaves with one commerical over and over and over: supporting a bill to end insider stock trading in the warped halls of Congress and its environs.

Sure, it's something that needs to be done (but never will). But it would behoove her and every other Republican running to show the Democrats for the extremist Communists they are, and where we are headed. They are rife with their own political words showing just exactly who they are. USE THEM!

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

61 Well, now Alberta must elect a provincial legislature and raise an army.

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 08:07 AM (ZxPkt)

62 You said we've had it apolitical the last 120 years...I'm saying no way was FDR's group apolitical...so, it hasn't been that long, no matter what the laws said. B/c FDR didn't care about legality...for anything...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 08:06 AM (tOcjL)
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Gotcha. It was supposed to be apolitical.

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

63 But it would behoove her and every other Republican running to show the Democrats for the extremist Communists they are, and where we are headed. They are rife with their own political words showing just exactly who they are. USE THEM!
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

What!!?? Well, we never would stoop to such low tactics. How about a corporate tax break instead?

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 08:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

64 Re: Alberta. The vote was to start the process that would end with another vote in a couple years to actually separate. Yes got 25%, give or take a percentage point when all the counting is done. I am not surprised.

To be honest, as much as people here and on other sites think Alberta is a bastion of conservatism, people like our Alberta Oil Peon are a shrinking minority. Most "conservatives" would be at best moderate Republicans. If Alberta became a state, you'd see Democrats being elected to Congress. And 84% of Albertans get some form of government payouts. As well, lots of immigration and the majority of the population lives in Edmonton (government/university town) and Calgary and their suburbs.

Speaking of immigration, there were 10 ballot questions, 9 of which were non-binding but were essentially a referendum on various subjects relating to Alberta's relationship with Canada. What's been made clear by those is that there is a big interest in having a say on which immigrants are allowed to come to Alberta, which new residents should immediately qualify for social assistance vs. those who should wait, and strengthening Alberta's ability to govern itself.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 08:09 AM (wHv/g)

65 Don Black

The rainbow revolution crowd says 3.5% is the threshold for revolution to be possible.

So 25% is a good start.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

66 I take it John Thune hasn't said one word about the disgraceful words of Elissa Slotkin. At least I haven't seen anything. He's such a contemptible man.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 20, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

67 I’m no fan of Zelensky or Ukraine, but seeking to have a “peace conference, where Ukraine is not involved is madness.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2026 08:10 AM (KxsfI)

68 Fed budget will skyrocket

News Flash: The budget has always grown, even under Trump. Even including the special TARP, Covid Spending Sweepstakes and Inflation Reduction Act, Trump's budgets blow those away in spending. Even after DOGE.

Trump spends YUUUGE money, regardless of Party in the Legislative branch.

So discard the idea that the vote going one way or the other this Election Season has any bearing on spending. For example if Screwtape were to somehow overcome Paxton, then Screwtape could blue slip any Trump appointed judge in Texas so the people of Texas would suffer on shit judges who get their judicial inspiration from demons.

It will be impeachment theater. It will be obstacles at every measure. It will be ludicrous spending bills and over-the-top fucked up regulations and sanctions against Israel.

We might as well just get the shooting war started because the Trump administration will revert to Trump 1.0 - simply dodging prison. Expect much of the appointees to leave to protect what remains of their lives.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:11 AM (a6PrB)

69 So happy the Little Rocket Man released some photos to prove that the news of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.

Posted by: This Is Radio Peking at October 20, 2026 08:11 AM (EdP2u)

70 Any reasonable chance the vote in Alberta was rigged non-blatantly? Probably still at the 'more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable' phase, but I do wonder these days any time a vote benefits socialists. They don't only cheat 'just enough to tip the scales when it's close'.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 20, 2026 08:12 AM (aJQbY)

71 This Is Radio Peking

Was there an iPhone with a current date and time in the picture?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)

72 Trump spends YUUUGE money, regardless of Party in the Legislative branch.

So discard the idea that the vote going one way or the other this Election Season has any bearing on spending. For example if Screwtape were to somehow overcome Paxton, then Screwtape could blue slip any Trump appointed judge in Texas so the people of Texas would suffer on shit judges who get their judicial inspiration from demons.

It will be impeachment theater. It will be obstacles at every measure. It will be ludicrous spending bills and over-the-top fucked up regulations and sanctions against Israel.

We might as well just get the shooting war started because the Trump administration will revert to Trump 1.0 - simply dodging prison. Expect much of the appointees to leave to protect what remains of their lives.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:11 AM (a6PrB)

Yes, Trump spends it on DOW and ICE. Dems spend it on "nonprofits" and corruption to keep themselves in power.

If we're gonna spend, might want it to have some benefit to the USA.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 20, 2026 08:13 AM (tOcjL)

73 So happy the Little Rocket Man released some photos to prove that the news of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Posted by: This Is Radio Peking at October 20, 2026 08:11 AM (EdP2u)

His list of successors doesn't seem to be very large. I can understand the dynamics, but I wonder if some general wouldn't have it in his mind to put a bullet in the back of Kim's sister and daughter if he kicked? Surprised it hasn't happened already. Are they that cowed?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 08:14 AM (1Ff7Z)

74 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)

75 How much room do the cucks and soft pukes see for retreat?

Do the fat lesbians in vestments believe the force of their LGBT pussy-power will protect against izzlamm and the thousands of moss-kuh fortresses planned?

Do they think a barrier will magically appear to protect them from the grime, violence, and horror spreading through Europe?

Some of you smart people describe a way out that ensures safety, conservation of our Constitutional Republic, and a return to the principles that made America what many of us remember.

Do that quickly, please because the ugly alternate is growing in likelihood.

Posted by: He who questions all of it at October 20, 2026 08:16 AM (BQ5iw)

76
There used to be a argument that political speech was aimed at a sixth grade mentality, but the ads I've seen this year fall far below that.

Also, signs, mailers and tv/internet ad propaganda around here seem to be heavily democrat.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 08:16 AM (Y8DZL)

77 What's the deal with Rumble?
Supposed to be a competitor with YouTube?

Its all about the money. Go see if you can monetize a gun video series or talk negatively about some sacred cow of the Left. Rather YouTube will still run the ads but keep the profits to themselves and steal your content for their own gain.

Rumble is a different content monetizing model.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:17 AM (a6PrB)

78 Any reasonable chance the vote in Alberta was rigged non-blatantly? Probably still at the 'more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable' phase, but I do wonder these days any time a vote benefits socialists. They don't only cheat 'just enough to tip the scales when it's close'.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 20, 2026 08:12 AM (aJQbY)

Nope. Lots of people like my parents: May not like how the feds screw over Alberta, but better to stick with the known than venture forth into the unknown.

Although the other day Carney was playing the "US is interfering" card. You all have no idea how big "Canada is at war with the US" drumbeat is up there, coming daily from the Liberals and their media mouthpieces (fun fact: a lot of Canadian media outlets get federal funds to keep from going under).

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 08:17 AM (wHv/g)

79 FFS, the Confederate States just wanted to leave.

The current Ds want to burn our government down.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:17 AM (dtajH)

80 Alberta is shackled to the corpse of Canada, and does not have the will to pull away.
So it will decay and putifry along with the rest.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 20, 2026 08:17 AM (KxsfI)

81 Since the Omar winery is closed, I've been eating some of their production as table grapes. They are quite good.

Posted by: Der Fuchs Und Die Trauben at October 20, 2026 08:19 AM (EdP2u)

82 Anyway. Time to get up, get moving, and start the job search for today. I'll probably be back in time for the art thread. Tomorrow's my first day of substitute teaching, praying I don't completely screw it up.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 20, 2026 08:19 AM (aJQbY)

83 66 I take it John Thune hasn't said one word about the disgraceful words of Elissa Slotkin. At least I haven't seen anything. He's such a contemptible man.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Well, beneath the dignity of the great man.

Congeniality is our greatest strength, don't you know, and he will have to vote for their nominees someday.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 08:21 AM (Y8DZL)

84 Today France. Tomorrow Bug Tussle, Arkansas.

Posted by: Arkansas Hillbilly Muslim at October 20, 2026 08:21 AM (8EQTH)

85 Instead of Making Canada The 51st State, Just Take Alberta

Both the US, and Alberta, would be better served by Alberta remaining independent but friendly. Why would they want to go from being raped by Ottawa to being raped by DC?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)

86 We have 10x the population of Canada. Rough math says that the effects of a trade war with reciprocal 'tit for tat' tariffs will hit your average Canadian 10x that of an American.

This tells me that Carney doesn't have the best interests of the Canadian people in mind.

It will take awhile before this sinks in with the Canadian public.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:23 AM (dtajH)

87 Arkansas Hillbilly Muslim

Bug Tussle, Texas. FIFY. My cousin was married there, to a local girl. Known as a wedding destination.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

88 Do the fat lesbians in vestments believe the force of their LGBT pussy-power will protect against izzlamm and the thousands of moss-kuh fortresses planned?

That would be women in general. As a visual aid in understanding watch any one of those videos where some woman is swatting, poking, hitting, screaming at some guy and some point he gets tired of her shit, hauls off and decks her. Pay particular attention to the surprised look on her face as she gets immediate education in the Tyson Principle.

That is how women are, they aren't wired like men to deal with a violent world; they have lived under the Women Are Wonderful social protective shield and feel like they will never experience the violent consequences of their bullshit.

For further reference the ICE agent who shot that women in the face for trying to run him over. Complete and Total Surprise. Thought that killing him would be OK and that there wouldn't be a violent response.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:24 AM (PVBkQ)

89 MY EYES! MY EYES!!

Posted by: runner at October 20, 2026 08:24 AM (AKptf)

90 Ignoramus

Just as in Great Britain, a percentage of Canadians with job mobility have left Canada.

Same as in Cuba. The people left are the dregs.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:26 AM (u82oZ)

91 IBD/TIPP poll shows a narrowing midterm race: The trend is our friend

Like clockwork. The polls will all tighten to allow them to wave away the loss of all those people they said were double digits ahead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

92 More and more normies are coming to the realization that maybe Muslim violence isn't because of the Jews the Jews the Jews and Israel as they have been falsely claiming the last 80 years.

You're all jooz now!
/Nelson Muntz laugh

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 08:27 AM (RIvkX)

93 So happy the Little Rocket Man released some photos to prove that the news of his demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Posted by: This Is Radio Peking at October 20, 2026 08:11 AM (EdP2u)

His list of successors doesn't seem to be very large. I can understand the dynamics, but I wonder if some general wouldn't have it in his mind to put a bullet in the back of Kim's sister and daughter if he kicked? Surprised it hasn't happened already. Are they that cowed?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

His list of successors is his sister. Who is supposedly 10 times more dangerous than he is.
I'd definitely have food tasters if I were him.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 08:28 AM (JDhDw)

94 84 Today France. Tomorrow Bug Tussle, Arkansas.

Posted by: Arkansas Hillbilly Muslim

We'll never surrender! The Valley here, the Greater Hooterville, Crabwell Corners, Pixley Metropolitan Area will never allow it. We stand on guard and will fight to the last man standing!

Posted by: Oliver Douglas, Fred ziffel, and NewtKiley Down At Drucker's Store at October 20, 2026 08:29 AM (EdP2u)

95 San Franpsycho

Good morning.

I've been saying Conservatives are the new Jews since 1993. But a lot more starting 2008.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:29 AM (u82oZ)

96 There were 9 initiatives on the Alberta ballot not related to separation, but more about the social programs and political dynamics of the state. Many were conservative in nature. 8 of the 9 passed.

Not entirely a loss for them.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 08:29 AM (RORbl)

97 @90 Elon Musk was a Canadian before he became American.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:29 AM (dtajH)

98 Do the fat lesbians in vestments believe the force of their LGBT pussy-power will protect against izzlamm and the thousands of moss-kuh fortresses planned?

There are Rabbis who consider Eve eating the forbidden fruit and speculate that she likened Adam as the favorite son of a powerful, wealthy oligarch and Adam was the forever recipient of his father's benevolence and never would have to work or be challenged—that was Adam in the Garden.

So the Serpent gave her plan to test and see if Adam could stand on his own two feet and be his own man, so she ate the fruit and made sure he did to so that God would cast them out of the Garden and Adam could prove that he is the man that Eve could respect.

Notice that part of the curse is that women will not respect their husbands.

Main Take Away: Women will do stupid and evil shit just so that they can see what Men will do.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:30 AM (PVBkQ)

99 We have 10x the population of Canada. Rough math says that the effects of a trade war with reciprocal 'tit for tat' tariffs will hit your average Canadian 10x that of an American.

This tells me that Carney doesn't have the best interests of the Canadian people in mind.

It will take awhile before this sinks in with the Canadian public.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:23 AM (dtajH)

After the trade talks collapsed in the summer Carney literally said that Canadians will have to endure pain but it will be worth it to win the war with the US.

They'll get an agreement once the Liberals' polling numbers come down and they start losing byelections to replace resigning/dying MPs.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 08:31 AM (wHv/g)

100 86 We have 10x the population of Canada. Rough math says that the effects of a trade war with reciprocal 'tit for tat' tariffs will hit your average Canadian 10x that of an American.

This tells me that Carney doesn't have the best interests of the Canadian people in mind.

It will take awhile before this sinks in with the Canadian public.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:23 AM (dtajH)

It's become a game of "Who has the bigger unit" with Carney and Trump. And Carney is ill-equipped for the battle.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 20, 2026 08:31 AM (N39Ws)

101 Alberta voted to remain in Canada.

I don't know if it's true or not but I saw someone say that there were 38% more votes than eligible voters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

102 Will his sister be Little Rocket Girl?

Posted by: Name That Tune at October 20, 2026 08:31 AM (EdP2u)

103 More and more normies are coming to the realization that maybe Muslim violence isn't because of the Jews the Jews the Jews and Israel as they have been falsely claiming the last 80 years.

You're all jooz now!
/Nelson Muntz laugh
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Does this mean I have to give up bacon?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 08:32 AM (JDhDw)

104 Revolver:
Report: Thousands of new docs point to a diabolical CIA color revolution after midterms…

DataRepublican says she’s got her hands on thousands of transcripts and hundreds of recordings that point to an elaborate, coordinated effort to provoke a constitutional crisis right after the 2026 midterms.
Basically, this would be a CIA-style color revolution on our own soil, in real time.
From DR’s reporting, the goal is to create enough confrontation and unrest that President Trump is forced to invoke the Insurrection Act, then use his response to undermine the legitimacy of the federal government and shift political authority to Dem governors.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 08:32 AM (gWCxi)

105 Ignoramus

Elon is the most successful South African of all time.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:32 AM (u82oZ)

106 Elon Musk was a Canadian before he became American.
Posted by: Ignoramus

He's still African American. 😂😂😂😂😂

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 08:33 AM (JDhDw)

107 Seems the lies of the last 100 years are are starting to get fact checked.

Team Stan is hideous.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 08:33 AM (8B4gm)

108 There were 9 initiatives on the Alberta ballot not related to separation, but more about the social programs and political dynamics of the state. Many were conservative in nature. 8 of the 9 passed.

Not entirely a loss for them.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 08:29 AM (RORbl)

They were non-binding, but I guarantee the Alberta government has bills ready to roll in the next legislative session to kickstart at least some of the approved ones. Ironically, some of it is stuff that Quebec is allowed to get away with, and Alberta will probably have to fight in the courts when they try it.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 08:34 AM (wHv/g)

109 President Trump is forced to invoke the Insurrection Act, then use his response to undermine the legitimacy of the federal government and shift political authority to Dem governors.
Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 08:32 AM (gWCxi)

I don't understand the thinking. Would the majority of Americans turn against the gov if it punished criminal subversives in open rebellion?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 08:34 AM (1Ff7Z)

110 SMOD, help me out here. Does this mean the Dems know they are going to lose the midterms?

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 08:35 AM (ua/lL)

111 Musk claimed Canadian citizenship through his mother, to get out of South Africa.

Were South Africa normal and Musk stayed, he'd have been succesful I'm sure but not a trillionaire. Shows how the opportunities in the USA can work.

The "secret sauce" is Freedom, no?

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:37 AM (dtajH)

112 I've seen a few clips of the debate between Tish James and Saritha whatever and I was very impressed with Saritha. She took James apart in a very direct and factual manner.

She's got a tough road in NY but she is definitely someone to keep an eye on. I've got a feeling we'll hear more from her.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

113 > Report: Thousands of new docs point to a diabolical CIA color revolution after midterms…
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If a couple Internet sleuths can figure it out I would presume the CIA's own director certainly can. But if Trump's pick for CIA director isn't briefing Trump on what's going down....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 08:38 AM (RORbl)

114 canada is a popcorn fart as far as countries go. Full of underworked, overpaid, overweight, sexless, looking for a hand out NPCs lining up to go all carousel.

No one really cares what goes on there, let alone the canadians, whose only real talent is breaking wind.

Posted by: Loup Garou at October 20, 2026 08:38 AM (8EQTH)

115 Martini Farmer-

Thanks for the update. IDKT.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 20, 2026 08:38 AM (8B4gm)

116 Apparently Slotkin didn't get his message.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 07:51 AM (RORbl)

Now do Lis Learer

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 08:38 AM (/+uur)

117 Good morning Horde. Thx JJ , hope you are doing well.
Never really found Apatow's movies particularly funny. Guess it's a personal taste issue, but there was no way he would stand against the cancel culture. It's too easy to make fun of things than it is to have a backbone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 08:39 AM (vJPf4)

118 I had a delay in my schedule. Well, I see that some of the posters are beating up on ALL women today. How delightful , charming even. Sarc.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 08:39 AM (JrHfD)

119 Does this mean I have to give up bacon?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 08:32 AM (JDhDw)
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Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)

120 Yes, Trump spends it on DOW

At this point, it is profoundly expensive rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic.

Why spend a trillion dollars annually for the ability to bomb some shithole nation for no real practical value and allow the nation to crumble completely from within by the Communists who have taken over?

Its like taking a termite infested house, a year or two away from completely collapse, and sprucing up the yard and fixing the chimney.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:40 AM (U4c/V)

121
Carney is a European banker with a family that lives in the USA.

Losing 90,000 jobs in Canada is not a problem for him, but an opportunity for socialism.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 08:41 AM (Y8DZL)

122 Community Notes

Income transfer, welfare, and interest on the debt take a lot more than the DOW.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ)

123 I don't know if it's true or not but I saw someone say that there were 38% more votes than eligible voters.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

Not true, but they had at least 80% voter turnout between yesterday and absentee/early ballots. What will be interesting to see is how many people voted on the separation question and didn't bother with the rest of the questions.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 08:42 AM (wHv/g)

124 Slotkin and Spanberger are CIA alum. Why am I not surprised that they are lying , totalitarian pieces of crap?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 08:43 AM (vJPf4)

125 The Left is still dangerous but their old tricks won't work anymore. Let us pray.

We're seeing many of their undisciplined crazies saying stupid things. It's wishcasting.

They'll soon look like the People's Front of Judea in Life of Brian. Let us pray.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:43 AM (dtajH)

126 The Welfare budget is larger than the Dept of War budget.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 08:43 AM (ua/lL)

127 Carney is a European banker with a family that lives in the USA.

Losing 90,000 jobs in Canada is not a problem for him, but an opportunity for socialism.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 08:41 AM (Y8DZL)

Ironically, he was born and raised in Alberta.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 08:44 AM (wHv/g)

128 Its like taking a termite infested house, a year or two away from completely collapse, and sprucing up the yard and fixing the chimney.

Posted by: Community Notes

It's not the termites so much as the dry rot that's concerning.

Posted by: JES Foundation Repair at October 20, 2026 08:44 AM (EdP2u)

129 The Welfare budget is larger than the Dept of War budget.

Many would agree that the welfare fraud component is larger than the DOW budget.

At least with the DOW, in Trump's administration, we are getting JATO packs strapped to the development of drone and small nuclear reactor technologies.

Its like justifying NASA by praising the existence of Tang.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:45 AM (U4c/V)

130 The Democrats have done away with 120 years of professional, continuous, and apolitical civil administration.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:44 AM (RIvkX)

They never believed in it for a second.

They've done a great job of making people forget for example that the KKK's principal target was Republicans.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 08:46 AM (XvD//)

131 So the bottom quintile and the fourth quintile make about the same money.
But the fourth quintile works. (my guess is more than 40/wk)
Seems to me these people should be voting for (R) ideas 100% of the time, but alas, they seem to follow (D) ideas.

Where are the (R) leaders?

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

132 >>The Left is still dangerous but their old tricks won't work anymore. Let us pray.

In no small part thanks to we happy few who have spent years calling out their lies and dirty tricks and refused to buckle. We rightwing conspiracy theorists were right all along and more are coming around every single day.

We aren't going the way of France because we won't let it happen.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

133 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

134 More Democrat love...

Elijah Manley, a former Democrat candidate for the U.S. House, was ARRESTED after he allegedly threatened to CUT PEOPLE’S HEADS OFF if they didn't vote for Democrat Senate Candidate Angie Nixon.
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It's going to be someone's winter of discontent. Hope it's the Democrat's.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 08:48 AM (RORbl)

135 It's also, International Chef Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)

136 redridinghood

As our themed day announcer, are there any days related to science, space, or mathematics?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:49 AM (u82oZ)

137 I've been fixated on Turnout and I expect it will break our way strongly in most places.

Even honest polls miss shifts in Turnout, as they rely on historic patterns. e.g., they failed in 2016 to see how Trump got the white working class to turnout.

If I'm right, Blakeman will be the next NYS governor. If I'm really right Saritha will be the next NYS AG.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:49 AM (dtajH)

138 >>@EricLDaugh
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>>🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: Soros-backed Philly DA Larry Krasner is under a FEDERAL DOJ INVESTIGATION, he's facing GRAND JURY SUBPOENAS related to "obstruction of justice"

>>THE HAMMER! 🔥🔥🔥

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 08:50 AM (viF8m)

139 129 Its like justifying NASA by praising the existence of Tang.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:45 AM (U4c/V)

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Watching the last few months, where the western world was completely unable to react to global events and defend their own shipping lanes in contrast to the US just bitch slapping major regional players with little loss of life and equipment and deciding, "We don't need to be able to project power better than the rest of the world. There's no need," is quite the take.

Demanding that the US not be the hegemon is demanding regional hegemons competing with each other.

It's demanding the rise of Carthage against Rome as being preferable to the Pax Romana. It's demanding more warfare worldwide as more players are even in capacity and can choose to fight.

The reason we had the Pax Americana was because of our massive military superiority over the rest of the world. Just because our leadership decided to squander it with the end of the Cold War doesn't negate the positive effects of being the sole superpower.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 08:50 AM (qGAQr)

140 Income transfer, welfare, and interest on the debt take a lot more than the DOW.

That argument has the smell of:

"Honey, why are you spending so much money on collecting Beanie Babies"?

"We are paying far much more on our property taxes!"

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:51 AM (PVBkQ)

141 Like clockwork. The polls will all tighten to allow them to wave away the loss of all those people they said were double digits ahead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

Oh yeah? Like who?

Posted by: Rebecca Hong at October 20, 2026 08:51 AM (XvD//)

142 The federal government has intensified efforts to curb rampant sexual abuse of students in the nation’s schools and to end the despicable practice of “passing the trash.”

So when the Catholic Church does that with its priests, it's horrible and must be stopped. But when schools do it, the cricket chorus is deafening.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 08:51 AM (lXoJ5)

143 While the trio in Michigan, Whitmer, Benson and Nessel may want to crank the vote fraud machine to 11, they'll face a couple of problems. The first is that a lot of Michigan Dems just won't support al-Sayed. That would create the need for even more obviously fraudulent votes. The second problem is that I'm sure that they've been told the Harmeet Dillon and her team will be on them like white on rice. We shall see

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 08:52 AM (vJPf4)

144 126 The Welfare budget is larger than the Dept of War budget.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 08:43 AM (ua/lL)

Medicare 1.21
Medicaid 0.98
SS 1.58

We are a Welfare Nation

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 08:52 AM (/+uur)

145 S'cuse me?

Posted by: brown rice at October 20, 2026 08:53 AM (J4Dwc)

146 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 08:53 AM (77rzZ)

147 137 I've been fixated on Turnout and I expect it will break our way strongly in most places.

Even honest polls miss shifts in Turnout, as they rely on historic patterns. e.g., they failed in 2016 to see how Trump got the white working class to turnout.

If I'm right, Blakeman will be the next NYS governor. If I'm really right Saritha will be the next NYS AG.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 08:49 AM (dtajH)

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Turnout shifted 10 points to Republicans in NC over the weekend.

https://x.com/aggou/status/
2112493249931689987

It's looking increasingly like Boomer libs thought early voting was a race to vote first and came out to vote early in early voting as fast as possible in pretty much every state.

Their leads are eroding faster and faster.

And months of talking up Talarico in TX just convinced Republicans in the state to take early voting seriously, too. North Dallas (heavily white) is turning out. South Dallas (heavily black) is not.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2112320991053623655
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2112245908939133357

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 08:53 AM (qGAQr)

148 Community Notes

I knew a ~ rational Patent Examiner who spent ungodly amounts of money on her Beanie Baby investments. Instead of silver, she wanted Beanie Babies.

She chose ... unwisely.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)

149 I always point out the muslims enslaved more people in history than America did, and still to this day enslaves people. The young lefties of my acquaintance think I am bullshitting them, and then I further point out the very first foreign war America ever engaged in was to free Christian slaves from muslim captors. They hate that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 08:54 AM (sOsrI)

150 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 20, 2026 08:54 AM (53oGX)

151 @133 doubt they'll have marathons on World Osteoporosis Day

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 08:55 AM (vJPf4)

152 Huck Follywood

I use the same argument. Leftist don't believe these facts.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 08:55 AM (u82oZ)

153 It's looking increasingly like Boomer libs thought early voting was a race to vote first and came out to vote early in early voting as fast as possible in pretty much every state.

Their leads are eroding faster and faster.

And months of talking up Talarico in TX just convinced Republicans in the state to take early voting seriously, too. North Dallas (heavily white) is turning out. South Dallas (heavily black) is not.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2112320991053623655
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2112245908939133357
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 08:53 AM (qGAQr)

My guess is many remember the bullshit in 2022 where 1 ballot was sent per voter when 2 blanks were needed like happened here in Texas.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 08:56 AM (/+uur)

154 "We don't need to be able to project power better than the rest of the world. There's no need," is quite the take.

If the argument was simply "Why do we have a military" full stop, no context and that statement was hermetically sealed in a black bag stored in an under ground bunker, then your argument is sensible.

But it was packaged with when the US is one election away from being a Communist shithole or Islamic Caliphate. That eight hundred pound gorilla still needs your attention.

What good does projecting military power upon whoever Babylon DC feels a need to flex on, when the hosting nation can't even slay its domestic dragons which are of magnitudes greater threat than what Iran is doing to the SoH?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:56 AM (PVBkQ)

155 Where are the (R) leaders?
Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (/+uur)

(momentarily lifts head from slop trough)

Whut?

(goes back to slurping up slop)

Posted by: GOPe at October 20, 2026 08:56 AM (1Ff7Z)

156 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

Is that breaking news?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)

157 154
What good does projecting military power upon whoever Babylon DC feels a need to flex on, when the hosting nation can't even slay its domestic dragons which are of magnitudes greater threat than what Iran is doing to the SoH?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 08:56 AM (PVBkQ)

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"All foreign policy and military power must stop until we have utopia in America," is such a stupid take.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 08:57 AM (qGAQr)

158 133 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

That's fine, but if you fall and break your hip, don't come runnin' to me!

Posted by: Above It All at October 20, 2026 08:57 AM (EdP2u)

159 One is as a simple referendum on the issues and politicians of the day. The other involves a far deeper conflict of visions (as Thomas Sowell puts it): socialism versus capitalism, intrusive versus limited government, and the destruction of time-honored institutions and traditions versus their preservation and renewal.
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It is far simpler an election than all that for many. IMO, voters are asking themselves if they are better off than they were under Biden. Democrats scare voters, because they are all pretty much insane, but the GOP still has to make a positive case.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 08:58 AM (sOsrI)

160 I have made few predictions this election season if any.

But the one I am sticking with is that Sayed is the lynchpin of the DNC-DSA op and therefore regardless of any other outcome anywhere else, will be willed into office.

And right now that prediction looks dead wrong. I'm still sticking with it.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 08:58 AM (XvD//)

161 The reason we had the Pax Americana was because of our massive military superiority over the rest of the world.
TheJamesMadison

That's the lesson the Communist Chinese took.

But like politics, military strength is downstream from culture, which is why they're finding out that their numbers are built on a corrupt foundation that can't fight.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 08:59 AM (Y8DZL)

162 Rarely in American history have the two parties been so far apart or the choice between them so stark. In brief, Islamist-sympathizing socialism is on the ballot against free-market capitalism and American exceptionalism.

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This is the oldest free market system in the world. The UK succumbed to socialism 50 years ago, leaving us as the grand old dame of capitalism.

The older & perennially more powerful of the two American parties became rabid socialists right around the same time.

For people my age, this is no rarity. Every election of my lifetime has been a battle of leftist authoritarianism against free-market capitalism and American exceptionalism. It's literally all I've ever known.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)

163 The Trump 2.0 administration has jailed and prosecuted hundreds of antia, getting landmark convictions and sentences of dozens of years per person in cased like the Texas antifa case where the 9 person cell tried to assassinate a cop.

The kid who just handed out leaflets got 30 years because he was part of the conspiracy.

There have been zero riots beyond lib boomers holding up hand-made No Kings signs.

Deportations are at historic highs. Rents are down because the deportations are so much.

But we shouldn't have a military because nothing is happening on the home front.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (qGAQr)

164
Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

Her Majesty went in for a bone-density scan last week and they told her that there was a significant thinning in one of her hip bones. She's seeing a specialist next month to discuss it further.

I asked whether showing - not going into the ring but all the setting up - would put her at greater risk. Conclusion of discussion: if it's going to happen, it's going to happen. May as well have it happen doing something you enjoy.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (eRlcH)

165 Hopium and Pretendium are the 2 main element of Progressivism.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (/+uur)

166 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

Is that breaking news?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)
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This is serious! No wisecracks!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (skLNB)

167 I use the same argument. Leftist don't believe these facts.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

We choose truth over facts.

Posted by: Joe Biden Iowa State Fair, 2019 at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (EdP2u)

168 My guess is many remember the bullshit in 2022 where 1 ballot was sent per voter when 2 blanks were needed like happened here in Texas.

Well that, and it costs money to dun you personally in the mail box and phone, so get your vote in so that the machine can save a few bucks and bank your vote since further persuasion is not necessary.

Be selfish and reclaim your phone by voting early and often.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (PVBkQ)

169 But Slotkin represents the kind of thinking that is bringing America closer to civil disorder, if not outright civil war.
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Irritatingly, she desperately tried walking back what she said yesterday. At least have the backbone to stand up and admit your crazy words, woman! All your lying just makes it worse.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:01 AM (sOsrI)

170 My other prediction is that the 2028 D nominee will not be a woman and definitely won't be Harris.

The operation against women this year appears designed to convince even liberal fucktard women that women can't be trusted in high leadership and/or can't win. It's like they want to get their side pregnant with the idea that a man is required for the next phase.

If Harris is the nominee my secondary prediction is that's because the whole thing is sewn up tight and she will be implanted in office. AOC could win a legitimate election against a real opponent - I don't think Harris can. Otherwise if the GE is going to be a genuine contest, they will be nominating a man.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:01 AM (XvD//)

171 Happy Birthday, Snoop Dog

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)

172 Bonjour

Posted by: Les Yuuutes du France at October 20, 2026 09:01 AM (ek+0M)

173 Amy Acton's mother has put out a commercial saying that voters should not vote for her daughter because she lies about everything. That's gotta hurt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 20, 2026 09:03 AM (vJPf4)

174 172 Bonjour
Posted by: Les Yuuutes du France at October 20, 2026 09:01 AM (ek+0M)

Judges would have accepted a 10 second ululation and Allah Akbar

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:03 AM (/+uur)

175
Here's a great picture of Ol' Slotty doing[

the New Democrat Nazi Salute, The Bird Hand-

https://tinyurl.com/y2tbdw6e

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2026 09:04 AM (YSUhf)

176 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 09:04 AM (rOKnE)

177 This is serious! No wisecracks!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:00 AM (skLNB)

Ok, because I wouldn't want to fracture the cause.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 09:04 AM (1Ff7Z)

178 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

I recently got a report that my osteopenia from 10 years ago is completely gone.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:04 AM (XvD//)

179 @Kristof_Poland
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Follow
The Useful Idiot: A Natural History

Specimen: Western, educated, well-meaning.
Habitat: universities, NGOs, quality newspapers, dinner parties where the wine is good and the opinions are better.
Status: abundant.

hahaha

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 20, 2026 09:04 AM (/+uur)

180 Is Talafreako still MIA?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

181 My father was from a fishing village in Cork Ireland.

In the early 1600s, the English took over after a three-year siege of the local castle lorded over by a distant ancestor of mine. They installed loyal Protestants to take over all the good concessions including fishing and the occassional opportunistic piracy.

My peeps dropped a dime on this, and the Barbary pirates arrived one day and took hundreds of the Protestants away to galleys and brothels. It was the last large operation by the Barbaries in the British Isles.

There's a very nice pub in town called the Algiers Inn.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 09:05 AM (dtajH)

182 I always point out the muslims enslaved more people in history than America did, and still to this day enslaves people. The young lefties of my acquaintance think I am bullshitting them, and then I further point out the very first foreign war America ever engaged in was to free Christian slaves from muslim captors. They hate that.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

Blow their minds with the knowledge that the first legal slave owner in America was a black man.

Anthony Johnson in 1655.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JDhDw)

183 There have been zero riots beyond lib boomers holding up hand-made No Kings signs.

Nothing says "Join the Cool Kids" than a bunch of shriveled up purple haired octogenarians shuffling around holding up signs they can't read (because of dementia, presbyopia, glaucoma and other ailments) saying "No Kings - [Yes Tyrants]"

Its like drawing aspiration to sloth and indulgence when observing a passed out druggie in the gutter.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:06 AM (nAS9C)

184
Is Talafreako still MIA?
Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

I believe he's been released from custody.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 09:06 AM (eRlcH)

185 180 Is Talafreako still MIA?

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

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He reappeared right at the cresting of the controversy about his disappearance.

He did a panel with some Muslim leaders a couple of days ago.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:07 AM (qGAQr)

186 133 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood

Reminder weight bearing exercise is important for bone density, as is resistance work. Balance and strength work is something we should all be doing.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

187 redridinghood

I have a bone to pick with you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (u82oZ)

188 >>But the one I am sticking with is that Sayed is the lynchpin of the DNC-DSA op and therefore regardless of any other outcome anywhere else, will be willed into office.

I don't think so. The problem Democrats have is that for years they have relied on identity politics to keep their various constituencies happy. There was always some friction because not all the groups are simpatico on all positions and the grievance pyramid had to be respected.

Bringing in Muslim candidates into a statewide race in a place like Michigan is exposing those fractures. As the Abdul staffer was caught yesterday saying on undercover video, Abdul can't condemn the Muslim Brotherhood because he will lose their support. He also can't pretend that their isn't huge friction between the black and Muslim communities and that is hurting Abdul in places like Detroit.

I think Rogers wins and might not even be that close.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (viF8m)

189 Reminder weight bearing exercise is important for bone density, as is resistance work. Balance and strength work is something we should all be doing.
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

So you're saying Stacey Abrams doesn't have osteo?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 09:09 AM (1Ff7Z)

190 Piper

My goal is increasing my reps on bacon eating.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

191 Reminder weight bearing exercise is important for bone density, as is resistance work. Balance and strength work is something we should all be doing.
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

^THIS^

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 20, 2026 09:11 AM (OlzlW)

192 Former CIA personnel getting elected Governor? Nothing to see here.

Posted by: Any better, I'd be twins at October 20, 2026 09:11 AM (2CeDH)

193 Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (viF8m)

I hope you're right.

I want to be wrong about the whole DNC-DSA thing, because what it portends is very very very ugly. The recent data republican release seems to back it up although I didn't dig into it so perhaps not.

Like I said, my Sayed prediction looks pretty bad right now. I just don't see the point of it if not to get him into office.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:12 AM (XvD//)

194 189 So you're saying Stacey Abrams doesn't have osteo?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 09:09 AM

Funny you mention this, because body weight can definitely be used as part of your approach, think planking, push ups, etc.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:12 AM (ZdaMQ)

195 {{{Emmie}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 09:12 AM (u82oZ)

196 Cork grows in Portugal, but County Cork is in Ireland. Make it make sense.

Posted by: Afloat In a Confusing Sea at October 20, 2026 09:12 AM (EdP2u)

197 {{{NaCly}}}

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 20, 2026 09:13 AM (OlzlW)

198 Piper

Floors tremble at the thought of an Abrams doing push-ups.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 09:13 AM (u82oZ)

199 190 Piper

My goal is increasing my reps on bacon eating.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 09:11 AM

Ha, everything in moderation, right?

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

200 If elected, I'll make bacon kosher!

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (z6ONu)

201 "The problem Democrats have is that for years they have relied on identity politics to keep their various constituencies happy. "

The FDR coalition was built on "all races working class."

Then the Ds evicted the white working class from their historic home. Without their votes, the Ds are a minority party. They've continued to alienate working people of all colors and stripes.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (dtajH)

202 Abrams doesn't do push-ups, she does pull-downs.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (XvD//)

203 the very first foreign war America ever engaged in was to free Christian slaves from muslim captors.

How does the US Marine Hymn begin?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (nAS9C)

204 Blow their minds with the knowledge that the first legal slave owner in America was a black man.

Anthony Johnson in 1655.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:06 AM (JDhDw)
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You've seen one Uncle Tom, you've seen them all.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (skLNB)

205 A symbolic transfer of power to Muslims in France happened a few months ago.

The national soccer team coach was Didier Deschamps This guy embodies everything French. Look at a picture of him and it’s like yeah that dude is as French as one gets.

He retired and will be replaced by Zinadine Zidane. Born in France to Algerian parents. He’s probably most famous for head butting an Italian player in the 2006 final and getting ejected.

How French is he? His son plays for the Algerian team, that’s how French he is.

France’s team is already almost all non-French so not a shocking move. But having the coach now also an Arab is another milestone. Perfect timing as well given the “troubles”.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (ek+0M)

206 193 Like I said, my Sayed prediction looks pretty bad right now. I just don't see the point of it if not to get him into office.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:12 AM (XvD//)

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The Democrat Party is not a monolith, and major factions fought over the primary race in MI.

Establishment like Schumer (and black leaders) backed doughy white girl. More extreme elements backed El-Sayed.

Primary is low turnout, so it advantaged the more engaged side.

Democrats also don't cast aside primary winners publicly like Mitch did with O'Donnell in Delaware. They, bare minimum, provide rhetorical support to try and normalize them.

It doesn't have to be a conspiratorial plan hatched years ago. It can just be making the best of a situation they didn't plan for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:15 AM (qGAQr)

207 @181 It was the last large operation by the Barbaries in the British Isles.

Certainly accounts for the politics of the IRA, and of Irishmen everywhere. You sure taught them English!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 20, 2026 09:15 AM (zdLoL)

208 Reminder weight bearing exercise is important for bone density, as is resistance work. Balance and strength work is something we should all be doing.
Posted by: Piper

All well and good, but the key to fitness is Dynamic Tension.

Posted by: Charles Atlas at October 20, 2026 09:15 AM (EdP2u)

209 the very first foreign war America ever engaged in was to free Christian slaves from muslim captors.

How does the US Marine Hymn begin?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:14 AM (nAS9C)
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Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:16 AM (skLNB)

210 Piper at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

Since I walk a lot during the day at my job, I should be okay, no?

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (Oy/m2)

211 Reading the Data republican stuff and I realize something.

The insane, baseless lawsuits against Trump were never about stopping Trump--they were about finding a core group of judges who will do anything the left says.

Covid, J6 and the prosecution of Trump proved that the vast majority of Republicans will never defy the judiciary no matter how egregious or unlawful they act.
That also proved Democrats will support whatever they judiciary does, as long as it advances the left.

They weren't burning down the legitimacy of the judiciary with these ever more histrionic and fleck-speckled orders:
It was a loyalty test.

And now they have 3-5 judges who will do, say, and order anything the left asks, no matter how illegal, unconstitutional or outrageous.

And a trigger they can pull anytime on a gun aimed at the heart of America.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (3cUTc)

212 210 Piper at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

Since I walk a lot during the day at my job, I should be okay, no?

Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (Oy/m2)

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Best to take up the Winston Churchill diet and exercise routine.

He lived to 90.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (qGAQr)

213 >>I hope you're right.

I hope so too.

But go back and look at the Democrat Senate primary in Michigan. Days before the election polls were dropping showing Abdul with a double digit lead over Haley. He ended up beating her by 1 point and she was a terrible candidate. He didn't even get 50% of the Democrat vote.

The media has been pumping up perceived support for Abdul of a year but the reality of his campaign appears to be much weaker. And Rogers is running a good campaign.

Toss in Harmeet and her team finally getting serious about election integrity and I think Rogers has a very strong chance of winning.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m)

214 Amy Acton's mother has put out a commercial saying that voters should not vote for her daughter because she lies about everything. That's gotta hurt

No Normal Rockwell Thanksgiving in the Acton household, right?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (nAS9C)

215 Oh! And one more thing, since we are on the topic. If you do pushups on your knees, keep your booty in line with your shoulders, hips tucked under to remove a u shape in your lower back, and your heels as tight to your seat as you can manage, without crossing your ankles. If your booty is up in the air, you are doing nothing. 😊. Seat low, elbows to a 45. Or hands right under your shoulders if you want to add fun tricep work. Or diamond out your finger tips for tripceps. So many options you can’t get bored!

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ZdaMQ)

216 Neither Sayed or Talarico are going to be elected.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 09:19 AM (ua/lL)

217 Ha, everything in moderation, right?
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:13 AM (ZdaMQ)
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Even ice cream? Damn.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:19 AM (j3EXx)

218 215 Oh! And one more thing, since we are on the topic. If you do pushups on your knees, keep your booty in line with your shoulders, hips tucked under to remove a u shape in your lower back, and your heels as tight to your seat as you can manage, without crossing your ankles. If your booty is up in the air, you are doing nothing. 😊. Seat low, elbows to a 45. Or hands right under your shoulders if you want to add fun tricep work. Or diamond out your finger tips for tripceps. So many options you can’t get bored!

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ZdaMQ)

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Okay, I'm gonna ask an exercise question.

High side planks: I can't really do them because I get pain in my wrists that makes it impossible to hold the form (I can do forearm sideplanks all day).

Is that a form issue on how I hold my wrist, or can I just have weak wrists?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:19 AM (qGAQr)

219 215 Oh! And one more thing, since we are on the topic. If you do pushups on your knees, keep your booty in line with your shoulders, hips tucked under to remove a u shape in your lower back, and your heels as tight to your seat as you can manage, without crossing your ankles. If your booty is up in the air, you are doing nothing. 😊. Seat low, elbows to a 45. Or hands right under your shoulders if you want to add fun tricep work. Or diamond out your finger tips for tripceps. So many options you can’t get bored!
Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ZdaMQ)

Forget pushups.... You need to push away... From the table...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 09:19 AM (+gK6I)

220 You know the rules, Piper. Pics or it didn't happen.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 20, 2026 09:20 AM (z6ONu)

221 >>If your booty is up in the air, you are doing nothing.

Well, I don't think I'd say nothing.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 09:20 AM (viF8m)

222 *me, the last time I did pushups*

Gah! This carpet needs a good vacuuming!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 20, 2026 09:20 AM (wVcYX)

223 196 Irish Gaelic is a weird language. If you look at Irish surnames in their original Gaelic form, they bear little resemblance to their English form. Apparently, Gaelic spelling does not have much relation to Gaelic pronunciation.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:21 AM (77rzZ)

224 The Democrat Party is not a monolith, and major factions fought over the primary race in MI.

Establishment like Schumer (and black leaders) backed doughy white girl. More extreme elements backed El-Sayed.

Primary is low turnout, so it advantaged the more engaged side.

Democrats also don't cast aside primary winners publicly like Mitch did with O'Donnell in Delaware. They, bare minimum, provide rhetorical support to try and normalize them.

It doesn't have to be a conspiratorial plan hatched years ago. It can just be making the best of a situation they didn't plan for.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:15 AM (qGAQr)

They also have the advantage of the establishment media not kicking up a fuss over one or two candidates and painting every other candidate in the country from the same party with the same brush. And demanding each and every one of the latter disavow the candidate(s) for whom the media kicked up a fuss.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 09:21 AM (wHv/g)

225 >>This from the man who sent his Internal Revenue Service after Tea Party protesters,

. . . and businesses like Gibson guitars, closed Ford dealerships whose owners supported Republicans, wiretapped journalists, harassed Little Sisters of the Poor, and oh yeah, forced border gun shops to sell guns to a Mexican cartel so that the subsequent hundreds of deaths could be used to put gun dealers out of business.

There are so many examples of Obama specifically targeting his political enemies, big and small, that we could do multiple posts on it. It defined his presidency

Obama now pretending he was above such things is likewise an Obama classic. Could he BE a bigger a$$hole?!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 09:21 AM (rOKnE)

226
Jocelyn Benson is still Michigan Sec State and has a cheat organization set up to deliver Wayne County, damn the DOJ.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (Y8DZL)

227 Lizzy, yes he can.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (ua/lL)

228 224 They also have the advantage of the establishment media not kicking up a fuss over one or two candidates and painting every other candidate in the country from the same party with the same brush. And demanding each and every one of the latter disavow the candidate(s) for whom the media kicked up a fuss.

Posted by: Vendette at October 20, 2026 09:21 AM (wHv/g)

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National Review will have columns about how Ken Paxton isn't the right man for the job because he was acquitted at an impeachment trial, but the NYT will act like El-Sayed having direct ties to foreign terrorist organizations is no big deal.

Our media are not the same.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (qGAQr)

229 Detroit will find enough mail in ballots at 4am to put Sayed over the top. Just like what happened in 2024 with Slotkin. She won by 20k votes out of 5M.

Trump won by a large enough margin to overcome the fraud.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (ek+0M)

230 Husted will win, Rogers will win, Paxton will win, Dan Sullivan will win in Alaska, and even Susan Collins will win.

Get out and vote.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (j3EXx)

231 Is that a form issue on how I hold my wrist, or can I just have weak wrists?

Are you summoning Garret?

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (9s47C)

232 226
Jocelyn Benson is still Michigan Sec State and has a cheat organization set up to deliver Wayne County, damn the DOJ.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 09:23 AM (Y8DZL)

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Federal election monitors have been a joke since they were first introduced in the 1960s.

This is the first major election where...they may not be a joke.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:24 AM (qGAQr)

233 >>Amy Acton's mother has put out a commercial saying that voters should not vote for her daughter because she lies about everything. That's gotta hurt

OMG, wow!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 09:24 AM (rOKnE)

234 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:15 AM (qGAQr)

I can only call it like I see it! I am happy to hang my ravings on tangible predictions. They're right a lot more often than wrong. I personally want this idiot banished from public life but we will see on that score too.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:24 AM (XvD//)

235 215 Any exercise that involves staying in one spot doing repetitive motions is boring by definition.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ)

236 Huck, AMEN!

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 09:25 AM (ua/lL)

237 If your booty is up in the air, you are doing nothing.

If you are doing yoga and your booty is up in the air, you are doing the Child Support Payment pose.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:25 AM (JDhDw)

238 My prediction is... I don't have a clue

Posted by: It's me donna at October 20, 2026 09:25 AM (+gK6I)

239 The DOJ just arrested 28 people for illegal voting in CA. They knew before the election who they were and warned Newsom his administration was risking felony indictments if they didn't investigate and purge illegal voters.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 09:26 AM (viF8m)

240 234 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:15 AM (qGAQr)

I can only call it like I see it! I am happy to hang my ravings on tangible predictions. They're right a lot more often than wrong. I personally want this idiot banished from public life but we will see on that score too.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:24 AM (XvD//)

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This is not meant antagonistically, but you seem to operate from a set of assumptions that every utterance by someone remotely connected to Democrat politics is intentional and planned, not just by individuals, but by some kind of centralizing force.

That seems like a mistaken assumption to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:26 AM (qGAQr)

241 rickb223, my monitor just got doused in coffee.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 20, 2026 09:26 AM (ua/lL)

242 Apparently, Gaelic spelling does not have much relation to Gaelic pronunciation.
Posted by: Bulg

You got that right, Eithne Padraigin Bhaonain.

Posted by: Enya Patricia Brennan at October 20, 2026 09:27 AM (EdP2u)

243 Best to take up the Winston Churchill diet and exercise routine.

He lived to 90.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (qGAQr)
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My late father OBM enjoyed his meat, whiskey and hot orange peppers - among other things - till his dying day past his mid-90s.

His doctor, who is also ours, said he wished all of his elderly patients were as healthy is my father was.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:27 AM (skLNB)

244 215 Oh! And one more thing, since we are on the topic. If you do pushups on your knees, keep your booty in line with your shoulders, hips tucked under to remove a u shape in your lower back, and your heels as tight to your seat as you can manage, without crossing your ankles. If your booty is up in the air, you are doing nothing. 😊. Seat low, elbows to a 45. Or hands right under your shoulders if you want to add fun tricep work. Or diamond out your finger tips for tripceps. So many options you can’t get bored!

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:18 AM (ZdaMQ)
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I just left the gym and it was a tough morning; I hope my trainer doesn't read this!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:27 AM (j3EXx)

245 This from the man who sent his Internal Revenue Service after Tea Party protesters,

. . . and businesses like Gibson guitars, closed Ford dealerships whose owners supported Republicans, wiretapped journalists, harassed Little Sisters of the Poor, and oh yeah, forced border gun shops to sell guns to a Mexican cartel so that the subsequent hundreds of deaths could be used to put gun dealers out of business.

There are so many examples of Obama specifically targeting his political enemies, big and small, that we could do multiple posts on it. It defined his presidency

Obama now pretending he was above such things is likewise an Obama classic. Could he BE a bigger a$$hole?!
Posted by: Lizzy

Rodeo clown who wore an obola mask.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:27 AM (JDhDw)

246 210 Piper at October 20, 2026 09:08 AM (ZdaMQ)

Since I walk a lot during the day at my job, I should be okay, no?
Posted by: dantesed at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM

Walking is weight bearing exercise. Is the walking you do of varying speeds? Varying terrains? Can you zig zag to your destination without being hauled into HR for a drug test?

Walking for exercise is great. A leisurely walk isn’t going to quite do it for you, but if you can vary you speeds, and even better, add some muscle work into the walk like squats and lunges every 2-3 minutes on a 60 minute walk. Think a set of 10 reps each time. Build up to this if needed, obviously, and vary your squat types. Maybe alternate lunges, reverse lunges, curtsey lunges, etc.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:27 AM (ZdaMQ)

247 Posted by: JackStraw at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (viF8m)

Rogers is doing far better than I expected and/or feared. Seems to come down now mainly to The Cheat. Which we all can at least agree is not merely some conspiracy or theory. I hope he gets blown out of the water, we will know soon enough.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:28 AM (XvD//)

248 rickb223, my monitor just got doused in coffee.
Posted by: Ben Had

Sorry. 😁

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:28 AM (JDhDw)

249 Amy Acton's mother has put out a commercial saying that voters should not vote for her daughter because she lies about everything. That's gotta hurt

No Normal Rockwell Thanksgiving in the Acton household, right?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (nAS9C)

To be fair...the Future Midnight Suffocation with Pillows and Strangling Events will be off the hook!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 20, 2026 09:28 AM (YSUhf)

250 ========
I just left the gym and it was a tough morning; I hope my trainer doesn't read this!
Posted by: Huck Follywood

I feel this. My 6a class was cardio.

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:28 AM (ZdaMQ)

251 Election monitoring is fine and good but useless in the modern era.

The fraud today isn’t old school ballot stuffing. It’s registering phantom voters and illegals who then vote by mail. The votes are “legal” when they show up to be counted.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 20, 2026 09:29 AM (ek+0M)

252 246 Jeepers, Piper. Talk about a good walk spoiled.

Posted by: Bulg at October 20, 2026 09:29 AM (77rzZ)

253 Mayor Brandon Johnson is rocking the vote in Chicago. And morons (and dead people?) can vote, too! This is for real:

https://tinyurl.com/42nmhn92

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 09:30 AM (skLNB)

254 >>There have been zero riots beyond lib boomers holding up hand-made No Kings signs.

Meta shutdown the No Kings account(s) right before this weekend's protest, preventing them from doing their usual trick of having participants go to multiple protest events in one day to boost their alleged participation numbers. Press just sees large groups, not realizing or revealing that they do this to pretend they are more well-attended than they are. "Look hundreds at 4 events today!" - yeah, the same people, likely a lot of them paid.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 20, 2026 09:30 AM (rOKnE)

255 TJM, last commentary I read from Ramesh Ponnuru was whining about Trump's "corruption" ending that although the Republicans deserve to lose, he hopes they win the Senate.
I hadn't read a rallying call like that since Joan of Arc when she said "ow, this fire is hot!"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 09:30 AM (88C+u)

256 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:26 AM (qGAQr)

Not exactly. There is clearly a monolith at work or media outlets would not be in the lockstep they always are.

Like I said always happy to make predictions where needed and what's more I see things long before they happen - documented more times here than could ever be counted - and that can't happen without either psychic powers or my finger on the pulse of actual planning that is taking place by the powers who infest enough of our media to keep it in creepy lockstep.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:31 AM (XvD//)

257 Nude!

(for real!)

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 20, 2026 09:31 AM (w9Wax)

258 255 TJM, last commentary I read from Ramesh Ponnuru was whining about Trump's "corruption" ending that although the Republicans deserve to lose, he hopes they win the Senate.
I hadn't read a rallying call like that since Joan of Arc when she said "ow, this fire is hot!"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 20, 2026 09:30 AM (88C+u)

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"My side must be pure, and we cannot fight until we are pure. Therefore I shall fight my side exclusively."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:31 AM (qGAQr)

259 Democrats own the legal apparatus. They have enough Constitution-hating federal judges who issue Soviet-style secret decisions like those unleashing Smith’s abuses, billions in annual pro-bono work stored up from the world’s biggest law firms, the entire pipeline of law schools and post-school fellowships, and much of the Department of so-called Justice.

The public faces of their legal warfare like Slotkin and Marc Elias have already boldly divulged underway efforts to double down on scorched-earth prosecutions of anyone who ever worked for a Republican once Democrats retake at least the House in two weeks. Based on their history, we know these prosecutions will be entirely political and based on falsified evidence.
(from the Federalist link on Slutkin's threats)
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Take them at their words.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:32 AM (5T19r)

260 Recall I was one of the few here in 2016 saying that Trump would win, and took enough abuse for it I was ready to walk away since this place really sucked like shit for a while.

It's not just about conspiracies. I look at everything including weaknesses on the other side.

But there is a conspiracy or you wouldn't have a bunch of western countries throwing their borders wide open at the same time independently.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:33 AM (XvD//)

261 I predicted the Left's full throated embrace of radical Islam while we were still arguing over trannies. I said not only will it be the next thing it will be the subject on all our lips every day for years. Like trannies was and blacks before that and women before that. This is before it happened. So I would suggest critiquing my outcomes and not my methods.

Posted by: ... at October 20, 2026 09:35 AM (XvD//)

262 If you are doing yoga and your booty is up in the air, you are doing the Child Support Payment pose.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 09:25 AM (JDhDw)

😂

Posted by: Piper at October 20, 2026 09:37 AM (ZdaMQ)

263 Cannot recommend the Joy Pullman essay at the Federalist highly enough, on Slutkin's speech at Chicago. Pullman puts it to Thune, that useless pool boy, saying he at the very least needs to censure Slutkin. She also sticks it to the lawfare judges the Democrats have lined up, and by extension, it is a reasonable inference to criticize that fool John Roberts, who refuses to admit the federal judiciary has a serious TDS problem.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 09:39 AM (5T19r)

264 You're all jooz now!
/Nelson Muntz laugh
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Does this mean I have to give up bacon?
Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 08:32 AM (JDhDw)
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Kroger sells beef bacon under their own brand and it is very good. Enjoying bacon and not eating swine is a special treat for me.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 20, 2026 09:40 AM (JNTt1)

265 For people my age, this is no rarity. Every election of my lifetime has been a battle of leftist authoritarianism against free-market capitalism and American exceptionalism. It's literally all I've ever known.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 08:59 AM (BI5O2)
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I will be 67 next month and the above is true for me: every election, including the primaries is a choice between socialism and capitalism.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 20, 2026 09:59 AM (JNTt1)

266 166 Today Is World Osteoporosis Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at October 20, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

Is that breaking news?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 20, 2026 08:57 AM (1Ff7Z)
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This is serious! No wisecracks!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey,
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You guys fracture my funnybone

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 20, 2026 10:02 AM (JNTt1)

267 173 Amy Acton's mother has put out a commercial saying that voters should not vote for her daughter because she lies about everything. That's gotta hurt
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Shady Pines Retirement Home in her future.
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188. I think Rogers wins and might not even be that close.
Posted by: JackStraw

That certainly explains -

UAW International Union
3 days ago
UAW members are voting for Abdul El-Sayed for U.S. Senate because he’s pro-labor, he’ll fight corporations and their greed, and he’ll put money back in our pockets.
Abdul El-Sayed is a leader for working families across Michigan!

UAW International Union
a day ago1d
UAW President Shawn Fain and Abdul El-Sayed discuss why they support Medicare for All and what it would mean for union members and their current healthcare plans.
Watch the full candid one-on-one conversation ...

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 10:08 AM (NFX2v)

268 Ex-Congressional Candidate AJ Kern Claims She Holds DHS “Certificate of Non-Existence of Record” Showing NO Naturalization Records for Ilhan Omar’s Father Ever Becoming a U.S. Citizen

Kern: “I requested his naturalization records, and I did receive a response from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services that they did a thorough search of their records and using all variations of her father’s name, and he’s not in the database.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 10:16 AM (RHGPo)

269 According to preliminary figures reported by CBC News and unofficial tallies from Elections Alberta, roughly 76.5% of ballots cast favored remaining a province of Canada, while 23.5% supported the government commencing the legal process for a future binding vote on separation.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 10:18 AM (RHGPo)

270 "Amy has a serious problem," Democrat Ohio gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton's estranged mother says in a just-released campaign video, "She is a liar, she lies about her past."

I just about spit out my coffee.

"I love my daughter, but when I saw her lying about her opponent," entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Donna Arthur says in the clip before trailing off into telling the world her daughter is a big fat liar.

"She says she grew up living in a tent," Arthur continued, referencing a common refrain from Acton's stump speech, but "none of that is true. She's lied her entire life."

The 1980 election was when 11-year-old me first got heavily into all things political, and I can tell you that in nearly five decades of political activism, political engagement, and writing about it as a career, I've never seen anything like Arthur's video today.

And yet somehow this isn't the first time Dr. Acton's mommy issues started a political firestorm.

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 10:23 AM (RHGPo)

271 News can't get better news than this in SE Pennsylvania -

Daily Times, Scanlon: Delco nurse stopped by ICE on way to Disneyland has checked in on ankle monitor
"She's a solid member of our community," says the Congresswoman.

Love this: To protect her and show solidarity, her attorney, local faith leaders, and high-profile supporters—including Delaware County U.S. Representative Mary Gay Scanlon—accompanied her and rallied outside the (Philly ICE) building.

As the story goes, she and her entire family wound up in Philadelphia from Indonesia decades ago, overstayed their visas, but were then placed under Withholding of Removals in 2010.

Reportedly, because it's legally narrow & difficult to prove, it's a rare status, which is why individuals like her are part of a relatively small, distinct group of immigrants living under that specific federal supervision. Also, finding a random third country willing to take a foreign national is incredibly difficult and rare.

She even managed to get a PA Real ID under her maiden name years ago, something I (born in state) gave up trying to get. 👏🏻

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 20, 2026 10:59 AM (NFX2v)

272 And no COVFEFE? for shame!

The fact that Rubio could have made the speech of the century in Greece forewarning the chaos about to descend upon the Macaroni/Meloni the topic was about DeepState-Agenda/Free Speech (stealth moral equivalance which enables hate speech in disguise).

As great a missed opportunity as John McCain (mcClinton) for not forewarning of the imminent finanical crisis and obvious Epstein involvement -- but given the DeepState-Agenda, isn't it obvious why?

LET'S GO BRANDON!
INDICT BRENNAN/LEAK THE DOC's/SWIFT JUSTICE DELIVERED BY CANOE.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at October 20, 2026 11:02 AM (A5RxD)

273 "Ironically, Slotkin is an alumna of the Central Intelligence Agency, where the motto 'Ye shall know the truth, and the truth will make you free” is carved into the wall.'"
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Like everything else there, that motto is smoke and mirrors. "Intelligence Services" are the U.S. version of taqiyya, - doing what is necessary - and is part and parcel of the "watching the watchers" problem.
We're heading back to the dats of Venetian intrigue, but if we can maintain enough transparency, perhaps we avoid the worst of those days.
Then, Slotkin and her mentor, Brennan, would have received a dagger to the base of the skull by now.
BTW, Brennan wasn't "hired" by the CIA, he was appointed by Barack Hussain "Fundamental Change" Obama.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 11:14 AM (z4VKm)

274 It's remarkable to pay a quick visit this website and reading the views of all colleagues regarding
this post, while I am also eager of getting experience.
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Posted by: https://interracial.xvideoszone.cc at October 20, 2026 01:24 PM (daAUv)

275 FAS (Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) _may_ explain a lot of these democrat socialist/commies. Just sayin.

Posted by: _Jim at October 20, 2026 02:10 PM (Xdx1K)

276 Best to take up the Winston Churchill diet and exercise routine.

He lived to 90.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 20, 2026 09:17 AM (qGAQr)
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Was it his liver that finally gave out?

Posted by: _Jim at October 20, 2026 02:13 PM (Xdx1K)

277 re: "180 Is Talafreako still MIA?"

They must have pumped him full of Joe-Biden class 'go juice' last week as he's been on the campaign trail since.

Or maybe it was a frontal lobotomy he received (the logical processing center of the brain that was 'holding him back' from being a full-throated liberal and heretic) and that 'freed' him (kinda like Fetterman but in reverse.)

Posted by: _Jim at October 20, 2026 02:23 PM (Xdx1K)

278 141 Like clockwork. The polls will all tighten to allow them to wave away the loss of all those people they said were double digits ahead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 20, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

Oh yeah? Like who?

Posted by: Rebecca Hong at October 20, 2026 08:51 AM (XvD//)
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THOSE who pay for and COMMISSION polls (like, money-bag political campaigns). Being bad at poll-taking for a pollster is ---ready for it--- bad for bidness ...

Posted by: _Jim at October 20, 2026 02:39 PM (Xdx1K)

279 re: "Sen. Elissa Slotkin"

I get Miss Piggy (from The Muppets/Jim Henson) vibes when I see her ...

Posted by: _Jim at October 20, 2026 02:42 PM (Xdx1K)

Daily Tech News 20 October 2026

Top Story

Anthropic has pledged to give 5% of its shared to a public benefit fund. (CNBC)

By which they mean trying to buy off the communists, who hate them and want them dead.
Elon Musk meanwhile plans to give a share in SpaceX to every child in America. (CNN)

Some of whom aren't communists or at least could grow out of it.

Tech News

People are using AI to dumb their smart TVs. (Tech Crunch)

Good.
Amazon is funding the development of twelve small nuclear reactors at a decommissioned coal-fired power plan in Indiana. (Tech Crunch)

Also good.
Hackers breached something to do with Microsoft 365 via an old third-party backup service. (Bleeping Computer)

Not directly Microsoft's fault so far as I can tell.
But maybe you should use an open-source alternative like Nextcloud instead. Oh. (Bleeping Computer)

Maybe not.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Take five, they're small.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 w00t

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)

2 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:01 AM (gsBYv)

3 I demand a recount!

Anyhoo, out for exercise!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:01 AM (gsBYv)

4 from the ONT

asmongold
It's spreading all across Europe..
https://tinyurl.com/4muhb9kp
(53:10)

"What would it take for them to declare martial law?"
starting at 42:47

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

5 2 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:01 AM (gsBYv)

Slacker!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

6 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (sAmhv)

7 "What would it take for them to declare martial law?"

An army?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

8 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0)

9 7 "What would it take for them to declare martial law?"

An army?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

A Marshal?

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:03 AM (l3cgK)

10 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:01 AM (gsBYv)

Slacker!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)
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/takes glove off and slaps m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:04 AM (gsBYv)

11 7 "What would it take for them to declare martial law?"
An army?
Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

426 408 405 France can stop the revolt overnight. ... The fact that they aren’t stopping it now means someone in power wants it to go on.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wWuuh)

Or someone doesn't want to stop it, which is the same difference, effectively.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:15 AM (l3cgK)

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:04 AM (odBC9)

12 By which they mean trying to buy off the communists, who hate them and want them dead.

The communists will gleefully take the money, and then throw them in a gulag.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 20, 2026 04:05 AM (sAmhv)

13 "What would it take for them to declare martial law?"

An army?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

A Marshal?

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:03 AM (l3cgK)
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Martians. Paging Elon Musk!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:05 AM (gsBYv)

14 10 BOING!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:01 AM (gsBYv)

Slacker!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (odBC9)

/takes glove off and slaps m
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:04 AM (gsBYv)

*ouch*

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)

15 13 "What would it take for them to declare martial law?"

An army?

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 20, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

A Marshal?

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:03 AM (l3cgK)
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Martians. Paging Elon Musk!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:05 AM (gsBYv)

A Martian Marshal Martial law...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:06 AM (l3cgK)

16 Or someone doesn't want to stop it, which is the same difference, effectively.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:15 AM (l3cgK)
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Why dontcha all just have patience and wait for Macaroon or whoever to return from whatever concert they're at today.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:07 AM (gsBYv)

17 15 13 A Martian Marshal Martial law...
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:06 AM (l3cgK)

... walk into a bar.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:08 AM (odBC9)

18 A Martian Marshal Martial law...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:06 AM (l3cgK)
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Her name is Michelle.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:08 AM (gsBYv)

19 Is it 1848 already?

I still have my Revolution decorations up.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 04:08 AM (aKiSo)

20 /takes glove off and slaps m

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:04 AM (gsBYv)

*ouch*

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:05 AM (odBC9)
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It was a velvet glove, Francis.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:09 AM (gsBYv)

21 Why dontcha all just have patience and wait for Macaroon or whoever to return from whatever concert they're at today.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:07 AM (gsBYv)

Just let the guy eat his Belgian waffle.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 04:09 AM (aKiSo)

22 BBC

Father of suspect in Australian MP attack says politician was long-time family friend

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:09 AM (odBC9)

23 3 I demand a recount!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:01 AM (gsBYv)

HE STARTED IT!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:10 AM (odBC9)

24 BBC

Father of suspect in Australian MP attack says politician was long-time family friend

https://tinyurl.com/ymu5u2x4

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:11 AM (odBC9)

25 BBC

[Australian MP] Haines, 65, is in a critical but stable condition and has reportedly lost a leg after being hit by the suspect's car outside her office in Victoria

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:12 AM (odBC9)

26 golly

The New York Times

"The Failures of Emmanuel Macron"

1 hour ago

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:14 AM (odBC9)

27 18 A Martian Marshal Martial law...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:06 AM (l3cgK)
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Her name is Michelle.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:08 AM (gsBYv)

And here I was expecting Marsha, the Martian Marshal...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:15 AM (l3cgK)

28 27 18 A Martian Marshal Martial law...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:06 AM (l3cgK)
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Her name is Michelle.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 04:08 AM (gsBYv)

And here I was expecting Marsha, the Martian Marshal...
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 04:15 AM (l3cgK)

Marianne

(Wikipedia)

Marianne ... has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as an emblem of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:17 AM (odBC9)

29 DOOMED!

Now it’s better. It’s a bit discomforting to watch the structures of society willfully collapsing. We may yet have to fight tooth and nail to preserve our freedoms and way of life.

I’m going to buy more Ammo.

Posted by: Pete Bog at October 20, 2026 04:19 AM (QmrQW)

30 Revival - Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi Opening

That's kinda fun.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:24 AM (odBC9)

31 Asian Kung Fu Generation - Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi

longplay!

Also kinda fun. But long.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

32 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at October 20, 2026 04:31 AM (Hbeqj)

33 31 Asian Kung Fu Generation - Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi

longplay!

Also kinda fun. But long.
Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

In before somebody says:

That's what she said.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)

34 The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town

I've had as an earworm since Pixy posted it!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

35 Clear but dark outside with no moon
Should be a nice day
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

36 34 The Dream Academy - Life In A Northern Town

I've had as an earworm since Pixy posted it!
Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:34 AM (odBC9)

Now being challenged by Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:38 AM (odBC9)

37 "Some of whom aren't communists or at least could grow out of it."
Sounds dangerous. I bet this will intensify the left's calls to nationalize Musk's businesses.

Posted by: PG at October 20, 2026 04:39 AM (yOA5+)

38 asmongold

695K views
8h ago

wild

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:52 AM (odBC9)

39
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at October 20, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)

40 Store clerk stops robber by talking to him about Jesus. Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/36v85kp6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 05:10 AM (JrHfD)

41 BBC
Suspect arrested after historic town hall set alight during disorder - French media

https://tinyurl.com/ys23e2f8

in which there is only one mention of Macron, in only this context:

[Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez] was strongly criticised by opposition politicians over authorities' preparedness for the disorder, leading him to offer his resignation on Monday, which was rejected by President Emmanuel Macron.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 05:18 AM (odBC9)

42 >>>Hackers breached something to with with Microsoft 365

to do with

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 05:32 AM (odBC9)

43 I'm quite happy about the article regarding Amazon investing in nuclear power. Hopefully this is the start of a trend and the tears of greenies are ignored.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 05:35 AM (lXoJ5)

44 I bet this will intensify the left's calls to nationalize Musk's businesses.
Posted by: PG

Ya know, there is this old story from Aesop about a farmer who had a goose that laid golden eggs...

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 05:37 AM (lXoJ5)

45 People are using AI to dumb their smart TVs

From reading the comments on the thread, he's disabling packages via the user's profile, in /data rather than uninstalling system packages. All the poison is still there waiting to be turned back on.

So now that this has gone public, the manufacturers will counter with restrictions at the system level that removes the ability of the users to disable certain packages, and re-enables those that were already disabled, as well as doing a CRC check on the launcher to ensure it hasn't been tampered with. Their justification? "You agreed to this in the Terms of Service."

This will escalate to hacks to rootkit the TVs, along with replacement firmware that is open source, and TV manufacturers will respond by forcing the app-makers to perform checks on their environment to make sure they're running on an "approved device" or refuse to function. App-makers that won't comply will find their apps de-certified.

And then open-source versions of the apps themselves appear, and services connected to by the apps then respond by locking down their APIs and/or adding encryption to the data streams.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 20, 2026 05:37 AM (O7YUW)

46 45: The easy solution is for the manufacturers to just give the consumer what they want but that goes against what is taught in every Business school.

As for me, I bought a dumb TV from Best Buy. The nice man was not pushy; he just said "You won't have access to certain features." Once I established that I was fine with that, he dropped the matter and loaded the TV into my cart.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 05:40 AM (lXoJ5)

47 Tiny black cat rescued from car engine brings joy to people having a Halloween anniversary
"Good News network":

https://tinyurl.com/y7hkdjks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 05:42 AM (JrHfD)

48 Evenin' and mo'nin', all! I'm sorry to have missed the vintage fun and games on last night's ONT. For some reason I thought the vintage pics were on Wednesdays.

So, Tiu's Day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

49 I woke from a dream where I was trying to do a take-home mid-term exam in econometrics or something heavily math-y. I couldn't answer half the questions, and my MSExcel warned me I only had "613" left (no idea what -- tables, cells, characters?). Hadn't bought the textbook, either. I planned to drop the course; but the registrar's website was *hiding* the "Last Day to Drop" date. When I sought their office, I couldn't find it -- the building was being remodeled, and nobody knew where the office had moved to. I told a co-worker, "I used to have friends in that office, but not any more. And they're all so unfriendly now. They look at you like you just crossed over from the DDR!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

50 I hope you all have a blessed day and know you are a blessing to others.
I am going to do a Bible study with the dear senior citizens at the nursing home later on, so probably won't be around much ( And everyone says "Yay!)IBible study is on Revelation . We're just starting.

Consider blessings in your life and thank God today!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 05:48 AM (JrHfD)

51 Tiny black cat rescued from car engine brings joy to people having a Halloween anniversary
"Good News network":

https://tinyurl.com/y7hkdjks
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026

***
Looks like my Stirling -- though I never knew him when he was that small. He was already pretty good-sized when I adopted him at three months old.

"Friday Shadow"? "Lucky" should be his name!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 05:48 AM (wzUl9)

52 44 I bet this will intensify the left's calls to nationalize Musk's businesses.
Posted by: PG

Ya know, there is this old story from Aesop about a farmer who had a goose that laid golden eggs...
Posted by: NR Pax

Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded—here and there, now and then—are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty.

This is known as "bad luck.” - Robert Heinlein

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 20, 2026 05:49 AM (sAmhv)

53 Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man.

Which explains the communist mindset. Being poor is normal so everyone (Except them) should be poor.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 05:53 AM (lXoJ5)

54 Pleasantly cool, 65 F., this morning. After workout, shower, and breakfast, I need to wash the car and visit the library. Monday seems to have become my default grocery day, Tuesday for the library and errands. Nothing is set for the other days, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

55 Oh, yes. I did want to share this because it made me laugh. I was drying some clothes and when I opened the door of the dryer several dollar bills fell out .(My son must have them in his pants pocket). So I guess you could call that money laundering, just not on the massive scale of Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 06:01 AM (JrHfD)

56 We watched he last episode of the 2022 series Marie Antoinette last night. It ended on a cliffhanger, where the French Revolution was just beginning. Not a *bad* series, interesting enough with its various palace intrigues, and with good casting.

I wonder if a third season was planned but fell through? If not, if the series was to end on this note, it needed an epilogue to let the uninformed know what happened to Marie and Louis XVI, and the regime and to France.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

57 @51/Wolfus: ""Friday Shadow"? "Lucky" should be his name!"

Found in an engine compartment? I'd name him "Dipstick".

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 20, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

58 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: It takes two to tango.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 06:10 AM (amcLV)

59 We watched he last episode of the 2022 series Marie Antoinette last night. It ended on a cliffhanger, where the French Revolution was just beginning.
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So where do they fall on the relationship between Maire and Count Fersen?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 06:11 AM (amcLV)

60 So I guess you could call that money laundering, just not on the massive scale of Ilhan Omar.

Perhaps your son was tipping out of gratitude? -:-)

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 06:11 AM (lXoJ5)

61 Folks, are you following DataRepublican's expose? I see Ace is.

Part 2:

https://tinyurl.com/58c5hd68

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 06:11 AM (RkR9o)

62 So where do they fall on the relationship between Maire and Count Fersen?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026

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He appears, they clearly have an affair, and her second (?) son is tacitly acknowledged to be his.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

63 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at October 20, 2026 06:18 AM (V0/Sp)

64 42 >>>Hackers breached something to with with Microsoft 365

to do with
Posted by: m

It's spreading!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at October 20, 2026 06:19 AM (BLOW1)

65 - Came across this, thread related, vid yesterday afternoon.

Guy who likely knows what he's talking about, explaining, AI.
What it is, where it's at and what they're shooting for, for dummies like me.
It's that last part that,,, plus what some engineers are making,,, and creating your own bot that posts for you, or something like that...

https://tinyurl.com/4tste86m

Posted by: TeeJ at October 20, 2026 06:21 AM (ix5nG)

66 So, a few weeks ago, my Blu Ray player started displaying "broken" icons for internet services (Amazon Prime, Netflix, etc.), but everything still worked. Last night, I didn't even get that - blank screen, no menu items, nothing. It would still play a disc, though. Anyone have any idea what's going on?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 06:24 AM (amcLV)

67 - Hmmm, "what" some engineers are making should have been "how much"
Mind blowing

Posted by: TeeJ at October 20, 2026 06:26 AM (ix5nG)

68 New contemporary painting hung in the Louvre:

https://tinyurl.com/3z6v8zes

Hey, CBD!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 06:33 AM (RkR9o)

69 Hey, CBD!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 06:33 AM (RkR9o)
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"Go see it while the Louvre is still standing."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 06:37 AM (IEUYY)

70 Anyone have any idea what's going on?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 06:24 AM (amcLV)
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Sounds like you were updated with a new and improved version!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 06:38 AM (IEUYY)

71 Byeee.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 20, 2026 06:40 AM (amcLV)

72
Good morning, Hordians. Averted a scare yesterday. Old Mama Dot was limping and, at her age, the first thing we thought was cancer. Sad to say, once cancer has been diagnosed, it's already too late.

Took her to the vet, they did X-rays of practically her entire body and found nothing amiss anywhere. She and Diana go in to the doggie chiropractor this morning for a treatment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:41 AM (eRlcH)

73 mornin yall. In the car yesterday I heard someone on Fox "News" Radio say that the riots in France started out as "Mostly peaceful". I laughed out loud, long and hard.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:42 AM (MWfyi)

74 Re: DataRepublican's expose, I would expect the communist left to be planning riots. I also expect the funding will come from some wealthy NGO types. Her expose will hopefully allow the authorities to arrest the events, the planners, and (especially), the funders.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 06:42 AM (IEUYY)

75 Found in an engine compartment? I'd name him "Dipstick".
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 20, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

Slick?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 06:42 AM (aKiSo)

76 VDH posted a Youtube video recently.

France is boned because there are too many (50%+) of the population that reject the shithole countries they came from yet also refuse to assimilate.

The Camp of the Saints indeed. The civil authorities dither until they eventually surrender.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 06:43 AM (LOvBA)

77

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 20, 2026 06:44 AM (e/k1K)

78
If not, if the series was to end on this note, it needed an epilogue to let the uninformed know what happened to Marie and Louis XVI, and the regime and to France.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:05 AM (wzUl9)

It all ended badly. Slaughter on an industrial scale. At least Louis and Marie met their ends with dignity, unlike the regicides, who died screaming.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 06:44 AM (eRlcH)

79 He appears, they clearly have an affair, and her second (?) son is tacitly acknowledged to be his.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 20, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

My great great great great etc etc grandpa, if I'm not mistaken.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 06:44 AM (aKiSo)

80 Meanwhile, I give you a video showing chickens wearing reflective vests and scaring people:
https://x.com/i/status/2112184177411973259

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 06:44 AM (lXoJ5)

81 - "Dipstick." - "Slick?"

Going back to my teen years,,, Six Pack?

Posted by: TeeJ at October 20, 2026 06:47 AM (ix5nG)

82 G'morning, all!

I wonder if folks in Maine watch international news?

If so, they might want to take a position on this.

https://tinyurl.com/38nasyyv

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 20, 2026 06:52 AM (iMotb)

83 $20,000,000.

Chicken feed.

https://tinyurl.com/bp6d7j4j

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 06:54 AM (RkR9o)

84 Dems can't handle it:

https://tinyurl.com/mukppyxn

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 06:56 AM (RkR9o)

85 "Masked trio robs woman cyclist — who fights back with metal water bottle — in unprovoked Central Park attack"

Unprovoked? They wanted to steal her stuff and do who knows what else. She's a life long New Yorker. Sucks to be her. I be she voted for the Muz. Bicycling thru Central Park armed only with a water bottle does not seem to be a very wise thing to do.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:58 AM (MWfyi)

86 The 501c3 organization "National Security Leaders for America (NSL4A)" seems to be one focus of DataRepublican's expose, an organization composed of 1600 (claimed) members and led by a steering committee of former Biden/Obama NatSec types. Grok can give you a review of the organization and leadership, if you are interested.

Erica Chenoweth, a professor and Dean at Harvard's Kennedy School, is also a focus. She specializes in color revolutions.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:00 AM (5T19r)

87 James Carville has gone completely nuts, posting spitting hate rants on X. What Trump ever did to Carville I cannot imagine, but he really has gone over the edge.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:02 AM (5T19r)

88 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:04 AM (RIvkX)

89 Here's another:

"The BBC is being flamed for calling the riots engulfing France “mostly peaceful,” while airing footage of masked looters torching cars and clashing with cops."

The Media lies all the time and it's coordinated. Fox "News" included.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:05 AM (MWfyi)

90 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 20, 2026 07:05 AM (dF6f/)

91
Erica Chenoweth, a professor and Dean at Harvard's Kennedy School

Pray, who isn't a Dean at Harvard's Kennedy School? It's like a landfill for retired/failed Democrats.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (eRlcH)

92 Or someone doesn't want to stop it, which is the same difference, effectively.

I loved the part where these riots were taking place just prior to the weekend and an "Emergency Meeting" was scheduled for after brunch the following Monday.

Don't want to interrupt the weekend, by say, not going to a concert in Belgium, or too early in the morning but a civilized amount of time after waking, hitting the bottle and getting through email, discussing the vanities of the day and eventually wandering in to the Emergency Meeting.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (rgGn5)

93 Amy Acton's mother (Acton is running for Ohio governor, against Ramaswamy) made an ad telling people to vote Republican and not for her daughter, whom she describes as a habitual liar and fantasist.

Whoosh. That'll leave a mark.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (coI9H)

94 James Carville has gone completely nuts, posting spitting hate rants on X. What Trump ever did to Carville I cannot imagine, but he really has gone over the edge.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:02 AM (5T19r)
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He was never all that stable to begin with.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (FZ29D)

95 James Carville has always been completely nuts.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (RIvkX)

96 87 James Carville has gone completely nuts, posting spitting hate rants on X.

His star is fading and he's desperately lashing out and hoping that he can stay relevant.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (lXoJ5)

97 I see that Alberta voted to remain in Canada.

LOL.

I never want to hear a Canadian bitch about this again.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 20, 2026 07:07 AM (LOvBA)

98 In case you weren't sure who and what Abdul El-Sayed is, James O'Keefe is here to help you out:

https://tinyurl.com/2k38xy72

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:08 AM (6ORiD)

99
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 20, 2026 07:05 AM (dF6f/)

Her Majesty has concluded from observation outside her study's window that blackbirds and doves like the running fountain, sparrows like the concrete birdbath and cardinals like the ground tray bath.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:08 AM (eRlcH)

100 Erica Chenoweth, a professor and Dean at Harvard's Kennedy School, is also a focus. She specializes in color revolutions.

I'm trying to figure out the private market for degrees in coup d' etat from Harvard.

Probably a big hit with foreign students with aspirations to be stationed by their sponsoring government within the former United States.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:10 AM (rgGn5)

101 I think Elvis was ahead of his time when he shot his TV.

Posted by: Biergood at October 20, 2026 07:10 AM (PwgSL)

102 99: We had a pair of young hawks that absolutely loved our ground tray bird bath.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 07:10 AM (lXoJ5)

103
I loved the part where these riots were taking place just prior to the weekend and an "Emergency Meeting" was scheduled for after brunch the following Monday.

The agenda had to be agreed on. Pencils sharpened. Donuts ordered. Chairs arranged. This is the EU. You can't just go into a meeting!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:11 AM (eRlcH)

104 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 07:11 AM (RORbl)

105 Good morning.
Gearing up for another day of exciting blog comment action.

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 07:12 AM (ZxPkt)

106 When the AI bubble bursts, and it will burst, make sure you wear a raincoat.

Posted by: Mr. Spooge at October 20, 2026 07:13 AM (8EQTH)

107
CBD is right about the food, but France otherwise is screwed.

My kids were in Paris a couple years ago and saw some idiot try and fail to torch up a barricade with the Gendarmerie armed with automatic weapons just watched.

Posted by: Auspex at October 20, 2026 07:16 AM (Y8DZL)

108
Amazon is funding the development of twelve small nuclear reactors at a decommissioned coal-fired power plan in Indiana.

Given all the ramped up chaos and action towards ending civilization via communism, this is absolutely encouraging. In the same category as Martin Luther saying that if he knew the LORD was returning tomorrow, he would still plant a tree today.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:17 AM (PVBkQ)

109 mornin yall. In the car yesterday I heard someone on Fox "News" Radio say that the riots in France started out as "Mostly peaceful". I laughed out loud, long and hard.
Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 06:42 AM (MWfyi)
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Greg Palkot said it yesterday live on the air. Twice.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:17 AM (RIvkX)

110 September 11, 2001 started out as mostly peaceful.

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:21 AM (MWfyi)

111 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 20, 2026 07:21 AM (JDhDw)

112 Needs to be arrested - fast:

https://tinyurl.com/jvxmzn3v

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 07:21 AM (6ORiD)

113
Burning down buildings: mostly peaceful

Using wrong pronouns: literally genocide

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 20, 2026 07:22 AM (eRlcH)

114 When do the mostly peaceful beheadings start?

Posted by: fd at October 20, 2026 07:22 AM (MWfyi)

115 Thank you for watching Fox News so I don't have to.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:23 AM (4cb3I)

116 I have noticed that in several media outlets. The media such a bubble that these don't even know "mostly peaceful protests" is a commonly used epithet about media propaganda.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 07:23 AM (BI5O2)

117 The 1968 Tet Offensive was mostly peaceful

Posted by: Don Black at October 20, 2026 07:26 AM (ZxPkt)

118 Probably a big hit with foreign students with aspirations to be stationed by their sponsoring government within the former United States.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 20, 2026 07:10 AM (rgGn5)

Yeah, we don't need a Patrice Lumumba University, because unlike the USSR, the US is unbothered by foreigners crawling all over our campuses, and every college is mostly dedicated to political indoctrination and revolutionary consciousness.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 07:27 AM (BI5O2)

119 102 99: We had a pair of young hawks that absolutely loved our ground tray bird bath.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 20, 2026 07:10 AM (lXoJ5
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For a bit of time over the summer we were honored to have a hawk scouring our back yard every now and again. I noticed we have fewer squirrels now.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:27 AM (4cb3I)

120 Gym calling. Best to all this morning.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 20, 2026 07:28 AM (4cb3I)

121 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 20, 2026 07:30 AM (VyBeY)

122 Yeah, we don't need a Patrice Lumumba University, because unlike the USSR, the US is unbothered by foreigners crawling all over our campuses, and every college is mostly dedicated to political indoctrination and revolutionary consciousness.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 20, 2026 07:27 AM (BI5O2)
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I encountered a few black people when I was in the USSR. All of them were students there.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 20, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX)

123 I suppose the US media would use different language if there were reports, video, and first person accounts of French media (any media, really) being set upon and/or harmed.

So far, they've been left alone. Which unto itself, if telling.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 20, 2026 07:34 AM (RORbl)

124 J.J. Sefton: Runway 07

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 20, 2026 07:34 AM (u82oZ)

125 Last watched Fox News in 2008. Forgot where it is on the TV. Don't miss it.

Posted by: Unconcerned Non-Viewer at October 20, 2026 07:37 AM (EdP2u)

126 @66/Captain Obvious: "So, a few weeks ago, my Blu Ray player started displaying "broken" icons for internet services (Amazon Prime, Netflix, etc.), but everything still worked. Last night, I didn't even get that - blank screen, no menu items, nothing. It would still play a disc, though. Anyone have any idea what's going on?"

My bets are:

a) SSL Certificates expired and weren't replaced.
b) Apps contained a drop-dead-by date. Try resetting the date on the Blu-Ray player to a year ago.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 20, 2026 10:03 AM (O7YUW)

127 US Ambassador Warns EU Of 'Devastating' Retaliation Over Tech Restrictions

"You don't make European companies more competitive by making U.S. companies less competitive..."

Posted by: SMOD at October 20, 2026 11:14 AM (RHGPo)

128 >A Martian Marshal Martial law

Amusing TV fact: in the pilot for the 2008 cop drama In Plain Sight, Peter Weller's son had a walk-on role as a U.S. Marshal. Since there were two marshals in the scene, the script refers to his character as "Marshall (Man)"[sic].

When the show got picked up and Weller's character became a regular it was a new writers room, and they assumed that Marshall was the first name of the character. So he was Marshall for two seasons. They lampshade it in Season 3 when someone asks what his last name is, and he answers "Mann". The character is literally named "Marshall Mann".

Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 20, 2026 11:49 AM (LgYtf)

Monday Night ONT - October 19, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. Welcome to the Monday overnight thread. The bar is open and the refrigerator has been freshly re-stocked with A&W Rootbeer.

Welcome to the Monday night ONT which means vintage overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. Pants are optional. This ONT is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn, and Bill Kristol free zone. Fauci is fair game.

[Top photo: Uniroyal Tire, Dearborn, Michigan, 1986. The 80-foot-tall fiberglass tire still exists and is located alongside Interstate 94 in Allen Park, Michigan (just outside Dearborn). It was originally built as a Ferris wheel for the 1964-65 New York World's Fair by the United States Rubber Company (later Uniroyal). After the fair, it was disassembled, shipped to Michigan on multiple trucks, and reassembled in 1966 as a static display outside a Uniroyal sales office.]

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The Monday ONT has dialed up the wayback machine with very random results.

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Advance Roofing, Mims, Florida, 1990. I appreciate the space shuttle homage, but no indication that it still exists.

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Beef Burger, Amarillo, Texas, 1976. Located at 3102 Plains Blvd, Amarillo, TX 79102. Looks like the building still exists but the business may have recently closed? The interweb says it was originally an A&W Rootbeer stand before the burger place took over around 1952.

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Benewah Dairy, Spokane, Washington, 1980. Believe it still exists at 321 S. Cedar Street, Spokane, WA 99201. Now it houses an ice cream shop.

20261014-Benewah DairymilkbottlespoakaneWA1980.jpg

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Big Shoe Repair, Bakersfield, California, 2003. Still operates as a shoe repair business at 931 Chester Avenue, Bakersfield, California 93301. The shoe has been hit by wayward cars and repaired several times.

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Brown Derby, Los Angeles, California, 1986. Was at 3377 Wilshire Boulevard but no longer exists. It closed in 1980 and demolished, but parts of the hat dome were purportedly incorporated into the new building (Brown Derby Plaza). Can anyone confirm?

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Coca Cola Bottling, Los Angeles, California, 1977. Still there at 1334 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021. The location still operates as a Coca Cola bottling plant. The building itself is famous - it was designed to look like a ship with portholes, railings and curves.

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Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota, 1979. It still exists near I-90 and US-169. The interweb says this was purely a local effort to grab eyeballs. The Jolly Green Giant company was not involved and did not fund it.

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Life Saver Factory, Port Arthur, New York, 1976. The plant closed in 1984 or 1985 and this large scale Pep-O-Mint life saver version was relocated to Gouverneur, New York (the hometown of Life Savers co-founder Edward J. Noble). It was installed on the village green in 1987 and is still there.

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Orange juice stand, Turlock, California, 1977. No evidence this still exists.

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Superman, Massac County Courthouse, Metropolis, Illinois, 1993. It still exists at 517 Market Street (also known as Superman Square). This version in 1993 replaced a smaller previous version that was damaged by vandals (why can't we have nice things?). Metropolis is Superman's hometown.

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The Hogan, San Jacinto, California, 1977. It was originally built in 1936 as an Indian arts and crafts store (modeled after a Navajo hogan). It is at the corner of Main Street and Sheriff Avenue. The building has had different occupants over the years and new stucco and windows have changed its appearance. It is either a nail shop or tattoo studio today.

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You want music in your ONT? What about animation? OK. You get both.

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The Monday ONT is brought to you by Bartles & Jaymes:

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Complaints and other correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com where they will be promptly be lost by the email gnomes. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 Videos of Envelopes being received at G.H.W. Bush’s funeral
https://tinyurl.com/y9p5myyu

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:00 PM (2UA/a)

2 I think The Grateful might consider this for a TRex Christmas gift this year, via Amazon.

https://a.co/d/047McAUJ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:01 PM (qx7Zg)

3 Evening, T-Rex, thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 10:02 PM (aJQbY)

4 Ah, the Uniroyal Tire. A fond memory from my childhood.

Thanks, and Hi!, TRex.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:03 PM (77rzZ)

5 MMmmm… root beer…
😛

Posted by: mindful webworker - with ice cream at October 19, 2026 10:03 PM (vmXN+)

6 The bar is open and the refrigerator has been freshly re-stocked with A&W Rootbeer.

Ah, the quality stuff. Rex is a dino of class.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

7 How my day went:
Found a good swath of jobs to apply to.
Had a screening call with a recruiter.
Halfway through cooking supper, the stove burner stopped burning. Had to switch to the other one that size. Hopefully I'll be able to repair it/it will be a simple part replacement... did not need this right now. (Don't need it any time, but especially now). Most of the time I'll be able to get by with just the one large burner, until I can troubleshoot and get under there sufficiently.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 10:04 PM (aJQbY)

8 Thanks for the ONT and the oldie pics, TRex!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:04 PM (Jr+re)

9 Thank you for the ONT T-Rex.

I lived in Dearborn for 4 months with my Aunt. I actually do remember a huge tire, but not in Dearborn. The memory may be fuzzy.

And I was in Columbus, Ohio for 8 years and saw the first Wendy's restaurant.

Oh, Alberta voting underway....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:05 PM (Sco7b)

10 Bartles and James wine coolers. A reminder that chick drinks did not always taste like ass.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

11 Uniroyal Tire, Dearborn, Michigan, 1986.

That's the second biggest tire I've ever seen!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:05 PM (1Ff7Z)

12 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 10:05 PM (zZu0s)

13 Thanks for a rip- RRROOOAAARRRing ONT, Mr. TRex!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:05 PM (qx7Zg)

14 Meow. Damn apple products

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at October 19, 2026 10:05 PM (w3u3d)

15 Leamington, Ontario is the tomato capital of Canada and they do have a giant tomato tourist information booth which is kind of cool.

I did see it a little while back.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:06 PM (Sco7b)

16 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 19, 2026 10:06 PM (sAmhv)

17 There's always money in the Banana Stand.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 10:06 PM (rQo4V)

18 MMmmm… pep-o-mint Life Savers…
😛

Posted by: mindful webworker - with root beer at October 19, 2026 10:06 PM (vmXN+)

19 Benewah Dairy, "

Balls?

Need to add the giant igloo playmate cooler...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (pfXMo)

20 Have been to the giant milk jug in Spokane and the new Brown Derby in LA.
Thanks for the ONT, Dino.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (41CYW)

21 What!? No MufflerMan pics?

I am disappoint.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (V8Zwm)

22 Orange juice stand, Turlock, California, 1977. No evidence this still exists.

It wasn't the healthiest-looking orange in 1977.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (VHUov)

23 Good evening TRex! What a pleasant surprise 😃
Hi Horde! I hope everyone had a swell time at TXMoMe, and you all got home safe and sound....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (96kpa)

24 17 There's always money in the Banana Stand.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 10:06 PM (rQo4V)

*kicks dirt*

Someone ALWAYS beats me to the joke.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (0aYVJ)

25 Happy Post MoMe you marvelous Horde! T-Rex another outstanding ONT! (I will check the content later)

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (BJzO2)

26 That's a really big shoe.

Posted by: Zombie Ed Sullivan at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (Q+gd/)

27 The interweb says it was originally an A&W Rootbeer stand

Barrel --> Root Beer

Sure, why not?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

28 LRob, I will be gifting you a TXMoMe essential next year. Make sure you're there!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:08 PM (LUFbp)

29 Beef Burger, Amarillo, Texas, 1976.

My memories of the 70s are hazy. Was beef delivered in barrels back then?

(Single-digit age, not drugs.)

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:09 PM (VHUov)

30 Benewah Dairy, Spokane, Washington, 1980.

That's the second largest... milk bottle, shoe, derby, etc....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)

31 COMountainMarie {{{Marie}}} Missed you!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:09 PM (BJzO2)

32 OK, Grateful . . . . . I think.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:09 PM (Jr+re)

33 Thanks for the wayback Monday ONT, T Rex!

I recall seeing the Uniroyal Tire outside of Dearborn. It was quite impressive in person, back in the day.

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (D/6p1)

34 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:00 PM (2UA/a)

Left unsaid by our host, but assumed by sentient beings, is that this ONT is also a lunatic-conspiracy-theory-free zone.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (k5CNB)

35 How do you curate this collection of architectural pics and leave out Tail O The Pup?

An LA institution.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (vBZcw)

36 Detroit Metro was a bit of a trek from home, the tire was a marker for the halfway mark.

Posted by: Lirio100 at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (ky7/T)

37 I love all this Americana. I can't get enough of it.
Who has seen the Big Duck in Flanders NY?

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (Lo97M)

38 10 Chicks in college loved the fuzzy navels that I’d make.

Unfortunately, College Bulg was so clueless that he could never translate that into sexual success.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (77rzZ)

39 The shoe has been hit by wayward cars and repaired several times.

Good thing there was a shoe repair place nearby.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

40 Good evening Horde!

Hello and thanks to all for your patronage. Glad you're here.

Posted by: TRex- roadside attraction dino at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (LUFbp)

41 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (ndZc7)

42 2 I think The Grateful might consider this for a TRex Christmas gift this year, via Amazon.

https://a.co/d/047McAUJ
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
----------
Or this, Grateful.
https://tinyurl.com/yyj725h4

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:12 PM (41CYW)

43 Hat and Boots gas station in Seattle....the "go see Cal" guy tried to save it.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:12 PM (BJzO2)

44 I thought Smallville was Superman's hometown?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

45 Left unsaid by our host, but assumed by sentient beings, is that this ONT is also a lunatic-conspiracy-theory-free zone.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (k5CNB)

Do you mean proving the earth is flat by putting a level on the ground and claiming that means it's flat? Or using the counter example that, if the earth was flat, cats would have pushed everything off by now?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:13 PM (qx7Zg)

46 Orange juice stand, Turlock, California, 1977.

Turdlock. Saw plenty of those oranges on the way from the Big Valley to Chowchilla in the 70s.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:13 PM (1Ff7Z)

47 41 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (ndZc7)

Always classin' the joint up there, sport.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:13 PM (fOTAm)

48 Bartles & James. Tasted ok after mixing Spider Web (Golden Samovar vodka).

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 10:14 PM (LHPAg)

49 43 Hat and Boots gas station in Seattle....the "go see Cal" guy tried to save it.
Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:12 PM (BJzO2)

Please tell me the Toe Truck is still there.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:14 PM (fOTAm)

50 Not home from TX yet...should be by Friday. Hanging out in TN for a few days (yes, basking in the glow of the glorious victory on Saturday). Also sitting here smiling at all the wonderful memories created in TX last week. This Horde may be a wacky, crazy group of individuals, but they are also the very best of humans and I feel so blessed to be part of this group. Thank you Ben Had, Jennifer and Bob, and everyone who contributed in so many ways to make this a highlight every single year. Looking forward to October 2027...

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:14 PM (LUFbp)

51 Green Giant, Blue Earth, Minnesota, 1979. It still exists near I-90 and US-169. The interweb says this was purely a local effort to grab eyeballs. The Jolly Green Giant company was not involved and did not fund it.

I've driven past it.

Pretty short toga he's wearing. Wonder if he's anatomically-correct?

Wonder if a giant anthropomorphic vegetable garden even has anatomy? Probably just a big flower under there.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

52 Left unsaid by our host, but assumed by sentient beings, is that this ONT is also a lunatic-conspiracy-theory-free zone.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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*kicks ground* darned rules.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:14 PM (41CYW)

53 Mystery click is a great song. Thanks as always!

Posted by: 496 at October 19, 2026 10:15 PM (m8Qhu)

54 The Hogan, San Jacinto, California, 1977.

(shakes fist)

Hogan!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)

55 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: gynecologists at October 19, 2026 10:15 PM (rQo4V)

56 Oklahoma City has an old (formerly) dairy building with a milk bottle on top. Strangely, it's on some national historic listing associated with Route 66.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:15 PM (Jr+re)

57 *kicks ground* darned rules.
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:14 PM (41CYW)

Can't do nothin'.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:16 PM (fOTAm)

58 Hi Rat! Good to see you!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 19, 2026 10:16 PM (96kpa)

59 F*ck Uniroyal

Posted by: Randy's Donuts at October 19, 2026 10:16 PM (vBZcw)

60 46 Turock, Son of Stone

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:16 PM (77rzZ)

61 All I know is a lot of shit I would have laughed off as conspiracy theories in my 20s seem a damn certainty now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 10:16 PM (zZu0s)

62 about last May I had a broken branch on a plum tree, so I picked a bunch of the green plums off the branch and tried curing them in brine, like green olives.
I changed the brine every two weeks about three times, and then let them sit in brine in the fridge.
I had one today, and it is sort of like a green olive, if you had an olive that was sort of crisp and crunchy and not olive-textured.
It used to be a thing to do, for those who lived in olive-impoverished regions

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 10:16 PM (rbvCR)

63 RAT!

You Bastard!

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 19, 2026 10:17 PM (pi/ZK)

64 Please tell me the Toe Truck is still there.
Posted by: tcn in AK

It might be, but I haven't seen in 20 yrs or so....

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:17 PM (BJzO2)

65 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM

*shifty eyes*
Posted by: gynecologists at October 19, 2026 10:15 PM (rQo4V)

--------

"Hey, why does it smell like fish in here?"

Posted by: Randy's Donuts at October 19, 2026 10:17 PM (vBZcw)

66 Newark, Ohio has the Longaberger Basket Building. The company went belly up a few years ago, but the Basket Building remains.

Posted by: Where Are We Going, And Why Are We In This Basket at October 19, 2026 10:17 PM (EdP2u)

67 Detroit Metro was a bit of a trek from home, the tire was a marker for the halfway mark.

Posted by: Lirio100 at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (ky7/T)

I lived in Ann Arbor for about five years. Dearborn was a bit of a drive, but we would go to the Ford museum occasionally.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:17 PM (k5CNB)

68 As I watched the Pink Panther vid, I wondered who did the animation. Looked so familiar.

Went by kinda fast, but the credits said "DePatie–Freleng." That would be Fritz Freleng, "American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons (WB) on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from the 1930s to the early 1960s. In total, he created more than 300 cartoons."
https://w.wiki/d$ht

Posted by: mindful webworker - for anyone who cares at October 19, 2026 10:17 PM (vmXN+)

69 Now I feel better. Thanks, nurse.

Hello Some Rat!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (Jr+re)

70 I think The Grateful might consider this for a TRex Christmas gift this year, via Amazon.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf
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Or this, Grateful.
https://tinyurl.com/yyj725h4
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:12 PM (41CYW)
* * * *
Yesssssss!!! Scampydog! A perfect gift for T Rex!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

71
Good evening, all. There was a pair of giant hideous chickens when I was a kid in front of some restaurant a little ways up the coast. They didn't look friendly or cute or anything. If you're going to do this artwork, do it right!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (mmrXZ)

72 {{{Nurse}}} !!

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (BJzO2)

73 Taking the camper to get it winterized tomorrow. At last. We lived in it for nearly four months this summer, while the house was remodeled. Close quarters what with DH and two sled dogs. And the shedding! I think I vacuumed up at least two dogs a month. Probably could have knit a sweater if I had spun it.

Now we just wander around the house loving it.

Still unpacking and figuring out where stuff goes. And washing drywall dust off stuff that got left out upstairs. That crap gets everywhere.

And NOT going to the f*ing laundromat. Yay!

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (fOTAm)

74 It's a shame Dildo, Newfoundland doesn't have any huge, kick-ass large statues.

If only there was something....

Just....something.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)

75 I have a picture of me with that very same Superman! I have spent more time in Metropolis, Il than any human being should have. But there is always Paducah!

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 10:19 PM (ZdaMQ)

76 NURSE! AND Some rat. CBD, Bulg, et. al. Big company we're keeping this evening.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (fOTAm)

77 Hey, CBD, did you ever go to Michigan Stadium?

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

78 Do you mean proving the earth is flat by putting a level on the ground and claiming that means it's flat?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:13 PM (qx7Zg)

Well, can you disprove that experiment?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (k5CNB)

79 Have been to the giant milk jug in Spokane and the new Brown Derby in LA.
Thanks for the ONT, Dino.
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:07 PM (41CYW)

I think I had a meal once in the old Brown Derby, circa 1972.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (wSl27)

80 Left unsaid by our host, but assumed by sentient beings, is that this ONT is also a lunatic-conspiracy-theory-free zone.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:10 PM (k5CNB)

Are you sure about that?

Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (LMRVO)

81 If only there was something....

Just....something.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)

It's at the tip of Garrett's tongue!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (k5CNB)

82 Gaffney, SC has a nice water tower.

Posted by: Peachoid at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (EdP2u)

83 10 Chicks in college loved the fuzzy navels that I’d make.

Unfortunately, College Bulg was so clueless that he could never translate that into sexual success.
Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:11
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As a bartender then at a college bar I remember when Fuzzy Navels became popular. It was after Amaretto Stone Sours as I recall.

Also way before Sex on the Beach.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (4Qj8V)

84 So what is everyone's theory on what was in the Envelopes ?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)

85 Videos of Envelopes being received at G.H.W. Bush’s funeral
https://tinyurl.com/y9p5myyu
Posted by: Braenyard

What Was in the Envelopes at President Bush’s Funeral?

Free round-trip tickets to Epstein's luxury resort.

Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (vmXN+)

86 78 Do you mean proving the earth is flat by putting a level on the ground and claiming that means it's flat?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:13 PM (qx7Zg)

Well, can you disprove that experiment?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (k5CNB)

Somebody get Elon on the phone.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (fOTAm)

87 >>>Advance Roofing, Mims, Florida, 1990. I appreciate the space shuttle homage, but no indication that it still exists.

Alas, the same can be said of the Space Shuttle itself.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (syz1S)

88 84 So what is everyone's theory on what was in the Envelopes ?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)

Xerox of his ass.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (fOTAm)

89 It's beyond me why people are suggesting Christmas gifts that I would get for TRex...we all know that is all up to Santa, after he checks his very long list.
And NO ONE should support any suggestion by Doggo...EVER!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (LUFbp)

90 Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (77rzZ)

It was the law.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (k5CNB)

91 In those Day of Yore, the senior prank at my high school involved certain miscreants who hit the local dairy farms and heisted their fiberglass display cows. Then "Bob" of Bobs Big Boy fame also took an unscheduled trip, and all of them somehow ended up on the roof of the administration building.

A major investigation ensued, but efforts to get DNA samples from the plastic cows proved fruitless.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 10:23 PM (vBZcw)

92 Posted by: LRob in OK

It was wonderful to see you and I enjoyed the hell out of our conversations.
Who ever invented the Horde deserves some sort of Nobel prize.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:23 PM (BJzO2)

93 84 So what is everyone's theory on what was in the Envelopes ?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)

Off-shore bank account numbers.

Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 10:23 PM (Q+gd/)

94 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (ndZc7)

That's why Gay bars have no front doors. You come in the rear.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

95 There was a hottie named Jasmine on Global News reporting from Edmonton.

Wait times for voting today ranged from 5 minutes to 40 minutes. I'm in a small area. It's pretty much walk in and vote.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (Sco7b)

96 Well, can you disprove that experiment?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (k5CNB

Yup. My level is 100 miles long.

Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (LMRVO)

97 I saw Videos of Envelopes when they opened for Five Feet to the Window at the Crystal Ballroom in 1994

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (rbvCR)

98 90 🙂

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

99 Who ever invented the Horde

Not so much "who", but when? Was the term used back in the 200x time?

You know, they say the first thing to go with old age is your memory and I can't remember what's next.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:25 PM (Jr+re)

100 It's beyond me why people are suggesting Christmas gifts that I would get for TRex...we all know that is all up to Santa, after he checks his very long list.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (LUFbp)

Barrett M82A1

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:25 PM (k5CNB)

101 Well, can you disprove that experiment?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (k5CNB

Yup. My level is 100 miles long.
Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (LMRVO)

Or that a ship is over the horizon.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 10:26 PM (zZu0s)

102 Then "Bob" of Bobs Big Boy fame also took an unscheduled trip, and all of them somehow ended up on the roof of the administration building.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 10:23 PM (vBZcw)

Bob appeared in the student center at my high school my senior year. "Nobody" knew how it got there.

Also, West High has a huge painting of their mascot, an eagle, on the side of their auditorium. For their homecoming, several, and I mean a lot, of us made instant mashed potatoes and left a huge pile of them under it. But again, "nobody" knew how it got there.

And of course, after the '64 quake when some of West High collapsed, our chant was "East is best 'cause there ain't no West."

We weren't known for our empathy on that point.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:26 PM (fOTAm)

103 The Twin Teepees on Hwy 99 was quite the landmark.

The Lincoln Toe Truck is still around.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 19, 2026 10:26 PM (yEz+x)

104 My level is 100 miles long.

Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (LMRVO)

Length isn't everything!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:26 PM (k5CNB)

105 It's beyond me why people are suggesting Christmas gifts that I would get for TRex...we all know that is all up to Santa, after he checks his very long list.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (LUFbp)

Barrett M82A1
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*******
Okay, now we are being serious. Different story entirely....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:27 PM (LUFbp)

106 Yup. My level is 100 miles long.
Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (LMRVO)

Quite the tool, there, RI.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:27 PM (fOTAm)

107 Or that a ship is over the horizon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 10:26 PM

my hands felt just like balloons

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 10:27 PM (rQo4V)

108 It's beyond me why people are suggesting Christmas gifts that I would get for TRex...we all know that is all up to Santa, after he checks his very long list.
And NO ONE should support any suggestion by Doggo...EVER!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (LUFbp)

Considering how often he restocks the root beer, I assumed he regularly got Sneaky Snake Repellent.

https://youtu.be/ZCboywXksXk

(My idea came from Hallmark...)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:27 PM (qx7Zg)

109 "Not so much "who", but when? Was the term used back in the 200x time?"

iirc, the Moron part comes from the character Stork in Animal House.

Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

110 In addition to everything else, the TXMoMe also featured A&W root beers in the cooler!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (HlyYF)

111 The Lincoln Toe Truck is still around.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 19, 2026 10:26 PM (yEz+x)

Yay! It was my fav. Better even than the Space Needle.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (fOTAm)

112 You know, they say the first thing to go with old age is your memory and I can't remember what's next.
Posted by: LRob

Heh! I have a freaking list.....

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)

113 Oh, it's not decorated, but the 7 ft Costco Christmas tree is upstairs. Ralphy is crazy so Mom and I stopped with Halloween - she did it for 4 decades.

And my friends' children like to decorate the tree so 5 years ago we started to have an informal Christmas in October or November where they'd decorate the tree, we'd have food and we'd get gifts for the kids.

Outside waits until Nov 1st.

Referendum counting being held off right now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (Sco7b)

114 Jolly Green Giant statue looks about 30 feet tall.

Posted by: Joemarine at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (y171U)

115 It's beyond me why people are suggesting Christmas gifts that I would get for TRex...we all know that is all up to Santa, after he checks his very long list.

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:22 PM (LUFbp)

Hmm. I know one thing that would be a great house-warming gift. It begins with AR.

Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (LMRVO)

116 There’s a Wheedle on the Needle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 19, 2026 10:29 PM (yEz+x)

117 Heh! I have a freaking list.....
Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (BJzO2)

Any idea where you left it?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:30 PM (fOTAm)

118 Gaffney, SC has a nice water tower.
Posted by: Peachoid
+++
The peachoid looks like a big ole butt from certain angles.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 19, 2026 10:30 PM (Lo97M)

119 Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (LMRVO)
Length isn't everything!

Quite the tool, there, RI.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:27 PM (fOTAm)

I am very humble.

Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:31 PM (LMRVO)

120 Correction: Smallville is Superman's home town.
He just works in Metropolis.

Posted by: Chemist at October 19, 2026 10:31 PM (mNyg8)

121 So what is everyone's theory on what was in the Envelopes ?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)

I hold in my hand the envelopes. As a child of four can plainly see, these envelopes have been hermetically sealed. They've been kept in a mayonnaise jar on Funk and Wagnalls' porch since noon today. NO ONE knows the contents of these envelopes – but you, Carnac, in your mystical and borderline divine way, will ascertain the answers having never before heard the questions.

Posted by: Ed McMahon at October 19, 2026 10:32 PM (1Ff7Z)

122 You know, they say the first thing to go with old age is your memory and I can't remember what's next.
Posted by: LRob

Heh! I have a freaking list.....
Posted by: Some Rat

Ah, but do you remember where you put the list?

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:32 PM (VHUov)

123 On a cross country camping trip in 2002 I detoured a bit to take my kids to see the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth.
We had blasted out of RI to Chicago, the headed west overland by RT20 into Iowa to give them a mid west fix, then deked back north to find I90 and get the hell out of there.
That was their first real 'we're not in New England anymore' experience.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (sl73Y)

124 Any idea where you left it?
Posted by: tcn in AK

It might be in a shirt pocket, maybe on the counter, could be being used as a book mark, might have left it in the car, possibly loaned it out...

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (BJzO2)

125 I thought I might have seen the Turlock Orange; but it was probably the one in Lemon grove.

Thanks for the ONT Mr. Short arm!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (NnhvP)

126 Correction: Smallville is Superman's home town.
He just works in Metropolis.
Posted by: Chemist

With the dumbest, most unobservant reporters in the history of the Daily Planet.

Although, I must admit our current crop of 'reporters' is dismal too.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (V8Zwm)

127 Barrett M82A1
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
*******
Okay, now we are being serious. Different story entirely....
Posted by: The Grateful - R
--------
Stick with me here. Animatronic TRex with a Barret.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (41CYW)

128 Evening all,

We have a launch in the morning.

SpaceX/NASA - Falcon 9 - Bandwagon-5
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 20, 2026
Launch Time: 6:30 a.m. EDT (1030 UTC, 12:30 CEST)

https://youtu.be/GxvZk5YHfR4

Tomorrow would have been Dad's 81st birthday.

Posted by: Joyenz at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (2F0/Y)

129 Late to the show...just reading over the newspaper article where my G-Grandmother was severely injured (internal injuries) in a train accident more than 120 years ago...I was wrong; she died 14 months later at the age of 34.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)

130 Good evening morons e grazie Dino

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

131 Hi all! Not quite home - taking the slow way through Arkansas while trying to avoid hitting the armored dildos.
Some Rat - it was just so so good to have your ornery self be present and your son is a prince among men.
I really missed all our regulars but was happy to meet some newbies an initiate them into what is the TXMoMe horde.

Posted by: SnailRacer at October 19, 2026 10:34 PM (l4M08)

132 Any idea where you left it?
Posted by: tcn in AK

It might be in a shirt pocket, maybe on the counter, could be being used as a book mark, might have left it in the car, possibly loaned it out...
Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (BJzO2)

It isn't under a leg of the wobbly table at the Saturday ONT, is it?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)

133 131 Hi all! Not quite home - taking the slow way through Arkansas while trying to avoid hitting the armored dildos.
Some Rat - it was just so so good to have your ornery self be present and your son is a prince among men.
I really missed all our regulars but was happy to meet some newbies an initiate them into what is the TXMoMe horde.

Posted by: SnailRacer at October 19, 2026 10:34 PM (l4M0

I've never seen armored dildos thrown at WNBA games...yet.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)

134 a shame Dildo, Newfoundland doesn't have any huge, kick-ass large statues.

Come to Haesindang Park. Come one, come all!

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 10:35 PM (88C+u)

135 Congrats to tcn in AK for escaping the camper. Must feel great.

Posted by: mindful webworker - there's no place like home at October 19, 2026 10:35 PM (vmXN+)

136 132 Any idea where you left it?
Posted by: tcn in AK

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Funny how it's always in the last place you look, amirite?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 10:35 PM (vBZcw)

137 1 Videos of Envelopes being received at G.H.W. Bush’s funeral
https://tinyurl.com/y9p5myyu
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:00 PM (2UA/a)
*********
I've always thought the note said something like "We know he killed JFK."

Or a photo of him being a pedo. I never liked him and photos showed him in Dallas and he never admitted it. A deep dive (when I was bored years ago) showed a typed msg signed by him mentioning some crap about JFK's murder. Signed as a Texas rancher. Too long ago to remember where I saw this.

I saw the funeral live. It seemed to me Jeb and Laura were glaring at Trump in shock. Opened mouth shock.

The timing was perfect. GWB did not look at the note, like he knew somehow.

Whatever it said was damning. Jeb and Laura did not try to hide their shock and horror. GWB faced forward and tried not to flinch, but his anger showed.

Hilary barely reacted.

My favorite part was Jimmah and Rosylyn looking bummed out because they didn't get an envelope like the others. Lol.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)

138 There's a Lemon Grove, suburb just east of San Diego, they have a nice lemon on a stand. Then there's the oddly named hamlet of Lemon Cove, which has an orange stand very similar to the one pictured above. AZ Deplorable Moron, you talking about the Lemon Cove thing?

Stayed in a very odd hotel literally adjacent to the orange stand. I think as a base to visit Sequoia Nat. Park. Orange place was never open when we were there.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 10:36 PM (U/Byj)

139 134 a shame Dildo, Newfoundland doesn't have any huge, kick-ass large statues.

Come to Haesindang Park. Come one, come all!

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 10:35 PM (88C+u)

Well, there's a South Dildo there...I first came across it 3 or 4 decades ago when there was some discussion about the town...LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:36 PM (l3cgK)

140 Because you don't keep looking after you found it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 10:36 PM (vBZcw)

141 Jolly Green Giant statue looks about 30 feet tall.
Posted by: Joemarine

Is there a minimum height for giants? The tallest human on record was just under 9'.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:36 PM (VHUov)

142 Tomorrow would have been Dad's 81st birthday.
Posted by: Joyenz

And he is missed.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 19, 2026 10:37 PM (NnhvP)

143 Referendum counting being held off right now.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (Sco7b)

Apparently some polls opened late, so are being kept open until 9:30 P.M. Possible shenanigans. Heads should roll for this.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 10:37 PM (wSl27)

144 I really missed all our regulars but was happy to meet some newbies an initiate them into what is the TXMoMe horde.
Posted by: SnailRacer

My son. "I see why you love these people."
The boy knows quality when he sees it.

Posted by: Some Rat at October 19, 2026 10:37 PM (BJzO2)

145 Gila Bend, AZ has the UFO Motel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:37 PM (l3cgK)

146 Funny how it's always in the last place you look, amirite?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Because you don't keep looking after you found it.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

You should try it, sometime. You might find the next thing you would have looked for quite quickly.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:37 PM (VHUov)

147 I have fond memories of watching the Pink Panther movies with my father and brother.

My father was a big dude, yet he would start snickering and tearing up before the next bit had even started in the shows. When the gag was actually playing out, he would be laughing so hard we couldn't even hear the dialogue.

This was during "live" TV, so we couldn't even rewind. It took multiple viewings over the years for me to get all of the punch lines. Of course, that was part of the charm of watching with our father.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 19, 2026 10:37 PM (HlyYF)

148 Smooches SnailRacer

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 19, 2026 10:38 PM (yEz+x)

149 http://tiny.cc/i7bc101

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:38 PM (k5CNB)

150 Summer before last I passed the "Teapot Dome" Service Station near Yakima.

Posted by: Rex B at October 19, 2026 10:39 PM (Myt96)

151 129 Late to the show...just reading over the newspaper article where my G-Grandmother was severely injured (internal injuries) in a train accident more than 120 years ago...I was wrong; she died 14 months later at the age of 34.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)

I had a great-aunt Judith, whom everyone called Gladys for some reason, who died of appendicitis complications after surgery in 1925. My dad's cousins were many, and so the boys went to live with other great-uncles and aunts.

Similar thing with my Great Grandfather. Died of an infection that wouldn't bother us today.

Amazing what a dose of penicillin would have accomplished. But that was a few years hence. Life was harder then.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:39 PM (fOTAm)

152 Henry Mancini wrote some good movie music . . .

Posted by: KT at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (X8QDB)

153 There's an Orange, NJ, as well as West Orange, and East Orange, but no North Orange. What's up with that?

Posted by: Exit 11, Route 280 at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (EdP2u)

154 There's a great 'Corner Gas' show set in a small Saskatchewan town of 500 people where layabout Hank has an idea to have the town build the world biggest ....something.

A small group of people are at the diner and the mayor's grandmother says the town has always been a farming community and the item should reflect that. They should build the world's biggest hoe.

It's a beautifully quiet show with a lot of word play.

I guess vote counting will be delayed for awhile.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (Sco7b)

155 According to grok, the median time to get treated for something in Canada is around 200 days.

However, they'll be happy kill you in as little as 15 days ("Track 1" cases) or 90 days ("Track 2" cases).

It seems like most of the doctors I ran across who murder old folks also perform abortions. That might be coincidence, but it's suspicious, eh?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (qlLNh)

156 On a cross country camping trip in 2002 I detoured a bit to take my kids to see the Jolly Green Giant in Blue Earth.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 19, 2026 10:33 PM (sl73Y)
~~~~~

We did a cross country trip in 2001. Started in NYC at the WTC and spent last night at a campground near Shanksville, PA. Because of the boys ages at the time, they had mapped out every single roadside giant and skate park along the route. You'd be amazed how many giant balls of twine there are in these united states.

Got home shortly before 9/11. Most memorable trip ever.

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (3ImbR)

157 138 There's a Lemon Grove, suburb just east of San Diego, they have a nice lemon on a stand. Then there's the oddly named hamlet of Lemon Cove, which has an orange stand very similar to the one pictured above. AZ Deplorable Moron, you talking about the Lemon Cove thing?

Stayed in a very odd hotel literally adjacent to the orange stand. I think as a base to visit Sequoia Nat. Park. Orange place was never open when we were there.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 10:36 PM (U/Byj)

Haven't been to Lemon Grove in years...nobody there I need or want to see.
On the other hand, I should visit my Grandmother's 1st/2nd cousin's son who lives near Bonita...He's nearing 90 now...
Yes, my Grandmother and his Dad were both 1st AND 2nd cousins...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:41 PM (l3cgK)

158 Well, can you disprove that experiment?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:20 PM (k5CNB

Yup. My level is 100 miles long.
Posted by: RI Red at October 19, 2026 10:24 PM (LMRVO)

Or that a ship is over the horizon.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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In 'Flat Land' surveyors laying out large triangles of land discovered that the angles were more 60 deg.

Posted by: Nidal Hasan at October 19, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)

159 Yes, my Grandmother and his Dad were both 1st AND 2nd cousins...

I'm my own grandpa!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:42 PM (Jr+re)

160 Oops/Hasan

Posted by: Nidal Hasan at October 19, 2026 10:42 PM (XeU6L)

161 135 Congrats to tcn in AK for escaping the camper. Must feel great.
Posted by: mindful webworker - there's no place like home at October 19, 2026 10:35 PM (vmXN+)

If you've met DH, you know. It is now paradise.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:42 PM (fOTAm)

162 AZ Deplorable Moron, you talking about the Lemon Cove thing?

Posted by: rhomboid

Yes near Visalia and Porterville.

Thanks.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (NnhvP)

163 Crap! /Hasan

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (XeU6L)

164 NY World's Fair is among my earliest childhood memories. I remember walking past that giant tire Ferris wheel. Didn't get to ride that one, but we did go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride before it opened in Disney World..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (08OqX)

165 Dammit! Fingers not working tonight.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (XeU6L)

166 149 http://tiny.cc/i7bc101
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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Perfect.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (41CYW)

167 Joe Kidd, any chance you will be at the TxMoMe next year?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

168 164 NY World's Fair is among my earliest childhood memories. I remember walking past that giant tire Ferris wheel. Didn't get to ride that one, but we did go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride before it opened in Disney World

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Small World.

Pirates was original to Disneyland.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 10:44 PM (vBZcw)

169 It seems like most of the doctors I ran across who murder old folks also perform abortions.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (qlLNh)

I'll bet the Venn Diagram of shit grades in medical school, abortionists, euthanasiasts, and sex change surgeons is a circle.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:44 PM (k5CNB)

170 152 Henry Mancini wrote some good movie music . . .

Posted by: KT at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (X8QDB)

That he did.
I also like the music John Williams composed for so many movies. That guy was certainly prolific. Oh, just checked...he's still alive at 94.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:44 PM (l3cgK)

171 Heh! AI slop. Can't be a Barrett, the ejected brass is straight-wall. And there is no way the T-Rex could use the scope, even if he wanted to. It would be fun to ask an AI to draw a rifle made to fit a T-Rex's anatomy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (wSl27)

172 153 There's an Orange, NJ, as well as West Orange, and East Orange, but no North Orange. What's up with that?

Posted by: Exit 11, Route 280 at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (EdP2u)

Maybe it went south...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (l3cgK)

173 Big Shoe Repair in Bakersfield?
Must be down by the Pioneer Chicken Stand.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (oq9dX)

174 It seems like most of the doctors I ran across who murder old folks also perform abortions. That might be coincidence, but it's suspicious, eh?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (qlLNh)

Mom was always blessed to get good care. She wasn't in horrible shape but I had my routine for the hospital ER and hospital visits. But there were times.....

She was unvaxxed. I spent years worried about her. I'll never forgive or forget that. This country can burn.

After Alberta leaves.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (Sco7b)

175 NY World's Fair is among my earliest childhood memories. I remember walking past that giant tire Ferris wheel. Didn't get to ride that one, but we did go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride before it opened in Disney World..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (08OqX)
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I remember being dunked in the reflecting pool under the steel globe to cool off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (RIvkX)

176 > Now we just wander around the house loving it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:18 PM (fOTAm)

Nice, and none too soon. The snow is already flying in FBX.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (qlLNh)

177 There was a day that A&W straight from an A&W was nectar, pure and simple.

I miss those days, more than I can put in words.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 19, 2026 10:46 PM (ENA4W)

178 > I'll bet the Venn Diagram of shit grades in medical school, abortionists, euthanasiasts, and sex change surgeons is a circle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:44 PM (k5CNB)

I'm not going to bet against you on that one, to be sure.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:47 PM (qlLNh)

179 Give it up guys...this year's house warming gift is a house. But feel free to send your requests directly to Santa though...He has assured me me he will never deliver one of those huge mechanical dinos. The sled is only so big....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:47 PM (LUFbp)

180 Kovu won the battle for J’s pillow this evening. Sabi and Saijo have to use the duvet folded at the end of the bed. Now that everyone has found their spot and settled, it’s time for bed. Nightsie noodles!

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 10:47 PM (ZdaMQ)

181 Honorable mention to the "Touchdown Jesus" statue near Monroe, OH. It was just off I-75. It was struck by lightning and burned to the ground in 2010.

https://shorturl.at/bJqMx

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 19, 2026 10:48 PM (/9wBX)

182 Part of the fun of the World's Fair is the Subway Special that takes you there.

Posted by: Fifteen Cents at October 19, 2026 10:48 PM (EdP2u)

183 Longaberger basket building in Ohio - looks like a basket.

Posted by: Noble9 at October 19, 2026 10:48 PM (fzRal)

184 If Big Shoe Repair keeps getting hit by cars maybe they should invest in some bollards.

Posted by: hILLRY o O at October 19, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)

185 Nice, and none too soon. The snow is already flying in FBX.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:45 PM (qlLNh)

Eureka was posting snow on the ground last week. Seems it is running a week or two late here this year, so maybe we won't get buried like last winter. But really, we never know, do we?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:49 PM (fOTAm)

186 >>>In 'Flat Land' surveyors laying out large triangles of land discovered that the angles were more 60 deg.

How would they identify that, wouldn't their measuring equipment be subject to the same curvature as the land it was surveying, and show 60 degrees as well?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

187 153 There's an Orange, NJ, as well as West Orange, and East Orange, but no North Orange. What's up with that?

Posted by: Exit 11, Route 280 at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (EdP2u)
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No love for the best Orange?

Posted by: South Orange at October 19, 2026 10:50 PM (RIvkX)

188 http://tiny.cc/i7bc101
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:38 PM (k5CNB)
* * * *
Perfect!

*chef's kiss*

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 19, 2026 10:50 PM (D/6p1)

189 Shea Stadium also opened in Flushing in 1964. And the Mustang was introduced at the World's Fair April 17, 1964.

Posted by: And The Verrazano Bridge Opened In 1964 at October 19, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

190 We've got a...I don't know what they call it...cathedral maybe? here in Anchorage that is a very strange looking building. It belongs to some South American cult, as I understand it.

Why a South American cult has enough support in Anchorage, Alaska to build a friggin' cathedral is a mystery to me.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:52 PM (qlLNh)

191 ...wouldn't their measuring equipment be subject to the same curvature as the land it was surveying, and show 60 degrees as well?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)

I don't think so, if the origin of the measurement is the base of the angle.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:52 PM (k5CNB)

192 I drive by that tire almost weekly. They've refurbished/modernized the look but I remember it as it is pictured; that's how it looked best.

Posted by: I really haven't settled on a nic at October 19, 2026 10:52 PM (nGjyj)

193 It's not a TRex, but Drumheller does have a dinosaur riding a motorcycle:

https://tinyurl.com/4urmkcy4

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (wSl27)

194 Joe Kidd, any chance you will be at the TxMoMe next year?
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:44 PM (Jr+re)

I am making every effort to, yes...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (08OqX)

195 Went to the Henry Ford museum quite a bit. As a kid didn’t know what to make of Lincoln’ s chair. Maybe couldn’t believe it was THE chair. Greenfield Village is there too, worth a visit.

Posted by: Lirio100 at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (ky7/T)

196 Amazing what a dose of penicillin would have accomplished. But that was a few years hence. Life was harder then.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Much harder.

A shirt-tail cousin of mine was a genealogy buff. So I've got a family history back about six generations. (I'm Gen X.)

Lots of infant deaths. A couple deaths during childbirth. One where the baby survived and was immediately given to an orphanage, because how does a single (male) European peasant in the 1800s raise a child? Not like he could just head to the local Wal-Mart and buy some Similac.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

197 There is 'The Big Chicken' at Marietta GA.
Not obvious, but at noon, it cock-a-doodle-doos, its beak opens and closes, and eyes move up and down. Built in 1963.

pic: https://shorturl.at/AW6Pw

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (XeU6L)

198
I'm not going to bet against you on that one, to be sure.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Bet against a Borgia when death is on the line?
Inconceivable!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (NnhvP)

199 > But really, we never know, do we?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:49 PM (fOTAm)

For sure.

The maintenance guys here were out putting the plow blades on their pickups last week.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:54 PM (qlLNh)

200 I have two ancestors who died in the Civil War, one KIA, the other who died in a military hospital after being wounded.

There's a pretty good chance he'd have survived with modern medicine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:55 PM (qlLNh)

201 What the? A post came up and when I refreshed, it was gone. I've not seen that before.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:56 PM (Jr+re)

202 I think LRob broke the thread.....

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 10:58 PM (LUFbp)

203 We did a cross country trip in 2001. Started in NYC at the WTC and spent last night at a campground near Shanksville, PA. Because of the boys ages at the time, they had mapped out every single roadside giant and skate park along the route. You'd be amazed how many giant balls of twine there are in these united states.

Got home shortly before 9/11. Most memorable trip ever.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 19, 2026 10:40 PM (3ImbR)

My first cross country camping trip was 1965 , with my parents ans six siblings. My father had dreamed of ot after trzveling by train during wwii, on his way to AK. Then I repeated it in 2002 with wife and daughters, 7 + 11 yo. Forever memories.

Posted by: From about That Time at October 19, 2026 10:59 PM (sl73Y)

204 I don't think so, if the origin of the measurement is the base of the angle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:52 PM (k5CNB)

The difference between plane surveying and spherical surveying is very evident, and becomes moreso the closer you get to the poles. North-South roads periodically have a jog in them, called a "correction line", resulting from a shift of section lines as you go north, and there can be fewer miles between meridians.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 10:59 PM (wSl27)

205 How would they identify that, wouldn't their measuring equipment be subject to the same curvature as the land it was surveying, and show 60 degrees as well?
Posted by: Kindltot
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I get your point, but it has been four decades since I read the book, and I do not recall their means of surveying.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 10:59 PM (XeU6L)

206 I think Cow Demon made the post. I'm innocent, I tell ya!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 11:00 PM (Jr+re)

207 There was a day that A&W straight from an A&W was nectar, pure and simple.

I miss those days, more than I can put in words.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 19, 2026 10:46 PM

Couldn't beat that frosty mug taste. There might still be one or two Stewarts Root Beer drive ins left in NJ...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 11:00 PM (08OqX)

208 I get your point, but it has been four decades since I read the book, and I do not recall their means of surveying.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 10:59 PM (XeU6L)

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Pfft. Pikers.

Posted by: Eratosthenes at October 19, 2026 11:01 PM (vBZcw)

209
> Why a South American cult has enough support in Anchorage, Alaska to build a friggin' cathedral is a mystery to me.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ QaaQ4cdU8A6VMAM68

(remove the space I added to ensure I wouldn't wind up in the barrel)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:01 PM (qlLNh)

210 Had to talk to mortgage company and insurance company today.

Insurance first was voice-recognition clanker hell. Couldn't get a real person. Couldn't get a straight answer. Could get nothing. Called the mortgage company, hit 0 for support, got a real human. Got the problem solved by a real, professional human. How I hate having clankers shoved into everything!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 11:01 PM (aJQbY)

211 I don't think so, if the origin of the measurement is the base of the angle.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 10:52 PM (k5CNB)

No, what I mean is that the tools will have the same curvature as the land being surveyed, both will have a curvature, and as 2 dimensional beings they are in the same plane, curved. Euclidean geometry requires parallel lines and 180 degree sum triangles, but a non-Euclidean being on a curvature has larger angles for the vertices of a regular triangle, however the surveying tools also would have that greater angle since they are in the same plane.

I think it would have been more obvious in a square, since parallel lines are not actually parallel and the bowing of the parallel lines would become obvious in large enough distances, as a sphere requires the lines to either not be straight and still be the same distance apart at all points, or be different lengths to maintain 90 degree corners.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 11:02 PM (rbvCR)

212 I think Cow Demon made the post. I'm innocent, I tell ya!!
Posted by: LRob in OK
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Ha!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 11:02 PM (LUFbp)

213 North-South roads periodically have a jog in them, called a "correction line",

Is the line of longitude correlation cosecant squared of the latitude?

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 11:02 PM (Jr+re)

214 Brown Derby, Los Angeles, California, 1986. Was at 3377 Wilshire Boulevard but no longer exists.

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Last time I drove by it was a Jack In The Box.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 11:02 PM (vBZcw)

215 In Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, they decided they would build a statue in honor of their China town...
It's awful (but funny):

https://tinyurl.com/3x2bruzp

What, no laundry service?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:04 PM (l3cgK)

216 215 In Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, they decided they would build a statue in honor of their China town...
It's awful (but funny):

https://tinyurl.com/3x2bruzp

What, no laundry service?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:04 PM (l3cgK)

It would be like putting up a 23' statue of a black man picking cotton. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (l3cgK)

217 Is the line of longitude correlation cosecant squared of the latitude?

Never mind. Looked it up. Cosine of longitude.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (Jr+re)

218 Since we're on topic, I guess congrats to the obama foundation for creating the world's largest whatever the heck that is...

hmmm, with a little renovation...

41 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (ndZc7)

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (Sco7b)

219 iirc, the Moron part comes from the character Stork in Animal House.
Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

Moron is from back in the "New comment thingy" days when ace called a bunch of us morons. Like, not nicely either.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (SY3XK)

220 > No, what I mean is that the tools will have the same curvature as the land being surveyed, both will have a curvature

Unless I'm misunderstanding what you're saying (highly possible) I think that light itself would have to curve in order for this to have an effect.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (qlLNh)

221 This sucker is about 3 miles from Peon Manor, but I cannot see it from here due to intervening higher ground:

https://tinyurl.com/4hhxucrj

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (wSl27)

222 They paved paradise
And put up a parking lot

Posted by: South Orange at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)

223 OCC - Orange California Cooler was the best. Summer '85 between high school and college, drank quite a few of those. Delish.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (Fv808)

224 I have one for you, TRex:

Lucy the Elephant (still there in Margate just south of Atlantic City)

Most everyone here has probably heard of it, but maybe not its history.

Lucy is a six story (65 foot) Elephant (painted "Intestinal Pink" on the inside). A spiral staircase goes up its leg. Over the years it has served as a Real Estate office (1881), Concession stand and small restaurant, A Seaside Tavern (1902), Summer Cottage (1903), WW2 Surplus Store, and as of the present a museum.

https://tinyurl.com/39uare7y

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (dIske)

225 > Jack In The Box.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 11:02 PM (vBZcw)

What do you call it when the Queen of Spades gets pregnant?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:06 PM (qlLNh)

226 Moron is from back in the "New comment thingy" days when ace called a bunch of us morons. Like, not nicely either.

I was thinking about "horde" use. I don't remember when we started using the term.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 11:06 PM (Jr+re)

227 189 Shea Stadium also opened in Flushing in 1964. And the Mustang was introduced at the World's Fair April 17, 1964.

Posted by: And The Verrazano Bridge Opened In 1964 at October 19, 2026 10:51 PM (EdP2u)

Every time I hear Flushing, Queens, NY, I think of a giant toilet for some reason...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)

228 Hi Horde!

Speaking of green stars: if our star is yellow, why do we have white light?

Do stars with other colors have white light?

Also, why does the color not simply match the spectrograph for Hydrogen and Helium?

And a corollary: I thought color came from temperature?

Posted by: frammish at October 19, 2026 11:07 PM (rcENI)

229 I get your point, but it has been four decades since I read the book, and I do not recall their means of surveying.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 10:59 PM (XeU6L)

I was in grade school when mom was taking her masters in education in mathematics, and she tried to discuss the book with me. I think we got as far as non-Euclidean geometry before I totally glitched out.
Everything I have beyond that is incidental pick ups

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 11:07 PM (rbvCR)

230 This sucker is about 3 miles from Peon Manor, but I cannot see it from here due to intervening higher ground:

https://tinyurl.com/4hhxucrj
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Looks like a giant golf tee

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 11:08 PM (41CYW)

231 224 I have one for you, TRex:

Lucy the Elephant (still there in Margate just south of Atlantic City)

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM
***
thanks!

Posted by: TRex- roadside attraction dino at October 19, 2026 11:08 PM (LUFbp)

232 219 iirc, the Moron part comes from the character Stork in Animal House.
Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 10:28 PM (Q+gd/)

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Doug Kenney has a place in the AoSHQ Pantheon of Morons.

I think it was Ivan Reitman who said that Doug Kenney tragically fell off a cliff to his death while looking for a good spot to commit suicide.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 11:09 PM (vBZcw)

233 Every time I hear Flushing, Queens, NY, I think of a giant toilet for some reason...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)
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Hey, how about flushing Queens?

Posted by: Goombah from Brooklyn at October 19, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

234 Moron is from back in the "New comment thingy" days when ace called a bunch of us morons. Like, not nicely either.
Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (SY3XK)

Hes always seemed a bit excitable.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 11:09 PM (zZu0s)

235 frammish, it was great to meet you at the MoMe. Hope to see you again next year!

Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 11:09 PM (LUFbp)

236 We call this building the "Spam Can", for obvious reasons.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ 7YDhoSTG2uBb2kMz8

(again, remove the space)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:10 PM (qlLNh)

237 196 Amazing what a dose of penicillin would have accomplished. But that was a few years hence. Life was harder then.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Much harder.

A shirt-tail cousin of mine was a genealogy buff. So I've got a family history back about six generations. (I'm Gen X.)

Lots of infant deaths. A couple deaths during childbirth. One where the baby survived and was immediately given to an orphanage, because how does a single (male) European peasant in the 1800s raise a child? Not like he could just head to the local Wal-Mart and buy some Similac.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 10:53 PM (VHUov)

Yeah...the shortest path back is to my 2-G grandmother from Bavaria...I know which ship she sailed in, to which ports the ship came from and left, the passenger manifest...but I can't find any more information. Even her obituary didn't mention parents or siblings or cousins or aunts/uncles, just her husband (dead at the time) and her descendants.
Longer branches go back to at least the 1600s (some well beyond, but I haven't verified them yet). Lots of kids, lots died young, ancestors who died giving birth or right after from Puerperal fever...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:10 PM (l3cgK)

238
41 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM

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I encountered a creation museum like that once. The museum was inside a giant statue of a brontosaurus. The entrance was accessed up
a stairway that led to a glass door in a location corresponding to the creature's bunghole.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 11:10 PM (azNOR)

239 As AC/DC put it (more or less) if you give the Queen a full house, she might get a royal flush.

Just watch out for the Jack.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:11 PM (qlLNh)

240 Looks like a giant golf tee
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 11:08 PM (41CYW)

It is claimed to be the "world's largest golf tee". Some dispute that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 11:11 PM (wSl27)

241 235 frammish, it was great to meet you at the MoMe. Hope to see you again next year!
Posted by: The Grateful - R at October 19, 2026 11:09 PM

Likewise!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:11 PM (dF6f/)

242 The Jolly Green Giant has a billboard cousin farther up US169, at Le Seuer.

When the local high school basketball team did well, he'd have a basketball stashed in the crook of his elbow for a few months.

Posted by: Piercello at October 19, 2026 11:11 PM (Ht/sz)

243 https://tinyurl.com/4hhxucrj
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Looks like a giant golf tee
_-_
Bunyan, Paul Bunyan

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:12 PM (1gmsy)

244 199 > But really, we never know, do we?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:49 PM (fOTAm)

For sure.

The maintenance guys here were out putting the plow blades on their pickups last week.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:54 PM (qlLNh)

Woman goes to psychic, and psychic tells her her father is going to pass away the next day.
So she's worried about her dad, and keeps a close eye on him...he's fine, doesn't die.
Next day, her mother is sad, and tells her, "Did you hear the postman died yesterday?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:13 PM (l3cgK)

245 Moron is from back in the "New comment thingy" days when ace called a bunch of us morons. Like, not nicely either.
Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (SY3XK)

Ace nevah evah does anything nice and easy. He always does it nice and rough..

Posted by: Ace and Tina Turner at October 19, 2026 11:14 PM (08OqX)

246 Did you hear the postman died yesterday?"
_-_
I think they call that an "unexpected non-paternity event".

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:15 PM (1gmsy)

247 200 I have two ancestors who died in the Civil War, one KIA, the other who died in a military hospital after being wounded.

There's a pretty good chance he'd have survived with modern medicine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:55 PM (qlLNh)

Relative (non-ancestor) died of cholera while a soldier. Yeah, lots of things we can treat today couldn't be then.
Then again, 2nd husband of an ancestor (1st husband was my ancestor) died by falling into a canyon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:15 PM (l3cgK)

248 247 200 I have two ancestors who died in the Civil War, one KIA, the other who died in a military hospital after being wounded.

There's a pretty good chance he'd have survived with modern medicine.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 10:55 PM (qlLNh)

Relative (non-ancestor) died of cholera while a soldier. Yeah, lots of things we can treat today couldn't be then.
Then again, 2nd husband of an ancestor (1st husband was my ancestor) died by falling into a canyon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:15 PM (l3cgK)

Didn't say if his wife pushed him in or not.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:15 PM (l3cgK)

249 Ace nevah evah does anything nice and easy. He always does it nice and rough..
Posted by: Ace and Tina Turner at October 19, 2026 11:14 PM (08OqX)

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Shut yo mouf, bitch.

Posted by: Ike Turner at October 19, 2026 11:15 PM (vBZcw)

250 Grateful & Quarter Twenty: great to meet you too, and everyone else! I dropped a note in last night's ONT but it was pretty late.

Posted by: frammish at October 19, 2026 11:16 PM (rcENI)

251 When I was a little kid, I thought the Jolly Green Giant was named "Charlie".

Why? Because

1) Charlie the Tuna in the Star-Kist ads had an East Coast accent that made him pronounce his name like "Chollie".

2) The jingle for the Green Giant ads went "In the valley of the Jolly Green Giant", which I heard as "In the valley of the Chollie Green Giant".

Yeah, I wasn't right in the head even back then.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

252
Brown Derby, Los Angeles, California, 1986. Was at 3377 Wilshire Boulevard but no longer exists.

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Last time I drove by it was a Jack In The Box.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

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It's now a mini-mall called Brown Derby Plaza, with no resemblance whatsoever to a brown derby. It seems to be in or near Koreatown.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 11:17 PM (mmrXZ)

253 An oldie but a goodie Miller Lite commercial for October.

https://youtu.be/IAcuoDYlgzM

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 11:17 PM (qx7Zg)

254 >> How would they identify that, wouldn't their measuring equipment be subject to the same curvature as the land it was surveying, and show 60 degrees as well?

An angle is basically local. And "straight lines" on a curved (intrinsically) curved surface are geodesics, as straight as you can go on a curved surface. The symmetry of a sphere is just about perfect, divine even, and the geodesics of spheres are great circles. So a "triangle" on a sphere consists of three geodesic sides.

Imagine starting at the equator and going north to the pole. Then make a 90 degree turn and go the same distance. You are now back at the equator. Now, make another right angle turn. You get back to your starting place over a triangle. A triangle with 3 90 degree angles for a sum of 270 degrees.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

255 210 Had to talk to mortgage company and insurance company today.

Insurance first was voice-recognition clanker hell. Couldn't get a real person. Couldn't get a straight answer. Could get nothing. Called the mortgage company, hit 0 for support, got a real human. Got the problem solved by a real, professional human. How I hate having clankers shoved into everything!

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 11:01 PM (aJQbY)

I really, really hate that. If you're gonna use automated systems, at least leave the button pressing available. I call up my pharmacy...imagine I have laryngitis...but I HAVE to use voice commands to get the f'n system to do anything as it won't take button presses anymore.
I've complained to the company.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:19 PM (l3cgK)

256 > As AC/DC put it (more or less) if you give the Queen a full house, she might get a royal flush.

https://tinyurl.com/2pbdax6m

Man, those guys were masters of the filthy double entendre.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:19 PM (qlLNh)

257
It's now a mini-mall called Brown Derby Plaza, with no resemblance whatsoever to a brown derby. It seems to be in or near Koreatown.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

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Oh wait, the dome survives! On the top level of that plaza. Chat says it was a Korean bar but it's now vacant.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 11:20 PM (mmrXZ)

258 How do flat-earthers explain the Coriolis effect?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:21 PM (l3cgK)

259
Gauss (one of the true greats, up there with Newton, etc) did surveying, a famous one being a survey of the Kingdom of Hanover. He surveyed a big triangle using three peaks somehow and showed the sum was greater than 180 degrees. He wasn't trying to prove this, he and everyone knew it would, but this is oft cited.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

260 >> How do flat-earthers explain the Coriolis effect?

Like they explain gravity -- they deny it exists.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:22 PM (w6EFb)

261 Oh wait, the dome survives! On the top level of that plaza. Chat says it was a Korean bar but it's now vacant.

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I remember it from the mid-80s. It was a sad remnant of a storied past.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at October 19, 2026 11:22 PM (vBZcw)

262 I've had reasonably good results by just yelling "Human!" at every prompt.

Eventually these things usually give up and connect you to a human.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:23 PM (qlLNh)

263 41 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM

___________________________

Hotel CasAnus

(Their motto) Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.

Hotel Casanus is a giant intestinal model that allows guests to spend a cozy night inside a massive colon.

https://tinyurl.com/549vryt9

(now I'm worried about my computer brower history)

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:24 PM (dIske)

264 I really, really hate that. If you're gonna use automated systems, at least leave the button pressing available. I call up my pharmacy...imagine I have laryngitis...but I HAVE to use voice commands to get the f'n system to do anything as it won't take button presses anymore.
I've complained to the company.
Posted by: jim

I had occasion to be tortured by the Marriot automated system yesterday. After numerous calls with circular paths, I ended up speaking with some dude in the Philippines. Nope, not gonna do it. He eventually connected me to the front desk of the hotel that could resolve everything easily.

I hope they truly recorded that cluster f**k of a call for training purposes.

Assholes.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 11:24 PM (V8Zwm)

265 Oh wait, the dome survives! On the top level of that plaza. Chat says it was a Korean bar but it's now vacant.

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The JFK. assassination side was a few blocks west on Wiltshire. Murder tourism at its best, until it was torn down and replaced by a reform school.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at October 19, 2026 11:24 PM (vBZcw)

266 251 The jingle for the Green Giant ads went "In the valley of the Jolly Green Giant", which I heard as "In the valley of the Chollie Green Giant".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:16 PM (qlLNh)

...Ho Ho Ho

Posted by: Joemarine at October 19, 2026 11:25 PM (y171U)

267 Wilshire.

Idiot autocorrect.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at October 19, 2026 11:25 PM (vBZcw)

268
In the valley of the Jolly
(ho ho ho)

Green Giant

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 11:25 PM (ZxPkt)

269 6 The bar is open and the refrigerator has been freshly re-stocked with A&W Rootbeer.

Ah, the quality stuff. Rex is a dino of class.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 10:03 PM (1Ff7Z)

Hmmm... can't think of what Alcohol would mix with Root Beer...

Posted by: Peter Dinklage at October 19, 2026 11:26 PM (mP0Kj)

270
There is another curious effect you'll notice with that equator to pole and back triangle. If you were carrying a local coordinate axis with you the whole time, which you maintained aligned with your path, you would find that it had rotated 90 degrees when you returned to your starting point. The is known as "holonomy" formally, and geodetic precession informally.

That effect would not happen in flat, Euclidean space.

And that is one of the effects that has been tested with General Relativity, recalling last thread. The earth's gravity induces a very small, but measurable spatial curvature to 3D space surrounding it. That causes gyroscopes to precess ever so slightly. In this GR context, it's known as deSitter precession, which is a curvature only effect (there are others, due to "Frame dragging" or the magnetic like gravitational analog due to moving masses, known as Lense-Thirring precession).

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:27 PM (w6EFb)

271 RFK

My apologies to the Texas Schoolbook Depository.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at October 19, 2026 11:27 PM (vBZcw)

272 Hotel Casanus is a giant intestinal model that allows guests to spend a cozy night inside a massive colon.

https://tinyurl.com/549vryt9

(now I'm worried about my computer brower history)
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:24 PM (dIske)

Do they have a semicolon for budget-minded travelers?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 11:27 PM (wSl27)

273 228 Hi Horde!

Speaking of green stars: if our star is yellow, why do we have white light?

Do stars with other colors have white light?

Also, why does the color not simply match the spectrograph for Hydrogen and Helium?

And a corollary: I thought color came from temperature?

Posted by: frammish at October 19, 2026 11:07 PM (rcENI)

The spectral components of light come from the elements on the surface of the star that re-transmit the photons from the star for the last time. I read somewhere that it takes at least 1000 years for light to make it's way out of the sun from the first fusion reaction to the escaping the photosphere...
The sun's temperature does affect what we see emitted (blackbody radiation)...forget what temp the sun's at.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:27 PM (l3cgK)

274 I ended up speaking with some dude in the Philippines. Nope, not gonna do it. He eventually connected me to the front desk of the hotel that could resolve everything easily.

I hope they truly recorded that cluster f**k of a call for training purposes.

Assholes.
Posted by: Tonypete
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Probably got the idea from the comments here - i ask to speak with a native English speaking customer service agent. So far, so good with that approach.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 11:28 PM (41CYW)

275 can't think of what Alcohol would mix with Root Beer
_-_
Fireball!!! Pour out the Root Beer and pour in the Firebal!!!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:28 PM (1gmsy)

276 Hotel Casanus is a giant intestinal model that allows guests to spend a cozy night inside a massive colon

The complementary raisins are a little musty though.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 11:29 PM (88C+u)

277 Sun's visible spectrum:

https://tinyurl.com/nv9zaumy

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:30 PM (l3cgK)

278 Trump's had a lot of success bringing manufacturing back to the US

he should work on bringing customer service back to the US

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 11:30 PM (ZxPkt)

279 233 Every time I hear Flushing, Queens, NY, I think of a giant toilet for some reason...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:06 PM (l3cgK)
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Hey, how about flushing Queens?

Posted by: Goombah from Brooklyn at October 19, 2026 11:09 PM (RIvkX)

Dat's Homo-phonic...or is it Homophobic?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:30 PM (l3cgK)

280
85
What Was in the Envelopes at President Bush’s Funeral?

Free round-trip tickets to Epstein's luxury resort.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at October 19, 2026 10:2

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If the envelopes contained something nefarious, why make the delivery out in the open in front of the cameras, instead of privately?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 11:31 PM (iTNuP)

281 > ...Ho Ho Ho
Posted by: Joemarine at October 19, 2026 11:25 PM (y171U)

Now I'm thinking of a roughneck I knew years go. He was doing two weeks on, two weeks off hitches on the North Slope, pulling down major bank, and spending it just as fast as it came in.

We used to say that whenever Mike hit town with a fat paycheck it was "Yo! Ho! Ho! And a bottle of rum."

Cocaine was usually in the mix as well.

I should see if I can find out what happened to that guy. Haven't seen him in decades. Fair chance that drunk driving, overdose, or cirrhosis has taken him out by now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:31 PM (qlLNh)

282
I remember it from the mid-80s. It was a sad remnant of a storied past.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43)

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It's in a couple of I Love Lucy episodes, all glamour and popularity.

That Ambassador Hotel was a very cool site if you ask me, that distinctively shaped building on a very spacious and gently rising hill. It actually looked haunted or creepy even without its history and without having fallen into neglect. I was shocked they let it go.

Le monde, ca change.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 11:31 PM (mmrXZ)

283 You folks might be surprised to learn that mixing Root Beer with Jägermeister is a lot better than you might think.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:32 PM (dIske)

284
Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me. OBAFGKM. That's the HR color vs temp mnemonic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

285 >Hmmm... can't think of what Alcohol would mix with Root Beer...
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vodka

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 11:32 PM (ZxPkt)

286
Wilshire.

Idiot autocorrect.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43)

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and site, not side

I wouldn't have said anything, but you started it!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 11:33 PM (mmrXZ)

287 164 NY World's Fair is among my earliest childhood memories. I remember walking past that giant tire Ferris wheel. Didn't get to ride that one, but we did go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride before it opened in Disney World..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 10:43 PM (08OqX)

Same here. We made the drive from TX to NJ and stayed with my NJ cousins. I saw that tire pic and I immediately flashed back to 7yo me. I have an ungodly number of 35mm color slides my dad took of the fair and that tire is in one of them.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 19, 2026 11:33 PM (itAg7)

288 The Great Survey of India. The British started at the southern tip and worked their way north. When they got to the Himalayas they took a sighting on a peak and said, "Wait a minute! The math says that mountain is almost 30,000 tall! Where did we screw up?"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 19, 2026 11:34 PM (/9wBX)

289 236 We call this building the "Spam Can", for obvious reasons.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/ 7YDhoSTG2uBb2kMz8

(again, remove the space)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:10 PM (qlLNh)

This one's called "Stargazer", but most call it "The Big Red Dong"...
https://tinyurl.com/5ne7nx59

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:34 PM (l3cgK)

290 276 Hotel Casanus is a giant intestinal model that allows guests to spend a cozy night inside a massive colon

The complementary raisins are a little musty though.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 11:29 PM (88C+u)

_______________________________

How funny would it be if they pasted corn kernels to the walls of that place?

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:35 PM (dIske)

291
I wouldn't have said anything, but you started it!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 11:33 PM (mmrXZ)

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Pedants

*sniff*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero 43) at October 19, 2026 11:35 PM (vBZcw)

292 238
41 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM

-------

I encountered a creation museum like that once. The museum was inside a giant statue of a brontosaurus. The entrance was accessed up
a stairway that led to a glass door in a location corresponding to the creature's bunghole.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 11:10 PM (azNOR)

Humans gerbiling a Dinosaur...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:35 PM (l3cgK)

293
If the envelopes contained something nefarious, why make the delivery out in the open in front of the cameras, instead of privately?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

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Because it was easier where they were all sitting instead of trying to chase them individually from their limos or the bathrooms.

Posted by: Mystery Movie Plot Generator at October 19, 2026 11:35 PM (mmrXZ)

294 So, my young 'ens don't drink, really, so they don't really know anything much about alcoholic beverages...had a tiramisu reciped that called for coffee liquer...didn't have any, so the mixed strong coffee and red wine...oof

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:36 PM (1gmsy)

295
Feminists were outraged by that mnemonic for star classification (even though it was actually invented by a woman, Annie Jump Cannon). One tried to change it to "Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully".

That did not catch on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)

296 239 As AC/DC put it (more or less) if you give the Queen a full house, she might get a royal flush.

Just watch out for the Jack.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:11 PM (qlLNh)

Don't you draw the Queen of Diamonds, boy, She'll beat you if she's able.

Posted by: Desperado--by the Eagles at October 19, 2026 11:37 PM (l3cgK)

297 Thanks jim! I asked Google too, and your explanation lines up with what it told me.

Actually it said that the cooler outer layer absorbs the energy and the H/He energy lines are missing from a spectroscope. I have some vague memory of that, although it doesn't match pictures I see online now.

I didn't remember (or never learned) what black body radiation was, so that was an interesting rabbit hole, especially about why it emits a continuous range of frequencies instead of discrete bands.

Posted by: frammish at October 19, 2026 11:37 PM (rcENI)

298 Imagine starting at the equator and going north to the pole. Then make a 90 degree turn and go the same distance. You are now back at the equator. Now, make another right angle turn. You get back to your starting place over a triangle. A triangle with 3 90 degree angles for a sum of 270 degrees.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:18 PM (w6EFb)

I understand, but the problem is that this is where I glitched out on my Mom way back when, and I am stuck between knowing what is said, and what seems apparent, in that as a two dimensional being the measurements would not be identified since the deviation could only be observed from the third dimension, which cannot be perceived by the Flatlanders.

I suppose the orbit of Mercury could be a way of analogy for 3D space, and possibly gravitational lensing, but I can't get my head around it anymore than when I was 8 years old.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 11:37 PM (rbvCR)

299 I found Jägermeister to be an emetic

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 11:37 PM (ZxPkt)

300 245 Moron is from back in the "New comment thingy" days when ace called a bunch of us morons. Like, not nicely either.
Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:05 PM (SY3XK)

Ace nevah evah does anything nice and easy. He always does it nice and rough..

Posted by: Ace and Tina Turner at October 19, 2026 11:14 PM (08OqX)

So Ace is to Blogs what John Wayne is to Toilet Paper?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:38 PM (l3cgK)

301 > This one's called "Stargazer", but most call it "The Big Red Dong"...
https://tinyurl.com/5ne7nx59
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:34 PM (l3cgK)

There's a "sculpture" on the UAA campus that has some pretentious name or other.

We called it "That Goddamned Pile of Shit".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:38 PM (qlLNh)

302 I didn't remember (or never learned) what black body radiation was, so that was an interesting rabbit hole, especially about why it emits a continuous range of frequencies instead of discrete bands.

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Call me.

Posted by: A. Einstein at October 19, 2026 11:38 PM (vBZcw)

303 emits a continuous range of frequencies instead of discrete bands.
_-_
Emit all the frequencies you wany, but if you are a discrete band, you'll never get any gigs.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:40 PM (1gmsy)

304 Well, I am getting pretty sleepy. Not going to stay up late waiting for delayed results of Alberta referendum.

Nite, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 11:41 PM (wSl27)

305 262 I've had reasonably good results by just yelling "Human!" at every prompt.

Eventually these things usually give up and connect you to a human.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:23 PM (qlLNh)

Or they hang up on you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:42 PM (l3cgK)

306 >> in that as a two dimensional being the measurements would not be identified since the deviation could only be observed from the third dimension,

That's the thing. It is observable on the surface. The Flatlanders could indeed measure that. Start out, go straight a distance. Now, relative to your local spot, using a local coordinate axis relative to you, make a 90 degree turn. Keep you axes "straight" the whole time. Make another 90 degree and return to your starting point.

Locally, you made 3 90 degree internal angle turns. ANd your local coordinate axes, which you carried only with you, are now rotated relative to where they were when you started. They did not rotate relative to you at all.

That is the basic of *intrinsic curvature*, it can be measured purely in the space. No extra embedding dimensions are required.

Gauss's Theorema Egregium was all about this, which he was stunned by.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)

307 What the? A post came up and when I refreshed, it was gone. I've not seen that before.
Posted by: LRob in OK

I think LRob broke the thread.....
Posted by: The Grateful

I think Cow Demon made the post. I'm innocent, I tell ya!!
Posted by: LRob in OK

Posts from banned IPs do show up for a second before they get yeeted by the Minx. So if it was Cow Demon, either

1) Cow Demon got banned

B) Cow Demon sockpuppeted someone who got banned, and got banned along with them.

iii) Cow Demon is using a VPN, Starlink satellite, etc, and currently has an address that was banned in the past.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 11:43 PM (VHUov)

308 I hope they truly recorded that cluster f**k of a call for training purposes.

Assholes.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 11:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Maybe it was for entertainment purposes...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:43 PM (l3cgK)

309 268
In the valley of the Jolly
(ho ho ho)

Green Giant

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 11:25 PM (ZxPkt)

F you. That was my trademark phrase long before you were a seed in your creators mind.

Posted by: Santa Claus at October 19, 2026 11:44 PM (l3cgK)

310 I've had reasonably good results by just yelling "Human!" at every prompt.
_-_
Have you considered yodeling?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:44 PM (1gmsy)

311 272 Hotel Casanus is a giant intestinal model that allows guests to spend a cozy night inside a massive colon.

https://tinyurl.com/549vryt9

(now I'm worried about my computer brower history)
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 11:24 PM (dIske)

Do they have a semicolon for budget-minded travelers?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 11:27 PM (wSl27)

You want the Sigmoidoscopy or the full Colonoscopy?

Posted by: Santa Claus at October 19, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)

312 I'm getting one more script ready to run before I head up to bed. I was just checking news.

Interesting from GatewayPundit.

Joe Manchin, the former Democrat Senator of West Virginia who turned independent, is now going to campaign for a Republican in one of the races that could determine the outcome of the Senate.

Manchin is headed to Maine to campaign for Senator Susan Collins.

Every bit helps.....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 11:45 PM (Sco7b)

313 I've had reasonably good results by just yelling "Human!" at every prompt.

Eventually these things usually give up and connect you to a human.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

F-bombs do that, too. Ask me how I f**king know.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 11:46 PM (VHUov)

314
To appreciate this, you have to consider the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic curvature. Extrinsic is about curving in the external, ambient "embedding space", which we will assume is nice and Euclidean.

Consider a cylinder. Take a flat sheet of rectangular paper and roll it around into a cylinder. You can do that without distortion (stretching or tearing). Even though that surface curves in the ambient 3D space, it remains flat intrinsically. Flatlanders would not notice that.

Intrinsic curvature is about what is actually measurable and invariant about the surface itself, relative to itself.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:46 PM (w6EFb)

315 Yahoo mail is enshittifying their email so people will pay for the upgrade. Arschlochern

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 11:46 PM (rbvCR)

316 280
85
What Was in the Envelopes at President Bush’s Funeral?

Free round-trip tickets to Epstein's luxury resort.
Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at October 19, 2026 10:2

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If the envelopes contained something nefarious, why make the delivery out in the open in front of the cameras, instead of privately?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 11:31 PM (iTNuP)

"It's HOT down here!"

Posted by: G. W. Bush at October 19, 2026 11:46 PM (l3cgK)

317 304 Well, I am getting pretty sleepy. Not going to stay up late waiting for delayed results of Alberta referendum.

Nite, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 11:41 PM (wSl27)

Good night.
Good luck.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 11:46 PM (Sco7b)

318 284
Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me. OBAFGKM. That's the HR color vs temp mnemonic.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:32 PM (w6EFb)

Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly (color code for resistors--Black,Brown,Red,Orange,Yellow,Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White = 0 to 9)

Posted by: G. W. Bush at October 19, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)

319 Flatlanders would not notice that.
_-_
Personally, I think the shape of the Earth is Lambert Conformal Conic

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 19, 2026 11:49 PM (1gmsy)

320 297 Thanks jim! I asked Google too, and your explanation lines up with what it told me.

Actually it said that the cooler outer layer absorbs the energy and the H/He energy lines are missing from a spectroscope. I have some vague memory of that, although it doesn't match pictures I see online now.

I didn't remember (or never learned) what black body radiation was, so that was an interesting rabbit hole, especially about why it emits a continuous range of frequencies instead of discrete bands.

Posted by: frammish at October 19, 2026 11:37 PM (rcENI)

Yeah, got the absorbing part wrong. It's been more than a couple of decades...

Posted by: G. W. Bush at October 19, 2026 11:50 PM (l3cgK)

321 I know I saw that milk bottle sometime in all my summers in Spokane (and during my 2 1/2 years at Fairchild). But I can't recall seeing it when I was there last spring.

Posted by: GWB at October 19, 2026 11:51 PM (kU0PQ)

322 Good night, AOP.

I'm out, too.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 11:51 PM (qlLNh)

323
With these thought experiments, we are going down the road that led to Differential Geometry, and Riemann's perfection of it.

Some things to ponder: What do we mean by "going in a straight line" on a curved surface? And to answer that, think about what "going straight" rigorously means even on flat plane. Now, think about what you mean by "parallel transport", how to carry vectors and "kept them straight" as you move them along such a curved surface.

It was only recently that I truly grokked parallel transport, "going straight" in the geodesic sense, and the Levi-Civita connection. I thought I did, but realized I didn't.

Somehow, with all that was going on with my mother, this became a mental distraction and I did gain some deep understanding of this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)

324 Jaeger is disgusting. Aside from the anise is just that cloying syrupiness.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 11:52 PM (zZu0s)

325 Also, no, Metropolis is where Superman lives and works, but his hometown is Smallville.

Posted by: GWB at October 19, 2026 11:52 PM (kU0PQ)

326 1 Videos of Envelopes being received at G.H.W. Bush’s funeral
https://tinyurl.com/y9p5myyu

Yeah, years and years ago and we never got any sort of solid explanation. Very weird thing.

Posted by: Azjaeger at October 19, 2026 11:54 PM (3/XaG)

327 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)

You could also walk from the equator to a pole, keep walking until you hit the equator, rotate 90º, and walk back to your starting point...not possible on a euclidean plane...

Posted by: G. W. Bush at October 19, 2026 11:54 PM (l3cgK)

328
Also, if interested, see the Frenet-Serret frame field formulas. This is about 1D curves in space, and formalizes some concepts that a very useful for determing what you mean by "going straight".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

329 off annoying sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:55 PM (l3cgK)

330 I know I saw that milk bottle sometime in all my summers in Spokane (and during my 2 1/2 years at Fairchild). But I can't recall seeing it when I was there last spring.
Posted by: GWB
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I was curious if it was still there. Plugged the address into maps and it shows up. Looks like they're using it as an entrance to a theater.
And Fairchild Airshow was always fun as a kid.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 11:56 PM (41CYW)

331 Oh Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me. OBAFGKM. That's the HR color vs temp mnemonic.
Posted by: publius

Feminists were outraged by that mnemonic for star classification (even though it was actually invented by a woman, Annie Jump Cannon). One tried to change it to "Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully".

That did not catch on.
Posted by: publius

Bad Boys Rape Our Young Girls, But Violet Gives Willingly (color code for resistors--Black,Brown,Red,Orange,Yellow,Green, Blue, Violet, Gray, White = 0 to 9)
Posted by: G. W. Bush

I learned that as: "Black boys r*pe our young girls but Violet goes willingly," which is even less politically correct.

or the sanitized version from high-school-level vo-tech:

"Bad beer rots our young guts but vodka goes well."

and the "tolerance" band colors were gold, silver, or "none."

....."Get Some Now."

.....for either mnemonic.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 11:57 PM (VHUov)

332 328
Also, if interested, see the Frenet-Serret frame field formulas. This is about 1D curves in space, and formalizes some concepts that a very useful for determing what you mean by "going straight".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

Everything else is just gay.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:00 AM (l3cgK)

333 Personally, I think the shape of the Earth is Lambert Conformal Conic

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Pffft.

Posted by: A Calabi-Yau Manifold at October 20, 2026 12:01 AM (vBZcw)

334 They should build a proctologist building where you enter through the butthole.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 PM (ndZc7)

Yeah, but everyone would think it was the Claude AI HQ.

Posted by: GWB at October 20, 2026 12:03 AM (kU0PQ)

335 I've got you bulge right here.

Posted by: Oblate Spheroid at October 20, 2026 12:03 AM (1gmsy)

336 333 Personally, I think the shape of the Earth is Lambert Conformal Conic

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Pffft.
Posted by: A Calabi-Yau Manifold

As long as it makes us look bigger than Alaska...

Posted by: LongTallTexicans at October 20, 2026 12:06 AM (1gmsy)

337
Gauss discovered that the intrinsic curvature of a 2D surface could be entirely characterized by a single scaler number at every point. This is, strangely enough, called the Gaussian curvature. It is the product of the "Principle Curvatures" at every point. That principle curvature business, in another remarkable result, reduces to an eigenvalue problem. There will always be two perpendicular directions where the "normal curvature" takes on a minimum and maximum value. Their product is the Gaussian curvature.

And what blew Gauss away was when he realized that was invariant. It didn't depend on the embedding space The normal curvatures come from various derivatives along the surface as seen from the ambient embedding space.

Again, if interested look that up. Grok will be very helpful explaining and visualizing this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:07 AM (w6EFb)

338 336 333 Personally, I think the shape of the Earth is Lambert Conformal Conic

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Pffft.
Posted by: A Calabi-Yau Manifold

As long as it makes us look bigger than Alaska...

Posted by: LongTallTexicans at October 20, 2026 12:06 AM (1gmsy)

Just make a Mercator projection map with Texas at a pole...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:07 AM (l3cgK)

339
Now, a sphere is surface of constant positive Gaussian curvature. Again, it's symmetry is divine, otherwise known as maximally symmetric. It's as symmetric as possible for the given space.

Every point is the same. It is homogenous and isotropic. Perfect symmetry.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:10 AM (w6EFb)

340 Happy Monday Horde.

I was out for most of the day tending to things that had been neglected while I was on vacation last week. When I got home my suitcase was sitting outside my front door with a note of apology from the airline. It was slightly battered but the contents were unharmed within.

{{{publius}}} I know that it has been a difficult day for you, prayers for peace and many happy memories.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 20, 2026 12:10 AM (ibDUx)

341 Just read an article on the reasons for anger over schools in France. Wild. Not enough teachers but school hours are too long?

"One of the problems is that complaints started locally rather than nationally".

They are going to spend time discussing "democracy in schools".

We need home schooling more than ever.

Posted by: KT at October 20, 2026 12:11 AM (X8QDB)

342 340 Happy Monday Horde.

I was out for most of the day tending to things that had been neglected while I was on vacation last week. When I got home my suitcase was sitting outside my front door with a note of apology from the airline. It was slightly battered but the contents were unharmed within.

{{{publius}}} I know that it has been a difficult day for you, prayers for peace and many happy memories.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 20, 2026 12:10 AM (ibDUx)

So it was assaulted and battered?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:11 AM (l3cgK)

343 publius, do you have a mnemonic to help you remember which is which between elliptic and hyperbolic geometries? Which one has no parallel lines and which many? Which one has > 180 degrees and which less? Which is an innie and which an outie? I can never remember.

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 12:12 AM (rcENI)

344
I don't know why the muzzies go to school.

They are taught at home to rape, steal and how to brutalize women.

Posted by: four seasons at October 20, 2026 12:14 AM (/QHx4)

345
The Gaussian curvature of a sphere is just 1/R^2, where R is the radius.

That has units of area. Area is very fundamental to the notion of this invariant curvature. The deviation of triangles from summing to 180 degrees is proportional to the area enclosed by that triangle.

Another fundamental way to see this is to imagine constructing a circle on the surface. We take some radius line (geodetic distance) and stretch it out and make a circle.

Our flatlanders measure the circumference of that circle. They will find it is *less* than 2pi*r. And they will find the area enclosed is less than pi*r^2.

And that deviation will be proportional to the radius and that area.

The rotation of those coordinate axes I was going on about above will also be proportional to that area.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

346 You got the coasters and the ornament! :-)

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 12:15 AM (rcENI)

347
Thank you so much Debby. I'm doing more of that mental distraction thing I mentioned above.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

348 All the surveying talk sent me back to reading about the AZ and Mexican border survey. One team started at Ft Yuma and headed east. The other around El Pasoand headed west. They met up near Nogales. Water terrain, disagreements with the Mexican team. Good refresher reading. Also took a fly by on the Transcontinental RR / Golden Spike ceremony.

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 12:17 AM (41CYW)

349 344
I don't know why the muzzies go to school.
They are taught at home to rape, steal and how to brutalize women.
Posted by: four seasons
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They are imbued with the ideal at home which is reinforced at school but school also teaches them technique. Rhymes with the Spanish teaching conquistadors.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:17 AM (2UA/a)

350
Frammish: positive curvature (elliptic), angles sum to greater than 180 degrees. Circumferences and areas are less than 2p*r and pi*r^2.

Negative curvature (hyperbolic) is just the opposite. Triangles sum to less than 180, and circumferences and areas are greater than a flat circle.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:17 AM (w6EFb)

351 In hyperbolic space, the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180º...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:19 AM (l3cgK)

352 anger over schools in France.
_-_
Not buying the official line on this one. I don't think schools are the primary cause of trouble when young african / middle-eastern migrants with beards carrying flags of other countries are looting and burning...

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 20, 2026 12:19 AM (1gmsy)

353 Damn! Minx dun edited my post!
sum is less than equal to 180º in hyperbolic space,
greater than equal to 180º in elliptic space.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:19 AM (l3cgK)

354 publius, just wanted to let you know that I am super enjoying your comments here---as always. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 12:20 AM (rcENI)

355
You can have a space where the curvature at each point in some region varies, and is positive at some places and negative in the others. There, it's about integrating it over the area in question, and that sign of that sum wins out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:20 AM (w6EFb)

356 348 All the surveying talk sent me back to reading about the AZ and Mexican border survey. One team started at Ft Yuma and headed east. The other around El Pasoand headed west. They met up near Nogales. Water terrain, disagreements with the Mexican team. Good refresher reading. Also took a fly by on the Transcontinental RR / Golden Spike ceremony.

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 12:17 AM (41CYW)

Took the family to Promontory Point, UT, to the museum there. This was back when the kids were into trains, especially Thomas the Tank Engine.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:21 AM (l3cgK)

357 Howdy, horde...

{{{publius}}} You just keep right on with whatever can ease your mind. Sorry to hear about Mama.

Hi, Debby-- glad your luggage finally caught up with you, and without any other mishap.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 12:22 AM (rdVOm)

358 >>>Whatever it said was damning. Jeb and Laura did not try to hide their shock and horror. GWB faced forward and tried not to flinch, but his anger showed.
...

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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Bush went from solemn directly to grimace.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:22 AM (2UA/a)

359 Not buying the official line on this one. I don't think schools are the primary cause of trouble when young african / middle-eastern migrants with beards carrying flags of other countries are looting and burning...
Posted by: Don in SoCo
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Had an exchange today with a late 20s guy about this today. To my surprise he mentioned that these 'students' were not burning mosques nor stealing pencils.

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 12:23 AM (41CYW)

360 351 In hyperbolic space, the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180º...

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Can anyone hear you scream?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 12:23 AM (vBZcw)

361 So what is everyone's theory on what was in the Envelopes ?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 10:21 PM (sKqQm)

Membership cards for the fruit of the month club?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 12:23 AM (vzuC7)

362 360 351 In hyperbolic space, the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180º...

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Can anyone hear you scream?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 20, 2026 12:23 AM (vBZcw)

Read my next comment after that one...
Minx edited out the underline brackets, less than sign, / underline bracket, and all the comments after that. Why? Because Pixy hates me, apparently.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:24 AM (l3cgK)

363 I hate commenting on my phone.🤦‍♂️

Posted by: scampydog at October 20, 2026 12:24 AM (41CYW)

364 On October 19, 1781, British forces under General Charles Cornwallis sign terms of surrender to George Washington and Comte de Rochambeau at Yorktown at 2 p.m., effectively ending the American Revolutionary War.
h/t PoliNation

Posted by: mindful webworker - time for another at October 20, 2026 12:25 AM (vmXN+)

365 ...and you would think that looting and burning by a foreigner while carrying the flag of another country would be considered to be an act of war.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 20, 2026 12:25 AM (1gmsy)

366 George East’s Old Grandfather Rode A Pig Home Yesterday.

Geography

Only mnemonic I’ve ever used and it was for fifth grade spelling test.

Posted by: polynikes at October 20, 2026 12:25 AM (KC5Lt)

367 Okay but neither of you has a trick to remember?

It sounds like elliptic is the one with a hemisphere as a model (like publius's journey from the equator to the north pole and back). And that has no parallel lines. So hyperbolic has many parallel lines. I think that is slightly intuitive: an ellipse curves in on itself, and a hyperbola shoots off in two directions without touching.

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 12:26 AM (rcENI)

368
Now, let's walk the dimensional ladder with curvature. For a 1D space, which is just a curve, there can be no intrinsic curvature, only extrinsic (and the extrinsic curvature for a circle is just 1/R).

For 2D, you can have intrinsic, and that requires just the one scalar number at every point.

Now, go to the 3D and things get messier. A 3D space can curve in many more ways than a 2D space, and a scalar isn't enough. A vector isn't enough. You need a rank-2 tensor. There are 6 independent components to describe the curvature.

Now, an object know as the Ricci curvature tensor is enough to describe that. It's a symmetric rank-2 tensor, which you can think of as a matrix.

Now, for 4D and higher, it gets even more complex and mind blowing....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:27 AM (w6EFb)

369 Damn! Minx dun edited my post!
sum is less than equal to 180º in hyperbolic space,
greater than equal to 180º in elliptic space.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Minx eats less-than signs and the stuff after them since that's what an HTML tag looks like. You need to cheat if you want < signs in your post.

I cheat the same way to type "img" which Minx also disallows (but replaces with 3 underscores.)

Greater-than signs are okay, unless there was an earlier less-than sign; then they get eaten as the close of the html tag.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)

370 >> neither of you has a trick to remember?

Sorry, I sure don't. Spheres, positive curvature, geodesics converge. Hyperbolic, negative curvature, they diverge. Think of spheres as closing in, hyperbolic as spreading out.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:29 AM (w6EFb)

371 ...and you would think that looting and burning by a foreigner while carrying the flag of another country would be considered to be an act of war.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 20, 2026 12:25 AM (1gmsy)

If I was running france there would be armored SUV's running around with mounted mini guns making chop meat.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 20, 2026 12:29 AM (vzuC7)

372 366 George East’s Old Grandfather Rode A Pig Home Yesterday.

Geography

Only mnemonic I’ve ever used and it was for fifth grade spelling test.

Posted by: polynikes at October 20, 2026 12:25 AM (KC5Lt)

King Philip Caught Old Farmer Green Sleeping...
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.

They now have Domain above Kingdom. Maybe the mnemonic should be prepended with "Damnit!"....

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:29 AM (l3cgK)

373 I feel like the blog's html mishaps and fragility mean there are surely xss exploits. . . .

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 12:31 AM (rcENI)

374
Now, to fully describe curvature in 4D or higher, a rank-2 is not enough. Nor is a rank-2. You need a rank-4 tensor, which is a 4 dimensional mathematical object itself.

The math itself to describe 4D space is 4D itself in a sense. You can't even visualize the object itself.

That 4D object is known as the Riemann curvature tensor. It's a bitch.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:31 AM (w6EFb)

375 Dump's doj says 20,000 illegaly voted in California. When state election officials say give us evidence of prosecution of 20,000 illegal voters. Dumps could only come up with 28 illegally registered (not a crime) and only 8 voted illegally ;but could only prosecute! Now Dump threatens to arrest election workers for calling his bluff!

Posted by: raimondo at October 20, 2026 12:32 AM (/YvP/)

376 Rep. Michael Cloud@RepMichaelCloud · 4h

Oops they did it again! The “glitch” theory — incompetence isn’t justification.

Secure our elections.

America First Legal@America1stLegal

A “software glitch” in New Jersey registered THOUSANDS of illegal aliens to vote. HUNDREDS went on to cast ballots. Voting is a right reserved exclusively for American citizens. AFL is investigating. https://t.co/jXiN0173m2

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:33 AM (2UA/a)

377 FWIW, Sabine Hossenfelder's video today was
It Shouldn’t Exist But it Does: Astronomers Find Green Star 🟢
https://youtu.be/rH79TGultXM

Also purple and turquoise.

Not sure what powers Superman has under each of 'em.

Posted by: mindful webworker - born under a green sun - been down since I began to crawl at October 20, 2026 12:33 AM (vmXN+)

378 Sorry, I sure don't. Spheres, positive curvature, geodesics converge. Hyperbolic, negative curvature, they diverge. Think of spheres as closing in, hyperbolic as spreading out.

That's okay! Actually that closing in & spreading out is kind of helpful. If you understand something deeply enough and with enough connections, you don't need mnemonics.

I remember making flash cards for AP U.S. History and I noticed that I remembered things better the *more* ideas I tried to attach to each person/event/etc.

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 12:34 AM (rcENI)

379 Moni Giorgia@GiorgiaMeloni · 1d

Once again, the women and men of the Law Enforcement Forces have had to deal with the violence of offenders who, including through organized groups, exploit demonstrations to seek confrontation and sow chaos.

My full sympathy and sincere thanks go to all of them. Because they were there to protect the safety of citizens, workers, merchants, and all the people who have the right to live their city without fear and without seeing it ravaged by gangs of thugs.
======

Students, she didn't say students.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:36 AM (2UA/a)

380
For dimensions higher than 4, fortunately the Riemann tensor is sufficient, although the number of independent components increases rapidly.

Now, the Ricci tensor, the rank-2 is a contraction of the full monty. It has to do with how curvature distorts areas, volumes from the expected flat values.

In 3D, that's all you need. In 4D and higher, curvature can curve much more richly. This means, as a "test cloud" moves across geodesics, it's volume/area will remain constant, but it's shape will change.

This is known as Weyl curvature. It's what's left of Riemann after you subtract out the Ricci part.

Only 4D and higher spaces can have Weyl curvature.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

381 Students, she didn't say students.
Posted by: Braenyard

Maybe the French call students "ravaging thugs?" Like they call an orgasm "the little death?"

Posted by: la petite mort at October 20, 2026 12:40 AM (VHUov)

382 Next tweet she had a little more to say. (Contrary to Macron)
--

When faced with such scenes, the rejection must be unanimous.
All reticence becomes justification. Silence is not acceptable.
...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:40 AM (2UA/a)

383 There was conversation earlier today it mistakenly said that a Frenchman with a big stick beat away thugs from his storefront.
Turned out it was an Italian in Milan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:43 AM (2UA/a)

384 377 FWIW, Sabine Hossenfelder's video today was
It Shouldn’t Exist But it Does: Astronomers Find Green Star 🟢
https://youtu.be/rH79TGultXM

Also purple and turquoise.

Not sure what powers Superman has under each of 'em.

Posted by: mindful webworker - born under a green sun - been down since I began to crawl at October 20, 2026 12:33 AM (vmXN+)

Given nuclear fusion has ended, and the light output is much, much less than almost all other types of stars, I'd say he'd be SOL.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 12:44 AM (l3cgK)

385
Now, with this simple picture, you are ready to learn some basis of General Relativity, Einstein gravity.

The Einstein field equations say the Einstein tensor is equal to a constant times the Stress-energy tensor at a point in spacetime. The Einstein tensor is basically the Ricci tensor minus a term. Einstein first tried to set it directly to the Ricci tensor, but that is unphysical (you can read the details). It took him a while to figure it out.

So the Ricci curvature of spacetime is sourced by the stress-energy tensor. That is rank-2 tensor decribing the energy, the currents of energy, momentum, and currents of momentum at a point in space. The momentum part can be seen as pressure. Gravity depends on mass-enery, pressure, and how they are flowing.

Now, in vacuum, where there is no matter, the Ricci tensor must be zero. Spacetime must be Ricci flat. But, it can still have Weyl curvature.

And lucky for us, without Weyl curvature, gravity could not propagate in empty space. One mass couldn't attract another over empty space.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:46 AM (w6EFb)

386 Only 4D and higher spaces can have Weyl curvature.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:39 AM (w6EFb)

Not whales, Wales!

Posted by: Fat girls from Wales at October 20, 2026 12:46 AM (l3cgK)

387 ...and this is without weapons...which is harder to smuggle into a country, 2,000 military age males or a cargo container with 2,000 rifles plus ammunition?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 20, 2026 12:46 AM (1gmsy)

388
Now, that Ricci and Weyl curvature determine how a system of test particles will move through the spacetime.

In vacuum, Ricci flat spacetime, a spherical cloud of test particles, allowed to free fall will distort in shape, but the volume will not change.

Put a little spherical cloud of particles up in orbit. The shape will change, but it the volume enclosed will not. Drop the cloud radially, and it will distort into a prolate sphere as it free falls.

Now, if there is Ricci curvature, it will shrink as well as distort shape. Which is would if the test cloud's own mass was thrown into it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 12:50 AM (w6EFb)

389 You left out The Sandy Jug in Portland. It's been around for decades, and was a strip club (boobie bar, tittie tavern, whatever) from from 90s -renamed somewhere in there as Pirate's Cove (huh?). It couldn't recover from covid and closed, but a buddy told me that it got refurbished and back to the old name and is now a hipster dive bar with decent food.
I'm not going to shrink any urls, but any search should bring up.pics.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 12:51 AM (t0yyD)

390 Time to tuck m'self into bed & kiss the world nighty night. Lest I become a living wreck.
🟣
https://youtu.be/S6AQZUjLKNU

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - born under a green sun - been down since I began to crawl at October 20, 2026 12:53 AM (vmXN+)

391 Publius, I think minx ate a less than sign in your comment at 351.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 12:56 AM (wWuuh)

392 Hi ONTers. I "scored" a goal in my old lady soccer game tonight. (Forced an OG but we're counting it!)

Posted by: Funsize at October 20, 2026 12:57 AM (3j87q)

393
So that's all the big bad EFE are telling you, how matter at a point affects how a little cloud of particles will change shape and volume as they evolve in time.

And the beauty of it is gravity is just geometry. Mass-energy changes our flat spacetime into something intrinsically curved. Straight lines converge. Two mass converge, get closer together over time because they are curving spacetime so their straight lines converge.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)

394 256 > As AC/DC put it (more or less) if you give the Queen a full house, she might get a royal flush.

https://tinyurl.com/2pbdax6m

Man, those guys were masters of the filthy double entendre.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Them and ZZ Top.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 20, 2026 01:01 AM (sAmhv)

395 I’m sorry that was Jim in Kalifornia at 351.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:01 AM (wWuuh)

396 395 I’m sorry that was Jim in Kalifornia at 351.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:01 AM (wWuuh)

It did. I commented shortly after when I saw it.

Posted by: Fat girls from Wales at October 20, 2026 01:04 AM (l3cgK)

397 Off whales from wales sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:04 AM (l3cgK)

398 I’ve been watching anime most of the night, so I’m late to the party.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:06 AM (wWuuh)

399 369 Damn! Minx dun edited my post!
sum is less than equal to 180º in hyperbolic space,
greater than equal to 180º in elliptic space.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Minx eats less-than signs and the stuff after them since that's what an HTML tag looks like. You need to cheat if you want

I cheat the same way to type "___" which Minx also disallows (but replaces with 3 underscores.)

Greater-than signs are okay, unless there was an earlier less-than sign; then they get eaten as the close of the html tag.
Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 12:28 AM (VHUov)

If you type IMG in caps, I think it stays.

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 01:08 AM (odBC9)

400 400

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 01:08 AM (odBC9)

401
Funsize, awesome!

and

think about what "going straight" rigorously means even on flat plane.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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

It's a straight line!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 01:10 AM (mmrXZ)

402
This is the perfect example of what has been described as "the unreasonable effectiveness of mathematics".

Gauss and some others, and finally Riemann perfected this abstract thing called differential geometry, allowing one to describe general, non-Euclidean geometry of spaces of any arbitrary dimension. It seemed to be something purely abstract of little practical use.

And then came Einstein and it became very practical and allowed gravity to be perfectly described to incredible precision.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:10 AM (w6EFb)

403 14 days till election and we can start eradicating the dumpsters infestation.

Posted by: raimondo at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (/YvP/)

404 >> It's a straight line!

Yes indeed. But I'm a Big Dummy. I don't know what go straight means. But I do know about vectors and directions and derivatives and such. Tell me what I need to do with my tangent vector to go straight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (w6EFb)

405 France can stop the revolt overnight. I remember sitting at a café in Paris with friends when les gendarmes showed up with submachine guns. Seems a local protest was planned that TPTB didn’t like. We departed for our hotel. The fact that they aren’t stopping it now means someone in power wants it to go on. Count on it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wWuuh)

406
LOL

Posted by: G. W. Bush at October 19, 2026 11:54 PM (l3cgK)
329 off annoying sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 11:55 PM (l3cgK)

397 Off whales from wales sock
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:04 AM (l3cgK)

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (odBC9)

407 405 France can stop the revolt overnight. I remember sitting at a café in Paris with friends when les gendarmes showed up with submachine guns. Seems a local protest was planned that TPTB didn’t like. We departed for our hotel. The fact that they aren’t stopping it now means someone in power wants it to go on. Count on it.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wWuuh)

new one:

asmongold
It's spreading all across Europe..
https://tinyurl.com/4muhb9kp
53:10

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 01:14 AM (odBC9)

408 405 France can stop the revolt overnight. I remember sitting at a café in Paris with friends when les gendarmes showed up with submachine guns. Seems a local protest was planned that TPTB didn’t like. We departed for our hotel. The fact that they aren’t stopping it now means someone in power wants it to go on. Count on it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wWuuh)

Or someone doesn't want to stop it, which is the same difference, effectively.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:15 AM (l3cgK)

409 Bernie Moreno@berniemoreno ·
What the corporate media won’t report:

✅ Poverty & child poverty near historic lows.
✅ Record incomes.
✅ Ohio unemployment lowest since 1973.
✅ Biggest tax cut ever. No tax on tips, overtime, or Social Security. DC Democrats voted against all of it.
✅ Zero illegal releases.
✅ Crime at historic lows.
✅ Maduro captured.
✅ Smaller federal government.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 01:15 AM (2UA/a)

410 And the beauty of it is gravity is just geometry.

publius, something Scott Aaronson wrote in Quantum Computing since Democritus might interest you: he said that if you had to invent physics from pure math, and you had the real numbers, you would come up with something like Newton's laws. If you had the complex numbers, you would come up with quantum mechanics.

Clearly we need real numbers for Newton and complex for quantum, but does the causality work the other way? I don't know.

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 01:16 AM (rcENI)

411 Minx eats less-than signs and the stuff after them since that's what an HTML tag looks like. You need to cheat if you want

I cheat the same way to type "___" which Minx also disallows (but replaces with 3 underscores.)
Posted by: mikeski

If you type IMG in caps, I think it stays.
Posted by: m

Oh, and my cheats don't persist if someone else quotes them. 😁

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)

412 There was conversation earlier today it mistakenly said that a Frenchman with a big stick beat away thugs from his storefront.
Turned out it was an Italian in Milan.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 12:43 AM (2UA/a)

A Frenchman in Milan, an Italian in Paris: who can tell these foreigners apart?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:18 AM (wWuuh)

413 >>408 405 France can stop the revolt overnight. I remember sitting at a café in Paris with friends when les gendarmes showed up with submachine guns. Seems a local protest was planned that TPTB didn’t like. We departed for our hotel. The fact that they aren’t stopping it now means someone in power wants it to go on. Count on it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
----

French police recently purchased 2600 H&K 9mm sub machine guns.
They also purchased a shit ton of Glock 9mms, They also bought a boat load of 9mm Speer high class cartridges.
Speculating they are waiting for authority to tumble then they move in, clean house and take over in the interim.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 01:20 AM (2UA/a)

414 >> Clearly we need real numbers for Newton and complex for quantum,

There's something very interesting here. Real numbers and beyond can do things that seem unphysical. See the Banach-Tarski paradox for a stark example.

This get Godelian. To describe physical reality, we need something that sort of goes beyond physical reality.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:21 AM (w6EFb)

415 There are two milk bottles in Spokane, WA. Grandmother, born 1901, was shipped out West from Chicago as a pre-teen, and lived in a small room upstairs of the one downtown. Her older sister and her husband owned the store where everything was clean. Gma worked there some and went on to be a bookkeeper and mountain climber. Well-kept, German work and hobby. Worked and climbed in San Francisco for a handful of years. Was sent by the company back to Spokane. 4'11" in reasonable heels, she met a 5'11" postman with a perfect suit and hair, also from Chicago by way of a farm in Chewelah, WA. Married, bought a small house, raised 2 kids, sent them to college, Secretary for the neighborhood Presbyterian church, and died in the same well-kept small house at 99.

Two decades later a great grandson bought a house on the other side of Spokane. It had been built by the same builder. When Mom, Sis and I walked in for the first time we were instantly transported by just the sound that the hardwood floor made - to Grandma's kitchen. We smelled the fresh-baked almond cookies in our mind that Grandma always had ready for visitors - especially grandkids.

Posted by: Igotnothing at October 20, 2026 01:23 AM (wo6er)

416 Teapot Gas Station, Zillah, WA
https://tinyurl.com/3vhb6kra

Potato Hotel, Boise, ID
https://tinyurl.com/r8256zet

Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, TX
https://tinyurl.com/yycccxds

Fremont Troll, Seattle, WA
https://tinyurl.com/2j9txpw3

Flying Saucer McD's, Roswell, NM
https://tinyurl.com/3yy6juum

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:24 AM (lQntB)

417 @409 So why is most voting democrat if everything is so great? Clinton tried this 2016 dump in 2020 and Biden/Harris in 2024 The economy is doing great for are rich donors!

Posted by: raimondo at October 20, 2026 01:24 AM (/YvP/)

418 Banach-Tarski paradox is a result of the basic definitions of Set Theory and Cantor's contributions. Infinite sets, countable and uncountable. Alephs and cardinality of sets.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:25 AM (l3cgK)

419 Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:24 AM (lQntB)

Remember seeing the Cadillacs driving through Amarillo back in the 80's...they look a great deal different now than what I remember.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:26 AM (l3cgK)

420 Guess I'm having to mix my own G&T.
Miss having a bartender doesn't seem right.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 01:27 AM (2UA/a)

421 420 - I think this is the first time anyone has claimed 419 on AOS HQ.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:27 AM (lQntB)

422 dang, somebody beat me to 420.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:27 AM (lQntB)

423 Rain man is off his meds again...his post makes no sense.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:28 AM (l3cgK)

424 Sweet dreams Horde, sorry JQ, I missed your arrival up thread. I must snooze.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 20, 2026 01:28 AM (ibDUx)

425 Remember seeing the Cadillacs driving through Amarillo back in the 80's...they look a great deal different now than what I remember.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The Caddys are a foot deep in spray paint these days.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:28 AM (lQntB)

426 408 405 France can stop the revolt overnight. ... The fact that they aren’t stopping it now means someone in power wants it to go on.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 01:11 AM (wWuuh)

Or someone doesn't want to stop it, which is the same difference, effectively.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:15 AM (l3cgK)

"What would it take for them to declare martial law?"

asmongold
It's spreading all across Europe..
https://tinyurl.com/4muhb9kp
starting at 42:47

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 01:28 AM (odBC9)

427
Yes indeed. But I'm a Big Dummy. I don't know what go straight means. But I do know about vectors and directions and derivatives and such. Tell me what I need to do with my tangent vector to go straight.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

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

Just, like, I mean -- you're on a flat plane, now shortest different between two points!

:sputters:

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 20, 2026 01:29 AM (mmrXZ)

428 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 01:27 AM

Sorry, Braenyard. I was trying to make sense of the cosmic and mathy stuff above, but it's all obviously beyond my comprehension. *cross-eyed emoji*

Next G&T is my treat!

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)

429 Weird America in motion. The last World Famous Figure 8 Trailer Race - 2023. I suggest a moment of silence for this great event.

https://youtu.be/b_0pVCigebQ

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:32 AM (lQntB)

430 A belated "good night" to Debby!

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 01:32 AM (rdVOm)

431 Went to the Henry Ford museum quite a bit. As a kid didn’t know what to make of Lincoln’ s chair. Maybe couldn’t believe it was THE chair. Greenfield Village is there too, worth a visit.
Posted by: Lirio100 at October 19, 2026 10:53

Seconded here. Tho its been many yrs that was a great place.

I swear that I saw a letter there from George W to Martha. It was consoling her on a miscarriage. Never ever have seen any references to that.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 20, 2026 01:35 AM (4Qj8V)

432 >> you're on a flat plane, now shortest different between two points!

Yes, if I go straight for some finite distance, I'll find that distance is the shortest path between the two endpoints.

But how do I do that. I take a little tiny step in a given direction, any direction. Now, if I want to keep going straight, what do I do with the next such little step I take. I'm not worried about the distance I travel, just what I need to do with each step to keep going straight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

433 As long as it makes us look bigger than Alaska...
Posted by: LongTallTexicans at October 20, 2026 12:06 AM (1gmsy)

Careful, or we will cut our state in two and make you third.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:40 AM (fOTAm)

434
Yes, I'm jerking your chain a bit. But for a purpose. Going straight in flat space is so trivial, what it really means is lost, it's one of those givens you don't really think about.

But when we want to take that and go to a curved space, we need to get that those trivial givens precisely defined.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:40 AM (w6EFb)

435 As long as it makes us look bigger than Alaska...
Posted by: LongTallTexicans

Careful, or we will cut our state in two and make you third.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Never not funny.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 01:41 AM (VHUov)

436 420 Guess I'm having to mix my own G&T.
Miss having a bartender doesn't seem right.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 20, 2026 01:27 AM (2UA/a)

I married mine. He's around here somewhere.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:42 AM (fOTAm)

437 431 Went to the Henry Ford museum quite a bit. As a kid didn’t know what to make of Lincoln’ s chair. Maybe couldn’t believe it was THE chair. Greenfield Village is there too, worth a visit.
Posted by: Lirio100 at October 19, 2026 10:53

Seconded here. Tho its been many yrs that was a great place.

I swear that I saw a letter there from George W to Martha. It was consoling her on a miscarriage. Never ever have seen any references to that.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 20, 2026 01:35 AM (4Qj8V)

Went there with wife, in-laws, and kids. Wife was the navigator, and mis-navigated us to the bad part of town as it was getting dark, but we eventually made it to the Ford Museum. FIL, her Dad, read her the riot act (in Spanish)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:42 AM (l3cgK)

438 435 As long as it makes us look bigger than Alaska...
Posted by: LongTallTexicans

Careful, or we will cut our state in two and make you third.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Never not funny.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 01:41 AM (VHUov)

But, can they cut off their southern part so it can be annexed to the state below and double the IQ of both states?

Posted by: Missouri at October 20, 2026 01:44 AM (l3cgK)

439 Alaska's coastline is approximately 6,640 miles long, but when including its islands and tidal areas, it can extend to over 33,904 miles.

We have a few islands.

The total length of the coastline of the lower 48 states is approximately 5,743 miles. I'm not sure if they count all the islands. Probably not. But either way, well, we got it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:45 AM (fOTAm)

440 But, can they cut off their southern part so it can be annexed to the state below and double the IQ of both states?
Posted by: Missouri at October 20, 2026 01:44 AM (l3cgK)

So I'm assuming you left out St. Louis in that calculation. I went to college there, but damn, that was one big small town. Gated neighborhoods, totally ethnically separate, just plain weird. I had never lived anywhere so hung up on race. Quite the experience for provincial little ol me.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:47 AM (fOTAm)

441
See the Coastline paradox. Another crazy thing real numbers do. Welcome to fractals.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)

442 Does France Have Figure‑8 Race Tracks?
No — France does not have any official or historic figure‑8 race tracks, and the sport is virtually absent from the country’s motorsport scene.

This explains a lot.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:48 AM (lQntB)

443 Went there with wife, in-laws, and kids. Wife was the navigator, and mis-navigated us to the bad part of town as it was getting dark, but we eventually made it to the Ford Museum. FIL, her Dad, read her the riot act (in Spanish)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 20, 2026 01:42

Well, sheet happens. After a Cubs game a friend got us lost in a rough part of Chicago. That was a long trip home.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at October 20, 2026 01:51 AM (4Qj8V)

444 Alaska's coastline is approximately 6,640 miles long, but when including its islands and tidal areas, it can extend to over 33,904 miles.

We have a few islands.

The total length of the coastline of the lower 48 states is approximately 5,743 miles. I'm not sure if they count all the islands. Probably not. But either way, well, we got it.
Posted by: tcn in AK

How much of the AK coastline is controlled by Polar Bears. Deduct that and you are left with 6 miles.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:51 AM (lQntB)

445 How much of the AK coastline is controlled by Polar Bears. Deduct that and you are left with 6 miles.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 20, 2026 01:51 AM (lQntB)

Every construction project I estimated above the Arctic Circle included 24/7/365 pay for a big guy with a big gun. One does not mess with Polar Bears, but they will certainly mess with you.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:53 AM (fOTAm)

446 The rule for bears:

If it's black, step back.
If it's brown, hunker down.
If it's white, say good night.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:54 AM (fOTAm)

447 We don't put out bird feeders until the bears hibernate in the late fall. Otherwise, we get bears. And I really don't want to have to shoot one to protect myself or the dogs. Gutting a bear and all that jazz is just too much work, and I won't eat a carnivore, so, yuck.

Nothing like a huge gut pile in the yard, either. Ack.

I might feel different if attacked by a moose. That would end up in my freezer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:56 AM (fOTAm)

448 Saturday, we had a moose mama with twin yearlings in the yard. Today, big ol' bull moose sauntered by, probably looking for a little nookie. I'm so glad we fenced the back yard.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 01:57 AM (fOTAm)

449 If it's black, step back.
If it's brown, hunker down.
If it's white, say good night.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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But they're so cute with their Coca-Cola (tm) bottles. I shan't believe that they would harm a fly.

Posted by: Adult Disney Fan at October 20, 2026 01:58 AM (t0yyD)

450 The rule for bears:

If it's black, step back.
If it's brown, hunker down.
If it's white, say good night.
Posted by: tcn in AK

If it's too dark to tell if it's a black or brown bear, climb a tree.

If it climbs up after you and eats you, it was a black bear.

If it pushes the tree over and eats you, it was a brown bear.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 01:58 AM (VHUov)

451 441
See the Coastline paradox. Another crazy thing real numbers do. Welcome to fractals.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)

in 3-D, the Horn of Gabriel...finite volume, infinite surface area.
You made a quote that summed it up nicely some time back to the effect of: "you can fill it up with paint, but not coat the insides"...
I guess the 2-D version works as well: infinite line length, finite Area under the curve.

Posted by: Missouri at October 20, 2026 02:00 AM (l3cgK)

452 449 If it's black, step back.
If it's brown, hunker down.
If it's white, say good night.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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But they're so cute with their Coca-Cola (tm) bottles. I shan't believe that they would harm a fly.

Posted by: Adult Disney Fan at October 20, 2026 01:58 AM (t0yyD)

You do NOT want to eat Polar Bear livers with fava beans and a nice chianti...
The vitamin D in the liver will KILL you, even if you don't eat it all...

Posted by: Missouri at October 20, 2026 02:02 AM (l3cgK)

453 How to go straight, from Luke 9:62 -
And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:02 AM (wWuuh)

454 Saturday, we had a moose mama with twin yearlings in the yard. Today, big ol' bull moose sauntered by, probably looking for a little nookie. I'm so glad we fenced the back yard.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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With what? Saw a vid (here?) with 2 bulls having a tussle and they flattened somebody's 5' chain link fence. Trashed the kid's swing set, too.
I'd want something akin to Trump's border wall.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 02:02 AM (t0yyD)

455 450 The rule for bears:

If it's black, step back.
If it's brown, hunker down.
If it's white, say good night.
Posted by: tcn in AK

If it's too dark to tell if it's a black or brown bear, climb a tree.

If it climbs up after you and eats you, it was a black bear.

If it pushes the tree over and eats you, it was a brown bear.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 01:58 AM (VHUov)

If you're out in the forest with friends, make sure you run faster than your friends...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:03 AM (l3cgK)

456 >> I guess the 2-D version works as well: infinite line length, finite Area under the curve.

Bingo. And you can get to thinking about it, and come up with a notion of fractional dimension. The dimension of that "curve" is a real number between 1 and 2. Which is mind-blowing. How can you have non-whole numbers of dimensions?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:04 AM (w6EFb)

457 454 Saturday, we had a moose mama with twin yearlings in the yard. Today, big ol' bull moose sauntered by, probably looking for a little nookie. I'm so glad we fenced the back yard.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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With what? Saw a vid (here?) with 2 bulls having a tussle and they flattened somebody's 5' chain link fence. Trashed the kid's swing set, too.
I'd want something akin to Trump's border wall.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 02:02 AM (t0yyD)

.50 cal rifle?

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:04 AM (l3cgK)

458 456 >> I guess the 2-D version works as well: infinite line length, finite Area under the curve.

Bingo. And you can get to thinking about it, and come up with a notion of fractional dimension. The dimension of that "curve" is a real number between 1 and 2. Which is mind-blowing. How can you have non-whole numbers of dimensions?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:04 AM (w6EFb)

Probably a similar way you have a function, like the Gamma Function be an extension of the factorial function...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:05 AM (l3cgK)

459
Another way to look at is the curve is everywhere continuous, but nowhere differentiable.

The Weierstrass function was the first example of that, but they didn't call it fractal until much later, after Mandelbrot developed the theory and coined the term.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:08 AM (w6EFb)

460 Who, other than early Arctic explorers, had the opportunity to eat polar bear liver and did so?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:09 AM (oZ3Xh)

461
Say I'm standing on a sphere. I want to go straight on that sphere. If I follow the trivial rule of "going straight" in the ambient 3D Euclidean space the sphere is sitting in, I immediately leave the surface. So that's no good.

I want a definition of going straight relative to the surface of the sphere so I don't step off it. I want to "curve the least", going the straightest I can on the surface without leaving it.

That's why you need to get down the rigorous nitty-gritty of what you mean by going straight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)

462 460 Who, other than early Arctic explorers, had the opportunity to eat polar bear liver and did so?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:09 AM (oZ3Xh)

I'm sure the Eskimos knew not to eat the bear liver.

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:11 AM (l3cgK)

463 You do NOT want to eat Polar Bear livers with fava beans and a nice chianti...
The vitamin D in the liver will KILL you, even if you don't eat it all...
Posted by: Missouri

That's vitamin A, but it probably doesn't matter if you're hospitalized or dead.

Moose liver is also to vitamin-A-dense for people. And walrus and some kind(s) of seal.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 02:12 AM (VHUov)

464 463 You do NOT want to eat Polar Bear livers with fava beans and a nice chianti...
The vitamin D in the liver will KILL you, even if you don't eat it all...
Posted by: Missouri

That's vitamin A, but it probably doesn't matter if you're hospitalized or dead.

Moose liver is also to vitamin-A-dense for people. And walrus and some kind(s) of seal.

Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 02:12 AM (VHUov)

Right, Vitamin A, not D, although both are fat soluble, so will build up much, much faster than water soluble vitamins like vitamin C (which you just piss out the excess).
I remember a doctor saying eating additional vitamin C wouldn't have any additional health benefits, just make for vitamin C-rich piss...and I thought to myself, "well, couldn't that be good for the urinary tract, doc?"...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:14 AM (l3cgK)

465 You do NOT want to eat Polar Bear livers with fava beans and a nice chianti...
The vitamin D in the liver will KILL you, even if you don't eat it all...
Posted by: Missouri
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Tons of Vit A in rabbit livers. One liver won't hurt you if cooked (they're small), but eat one 4 or 5 days in a row...
Vit A is toxic in large quantities, and it's fat soluble.

One raw rabbit liver will make you sick,so you probably won't get to the second day. I know someone who made that mistake (raw) while taking a survival course. They added a warning in subsequent courses.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 02:14 AM (t0yyD)

466 If you're out in the forest with friends, make sure you run faster than your friends...
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:03 AM (l3cgK)

If you are with friends, you only need a .22 to protect you from bears. Shoot your friend in the knee, and you are good to go.

Ack.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:18 AM (fOTAm)

467 Liver... yuck! Guess I'm safe from (that source, anyway) vitamin A overdose.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

468 Bingo. And you can get to thinking about it, and come up with a notion of fractional dimension. The dimension of that "curve" is a real number between 1 and 2. Which is mind-blowing. How can you have non-whole numbers of dimensions?
Posted by: publius
------
Spherical Geometry was not my favorite high school class, so my mind was blown about 300 posts back.
I are a Injuneer, so I stopped at Linear Algebra ANF Vector Calc, while I was still.somewhat normal 😋

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 02:20 AM (t0yyD)

469 One raw rabbit liver will make you sick,so you probably won't get to the second day. I know someone who made that mistake (raw) while taking a survival course. They added a warning in subsequent courses.
Posted by: buddhaha

You mean-- they failed the course-- they didn't survive.

/s

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

470 Moose liver is also to vitamin-A-dense for people. And walrus and some kind(s) of seal.
Posted by: mikeski at October 20, 2026 02:12 AM (VHUov)

Never ate the liver, certainly, but the moose heart was the delicacy the night of the kill. Tasty, but a little weird.

I ate moose meat growing up, because it was what we could afford. I took a few years to get used to beef once I moved to the Lower 48. It always tasted kinda bland to me then, although I live a good beef steak now.

DH won't hunt a moose for me, and I'm really to decrepit to pull it off myself, but if one comes over the fence, I will be harvesting that monster and eating it for two years.

Moose teriyaki is about the best you can imagine. Moose roast, moose burger (with a bit of beef tallow, because it's very lean), moose steak... mmmm...

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:21 AM (fOTAm)

471 468 Bingo. And you can get to thinking about it, and come up with a notion of fractional dimension. The dimension of that "curve" is a real number between 1 and 2. Which is mind-blowing. How can you have non-whole numbers of dimensions?
Posted by: publius
------
Spherical Geometry was not my favorite high school class, so my mind was blown about 300 posts back.
I are a Injuneer, so I stopped at Linear Algebra ANF Vector Calc, while I was still.somewhat normal 😋

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 02:20 AM (t0yyD)

I've forgotten most of the calculus I learned, including one upper-division calc class...it's a shame. I used calc for work, but not very often...
What I get for not using it for the better part of 35 years.

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:24 AM (l3cgK)

472 How does a typo in "and" turn into "ANF"?
The ways of autocucumber are mysterious, grasshopper.

Posted by: buddhaha at October 20, 2026 02:24 AM (t0yyD)

473 And one moose fed a family of seven for an entire year, so there's that. We also had salmon, of course, and the occasional ptarmigan or snowshoe hare. Some whole chickens when they were on sale. But almost never beef. Way too expensive.

Now there is a push to raise beef in AK, and the stuff I've purchased is very good indeed, but pricey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:24 AM (fOTAm)

474 469 One raw rabbit liver will make you sick,so you probably won't get to the second day. I know someone who made that mistake (raw) while taking a survival course. They added a warning in subsequent courses.
Posted by: buddhaha

You mean-- they failed the course-- they didn't survive.

/s

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:21 AM (rdVOm)

It was doubly bad when a bear showed up and their friend shot them in the knee with a .22...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:24 AM (l3cgK)

475 It was doubly bad when a bear showed up and their friend shot them in the knee with a .22...
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia)

*snort!*

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:26 AM (rdVOm)

476 ...
I ate moose meat growing up, because it was what we could afford. I took a few years to get used to beef once I moved to the Lower 48. It always tasted kinda bland to me then, although I live a good beef steak now.
...

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:21 AM (fOTAm)

I grew up drinking goats milk; it was all I knew. When I started eating school lunches, I thought cows milk tasted terrible. I'm used to it now, but being I was having issues with my intestine, stopped drinking milk for a year or two and now find myself a bit lactose intolerant.

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:26 AM (l3cgK)

477 It was doubly bad when a bear showed up and their friend shot them in the knee with a .22...
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:24 AM (l3cgK)

Oh, shit!

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:27 AM (fOTAm)

478 I'm used to it now, but being I was having issues with my intestine, stopped drinking milk for a year or two and now find myself a bit lactose intolerant.
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:26 AM (l3cgK)

Most people tolerate goat's milk better than cow's milk. My son, who is Mayan, cannot tolerate any of it. Some issues are genetic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:28 AM (fOTAm)

479
And above, I see I sloppily said curvature has dimensions of area. It's inverse area, of course, "per area".

And that remains all the way up to arbitrary number of dimensions. All those components of the curvature tensors have those units, per area, and they are just all the different sectional or plane curvatures of all the coordinate axes.

In 2D you've just got one plane. In 3D, you've got three planes (xy, yz, zx). And then, how each varies in a certain way. That ups up to components in 3D. And then 20 in 4D total. The Ricci part doesn't grow as fast, just 10 in 4D.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:30 AM (w6EFb)

480 I grew up drinking 2% milk. "whole" milk has a greasy mouthfeel to me now. (it's what? 4% butterfat?)

Anyway, when XH and I lived in Japan, we stayed at a small ryokan place and were served goat milk for breakfast. Fresh from the goat! After a few miles on the road, I got sick-- that milk was just too rich.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

481 478 I'm used to it now, but being I was having issues with my intestine, stopped drinking milk for a year or two and now find myself a bit lactose intolerant.
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:26 AM (l3cgK)

Most people tolerate goat's milk better than cow's milk. My son, who is Mayan, cannot tolerate any of it. Some issues are genetic.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 02:28 AM (fOTAm)

My wife, God rest her soul, was lactose intolerant (ethnic Chinese tend to be). She drank some cows milk, but the proteins or antigens somehow made it through the breast milk and gave the older one hives when he nursed. She found out that drinking goats milk worked, and moreover, drinking RAW goats milk didn't cause the lactose issues (yeah natural bacteria in the milk!)
I was fed goat milk from 2wks of age. I joke that my thick skull comes from those days...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:31 AM (l3cgK)

482 480 I grew up drinking 2% milk. "whole" milk has a greasy mouthfeel to me now. (it's what? 4% butterfat?)

Anyway, when XH and I lived in Japan, we stayed at a small ryokan place and were served goat milk for breakfast. Fresh from the goat! After a few miles on the road, I got sick-- that milk was just too rich.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

Oh, even today I prefer the full fat milk. When I was a teenager, the summer before starting 10th grade, I would easily drink a gallon of milk a day...ice cold goats milk...
My wife went to the same Junior High (for one year) and HS (for three years) as I did, and after we were married she told me she wondered why I got "chubby" between my freshman and sophmore year. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:35 AM (l3cgK)

483 Lactase is your friend if lactose intolerant.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:36 AM (oZ3Xh)

484 I miss milk. Nothing like a glass of ice-cold milk... But I stopped drinking it for *too long* and now it does awful things to me if I drink more than a half-glass or so.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

485 I never studied topology. I did, for fun, go over spherical math myself one year; don't remember much.
When I realize derivatives were just finding slopes (delta y over delta x, but taking the deltas to the limit close to zero), it made it much easier to understand. Found the fundamental theorem of Calculus beautiful in how it connected reverse differentiation (integration) to finding areas under continuous curves.
Same with infinite sequences leading to Euler's formula, and the relationship between hyperbolic trigonometric functions and substituting complex angles into Euler's formula.

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:39 AM (l3cgK)

486 484 I miss milk. Nothing like a glass of ice-cold milk... But I stopped drinking it for *too long* and now it does awful things to me if I drink more than a half-glass or so.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:37 AM (rdVOm)

Ice-cold glass of milk and a box of dates...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:40 AM (l3cgK)

487 Ice-cold glass of milk and a box of dates...
Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia)

If I drank a pint of milk, I wouldn't need the fruit...

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:41 AM (rdVOm)

488 483 Lactase is your friend if lactose intolerant.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:36 AM (oZ3Xh)

My elder child uses that or drinks lactaid milk, but it's damnably expensive (even at Costco, $8/gal!). Poor kid became allergic to eggs a few years ago, and milk after that. He'll take some lactase before eating a pizza, saying "It's worth it"...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:42 AM (l3cgK)

489 /searches for kosher moose meat supplier

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 20, 2026 02:46 AM (ebJJx)

490 Why are so many becoming allergic to various foods? It happened in the past but was much rarer. Has something changed, or are we just more aware of it?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:47 AM (oZ3Xh)

491 Why are so many becoming allergic to various foods? It happened in the past but was much rarer. Has something changed, or are we just more aware of it?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Great question!

I notice it too, but have no answer.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

492 Has something changed, or are we just more aware of it?

Yes. No doubt all the 'additives' that have been put in our food is a problem. Also, science has improved. I've always figured that all the varieties of cancer has been with us for centuries, it's just now we can diagnose it. In the past, you just got sick, and then you were dead. No idea what the cause.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at October 20, 2026 02:52 AM (sAmhv)

493 490 Why are so many becoming allergic to various foods? It happened in the past but was much rarer. Has something changed, or are we just more aware of it?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 20, 2026 02:47 AM (oZ3Xh)

Hmmm. Older boy and I both got the clot shot. He was already an adult, so his choice. I did it because I had at least a couple of comorbidities. Younger one didn't get it. In the end we all got COVID anyway. Younger one got a fever of 104ºF, but was able to get it down. I didn't get it too bad for a man on immunosuppressive meds (maybe because all the crap I was exposed to growing up, unclogging sewers and cleaning septic tanks)...

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 02:53 AM (l3cgK)

494 >> I never studied topology.

It's a profound thing. Topology is sort of the master of all, the supreme law of the land. A sphere and a cube are topologically equivalent, the same. As well as a coffee mug and a donut are the same. But two very different topological animals. It's just the geometry is different between them all.

Topology gives much freedom in the local geometry, but it sets some fundamental constraints on how that geometry much "connect" globally.

See the Gauss-Bonnet Theorem. That says that a topological sphere must have 4pi worth of curvature. Remember that area thing? The curvature of any topological sphere must integrate to 4pi globally. With a sphere, we distribute that evenly, constant curvature. With a cube, it's concentrated in 8 singularities at the corners (edges are suprisingly zero intrinsic curvature).

Now, a torus must sum to 0. And that tells us a 2D torus can be flat (we just can't embed in 3D, it takes 4D to bend a flat piece of plane into a closed torus). The donut is a 3D version and has to have local curvature to fit in 3D, but it sums to zero.

And that global master constraint thing has profound implications for physics....

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)

495 I think many "allergies" are merely self-diagnosed-- not necessarily true allergies, but people have found that certain foods/substances *disagree* with their digestive systems.

🤷‍♀️

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 02:56 AM (rdVOm)

496
I've got to pack it in for tonight, forgive my rambling. But to answer the question of what it means to go straight. It means I keep going in the same direction. (big duh, huh?). I don't change direction as a move along. Meaning the derivative of my tangent vector per arc length is zero.

Now, take that to a curved surface. Same thing. But, since the surface is curved, that means I must curve, my tangent vector has to change to stay on the surface. But going strait means the rate of change must be everywhere normal to the surface, with no component the tangent plane at any point. I throw away the normal component as a move along.

And that is going straight on a curved surface. The math gets tedious to do that, but that's what it is.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:59 AM (w6EFb)

497 My sister's husband is truly allergic to grapes (or something they contain)-- as in, needs epinephrine due to his throat swelling shut.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

498 407 asmongold
It's spreading all across Europe..
https://tinyurl.com/4muhb9kp
53:10

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 01:14 AM (odBC9)

I was teenager in the 90s, and I speak from ignorance, but looking at Europe today I have to wonder if we were unjust to the Serbs. Can France, England, etc save themselves without doing the same?

And I grieve for Cyprus. I suppose our leaders were afraid of discord in NATO, but what an injustice. I've stayed in the home of someone who fled from Lefkosia as a child. . . .

Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 03:04 AM (rcENI)

499 And that is going straight on a curved surface. The math gets tedious to do that, but that's what it is.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 02:59 AM (w6EFb)

The questions of "how straight" and "how far" are intricately interwoven as well. Straight implies "shortest distance", but how one measures distance is an imposition upon the space, not an intrinsic property of it. You need both a topology and a metric to define what we think of as a space, and to then describe whatever we think of as a curvature on it. A lot of the various branches and off-shoots of mathematics are various ways of abstracting out things we naturally take for granted like direction or distance or what it means to be connected or adjacent.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 03:08 AM (aKiSo)

500 497 My sister's husband is truly allergic to grapes (or something they contain)-- as in, needs epinephrine due to his throat swelling shut.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 03:00 AM (rdVOm)

My son gets the worst diarrhea when he eats anything with eggs. So not a life-and-death allergy (yet), but bad enough.
My wife's cousin would have terrible reactions to foods, eventually becoming allergic to almost all grains. She was diagnosed with a "leaky" intestine, where the proteins from the grains would cross the blood barrier and eventually the immune system would determine those proteins were invasive and develop antibodies against it. Poor girl was so skinny. Eventually she went through desensitization therapy and can eat a whole slew of foods she couldn't before.
Allergies are strange things. I read an article where asians who could eat jackfruit moved to Italy and within 6 months to a year became allergic to jackfruit. Turned out the culprit was the pollen of some birch tree, whose protein was close enough to that found in jackfruit that the immune system antibodies attacked both.

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:09 AM (l3cgK)

501 DH has reactions to so many things, dust, dander, pollen, etc. When he was a baby, he was allergic to chicken eggs, so badly it required epinephrine to open his airway. Now? He eats donuts. If he thinks it has eggs, he reacts. I think it is psychosomatic at this point. But the rest? He is very sensitive.

I'm told most of it is genetic, but I'm just not sure of that. I think people react to all kinds of things, but true allergies are probably somewhat rarer.

My son is not allergic to anything, but he doesn't tolerate milk. That's genetic. He was exposed to heaven only knows what as a baby in Guatemala. He never got colds or the flu either, as a kid. He probably developed all sorts of immunities due to the basic levels of sanitation in Guat.

But DH? He's a pale Viking. Heaven only knows. We keep an epi-pen just in case.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 03:13 AM (fOTAm)

502 And I grieve for Cyprus. I suppose our leaders were afraid of discord in NATO, but what an injustice. I've stayed in the home of someone who fled from Lefkosia as a child. . . .
Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 03:04 AM (rcENI)

My BiL's mother just left Cyprus after living there for years. Same diagnosis on her part, apparently.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 03:14 AM (aKiSo)

503 My son is not allergic to anything, but he doesn't tolerate milk. That's genetic. He was exposed to heaven only knows what as a baby in Guatemala. He never got colds or the flu either, as a kid. He probably developed all sorts of immunities due to the basic levels of sanitation in Guat.

But DH? He's a pale Viking. Heaven only knows. We keep an epi-pen just in case.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 20, 2026 03:13 AM (fOTAm)

One of the advantages of having pets and farm animals, and allowing kids to play in the mud...exposure to lots of things, teaching the immune system what to be wary of and what not to.
Genetics also plays a role, like with my wife's cousin. Even that cousin's sister had specific allergies. As I recall, one could eat no seafood except lobster, the other could eat no seafood except crabs. Expensive allergies!

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:16 AM (l3cgK)

504 >> You need both a topology and a metric to define what we think of as a space, and to then describe whatever we think of as a curvature on it.

Yes! And that's a very important point. My simple hand-waving way to define that above was making use of the crutch of Euclidean embedding space. Anyone who knows basic vector calculus can derive the geodesic equations simply from that. And there will be no notion of a "connection" at all that comes into it, much less the specific Levi-Civita one.

That comes for free from the Euclidean metric and hides all the meaning there. To do abstractly from scratch, intrinsic only, you've got to build that up from the get go. What do we mean by "distance". What do we mean by taking derivates of vectors on that space, etc, etc.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 03:16 AM (w6EFb)

505 502 And I grieve for Cyprus. I suppose our leaders were afraid of discord in NATO, but what an injustice. I've stayed in the home of someone who fled from Lefkosia as a child. . . .
Posted by: frammish at October 20, 2026 03:04 AM (rcENI)

My BiL's mother just left Cyprus after living there for years. Same diagnosis on her part, apparently.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 03:14 AM (aKiSo)

Turkey has turned into one turkey of a NATO partner, hasn't it?

Posted by: jim (in Kallifornia) at October 20, 2026 03:17 AM (l3cgK)

506 That is crazy, jim in Kali--

I don't call myself "allergic" to milk; I can drink a little bit of it (say, with cookies LOL) or cook with it, without any problem. It's only when I slug down a big glass of it, that I have bathroom issues.

Cheese? No problem. Cream soups? No problem. Go figure.

Like Puddleglum suggested: food additives are suspect. Too many chemicals!

I cook at home, mostly. Very rarely eat restaurant food or 'highly processed' grocery items. I think that's been good for me and hubby.

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm)

507 I ping pong between being lactose intolerant and lactose tolerant, every couple years. It's annoying, but tolerable.

I never ever used to react to poison ivy, until one day a little while ago I learned the very painful way that this fact stopped being true at some point and neglected to tell me.

(When you grow up being able to completely ignore poison ivy, you get blind to it. Even if it's completely covering the tree you're climbing to delimb and fell....)

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 03:18 AM (aKiSo)

508 Well, my drink is empty and it's time for bed.

Good night, horde!

May we all be so lucky, as to see another sunrise...

Posted by: JQ at October 20, 2026 03:21 AM (rdVOm)

509 That comes for free from the Euclidean metric and hides all the meaning there. To do abstractly from scratch, intrinsic only, you've got to build that up from the get go. What do we mean by "distance". What do we mean by taking derivates of vectors on that space, etc, etc.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 20, 2026 03:16 AM (w6EFb)

I've been poking around the edges of category theory lately. It's fascinating. Almost more like meta-mathematics. Or better put, a tool for doing meta-mathematics that can also be used to do meta-other-stuff too.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 20, 2026 03:26 AM (aKiSo)

510 Better get moving

Posted by: Skip at October 20, 2026 03:48 AM (Ia/+0)

511 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at October 20, 2026 04:00 AM (odBC9)

512 Ha, just drove by that tire on Saturday.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 20, 2026 07:36 AM (Wg6v7)

513 The mystery click should be
"I'm Tire-d" by Lily von Shtupp

Posted by: OldManMike at October 20, 2026 11:14 AM (d/Gcg)

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Posted by: webpage at October 20, 2026 01:03 PM (CX0lu)

515 Back in the mid-90s I had a website called 'The Tackiest Place In America Contest'. It was comprised at first of pictures I took on a cross-country trip but developed a bit of a following and was supplemented by the community with more places (including the Lifesavers example in this ONT).

I named Blue Earth, MN the winner for its Jolly Green Giant statue. I got an email from the Mayor of Blue Earth complaining. I also got photos of it at Christmas with his yearly scarf.

I let the site go when Roadside America went online but it was a lot of fun for a few years.

Posted by: Dodd at October 20, 2026 02:30 PM (1hSg1)

Orang-Utan Cafe

Kristin Mae Photography
She says this is the transition between "golden hour"
-- the much-prized hour when the sun is low in the sky --
and "blue hour" -- the brief period of twilight

Baby pygmy hippo is a cutie.

Elephants are majestic and beautiful until they decide, out of nowhere, that they have beef with you, and then they get scary.

Is it possible to have too many dogs in your pickup truck? This guy dances right on the line.

A great horned owl got stuck in a soccer goal's net, because soccer is stupid and kills beautiful animals. These nice people extract him.

Rescuing an orphaned tiny baby rabbit, and the -- sniff -- setting him free when he's grown.

A Halloween dog parade in New York. I don't think this year's dog costumers are bringing their best, but still, you get to see some dogs.

Elephant plays crossing guard for a herd of water buffalo crossing a river.

A.B.H. Always Be Herding. Always Be Herding.

Turtle Rescue Squad is summoned to save another turtle stuck in a grate.

Tourists come across an orang-utan using the same path they're on, and the big lug just passes peacefully.

We all have our own fears. 😂😂 https://t.co/jxiPk5yOfY
— The Best (@TheBestqueenx) October 14, 2026

A drone captured the incredible moment a whale pushed a paddleboard with its fin.
Maximiliano Jonas filmed the amazing footage off the coast of Puerto Madryn, Argentina
[📹 maxijonas] https://t.co/XcSaFwTftx
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 14, 2026

This orang-utan subscribes to nurse ratched's newsletter. It agrees with her about pernicious river otters.

This one too.

The big finale of Romeo and Juliet, featuring the deaths of the lovers, was being staged and a cat thought, you know what this Shakespeare fag is missing? Me, that's what.

And he was right.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (hG5L0)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:22 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Damned pop-up screwed my entrance.

Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 19, 2026 07:23 PM (hG5L0)

5 Anna, my response to you was Willowed. Posting then then looking at cute fur babies...

>>> I disliked the movie because the 'smart educated' scientists coastally acted in ways that were suicidal.

Oh, for sure Anna!! A lot of their problems could be solved by just not being stupid. Like thinking they can suddenly breathe the air. And splitting up.

One of the fun points of the game "Subnautica" is that the second you land on the planet, everything including the air and water poisons you. You have to get a mutation from a native plant/creature thing just to survive.

And there's a body replicator machine that replicates you if you die. The lore, once you get farther into playing the game, is absolutely horrific. An earlier group of explorers in the game SPOILER ALERT had to make copies of themselves to eat because they ran out of food and the animals there were poison.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Toos7)

6 Elephants are majestic and beautiful until they decide, out of nowhere, that they have beef with you

Yeah, that elephant's going to get shot.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (vJrRc)

7 The cat was a better actor. Nyah

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

8 She says this is the transition between "golden hour"

I'm glad there were no showers.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (l3cgK)

9 Also willowed:

Guy Fleegman: HEY! Don't open that! It's The Café! Are there penguins happy-footing around, projectile pooping? You don't know!

[Guy holds his breath. Kwan sniffs the air and shrugs]

Fred Kwan: Seems okay.
Posted by: Galaxy Quest at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM

Translated into an IRL AoSHQ Café scenario.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:26 PM (0sNs1)

10
Re the green white dwarfs from last thread. They can also, depending on the mix of just what's in the atmosphere (yes, white dwarfs have atmospheres), can be all sorts of crazy colors, including pink, purple and chartreuse.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (w6EFb)

11
And there's a body replicator machine that replicates you if you die. The lore, once you get farther into playing the game, is absolutely horrific. An earlier group of explorers in the game SPOILER ALERT had to make copies of themselves to eat because they ran out of food and the animals there were poison.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Toos7)

Why didn't they send copies of themselves in the first place?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)

12 Those are Asian Small Clawed Otters, not River Otters.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

13 A great horned owl got stuck in a soccer goal's net, because soccer is stupid and kills beautiful animals.

At least he wasn't flying near bird choppers...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (l3cgK)

14 We have a rabbit living very close to house, at best now I think she knows I am not a threat.

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

15 Re the green white dwarfs from last thread. They can also, depending on the mix of just what's in the atmosphere (yes, white dwarfs have atmospheres), can be all sorts of crazy colors, including pink, purple and chartreuse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM

The last thread had discussion about other types of atmospheric mixes, as well.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)

16 12 Those are Asian Small Clawed Otters, not River Otters.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (MWfyi)

Have you personally experienced them up your ass?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (l3cgK)

17 I've personally never been around otters. I don't trust the little assholes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (l3cgK)

18 Glad I never played Subnautica, if I want similar horror there is Matango. Nothing on an island to eat but mushrooms, but if you eat the mushrooms you turn into a mushroom monster.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (2GVsD)

19 Is that a thing? I am intrigued.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)

20 chartreuse is green though

Posted by: 88C+u isn't gay at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (88C+u)

21 I've personally never been around otters. I don't trust the little assholes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

Were you cognizant that they hold 'hands' whilst they sleep?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

22 Shut up Wesley

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (2GVsD)

23 The blue hour..L'heure Bleue. I have some perfume with that name.

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (lJ0H4)

24 21 I've personally never been around otters. I don't trust the little assholes.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

Were you cognizant that they hold 'hands' whilst they sleep?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

I'm more worried about what they do when they're awake...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (l3cgK)

25 Any more info come out about the Bend, OR killer?

Is it true that Mommie dearest bought a Maverick 88 shotgun for his 16th birthday?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (2GVsD)

26 >> chartreuse is green though

A little yellowish. But basically I just like to say that word.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (w6EFb)

27 chartreuse is green though
Posted by: 88C+u isn't gay at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

It's not (yet) an 'ette-approved fashion colour, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

28 Re the green white dwarfs from last thread. They can also, depending on the mix of just what's in the atmosphere (yes, white dwarfs have atmospheres), can be all sorts of crazy colors, including pink, purple and chartreuse.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (w6EFb)
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Sounds FABULOUS!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (FZ29D)

29 My blue and orange sunset painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

30 14 We have a rabbit living very close to house, at best now I think she knows I am not a threat.

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)

One year, at my Dad's place, we started having wabbits on our property. I found our cat with her litter of kittens and a baby rabbit (obviously traumatized). After the kittens ignored it for a half hour, the mama kitty ate it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM (l3cgK)

31 My blue and orange sunset painting. See nic.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM

Blue and orange is a great color combo!

Posted by: Denver Broncos at October 19, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

32 We have river otters at the creek and they don't do any of that gay shit like holding hands. I've got a trail cam aimed at what I think is one of their burrows in the bank. I've seen them but never got a picture.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 07:33 PM (MWfyi)

33 27 chartreuse is green though
Posted by: 88C+u isn't gay at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM

It's not (yet) an 'ette-approved fashion colour, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1)

Puce sounds awful. I remember in grade school they used add this white powder when a kid would puke...it would sometimes turn pink when it came in contact...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:33 PM (l3cgK)

34 29 My blue and orange sunset painting. See nic.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:32 PM (KC5Lt)

Nice! Would hang.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:34 PM (l3cgK)

35 All eyes on Alberta. With the exception of a short piece by CBS, the US media is pretty much ignoring the Referendum Vote. Go figure.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 07:35 PM (dIske)

36
Another fascinating discovery about white dwarfs coming out of the exoplanet research. They've confirmed a "2nd generation" planet, a big ol' Jupiter mass gas giant, around a white dwarf. This formed after the star died from the planetary disc expelled as the star went red giant and blew away most of the material (this will be our sun's fate in some time over 5 billion years from now.

So, planets can form after a star dies. And surprisingly some theorizing has white dwarfs have a habitable zone for any little rocky planet that might form close in.

You'd think it would be impossible. The orbit would be very close, orbital period measure in hours. And it would be tidally locked, but at a few hours period, the rotation rate would be the same, and that would be fast enough to stir up the atmospher nicely and keep heat distributed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:36 PM (w6EFb)

37 Yay! I took the car in for an overheating problem and it turned out to be warranty work. No charge!

Winning!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:37 PM (amcLV)

38 Why didn't they send copies of themselves in the first place?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)

There was an SF story where that was the means of star travel. You'd go to a booth and a copy was sent FTL and arrive, while you'd go home. The destination in the story was a ship constructed to study a strange object in space and the people were all going to die out there after the flyby.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:38 PM (uhVAy)

39 It's not (yet) an 'ette-approved fashion colour, however.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (0sNs1

Au contraire! I love chartreuse.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 07:38 PM (ZdaMQ)

40
Sunsets on Mars are indeed often blue. The dust in the thin atmosphere works exactly bassackwards to Erf, scattering the red, and passing the blue through. You can find some rover pictures of this.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:39 PM (w6EFb)

41 So is the light we see from stars also subject to space time dilation?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)

42 The word “puce” just sounds ugly.

Muriel Puce must’ve been a real dog.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:41 PM (77rzZ)

43 >>>Elephants are majestic and beautiful until they decide, out of nowhere, that they have beef with you, and then they get scary.

I don't know if the elephant even had a real beef with them. We seen vids posted here before of lions laying in the path as some elephants approached. They didn't just keep laying in the path waiting to see what happened. They got their furry asses out of the way.

People should be so smart.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (syz1S)

44 I like Chartreuse but it packs a hell of a punch.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (ua/lL)

45 41 So is the light we see from stars also subject to space time dilation?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:40 PM (KC5Lt)

Yes. Red-shifted by the expansion of space...Also, if the star is coming towards us relative to our motion, it'll be blue-shifted, moving away from us relative to our motion it'll be red-shifted.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

46 The word “puce” just sounds ugly.

Muriel Puce must’ve been a real dog.
Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:41 PM (77rzZ)
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It's also the French word for "flea."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (amcLV)

47 33 The pink sawdust!

Ah, fond memories…

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:43 PM (77rzZ)

48 I like Chartreuse but it packs a hell of a punch.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (ua/lL)
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A drink so awesome they named a color after it!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:43 PM (amcLV)

49 Captain Obvious, well played.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:44 PM (ua/lL)

50 >>>Is it possible to have too many dogs in your pickup truck? This guy dances right on the line.

The guy narrating sounded like he was shitfaced.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:45 PM (syz1S)

51 Captain Obvious, well played.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:44 PM (ua/lL)
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Well, that's according to Quentin Tarantino's bartender in "Death Proof."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:45 PM (amcLV)

52 >> So is the light we see from stars also subject to space time dilation?

There is a Doppler effect for moving stars (and this can be used to determine velocities of nearby stars, if you know the class of star and what it should be emitting in the rest frame). Special relativity modifies it beyond the classical Doppler relation.

Now, at cosmological scales, the expansion redshifts the light greatly itself. The wavelength is stretched out as it travels through space. And there is gravitational red (and blue) shift as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:45 PM (w6EFb)

53 Years ago was lucky to stay at a rainforest research center for a few days, in Borneo. It was great. Simple dorm-like room (fairly cheap), lived and ate with all the scientists there doing their projects.

I remember there was a Thai woman who was an orangutan specialist. She had habituated one particular orangutan sufficiently that the critter would ignore her when the primate was visiting her favorite durian tree (the scientist staked out this tree). As I recall she was lucky to see the orangutan a few times, in a few months. Amazing patience.

The ant guy had a lot more action. Went out with him one night on his rounds. OMG. The huge ant colonies (with huge ants). The deafening cacophony of the rainforest at sunset was something else.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (U/Byj)

54 Soccer should be banned in the US as it is a faggy sport of 3rd world savages and Dirty Euros and only seeks to feminize young men.

Posted by: Mr. Heyman at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (VmFld)

55 On a game drive I did in South Africa we came upon a small group of elephants. It was one male and three females. That's when the ranger driving the rig told up about musth.

It's a periodic thing male elephants go through. Basically a rise in their hormones which causes them to horny. And aggressive.

And just as he finished explaining the condition the male started flapping ears, using his trunk to through dirt in the air and then charged us. When a big bull elephant starts charging at you it gets your attention.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)

56 Love the color of twilight!

Elephants I will always love. This big boy decided these men irritated him vastly. He either picked up faggotry fumes, or the one tapping his finger sent him over the edge. It's possible his dinner was late. Regardless, I have this same feeling at times.

Not an orangutan but a baboon sends our Girlie #1 into hysterics. The word at first, as I said she was acting like a baboon (we have the same uninhibited laugh). I showed her a photo online and she immediately noticed their their behinds. There's a baboon song my dude played in the car mentioning their colorful buttocks. We are weird and wear it with pride.

Loved the kitty onstage with Romeo!

My father's black cat used to scare his sitters for years. Who knew a black cat is as good as a watchdog? One visiting nurse would call ahead to see if he was outside before she came in. Granted, he'd hide in the dark hall or stairwell and jump on people and run off as they screamed...you didn't see him til you did.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 07:48 PM (hzuYO)

57 Soccer should be banned in the US as it is a faggy sport of 3rd world savages and Dirty Euros and only seeks to feminize young men.
Posted by: Mr. Heyman at October 19, 2026 07:46 PM (VmFld)
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Eh. I had fun with it in junior high.

Then I grew up.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (amcLV)

58 Yes. Red-shifted by the expansion of space...Also, if the star is coming towards us relative to our motion, it'll be blue-shifted, moving away from us relative to our motion it'll be red-shifted.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

Thanks. I was thinking of time dilation as we reach the speed of light. For example if we had a close to speed of light space ship traveling to a star 10 light years away, it would seem to the astronauts to only take 3 years to get there . Makes my brain hurt.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

59 >>>A great horned owl got stuck in a soccer goal's net, because soccer is stupid and kills beautiful animals. These nice people extract him.

Those eyes. Owls always look like they would be happy to eat your liver, with or without the fava beans.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

60 >> I'm not buying.

Well, if you can prove it ain't so, a Nobel awaits you.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

61 So, today’s Halloween joke:

Why did doctor Frankenstein measure the height of his monster?

Because he wanted to make sure that he’d grew some.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:51 PM (77rzZ)

62 I like Chartreuse but it packs a hell of a punch.
Posted by: Ben Had

Chartreuse tastes like Simple Green smells. Not recommended.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM (nEUC6)

63 Get out of the strike zone when the orangotang is pitching. He throws a lot of crap.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:53 PM (LHPAg)

64 Au contraire! I love chartreuse.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 07:38 PM

You may love it, but that doesn't mean it's gone through the 'Ette-Approved Colour Amendment Process. Only a few colors have. IIRC, fawn and taupe were the first two, followed by ecru, mauve, puce, and the last approved, sea-foam.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

65 60 Yes. Red-shifted by the expansion of space...Also, if the star is coming towards us relative to our motion, it'll be blue-shifted, moving away from us relative to our motion it'll be red-shifted.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

Thanks. I was thinking of time dilation as we reach the speed of light. For example if we had a close to speed of light space ship traveling to a star 10 light years away, it would seem to the astronauts to only take 3 years to get there . Makes my brain hurt.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

That's all relative. To the place they blasted off from it will still take the number of years it takes, but to them, less time will have passed. I'm sure Publius could do a better explanation involving Lorentz transformations and Einstein's relativity.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)

66 Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM (JTyQ

I'm talking about theoretical time dilation not whether a speed of light spaceship possible.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (KC5Lt)

67 You may love it, but that doesn't mean it's gone through the 'Ette-Approved Colour Amendment Process. Only a few colors have. IIRC, fawn and taupe were the first two, followed by ecru, mauve, puce, and the last approved, sea-foam.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)
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No dun?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (amcLV)

68 There is no "Warp" in space time as we know it.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:52 PM
It's just a jump to the left.......

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

69 Makes my brain hurt.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

Hurt the brains of the people who wrote the "Passengers" movie too.
Arcturus in 36.7 ly, 31 (relative) years to get there; means they were going 76% the speed of light. iirc the movie said they were only going 0.5c.

Posted by: we do get to see bikini Jennifer Lawrence in 0g tho' at October 19, 2026 07:56 PM (88C+u)

70 There is no "Warp" in space time as we know it"

Uh huh. It's just a jump to the left...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (pfXMo)

71 There was a young fencer named Fisk
Whose swordplay was exceedingly brisk
So fast was his action
The Lorentz Contraction
Reduced his rapier to a disk

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (amcLV)

72 69 Well, if you can prove it ain't so, a Nobel awaits you.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (w6EFb)

The Nobel Prize is the modern equivalent of the Church.

Ain't no Nobel Prize getting handed out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (JTyQE)

Titan proves that it can happen.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (l3cgK)

73 >> out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.

Do you mean abiotic generation?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (w6EFb)

74 and yeah, the ship gets fucked up in Arcturus' Oort-cloud in that movie

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (88C+u)

75 Dang it...slow again

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (pfXMo)

76 It's just a jump to the left.......
Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM

And then a quantum leap to the right?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (0sNs1)

77 Those eyes. Owls always look like they would be happy to eat your liver, with or without the fava beans.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (syz1S)

The three major predators on primates are snakes, cats and birds, and it is suggested that this is the basis for our fears for these critters.
No idea what causes the fear of spiders, though. Probably enough that they are spiders.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (rbvCR)

78 73 Makes my brain hurt.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:49 PM (KC5Lt)

Hurt the brains of the people who wrote the "Passengers" movie too.
Arcturus in 36.7 ly, 31 (relative) years to get there; means they were going 76% the speed of light. iirc the movie said they were only going 0.5c.

Posted by: we do get to see bikini Jennifer Lawrence in 0g tho' at October 19, 2026 07:56 PM (88C+u)

Maybe they were still in their acceleration phase?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (l3cgK)

79 Local news in Sacramento reports on 28 legal immigrants and permanent residents charged and 11 arrested for voting crimes an hour ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (RIvkX)

80 No dun?"

And no shiplap?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (pfXMo)

81
There was a young lady named Bright,
Whose speed was faster than light,
She left one day,
In a Relative way,
And returned the previous night.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (w6EFb)

82 Carpet colors:

https://youtu.be/gZAUXVw_TW4

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (dF6f/)

83 75 There was a young fencer named Fisk
Whose swordplay was exceedingly brisk
So fast was his action
The Lorentz Contraction
Reduced his rapier to a disk

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 07:57 PM (amcLV)

::: golf clap :::

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:58 PM (l3cgK)

84 And then a quantum leap to the right?"

Pull your knees in tight...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 07:59 PM (pfXMo)

85 *Arrested by DOJ, tbc

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM (RIvkX)

86 Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM (JTyQE)

You can change your nic but you'll never change being an ass.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:01 PM (KC5Lt)

87 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (pfXMo)

88 To Morrow?

https://youtu.be/zdEkm__55ik

Posted by: The Kingston Trio at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (dF6f/)

89 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (r2Icn)

90 Genius Attorney General says it's "proof there's no widespread voter fraud."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

91 Any magic sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from physics....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:03 PM (FZ29D)

92 We ain't not on the Moon because of Relativity.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM

Newton didn't give a fig about speed other than delta distance / delta time.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (0sNs1)

93 " I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"

Who gives a hoot? Me!

Posted by: The owl at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

94 "Some things are just absolute.
Posted by: Physics"

You got that right.

Posted by: Logic at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)

95 Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:00 PM (JTyQE)

You seem nice.

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 19, 2026 08:05 PM (dyMal)

96 >> Some things are just absolute.

Yes, these are known as invariants. Physics is all about the invariants, not the coordinate dependent quantities.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)

97 95 Genius Attorney General says it's "proof there's no widespread voter fraud."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

If you don't look for it, you'll never find it.
I'm reminded of the cartoon movie "Sleeping Beauty", where for almost 16 years the minions of Maleficent ask why they haven't found the girl, and one minion says, "We've searched everywhere...and all the cradles. Every cradle"...

https://youtu.be/EPoC9QOH-4s&t=22s

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (l3cgK)

98 Science, My Mother always told me when you have a cold take a Physics and you will shit the cold away.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (ua/lL)

99 Some things are just absolute.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:03 PM

Trolls are absolute zero.

Posted by: Lord Kelvin at October 19, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

100 "Any magic sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from physics....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

101 Ain't no Nobel Prize getting handed out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 07:54 PM (JTyQE)

Invincible Ignorance in full flower!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:09 PM (wSl27)

102 What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

Quantum entanglement

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:09 PM (rbvCR)

103 107 "Any magic sufficiently advanced is indistinguishable from physics....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel"

What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:07 PM (MWfyi)

Light refraction, reflection and distraction.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (l3cgK)

104 It looks like we might have the Anti-Einstein on our hands.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)

105 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

106 as something like if the Dutch wanted to talk shit about how easy it would be to sail.

Without actually sailing. Without putting a boat in the water.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM

Aye, someone's never heard of a Dutch Rudder.

Posted by: Lord Kelvin at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (0sNs1)

107 113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

We won't find out until you do.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:12 PM (l3cgK)

108 Should have been in bed awhile ago, long commute tomorrow
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)

109 We probably should not talk about random theoretical stuff that may or not make sense because it pisses people off. Well, not "people", just that one guy.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

110 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?
Posted by: man

Dear Wife asked me if most women go for the hardwood look these days.

I almost answered her.

She's a sly one. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (V8Zwm)

111 We probably should not talk about random theoretical stuff that may or not make sense because it pisses people off. Well, not "people", just that one guy.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

He just likes to lecture everyone about things he doesn't understand and lacks the vocabulary to describe.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (rbvCR)

112 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

113 117 We probably should not talk about random theoretical stuff that may or not make sense because it pisses people off. Well, not "people", just that one guy.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)

Even if going faster than light (or Warping or using wormholes) is not theoretically possible (or maybe not now due to our understanding), something can be learned by thought experiments on how it might be accomplished, and occasionally it can be something useful.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:15 PM (l3cgK)

114 On the YT channel Northern Perspective - about Canadian politics - they were having a serious discussion about CFB Wainwright and maintained their decorum, even as a cat jumped on their desk.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 08:15 PM (y1v6X)

115 118 Carpet colors:"

But does it match the drapes?
Posted by: man

Dear Wife asked me if most women go for the hardwood look these days.

I almost answered her.

She's a sly one. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:13 PM (V8Zwm)

Hah.
Yeah, the answer is, "How would I know?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:15 PM (l3cgK)

116 >>> 121 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

They launched Bono and his car from a trebuchet???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (jb8Ss)

117 It looks like we might have the Anti-Einstein on our hands.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)
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He should be hanging out with noted Flat Erfer CC "Chris" from Westchester County.

They'd make a great team.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (FZ29D)

118 "Humanity is way, way behind on the applied part of science. &

Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

119 I'm reminded of the joke of the two guys at the barber shop getting a shave.
The barber asks if he was some cologne after the shave, and the first guy says, "No. I don't want to smell like a whorehouse when I go home to my wife."
The second guy, when asked, says, "Sure, I'll take some. Neither I nor my wife know what a whorehouse smells like."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (l3cgK)

120 You sexist bastards!

Greg Price
@greg_price11
Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 08:18 PM (ndZc7)

121 128 "Humanity is way, way behind on the applied part of science. &

Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)

There was a time where it was generally believed if you traveled faster than 45 or 50 mph, you would die of a heart attack. Also, if men were meant to fly, they'd been born with wings.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:18 PM (l3cgK)

122 113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

We won't find out until you do.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:12 PM (l3cgK)
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No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Posted by: Professor Farnsworth at October 19, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

123 121 Monday Night Football flyover was a U-2

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:14 PM (ZxPkt)

Shot down by Russia?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (l3cgK)

124 132 113 Quantum entanglement
Posted by: Kindltot

I never touched that woman!

Posted by: Quantum Entanglement at October 19, 2026 08:11 PM (ZHRuH)

We won't find out until you do.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:12 PM (l3cgK)
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No fair! You changed the outcome by measuring it!

Posted by: Professor Farnsworth at October 19, 2026 08:19 PM (FZ29D)

Or maybe BOTH outcomes happened...just in different universes.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (l3cgK)

125
Ain't no Nobel Prize getting handed out for showing the Adiabatic Generation of Hyrdro-Carbons.

Posted by: Physics

Can I be of assistance, officer?

-- Sadi Carnot

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (trSL4)

126 There usually is a reason it's a theory and not a law.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

127 Fun fact. Another name for a Slotkin is an "Intercrural Trench".

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

128
General Relativity is just about the most successful theory in physics and also the most beautiful.

Now, the late Mr. Feynman might quibble a bit with the definition of "successful", claiming bragging rights for QED in terms of experimental precision of less than one part in a trillion, but on the grand scale, GR is the masterpiece.

This thing we call spacetime has been experimentally confirmed six ways to Sunday for over 100 years.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (w6EFb)

129 We weren't talking Star Trek except for the nic changing ass but it is interesting that it took place only in a quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy and there are a trillion galaxies.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (KC5Lt)

130 136 There usually is a reason it's a theory and not a law.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

Because then it would be enforced?
Oh, don't mind the Dems; they break da law all the time and get away with it...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (l3cgK)

131
125

Then tell us. Tell us the theory that is lead-pipe stone-cold cinched up.

You know. Like Climate Theory. Tell us.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:16 PM

-------

Tell us what you meant by adiabatic generation of hydrocarbons.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (VWtfl)

132 Greg Price
@greg_price11
Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 08:18 PM (ndZc7)

No, it's because she's Stalins commie jerk sock.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 08:22 PM (zZu0s)

133 Fun fact. Another name for a Slotkin is an "Intercrural Trench".
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:20 PM (MWfyi)

She and Scogg ought to get a room.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:22 PM (wSl27)

134 About the prior thread: No fascists were big on kings, either.

So far the fascists have 0 kings.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:22 PM (Fi81e)

135 Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi

The Tesla flying car has my attention.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

136 127 It looks like we might have the Anti-Einstein on our hands.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:10 PM (MWfyi)
_______________________________

In clarification, that means we have someone who doesn't subscribe to marrying one's cousin.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (dIske)

137
Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away!

No, it's because you are a bragging lackwit who is way out over your skis.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (trSL4)

138 We weren't talking Star Trek except for the nic changing ass but it is interesting that it took place only in a quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy and there are a trillion galaxies.
Posted by: polynikes

Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

139 Harkening back to a particular high school vulgarity:

Everyone comes from slots.

We are all slotkin.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (Fi81e)

140 Tell us what you meant by adiabatic generation of hydrocarbons.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:21 PM (VWtfl)

I assumed he meant Abiotic generation of hydrocarbons...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:25 PM (l3cgK)

141 Given time, barring extinction, humanity will do amazing things we have never dreamed of.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:17 PM (MWfyi)
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In some ways we are already there.

This geospatial engineering program I've been helping faculty develop has really opened my eyes to the fantastic complexity of our modern world.

And yeah, NONE of it would be possible without a deep understanding of Einsteinian physics (including relativity).

We may not fully understand it, but we know enough to perform amazing feats of technological prowess.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (FZ29D)

142 They launched Bono and his car from a trebuchet???

If only.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (2GVsD)

143 Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Not a Star Trek expert but I think it had a distance limitation right?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (KC5Lt)

144 Elissa Slotkin claims that the only reason that she's being attacked for threatening lawfare against young conservatives for serving in the Trump administration is because she's a woman. 🙄
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away!
---
Because no one complains when men say they want to discourage their political opposition with prosecutions!!

Right?

Right?

But they're not stupid enough to trot this element out, because it ignores the ready-made objectors in ... your target!!

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (Fi81e)

145 The Tesla flying car has my attention.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)

146 94 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (r2Icn)

Maybe she feels her hooter are enough for you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (l3cgK)

147 Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Not a Star Trek expert but I think it had a distance limitation right?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (KC5Lt)
---
Nerd!

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:28 PM (Fi81e)

148 King Roy Cooper's campaign is sending mean texts to my phone because King Roy Cooper's campaign hasn't received a text or a donation explaining why King Roy Cooper's campaign hasn't received a dime or a text from my phone.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (rj6Yv)

149 Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)
----
That is actually a good question.

They had realtime subspace communication across many lightyears.

Why can't they beam the information packets of a human being using those same pathways? Unless there was some sort of signal degradation that could lead to horrible results.

Not a big deal beaming video, but not fun when beaming flesh and blood...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (FZ29D)

150 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.
---
I wanna new duck.

Posted by: Al Yankovic at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (Fi81e)

151 I think the entire phrase "Fossil Fuels" is a lie.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (JTyQE)

So Satan put wood grain and leaf impressions in coal just to deceive us?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (wSl27)

152 In more somber news, Jun Maeda of the studio Key and helped create Clannad and Angel Beats! among other series has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

He is choosing to focus his energy on finishing the works in progress and receive palliative care instead of more vigorous treatments.

Prayers up that he is still cured.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (2GVsD)

153 If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)

Motorcycles , bicycles, tractors , hunting vehicles, vehicles to tow boats, etc etc.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (KC5Lt)

154 Well, flying cars don't count because I've been dreaming of them since I can remember. What I mean is things we have not even thought of yet. Like imaging transistors 10,000 years ago.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (MWfyi)

155 I think the entire phrase "Fossil Fuels" is a lie.
Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:26 PM (JTyQE)
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I've heard that too. It's along the object that correlation is not causation. Thus the presence of biotic material in oil shows correlation, not causation.

Posted by: Al Yankovic at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (Fi81e)

156 Alberta counting should begin in a few hours.

For elections, we usually know who won by midnight Ontario time.

Regarding Slotkin, is there anything the DOJ can do or some other agency to harass that bitch to the point of suicide? Hypothetically of course. Waters mentioned her.

On the other hand, you know, the leftists believe that's exactly what Trump is doing. They legitimately say that on MSNow and elsewhere so maybe their own lies are suppressing their less crazy people from running and volunteering.

Ralphy is resting. Snowflake is in. It was a nice day. It's always funny to wake up in the middle of the night and see Ralphy sleeping at the foot of the chair and the not-my-cat sleeping above him protectively. Cute.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (Sco7b)

157 Why can't they beam the information packets of a human being using those same pathways? Unless there was some sort of signal degradation that could lead to horrible results.

"Commander Sonak's family can be reached through the Vulcan Embassy." - Admiral James T. Kirk.

But Gary Seven was able to do it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:31 PM (2GVsD)

158 I don't think Hydrocarbons are limited. As in fossils.

I think they are generated by pressure and time. From the core of the Earth.

Oh yeah, smart guy. Then why haven't the subterranean lizard people monopolized their harvesting and use?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

159 Motorcycles , bicycles, tractors , hunting vehicles, vehicles to tow boats, etc etc.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:30 PM (KC5Lt)

If a car can be made to fly, so can those others.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM (wSl27)

160 So far the fascists have 0 kings.
Posted by: Axeman

Excepting Victor Emmanuel III.

Posted by: who was bad at his job at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (88C+u)

161 Oh yeah, smart guy. Then why haven't the subterranean lizard people monopolized their harvesting and use?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)

The lizard people fully endorse Net Zero, which is proven by the stance the UK and EU take

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rbvCR)

162 Flying redneck pickup trucks, what could go wrong?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (2GVsD)

163 Oh yeah, smart guy. Then why haven't the subterranean lizard people monopolized their harvesting and use?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 08:32 PM

They poop the oil. We're pumping their excrement.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rQo4V)

164 I think the Transporter doesn't make a bit by bit copy but instead makes a quantum image that can't be sent by TCP/IP.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

165
What physics are demonstrated when the magician cuts a lady in half?
Posted by: fd

Ever see Hitchcock's "The Sorceror's Apprentice"?

https://t.ly/jnqs-

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 08:34 PM (Cqx++)

166 157 The Tesla flying car has my attention.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)

Limited flying ability, as in minutes, not hours.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (l3cgK)

167 It's time to do lawfare. Time to do some investigating.
Subpoena them for information. Tie them up, whip saw them.
DOJ lawyers they can contrive a reason to occupy these Ahoe's time, concern and money. We are letting them slide, make them work for it. Every. one. of. them.

Every asshoe politician should be paying out the snoot to lawyers and accountants to satisfy inquiry. Also, the JAMA, and Drs. who are performing castrations of any kind. Johns Hopkins has bloody hands too. Big medical centers are crawling with corruption.
Chinese spies, (Deep Seek) are making a comeback.
There are many rivers waiting to be log jammed.
_lawfare turnabout

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (2UA/a)

168 They poop the oil. We're pumping their excrement.
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rQo4V)

Another episode of Futurama.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (KC5Lt)

169 "But Gary Seven was able to do it.
Posted by: Anna Puma"

His advanced race uses IP6000.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (MWfyi)

170 Slurm!

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (rQo4V)

171 They poop the oil. We're pumping their excrement.
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (rQo4V)

Another episode of Futurama.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (KC5Lt)
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*** Nibblonians have entered the chat ***

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (FZ29D)

172 Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (Toos7)

I didn't think 'Prometheus' was that bad either but I saw it after all sci-fi went stupid woke. My favorite stupid part. We're scientists on an alien world. NO GUNS.

Who needs protection from who knows what?

DisneyChannel had "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables" about a teenage girl and her friend that babysat aliens. It was a fun show and had a neat take on a bunch of alien stuff.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (Sco7b)

173
The Musk roadster (with thrusters) doesn't really fly, it hops. And getting it approved for routine use is not going to happen.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 08:36 PM (VWtfl)

174 I think the Transporter doesn't make a bit by bit copy but instead makes a quantum image that can't be sent by TCP/IP.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:34 PM (MWfyi)

The Star Trek transporter was invented to avoid wasting story time on the the mechanics of landing on, and taking off from, a planet. They did have a shuttlecraft, which appeared in some episodes.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (wSl27)

175
Not a big deal beaming video, but not fun when beaming flesh and blood...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (FZ29D)

I'm a believer that "transporting" someone via transporter kills them and what is created is a copy of that person. Case in point, Riker was transported, part of the beam diverted back, and two Rikers were created. Which was the real one? Which had his soul? I believe if I were transported, what would be reassembled would have my memories and body, but not my soul...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

176 162 I want a pet owl. Wife said no way.
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I wanna new duck.

Posted by: Al Yankovic at October 19, 2026 08:29 PM (Fi81e)

I wanna new drug.

Posted by: Huey Lewis and the News at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

177 >>>If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)
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You missed an essential function of the vehicle.

https://tinyurl.com/4pcd39ja

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (2UA/a)

178 The Star Trek transporter was invented to avoid wasting story time on the the mechanics of landing on, and taking off from, a planet. They did have a shuttlecraft, which appeared in some episodes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (wSl27)
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I thought it was to save money on the special effects budget of filming the shuttlecraft in space...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

179 Elissa Slotkin"

Is she related to Dr Schlotkin, the best nose job specialist in the universe?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (pfXMo)

180 Kirk got split in two also. Riker was a copy/paste fail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (2GVsD)

181 "Ever see Hitchcock's "The Sorceror's Apprentice"?

https://t.ly/jnqs-
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

No but it sounds interesting and I will now!

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)

182 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (l3cgK)

One of ace's favorite movies. The Prestige.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (KC5Lt)

183 I waited an hour in line today for early voting. The average age appeared to be around 63. There was talk about a lady around 100 years old who voted earlier. Mostly clueless Dem retirees, as usual for the area.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (rj6Yv)

184 157 The Tesla flying car has my attention.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:23 PM (KC5Lt)

If you have a flying car, why put wheels on it and make it capable of being driven on a road? If we had flying cars, we would not need roads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:27 PM (wSl27)
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I think the car part of that technology was a gimmick to sensationalize. That particular technology is applicable to countless industries. But, I don't think we'd be as excited about seeing a pallet being stacked very high in a warehouse using thrusters. Or materials being moved to the top of an under construction high-rise. The flying car stigma was to grab out attention....and it did.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (dIske)

185 The transporter was invented to get the crew to the planet without blowing the budget every episode on having the ship land.

Then it fell to the writers to create ion storms and short circuits to break the transporter and raise the story tension.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (2GVsD)

186 I believe if I were transported, what would be reassembled would have my memories and body, but not my soul...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM

Would you get a new soul or be souless?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (rQo4V)

187 Weird things happen in space. It's all really quite dreadful.

Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (MWfyi)

188 Limited flying ability, as in minutes, not hours.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:35 PM (l3cgK)

Helicopters can stay in the air for several hours, and cover a lot of ground while doing that.

We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)

189 Do you want to see your molecules scattered across the galaxy? - Dr Leonard 'Bones. McCoy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (2GVsD)

190 Would you get a new soul or be souless?"

Or be a soul man?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:42 PM (pfXMo)

191 So far the fascists have 0 kings.
Posted by: Axeman

Excepting Victor Emmanuel III.
Posted by: who was bad at his job at October 19, 2026 08:33 PM (88C+u)
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I think that would make him a transitionary figure. He wanted to use the popularity of the fascists to restore order, by the time he had to conform to it, Mussolini had the power.

A monarch who loses power as fascism comes into the reins, doesn't apply that well. I don't think "No Kings" is complaining about figurehead kings.

But, fair point that the real world is messier than theory.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:42 PM (Fi81e)

192 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)

Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

193 Weird things happen in space. It's all really quite dreadful."

You need a towel. Trust me, it helps.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (pfXMo)

194 I waited an hour in line today for early voting. The average age appeared to be around 63. There was talk about a lady around 100 years old who voted earlier. Mostly clueless Dem retirees, as usual for the area.
Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (rj6Yv)

The Villages?

Posted by: Death at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (VmFld)

195 >>The Musk roadster (with thrusters) doesn't really fly, it hops. And getting it approved for routine use is not going to happen.

Not according to Musk. He said the car is capable of flying like a rocket, he just didn't shot it at the demo launch.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (viF8m)

196 Digitized Soul would be a good name for a band.

Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (MWfyi)

197 198 I believe if I were transported, what would be reassembled would have my memories and body, but not my soul...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM

Would you get a new soul or be souless?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (rQo4V)

I'd be dead. I wouldn't be looking through those eyes. As for soul, I dunno. Maybe some Ray Charles...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (l3cgK)

198 Larry Niven once wrote about "The Hole Man."

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (2GVsD)

199 I thought it was to save money on the special effects budget of filming the shuttlecraft in space...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

It all boils down to money in the end...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (wSl27)

200 Would you get a new soul or be souless?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:40 PM (rQo4V)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKNqk8low2A

Posted by: Steven Wilson at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (Fi81e)

201 193 "Ever see Hitchcock's "The Sorceror's Apprentice"?

https://t.ly/jnqs-
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr"

No but it sounds interesting and I will now!
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 08:39 PM (MWfyi)
______________________

There's a movie by that name as well. I think Nicholas Cage was in it it. It annoyed me because they made it under the guise that it was to be the film version of Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden series. They have purchased the film rights to do so. But, it had absolutely nothing to do with the Dresden series. In the end, it wasn't very good other than Cage going over the top, as usual.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (dIske)

202 Digitized Soul would be a good name for a band.

Electric Monk opened for them at the Palladium.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (2GVsD)

203 We weren't talking Star Trek except for the nic changing ass but it is interesting that it took place only in a quadrant of the Milky Way galaxy and there are a trillion galaxies.
Posted by: polynikes

Why would spacecraft even need to exist if they had transport capability?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 08:24 PM (V8Zwm)

Transporters have a short range. And they wouldn't be FTL if they had infinite range.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (uhVAy)

204 We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)
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Aeronautical charts are complicated enough as it is...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (FZ29D)

205 Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting."

Or Korbin Dallas...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (pfXMo)

206 Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting."

Or Korbin Dallas...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (pfXMo)

207 I finished season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as I'm doing computer stuff.

They had a lot of really strong episodes and someone in the cast must have been working on horror movies. And they had some funny episodes. A lot of great crew stuff with Lieutenant Kirk, Spock, Scotty, Uhura and Chapel who's a hottie.

And since they're going off the air, episode 9 had a lesbian kiss. And Chapel referred to her dating a woman.

It DID NOTHING for either episode but piss me off, remind me not to watch any show until it's over and off the air, stick to asian stuff and older shows and kids' shows. All to drop in some sort of freaking message because they could. Let it burn.

Star Trek Enterprise has been really enjoyable. They did sex it up with T'Pol

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (Sco7b)

208 Any flying vehicle in the future would have AI piloting.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (KC5Lt)

And AI is programmed by humans, who can fuck up.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (wSl27)

209 The Villages?
Posted by: Death at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (VmFld)
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The Commie HQ of NC.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (rj6Yv)

210 We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)
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Aeronautical charts are complicated enough as it is...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:44 PM (FZ29D)

Think of every time your car stopped, stalled on you. Every one would be a KIA in a flying car.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)

211 Ok, that was odd...odd

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (pfXMo)

212 I don't think you have a soul but rather are a soul.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (rQo4V)

213 Were there a soul (as I believe) there is no strong reason to say that it has a physical attachment. So, a reassembled you, might pick up the same signal/correspondence.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (Fi81e)

214 Einstein married his cousin Elsa.

Even his marriage was relative.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (dF6f/)

215 220 I finished season 4 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as I'm doing computer stuff.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:45 PM (Sco7b)

I haven't...some of the episodes felt stupid. The puppets one did a "Dallas" (the show from the 80's).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (l3cgK)

216 228 Einstein married his cousin Elsa.

Even his marriage was relative.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (dF6f/)

And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (l3cgK)

217 Think of every time your car stopped, stalled on you. Every one would be a KIA in a flying car.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)
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That corresponds to a theme I once wrote when I saw myself as a SF author: Every new leap in technology is a longer walk home.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (Fi81e)

218 The Star Trek transporter was invented to avoid wasting story time on the the mechanics of landing on, and taking off from, a planet. They did have a shuttlecraft, which appeared in some episodes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:37 PM (wSl27)
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I thought it was to save money on the special effects budget of filming the shuttlecraft in space...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:38 PM (FZ29D)

Also air time for a launch-fly-dock sequence.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (uhVAy)

219 But can Einstein make sense of Bistromathematics?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (2GVsD)

220 >>We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.

Normal Tesla's already have self-drive mode. I imagine we will get flying cars at some point and there will have to be new rules of the "road" to accommodate them but if a car can drive itself it doesn't seem a stretch that a flying car could as well.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

221 And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (l3cgK)
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Splitting the atom while splitting household expenses.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 08:49 PM (rj6Yv)

222 You don't have a soul.
You ARE a soul.

Posted by: C.S. Lewis at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (dF6f/)

223 Soles however, seem to be sufficiently reconstructed by ST transporter technology.

Just sayin.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (Fi81e)

224 I haven't...some of the episodes felt stupid. The puppets one did a "Dallas" (the show from the 80's).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:47 PM (l3cgK)

Which I was fine with. I actually liked that episode. Kind of a lot. They did something different.

The second episode on the planet where the air made everyone drunk was good.

They're supposed to have 4 new shows and some movies. I'll pass until they're over and people report no 'very special episodes.' I'm sick of crap like that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (Sco7b)

225 225 I don't think you have a soul but rather are a soul.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (rQo4V)

Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

226 Once read a story about a time when people used up the finite number of souls in stock and soulless people started being born...

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:51 PM (uhVAy)

227 No souls on a starship. They take the soul train.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 08:51 PM (Cqx++)

228 And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (l3cgK)
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Likely explains his aversion to chaos in Quantum Mechanics.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (Fi81e)

229 But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

Depends on how well God designed the transporter effect.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (uhVAy)

230 Oldcat

Arthur C. Clarke wrote that story.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (u82oZ)

231 Stupid flying car.

Where is my Mr. Fusion???

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (jb8Ss)

232 226 Once read a story about a time when people used up the finite number of souls in stock and soulless people started being born...

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:51 PM (uhVAy)

Then they ran for office and ran Gov't bureaucracies...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (l3cgK)

233 That's my problem. My soul is on backorder.

Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)

234 229 But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

Depends on how well God designed the transporter effect.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:52 PM (uhVAy)

LOL, yes, exactly. Who designed the transporter?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (l3cgK)

235 Normal Tesla's already have self-drive mode. I imagine we will get flying cars at some point and there will have to be new rules of the "road" to accommodate them but if a car can drive itself it doesn't seem a stretch that a flying car could as well.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 08:48 PM (viF8m)

But a self-driving car only has to contend with traffic and obstacles in two dimensions. A self-flying car will have to deal with 3-dimensional hazards.

Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (wSl27)

236 Think of every time your car stopped, stalled on you. Every one would be a KIA in a flying car.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:46 PM (uhVAy)
You'd be on a laser beam, 100% controlled flight for your flying KIA. You didn't think the government would let your dumb ass just skylark about, did you?

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)

237 234 Ban me Dildo.

Posted by: Physics at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (JTyQE)

Just throw it during a WNBA game. And you don't have to use yer Irish accent.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (l3cgK)

238 If my flying car doesn't sound like the Jetson car, I'm getting a refund.

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (ZHRuH)

239 >>>
Or be a soul man?

Posted by: man
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTWH1Fdkjow&t=49s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (2UA/a)

240 Did Scogg's Loggs get scooped again? Aww.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (88C+u)

241 238 If my flying car doesn't sound like the Jetson car, I'm getting a refund.

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (ZHRuH)

So you'll pack your briefcase and go?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (l3cgK)

242 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.

Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)

243 and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?"

Atlanta?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (pfXMo)

244 We will never see flying cars, and here is why: as soon as you take off, you are flying in controlled airspace, along with every other asshole what has a flying car. There's going to be debris raining out of the sky like ignorance raining out of Scogg's keyboard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:41 PM (wSl27)
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I think we will, as soon as the entire process of flying from point A to point B is automated and completely out of the hands of the human cargo.

Tesla Full Self Driving, but in the air, and mandatory.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (oqH4h)

245 That's my problem. My soul is on backorder.
Posted by: Marvin at October 19, 2026 08:53 PM (MWfyi)
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My problem is that I owe my soul to the company store.

Posted by: Tennessee Ernie Ford at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (rj6Yv)

246
Babylon Bee....

Omar tells brother it is time to start seeing other siblings.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (/QHx4)

247 242 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.

Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)

It's Rejuvenation!

Posted by: Logan's Run at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (l3cgK)

248 So you'll pack your briefcase and go?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

I'd forgotten that. It was awfully light, too, wasn't it?

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (ZHRuH)

249 just skylark about"

Don't be so cavalier...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (pfXMo)

250 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.
Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)
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If only you had followed your other rules...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (FZ29D)

251 Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

You could make the argument that your soul is immaterial, just a signal that resonates within the meatware that makes up your brain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (wSl27)

252 Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (wSl27)

Probably drop you off at the gate and fly off to a cheaper part of the state for parking
The real issue is how they queue to pick you up when the game is over

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR)

253 You'd be on a laser beam, 100% controlled flight for your flying KIA. You didn't think the government would let your dumb ass just skylark about, did you?
Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (LHPAg)

You mean like they do with regular cars?

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (uhVAy)

254 Oh wow, they really ARE blaming Trump for the riots going on in Albania. Something about a coastal resort Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are building.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (dIske)

255 Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)
Let's re-read The First Immortal by James L. Halperin.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (LHPAg)

256 Probably drop you off at the gate and fly off to a cheaper part of the state for parking
The real issue is how they queue to pick you up when the game is over
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR)
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Flying shuttle buses to/from the parking lot?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 08:58 PM (FZ29D)

257 Atlanta?
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (pfXMo)

The Braves are visiting the REd Sox. Doh!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:58 PM (wSl27)

258 242 Number 1 rule of the Transporter: No questions.

Posted by: Frank Martin at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (Fi81e)

It's Rejuvenation!
Posted by: Logan's Run at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (l3cgK)

Niven had a story where a transporter like effect beamed your body out and left the 'fatigue poisons' behind and made you young again in a short time.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (uhVAy)

259 Probably drop you off at the gate and fly off to a cheaper part of the state for parking"

Clearly you've never seen Mrs being dropped off...

"Where's my purse? Did you get my phone? I'm changing shoes..."

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (pfXMo)

260
Of of my favorite quotes about Einstein is from the great mathematician David Hilbert, a giant in his own right, who said:

"Every boy in the streets of Göttingen understands more about four-dimensional geometry than Einstein. Yet Einstein did the work and not the mathematicians."

That was high praise indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (w6EFb)

261 On a lighter note (SWIDT?), we're all gonna be making moonshine at home again, just like before the great whiskey Rebellion.

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (ZHRuH)

262 251 Your body is torn into subatomic particles and then into energy...you're memories copied and stored. On the other end, that same energy is converted back into matter--atoms, molecules, proteins, DNA, etc. Memories are copied back into the neural networks.
But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

You could make the argument that your soul is immaterial, just a signal that resonates within the meatware that makes up your brain.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (wSl27)

If generic energy is used, you body and brain and memories scanned, then another exact copy is made of you, you won't be looking through the eyes of the copy...
The only difference with transporting, is that your body is used to make the energy that is used to make the copy.
Star Trek is one of the bloodiest series, with all the killing happening while transporting people...

Posted by: Logan's Run at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (l3cgK)

263 I think we will, as soon as the entire process of flying from point A to point B is automated and completely out of the hands of the human cargo.

Tesla Full Self Driving, but in the air, and mandatory.
Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 08:55 PM (oqH4h)

______________________________

I prefer "The Fifth Element" and "Star Wars" approach.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (dIske)

264 Yeah, sure, let the government handle guiding flying cars. What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:00 PM (MWfyi)

265 The real issue is how they queue to pick you up when the game is over"

"How much you got? "

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:00 PM (pfXMo)

266 >>Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?

I'd do one of those barrel rolls right into a parking space.

When I say we will get flying cars I mean someday when all the problems you listed and more are solved I can imagine there will be some form of flying car. I'll be long gone before it happens at scale.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:00 PM (viF8m)

267 Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:54 PM (wSl27)
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I mean...you'd park your flying car in the same gigantic parking lots we currently park regular cars in...

Why would parking change, lol? Flying cars with automated deconfliction and route planning would also eliminate sitting in traffic for 2 hours getting in and out of the parking lots.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (oqH4h)

268 234 229 But who is looking out the eyes?
--

Who are you? Who, who, who, who?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (2UA/a)

269 The government already loycences aircraft and helicopters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (88C+u)

270 off running sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (l3cgK)

271 269 The government already loycences aircraft and helicopters.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:01 PM (88C+u)

Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)

272 But who is looking out the eyes? Who is listening with those ears? It'll look and think and act like me, but it isn't me, just an amazing copy; I'm dead.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 08:50 PM (l3cgK)

You could make the argument that your soul is immaterial, just a signal that resonates within the meatware that makes up your brain.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 08:56 PM (wSl27)

It might work if the soul is attached in some extradimensional space *and* the technology accounts for it.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (vSvIl)

273 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

274 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM

Endorsement: Flying vehicle of less that 10 passengers.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (rQo4V)

275 >>> 273 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

Should have socked as Gregor Samsa.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (jb8Ss)

276 You didn't think the government would let your dumb ass just skylark about, did you?

Posted by: Eromero
---

Y'all are killing it tonight.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvFio4Arlh8

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (2UA/a)

277 eliminate sitting in traffic for 2 hours getting in and out of the parking lots."

He who pays most, goes first...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (pfXMo)

278 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (uhVAy)

279 Who gets the first FUI charge...?

Posted by: MkY at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (ZHRuH)

280 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM

Whoa.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (rQo4V)

281 I prefer "The Fifth Element" and "Star Wars" approach.
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (dIske)
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Star Wars has open convertible-style flying cars without safety harnesses (apparently), cruising at hundreds of miles an hour, several kilometers above the ground.

Count me out.

At least Korben Dallas has a seatbelt.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

282 273 When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)
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A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 09:05 PM (oqH4h)

283 "When you wake up in the morning, how do you know you are the same you that went to bed?
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (rQo4V)

Should have socked as Gregor Samsa.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket"

Now that question is really going to bug me.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:05 PM (MWfyi)

284 280 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM
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Y'all been bogartin' that hooch too long.
Pass it on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (2UA/a)

285 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)
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Wouldn't the FAA be more appropriate?

I know you have to go through them to get a license to fly drones for commercial purposes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (FZ29D)

286 Y'all been bogartin' that hooch too long.
Pass it on.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (2UA/a)

Or read a lot of H Beam Piper stories.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (uhVAy)

287 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12."

And I thought I was out there...

Posted by: Carlos Castaneda at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (pfXMo)

288 Blue and orange is a great color combo!
Posted by: Denver Broncos

We heartily concur!

Posted by: Meat The Mets! at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (EdP2u)

289 Old Cat,

My mistake. It was The Vitanuls by John Brunner

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (u82oZ)

290 >>Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.

Some of you guys took a lot of drugs.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (viF8m)

291 It might work if the soul is attached in some extradimensional space *and* the technology accounts for it.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (vSvIl)

Science does not (currently) believe in the soul. I think once you break it, you can't remake it. I can only say I believe that if my body is turned into energy and that energy is reassembled, I have a gut feeling that it won't be me. I won't be inside that body.
If you believe otherwise, by all means, if transporter tech becomes reality in our lifetime, you're more than welcome to try it.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (l3cgK)

292 285 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Class A, of course.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (2UA/a)

293 Now that question is really going to bug me.
Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:05 PM

*rubs forelegs together in applause*

Posted by: ungeheueres Ungeziefer at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (rQo4V)

294 Wow, it’s feeling very existential in here.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (ZdaMQ)

295 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

Dave's not here, man.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (pfXMo)

296 285 Go the the DMV for your pilots license...wonder what class that would be?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:02 PM (l3cgK)
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Wouldn't the FAA be more appropriate?

I know you have to go through them to get a license to fly drones for commercial purposes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:06 PM (FZ29D)

Shoulda put the /sarc tag on that one...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (l3cgK)

297 Some of you guys took a lot of drugs."

"Took"?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:08 PM (pfXMo)

298 Endorsement: Flying vehicle of less that 10 passengers.
Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM (rQo4V)

I think we have to stipulate what sort of "flying car" we are talking about. If it actually "flies", i.e. uses engine power and aerodynamic principles to motivate through the air, it'S going to have to be licensed by the FAA, and its operators likewise. And it will be costly to operate, as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne.

If it works on anti-gravity principles, which don't exist, all bets are off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:08 PM (wSl27)

299 men these days only want one thing and it's disgusting
youtu.be/uUhQGR53dC4

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:08 PM (88C+u)

300 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

Dave's not here, man.
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:07 PM (pfXMo)

very old Greek philosopher said that.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:09 PM (uhVAy)

301 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM
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Ted Chiang's "The Story of Your Life" plays around with this idea. Humans encounter a species of aliens with a non-linear perception of time. One of us learns to communicate with them and develops the same perception, where she can see past, present, and future simultaneously.

It was made into the movie Arrival.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:10 PM (FZ29D)

302 Wow, it’s feeling very existential in here."

Wait a bit. We're going to have a live reading of Johnathan Livingston Seagull later on.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:10 PM (pfXMo)

303 Or that you live your life in that order. Maybe you go to sleep today, and wake up in a day 20 years later with all the memories...then back to when you were 12.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 09:03 PM
If I could do that I would certainly not be 'me', maybe I'd be some some sorry bastard that got killed in a juke joint. I'll take what I have and be glad with it.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 09:10 PM (LHPAg)

304 I liked Arrival. My wife thought it was stupid.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:11 PM (rQo4V)

305 Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Annnnnnnd we've circled back to the Transporter.

They'd still call it 'The T'.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 09:11 PM (V8Zwm)

306 "very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat"

Deepthoughtacus.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 09:11 PM (MWfyi)

307 men these days only want one thing and it's disgusting"

An AR10 with unlimited ammo?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:12 PM (pfXMo)

308 And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Guy didn't even have time to comb his hair.

Posted by: Vidal Sassoon at October 19, 2026 09:12 PM (EdP2u)

309 Star Wars has open convertible-style flying cars without safety harnesses (apparently), cruising at hundreds of miles an hour, several kilometers above the ground.

Count me out.

At least Korben Dallas has a seatbelt.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

Most every sci-fi author basically treats "flitters" as a given, and pays no more attention to them than your typical mystery novelist pays to automobiles. Their existence is acknowledged, and they are used to advance the action of the story, but only rarely are they the story.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:13 PM (wSl27)

310 Deepthoughtacus"

"Meh"

Mediocrates...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:13 PM (pfXMo)

311 Imagine the repair and maintenance costs with a flying car.

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (ZxPkt)

312 The thing about a flying car is that any sort of malfunction would quickly turn into a catastrophic one. In a plane, you can glide if there is a loss of engine power. If you are driving a Porsche Ostvind, you'll drop like a brick.

An aerodynamic, German brick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (zZu0s)

313 My husband designed traffic systems. His brother helped develop the MR machine, whatever it's called. At family gatherings they would have conversations like yours tonight, where I only understood one sentence in six.

I loved it.

Keep it up.

Posted by: Wenda at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (J5E68)

314 men these days only want one thing and it's disgusting"

An AR10 with unlimited ammo?
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:12 PM

Happiness is a belt fed weapon.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (rQo4V)

315 >> Guy didn't even have time to comb his hair.

If you look into differential geometry and tensors, you'll understand why his hair looked like that.

There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb)

316 An aerodynamic, German brick."

Can you get from Berlin to Krakow on one tank?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (pfXMo)

317 >>>i.e. uses engine power and aerodynamic principles to motivate through the air, it'S going to have to be licensed by the FAA, and its operators likewise. And it will be costly to operate, as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne.
...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's old think. We are entering a new time, beginning the 4th industrial revolution. Things will change. Just as we moved from buggies to cars and dark houses at sundown to gas lamps then electricity. Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (2UA/a)

318 I wonder what your insurance rates are going to be on the flying car?

Just do like the illegals I guess.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (Sco7b)

319 Imagine the repair and maintenance costs with a flying car."

I had a TR6. So there.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (pfXMo)

320 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026

in fire and terror.

or maybe I'm just being pessimistic.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (rQo4V)

321 There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.
Posted by: publius,

My excuse too, but the Door Dash lady wasn't buying it.

Posted by: Uncle Pervy!!! at October 19, 2026 09:17 PM (EdP2u)

322 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM (2UA/a)

Unless the commies win. Then things will change in completely predictable ways.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:17 PM (zZu0s)

323 >>> 311 Imagine the repair and maintenance costs with a flying car.
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:14 PM (ZxPkt)

Toyota or Fiat?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (jb8Ss)

324 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat

Same as all children grow up in different families.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (V8Zwm)

325 Just do like the illegals I guess."

Hey man, check out my flying chevy! I lowered it!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (pfXMo)

326 305 Imagine this: you have a flying car, and you head to Fenway Park to attend a Braves game. So do a hundred thousand other folks. Where do you park?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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That's where the compressed air tanks come in.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (2UA/a)

327 I had a TR6. So there.
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (pfXMo)

*steps back from the acolyte of the Dark Lords of Lucas*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM (zZu0s)

328 as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne."

We'll use solar panels!

/AOC

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:19 PM (pfXMo)

329 There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.
Posted by: publius

I was in the bath!

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 09:19 PM (88C+u)

330 >>i.e. uses engine power and aerodynamic principles to motivate through the air, it'S going to have to be licensed by the FAA, and its operators likewise. And it will be costly to operate, as you have burn fuel just to stay airborne.

Think how much money you will save on tires.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:20 PM (viF8m)

331 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat

Same as all children grow up in different families.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 09:18 PM

You can't go home again.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:20 PM (rQo4V)

332 very old Greek philosopher said that."

He was an early cletus...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:20 PM (pfXMo)

333 I was in the bath!"

Eureka.

Now where's my froggy?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:21 PM (pfXMo)

334 I need my hip waders up in here.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at October 19, 2026 09:21 PM (EdP2u)

335 There does seem to be a lot of this Malfoid stuff around. I do not get it. So she's a racist, evil, wicked, plotting beautiful girl?

*thinks about exes*
...

Yeah, I mean who'd want one of those?

*whistles guiltily*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

336 In more somber news, Jun Maeda of the studio Key and helped create Clannad and Angel Beats! among other series has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

He is choosing to focus his energy on finishing the works in progress and receive palliative care instead of more vigorous treatments.

Prayers up that he is still cured.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Amen.

Though, living his best life right up until the end, despite an incurable disease, is probably how he'd want to go.....

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 09:23 PM (VHUov)

337 There does seem to be a lot of this Malfoid stuff around. I do not get it. So she's a racist, evil, wicked, plotting beautiful girl?

*thinks about exes*
...

Yeah, I mean who'd want one of those?

*whistles guiltily*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

Appears to have a hairy pooter, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (wSl27)

338 I saw a ewetub thumbnail:

'I hope youre proud of your vote for Trump!'

Yep! *keep scrolling*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (zZu0s)

339 >>Happiness is a belt fed weapon.

Posted by: toby928
---

My favorite poet:
They'll have to cross interlocking fields of fire first.
_SMH

She's such a romantic.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (2UA/a)

340 Gadabout Gaddis"

Liberty liberty liberty....

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:24 PM (pfXMo)

341 At least Korben Dallas has a seatbelt.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 09:04 PM (FZ29D)

I think Heavy Metal did it better.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 09:25 PM (SY3XK)

342 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:15 PM
Oh, I can imagine a lot of things, none of them too jolly.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 09:25 PM (LHPAg)

343 A man never steps in the same river twice. Because every time you step in the river you're a different man and it's a different river."

Dave's not here, man.
Posted by: man

very old Greek philosopher said that.
Posted by: Oldcat

I had no idea "Dave" was an ancient Greek name.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 09:26 PM (VHUov)

344 Niven had a story where a transporter like effect beamed your body out and left the 'fatigue poisons' behind and made you young again in a short time.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 08:59 PM (uhVAy)

That was one of the McGuffins in A World Out of Time

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 09:26 PM (rbvCR)

345 I had no idea "Dave" was an ancient Greek name."

Yeah. They just couldn't pronounce it.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:29 PM (pfXMo)

346 Somewhat related, was out at a BBQ joint nearby the house a couple months ago getting lunch. They have a pretty sizeable field/clear area out back that isn't used for anything and as I'm getting out of the car I hear a helicopter really close. Look up and it's a Robinson R44 and dude sits it down in the field and him and his buddies hop out to get lunch too, lol. We all finished up about the same time and we walk out and make small talk about if this is his version of the hundred dollar hamburger and yeah that's pretty much it lol. He said at least nobody called the cops this time!

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 09:29 PM (oqH4h)

347 345 I had no idea "Dave" was an ancient Greek name."

Yeah. They just couldn't pronounce it.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:29 PM (pfXMo)

Maybe it was the spelling...Ντέιβ

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:29 PM (l3cgK)

348 Ντέιβ"

Gesundheit...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:32 PM (pfXMo)

349 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026

in fire and terror.

or maybe I'm just being pessimistic.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (rQo4V)

No

Posted by: Kosh at October 19, 2026 09:32 PM (vSvIl)

350 46 Somewhat related, was out at a BBQ joint nearby the house a couple months ago getting lunch. They have a pretty sizeable field/clear area out back that isn't used for anything and as I'm getting out of the car I hear a helicopter really close. Look up and it's a Robinson R44 and dude sits it down in the field and him and his buddies hop out to get lunch too, lol. We all finished up about the same time and we walk out and make small talk about if this is his version of the hundred dollar hamburger and yeah that's pretty much it lol. He said at least nobody called the cops this time!
Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 09:29 PM
My brother landed a Hughes 269A at BurgerKing in 71.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 09:35 PM (LHPAg)

351 Vote counting starts in 30.

I asked AI to do a search for current riot stuff. Europe is 'quiet'.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:35 PM (Sco7b)

352 It's often a mix of both good and bad. Cars made transportation and travel better...but also increased deaths by car accidents...
Trains did the same.
A Great-Grandmother of mine was in a train accident...her watch was folded in half and she suffered internal injuries, passing away about 7 months later.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:37 PM (l3cgK)

353 in fire and terror.

or maybe I'm just being pessimistic"

Krishna waves...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:38 PM (pfXMo)

354 It's often a mix of both good and bad. Cars made transportation and travel better...but also increased deaths by car accidents...
Trains did the same.
A Great-Grandmother of mine was in a train accident...her watch was folded in half and she suffered internal injuries, passing away about 7 months later.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 09:37 PM (l3cgK)

Yeah. Nobody ever died from walking, or getting thrown from a horse.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:38 PM (wSl27)

355 349 Things are going to change in unimaginable ways.
_Soon

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026

in fire and terror.

or maybe I'm just being pessimistic.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 09:16 PM (rQo4V)

No

Posted by: Kosh
--------

No reason to bring worries home because France is on fire or the CIA is running wild in a couple or three states.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:39 PM (2UA/a)

356 Einstein married his cousin Elsa.
Even his marriage was relative.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

And he had mistresses at the same time. He was a busy man, juggling not just relativity, but women.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

An artist, a lawyer, and an engineer were out having drinks. The conversation turned to the women in their lives.

The lawyer said, "It's better to have a wife. You find that one woman you truly love..... plus there's the tax breaks, and all the legal benefits."

The artist said, "No, it's better to have a mistress. My life is always exciting and new. She is my muse; she fuels my art."

The engineer said, "It's better to have both."

The other two looked at him, astonished. The lawyer said "what if they find out about each other?"

The engineer replied, "They know about each other. That's why it works."

The artist interjected, "How can that possibly work?"

The engineer concluded, "My wife thinks I'm with my mistress. My mistress thinks I'm with my wife. And I'm free to head to the office and get some work done."

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 09:40 PM (VHUov)

357 Damn. Lost the shutout in the last minute.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 09:40 PM (viF8m)

358 landed a Hughes 269A at BurgerKing in 71."

Army? If so, what was it's Indian name? I forgot...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:43 PM (pfXMo)

359 Yeah. Nobody ever died from walking, or getting thrown from a horse."

*golf clap

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:44 PM (pfXMo)

360 Clint Eastwood made two Orangutan movies. I'd bet against him doing another.

Posted by: Any Which Way at October 19, 2026 09:46 PM (EdP2u)

361
The above prompted me to review, in Feynman-esque terms, the confrontation of General Relativity with experiment. It's quite impressive. From the smallest solar system scale to the largest cosmological scales, the difference between the real theory of gravity and what General Relativity predicts is getting very, very small. The worst uncertainty there is 1/100K. The Equivalence Principle, on the other end has been verified to 1 in 10^15 precision.

For example, the Moon is within 2cm of where GR predicts it will be, and that result will likely be confirmed to sub mm precision, when the lunar laser ranging boys complete the latest work. They've already got the Moon's position down to that sub-mm level.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

362 I see Cleveland is being Cleveland.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 09:47 PM (r2Icn)

363 Rep. Lieu: the full Epstein files show that Trump raped children
x.com GPC_Globall/status/2111865958663172178

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 09:48 PM (88C+u)

364 360 Clint Eastwood made two Orangutan movies. I'd bet against him doing another.
Posted by: Any Which Way at October 19, 2026 09:46 PM (EdP2u)

Robert Picardo was in TWO series finales where the crew used wormholes to return to Earth.

Star Trek Voyager and Stargate Atlantis.

That record's probably safe.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:49 PM (Sco7b)

365 There is the story that one time at Princeton, he answered his front door buck naked. So immersed in though he was, he forget to put on his clothes.

When he does it, it's charming and eccentric, but when I do it, it's a crime. Explain that.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 09:49 PM (Riz8t)

366 Most every sci-fi author basically treats "flitters" as a given, and pays no more attention to them than your typical mystery novelist pays to automobiles. Their existence is acknowledged, and they are used to advance the action of the story, but only rarely are they the story.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 09:13 PM (wSl27)
________________________

Then there are those that don't see the contradiction of that flitter when they do a whole segment on the extreme dangers of pod racing to push the plot.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 09:50 PM (dIske)

367
The Einstein Field Equations (EFE) of General Relativity, written in the terse tensor covariant form, look like one simple line. In reality, they are 10 coupled highly non-linear partial differential equations in 4 variables (space and time).

And it depends on just 2 independent parameters, c and G. Just two free parameters. And on top of that complexity, it respects the Strong Equivalence Principle (as opposed to weak, and intermediate forms). That's sort of hard to state precisely for me, but basically it means local gravity behaves the same in the presence of global gravity. It is the only known theory of gravity that can do that.

And it agrees with experiment to this level of precision. It's a thing of beauty indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 09:50 PM (w6EFb)

368 it means local gravity behaves the same in the presence of global gravity. It is the only known theory of gravity that can do that."

That's heavy, man.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:51 PM (pfXMo)

369 312 The thing about a flying car is that any sort of malfunction would quickly turn into a catastrophic one. In a plane, you can glide if there is a loss of engine power. If you are driving a Porsche Ostvind, you'll drop like a brick.

An aerodynamic, German brick.
Posted by: Aetius451AD w

Big, bouncy airbags!

And I swear if you even think 19th amendment….

🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 09:52 PM (ZdaMQ)

370 Hey, I found a video from the future of Morons in their flying cars at a future MOME.

https://tinyurl.com/3ytsyufx

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 09:54 PM (dIske)

371 Odd that France would go silent all of a sudden.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:59 PM (zZu0s)

372 Big, bouncy airbags!"

True story - Nader was pushing airbags, and said he'd buy whatever was the first car with dual airbags.

Porsche called him out with the 944.

He didn't buy one.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:59 PM (pfXMo)

373 Odd that France would go silent all of a sudden."

It's dark out...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 10:00 PM (pfXMo)

374 The engineer concluded, "My wife thinks I'm with my mistress. My mistress thinks I'm with my wife. And I'm free to head to the office and get some work done."
Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 09:40 PM (VHUov)

An extroverted engineer looks at YOUR shoes when he is talking.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:01 PM (fOTAm)

375 It's, it's the nood

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:01 PM (2UA/a)

376 370 Hey, I found a video from the future of Morons in their flying cars at a future MOME.

https://tinyurl.com/3ytsyufx
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 09:54 PM (dIske)

Why is it that the jet engines, being in front of the driver, don't blow the driver's ass clean out of the contraption?

Always seemed suspect to me.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 10:03 PM (fOTAm)

377 Thanks a lot, Ace! As an Iowan, I try to maximize my participation in political polls, as they often have national implications. I got an automated text one today, and one of the early questions asked if I have, or frequent, political blogs. When I said yes, the survey ended.

Very odd.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 19, 2026 11:50 PM (t19vo)

378 Loved the video of the Great Horned Owl being rescued. They are such beautiful birds! Thanks for the cafe thread, Ace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 20, 2026 02:39 AM (JrHfD)

379 Right now it sounds like BlogEngine is the preferred blogging platform out there right
now. (from what I've read) Is that what you are using on your blog?

xnxx

Posted by: couple.xvideosfap.cc at October 20, 2026 04:52 AM (SB505)

380 Banned?

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 20, 2026 06:53 AM (ntk8v)

381 There does seem to be a lot of this Malfoid stuff around. I do not get it. So she's a racist, evil, wicked, plotting beautiful girl?

*thinks about exes*
...

Yeah, I mean who'd want one of those?

*whistles guiltily*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 19, 2026 09:22 PM (zZu0s)

She's plotting against your enemies with you. Best girl ever.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 20, 2026 01:22 PM (uhVAy)

Quick Hits

It's not just CIA agent Elissa Slotkin -- Adulterer and Senator Chris Murphy is also previewing his schemes for a left-wing authoritarian putsch.

Western Lensman
@WesternLensman
Oct 17
Democrats want to imprison their political enemies to deter young conservatives.
They also want to regulate social media so people are less likely to support candidates they don't like.
Chris Murphy:
"Regulating the internet...should be an important government project."
"if people are feeling more powerful and less lonely, then they are going to be less likely to fall for a bullsht demagogue like Donald Trump."
From the so-called "anti-authoritarian" party.

The DSA is also plotting a full-on coup.

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
The past few days, I got my hands on thousands of new transcripts and hundreds of recordings, thanks to leads from @SKDoubleDub33 and @iamlisalogan.
You've heard that the DSA is proposing structural reforms to America, including abolishing the Senate and imposing term limits.
What you not have heard is - there is an operational plan to put it all into action. If the Democratic Party sweeps 2026, then DSA will become "foot soldiers" in constant clashes with the administration to cross a "red line" or invoke a "doomsday scenario" - meaning, President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, probably sometime in 2027.
Then, a lot of coordinated responses kick off, including delegitimizing the federal government itself and handing that legitimacy to Democratic governors. 2028 then becomes a vote on whether to keep America governance as-is or to burn it all down to appease a "young and brown" demographic.
The mysterious group who's been coordinating 50501, Indivisible, and coordinating the NoKings protests is called "United Democracy Alliance" and their intellectual leader is Erica Chenoweth who came up with the 3.5% rule of nonviolent regime change.
Patience. I know I've hyped this more than anything else. It's genuinely the biggest discovery I've had. This is an enormous archive. This is only the beginning.

Major lethal fire at a Canadian military base in Alberta. Supposedly, it was due to a flaw in a shoulder-launched rocket being fired, not due to terrorism.

Supposedly. I have the same level of confidence in the Socialist Canadian government that you have.

Some video here:

Jeff Evely - the Magnanimous GenX'er Male
@JeffEvely
Oct 18
TRAGEDY IN WAINWRIGHT, AB
A major incident occurred at Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Wainwright, Alberta, on 17 Oct 2026.
A fire ignited in the training area around 4:00 p.m. Driven by high winds of up to 100 km/h, it spread rapidly beyond the base. Military and civilian emergency services are responding, and the fire is being held.
The Canadian Armed Forces confirmed that the incident resulted in fatalities and injuries. Edmonton hospitals were issued a "Code Orange" (mass casualty) alert. Reports from the ground indicate there could be north of 100 casualties.
Unconfirmed reports from multiple sources indicate that a gas line or well exploded after being struck by a shoulder-fired high-explosive (HE) round (similar to an RPG) after it "dolphined." This is a once-in-a-lifetime malfunction in which the projectile follows an unstable, wavy, up-and-down path, like a dolphin leaping out of the water, sending it far off course.
The explosion reportedly flattened multiple facilities where troops were training. The resulting fire was swept by high winds through the bivouac site where the majority of troops were camped.
Video 1: Devastation caused by the fire.
Video 2: More than a dozen CAF personnel parachuted into the Wainwright Health Centre to assist with the fire and medical response.
My thoughts are with the families, and with my son, who recently joined the CAF as a Combat Engineer. These are some of the very best young people Canada has to offer. Everyone who puts on a military uniform accepts unlimited liability on behalf of the rest of us. Even during peacetime, the risks they face are very real.

Via Ed Morrissey, CBS "journalists" are complaining (anonymously, of course) that Mean Jewess Bari Weiss is forcing them to cover the actual news and report on Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's terror ties.

The scandal of it! You're not supposed to report negatively on Democrats, ever, but especially not before a major midterm election!

Control of the US Senate for the next two years could come down to how much the news media chooses to focus in the final weeks of the midterms on a tweet sent years ago by the younger half-sister of Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate.
In 2012, Abdul El-Sayed's half-sister, Eman Abdelhadi, described "an amazing talk with my mom about her activism in the Muslim Brotherhood during the early '70s." Republicans and members of the media have since pressed El-Sayed, an American of Egyptian descent, to answer whether he has ties to the Islamist movement, which was founded in Egypt and whose offshoots include US-designated terrorist groups.
The subject is of particular interest at CBS News, where Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss has repeatedly encouraged the network's journalists to dedicate serious resources to finding a potential link.
In recent weeks, Weiss has personally advocated for CBS News journalists to pursue numerous story angles related to El-Sayed's supposed sympathy towards the Muslim Brotherhood, and was directly involved in a controversial story about his previous posts comparing the COVID-19 death toll to 9/11. She has discussed the topic on editorial calls, and tasked CBS News' investigative unit with combing through El-Sayed's background for a potential link to the organization. The network's investigative team is set to publish a story in the coming days on the subject, though two people familiar with the reporting said that as of Sunday afternoon, it was unclear whether the story will include new revelations.

Notice what this leftwing propagandist does there -- he admits, tacitly, that CBS has thusfar refused to report on this at all, then complains that CBS's first article on the subject may fail to contain "new revelations."

If CBS hasn't reported on it, all revelations are "new revelations" as far as their audience is concerned.

But you know, Fox reported on it and doesn't that suffice?

A year into a new regime at CBS News, some of the daily controversies over Weiss' management style and relations with the White House that defined the first few months have eased. But the politics of the Middle East and the conflict in Israel and Gaza -- and its echoes in American domestic politics -- remain red-hot inside the company, as a network leader with strong views on the region's dynamics has attempted to shape its coverage of stories touching its spiraling conflicts. Rank-and-file staff have clashed with editors installed by Weiss over Gaza, leaking embarrassing internal network discussions about coverage -- such as last week, when the media-focused news startup Status and Guardian media reporter Jeremy Barr reported on a clash between CBS News' London bureau and foreign editor Shayndi Raice.
Weiss has taken a particularly hands-on approach to the Michigan Senate race, where campaign rhetoric has revolved around El-Sayed's Muslim faith, and whether he can win over Jewish voters in the state. The Hollywood Reporter reported last month that Weiss faced criticism internally for "overseeing an article that critics say falsely insinuated Michigan's Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed had ties to the September 11 attacks."

"Critics say she insinuated X" with the actual statement suppressed so that the readers cannot see if she actually insinuated X.

I wonder if these critics might, perhaps, be agitators for the Red-Green alliance? We don't know. The identities "critics" are helpfully suppressed.

S-tier journalizming, guys.

See Ed Morrissey's argument for a rundown on the El-Sayed family's many links to terrorism.

Thanks to Charlie Brown's Dildo, this from the sidebar. I wanted to highlight it.

Israel War Room
@IsraelWarRoom
We call on France to exercise restraint when dispersing the freedom fighters on the streets of Paris. These brave warriors for justice must receive immediate humanitarian aid, and their safety must be guaranteed in accordance with international law. Failure to comply will leave us no choice but to bring a case before the ICJ, in close cooperation with that renowned champion of human rights, Afghanistan.

#Accurate.

Speaking of the Red-Green alliance, Tim Walz refuses to take responsibility for the massive welfare piracy he deliberately permitted but says he Akshually is taking responsiblity by not running again.

Except, of course, he knows he'd lose, so this is no accountability. This is just sparing himself a necessary and justified ass-beating.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz lamented both how the fraud scandal in his state was handled and how it has emboldened Republicans.

Republicans were "emboldened" to "seize and pounce" on what will turn out to be the greatest piracy of American wealth in all of history.

Gov. Tim Walz took responsibility for mishandling fraud in Minnesota even as he took multiple parting shots at the Trump administration.
During Friday's episode of "The Lever" podcast, Walz said that he lacked the authority to independently stop payments to suspected fraudsters and needed legislative action to obtain that authority, but nonetheless acknowledged that his administration should have acted sooner.

"The law wouldn't let me act but I should have acted sooner." This is "taking responsibility" for a Democrat conspirator with foreign pirates.

"The amount of fraud, like I said, $1 is too much, but the amount that has been prosecuted, and people put in jail, is less than what [President Donald Trump] is asking for his ballroom," Walz said.

It's a little more than $1 dude. It's over $1 billion.

Way to set attempt to mass-suggest the public into thinking this is just a tiny bit of fraud that "emboldened Republicans" are seizing and pouncing on.

When pressed further by the host about whether he was worried that the fraud allegations would continue to be damaging, Walz replied, "Yes. They undermine faith in government."

Oh no, anything but that.

Here is "taking responsibility" again, stating that he is not running for re-election only because Republicans will pounce and seize on his failure to act (which is completely excusable, because the law would not let him act).

He added, "It's one of the reasons I accept responsibility for that. I think, you know, I had decided, probably after the murder of Melissa Hortman, certainly before Christmas, that we weren't going to run again because I said, 'They're going to use this to attack others and to attack the system.'"
"Every state has this. Most states have far more than this," he added. "The Trump administration decided to focus on the perfect storm for them," Walz said.
"'Blame Somalis.' 'Blame the guy who ran against me.' 'Blame this prosperous state that pays more money in than not and let's punish them.' But that doesn't excuse that. Should we do more? Yes. Were there things that we should have closed back doors sooner? Yes. I mean, it happened. Now we know other states are learning from us."
He later said, "The problem with fraud and corruption, both of them undermine faith in government, and that plays right into Republicans' hands. Do they like fraud? I would argue they do because it undermines federal. It makes a reason to cut these programs. They hate these programs that feed children. They hate these programs that, you know, work with autistic children. So, man, what a gift to them. 'See, they don't work. It's tax dollars. Let's close them down.'"

I will take responsibility by claiming the fraud is actually Republicans' fault because they like fraud.

The head of the Oversight Project says that Ilhan Omar may be cooked.

The federal raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home prompted warnings Wednesday from a conservative watchdog leader that more revelations could be coming, as the Minnesota Democrat faces separate investigations involving her immigration records and financial disclosures.
Oversight Project President Mike Howell, whose group pushed to strip a $1.031 million earmark backed by Omar, says the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) search raises broader questions about congressional accountability and what investigators may uncover next.
...
"I think there's other shoes that are going to drop here," Howell told Fox News Digital.
"That's why I think the Democrats really just couldn't resist the temptation to jump out of this before they saw any evidence and just circle the wagons [around Omar]," he said.

"I will say it appears they're walking that back a little bit. It has shifted from just a wholesale defense of Omar to a non-substantive defense, talking about, 'well, this stuff was old,' or 'this is political since she's Ilhan Omar.'"
...
Howell pointed to what he viewed as a unique combination of circumstances -- an HSI investigation under the Trump administration, a warrant authorized by a federal judge in heavily Democratic Washington, D.C., and the proximity of the election -- as reasons he believes investigators may have substantial evidence.
"They probably got the goods on her," Howell said. "You don't get a federal judge to sign off on something like this in Washington, D.C., of all places, unless there is something that is rather convincing."
Jonathan Fahey, a former acting ICE director and federal prosecutor in the neighboring Eastern District of Virginia, said the timing of the HSI search raises questions about whether investigators are examining more recent documents tied to longstanding immigration allegations.
"I surmise that what they may be looking for is newer things that were used with what they believe is false information," Fahey told Fox News Digital, referring to the immigration investigation.

Evidence of more recent false claims and schemes to continue to lie about her immigration status could be used to prove an ongoing conspiracy that defeats the statute of limitations. I think the statute of limitations runs from the date of the most recent act in furtherance of a conspiracy.

I still incline towards the Nothing Will Happen Guy, but I have some very limited, guarded hopes that maybe Nothing Will Happen Guy will be proven wrong.

Ugly layabout house husband who married an heiress Ro Khanna is super-psyched to promote the Red-Green Riots in Europe:

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.
In Spain, for affordable rent and housing.
In Albania, for good jobs and an end to corruption.
@JDVance says this is what happens when a nation lets in too many immigrants from the global south.
He is not just morally wrong, but misreading the moment.
The is what happens when nations let wealth and power accumulate in the hands of a few.
This is what happens when young people lose hope in their future.
In America, let us listen to our young.
We need an economic and political transformation.
America's Next New Deal.

He's running for president, but America will never elect someone this homely and grasping.

Melissa Chen
@MsMelChen
Let me translate what Ro Khanna's pitch is:
Remember the 2020 BLM riots' death toll, firebombed buildings, looted stores and subsequent crime waves and business flight in multiple cities?
Yeah, we miss that!
Let's double down with higher taxes on productive capital, more redistribution, and reward youth protests so we can fund the cycle and invite more of it!

It's time to ban all funding to colleges and universities until we can find out what the hell's going on.

A former Rutgers University law student is suing the school for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights of freedom of speech and expression.
According to the Cleveland Jewish News, Yiorgos Maravelias had been arrested at a May 2024 pro-Israel counter-protest for, he claims, hanging "anti-Hamas fliers" near an "anti-Israel encampment."
Maravelias, a disabled veteran, said he got involved in "campus activism" shortly after Hamas' October 2023 assault against Israel, Fox News reported.
He said he had set up a table next to a "vocal minority" of anti-Israel Rutgers law students to share his views about Hamas -- that they're "rapists, monsters, [and] savages."
Maravelias' complaint alleges Rutgers Law administrators "disfavored" his political views and "perceiv[ed] him as Jewish" (he's not), and notes Rutgers is "home to the controversial Center for Security, Race and Rights," headed by Law Professor Sahar Aziz, whom Maravelias accuses of "ripping [down] his fliers from a bulletin board."
Maravelias alleges Aziz erroneously told him that hanging his fliers "was against school policy" -- despite there being anti-Israel fliers hanging at the location.

For a long time, Science claimed there were no green stars. Or no stars that look green. Stars emit many different colors of light. Those that emit more red light appear slightly reddish. (I mean, most stars look plain white but apparently you can see a slight red tinge on "red" stars.) Same with blue stars.

Green stars supposedly don't exist because green light sits between red light and blue light. Even if a star's dominant color is green, it's pumping out a fair amount of red light and blue light. And what green light, red light, and blue light make when they combine is white light.

So there are "green" stars. It's just that they look completely white and you'd never call them green for real.

At least, that was the Old Science.

The new Science says maybe there are spooky green stars after all.

That's possible because scientists have discovered that white dwarfs, the type of stellar remnants sun-sized stars leave behind when they die, can actually take on a range of colors including green if they snack on their rocky planets like cosmic cannibals.
...
"Most stars, including most white dwarfs, behave like 'perfect radiators,' so their color is set almost entirely by temperature. But nobody had really looked into what else might be possible for white dwarfs," team leader Mark Hollands of the University of Warwick said in a statement sent to Space.com.
...
In these conditions, elements like carbon, calcium, and sodium can interact with the surrounding dense helium plasma and absorb light across a wider range of colors than they would at lower densities. That shifts the colors of white dwarfs away from the white/light blue seen for a perfect radiator of heat.
The researchers found that the colors of white dwarfs would fit into distinct groups tied to the individual chemical makeup of the stellar remnant's atmosphere.
White dwarfs abundant in carbon should be pink or purple, while those that have been enriched with debris from consumed asteroids and comets, and the remains of old planetary systems, would take a more yellow hue. Cooler white dwarfs with mixed hydrogen and helium atmospheres often would glow cyan or pale blue, caused as hydrogen molecules collide with helium atoms in their dense atmospheres.
The researchers found that some dead star white dwarfs can go a little green around the gills after snacking on orbiting planets.
An example of this is WD J1330+6435, a cool white dwarf located around 326 light-years away, which has been accreting rocky material from a planetary companion. This has enriched its atmosphere with calcium, lithium, and sodium, and the team's model suggests this would have led WD J1330+6435 to adopt a green hue.
But unlike the green-tinged zombies of George Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead, there are no hordes of these green-faced cosmic zombies ... yet.

The only good thing about Prometheus was the backdrop of stars in ship shots, which contained green stars. I knew (or thought I knew) that there were no green stars but I liked seeing them nevertheless.

But now, who knows, maybe the worst movie ever made, Prometheus, will be hailed as visionary for predicting green stars. (Though Starcrash also featured a lot of green stars. Because its stars were straight-up Christmas tree lights. And also, the stars were not the stars of the show.)

Leftist policies in action: a French business owner who backed the left is now watching rioters loot her own shop.
This is where progressive appeasement always leads�lawlessness and chaos.
When you coddle the mob, you eventually become the victim. Wake up! 🇫🇷🔥 https://t.co/Fi09NnerTj
— Ryan Fournier (@RyanAFournier) October 19, 2026

cc: @AceofSpadesHQ https://t.co/ifbLHjj5oJ
— Arthur Kimes (@ComradeArthur) October 19, 2026

Do these people live on another planet? College campuses are already anti-men to the max. Many male college students I�ve spoken with tell me they feel like a punching bag. Absolutely delusional to suggest that college men �aren�t being taught about inequality, power & sexism.�
— Lisa Britton (@LisaBritton) October 15, 2026

Iris Packman, Cornell faculty member, says it's not "material" that exculpatory evidence has emerged indicating the alleged Jane Doe Gang Rape was in fact consensual -- nor does it dissuade her from declaring that "rapists" are walking around campus making everyone "feel unsafe" https://t.co/jaBn8Ch5LG
— Michael Tracey (@mtracey) October 15, 2026

In every millennial couple I know, the men do a lot of the cooking�often most of it. Outdated relationship narratives that still get used to shame men need to go! It just isn�t how it is anymore.
— Lisa Britton (@LisaBritton) October 19, 2026

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Posted by: GF at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (e5z5/)

2 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:21 PM (8B4gm)

3 \o/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 06:21 PM (6ydKt)

4 >The federal raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington, D.C., home prompted warnings Wednesday from a conservative watchdog leader that more revelations could be coming....

"I think there's other shoes that are going to drop here," Howell told Fox News Digital.

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No there aren't
there are no other shoes
everyone knows what will happen
starts with 'N'

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 06:25 PM (ZxPkt)

5 Stars?

Oh be a fine girl, kiss me now.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:25 PM (2GVsD)

6 El Sayed is the creepy muzzie Eddy Munster.

Posted by: Smellslikevictory at October 19, 2026 06:26 PM (2Xrky)

7 CNN mentioned this. I had Chat put it into context.

What Carville actually said
Speaking to Bill Kristol on The Bulwark podcast Sunday, Carville stated:
“I would rather the Republicans keep the House by five than the Democrats to win by five.”

His concern is that a narrow Democratic majority would give the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) disproportionate influence over House Democratic leadership.

Important distinction: Carville wasn't saying he wants Republicans to win under all circumstances. He was arguing that a very narrow Democratic victory could leave party leadership dependent on its socialist wing. He would prefer a substantial Democratic majority.

Carville knows the importance of strangling the dems little DSA baby in the crib. Surprising more aren't behind that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:26 PM (Sco7b)

8 I guess it takes a fucking rocket scientist to use a spray bottle.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:27 PM (8B4gm)

9 In re the post observation that the DSA is planning a full on coup, and in reference to James Carville’s comment that he would rather see the Republicans hold the house rather than the Dems, due to the presence of the DSA. The establishment Democrats NEED the Republican Party because of their symbiotic relationship. One does not exist without the other. The DSA are Pol Pot.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:27 PM (Gqar8)

10 Chris Holodmor Murphey and Elena Ceacesascue Slotkin need to be dropped down the gravity well of a white star just so we can find out if the star changes colors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:27 PM (2GVsD)

11 That DataRepublican story looks really interesting. It'd be amazing if Trump declared the DSA a terrorist organization.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 06:28 PM (mkw2N)

12 The new Science says maybe there are spooky green stars after all.

The Green White Dwarf is Orange.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:28 PM (l3cgK)

13 The DSA group need to put down the crack pipe.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:29 PM (ua/lL)

14 "if people are feeling more powerful and less lonely, then they are going to be less likely to fall for a bullsht demagogue like Donald Trump."

Huh.

How lonely and powerless do we all feel? Not much on either count.

Imma call BS on this one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:29 PM (fOTAm)

15 James Carville maybe an evil pr1ck of a Cryptkeeper, but he ain't stupid.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:29 PM (2GVsD)

16 The new Science says maybe there are spooky green stars after all.

Made of Limburger cheese no less.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:30 PM (2GVsD)

17 13 The DSA group need to put down the crack pipe.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:29 PM (ua/lL)

It's stuck up their ass; they'd need to go to the local Urgent Care to get it removed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:31 PM (l3cgK)

18 tcn, I rate your BS meter as highly accurate.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:31 PM (ua/lL)

19 > I think there's other shoes that are going to drop here

From LoTT
Letters from the USCIS and DHS appear to verify that citizenship records for Ilhan Omar's father DO NOT EXIST.
http://tiny.cc/tsac101

Omar was supposedly granted status here as a dependent of her "father." If he isn't a citizen, she's not either.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 06:31 PM (mkw2N)

20 Iris Packman?

Where are four ghosts when you need them?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:32 PM (2GVsD)

21 15 James Carville maybe an evil pr1ck of a Cryptkeeper, but he ain't stupid.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:29 PM (2GVsD)

No he is not. He sees the danger of the DSA more clearly than many of the Republican club. The DSA is deadly dangerous.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:32 PM (Gqar8)

22 It's a little more than $1 dude. It's over $1 billion.
.......

Ssssh. Don't tell him what comes after $1 trillion.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:33 PM (UjdFS)

23 Leftist policies in action: a French business owner who backed the left is now watching rioters loot her own shop.
This is where progressive appeasement always leads—lawlessness and chaos.
When you coddle the mob, you eventually become the victim. Wake up!

Plead harder, honey. Yeah, that's the ticket.

We don't have a muzzie problem around here. We aren't going to have a muzzie problem around here. We do have tweakers, at least over in Wasilla, but not around here, per se. And even a tweaker knows everybody is armed.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:33 PM (fOTAm)

24 the classic 1986 game "Starflight" also had green stars.
Maybe they were the ghosts of those solar flares that were the whole plot of the story.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 06:33 PM (88C+u)

25 That DataRepublican story looks really interesting. It'd be amazing if Trump declared the DSA a terrorist organization.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 06:28 PM (mkw2N)
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They are worse than terrorists.

They are a deeply subversive and traitorous organization that is beholden to the globalist cabal that is seeking total, absolute, and permanent world domination.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 06:33 PM (FZ29D)

26 In every millennial couple I know, the men do a lot of the cooking

I ain't no millennial, but I did do quite a bit of cooking (less than the wife). The sad thing was, my kids liked my cooking better, and could tell which one of us did the cooking. LOL
Now baking, on the other hand...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:33 PM (l3cgK)

27 How lonely and powerless do we all feel? Not much on either count.

Imma call BS on this one.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I'm pretty darn lonely, and I don't have power over anything but myself, but giving what power I do have to people who hate me and want me dead seems like a less than ideal choice.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 06:34 PM (vJrRc)

28 It's time to do some lawfare. Time to do some investigating. Subpoena's for information. They are lawyers they can contrive a reason to occupy their time, concern and money.
Not saying we will get one conviction.
Saying tie them up, whip saw them. We are letting them slide, make them work for it. Every. one. of. them.

Every asshoe politician should be paying out the snoot to lawyers and accountants to satisfy inquiry. Also, JAMA, and Drs. who are performing castrations of any kind. Johns Hopkins has bloody hands. Big medical centers are crawling with corruption.
Chinese spies, (Deep Seek) are making a comeback.
There are many rivers waiting to be log jammed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:34 PM (2UA/a)

29 I think if there were green stars, someone with a telescope would have noticed by now.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:34 PM (BO/2r)

30 18 tcn, I rate your BS meter as highly accurate.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:31 PM (ua/lL)

I trust you had a lovely weekend, darlin'. I really missed it this year, as did DH. We spent the weekend moving back into the renovated house from the camper. Not nearly as much fun as the MoMe, but maybe more productive. I said, maybe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:35 PM (fOTAm)

31 I’m telling you, finding a girl under 50 who can cook is like finding a unicorn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 06:35 PM (6ydKt)

32 What I saw on twitter is that that boutique girl reaffirmed her support for the Leftist movement.

Some people never learn.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:35 PM (BO/2r)

33 I'm pretty darn lonely, and I don't have power over anything but myself, but giving what power I do have to people who hate me and want me dead seems like a less than ideal choice.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 06:34 PM (vJrRc)

You have us. What? You think a bunch of goofballs on the internet isn't a community? You need to get to the next MoMe.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:36 PM (fOTAm)

34 "Prometheus" starting to look good?

Dude, put down the bong and tell that stripper to wipe the blow off her ass.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 06:36 PM (Y8DZL)

35 What debility does Superman get under a green sun?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

36 What's so funny about all of this is the terrible OPSEC on the part of the DSA. Theater kids at war!

"Okay, so I just showed Yamamoto our plans for Midway, and they are so sick I'm sure he's going to complete flake out. Japs always TACO, you know."

Posted by: Fleet Admiral Porky Slotkin at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (ZOv7s)

37 29 I think if there were green stars, someone with a telescope would have noticed by now.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:34 PM (BO/2r)

They are supposedly a class of white dwarfs, so the luminous intensity is nearly the lowest of the stars (they used up their nuclear fuel)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

38 When faced with their own idiocies and illogic I have found that many people will double down on them.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (Gqar8)

39 Um, on the cooking thing? When I was married? I did all the cooking...

Almost every Lady Friend I've had? Yeah... all the cooking.

When I moved in to take care of Mom for 10 years? Yeah... all the cooking... even when she would try to micro manage.

Now? me and my Son... yeah... I do all the cooking, but at least he does dishes.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (mP0Kj)

40 When my parents married in 1953, my dad's mom gave HIM The Joy of Cooking. Not mom. Dad.

Dad got up and made breakfast every single day of their lives, except after his stroke. Pancakes, or oatmeal, and waffles on Sunday.

Mom did everything else around the house, mostly by making us do it. "Why do you think I had kids?"

But dad did breakfast, no matter what.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:38 PM (fOTAm)

41 38 When faced with their own idiocies and illogic I have found that many people will double down on them.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (Gqar

This too, is the story of Climate Change... which should be correctly described as MAN MADE Climate Change.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:38 PM (mP0Kj)

42 In Prometheus II the face huggers will be played by DSA members.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:38 PM (2GVsD)

43 >>>Carville knows the importance of strangling the dems little DSA baby in the crib. Surprising more aren't behind that.
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He's a dumbass Boomer, the young one's know the way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:38 PM (2UA/a)

44 31 I’m telling you, finding a girl under 50 who can cook is like finding a unicorn.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 06:35 PM (6ydKt)

A nephew married last month. When I asked my brother what sort of girl she is, he said, "she has a nice personality and cooks really, really well.".
My nephew: the way to his heart was truly through his stomach. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

45 tcn, the Horde brought so much joy. You and DH were sorely missed. I love your sense of humor and hope to see you both next year.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (ua/lL)

46 "Okay guys, I think I've an awesome plan. We're going to launch a surprise invasion on June 6th, but we'll tell the Germans first, so they run away because they're so scared of us. Karen and Cath have some colorful kites we're going to drag behind the bombers with rainbow themes and they will flake the hell out."

Posted by: Fleet Admiral Porky Slotkin at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (ZOv7s)

47 37 29 I think if there were green stars, someone with a telescope would have noticed by now.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:34 PM (BO/2r)

They are supposedly a class of white dwarfs, so the luminous intensity is nearly the lowest of the stars (they used up their nuclear fuel)...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (l3cgK)

Das RACIST!!!!

Posted by: Peter Dinklage at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (mP0Kj)

48 If there are green stars, can we send all the greenies there? They would be so much happier, I'm sure. And then, so would we.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (fOTAm)

49 "They also want to regulate social media so people are less likely to support candidates they don't like."

That's simply not true....let me sing you a song about how that is disinformation.

Posted by: Nina Jankowicz at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (I43vL)

50 35 What debility does Superman get under a green sun?
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (rbvCR)

Shriveled testicles.

NBC News headline - Violent protests in France.
I'm going up to watch and have supper. Later.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (Sco7b)

51 43 >>>Carville knows the importance of strangling the dems little DSA baby in the crib. Surprising more aren't behind that.
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He's a dumbass Boomer, the young one's know the way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:38 PM (2UA/a)

The only times I've been a boomer is when I've eaten way too many beans...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (l3cgK)

52 Crazy Ivan!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 06:40 PM (I43vL)

53 Lucky Charms has orange stars and green clovers.

Posted by: Blue Moons, Too at October 19, 2026 06:40 PM (EdP2u)

54 I think the problem for the Left of a "constitutional crisis" is that if martial law is declared, and the nation is at threat, and there is a battle, they would surely be on the losing side.

All their troops are on the federal payroll. Either collecting benefits, living off grants, working for government, or in academia. They produce nothing so they have no real assets other than a few billionaires paying NGOs, and even there it is mostly grant money from the feds.

This isn't France or Russia where you have the disposed going after the idle rich, and taking the assets of the country in the process. This is the wards of the state uprising. I think the results would come out very very different.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:40 PM (BO/2r)

55 Was Clark Kent a Methodist?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 06:40 PM (AG5Uy)

56 When faced with their own idiocies and illogic I have found that many people will double down on them.

That is like the Voice Actors for Palestine which is a bunch American wokesters virtue signaling. Very few are running away due to Operation Olive Branch not being a recognized charity and it has had links with Hamas.

They would rather get sent to prison than admit to being wrong.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:40 PM (2GVsD)

57 But dad did breakfast, no matter what.
Posted by: tcn
___________

I could count the number of cooked breakfasts I had as a kid on one hand. Nothing but cereal.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (JzUSu)

58 You and DH were sorely missed. I love your sense of humor and hope to see you both next year.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:39 PM (ua/lL)

We are planning to do so, and after texting with Nurse, we will probably drag her with us!

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (fOTAm)

59
Why aren't the 'investors' screaming about this?

Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
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51m
Rep. Ilhan Omar and her husband's winery was shut down for fraud after they apparently sold investors barrels of wine with nothing inside, according to Rep. James Comer.

"From our initial investigation of Omar and her financial disclosure form, there are multiple fronts where you could get a search warrant issued," House Oversight Committee chairman James Comer said to Fox News.

"Not only was there a huge discrepancy in the financial disclosure form, there was the winery that was the big base of her $25 million listing on her financial disclosure form."

"That winery has, according to the press, been shut down because of fraud. They were apparently selling investors barrels of wine to be aged, but there was nothing in the barrels."

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (kX27y)

60 Stars are orange!

Posted by: Lucky Charms at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (wVcYX)

61 What jim (in Kalifornia) said.
Green stars are VERY rare. They aren't on the main-sequence. They happen after the star dies and goes white-dwarf. And then they have to gobble the exact recipe that blocks most of the light except green.
Alastair Reynolds actually made this a plot point of some of his skiffy stories. "Greenfly". Here he was proposing that aliens had created Dyson Swarms except with greenhouses.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (88C+u)

62 "General Patton is so full of crap. How stupid is picking their nose and then groping their ass? Real strategy is where you use psychology to terrorize and shame your enemy. That's why all my aircraft have rainbow roundels and we broadcast Native American fertility rites because they are so threatened by women."

Posted by: Fleet Admiral Porky Slotkin at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (ZOv7s)

63 I do all the cooking.
My wife is a horrible cook.

Posted by: Bosk at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (VMFAF)

64 I'm pretty darn lonely, and I don't have power over anything but myself, but giving what power I do have to people who hate me and want me dead seems like a less than ideal choice.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Hey, are you the FeatherBlade who posts at Insty who I sometimes see on the ONT, with the suburban?

That featherblade does not seem lonely, but I know what you mean either way.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (BO/2r)

65 Boomers - the youngest would be 62, the oldest 80. A diminishing breed of villains. We will need the next cohort to STEP UP!

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar8)

66 Woman who can't cook is not marriage material. Throw her back.

Posted by: The Flying Fisherman at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (EdP2u)

67 I could count the number of cooked breakfasts I had as a kid on one hand. Nothing but cereal.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (JzUSu)

Cereal was expensive up here. Dad grew up on a farm in Laramie, WY. Hot breakfast was not optional. We ate a lot of bacon. And started drinking coffee when I was about 12. Cowboy coffee. You could stand the spoon up in it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:43 PM (fOTAm)

68 That is like the Voice Actors for Palestine which is a bunch American wokesters virtue signaling. Very few are running away due to Operation Olive Branch not being a recognized charity and it has had links with Hamas.

They would rather get sent to prison than admit to being wrong.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:40 PM

Three hots and a cot, plus lots of sex. What's not to like?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (AG5Uy)

69 "Legal insurrection" has some thoughts on the Senate races. I'm rather dubious about the polls, however:

https://tinyurl.com/2zfjcfvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (JrHfD)

70 The only times I've been a boomer is when I've eaten way too many beans...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Didn't know that you're a musician.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (2UA/a)

71 When faced with their own idiocies and illogic I have found that many people will double down on them.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:37 PM (Gqar

Most people don't arrive at their conclusions through conscious logic and evaluation of fact. Most people get their conclusions through a combination of wish-casting, hopeful interpretation, bed-time stories and recency bias. It is a rare exception of someone to back-check their conclusions and then do the logical analysis of what the world would look like should they be mistaken.
So if you know what the world is like, it is hard to not argue with all the unenlightened that think the world is not set up to validate your conclusions.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (rbvCR)

72 Three hots and a cot, plus lots of sex. What's not to like?

Is the food non-GMO and Vegan plus ethically sourced?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:45 PM (2GVsD)

73 I’m telling you, finding a girl under 50 who can cook is like finding a unicorn.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 06:35 PM (6ydKt)
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All three of my daughters know how to cook and enjoy it.

One is a widow, but all are single. They also enjoy shooting and gaming. You may send inquires with a copy of your most recent bank statement to ahlloyd.com

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 06:46 PM (ZOv7s)

74 Most people don't arrive at their conclusions through conscious logic and evaluation of fact. Most people get their conclusions through a combination of wish-casting, hopeful interpretation, bed-time stories and recency bias. It is a rare exception of someone to back-check their conclusions and then do the logical analysis of what the world would look like should they be mistaken.
So if you know what the world is like, it is hard to not argue with all the unenlightened that think the world is not set up to validate your conclusions.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM

The herd of independent thinkers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 06:46 PM (AG5Uy)

75 61 What jim (in Kalifornia) said.
Green stars are VERY rare. They aren't on the main-sequence. They happen after the star dies and goes white-dwarf. And then they have to gobble the exact recipe that blocks most of the light except green.
Alastair Reynolds actually made this a plot point of some of his skiffy stories. "Greenfly". Here he was proposing that aliens had created Dyson Swarms except with greenhouses.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (88C+u)

Which is not to be confused with red dwarfs (low mass stars that still burn hydrogen/helium) and brown dwarfs (so low mass that they don't have enough mass to ignite nuclear fusion)...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:46 PM (l3cgK)

76 Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar

What? The man of many handles hadn't come in with his daily bashing of boomers ? Although to be fair to boomers , he doesn't much like anyone.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 06:46 PM (JrHfD)

77 69 "Legal insurrection" has some thoughts on the Senate races. I'm rather dubious about the polls, however:

https://tinyurl.com/2zfjcfvn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Polls are designed to sway public opinion or for propaganda.
The only accurate polls are in house - they will never see the light of day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (2UA/a)

78 65 Boomers - the youngest would be 62, the oldest 80. A diminishing breed of villains. We will need the next cohort to STEP UP!

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar

Eh, F'it.

Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (l3cgK)

79 Boomers - the youngest would be 62, the oldest 80. A diminishing breed of villains. We will need the next cohort to STEP UP!
Posted by: tubal

Meh. Generation X gets blame for a ton of shit anyways.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (8B4gm)

80 72 Three hots and a cot, plus lots of sex. What's not to like?

Is the food non-GMO and Vegan plus ethically sourced?
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:45 PM (2GVsD)

“ Ethnically”. Ethnically sourced. That must be added.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (Gqar8)

81 I'm going to eat a slice of apple pie.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (AG5Uy)

82 You have us. What? You think a bunch of goofballs on the internet isn't a community? You need to get to the next MoMe.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Aw, now I feel all warm and fuzzy!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 06:48 PM (vJrRc)

83

Sure thing, Scott. Musk already said it's not true but they don't care.

Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
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2h
SpaceX/Starlink owns 2/3 of satellites globally. That number must be reduced dramatically. Musk can’t be trusted to control this system, as demonstrated by his recent Starlink/Starshield action to help Putin conquer Ukraine.

Elon Musk

@elonmusk
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14h
Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America.

This will be the first of many.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 06:48 PM (kX27y)

84 True that way to man's heart is through stomach. This is why I plied my suitors with my delicious Cabbage Rolls and Coffee.

Posted by: Mrs. Vilva Ychtksi at October 19, 2026 06:48 PM (EdP2u)

85 67 I could count the number of cooked breakfasts I had as a kid on one hand. Nothing but cereal.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (JzUSu)

Cereal was expensive up here. Dad grew up on a farm in Laramie, WY. Hot breakfast was not optional. We ate a lot of bacon. And started drinking coffee when I was about 12. Cowboy coffee. You could stand the spoon up in it.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:43 PM (fOTAm) a

We ate lots of oatmeal. Dad also had a mill and ground wheat and corn fine enough to cook as porridge, which we also ate. Sometimes we'd get a treat: bacon, with eggs cooked in the bacon grease and toast. Even the poor doggos would come to the windows, wanting some of that wonderful bacon.

Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)

86 Meh. Generation X gets blame for a ton of shit anyways.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (8B4gm)
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Gen X was catching flak before we even got out of high school. Boomers dish it out but can't take it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

87 So if you know what the world is like, it is hard to not argue with all the unenlightened that think the world is not set up to validate your conclusions.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (rbvCR)

Islam teaches that Allah can do whatever he wants, with no regard to a regulated or designed universe. Therefore, everything is Inshallah, not based on science or understanding. Leftists fit this mindset rather well. I expect that explains the link between the two, to both of their detriments, but particularly the western leftist, who thinks being "enlightened" means making shit up and expecting everyone to believe it. Muslims don't care how the world works, or if it works, they only care about conquest, violence and murder, and sticking their asses in the air five times a day. Leftists share that distinction, but instead of praying they post asinine signs in their yards and are pretty sure the Muzzies will eat them last.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (fOTAm)

88 85

We ate lots of oatmeal. Dad also had a mill and ground wheat and corn fine enough to cook as porridge, which we also ate. Sometimes we'd get a treat: bacon, with eggs cooked in the bacon grease and toast. Even the poor doggos would come to the windows, wanting some of that wonderful bacon.
Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)

The Only way to eat eggs!!

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (Gqar8)

89 70 The only times I've been a boomer is when I've eaten way too many beans...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Didn't know that you're a musician.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (2UA/a)

Mostly part of the bass section.

Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

90 Man, a double feature of "Prometheus" and "Starcrash" would bring in tens of dollars!

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (CHHv1)

91 86 Meh. Generation X gets blame for a ton of shit anyways.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:47 PM (8B4gm)
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Gen X was catching flak before we even got out of high school. Boomers dish it out but can't take it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (ZOv7s)

Well, they probably can’t hear it too well, so - (Runs, hides )

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:50 PM (Gqar8)

92 Collin Rugg
@CollinRugg
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Rep. Ilhan Omar and her husband's winery was shut down for fraud after they apparently sold investors barrels of wine with nothing inside, according to Rep. James Comer.

Was there a pig in the poke ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 06:50 PM (NtVYv)

93 I think a number of us have "realigned our thinking" about past republican politicians whom we rallied around.

I'm not happy they were horrible, and I didn't understand that, but I am glad that I (and others) were willing to look at these politicians and their policies with clear eyes.

We are not ideologues.

That dumbass woman whose shop was trashed is a silly, foolish ideologue. A stooge. A sheep for the cause.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:50 PM (iOpI2)

94 Man, a double feature of "Prometheus" and "Starcrash" would bring in tens of dollars!

Still a better ROE than the live action Snow White.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:50 PM (2GVsD)

95 We will need the next cohort to STEP UP!
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar

No.

Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (SY3XK)

96 How about if we not bash any generation that is has conservatives in it?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (JrHfD)

97 The mysterious group who's been coordinating 50501, Indivisible, and coordinating the NoKings protests is called "United Democracy Alliance" and their intellectual leader is Erica Chenoweth who came up with the 3.5% rule of nonviolent regime change.
_______________________________

I think you'll find that the UDA and Indivisible are pretty indistinguishable. "Indivisible" was a "sub-contractor" of the State Department used internationally to push color revolutions. You'll find a rather interesting staff working there. It's grown in size because all the terminated State Dept. political hacks and Intelligence Community terminated hacks gravitated to them for employment. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure the UDA is the executive facet of these loosely connected entities. IOW, terminated Federal Executive management types who still want to boss around the underlings. Their goal is a color revolution in the US. And DataRepublican seems to have stumbled on their blueprint somehow.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (dIske)

98 Sorry. Someone else socked Gen X before me.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (SY3XK)

99 >> I think the statute of limitations runs from the date of the most recent act in furtherance of a conspiracy.

You would be correct. This is why the case against the people who tried to frame and destroy Trump is being pursued as conspiracy.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)

100 70 The only times I've been a boomer is when I've eaten way too many beans...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Didn't know that you're a musician.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:44 PM (2UA/a)

DH is a maestro. In fact, he just walked in and let me know it in no uncertain terms.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:52 PM (fOTAm)

101 98 Sorry. Someone else socked Gen X before me.
Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (SY3XK)

The Horde, it is fast.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:52 PM (Gqar8)

102 In every millennial couple I know
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I thought they were all single. Or throuples. Plus what's a woman?

Posted by: Illennial Times at October 19, 2026 06:52 PM (Ovx+P)

103 Hey, are you the FeatherBlade who posts at Insty who I sometimes see on the ONT, with the suburban?

That featherblade does not seem lonely, but I know what you mean either way.
Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell

One and the same!

You know how the Internet is, people only show the interesting parts of their lives.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 06:52 PM (vJrRc)

104 88 85

We ate lots of oatmeal. Dad also had a mill and ground wheat and corn fine enough to cook as porridge, which we also ate. Sometimes we'd get a treat: bacon, with eggs cooked in the bacon grease and toast. Even the poor doggos would come to the windows, wanting some of that wonderful bacon.
Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)

The Only way to eat eggs!!

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (Gqar

Indeed; bacon-grease poached eggs.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:52 PM (l3cgK)

105 Cosmicbook dot news

Netflix’s Narnia Is ‘Mega Woke Slop Insanity’: Development Frozen, More Firings Coming (Exclusive)

Netflix fired film chief Dan Lin over the weekend, days after chief content officer Bela Bajaria was shown the door, with Peter Rice taking over, and a rival studio source tells Cosmic Book News the shakeup is only getting started.

“Development frozen right now,” says our Paramount source. “Scripts and pitches in limbo according to one of my friends who can’t get anyone to answer the phone or email.”

The source also torched Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, the biggest movie Netflix has left on the calendar.

And more firings are coming across Hollywood, with all of it tracing back to the Paramount and Warner Bros. merger.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 06:53 PM (Sco7b)

106 How about if we not bash any generation that is has conservatives in it?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

That's no fun, boomer. /

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (8B4gm)

107 Their goal is a color revolution in the US. And DataRepublican seems to have stumbled on their blueprint somehow.
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (dIske)
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They really don't do much to hide their intentions.

DataRepublican's genius is mastering the tools that allow her to collect and sort through the data to find the patterns that emerge.

Thanks to the rise of AI, more and more people are able to leverage their skills to do the same thing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (FZ29D)

108 Netflix is reaping what they sowed slobbering over the Obamas' dicks.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (l3cgK)

109 Mostly part of the bass section.
Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

Someone on here commented a while ago that farting on the oak pew in church made it sound like the Horn at Helm's Deep, and I haven't quit chuckling about that since.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (fOTAm)

110 Continued Narnia

‘Think Amazon Rings Of Power But Worse’

“Narnia is a mega woke slop insanity,” says the source. “Think Amazon Rings of Power but worse.”

The $280 million movie is already in serious trouble inside Netflix, where insiders have called it “awful” and “a genuine problem.”

That report also described friction between Gerwig and Lin over the film, with reshoots ordered after a summer test screening

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (Sco7b)

111 51m
Rep. Ilhan Omar and her husband's winery was shut down for fraud after they apparently sold investors barrels of wine with nothing inside, according to Rep. James Comer.
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Vaporwine.

Posted by: Compooter Guy Learing Center at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (Ovx+P)

112 109 Mostly part of the bass section.
Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

Someone on here commented a while ago that farting on the oak pew in church made it sound like the Horn at Helm's Deep, and I haven't quit chuckling about that since.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (fOTAm)

Oh, that’s good!!!

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 06:55 PM (Gqar8)

113 109 Mostly part of the bass section.
Posted by: Gen X at October 19, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

Someone on here commented a while ago that farting on the oak pew in church made it sound like the Horn at Helm's Deep, and I haven't quit chuckling about that since.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (fOTAm)

It's a call to arms!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:55 PM (l3cgK)

114 Sunny side up eggs in bacon grease. Fantastic.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:55 PM (8B4gm)

115 And now for some good stories about nice people before I leave for the evening. Teen from Indiana rescues grandmother and her grandchildren. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/4ezx8ere

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 06:56 PM (JrHfD)

116 Vaporwine.
Posted by: Compooter Guy Learing Center at October 19, 2026 06:54 PM (Ovx+P)

Duh. All that was left after the "angels' share"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 06:56 PM (rbvCR)

117 “Narnia is a mega woke slop insanity,” says the source. “Think Amazon Rings of Power but worse.”
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Ouch!

That's gonna leave a mark!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 06:56 PM (FZ29D)

118 My MIL, God rest her soul, was of a mind that holding in farts was very unhealthy, so she ripped them whenever, where ever...
We were at my wife's grandfather's funeral...MIL ripped off a loud one. Me, my wife, and the BILs were trying their best not to bust out laughing while I was telling my wife, "There, there, it'll be okay..."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:56 PM (l3cgK)

119 Ro Khanna, Chris Murphy, Elise Slotkin , al-Sayed, Tim Waltz , Gavin Newsom.
That is a bucket full of stupid.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 06:57 PM (vJPf4)

120 By George, I think I've got it.

Gen X, the MBA generation that outsourced America to the commies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 06:57 PM (2UA/a)

121 DH used to blame it on tap beer, but he doesn't drink tap beer anymore. I think it is genetic. And shows a remarkable lack of giving a damn.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:57 PM (fOTAm)

122 Posted by: Fleet Admiral Porky Slotkin

It struck me she looks like an older version of Scoldilocks.

Seriously, a whole lot of our problems vanish if we'd just repeal the 19th amendment.

Posted by: Yorkshireman at October 19, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL)

123 Maravelias' complaint alleges Rutgers Law administrators "disfavored" his political views and "perceiv[ed] him as Jewish" (he's not).[/]

Pet peeve: That little disclaimer "he's not" is irrelevant and should be omitted. It implies that if he really was Jewish then somehow the action might have been justified.

Their targeting of him because he might "look Jewish" is wrong, regardless of whether or not he actually is.

Posted by: Half Dozen at October 19, 2026 06:58 PM (JZhkI)

124 And some nice teen girls from New England:
Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2x49xr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 06:58 PM (JrHfD)

125 I guess I'm a boomer. All I know is everyone hates us because we ruined the economy for those coming after us.

We are the most awful people that have ever been born.

We are to be mocked, destroyed, stolen from and encouraged to die off early if possible.

I'm not sure of my exact actions that have ruined the country, but I'll try to do better.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:58 PM (iOpI2)

126

Posted by: Half Dozen at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (JZhkI)

127 One and the same!

You know how the Internet is, people only show the interesting parts of their lives.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

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

I am a big fan of your project tales.

You remind me of a girl I hired in the 90s, who was a draftsman. Mechanical, but she went on to another job doing architectural work. Sue. You have that same calm and composed manner, but I have only seen bits of your videos.

Don't be lonely -- just go over to ONT and George will keep you company.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (BO/2r)

128 I do showcase cooking, my wife has been doing the bulk of the cooking for going on 40 years.

And that's the way she wants it.

If I try to cook she tells me to get out of her kitchen.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (XV/Pl)

129 > DataRepublican's genius is mastering the tools that allow her to collect and sort through the data to find the patterns that emerge.

From what I saw, this collection of videos was not supposed to exist. The organizers had some sort of do not record option selected. But sometimes these sort of settings can have complicated business rules where other settings take priority. Somehow these videos were recorded anyway. It appears that in this case DataRepublican was lucky AND had the skills to capitalize on their mistake.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (mkw2N)

130 Me, my wife, and the BILs were trying their best not to bust out laughing while I was telling my wife, "There, there, it'll be okay..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:56 PM (l3cgK)

My mother drank a glass of milk with dinner every day of her life. Gave her wicked bad gas. Then she started the senility journey starting around age 55, and she no longer cared about her previous fastidious ladylikeness. That woman could fart to rival DH, anywhere, any time.

It was a bit frightening, honestly. And caused endless scenes of her kids trying not to sit next to her, or laugh out loud.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (fOTAm)

131 My MIL, God rest her soul, was of a mind that holding in farts was very unhealthy, so she ripped them whenever, where ever...
We were at my wife's grandfather's funeral...MIL ripped off a loud one. Me, my wife, and the BILs were trying their best not to bust out laughing while I was telling my wife, "There, there, it'll be okay..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

Did she lift her leg? Cuz that's icing on the cake.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (8B4gm)

132 122 Posted by: Fleet Admiral Porky Slotkin

It struck me she looks like an older version of Scoldilocks.

Seriously, a whole lot of our problems vanish if we'd just repeal the 19th amendment.

Posted by: Yorkshireman at October 19, 2026 06:57 PM (l26NL)

We need to go back to only allowing those with a stake in this country to vote.
What is a stake?
1) Being a US Citizen
2) Putting your life on the line (combat veteran) and/or owning real property that can be taxed.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM (l3cgK)

133 124 And some nice teen girls from New England:
Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/mr2x49xr

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 06:58 PM (JrHfD)

That was sweet. Thank you.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (Sco7b)

134 125 I guess I'm a boomer. All I know is everyone hates us because we ruined the economy for those coming after us.

We are the most awful people that have ever been born.

We are to be mocked, destroyed, stolen from and encouraged to die off early if possible.

I'm not sure of my exact actions that have ruined the country, but I'll try to do better.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:58 PM (iOpI2)

You are - convenient. Everyone gonna have an Emmanuel Goldstein.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (Gqar8)

135 Netflix released a statement that starts with "The families of..." and names both of C.S. Lewis' stepsons.

The thing about this is, one stepson died in 2012 and the other was diagnosed with dementia in 2024.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

136 You're not supposed to report negatively on Democrats, ever, but especially not before a major midterm election!

TRVTH!

Posted by: Brianius "Sexum Machina" Stelterium at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (0sNs1)

137
"I will say it appears they're walking that back a little bit. It has shifted from just a wholesale defense of Omar to a non-substantive defense, talking about, 'well, this stuff was old,' or 'this is political since she's Ilhan Omar.'"

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But she's not Ilhan Omar. That's not her real name.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 07:01 PM (azNOR)

138 Reaching for a tire iron. Looking for a forehead to crease. Time to stop the awful music.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards & Pedo NJ Senators at October 19, 2026 07:02 PM (5DfsO)

139 I cook because my wife is a shitty cook. But Ilove.her and she has been a wonderful mom to our kids, and now, grandkids.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 19, 2026 07:02 PM (bX16E)

140 136 You're not supposed to report negatively on Democrats, ever, but especially not before a major midterm election!

TRVTH!

Posted by: Brianius "Sexum Machina" Stelterium at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (0sNs1)

You're only saying that because the Romans had no word for Potato...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:02 PM (l3cgK)

141 5th grader from Iowa helps save her school bus driver:

https://tinyurl.com/2fyhxr5r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 07:02 PM (JrHfD)

142 135 Netflix released a statement that starts with "The families of..." and names both of C.S. Lewis' stepsons.

The thing about this is, one stepson died in 2012 and the other was diagnosed with dementia in 2024.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

Makes me think of the Tolkien heirs selling out their Grandfather’s work to Amazon, for the loot.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 07:02 PM (Gqar8)

143 My MIL, God rest her soul, was of a mind that holding in farts was very unhealthy, so she ripped them whenever, where ever...
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM

She's not wrong, you know. You feel *much* better.

Posted by: zombie Mao Tse Tung at October 19, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

144 143 My MIL, God rest her soul, was of a mind that holding in farts was very unhealthy, so she ripped them whenever, where ever...
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:59 PM

She's not wrong, you know. You feel *much* better.

Posted by: zombie Mao Tse Tung at October 19, 2026 07:03 PM (0sNs1)

It should be done proudly.

Posted by: Zombie Benjamin Franklin at October 19, 2026 07:03 PM (l3cgK)

145 They want to open the Gulags

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:03 PM (Ia/+0)

146 AP: No Kings rallies across US urge voters to cast ballots early ahead of midterms. Rallies organized by the No Kings network opposed to President Donald Trump were held Saturday in cities and communities across the U.S., with an aim of getting people out to vote early in the midterm elections.

Did...did this actually happen? I don't remember hearing anything about it last week, or in the news over the weekend?

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (G/onT)

147 I didn't realize they have official passports besides their personal ones. Wonder how they got her DNA w/out dumpster diving.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
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35m
BREAKING: The feds are in possession of Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) DNA and personal passport as part of the federal investigation into her US citizenship, colleague @davidspunt reports. It's unclear how her DNA was obtained, but sources tell David it was NOT from a trash can or dumpster.

@FoxNews is told that reports of agents dumpster diving are incorrect. Additionally, David is told the feds have her personal passport as evidence. Her official passport (via her office) has not been retrieved, and authorities aren't concerned that she fled the country. They believe she in the U.S., and feel that if she were to flee the country, it would create problems for her down the line as her husband and family members are in the US.

DHS and DOJ continue to decline comment to FOX on the investigation.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (kX27y)

148
Remember the 2020 BLM riots' death toll, firebombed buildings, looted stores and subsequent crime waves and business flight in multiple cities?

The "we support BLM" signs didn't keep the rioters away there either.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (Cqx++)

149 I am a big fan of your project tales.

You remind me of a girl I hired in the 90s, who was a draftsman. Mechanical, but she went on to another job doing architectural work. Sue. You have that same calm and composed manner, but I have only seen bits of your videos.

Don't be lonely -- just go over to ONT and George will keep you company.
Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoy them.

I'm trying to be more regular about posting the project videos. The last couple of weeks have not been conducive to succeeding at it, alas.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (vJrRc)

150 I cook because my wife is a shitty cook. But Ilove.her and she has been a wonderful mom to our kids, and now, grandkids.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov

My mother is a wonderful woman, but she couldn't cook for sour apples. Just awful. My daughter and I learned to cook during the Covid hysteria. I enjoy cooking now (because I also like to eat). My YouTube feed is mostly recipes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (l26NL)

151 When I was 8 or 10, during prayer in a Baptist church, I ripped out one that sounded like a Harley idling at a light. My older cousin in the front row of the choir looked me dead in the eyes and grinned.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (LHPAg)

152 10 Chris Holodmor Murphey and Elena Ceacesascue Slotkin need to be dropped down the gravity well of a white star just so we can find out if the star changes colors.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:27 PM (2GVsD)

********

Yuck! Why do you hate me?

Posted by: Dwarf White Star at October 19, 2026 07:05 PM (FlmGJ)

153 148
Remember the 2020 BLM riots' death toll, firebombed buildings, looted stores and subsequent crime waves and business flight in multiple cities?

The "we support BLM" signs didn't keep the rioters away there either.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (Cqx++)

They didn't learn any lessons from history; you use roof Koreans.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)

154 When you have to fart, fart. Don't hold.

Posted by: Tuco, maybe at October 19, 2026 07:05 PM (wVcYX)

155 "I will say it appears they're walking that back a little bit. It has shifted from just a wholesale defense of Omar to a non-substantive defense, talking about, 'well, this stuff was old,' or 'this is political since she's Ilhan Omar.'"

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

Posted by: (D)emocrats & the MSM at October 19, 2026 07:06 PM (0sNs1)

156 151 When I was 8 or 10, during prayer in a Baptist church, I ripped out one that sounded like a Harley idling at a light. My older cousin in the front row of the choir looked me dead in the eyes and grinned.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 07:04 PM (LHPAg)

Yeah, but when you fart in church you end up sitting in your own pew/pee-ew.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:06 PM (l3cgK)

157 Yuck! Why do you hate me?

Peter Dinklesonyou.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:07 PM (2GVsD)

158 >>> The only good thing about Prometheus was the backdrop of stars in ship shots, which contained green stars. I knew (or thought I knew) that there were no green stars but I liked seeing them nevertheless

I finally watched Prometheus a bit ago, ready to hate it.

I...did not hate it. I don't know how to feel about that. It was creepy in a fun way and the sets were pretty.

Realize that I'm an Alien normie, and don't really care how it matches the lore of Alien. I just want it to be interesting. I will say, the one gal surviving and going to a new world, only to be killed in the following movie by the evil robot was ridiculous. That movie can burn. But Prometheus asked big sci-fi questions I had fun pondering after, separate from the lore. And set designs that stuck in my mind. But a lot of that is due to HR Giger of course.

*runs as I get pelted by rotten tomatoes and hobo pelts from Ace's garbage cans*

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:07 PM (Toos7)

159 When you have to fart, fart. Don't hold.
Posted by: Tuco, maybe at October 19, 2026 07:05 PM

Words of iron. Dude *was* in a pretty spectactular bubblebath.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

160 epochtimes: French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said there were ultra-left radical groups that wanted to destabilize France and ‘create chaos.’
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No. There are ultra-left radical groups that want to destabilize France and ‘create chaos.’ They want your country and they want to eat you for lunch. And your wife for dinner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:08 PM (2UA/a)

161 160 epochtimes: French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu said there were ultra-left radical groups that wanted to destabilize France and ‘create chaos.’
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No. There are ultra-left radical groups that want to destabilize France and ‘create chaos.’ They want your country and they want to eat you for lunch. And your wife for dinner.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:08 PM (2UA/a)

I doubt Macron does that.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:09 PM (l3cgK)

162 LizLem

I disliked the movie because the 'smart educated' scientists coastally acted in ways that were suicidal.

"Oh there's air here, take off the helmets!"

Dudes, you are in an alien spaceship on an alien world. First time ever. And you're that casual? First Officer Ripley would have had your balls for breakfast for violating protocols.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:10 PM (2GVsD)

163 Speaking of quick hits, this story has gotten much less media attention than I would have expected. The perpetrator must be SUPER oppressed to get this kinda cover.

A National Guard member was shot in the leg late Sunday night (Oct. 1 in Southeast Washington, D.C., while attempting to break up a street fight near the Eastern Market neighborhood. The incident occurred around 11:10 p.m. in the 400 block of 8th Street SE, where seven or eight Guardsmen in a van witnessed the altercation.

The suspect, identified as Jerrell Jackson, 41, pulled out a firearm and opened fire as the troops intervened. After running into an alley and pointing the weapon at the Guardsmen, three National Guard members returned fire, striking Jackson in the abdomen. Both individuals were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries;

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 19, 2026 07:10 PM (G/onT)

164 "Via Ed Morrissey, CBS "journalists" are complaining (anonymously, of course) that Mean Jewess Bari Weiss is forcing them to cover the actual news and report on Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed's terror ties."

Christiane Amanpour is an early causality of the coming CnN wAr On JoUrNaLiStS (TM) (Patent Pending). The brutal cruelty of war comes home to CNN and Christiane.

https://tinyurl.com/42f86yh8

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 19, 2026 07:11 PM (lQntB)

165 The Communists have wanted to take over France since the 1930s, they have invasion now to help them

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 07:12 PM (Ia/+0)

166 Sorry, Ace. But some judge somewhere will put a stop to any action against the criminals in the D party.

Nothing will happen except maybe some fines or temporary embarrassment and a new job lined up with some NGO or Think Tank.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 07:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

167 162 LizLem

I disliked the movie because the 'smart educated' scientists coastally acted in ways that were suicidal.

"Oh there's air here, take off the helmets!"

Dudes, you are in an alien spaceship on an alien world. First time ever. And you're that casual? First Officer Ripley would have had your balls for breakfast for violating protocols.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:10 PM (2GVsD)

Yeah, that WAS pretty stupid...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

168 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 06:46 PM (ZOv7s)

Hey, A.H., I would like to establish e-mail contact. Doof, Piper, and Ben Had all have my address.

Thanks.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:12 PM (77rzZ)

169 Makes me think of the Tolkien heirs selling out their Grandfather’s work to Amazon, for the loot.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 07:02 PM (Gqar

Isaac Asimov in his "Second Foundation" stories discussed a dictator who overthrew the Foundation government.
The first dictator was cruel and effective. The second was just cruel. The third was a stupid bureaucrat who lost to the Mule.
It seems common that the visionary [John RR T] is succeeded by a capable administrator [Christopher] who is succeeded by a bunch of useless wankers.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 07:13 PM (88C+u)

170 159 When you have to fart, fart. Don't hold.
Posted by: Tuco, maybe at October 19, 2026 07:05 PM

Words of iron. Dude *was* in a pretty spectactular bubblebath.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

It wasn't bubbly until after he got in. Refried beans ftw.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 19, 2026 07:13 PM (G/onT)

171 Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:00 PM (2GVsD)

Perhaps they're children of the stepsons. However, we don't need their support to hate this version of "The Magician's Nephew". We can do it all on our own!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 07:13 PM (JrHfD)

172 163 Speaking of quick hits, this story has gotten much less media attention than I would have expected. The perpetrator must be SUPER oppressed to get this kinda cover.

A National Guard member was shot in the leg late Sunday night (Oct. 1 in Southeast Washington, D.C., while attempting to break up a street fight near the Eastern Market neighborhood. The incident occurred around 11:10 p.m. in the 400 block of 8th Street SE, where seven or eight Guardsmen in a van witnessed the altercation.

The suspect, identified as Jerrell Jackson, 41, pulled out a firearm and opened fire as the troops intervened. After running into an alley and pointing the weapon at the Guardsmen, three National Guard members returned fire, striking Jackson in the abdomen. Both individuals were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries;

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 19, 2026 07:10 PM (G/onT)

This story means those National Guard soldiers need more live practice...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)

173 >>> "I will say it appears they're walking that back a little bit. It has shifted from just a wholesale defense of Omar to a non-substantive defense, talking about, 'well, this stuff was old,' or 'this is political since she's Ilhan Omar.'"

So they are trying to out Clinton the Clintons? Good luck with that. I don't think Ilhan has her own hit squad... yet. That I know of. If she does, we can call it Somali-cide.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:13 PM (Toos7)

174 The only good thing about Prometheus was the backdrop of stars in ship shots, which contained green stars.
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate....

Posted by: Roy Batty at October 19, 2026 07:14 PM (XeU6L)

175 Nothing will happen except maybe some fines or temporary embarrassment and a new job lined up with some NGO or Think Tank.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 07:12 PM

* ahem *

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at October 19, 2026 07:15 PM (0sNs1)

176 166 Sorry, Ace. But some judge somewhere will put a stop to any action against the criminals in the D party.

Nothing will happen except maybe some fines or temporary embarrassment and a new job lined up with some NGO or Think Tank.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 19, 2026 07:12 PM (1Ff7Z)

That's why evidence of them doing illegal things needs to be found.
Reminds me of movie "Untouchables", the scene where they get the compromised jury switched out.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:15 PM (l3cgK)

177 Guy Fleegman: HEY! Don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there air? You don't know!

[Guy holds his breath. Kwan sniffs the air and shrugs]

Fred Kwan: Seems okay.

Posted by: Galaxy Quest at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)

178 Out of Curiosity I watched the ABC Nightly News with David Muir.

Holy Moley.... The bilge coming out as stories makes you think that Trump is Evil and the world will end unless we vote for the Commie Democrats.

I did notice my IQ decreased by 10 points after watching this crap for 30 minutes ....

I also had an uncontrollable urge to puke ......

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM (mrJNc)

179 I suspect I've written better "Magician's Nephew" fanfic than Greta Earwig has done.

Posted by: isn't the only one at October 19, 2026 07:17 PM (88C+u)

180 Hey, A.H., I would like to establish e-mail contact. Doof, Piper, and Ben Had all have my address.

Thanks.
Posted by: Bulg

And I give each of them permission to share it with you.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 07:17 PM (77rzZ)

181 178 Out of Curiosity I watched the ABC Nightly News with David Muir.

Holy Moley.... The bilge coming out as stories makes you think that Trump is Evil and the world will end unless we vote for the Commie Democrats.

I did notice my IQ decreased by 10 points after watching this crap for 30 minutes ....

I also had an uncontrollable urge to puke ......

Eat some bacon; it'll make you feel better.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:17 PM (l3cgK)

182 A National Guard member was shot in the leg late Sunday night (Oct. 1 in Southeast Washington, D.C
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More on this, and pic of the perp:
https://shorturl.at/kHAhJ

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 07:18 PM (XeU6L)

183
Re the green stars. This is something of a running joke with the nerd astrophysicist bunch. The peak of Sol's spectrum is firmly right in the middle, in the green band of the visible spectrum, and so they like to joke the sun is green, and call themselves "heliochromatologists".

There is another star, Zubeneschamali (how that's for a name), aka Beta Librae, that many amateur astronomers swear looks green, and that's a little optical trick I forget exactly how it works.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 07:19 PM (w6EFb)

184 "I still incline towards the Nothing Will Happen Guy, but I have some very limited, guarded hopes that maybe Nothing Will Happen Guy will be proven wrong."

Me too!

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at October 19, 2026 07:19 PM (MWfyi)

185 More on this, and pic of the perp:
https://shorturl.at/kHAhJ
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Excerpt:

Jackson was previously convicted of two counts of assault of a police officer and one count of carrying a pistol without a license and had three parole violations, the agency said.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 07:19 PM (XeU6L)

186 I love Prometheus. Puts me to sleep before the opening credits are done.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:20 PM (ua/lL)

187 Both individuals were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries;

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit
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Guardsmen didn't open enough fire.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (2UA/a)

188 Nood cafe

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)

189 >>> I disliked the movie because the 'smart educated' scientists coastally acted in ways that were suicidal.

Oh, for sure Anna!! A lot of their problems could be solved by just not being stupid. Like thinking they can suddenly breathe the air. And splitting up.

One of the fun points of the game "Subnautica" is that the second you land on the planet, everything including the air and water poisons you. You have to get a mutation from a native plant/creature thing just to survive.

And there's a body replicator machine that replicates you if you die. The lore, once you get farther into playing the game, is absolutely horrific. An earlier group of explorers in the game SPOILER ALERT had to make copies of themselves to eat because they ran out of food and the animals there were poison.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (Toos7)

190 Any more info come out about the Bend, OR killer?

Is it true that Mommie dearest bought a Maverick 88 shotgun for his 16th birthday?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (2GVsD)

191 Guy Fleegman: HEY! Don't open that! It's The Café! Are there penguins happy-footing around, projectile pooping? You don't know!

[Guy holds his breath. Kwan sniffs the air and shrugs]

Fred Kwan: Seems okay.
Posted by: Galaxy Quest at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM

Translated into an IRL AoSHQ Café scenario.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)

192 publius: Sabine Hossenfelder just posted a youtube where she points out that our Sun is indeed emitting mostly in the green.
But the way radiation works, this is swamped by yellow, orange, and red.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 07:22 PM (88C+u)

193 Jackson was previously convicted of two counts of assault of a police officer and one count of carrying a pistol without a license and had three parole violations, the agency said.
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Kimber G2C, for the curious.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 07:22 PM (XeU6L)

194 Out of Curiosity I watched the ABC Nightly News with David Muir.

Holy Moley.... The bilge coming out as stories makes you think that Trump is Evil and the world will end unless we vote for the Commie Democrats.

I did notice my IQ decreased by 10 points after watching this crap for 30 minutes ....

I also had an uncontrollable urge to puke ......
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM (mrJNc)

Got an urge, got a surge, and it's out of control now
Got an urge I wanna purge, 'cause I'm losing control
Uncontrollable urge, I wanna tell you all about it
Got an uncontrollable urge, it makes me scream and shout it

Posted by: DEVO at October 19, 2026 07:22 PM (wVcYX)

195 186 I love Prometheus. Puts me to sleep before the opening credits are done.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:20 PM (ua/lL)

I was staying with my Brother helping with Dad. One night, while I was sleeping, I was awakened by the loud whooping of (feather) indians. Dad had fallen asleep, and had the volume turned to nearly max (he was hard of hearing...was 94 or 95)..."Dancing with Wolves" was on...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:23 PM (l3cgK)

196 >>It's time to ban all funding to colleges and universities until we can find out what the hell's going on.

KELO.

The way you deal with the University System is to Kelo their Property and hand it to Developers.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 07:23 PM (ndySI)

197 177 Guy Fleegman: HEY! Don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there air? You don't know!

[Guy holds his breath. Kwan sniffs the air and shrugs]

Fred Kwan: Seems okay.
Posted by: Galaxy Quest at October 19, 2026 07:16 PM (wVcYX)

This seems like a stealth Prometheus reference

Posted by: Polka will never die at October 19, 2026 07:23 PM (U1XFy)

198 And there's a body replicator machine that replicates you if you die. The lore, once you get farther into playing the game, is absolutely horrific. An earlier group of explorers in the game SPOILER ALERT had to make copies of themselves to eat because they ran out of food and the animals there were poison.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 07:21 PM (Toos7)

Why not make copies of yourself and send THOSE to the planet...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)

199 Posted by: Blah Blah Blah at October 19, 2026 07:24 PM (QsPI7)

Shouldn't you be out murdering someone?

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 07:25 PM (AG5Uy)

200 Guardsmen didn't open enough fire.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Lets hope they use Garands on Hasan.

Posted by: Nidal Hasan at October 19, 2026 07:26 PM (XeU6L)

201 Pigment colors and light colors produce different colors when the same colors are combined .

Combining blue and yellow light produces white light as yellow light is a combination of red and green light. So that's all the primary colors.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (KC5Lt)

202 Let DJT invoke the Insurrection Act. And then publish a list of Communists to be killed, with the admonition: "Kill. Them. All."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (wSl27)

203
Here's a shocker -- there are no green Christmas lights.

Preserve your fantasies, they're all that's left you.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM (trSL4)

204 If I did ? You'd smugly say "too soon". And comb that hair and spank your junk because "hair not on fire".
Posted by: Blah Blah Blah at October 19, 2026 07:27 PM

Fat chance of you doing anything but bitching from your keyboard.

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 07:29 PM (AG5Uy)

205 Oops

Posted by: toby928(c) blurts at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (AG5Uy)

206 DH used to blame it on tap beer, but he doesn't drink tap beer anymore. I think it is genetic. And shows a remarkable lack of giving a damn.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 06:57 PM (fOTAm)

Dysbiosis.

The gut microbiome gets messed up and standard food gives gas.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 07:31 PM (rbvCR)

207 I was fortunate. My ex husband loved cooking. And he was very good. I also cooked for us. It was about 60-40 him. Whoever cooked, the other one cleaned. Sometimes we cooked together.

I did all the cooking on the sailboat. He did most of the cooking while backpacking.

Meh. No complaints. I kiss a man cooking for me. I think it’s wonderful.

Posted by: nurse ratched at October 19, 2026 07:34 PM (yEz+x)

208 I think you'll find that the UDA and Indivisible are pretty indistinguishable. "Indivisible" was a "sub-contractor" of the State Department used internationally to push color revolutions. You'll find a rather interesting staff working there. It's grown in size because all the terminated State Dept. political hacks and Intelligence Community terminated hacks gravitated to them for employment. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure the UDA is the executive facet of these loosely connected entities. IOW, terminated Federal Executive management types who still want to boss around the underlings. Their goal is a color revolution in the US. And DataRepublican seems to have stumbled on their blueprint somehow.
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (dIske)

Do they have a head office, in some known location?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 07:42 PM (wSl27)

209 The suspect, identified as Jerrell Jackson, 41, pulled out a firearm and opened fire as the troops intervened. After running into an alley and pointing the weapon at the Guardsmen, three National Guard members returned fire, striking Jackson in the abdomen. Both individuals were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries;
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 19, 2026 07:10 PM (G/onT)

They let the fucker live. Serious mistake.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 07:50 PM (wSl27)

210 I wonder how many involved with United Democracy Alliance are current or former Lincoln Project dikheads?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 07:55 PM (hzuYO)

211 No there aren't
there are no other shoes
everyone knows what will happen
starts with 'N'
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 06:25 PM (ZxPkt)

Oh noes! Not the N- Word!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 19, 2026 08:02 PM (wWuuh)

212 I do all the cooking.

For one, I enjoy it.
And two? My wife is a lousy cook. I love her, but she can't cook to save her life.

If I didn't cook? She'd have nothing but Lean Cuisines and vodka.

Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at October 19, 2026 08:03 PM (OGFx7)

213
This seems like a stealth Prometheus reference
Posted by: Polka will never die

Nah. It was from an entertaining flic, so completely unlike that "Prom" movie.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 08:04 PM (trSL4)

214 The XO cooks but he is a slave to the written recipe. If it is something new, I will follow the recipe the first time. After that the recipe is just a suggestion.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 19, 2026 08:43 PM (DK5Sh)

215 To the French, Socialist sympathizer, female boutique owner who's shop was pillaged, "Viva the Revolution!". You will not own a private business or property. Embrace the Socialism you hold so dear. Everything, everything you have(not) and eat will be provided by the elite (haves) Socialist government at their discretion.

Posted by: John at October 20, 2026 03:15 PM (UwF2a)

Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed Is Confronted With Proof His Half-Sister Was on the Terrorist Watch List; In Response, the Muslim Manlet Just Babbles About the Patriot Act and the Surveillance State and How Poor Muslims Are Suspected of being Terroris

Is this Islamist Entryism, I wonder?

Michigan Democrat Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed acknowledged Saturday night that his sister-in-law was involved in a federal terrorist watchlist lawsuit during the Obama administration, just days before former President Barack Obama is scheduled to campaign alongside him.
El-Sayed was confronted by Fox News senior correspondent Mike Tobin about court documents identifying his sister-in-law, Mariam Jukaku, as a plaintiff in a 2016 lawsuit challenging her alleged placement on the federal Terrorism Screening Database, commonly known as the terrorist watchlist.
"There's reporting in a lawsuit that now backs it up. And documentation with the lawsuit that Mariam Jukaku, who's your sister-in-law, that she was on the terrorist watch list?" Tobin asked.
"Yeah," El-Sayed responded.

El-Sayed then defended his sister-in-law, insisting she had committed no wrongdoing and turning his criticism toward Republican Senate rival Mike Rogers.
"She did nothing wrong and was captured on that and then sued and got off," El-Sayed said. "You've got this system where folks are guilty until proven innocent because they've got different kinds of names, because of the infrastructure that people like Mike Rogers set up."
The exchange comes as Obama prepares to campaign alongside El-Sayed in Michigan on Oct. 24, ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm election.
According to the 2016 complaint, Jukaku underwent additional airport screening in 2012, and alleged she was never told why she had been flagged. The filing said she was believed to have been removed from the watchlist by 2016.

Oh, Obama and John Brennan took her off the list. That's very reassuring to me.

...
Despite El-Sayed's claim that she sued and won, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling favoring the plaintiffs in 2021, while a separate lawsuit seeking damages was dismissed in 2017.
The FBI said it does not confirm or deny individuals' watchlist status.
"It is the U.S. government's policy to neither confirm nor deny a person's inclusion in the Terrorist Screening Dataset, commonly known as the terrorist watchlist," the agency told Fox News.
The exchange follows separate allegations about El-Sayed's family's purported Muslim Brotherhood connections, which his campaign called "racist and untrue."

Reporter: �Your sister in law was on a Terrorist Watch list�
Abdul El-Sayed: �Mike Rogers and his Flock camera and his Patriot Act and his surveillance state� https://t.co/tDRk8DsdUi
— DSA Watch (@DSA_Watch) October 18, 2026

In case you missed it late last week, an old paper has been dug up in which Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed argued that Arab women should avoid Racial Miscegenation and only breed with Arab men.

This guy thinks a lot about Islam and the Purity of Arab Bloodlines.

Non-diversity is our strength!!!

Left-wing Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is being slammed over a resurfaced Columbia University research paper he authored with a "racist and eugenics outcome" that concluded Arab women should only breed with their own kind for optimal health outcomes.
El-Sayed -- who has repeatedly called himself a physician though he never completed his medical school residency -- warned in the 2011 paper published in the "Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health" of the hazards of "interethnic mating" -- which he insisted increased the risk of children being born premature.
"Our findings suggest that interethnic mating may be associated with increased risk for adverse birth outcomes among Arab ethnicity mothers," he stated, back then going by Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed.

El-Sayed began the paper, titled "Interethnic mating and risk for preterm birth among Arab American mothers," with the bold claim that Arab mothers, "a growing ethnic group," have "systematically better birth outcomes" than white mothers.

He said American Arab women were 16% less likely than white women to give birth prematurely, citing his own research from 2008, while omitting to mention that same study found the gap disappeared after adjusting for maternal and socioeconomic factors.
The research, funded in part by NIH grants, concluded that Arab women having children with white men was linked to 18% higher odds of preterm birth -- below 37 weeks -- and 24% higher odds of late preterm birth -- between 34 and 36 weeks -- compared to having a child with an Arab father.
The study found no statistically significant difference in very preterm birth, before 32 weeks, based on whether the father was Arab or white, but didn't spend much ink dwelling on that finding.
Critics savaged the paper as pseudoscience.
"This is 'science' with "a pre-ordained racist & eugenics outcome," wrote Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) on X. "Scary stuff."
Others wondered what the radical Democrat's real motivation was to even research the topic.
"Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's scientific research is...odd. Arab mothers who engage in 'interethnic mating' have worse birth outcomes than those who mate with Arab men?" ripped John David Haltigan, an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Buckingham. "Why research this?"

I'm feeling so culturally enriched you guys

Here's the funny thing: He got a government NIH grant to argue that Arabs must keep their bloodlines pure and not mate with whites.

If I were to agree with his taxpayer funded anti-miscegenation paper, I'd be drummed out of society.

He gets a government grant, I'd get put on an FBI watchlist.

Isn't Science magic?

Some schmolling news.

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Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:22 PM (6ydKt)

2 Why was this $hit not out in the open during the primaries, it was public knowledge? I smell an op.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (I43vL)

3 Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed
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Oh, you mean Fast Talking Shorty?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (UjdFS)

4 I have a hard time believing this guy could win, but he's in a state where Arabs dominate and MI leans blue.

I'm just hoping enough older MI voters that reject him.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 05:24 PM (Htjsj)

5 > El-Sayed's family's purported Muslim Brotherhood connections, which his campaign called "racist and untrue."

"Muslim" is not a race.

It's not even really a religion.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 19, 2026 05:24 PM (qlLNh)

6 GatewayPundit had an article.

I think the jist was that some Dems in The Detroit News (the 'conservative' alternative to the Free Press) declared support for Rogers.

Inshallah Abdul.
Allah's making you his little bitch toy.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 05:25 PM (Sco7b)

7 How is it racist to discriminate against Muslims when a) the "religion" spans the globe and b) a large percentage of them look white?

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)

8 In case you missed it late last week, an old paper has been dug up in which Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed argued that Arab women should avoid Racial Miscegenation and only breed with Arab men.

Now this is a serious offense. He's impeding my constitutional right to get busy with ethnic chicks.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 05:27 PM (xEhzD)

9 >>f I were to agree with his taxpayer funded anti-miscegenation paper, I'd be drummed out of society.

Has he written any papers saying that all arabs need to be pushed back to their desert because they are sub human scum?

Just asking

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 05:27 PM (BO/2r)

10 >>>>I think the jist was that some Dems in The Detroit News (the 'conservative' alternative to the Free Press) declared support for Rogers.

They didn't support Rogers. They told Dems they should leave the Senate vote blank, which I'll take.

Posted by: Mark1971 at October 19, 2026 05:28 PM (/OKHJ)

11 Trump was saved by the Almighty to save America and the rest of the West, apparently. Why can’t Europe just find their own GEOTUS?

Posted by: Jmel at October 19, 2026 05:28 PM (3TlS+)

12 Is this Islamist Entryism, I wonder?/i]

He looks like one of those Enryists to me.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)

13 Good timing. James O'Keefe just dropped this. You should listen to the video. Abdul is cooked.

>>@JamesOKeefeIII

>>BREAKING NEWS: Abdul El-Sayed Campaign Official Reveals El-Sayed Receives Overseas Donations, Admits Foreign Contributions Are Illegal Under Federal Law, Warns Denouncing Hamas Could Cost Support

https://tinyurl.com/3wvahcd3

The same groups that are funding the French, UK, Italian, etc., riots are giving Abdul money and they are funding the DSA and other groups that will be rioting here soon.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:29 PM (viF8m)

14 Reporter: “Your sister in law was on a Terrorist Watch list”

Abdul El-Sayed: “Mike Rogers and his Flock camera and his Patriot Act and his surveillance state”

"My sister might be a terrorist but Mike Rogers wants to spy on you."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

15 They didn't support Rogers. They told Dems they should leave the Senate vote blank, which I'll take.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 19, 2026 05:28 PM (/OKHJ)

Thanks for the correction.
Still, not good for Abdul.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 05:30 PM (Sco7b)

16 Muslim Botherhood is just like a frat. Except instead of doing lines of blow off hookers’ asses, they strap on suicide vests and blow up little kids.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 19, 2026 05:30 PM (VghP0)

17 Here's the funny thing: He got a government NIH grant to argue that Arabs must keep their bloodlines pure and not mate with whites.

If I were to agree with his taxpayer funded anti-miscegenation paper, I'd be drummed out of society.

I agree with him.

Keep fucking your cousins, Abdul.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)

18 ...about El-Sayed's family's purported Muslim Brotherhood connections, which his campaign called "racist and untrue."
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These dipshits want you to believe its "racists" when its clearly *not*--Islam isn't a race, and the Muslim Brotherhood isn't either. They're both *ideologies*.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:31 PM (TN0g+)

19 If a Federal Law is broken, then why is this asshole still a candidate?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:32 PM (iOpI2)

20 I'm patting myself on the back for finally closing an italics bracket.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)

21
What more do democrats have to do to lose elections?

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 05:32 PM (Y8DZL)

22 Muslim dominance isn't just about fighting. It's also about political supremacy. They know it.

Our political betters don't.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 05:33 PM (RORbl)

23 Muslim Botherhood is just like a frat. Except instead of doing lines of blow off hookers’ asses, they strap on suicide vests and blow up little kids.
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Actually, I've heard that many Islamic terrorists did lines of blow off hookers' asses and THEN committed acts of terrorism for the demonic vision of Allah.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:33 PM (TN0g+)

24 >>If a Federal Law is broken, then why is this asshole still a candidate?

The O'Keefe video just dropped.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:34 PM (viF8m)

25 Actually, I've heard that many Islamic terrorists did lines of blow off hookers' asses and THEN committed acts of terrorism for the demonic vision of Allah.
Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:33 PM (TN0g+)

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Don't forget the virgins!!

WTF kind of "religion" ruins 72 women's lives for the sake of one dumbass with a suicide vest?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:34 PM (iOpI2)

26 Too much content

Posted by: Accomack at October 19, 2026 05:34 PM (4c58h)

27
The O'Keefe video just dropped.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:34 PM (viF8m)

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Yeah, my question was kind of stupid.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:35 PM (iOpI2)

28 Now this is a serious offense. He's impeding my constitutional right to get busy with ethnic chicks.
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Na na na na na na
Na na na na na na

Posted by: Batterer of Chris Rock at October 19, 2026 05:35 PM (TN0g+)

29 WTF kind of "religion" ruins 72 women's lives for the sake of one dumbass with a suicide vest?
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:34 PM (iOpI2)
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Nobody ever said they were women.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

30 Oh, you mean Fast Talking Shorty?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (UjdFS)
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It's how you know he's lying.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 05:36 PM (RIvkX)

31 "Muslim" is not a race.

It's not even really a religion.
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Correct--its an "ideology".

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:37 PM (TN0g+)

32 Nobody ever said they were women.
Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)

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lol Yep, could be goats.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:37 PM (iOpI2)

33 Al-Sayed just looks like a douchebag, like some cheesy guy at a club trying to dance with all the pretty white girls.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 05:37 PM (Htjsj)

34 I have a hard time believing this guy could win, but he's in a state where Arabs dominate and MI leans blue.

I'm just hoping enough older MI voters that reject him.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 05:24 PM (Htjsj)
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The linked tweet is all about MI leaning right.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX)

35 33 Al-Sayed just looks like a douchebag, like some cheesy guy at a club trying to dance with all the pretty white girls.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 05:37 PM (Htjsj)

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I think they all look like that.

When you watch the riot videos of France, these are really unattractive people.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:39 PM (iOpI2)

36 I consider every muslim a terrorist or a terrorist in waiting.

Plus the smell.

Posted by: El Cid at October 19, 2026 05:39 PM (VmFld)

37 Aren't Democrats in Michigan running the elections?

Posted by: Zeno the Stoic at October 19, 2026 05:39 PM (Q7ROC)

38 >>Yeah, my question was kind of stupid.

No it wasn't. If I wasn't clear O'Keefe's team just dropped another of his undercover videos. I would think he will be sharing it with the feds.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:39 PM (viF8m)

39 Elijah Manley, failed FL-House candidate for district 20, FA/FO:
x.com LauraLoomer/status/2112249730986098707
Manley prescribed beheading Democrats if they don't vote for Angie Nixon (who is also crazy).
Now he's in jail.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 05:40 PM (88C+u)

40 38 >>Yeah, my question was kind of stupid.

No it wasn't. If I wasn't clear O'Keefe's team just dropped another of his undercover videos. I would think he will be sharing it with the feds.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:39 PM (viF8m)

Hopefully ActBlue was involved.
That'd be icing on the cake.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)

41 Michigan early voting returns point to a Trump+4.3 electorate, a R+2.8 swing to the right from 2024. This shift is being driven by juiced exurban and rural turnout, a trend that hasn't been seen in other states

+2R in the Senate.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 05:41 PM (AG5Uy)

42 ....prescribed beheading Democrats if they don't vote for Angie Nixon (who is also crazy).
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Angie Nixon is a "fundamentally non-serious" selection.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:42 PM (TN0g+)

43 I think part of taqiyya is to confuse everyone by being named Mo or Ahab. Then lie as taught in the korananabangaboom boom book.

They lie as easily as they breathe.

I doubt his precious SIL is innocent.

Prayers every night to prevent moose limbs like this from being elected.

Good to see the stats in MI early voting! Please let it be!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 05:43 PM (hzuYO)

44 Hmmmmph....I just did a little digging to see how prevalent money laundering is in the wine trade.

Apparently, it is the primary industry used for money laundering because vintages are fluid and change quite a bit (rapidly). That way, you can sneak it past the bank's fraud sniffers providing more flexibility to the fraudster. You can over-invoice and under-invoice, and a bank will have a hard time finding any discrepancy. Plus négociants, brokers, private bonded warehouses, and international borders allow cover on nailing down the value of a single shipment.

Omar was laundering money. It's a pretty good bet. But, what specific money was she laundering?

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:43 PM (dIske)

45 Katie Hobbs volunteer steals package off someone’s porch while knocking

https://tinyurl.com/3pux78aw
(X - doorbell cam footage attached)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

46 Evenin’, All.

Heaven help my native state.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 05:44 PM (77rzZ)

47 Despite El-Sayed's claim that she sued and won, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling favoring the plaintiffs in 2021, while a separate lawsuit seeking damages was dismissed in 2017.
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She sued to get off the list and lost!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 05:45 PM (RIvkX)

48 He got a government NIH grant to argue that Arabs must keep their bloodlines pure and not mate with whites.
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Someone should tell the rape gangs in Europe about this.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 05:45 PM (EslXB)

49 If that trend in suburban and exurban votes continues al-Sayed is toast. Blacks in Detroit and Lansing aren't going to help . He be reduced to college kids, Muslims and AWFLs. Bye little fella

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 05:45 PM (vJPf4)

50 I don't know why there's this big kerfluffle about the dude. He's running for office in Michigan. The Democrat always wins in Michigan. Period.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (TMNW7)

51 Mohamed al-Tayiqqa?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (2GVsD)

52 >>Omar was laundering money. It's a pretty good bet. But, what specific money was she laundering?

Omar was a sponsor of the MEALS Act. The was the bill that supercharged the flow of money into Minneapolis and other areas to supposedly feed children the lockdowns.

That's where I'd start.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (viF8m)

53 Gee, I wonder why Muslims are suspected of being terrorists?

How many shootings and bombings has the perpetrator exclaimed "Alahu Snackbar"?
How many bombings and terror attacks have been committed by the so-called Religion of Peace™?

But lets put traditional Catholics and Pennsylvania Amish under FIB watch...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (l3cgK)

54 Does his sister wear Army boots?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

55 Nobody ever said they were women.
Posted by: ballistic

This is true, suras 52 and 76 have boys among the houris. But you already likely knew that . . .
What I recently found out was the doctrine that the Islamic paradise recruits females from Hell to get temporary houris to serve the martyrs in said paradise:
sunnah.com/ibnmajah:4337
So Islam makes Allah into a pimp.

Posted by: zutt zutt, in tha butt at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (88C+u)

56 Al-Sayed just looks like a douchebag, like some cheesy guy at a club trying to dance with all the pretty white girls.
Posted by: Leupold
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Wearing his too tight muscle T-shirt and that shit eating grin.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

57 How is Hasan Piker taking this?

Free Kaya!

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (2GVsD)

58 54 Does his sister wear Army boots?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (Cqx++)

The splody kind.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (l3cgK)

59 A. H. Lloyd, are you around?

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 05:48 PM (77rzZ)

60 R gains. +5 in the House +2 in the Senate.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 05:48 PM (ua/lL)

61 I think it's one thing to point out blatant fraud, or illegalities perpetrated by the left.

It's quite another to expect any recriminations. Especially with a judiciary clearly aligned with the left.

One, does not necessarily lead to the other. Which is a problem.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 05:48 PM (RORbl)

62 56 Al-Sayed just looks like a douchebag, like some cheesy guy at a club trying to dance with all the pretty white girls.
Posted by: Leupold
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Wearing his too tight muscle T-shirt and that shit eating grin.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

Is there a correlation between MonkeyPox infections and shit-eating grins?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 05:48 PM (l3cgK)

63 Looking like Michigan might be redder than North Gayrolina.

Posted by: Shit Heel State at October 19, 2026 05:48 PM (Ovx+P)

64 Does his sister wear Army boots?

You are going to peek under her burka?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:49 PM (2GVsD)

65 It won't bother al-Sayed that his sister is a terrorist. Ask him why she's a lesbian, even if she isn't

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 05:49 PM (vJPf4)

66 Even the gas stations in the suburbs have hobos and crack heads. $3.15/gallon and a marriage proposal.

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 05:49 PM (enNUy)

67 They didn't support Rogers. They told Dems they should leave the Senate vote blank, which I'll take.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 19, 2026 05:28 PM

So will we.

Posted by: Democrat vote counters, pen in hand at October 19, 2026 05:49 PM (AG5Uy)

68 Double-digit IQ inbreeder concerned about race purity.

Phlegm at 11!

Posted by: Joe Mama at October 19, 2026 05:50 PM (TezPK)

69 66 Even the gas stations in the suburbs have hobos and crack heads. $3.15/gallon and a marriage proposal.

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 05:49 PM (enNUy)

Baby got crack!

Posted by: Sir Tweaks-a-Lot at October 19, 2026 05:50 PM (l3cgK)

70 52 >>Omar was laundering money. It's a pretty good bet. But, what specific money was she laundering?

Omar was a sponsor of the MEALS Act. The was the bill that supercharged the flow of money into Minneapolis and other areas to supposedly feed children the lockdowns.

That's where I'd start.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (viF8m)

She was probably getting a cut from some of the fraudsters.
I'd say 10% of the loot for making it possible in gratitude to the Pirate Queen of Somalia in Minnesota is about right.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)

71 ""Our findings suggest that interethnic mating may be associated with increased risk for adverse birth outcomes among Arab ethnicity mothers,"

Sure, they are more likely to be beaten by their Muslim "brothers" for their "sins", hence the "adverse birth outcomes". (IF the study even had an ounce of legitimacy)

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 05:50 PM (vbXSk)

72 Of course he's MB. Just like Sarsour, and any other prominent Arab Muslim.

But, so what if he isn't? Someone named Alibaba Shiraz El-Anything should be an automatic "no" for American voters. They're swooning for him.

Unfortunately, that's where we're at.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 05:51 PM (BI5O2)

73 Wasn't Ilham Nur's 'sister' part of the MEALS racket?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:51 PM (2GVsD)

74
44 Hmmmmph....I just did a little digging to see how prevalent money laundering is in the wine trade.

Apparently, it is the primary industry used for money laundering because vintages are fluid and change quite a bit (rapidly). That way, you can sneak it past the bank's fraud sniffers providing more flexibility to the fraudster. You can over-invoice and under-invoice, and a bank will have a hard time finding any discrepancy. Plus négociants, brokers, private bonded warehouses, and international borders allow cover on nailing down the value of a single shipment.

Omar was laundering money. It's a pretty good bet. But, what specific money was she laundering?
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:43 PM

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The it looks like her money-laundering winery was a clumsy obvious fraud. How much of that was her being used to getting away with things, and how much due to simple incompetence, remains to be seen.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 05:51 PM (VWtfl)

75 Al-Sayed just looks like a douchebag, like some cheesy guy at a club trying to dance with all the pretty white girls.
Posted by: Leupold
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Wearing his too tight muscle T-shirt and that shit eating grin.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (UjdFS)

Is there a correlation between MonkeyPox infections and shit-eating grins?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 05:48 PM (l3cgK)
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This creep is gay. You can google some unbelievably gay dance routine he filmed as a campaign event. No man that has ever touched a woman would ever do anything so gay, never mind film it and post it as a campaign thing.

Gayer than 500 guys getting fucked in the ass while blowing 500 other guys.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 19, 2026 05:53 PM (VghP0)

76 AnnaPuma, the Feeding Our Future racket. She was running it.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 05:54 PM (ua/lL)

77 OT: RIP, Richard Riehle. Actor in "Office Space".
"I'm GOOD with PEOPLE!"

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 05:54 PM (88C+u)

78 ***Someone named Alibaba Shiraz El-Anything should be an automatic "no" for American voters.***

Man, that ship sailed with Barak Hussein Obama.

Posted by: the guy that moves pianos for a living at October 19, 2026 05:54 PM (IQhz0)

79 She was repoting 30 million that suddenly became under $100k when they discovered the 'accounting mistake'.

Like others have suggested, if that money was real it's located offshore or in crytpo or something.

If it's in crytpo the Feds can tell that by what's on their devices, then it's a matter of finding the wallets.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:54 PM (6ydKt)

80 If it was in Crypto, may her password be 654321

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:55 PM (2GVsD)

81 Hopefully she will FOF out Ben Had

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:56 PM (2GVsD)

82 That's a whole lot of gay.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 05:56 PM (UjdFS)

83 80 If it was in Crypto, may her password be 654321

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:55 PM (2GVsD)

WW11

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:56 PM (6ydKt)

84 >>Ilhan Omar’s Sister Used Same Home Address As Figures In $250M Fraud Scandal

https://tinyurl.com/y9bw7xex

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)

85 Hey Ace,

Is "France Unbowed" a correct translation?

Dictionary tells me that "France Insubordinate" is more accurate, but these things can have subtleties that are hard to grasp.

I think we are being fed an op and they are really saying exactly what they are.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 05:57 PM (BO/2r)

86 What I recently found out was the doctrine that the Islamic paradise recruits females from Hell to get temporary houris to serve the martyrs in said paradise:

So the girls from hell get to be raped against by the dudes who raped them in the first place to send them to hell?

How efficient. :/

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 05:57 PM (vJrRc)

87 All these stories today, France, etc., and yet this terrorist sympathizing, supporting, and connected Sayed may still be elected to the US Senate. The depths of stupidity of the US voters sometimes is unmatched. I can easily see this guy or Omar creating terrorism right in Congress.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 19, 2026 05:58 PM (n5tGW)

88 Gayer than 500 guys getting fucked in the ass while blowing 500 other guys"

So...

Gay?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 05:59 PM (k0zLw)

89 OT: RIP, Richard Riehle. Actor in "Office Space".

He was great in everything, the guy was a monster like 10-20 jobs a year. And always worth watching, even as the hapless banker in Casino. Those old character actors are usually 10 times better than the stars and make the movies work.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 05:59 PM (TMNW7)

90 87 All these stories today, France, etc., and yet this terrorist sympathizing, supporting, and connected Sayed may still be elected to the US Senate. The depths of stupidity of the US voters sometimes is unmatched. I can easily see this guy or Omar creating terrorism right in Congress.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 19, 2026 05:58 PM (n5tGW)

America's 2026 Midterms
"Measuring America's Rot"

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:00 PM (Sco7b)

91 There was someone on X who visited Omar's winery. It was a deserted sand trap in California. No vineyards. No nothing.

I get hauled into jail for cooking up a couple gallons of moonshine. And selling it.

Yea... it's the "selling" part. But still.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 06:00 PM (RORbl)

92 The winery thing came about when supposedly some customer of Mynett's paid him in grapes and the wine was bottled under the fake winery name.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:01 PM (ua/lL)

93 The depths of stupidity of the US voters sometimes is unmatched. I can easily see this guy or Omar creating terrorism right in Congress.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 19, 2026 05:58 PM (n5tGW)

Forget it. Neither of these two will put on a suicide vest and wipe out a chamber of Congress.

They're here to *hurt* the country.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)

94 52 >>Omar was laundering money. It's a pretty good bet. But, what specific money was she laundering?

Omar was a sponsor of the MEALS Act. The was the bill that supercharged the flow of money into Minneapolis and other areas to supposedly feed children the lockdowns.

That's where I'd start.
Posted by: JackStraw

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I think Biden opened up an investigation to do a "cut and cover" where they charge for some trivial offense and have her plead guilty in exchange for total prosecutorial immunity. That is their standard MO

So why didn't they charge her with mishandling a gov. document or something trivial? I think her crimes are so big and so obvious that they knew no judge would accept it.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 06:01 PM (BO/2r)

95 the Pirate Queen of Somalia in Minnesota
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great idea for the 'ettes Halloween costumes.
Either that or Wonder Woman.
There is only 12 days until Halloween!

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:01 PM (UjdFS)

96 The harem in Muslim heaven are perpetually tweens that are virgins every time. Its so sick its just nasty to even think about. Oh and your wives from earth are there too, but they don't get a harem. They get to live in your palace and watch you endlessly bang little girls and drink booze.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 06:02 PM (TMNW7)

97 The perfect costume for 'ettes is a sexy ewok outfit to hang out with ACE.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 06:02 PM (TMNW7)

98 Those old character actors are usually 10 times better than the stars and make the movies work.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 05:59 PM (TMNW7)

He was also hilarious as Bob Bigalow. Just a kindly old man doing his job, which was plunging crap at a resort. Every deadpan line he delivered in that movie was gold.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 06:02 PM (88C+u)

99 customer of Mynett's paid him in grapes"

What's the conversion rate?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 06:03 PM (k0zLw)

100 Every time I hear about a grant, I want to puke. It's always something stupid.

Even grants to study cancer, stats on cancer are getting worse, and we've done nothing but throw money at it.

It's like the stupid pink ribbon shit. From what I understand, most of that money does not go into cancer research. I would never give a penny to it. And no, I am not insensitive to those who have had to deal with breast cancer.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:04 PM (iOpI2)

101 95 the Pirate Queen of Somalia in Minnesota
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great idea for the 'ettes Halloween costumes.
Either that or Wonder Woman.
There is only 12 days until Halloween!
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:01 PM (UjdFS)
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I'm still set to dress up as a transgender female identifying as a male. In fact, I'm wearing my costume as I type this very second. Except for the pants.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 06:05 PM (dIske)

102 Not sure about the rest of the country but here in rural NE Texas early voting began today and the lines were out the doors. I have never seen this many people voting on the first day of early voting in the ten years we have lived here. nbc5 out of Dallas is reporting the same thing in dallas and tarrant counties.

I think the rumors of a blue wave were optimistic.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 06:05 PM (I43vL)

103 96 The harem in Muslim heaven are perpetually tweens that are virgins every time. Its so sick its just nasty to even think about. Oh and your wives from earth are there too, but they don't get a harem. They get to live in your palace and watch you endlessly bang little girls and drink booze.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 06:02 PM (TMNW7)

I'm surprised Mo-ham-head didn't make 'em younger, like his last wife.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:06 PM (l3cgK)

104 100 Every time I hear about a grant, I want to puke. It's always something stupid.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:04 PM (iOpI2)

To see how you can apply for and get grants for all types of stupid shit from the American government, send a self-addressed stamped envelope to...

342 Started Here Ave
Pueblo, Colorado.

Get yours today!

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:06 PM (Sco7b)

105 Disregard the Life-size poster of Usama Bin Laden on my office wall.

Posted by: Abdul El-Sayed at October 19, 2026 06:06 PM (/uEuX)

106 Muzzies are only suspected of being terrorists because they perform 99% of all the terror acts in the world. Those 99% give the rest of the muzzies a bad name.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 06:07 PM (xvV+O)

107 >>So why didn't they charge her with mishandling a gov. document or something trivial? I think her crimes are so big and so obvious that they knew no judge would accept it.

Just a guess but I think they wanted the whole issue to die.

This is just one little part of a much bigger web of fraud and there were a lot of people in DC getting paid, not just Omar.

Plus, where did some of the money go? It's long been rumored that some of it ended up with al Shabab. Probably not a good look for a Democrat Congresswoman to be funding Islamic terrorists with our tax dollars.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 06:07 PM (viF8m)

108 His Half-Sister Was on the Terrorist Watch List

Half-Sister, Other-Half Wife, so everything is on the up-and-up.

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 06:08 PM (XJjDY)

109 I could tell you the math but it would be so boring.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 06:09 PM (ua/lL)

110 Muzzies are only suspected of being terrorists because they perform 99% of all the terror acts in the world. Those 99% give the rest of the muzzies a bad name.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
......

1%...The Ham-and-Eggers?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:10 PM (UjdFS)

111 The exchange follows separate allegations about El-Sayed's family's purported Muslim Brotherhood connections, which his campaign called "racist and untrue."
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Ah. The magic word 'racist'.

One wonders why a simple, provable fact would be 'racist'?

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 06:10 PM (XeU6L)

112 I'm surprised Mo-ham-head didn't make 'em younger, like his last wife.

There's always the possibility that they got a diacritical mark wrong and it means "raisins" so you get 52 raisins when you get to heaven

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 06:11 PM (TMNW7)

113 Alberta is doing their referendum today, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 06:12 PM (AG5Uy)

114 112 I'm surprised Mo-ham-head didn't make 'em younger, like his last wife.

There's always the possibility that they got a diacritical mark wrong and it means "raisins" so you get 52 raisins when you get to heaven

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 06:11 PM (TMNW7)

https://youtu.be/_mC48we6Jz0

Posted by: Mo-Ham-Head's Raisins at October 19, 2026 06:14 PM (l3cgK)

115 Huh, Disney has put in Carbonite Taiko Watiti's Star Wars movie.

What is Disney afraid of? The franchise getting worse? After The Acolyte?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:14 PM (2GVsD)

116 I'm still set to dress up as a transgender female identifying as a male. In fact, I'm wearing my costume as I type this very second. Except for the pants.
Posted by: Orson
.......

I'm going as a Scottish male stripper, all I need is my kilt.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:14 PM (UjdFS)

117 DOJ is running raids all over California today arresting Illegal Aliens who have voted in past elections.

More than 2 dozen arrests reported.

Yeah... Newsome... that thing that just flew past yer nose? It's called a shot across yer bow.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:14 PM (mP0Kj)

118 110 Muzzies are only suspected of being terrorists because they perform 99% of all the terror acts in the world. Those 99% give the rest of the muzzies a bad name.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
......

1%...The Ham-and-Eggers?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:10 PM (UjdFS)

---------

hhhahahahaha

Hannity swung hard and missed on that one.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:15 PM (iOpI2)

119 118 110 Muzzies are only suspected of being terrorists because they perform 99% of all the terror acts in the world. Those 99% give the rest of the muzzies a bad name.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious
......

1%...The Ham-and-Eggers?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:10 PM (UjdFS)

---------

hhhahahahaha

Hannity swung hard and missed on that one.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:15 PM (iOpI2)

Seems he'd be no good at Piñata...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:16 PM (l3cgK)

120 Damn AI.

Works. Works. Works. Works. Hey, I'm going to make it better.

Everything's f'ed up.
Go and fix.

Still miraculous, but still....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:16 PM (Sco7b)

121 What a crying little pussy-assed bitch!

Man up and accept responsibility and maintain stewardship of your goat-humping culture.

Either way, STFU with your bitch ass whining.

Posted by: Bootygig at October 19, 2026 06:17 PM (dK+Kv)

122 113 Alberta is doing their referendum today, right?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Correct

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:18 PM (8B4gm)

123 Off Obama-semen gargling sock.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 06:18 PM (dK+Kv)

124 We get such low grade trolls; this one has his record stuck...again.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:18 PM (l3cgK)

125 123 113 Alberta is doing their referendum today, right?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Correct
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 06:18 PM (8B4gm)

Measuring Canada's rot....

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:19 PM (Sco7b)

126 That Cooper fella did a bang up job with that there hooracane a coupla years ago -- heck, let's send 'em to the Senate!

Posted by: Shit Heel State at October 19, 2026 06:19 PM (Ovx+P)

127 > DOJ is running raids all over California today arresting Illegal Aliens who have voted in past elections.

More than 2 dozen arrests reported.
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Snort

"2 dozen."

Out of... 20M?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 06:19 PM (RORbl)

128 jim

It likes being the groove to someone else's needle.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (2GVsD)

129 I've been watching The Bad Batch with my grandson.

I have enjoyed it each time we've watched the series.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (iOpI2)

130 Disney is going to have to start firing heads of studios and their teams or go bankrupt to change.

I don’t think they’re going to figure that out until it’s too late.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)

131 DOJ is running raids all over California today arresting Illegal Aliens who have voted in past elections.

More than 2 dozen arrests reported.

Yeah... Newsome... that thing that just flew past yer nose? It's called a shot across yer bow.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:14 PM

What I find downright bizarre is the state of california is running radio ads in the DFW metroplex claiming that california is the place to be. I hear at least one or two of them every morning touting how dog gone good everything is in CA from the economy to the weather.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (I43vL)

132 128 > DOJ is running raids all over California today arresting Illegal Aliens who have voted in past elections.

More than 2 dozen arrests reported.
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Snort

"2 dozen."

Out of... 20M?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 06:19 PM (RORbl)

Going for the low hanging fruit first....

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (mP0Kj)

133 Here's the funny thing: He got a government NIH grant to argue that Arabs must keep their bloodlines pure and not mate with whites.

So, they should just stick with marrying their cousins? Alrighty then~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (nEUC6)

134 127 That Cooper fella did a bang up job with that there hooracane a coupla years ago -- heck, let's send 'em to the Senate!

Posted by: Shit Heel State at October 19, 2026 06:19 PM (Ovx+P)

Maybe he'll show up in some M-on-M action videos while there, just like that Senate staffer...

I WON'T be watching.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:21 PM (l3cgK)

135 Pretty sure Troy didn't pay for the"Trojan Horse" to be built. Open the gates boys, wheel it in. Western Society pays the invaders to destroy their way of life...

Posted by: pahound at October 19, 2026 06:21 PM (hjiry)

136 128 > DOJ is running raids all over California today arresting Illegal Aliens who have voted in past elections.

More than 2 dozen arrests reported.
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Snort

"2 dozen."

Out of... 20M?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 06:19 PM (RORbl)

You gotta start somewhere...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:21 PM (l3cgK)

137 Muslim heaven probably has 72 virgin demons. Ol' Allah as described by them sure sounds like the same description as the guy we know as Old Scratch. Or Beelzebub.

Satan did try to pretend to be God a few times... Eve bought it for a minute. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Muhammed actually did see angels, etc. Just... the wrong diety.

Posted by: SimoHayha at October 19, 2026 06:22 PM (r9xPu)

138 Wow, gay trolls...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (l3cgK)

139 131 Disney is going to have to start firing heads of studios and their teams or go bankrupt to change.

I don’t think they’re going to figure that out until it’s too late.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)

They've backed away from the gay shit but all the pretty white girls still have crushes on cute black guys.

Nickelodeon's show "Thunderman's Undercover" just did that too. Maybe everyone will end up happily ever after like OJ and Nicole.

The shows are cute and funny but not for impressionable kids. There's better stuff on YouTube, I'm sure.

And the 'black' guys aren't dark at all. That'd scare the wine mom awfls.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (Sco7b)

140 What I find downright bizarre is the state of california is running radio ads in the DFW metroplex claiming that california is the place to be. I hear at least one or two of them every morning touting how dog gone good everything is in CA from the economy to the weather.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 06:20 PM (I43vL)

That's amusing... weather is nice... usually... today in the Central Valley... 76 and clear.... was 90 just a couple days ago which is weird for October.

But business climate sucks... and taxes are through the roof... and we can't build infrastructure.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (mP0Kj)

141 139 Muslim heaven probably has 72 virgin demons. Ol' Allah as described by them sure sounds like the same description as the guy we know as Old Scratch. Or Beelzebub.

Satan did try to pretend to be God a few times... Eve bought it for a minute. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if Muhammed actually did see angels, etc. Just... the wrong diety.

Posted by: SimoHayha at October 19, 2026 06:22 PM (r9xPu)

the devil and his demons are not deities...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (l3cgK)

142 Wow, gay trolls...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM

Average Joe sucks cock by choice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (AG5Uy)

143 That Cooper fella did a bang up job with that there hooracane a coupla years ago -- heck, let's send 'em to the Senate!
Posted by: Shit Heel State
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The shit heels are the out-of-state locusts and carpet baggers that have moved here. Less than 50% of voters last election were native Tar Heels.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (XeU6L)

144 Quick hits.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 06:24 PM (Sco7b)

145 Has anyone seen a picture of El-Sayed's wife? I've only seen one, and she looked like a wizened grandmother, thoroughly burka-ed. Tiny.

Perhaps Rogers should start campaigning with his wife and ask where El-Sayed's wife is?

Posted by: Wenda at October 19, 2026 06:24 PM (J5E68)

146 140 Wow, gay trolls...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (l3cgK)

remember the little plastic Toy Trolls that had weird colored hair back years ago?

Yeah, that's how I picture certain trolls.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:24 PM (mP0Kj)

147 What I find downright bizarre is the state of california is running radio ads in the DFW metroplex claiming that california is the place to be.
......

I thought that was Green Acres.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 06:25 PM (UjdFS)

148 Muzzies are only suspected of being terrorists because they perform 99% of all the terror acts in the world.

Likewise, we handle UneXploded Bombs with care. "But that bomb hasn't hurt anyone!"

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 06:29 PM (XJjDY)

149 The shit heels are the out-of-state locusts and carpet baggers that have moved here. Less than 50% of voters last election were native Tar Heels.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Hey, Buddy, I moved here. In 1988.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at October 19, 2026 06:30 PM (EdP2u)

150 More than 2 dozen arrests reported.
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Snort

"2 dozen."

Out of... 20M?
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Apparently the idea is to demonstrate that California officials are legally culpable for *knowingly* allowing such conditions to continue.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 06:30 PM (TN0g+)

151 Have any of you had the urge for muslim women? I haven't.

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 06:31 PM (LHPAg)

152 Place to be for Leftists. Homeless, scammers, lawyers and government bureaucracy

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 06:32 PM (Ia/+0)

153 Leftists seem to be fighting these Flock cameras but thats to hide their actions now, they get incharge they will be doubled because they spy on everyone

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 06:38 PM (Ia/+0)

154 >>Snort

>>"2 dozen."

>>Out of... 20M?

Last week the DOJ gave Newsom a list of 20,000 people the DOJ thought were illegally voting. They told Newsom that if he was told about these people and he still allowed them to vote without verifying their eligibility that people in the Newsom administration could be criminally charged.

I believe all 24 were on the list.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (viF8m)

155 Eromero

There was this one very cute Afghani grad student in the Analytical Chem department.

Very well guarded by two brothers if she left the Chemistry building.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 06:41 PM (u82oZ)

156 Good article within last two day, maybe today that these Demon acts they say Allah wants them to do like rape, theft, murder has to be BS

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (Ia/+0)

157 Have any of you had the urge for muslim women? I haven't.

Some of them look very nice on the outside, at least when they are younger.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 06:51 PM (TMNW7)

158 >>Omar was laundering money. It's a pretty good bet. But, what specific money was she laundering?

Omar was a sponsor of the MEALS Act. The was the bill that supercharged the flow of money into Minneapolis and other areas to supposedly feed children the lockdowns.

That's where I'd start.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (viF8m)

In an era of child obesity, spending billions on feeding kids seems misplaced

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:22 PM (uhVAy)

159 140 Wow, gay trolls...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 06:23 PM (l3cgK)

remember the little plastic Toy Trolls that had weird colored hair back years ago?

Yeah, that's how I picture certain trolls.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 06:24 PM (mP0Kj)

Those were out in the 1970s.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:23 PM (uhVAy)

160 How is Hasan Piker taking this?

Free Kaya!
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 05:47 PM (2GVsD)

I heard there was some strike on a Russian Data Center and Hasan's views dropped by half. Tucker's dropped even more.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:30 PM (uhVAy)

Two Christian (?) Groups Were Paid $62 Million by the Biden Thugocracy to Settle Somalis in Minnesota

Weird how the left is willing to pay money to some "religious" groups for some purposes.

Chadwick Moore:

Two church non-profits have taken in at least $62 million to build the Somali community in Minnesota -- leading to the rise of Ilhan Omar and the fraud scandals that have gripped that state, The Post can reveal.
Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront of reshaping the frigid Land of 10,000 Lakes thanks to generous government contracts stemming back generations.
"This is a very big pile of government money and a whole bunch of different groups have come to get their own slice of it," Parker Thayer, an immigration expert at the Washington, DC-based Capital Research Center, told The Post.
He added the total money pouring into Minneapolis resettlement programs alone is "in the hundreds of millions."
He noted that since 2021, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, the body overseeing Catholic Charities, has received $140 million in migrant resettlement contracts from the federal government.

Say, who usurped the government in 2021?

"It is hurting the ability of these organizations to fundraise in arguably more important areas of their work. I imagine a lot of donors are being pushed away by something that is very reasonably viewed as highly controversial by a lot of people," Thayer said.
Before Minnesota became Somali central, it was known as the Hmong hub.
The state first became a test ground for a Vietnam-era resettlement program -- with powerful advocacy from then-Vice President Walter Mondale and Minnesota's Democrat governor Al Quie, according to local historians.
...
Mondale then headed the US delegation to the United Nations in 1979, where he delivered a speech which helped secure international commitments to resettlement, framing the crisis in moral terms by comparing it to a failure to protect Jewish refugees before and during World War II.
Within a couple years, the Twin Cities' Hmong population was in the thousands.
Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services -- the latter now called Global Refuge -- had built an extensive resettlement operation as far back as World War II to help Christians displaced from war-torn Europe, so were a natural go-for the federal government to help with its mass resettlement.

During World War II, however, their operations were largely funded from the pews, not Uncle Sam, said Kelsey Reinhardt, president and CEO of the nonprofit advocacy group CatholicVote.
"I don't think there's a recognition of how generous the US has been," she told The Post.
...
When Somalia was thrown into civil war in the 1990s and the US decided to take in refugees, the Minnesota operation was already an established, well-oiled machine.
The two church groups have resettled an estimated 29,000 Somalians into Minnesota since 1993, collecting a reported $2,500 per refugee to cover costs like food, initial housing and social workers.
The population today is over 100,000 in Minnesota according to data, thanks to chain migration (also known as "family reunification") and the state's generous welfare system, which became a magnet for Somalis, including those initially placed elsewhere in the US.
"They picked Minnesota because it had extremely generous state social safety net policies and welfare programs, which of course made resettling refugees there easier," Thayer said. "Refugees from Somalia then moved to Minnesota after they were resettled elsewhere, in places like South Dakota.
"A lot of these people, while claiming to be refugees, you look at their Facebook pages, or you look at indictments and find that they routinely travel out of the US back to the place they are supposedly a refugee from," he added.
The Biden administration oversaw the largest jump in living memory of migrant resettlement operations.
Minnesota has been a flashpoint in the controversial effort, where a gob-smacking $9 billion in estimated welfare fraud, largely stemming from the Somali community, was uncovered in the last year -- speculated to be the largest welfare scam in the history of the US.

Completely, totally, transcendantally unrelated: the EU Parliament actually voted to condemn the Muslim Brotherhood and object to "Islamist entryism" into the West.

Following the sanctioning of foreign Muslim Brotherhood groups by the Trump administration, the European Parliament recently took its own action against the transnational radical Islamist group.
As Europe begins to respond to the threat of radical Islam across the continent, an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament voted for a resolution that condemned the Muslim Brotherhood and its actions.
European Parliament member Céline Imart of France, who sponsored the resolution, called the vote "a historic victory because it is a European first. For the first time, Europe has voted on a text that tackles Islamist entryism and the Muslim Brotherhood."

I don't know how they mean the term "entryism" but the context I've heard it in regards SJW entryism. It's the scripted process of taking over an organization by agitating first for "just some more diverse members," then demanding not just a more diverse membership but a more diverse leadership, then changing the rules that that only SJWs can serve in leadership, then changing the rules so that only SJWs can even be members.

It's a textbook playbook for capturing an organization, outlawing the former leaders and members of that organization, and then turning that organization completely against its old goals and towards the goal of further SJW propaganda and subversion of other institutions.

I assume they mean it the same way, but in regards to Islamists invading, subverting, and ultimately taking over countries.

...
Lorenzo Vidino, director of the program on extremism at George Washington University, told Fox News Digital that, "This is something that the French and the Austrian governments have been pushing for almost a decade," noting a growing consensus across Europe that wants action.

The resolution was led by the European People's Party, or EPP, a center-right coalition that is the largest group in the European Parliament. "The voting does reflect a gap between the right and the left," said Vidino, "with the right voting almost entirely in favor of the resolution, and a good part of the left, although with some notable exceptions, voting against it."

You don't say.

...
Vidino said, "The Brotherhood remains something that is seen through the political lenses of our own political debates, where it shouldn't be... because it's a challenge to our societies."
A press release on the resolution issued by the European Parliament's news website stated that Islamist entryism targets "democratic institutions, the rule of law, equality between women and men and fundamental freedoms." It stressed that Muslim citizens must be protected from discrimination as "a democratic obligation," while "warning against treating organized Islamist networks as representative interlocutors."
The release also stated, "While Europe must remain free, open and faithful to its principles, it can 'no longer fund, consult or legitimize networks that use its language, procedures and funding to weaken its values from within,'" but "MEPs stress that anti-discrimination policies must not be used to shield Islam from criticism or legitimize organized Islamist networks."

From August 25: Denmark's left-wing PM warns of a "big enemy" growing in Europe due to unlimited immigration.

Denmark's left-wing prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, has sent shock waves throughout the European left after recent comments about the Scandinavian nation's -- and the continent's -- failure to deal with radical Islam among migrant communities.
Her comments come after the mass migration chaos in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta, when Frederiksen criticized the actions of Spain's leftist leader, Pedro Sánchez, during a special session on Ceuta in the Danish Parliament.
Responding to a question from a far-left legislator on Denmark's apparent lack of "solidarity" with Spain against "anti-democratic forces" pressuring Europe, Frederiksen said, "If we talk about undemocratic forces, then Russia is our biggest enemy. The problem is that a big enemy has started to grow from within, and it is foreigners who have come to Europe," according to an English translation.

While not singling out Denmark's integrated immigrant population, she continued, "It is Hamas supporters. It is people who commit terror against European societies. It is people who do not recognize our fundamental European values. It is people who sympathize with some of the darkest forces in this world. So, Europe is threatened. The problem is that we are threatened both from outside and now from within, but it is not because of a disagreement between the Danish and Spanish governments, but because of people with an Islamic background who do not want the open, free European society, unfortunately."
Sweden-based foreign policy expert and author Daniel Schatz told Fox News Digital, "What is striking is not that a conservative politician is talking about illegal immigration, failed integration and Islamist extremism, it is that one of Europe's leading center-left prime ministers is saying it in such blunt terms. That tells you how far the European immigration debate has shifted."

Islamists are now threatening to burn down the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris if the Parisian prison system doesn�t release their terrorist friend. https://t.co/I5UptnjFtm
— Marina Medvin 🇺🇸 (@MarinaMedvin) October 19, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:20 PM

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1 e5vhe5w e544

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (mmrXZ)

2 I need to come up with my own feel good grift.
Damn.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (Sco7b)

3 Trump should promote this with "SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE!" as his opening line.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:23 PM (+B3Bm)

4 I assume they mean it the same way, but in regards to Islamists invading, subverting, and ultimately taking over countries.

===

Should probably deport some supporters to Iran.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:23 PM (+B3Bm)

5 In Sweden, authorities noticed at 73% of refugees were vacationing in the country they fled.

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (RHGPo)

6 Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront

In just KNEW the Lutherans and there jello were involved!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (l3cgK)

7 I need to come up with my own feel good grift.
Damn.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (Sco7b)

Ukrainian hottie refugees.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (qAkyd)

8 Said it before... the World War guilt will bring the decline of the West...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (pfXMo)

9
Churches, ,eh? No surprise. I think Christianity contains the roots of suicidal empathy. Flame away.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (mmrXZ)

10 How do these grifting organizations do this? Do they just apply on-line? 1-800 number? Office walk in?

I am asking for a friend and remain blessed.

Posted by: Nigerian Prince Hakim Jabeeb at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (VmFld)

11 Islamists are now threatening to burn down the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris if the Parisian prison system doesn’t release their terrorist friend. [/i[

Execute him and set up sniper overwatches to kill the rest of them when they try.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (vJrRc)

12 Say, who usurped the government in 2021?/i]

This has been going on a lot longer than 2021.

I be these religious-affiliated charities have brought in tens of millions of 'refugees' and hundreds of billions of dollars to their bank accounts in the past 25 years.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (6ydKt)

13 From August 25: Denmark's left-wing PM warns of a "big enemy" growing in Europe due to unlimited immigration.

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Apparently, the left wing in Denmark went anti-immigrant a few years ago to undo the support the people had for the Danish People's Party.

And it worked.

Weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (+B3Bm)

14 Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront of reshaping the frigid Land of 10,000 Lakes...

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There's some irony here. I'm sure the attached requirement on the money they accepted to place Somali immigrants was tied to the Catholic Church making a killing on the USAID. I believe the final result of USAID being nixed was the Catholic Church terminating something like 75% of the personnel in their Catholic Relief Services program.

That was quite the deal on USAID. The US taxpayer financed the "altruistic" Catholic Church so that they could advertise all their good deeds in the Church's name without acknowledging who was footing the bill.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (dIske)

15 1 e5vhe5w e544

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (mmrXZ)

Your password needs to have at least:
One uppercase letter
One lowercase letter
One number
One special Character
No spaces...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)

16 15 1 e5vhe5w e544

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (mmrXZ)

Your password needs to have at least:
One uppercase letter
One lowercase letter
One number
One special Character
No spaces...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)

And must be at least 8 characters long

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:26 PM (l3cgK)

17 To be fair to the Catholic charity, they resettle everyone that the feds ask to be resettled. Unlike many groups who flatly refused to do so, they have stepped up to resettle the Afrikaners that Trump is bringing in...yes, receiving state money to do so (since there is no more direct federal money, or wasn't at the intial time this started - it's now be appropriated for this resettlement, but not sure how it will be spent).

So, one group was apolitical...and one was not.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

18 "European Parliament member Céline Imart of France, who sponsored the resolution, called the vote "a historic victory because it is a European first. For the first time, Europe has voted on a text that tackles Islamist entryism and the Muslim Brotherhood.""

HOLY CRAP!
Islam's in trouble now.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (Sco7b)

19 I think Christianity contains the roots of suicidal empathy. Flame away."

Can't. "Feel-good Christianity" is just that. And seems to be the version doing the damage...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (pfXMo)

20 It's a textbook playbook for capturing an organization, outlawing the former leaders and members of that organization, and then turning that organization completely against its old goals and towards the goal of further SJW propaganda and subversion of other institutions.

So entryism is skinsuit manufacturing?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (6ydKt)

21 Funny how you bring peoples from Saharan Africa and Vietnam and drop them into Scandi Central.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (cH+HD)

22 Catholic Charities is largely responsible for providing support services to the many illegals in this country.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

23 Catholic and probably Lutheran Charities have been zombified.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

24 Islamists are now threatening to burn down the Notre Dame Cathedral

They mean turn it down "again"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 04:28 PM (JrHfD)

25 The Episcopal Church's group and IRIS refused to aid in any resettlement of Trump's brought in refugees.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:28 PM (tOcjL)

26 As a Catholic, I like to give a little to keep the lights on, buy candles and wine, but I NEVER give to Catholic charities (second collection) or any bullshit they push.

I'm hoping one of my stupid lefty priests (he wore a face mask until the bitter end and agreed to the Church shutdown during COVID...fucking dumbass. I couldn't even go by myself into the adoration chapel.) asks me why.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:28 PM (iOpI2)

27 In Sweden, authorities noticed at 73% of refugees were vacationing in the country they fled.
Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (RHGPo)

That should be an auto stripping of refugee status and pulling of the right to come back.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:29 PM (uhVAy)

28 > Islamists are now threatening to burn down the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris if the Parisian prison system doesn’t release their terrorist friend.

Again?

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 04:29 PM (mkw2N)

29 9
Churches, ,eh? No surprise. I think Christianity contains the roots of suicidal empathy. Flame away.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:25 PM (mmrXZ)

Organized Christianity has been pretty disappointing over the last 30 years. I'd say it has had its own "entryism" problem.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 04:29 PM (xEhzD)

30 Pro-Israel Group Trolls French Government on How to Respond to Protestors: “We call on France to exercise restraint when dispersing the freedom fighters on the streets of Paris”

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 04:29 PM (RHGPo)

31 Catholic and probably Lutheran Charities"

Not surprised. Both had declining memberships and $$$, so this was a way to keep the coffers full...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 04:29 PM (pfXMo)

32 "Mondale then headed the US delegation to the United Nations in 1979, where he delivered a speech which helped secure international commitments to resettlement, framing the crisis in moral terms by comparing it to a failure to protect Jewish refugees before and during World War II."
Y'know, it's not exactly an honor for the Jews to be used as human shields to cover their own eventual exclusion from society in favor of their most merciless contemporary enemies. Just saying.

Posted by: werewife, princess of Delray Beach at October 19, 2026 04:30 PM (5ayY3)

33 17 To be fair to the Catholic charity, they resettle everyone that the feds ask to be resettled. Unlike many groups who flatly refused to do so, they have stepped up to resettle the Afrikaners that Trump is bringing in...yes, receiving state money to do so (since there is no more direct federal money, or wasn't at the intial time this started - it's now be appropriated for this resettlement, but not sure how it will be spent).

So, one group was apolitical...and one was not.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

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Catholics should be focused on bringing in persecuted Christians. I don't think they should be involved in "resettling" anyone the government wants.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:30 PM (iOpI2)

34 26 As a Catholic, I like to give a little to keep the lights on, buy candles and wine, but I NEVER give to Catholic charities (second collection) or any bullshit they push.

I don't trust that. "second collection" thing. it's all fungible

I don't give and they know why

every week they get pointedly written notes instead of cash. (I don't write them! I see them in the basket tho) it's a very conservative parish

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 04:30 PM (qBivk)

35 Catholic Charities. Bringing the war to your door since 1964.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 04:30 PM (Ae6Br)

36 France is cooked. Well done.

Minnesota is cooked. Medium well.

Michigan, is medium rare.

Posted by: Can you smell what the rock is cooking? at October 19, 2026 04:31 PM (anL5R)

37 One of the heads of Lutheran social services used to be a head of Catholic charities.

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 04:31 PM (enNUy)

38 every week they get pointedly written notes instead of cash. (I don't write them! I see them in the basket tho) it's a very conservative parish
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 04:30 PM (qBivk)

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Utmost respect for all of them.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:31 PM (iOpI2)

39 Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services are the two biggest resettlement orgs.

This is another thing I blame on Bush II.

W., you'll all remember, had the bright idea of "Faith Based Initiatives".

These partnerships between fedgov and these religious charities were implemented because "the church can do the job better than the government, and often saving the taxpayer money" or some such line.

Which sounded great, and made some sense at the time.
So they started doing this in W.'s first term, with a great portion of that Faith Based Initiative money going to Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services and other groups like them - Jewish and Muslim orgs doing the same things.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:31 PM (6ydKt)

40
Not surprised. Both had declining memberships and $$$, so this was a way to keep the coffers full...
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 04:29 PM (pfXMo)

Yep. Be the lickspittle for the government. And the damage has been done. Mission accomplished.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (wOO3z)

41 Should probably deport some supporters to Iran.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Apparently the Mullahs are bringing in Afghans and Arabs to oppress the local population. And now Afghan families have started to move across the border too.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (E4rtv)

42 33 17 To be fair to the Catholic charity, they resettle everyone that the feds ask to be resettled. Unlike many groups who flatly refused to do so, they have stepped up to resettle the Afrikaners that Trump is bringing in...yes, receiving state money to do so (since there is no more direct federal money, or wasn't at the intial time this started - it's now be appropriated for this resettlement, but not sure how it will be spent).

So, one group was apolitical...and one was not.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

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Catholics should be focused on bringing in persecuted Christians. I don't think they should be involved in "resettling" anyone the government wants.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:30 PM (iOpI2)

Catholics don't "bring in" anyone - that's a government function. It's out of their wheelhouse.

No idea what faith the Afrikaners are (but probably some flavor or Protestant). Faith is not a requirement for help.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

43 21 Funny how you bring peoples from Saharan Africa and Vietnam and drop them into Scandi Central.

The hmong and the vietnamese assimilated well in MN, unlike the supremacy somalians. My former hygienist and her 7 siblings + parents were rescued out of the fall of Saigon and brought to a tiny farm town in southern MN. All 8 siblings are either doctors, lawyers, or in the medical profession. All are patriotic Americans, I know, that's just one story but it's a snapshot of how well those groups assimilated.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (kX27y)

44 or = of (dang typo)

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

45 Faith-based initiatives should have stuck to homegrown crazy. Like picking up feces left by meth heads and clothing the drug freaks who seem to be everywhere.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:33 PM (iOpI2)

46 Catholics don't "bring in" anyone - that's a government function. It's out of their wheelhouse.

No idea what faith the Afrikaners are (but probably some flavor or Protestant). Faith is not a requirement for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

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You're right.

I'm saying faith should be a requirement.

There are lots of things the Catholic church does that isn't. Fine.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:34 PM (iOpI2)

47 42

No idea what faith the Afrikaners are (but probably some flavor or Protestant). Faith is not a requirement for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

Dutch Reformed Church - Calvinist.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 04:34 PM (Gqar8)

48 In a video created by Glenn Beck featuring research by DataRepublican Glenn points out that organizations like Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services might best be called "funding partners" for other like-minded organizations because they have enormous infrastructure in place to manage the finances and other paperwork required to secure the government grants.

Neither organization was mentioned in Glenn's video (he was focused on DSA-connected orgs), but I could absolutely see how these two organizations fit into that paradigm.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 04:35 PM (FZ29D)

49 "Catholic Charities...."

They had a huge contract for southern Texas during the biden illegal flood of 2021 through 2025, especially in the El Paso area. I read a couple of articles that claimed they were banking over $1,500 per illegal after their expenses were met to house, clothe and feed them before they were sent on to other places in the US

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 04:35 PM (I43vL)

50 They certainly know how to burn down Notre Dame as they've done it before. There was video of a islamic man in white on the roof early during the fire. It started in the roof by a cig or electronic circuit. I think during "construction" but that's from memory. Ancient dry beams caught fire like paper, aided with a crap alarm system, and too late to save her structure. At least one rose window escaped and they moved other artifacts. Very sad and I'm glad I saw it three times before this.

Erasing culture is their thing. They want to do this so future jihad generations of cockroaches won't remember the Christian/Jew art and architecture and culture which they had no part of while they had sex with goats.

Macron has never had control. At the first sign of police being overwhelmed, with the exception of blue cities or MN, National Guard or military troops would take care of this quickly in the USA.

Meanwhile, in France, spreading to Italy, different radical groups merge like amoebas to burn, loot and the potential to kill anyone or anything in their way.

It is probably too late, however I still pray Christians and Jews will rise up and fight the invasion of the barbarians.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 04:35 PM (hzuYO)

51 I read a while back that Catholic Charities was headed up by a muslim. It was taken over as part of the plan.

I don't know about the Lutheran charity or others, but to a large extent these were the OG NGOs and were used as cover by something much more sinister

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 04:36 PM (BO/2r)

52 Please God, cast the non Missouri Synod Lutherans, into Old Testament judgment.

Posted by: tonkamia at October 19, 2026 04:36 PM (7PzIc)

53 Remember the Episcopal bishop that scolded Trump over his immigration positions when he was being sworn in? Mariann Budde.

Do you know where she was stationed before taking over the DC office? Minneapolis. And yea, the Episcopal is involved with the immigration scam too.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:37 PM (viF8m)

54 45 Faith-based initiatives should have stuck to homegrown crazy. Like picking up feces left by meth heads and clothing the drug freaks who seem to be everywhere.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:33 PM (iOpI2)
_____________________________

I particularly enjoyed when "Meth Head Feces" did an all organ version of "My Sharona". Just not the organ you think.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)

55 The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by a Democratic-appointed member of the National Labor Relations Board to challenge the legality of her firing by President Donald Trump. The justices turned away former NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that said the Republican president’s January 2025 firing of her was a valid exercise of executive authority.

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)

56 51 I read a while back that Catholic Charities was headed up by a muslim. It was taken over as part of the plan.

I don't know about the Lutheran charity or others, but to a large extent these were the OG NGOs and were used as cover by something much more sinister
Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 04:36 PM (BO/2r)
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/leadership/
No, it's led by a white lady...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (tOcjL)

57 >>> Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront of reshaping the frigid Land of 10,000 Lakes

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I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic church left me.

Posted by: Turn 2 at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (QFchU)

58 55 The Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by a Democratic-appointed member of the National Labor Relations Board to challenge the legality of her firing by President Donald Trump. The justices turned away former NLRB member Gwynne Wilcox’s appeal of a lower court’s ruling that said the Republican president’s January 2025 firing of her was a valid exercise of executive authority.

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)

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False.

SCOTUS never sides with Trump, and this is obviously a loss for Trump.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (+B3Bm)

59 45 Faith-based initiatives should have stuck to homegrown crazy. Like picking up feces left by meth heads and clothing the drug freaks who seem to be everywhere.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:33 PM (iOpI2)

Yea, that was the entire picture people had in their minds about where this money was going. To give money to churches and religious charities to help Americans in ways the church has always helped.

And maybe some money went to that.

But a huge chunk of money went to resettlement charities and here we are. They turned it into a continuous process so they can keep getting money from the government and we got millions of refugees from across the Third World.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:39 PM (6ydKt)

60
Beware the do'gooders.

They end up doin' you real good.

Posted by: Frank Barone at October 19, 2026 04:39 PM (OkYzo)

61 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayed
Oct 17
When JFK ran, they said the country would never elect a Catholic president.

When Obama ran, they said the country would never elect a Black president.

Michiganders care a lot less about how I pray than what I pray for: peace,

@AriFleischer
Ari Fleischer
@AriFleischer
You’re no Obama.

You’re certainly no JFK.

You’re also not a doctor.

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 04:39 PM (RHGPo)

62 I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic church left me.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (QFchU)

And me...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 04:40 PM (+gK6I)

63 Not apolitical at all…

Statement from Cardinal DiNardo re: President Trump’s Immigration Policies

Today President Donald Trump made several announcements which deeply concern me. These include issuing an executive order to construct a wall at the U.S./Mexico border, significantly increasing immigrant detention and deportation, and preempting the judgment of state and local law enforcement on how best to protect their communities.
The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston is committed to an immigration policy that protects human rights, dignity and the homeland at the same time. Over the years, we have seen first-hand the suffering caused by a broken immigration system. We have witnessed the pain, fear and heartache of people who have come to us, who have to live among us in the shadows of society. Many have suffered exploitation in the workplace, lived under the constant threat of deportation and bore the weight of the fear of possible separation from their family members and friends.
As Archbishop of a Texas diocese, I believe that the order to construct a wall along our border with Mexico will only make migrants more susceptible to traffickers and smugglers – putting their lives…

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 04:40 PM (ZdaMQ)

64 I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic church left me.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (QFchU)

And me...
Posted by: It's me donna

And me.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 04:41 PM (wOO3z)

65 Here’s the kicker for Christian groups. Take it away Grok;

“ Christians in Somalia face severe abuse, including physical violence, execution, and social persecution. The country ranks second on the 2026 World Watch List for Christian persecution, behind only North Korea, with a Christian population estimated at only hundreds of believers.”

And let’s not forget the Jews;
“ There is essentially no Jewish community in Somalia today. A 1949 report stated "no Jews left in Italian and British Somaliland," and the last remaining Jews were deported in 1967 after the Six-Day War. A few crypto-Jewish families (Yemenite/Adenite descent) reportedly lived in Mogadishu until roughly the mid-2000s under constant threat from Al-Shabaab, but they have since disappeared.”

Wow. Wonder why their fundraising is hurting.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (m4bfL)

66 The Catholic church was a stalwart defender of religious freedom during the Covid hysteria. Oh wait....

Posted by: mr tmz at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (rJ48h)

67 Whoa. CNN.

James Carville ...lol... the dem voice of reason... 'I'd sooner see the Republicans keep the House by five seats than have the dems win because the dems would be hostage to DSA.'

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)

68 Caption for one of the photos in that Chadwick Moore article:
A young boy prays as women line up in prayer during the funeral for five women killed in a car crash on Lake Street, at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., on June 19, 2023.
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Dad's a former Dem state rep/BLM leader:

A Brooklyn Park man convicted of killing five young women in a 2023 high-speed crash was sentenced Thursday morning to more than 58 years in prison.

In June, a Hennepin County jury found Derrick Thompson guilty on all charges, including five counts of third-degree murder and 10 counts of criminal vehicular homicide.

Thompson’s defense claimed he was not the driver. On Thursday, however, after friends and family members of the dead women offered heartbreaking statements about the lives lost and the enormous grief that remains, he acknowledged being behind the wheel.

Thompson, the 29-year-old son of former DFL state Rep. John Thompson, had rented a Cadillac Escalade SUV at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 16, 2023 and was driving it at more than 100 miles per hour when he exited Interstate 35W and crashed into a sedan on Lake Street.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (kX27y)

69 67 Whoa. CNN.

James Carville ...lol... the dem voice of reason... 'I'd sooner see the Republicans keep the House by five seats than have the dems win because the dems would be hostage to DSA.'
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)

This is not insignificant.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 04:43 PM (Gqar8)

70 As Catholics, the Meanie Klan steers really far away from Catholic Charities myself. For a while I wrote "Not to be used on Illegal Immigrants" on the weekly offering checks....which I'm sure they abided by.

I still hold Bush responsible for the whole Somali SNAFU. I don't know how a lame duck loser like Herbert Walker decided to commit American forces to the Horn of Fucking Africa.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 04:43 PM (qwx/I)

71 Suggested pre-importation of "migrants".
"Are you now, or have you ever been, a Muslim?"

I suppose we have done a little of the divide and conquer technique by "encouraging" parts of Islam to rebel against the Iranian Muslims (starting with Iraq?). But the Saudis, UAE or Qatar will probably never be "Western" other than selling us their oil, and playing in our stock markets.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 04:43 PM (vbXSk)

72 62 and me.

I pulled my 63 directly from the Catholic Charities website.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 04:43 PM (ZdaMQ)

73 Does anyone NOT BELIEVE that Islamists ALREADY burned down the Notre Dame Cathedral?
Was that 2019 fire a "work related incident"??

Posted by: UncleJefe at October 19, 2026 04:44 PM (DzC+b)

74 Catholic Charities is a quasi Catholic group and each organization operates separate from the church. But that said, they also coordinate and there is no way the Catholic Church didn’t know this was happening. You shouldn’t give a dime to Catholic Charities.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 04:44 PM (m4bfL)

75 I still go to Catholic church. You know why?
Because fuck them. I'm sure that's written in one of Paul's Epistles.

At least one member of my family needs to keep the flame going. And we have pancake breakfasts. No, I'm going to stick it out here and earn my salvation.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 04:45 PM (qwx/I)

76 Whoa. CNN.

James Carville ...lol... the dem voice of reason... 'I'd sooner see the Republicans keep the House by five seats than have the dems win because the dems would be hostage to DSA.'
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)

This is not insignificant.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 04:43 PM

That's friggin huge and an order for how they want democrats to vote.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 04:45 PM (I43vL)

77 Whoa! Ilhan Omar's farted!

Well, I didn't actually watch it, since it's almost 25 minutes of Asmon reacting, and I prefer that in smaller doses. But the thumbnail says "she's f***ed.." so I think I got the gist of it:

Asmongold TV - Ilhan Omar got raided..
https://youtu.be/X0f9-0RuY70

Posted by: SciVo at October 19, 2026 04:46 PM (ke3zm)

78 As Europe begins to respond to the threat of radical Islam across the continent
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Trash article.

There is no "radical" islam. It's just islam, the same as it's been for 1400 years, including the last time they invaded.

The only reliable response is to drive them all out, along with anyone who gave them aid and comfort.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 04:47 PM (vSvIl)

79 67 Whoa. CNN.

James Carville ...lol... the dem voice of reason... 'I'd sooner see the Republicans keep the House by five seats than have the dems win because the dems would be hostage to DSA.'
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 04:42 PM (Sco7b)

This is not insignificant.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 04:43 PM (Gqar

Blue on Blue. Keep going.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:47 PM (uhVAy)

80 Well, Lizard Face just shit in the punchbowl.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 04:47 PM (wOO3z)

81 Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront

Lutheran Services in America appears to be associated with the Lutheran Church. "Lutheran" Social Services just appears to use the name.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 04:47 PM (ExV1e)

82 62 I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic church left me.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (QFchU)

And me...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 04:40 PM (+gK6I)

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I keep getting pulled back in because of my stubborn resolve, and Jesus Christ.

But I've walked out of a sermon. Won't give money if I have reservations. Have sued a diocese (trying to get a gay, thieving priest out of a parish-did you know that a priest is entirely in charge of a church's finances, so technically he's not stealing from himself-that's the short version) and have no qualms about going to a different church if the Priest is a dumbass.

I don't know. I've just taken some bad with the good. I will say, I like seeing the same people every Saturday at four. Plus, I feel like the youngest one there, and I'm old as crap.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:47 PM (iOpI2)

83 Pretty sure both charities are separate orgs from the Vatican and wherever Lutherans are HQ'd.

These are just private religiously affiliated charities getting big government checks on the regular for however many refugees get sent them.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (6ydKt)

84 Oh it was 6 days ago, never mind. Old news.

Posted by: SciVo at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (ke3zm)

85 @70 old man Bush wanted the feeding of starving Somalis to be one of his thousand points of light. I can't get worked up about Muslims starving or murdering each other. It's a death cult. Let them meet Allah

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (vJPf4)

86 >> Catholic Charities is a quasi Catholic group and each organization operates separate from the church. But that said, they also coordinate and there is no way the Catholic Church didn’t know this was happening. You shouldn’t give a dime to Catholic Charities.

Until recently the Episcopal Church was getting $50 million annually for immigration services. That's why Budde went after Trump. Trump shut off the faucet.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (viF8m)

87 Some religious organizations did some things....

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (Fi81e)

88 As Europe begins to respond to the threat of radical Islam across the continent
=
Trash article.

There is no "radical" islam. It's just islam, the same as it's been for 1400 years, including the last time they invaded.

The only reliable response is to drive them all out, along with anyone who gave them aid and comfort.
Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 04:47 PM (vSvIl)

I lost faith at the "Europe begins to respond". Claims facts not in evidence.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (uhVAy)

89 I don't think God is nearsighted so this pastor needn't have painted his roof.

https://tinyurl.com/yydnkufc

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (ndZc7)

90 I went on a rant in Nov of 2025 about the USSSB - their funding, creating structural dependence, accounting, use of the funds, etc. Had a spirited exchange with a bishop - didn't conclude on friendly terms.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (2bFN5)

91 Until recently the Episcopal Church was getting $50 million annually for immigration services. That's why Budde went after Trump. Trump shut off the faucet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM (viF8m)

Trafficking illegal shelters by the DC Bishop IIRC.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)

92 I won’t leave the Catholic Church. I will stay and fight. That’s what I do. It’s who I am.

BTW Catholic Charities is neither Catholic or a charity. It is an ideological group using the churches name as currency.

“Contend, Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me.”

Psalm 35:1

Posted by: Marcus T at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (va5Du)

93 Carville is the de facto mouthpiece of the Establishment Democrats. They do not like the DSA. The DSA are arsonists, the establishment Dems are leeches. Big difference.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (Gqar8)

94 Our lavish salarties and generous bonus structure allow us to remain non-profit. ...for the children!

Posted by: Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (d3v2W)

95 And for the record, I don’t think Catholics who remain in the church are bad, or wrong. They need to make decisions that align with their own values. I will always defend against ridiculous false claims against the Catholic church just as much as I will criticize them for all the reasons I left.

I have found a church home that aligns with my values and beliefs in both words and actions, I am happier for it. But I do remember that nothing is perfect, as all churches are run by men.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (ZdaMQ)

96 Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront

In just KNEW the Lutherans and there jello were involved!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (l3cgK)

Yeah, my former co-religionists in the Missouri Synod have been greatly disappointing when it came to this, or frankly, anything that really matters.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 04:50 PM (vSvIl)

97 As Europe begins to respond to the threat of radical Islam across the continent

Throw more plates or a baguette at them.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 04:50 PM (wOO3z)

98 85 @70 old man Bush wanted the feeding of starving Somalis to be one of his thousand points of light. I can't get worked up about Muslims starving or murdering each other. It's a death cult. Let them meet Allah

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 04:48 PM

It's no different than all of the politicians that want to feed Africa because of "famine". I got no problem with that except all of the food we send over there winds up in the hands of the warlords and does not get to the actual starving people.

It's the same with the muslims in the middle east, the people on top get the food and it gets sold on the black market and john and jane mohammed still wind up starving.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 04:51 PM (I43vL)

99 Paying for immigrants to wipe out your religion
Smooth move Marxists

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 04:51 PM (Ia/+0)

100 Does anyone NOT BELIEVE that Islamists ALREADY burned down the Notre Dame Cathedral?
Was that 2019 fire a "work related incident"??
Posted by: UncleJefe at October 19, 2026 04:44 PM (DzC+b)

Could have been a garden variety leftist. Those are the only two groups I could see the French government feeling it was worth covering up who did it.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:52 PM (uhVAy)

101 Sue Catholic Charities and Lutheran Services for the money fraudulently stolen by the Somalis. Would stop that crap real quick

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 04:52 PM (vJPf4)

102 OT -

Getting very interesting......

DataRepublican (small r)
@DataRepublican
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40m
If you don't know who @Petermarocco is - he is the DOGE administrator who actually ended USAID. We worked together. He's a grizzled veteran, tougher than nails, knows all the USAID bodies. He's not easy to shake.

But I showed Pete the next clip I'm dropping tonight, and his reaction was "holy crap" followed by "Seriously, that tape is straight up coup" followed by a discussion of how to get the materials over to the DoJ.

I'm working on getting this out in some publicly consumable format - I can't just mirror 250 GB of scraped data on my website (there are legality reasons). I'm also looking into sharing the data with media contacts.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (kX27y)

103 This is either a French looter or one of the Three Stooges.

https://tinyurl.com/jt8p27ak

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (ndZc7)

104 "Macron has never had control."

Except to the extent he was a Rothschild banker, and probably always a tool for the globalists.

As many say, Islam and other divisive elements (Antifa, BLM, etc.) are tools of the globalists and their efforts to destroy "Western" (free and liberty minded) societies. Soros alone funds many of them.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (vbXSk)

105 Before WWII Christians assisted refugees, not the US government with grants.

Another another gift to the USA from Jimmah for the grants (which Trump stopped).

In distant history I think individual religious groups/missionaries would help war torn countries in hopes of conversion as well as assisting. To have people drawn to Christianity's love, kindness and caring of strangers. Because of federal funding, they are strictly prohibited from proselytizing

Like Somolians are going to convert to Christianity! Right?! Become Dim voters on welfare and we will pay into perpetuity for this vote!

I look forward to the next SOTU and hope President Trump gives a review of deep cuts of the budget, riddled with fraud, corruption and kickbacks.

There are Christians in Iran and other ME countries, practicing their faith in secret to avoid detection and prosecution. To be caught as an infidel you will die. Rescue them!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 04:54 PM (hzuYO)

106 90 I went on a rant in Nov of 2025 about the USSSB - their funding, creating structural dependence, accounting, use of the funds, etc. Had a spirited exchange with a bishop - didn't conclude on friendly terms.
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM (2bFN5)

If you haven't written a letter or spoken to your pastor and told him he was wrong at least once in your adult life, you're probably doing Catholicism wrong b/c priests and all of us are sinners and as likely to be wrong as anyone else.

I remember getting policies overturned in a week...twice...

One was "let the children come to me" when a priest wanted parents to remove disruptive kids and leave them home. That was rescinded in bulletin language.

One was that the Catholic faith did not require that we support local government budget usage/increases for welfare purposes. Got that change spoken at the pulpit.

Two different pastors in 2 different states...and I have also failed in getting things changed, but they mattered less...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:54 PM (tOcjL)

107 "As Europe begins to respond to the threat of radical Islam across the continent
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"

Unless they are planning on immediately starting the deportations of tens of millions it is all BS. Have they even stopped the boats coming with new refugees, other than Italy?

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 04:54 PM (GUOwU)

108 I'm working on getting this out in some publicly consumable format - I can't just mirror 250 GB of scraped data on my website (there are legality reasons). I'm also looking into sharing the data with media contacts.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (kX27y)

This is about funding for the French riots?

Who's behind it? Iran?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:54 PM (6ydKt)

109 Until recently the Episcopal Church was getting $50 million annually for immigration services. That's why Budde went after Trump. Trump shut off the faucet.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Yep. The State Dep't cut funding to 10 or so organizations in Jan 2025 that were for "refugee resettlement work." Episcopal Church and USCCB were two of those.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 04:55 PM (2bFN5)

110 @102 sounds interesting , but I really wish people would shut the eff up until they release the evidence they have. They are giving the scum an opportunity to destroy evidence or spin the issue.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 04:55 PM (vJPf4)

111 I think DOGE was the greatest thing to come out of the Trump Presidency.

Well, that and closed borders.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:55 PM (iOpI2)

112 It's the scripted process of taking over an organization by agitating first for "just some more diverse members," then demanding not just a more diverse membership but a more diverse leadership, then changing the rules that that only SJWs can serve in leadership, then changing the rules so that only SJWs can even be members.

—

Replace SJW with Indian and organization with IT department and you’ve described corporate America .

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:55 PM (4ZhPW)

113 83 Pretty sure both charities are separate orgs from the Vatican and wherever Lutherans are HQ'd.

These are just private religiously affiliated charities getting big government checks on the regular for however many refugees get sent them.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Not really. The religious organizations are responsible for those sponsorships and they could obviously put out disclaimers or even legal action against those immigrant groups if they wanted to.

We should require all sponsors of refugees to permanently be on the hook for financial liability if the refugee turns to welfare and/or crime. You bring em, you are on the hook financially. No different than child support really. Both involve voluntary actions and require responsibility and duties if things go pear shaped.

Enough of privatizing benefits and socializing losses to society.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)

114 "Macron has never had control."

Except to the extent he was a Rothschild banker, and probably always a tool for the globalists.

As many say, Islam and other divisive elements (Antifa, BLM, etc.) are tools of the globalists and their efforts to destroy "Western" (free and liberty minded) societies. Soros alone funds many of them.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (vbXSk)

Macron was France's Obama. When the old line main parties were totally played out, they combined two of them and ran an unknown dude with no history to defeat Le Pen and reform. It worked...for a while.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)

115 PS - I should clarify that the pastor wanted us to vote FOR the welfare increases...I told him he was not supposed to speak on that at all...and he did rescind his recommendation the next week and apolgize for speaking on things he should not have.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

116 End chain migration. This is the second most harmful policy.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 04:56 PM (ua/lL)

117 My suspension is was a arsonist, Muslim or Leftist.

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)

118 Does anyone NOT BELIEVE that Islamists ALREADY burned down the Notre Dame Cathedral?

Posted by: UncleJefe at October 19, 2026 04:44 PM (DzC+b)
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I think you might be leaving out the the snackbar fanatics that have emerged around the world.

People shouting about snackbars have been responsible for a lot of violence and mayhem.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 04:57 PM (Fi81e)

119 Remember that illegal immigration is one very big leg on the stool to destroy our country and its sovereignty. Whether willing dupes or willing participants anyone involved in that effort deserves to be punished.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 19, 2026 04:57 PM (va5Du)

120 When you have something beautiful, evil always wants to destroy it.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:58 PM (iOpI2)

121 It's been this way at least since the WCC.

The Churches are institutions. The Left may have publicly attacked them, but it's not as if they could overlook them - they were targeted along with the rest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 04:58 PM (BI5O2)

122 "Macron has never had control."
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Loss of control, loss of control, loss of control
Loss of control, loss of control, loss of control

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 04:58 PM (Fi81e)

123 We should require all sponsors of refugees to permanently be on the hook for financial liability if the refugee turns to welfare and/or crime. You bring em, you are on the hook financially. No different than child support really. Both involve voluntary actions and require responsibility and duties if things go pear shaped.

Enough of privatizing benefits and socializing losses to society.
Posted by: whig
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I agree. A big part of my gripe is the structural dependence created by these and other programs.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 04:59 PM (2bFN5)

124 Macron was France's Obama. When the old line main parties were totally played out, they combined two of them and ran an unknown dude with no history to defeat Le Pen and reform. It worked...for a while.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Both are twinks and cock curious as well. You want sociopathic outsiders with a grudge to do dirty work.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)

125 123 We should require all sponsors of refugees to permanently be on the hook for financial liability if the refugee turns to welfare and/or crime. You bring em, you are on the hook financially. No different than child support really. Both involve voluntary actions and require responsibility and duties if things go pear shaped.

Enough of privatizing benefits and socializing losses to society.
Posted by: whig

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100%

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 04:59 PM (iOpI2)

126 Dr. Abdul El-Sayed?

Doctor of what? Toe fungus?

Posted by: dantesed at October 19, 2026 04:59 PM (Oy/m2)

127 Religion is a business. It is what it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 05:00 PM (RORbl)

128 James Woods is a smart ass!

Gavin Newsom
@GavinNewsom
A blue wave isn’t enough. We need a BLUE TSUNAMI.
From New Hampshire to California, we have an opportunity to send a message across this country that we’re BETTER than this.
November 3. Let’s TAKE IT BACK.

-
James Woods
@RealJamesWoods
Well, you could start with water in the fire department reservoirs, dick head.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:00 PM (ndZc7)

129 Remember, they have to have some people prepped to wear the skin suit of the Catholic Church when it comes to it.

The Liberation Theology branch of the Catholic Church has long had that role, IMO.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 05:00 PM (Fi81e)

130 Those of us in or near Minnesota have known since the 90s about the Lutherans coming up with the genius idea of importing a group of desert-dwelling Third-Worlders into the frigid prairie that *had* First World infrastructure. And you know what? The Lutheran churches are now sparsely attended, so this overture did not bring in new congregants.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Wt5PA)

131 104 "Macron has never had control."

Except to the extent he was a Rothschild banker, and probably always a tool for the globalists.

As many say, Islam and other divisive elements (Antifa, BLM, etc.) are tools of the globalists and their efforts to destroy "Western" (free and liberty minded) societies. Soros alone funds many of them.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (vbXSk)

Macron has seen at least six major protests, movements and looters run riot since 2017.

He has never been in control of the streets until the riots ended. This was the largest, by far, of any of the previous riots.

The French Fifth Republic is kinda wobbly lately, no thanks to the feckless Macron (he reminds me of Obama), and we may witness the birth of the French Sixth Republic or a Civil War and it becomes the Alegerian-Morrocan People's Republic at some point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (6ydKt)

132 116 End chain migration. This is the second most harmful policy.
Posted by: Ben Had

Congress and obliteration of the filibuster is necessary to do this. Otherwise, any moves by Trump can be delayed or turned back by courts. Time to totally remove jurisdiction of federal courts from immigration. Period.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (E4rtv)

133
This is either a French looter or one of the Three Stooges.

https://tinyurl.com/jt8p27ak

Liar Liar

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Cqx++)

134 Religion is a business. It is what it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 05:00 PM (RORbl)
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There are Queensryche lyrics to that...

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

135
I'm working on getting this out in some publicly consumable format - I can't just mirror 250 GB of scraped data on my website (there are legality reasons). I'm also looking into sharing the data with media contacts.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:53 PM (kX27y)
*********
She's brilliant!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 05:02 PM (hzuYO)

136 Whoever thought chain migration was a good idea is retarded. Or maybe was a genius and knew exactly what it would do the country.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 05:02 PM (4ZhPW)

137 Posted by: Marcus T at October 19, 2026 04:49 PM

Marcus, you are quite a wonderful witness to your faith here - warm and encouraging and articulate. Had you ever thought of going into the diaconate? I say diaconate because you're married, correct ?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 05:03 PM (JrHfD)

138 Those of us in or near Minnesota have known since the 90s about the Lutherans coming up with the genius idea of importing a group of desert-dwelling Third-Worlders into the frigid prairie that *had* First World infrastructure. And you know what? The Lutheran churches are now sparsely attended, so this overture did not bring in new congregants.
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Wt5PA)

That might not have been a failure by the "Lutherans" who did the work. They might have wanted to remove an ideology from the competition there.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 05:03 PM (uhVAy)

139 Just release what you got. It's like a flaccid magic show at this point.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 05:03 PM (wOO3z)

140 Macron is just a figurehead for France as President. He doesn't run the government.

Posted by: dantesed at October 19, 2026 05:04 PM (Oy/m2)

141 As usual, follow the money. It’s always about the Benjamins.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 05:04 PM (4ZhPW)

142 Macron reminds me of the olive eating french dude in The Matrix.

Only gayer.

Posted by: The Architect at October 19, 2026 05:05 PM (VmFld)

143 134 Religion is a business. It is what it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 05:00 PM (RORbl)
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There are Queensryche lyrics to that...
Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 05:01 PM (Fi81e)

Y'all are gonna make Lamont wroth.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 05:05 PM (xEhzD)

144 Mick Jagger jumps into the Metallica/ Rogers Waters fray.

https://tinyurl.com/3wp4ap5k

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:05 PM (ndZc7)

145 The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Posted by: Ignoramus at October 19, 2026 05:06 PM (dtajH)

146 140 Macron is just a figurehead for France as President. He doesn't run the government.
Posted by: dantesed at October 19, 2026 05:04 PM (Oy/m2)

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Much like Obama who was willing to let the real creepy ones pull the strings.

He was more interested in himself, guys' asses, and being revered. The most undeserving person ever.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:06 PM (iOpI2)

147 Whoever thought chain migration was a good idea is retarded. Or maybe was a genius and knew exactly what it would do the country.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

The 2nd part.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 05:07 PM (wOO3z)

148 One of my favorite of the many bizarre things in Ceausescu regime was the churches in Bucharest.

He was a fanatical Communist and hated religion in all forms. But Romania is so heavily Christian that he eventually recognized the Orthodox churches when he needed to galvanize nationalist sentiment after breaking from the USSR.

He still despised Christianity so much that, at yuuuge expense, he had them jacked up and moved away from his motorcade route, and boxed in with apartment towers so he wouldn't have to see them when driving around.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)

149 134 Religion is a business. It is what it is.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 05:00 PM (RORbl)
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There are Queensryche lyrics to that...
Posted by: Axeman

And that in a nutshell is why a lot of young people going into ministry end up burned out and hating religion. It becomes a endless fundraising campaign and many of the same metrics used in business like butts in the seat and total donations are tracked by hierarchy. And then the big donors demand a bigger say in running the church and staffing it along with message control, etc. etc.

And that doesn't matter what the denomination is. Endless calls to get bigger, build more infrastructure requiring more donations to keep the roof overhead and lights on, more donations to keep up with other churches, etc.

Paul's example, where he worked as an itinerant tent maker from place to place and living solely from willing, not solicited, contributions by believers looks pretty good at building a church.

FWIW, the early churches got started in part because synagogues were not exclusively religious in the beginning--they were as much community centers as they were for religious worship. We seem to left that behind

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)

150 As a Christian I want to apologize for the behavior of some very ignorant, credulous peoples in my faith who have good intentions but excessive empathy. The feminization of Christianity is one of the worst evils of the 20th century. I blame the revival movement and those Godawful "Jesus is my boyfriend" songs like In The Garden.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 05:07 PM (TMNW7)

151 140 Macron is just a figurehead for France as President. He doesn't run the government.

Posted by: dantesed at October 19, 2026 05:04 PM (Oy/m2)

The president of France has powers over the legislature through appointment and dismissal of Prime Ministers.

The French president has a lot more power over government than our Presidents. He's not your usual parliamentary system's 'President' who does nothing more than break tie votes.

The French president is more like an elected king in their system.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)

152 Some people in France are mostly peacefully threating to destroy famous landmarks in Paris.

Obviously, this is "TRUMP's FAULT" .

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (Gl62I)

153
Hmmmm......

Insider Wire
@InsiderWire
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#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

154 at the risk of the No True Scotsman fallacy, I would like to suggest that as ACE hints, these may not be actually Christian people behind this movement as well.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 05:09 PM (TMNW7)

155 Obama: Omar investigation should ‘outrage all Americans’

Any decent American sees this for what it is, Trump has become obsessed over the years with anyone who dares to even contradict him.

He is obsessed with Minnesota because we did not welcome his brown shits with open arms and madder still because an "uppity" woman of color dared to call him what he truly is.

1/3 of the country knows it’s BS and they love it anyway. Nothing is off limits to MAGA, as long as they’re hurting the ‘right people’.

I'm tired of being outraged. I'm just counting down the days until midterms when we actually might be able to do something about it.

If this was such a serious issue it wouldn't have waited so long for it to come under public scrutiny.

It's just the tactic they use like all the trump talking points about Biden committing crimes and only using them as talking points.

If they ever had anything actionable that would affect their opponents they would be doing more than talking.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 19, 2026 05:09 PM (GZchm)

156 I am rested, tan and ready to go....

France needs a good leader I am available .......

Posted by: Joe Biden at October 19, 2026 05:09 PM (jGtoG)

157 It's being reported that a young muslim couple from Bangladesh took a vacation trip to Mecca and while in a mosque there got a little too excited and hugged and kissed. This affront was reported to authorities. They were tried and beheaded.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 19, 2026 05:10 PM (V362x)

158 147 Whoever thought chain migration was a good idea is retarded. Or maybe was a genius and knew exactly what it would do the country.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

The 2nd part.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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It was on purpose with the globalists believing that nationalism and racism (a term invented by Trotsky to attack capitalism btw) caused worldwide conflict. So if we blend all the populations together with one border, conflicts will just fall away. Fukuyama came at the very end of the History is Over and Liberalism triumphs but many of the same ruling class people were claiming that in the 50's and 60's.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 05:10 PM (E4rtv)

159 Secular Christians

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 05:11 PM (enNUy)

160 Ace will write about Judge Ana Reyes, I hope. She's gone completely insane with TDS. Norm Eisen, Abbe Lowell, and one other nutty Democrat files a case against Trump objecting to the renovation of a fucking federal golf course, and she threatened all the DOJ attorneys there to represent the government with Rule 11 sanctions. She has been yelling for days, and ordering one nutty thing after another. It's a circus.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 05:11 PM (nShWT)

161 153
Hmmmm......

Insider Wire
@InsiderWire
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#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

It was modern art.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 05:11 PM (tOcjL)

162 I guess James Carville's sheer animal magnetism wasn't enough to keep them on the reservation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:12 PM (ndZc7)

163 Given that Omar's voters are all affluent white women, she's doing them a favor by selling them empty bottles of wine.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 05:13 PM (BI5O2)

164 Europe has voted on a text that tackles Islamist entryism and the Muslim Brotherhood.

Will probably tackle as effectively as Deion Sanders.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 19, 2026 05:13 PM (Fv808)

165 156 I am rested, tan and ready to go....

France needs a good leader I am available .......
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 19, 2026 05:09 PM (jGtoG)

_______________________

Oh là là, je me suis encore sali.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:13 PM (dIske)

166 1h
#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

Those must have been special barrels...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 05:15 PM (+gK6I)

167 "Macron has seen at least six major protests, movements and looters run riot since 2017. He has never been in control of the streets until the riots ended."

But was he "in control" of allowing (promoting) the riots (at the behest of his globalist owners)? that was the point I unartfully was making.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 05:15 PM (vbXSk)

168 I cannot stand James Carville !!!!!!!!!!

This guy is such a F**kstain and why does anybody listen to his Bilge?

He repeatedly states that Clinton was a great President. Compared to what? Biden or Obama ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 05:15 PM (b/4LV)

169 Ruh-roh, Wiener's threatening the feds now:

Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
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Reminder to ICE agents: Our law that the Governor just signed is in effect, and you can now be sued for violating people’s constitutional rights. Your impunity is over.

The San Francisco Standard
@sfstandard
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Video: ICE agent draws gun on man in SoMa

Security footage from an apartment captures a man telling ICE agents he’s a U.S. citizen. Minutes later, he appears handcuffed on the ground.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:15 PM (kX27y)

170 166 1h
#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)

It was Alcohol Free Wine ....

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 05:17 PM (b/4LV)

171 Ha Ha Ha. From X

Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸
@Bubblebathgirl
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More bad news on Monday for CNN, Jubilee, and James Talarico. They allegedly stole Steven Crowder’s trademarked “Change My Mind” branding and used it for their own promotion. The liability is enormous if the claim holds. Good for Crowder for pursuing it. It’s bad enough that CNN and Talarico mislead the public. It’s worse that they take someone else’s brand to do it.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 05:17 PM (E4rtv)

172
160 Ace will write about Judge Ana Reyes, I hope. She's gone completely insane with TDS. Norm Eisen, Abbe Lowell, and one other nutty Democrat files a case against Trump objecting to the renovation of a fucking federal golf course, and she threatened all the DOJ attorneys there to represent the government with Rule 11 sanctions. She has been yelling for days, and ordering one nutty thing after another. It's a circus.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 05:11 PM (nShWT)

Yes, been following this via Shipwrecked Crew and Jullie Kelly. More yelling today and she asked Abbe Lowell (spit) if he thought she was yelling and of course he said no. Stanley Woodward is a hero in this story......

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:17 PM (kX27y)

173 62 I didn't leave the Catholic Church. The Catholic church left me.
Posted by: Turn 2 at October 19, 2026 04:38 PM (QFchU)

And me...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 04:40 PM (+gK6I)

Same.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 19, 2026 05:17 PM (itAg7)

174 Hmmmm......

Insider Wire
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#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)
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This is indicative of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). It's called "phantom shipping". The problem for Omar is that she's the money recipient...which means bank records of the illicit "deal."

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (dIske)

175 Europe has voted on a text that tackles Islamist entryism and the Muslim Brotherhood.

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These outrages will not go unbureaucratted!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (ndZc7)

176 Mainline and traditional Protestant denominations in the U.S. are experiencing a wave of contractions, with roughly 200 Lutheran churches closing or disbanding each year (totaling around 1,000 congregations over the past five years.

Aging demographics of members. High maintenance costs of many large, historic church buildings with high utilities, insurance and roofing costs. No $ left for full-time pastors or youth ministry. Generations in small towns moved away. Increased internal disagreement over social stances, Biblical authority, etc.

The Roman Catholic Church is experiencing a major contraction, having closed or consolidated over 600 parishes in 2022 and 2023 along. Since 2000, the church has shuttered more than 2,000 U.S. parishes.

The total # of self-identifying American Catholics is relatively stable, it's anchored by the growing Hispanic population.

There's a severe shortage of priests, aging demographics and falling general membership, along with high concentration of closures in the Northeast & Midwest.

Sunbelt dioceses are growing quickly.

The ongoing financial settlements from alleged clergy sexual abuse scandal(s) are also continuing.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (NFX2v)

177 Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 19, 2026 05:10 PM (V362x)

@iliyaskhatib
@Momus Najmi The video shared as the “couple” executed in Saudi Arabia is false. The man and woman executed on 14 oct worked elsewhere in Mecca and, according to his family, were not married. They spent 3 years in prison and faced legal proceedings before execution

Posted by: this makes it all better at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (88C+u)

178 160 Ace will write about Judge Ana Reyes, I hope. She's gone completely insane with TDS. Norm Eisen, Abbe Lowell, and one other nutty Democrat files a case against Trump objecting to the renovation of a fucking federal golf course, and she threatened all the DOJ attorneys there to represent the government with Rule 11 sanctions. She has been yelling for days, and ordering one nutty thing after another. It's a circus.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

A deep probe into her immigration papers is in order. If she lied on them or is an illegal, she gets trebucheted abroad.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (E4rtv)

179 It's being reported that a young muslim couple from Bangladesh took a vacation trip to Mecca and while in a mosque there got a little too excited and hugged and kissed. This affront was reported to authorities. They were tried and beheaded.
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That little rock in Mecca should have been blown to smithereens on 9/12.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

180
That little rock in Mecca should have been blown to smithereens on 9/12.
Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (TN0g+)

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If only.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:19 PM (iOpI2)

181 #BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.

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Cuts out the middleman.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:20 PM (ndZc7)

182 I grew up in FFx Co. Va in the 70s-80's. Lots of Vietnamese refugees but also Koreans and some Chinese. Quite a few kids changed their Asian names to something American when they got into high school or shortly after. They could all speak English to some degree by the time they graduated and they all graduated. They had a great thing going and they knew it. They were also excepted quite well because they were happy to be American.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (Fv808)

183 The French president has a lot more power over government than our Presidents. He's not your usual parliamentary system's 'President' who does nothing more than break tie votes.

The French president is more like an elected king in their system.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 05:07 PM (6ydKt)
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Marie Le Pen's statement several hours ago in response to a poll result that 45% of Muslim citizens would self-deport if she won next year's presidiential election was an EPIC troll.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (rj6Yv)

184 Am I the only person in the country who didn’t make bank off importing all these cockroaches?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (VghP0)

185 This is indicative of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). It's called "phantom shipping". The problem for Omar is that she's the money recipient...which means bank records of the illicit "deal."

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (dIske)

What do you want to bet that her customers were some quality learing scholars?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (qAkyd)

186 Marine Le Pen, that is.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (rj6Yv)

187 Video: ICE agent draws gun on man in SoMa

Security footage from an apartment captures a man telling ICE agents he’s a U.S. citizen. Minutes later, he appears handcuffed on the ground.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:15 PM (kX27y)

These people think it's a game with magic words and home bases.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:22 PM (Wt5PA)

188 Reading comments above...everyone needs to search and find a church that fits their beliefs.

I became Catholic this past spring after a lifetime of conservative (PCA) Presbyterian faith going back to the Church of Scotland and 1700's. We found a church here after we moved. Small. Nice pastor,etc. Some people loved the casualness, the non-traditional (really bad) music. It distracted me from worship along with the same people getting up during a sermon to get more coffee. A clique of new Christians, drawn to this worship and that's fine. I'm a traditionalist.

In the Deep South you can still find good churches that have not gone to praise music only. Old historical hymns

My sons and husband are musicians. One son was a professional jazz musician. Bad music hurts our ears and souls.

I never, ever thought I'd be a Catholic after marrying one who converted to Presbyterian. Yet here I am.

Because the huge church we attend is grounded in faith and the Word of God. Conservative from what I've seen, and I checked it out for six months.

I am thankful and have found worship and peace. That's what is important to me along with beautiful music.

The church you seek is out there.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 19, 2026 05:22 PM (hzuYO)

189 Am I the only person in the country who didn’t make bank off importing all these cockroaches?

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (VghP0)

You're not alone. Pretty sure most of the Horde still has their integrity intact.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (Wt5PA)

190 Its not "The Lutherans"--its a fringe aid group loosely supported by the two most left-leaning synods of the allegedly "Lutheran" church. The conservative Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has nothing to do with that Lutheran aid society.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (TN0g+)

191 Not that it matters, but I think Vietnamese and Korean immigrants or refugees have worked hard to assimilate. They are diligent workers. They have been good additions to the Country.

Plus, Rooftop Koreans. Heros.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 05:24 PM (iOpI2)

192 You're not alone. Pretty sure most of the Horde still has their integrity intact.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (Wt5PA)

Well, we didn't make bank anyway.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 05:24 PM (qAkyd)

193 Am I the only person in the country who didn’t make bank off importing all these cockroaches?

Imagine how much money we left lying on the table by not defrauding the Wuhan Flu grants

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 05:24 PM (TMNW7)

194 What do you want to bet that her customers were some quality learing scholars?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (qAkyd)
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I'll see your logical conclusion and raise you another. I'll bet most of her customers were overseas....that the cash being flown out of the US via international air was returned to the US via purchases of her casks (and a number of other businesses)...and a good percentage ended up into the Dem coffers via organizations like ActBlu....Which is why the Democrats are circling the wagons around Omar.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:25 PM (dIske)

195 Hmmmm......

Insider Wire
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#BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 05:08 PM (kX27y)
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This is indicative of Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML). It's called "phantom shipping". The problem for Omar is that she's the money recipient...which means bank records of the illicit "deal."
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:18 PM (dIske)
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Maybe, but the used wine barrel market is a big one. All depends on the price sold.

Wineries don’t often sell barrels full of wine.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 19, 2026 05:26 PM (VghP0)

196 You're not alone. Pretty sure most of the Horde still has their integrity intact.
Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (Wt5PA)

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Not me. I mooned a Hare Krishna at the Airport once. Sue me...I didn't want a pencil and I had to fix my belt anyway.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:27 PM (dIske)

197 ideo: ICE agent draws gun on man in SoMa

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Police shoot crazy ass 15 year old. No big deal, though. He's white.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bH7wnQ60KbM

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:28 PM (ndZc7)

198 Maybe, but the used wine barrel market is a big one. All depends on the price sold.

Wineries don’t often sell barrels full of wine.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 19, 2026 05:26 PM (VghP0)

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"Used" is the keyword in that first sentence.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 05:29 PM (dIske)

199 New Orleans Saints
@Saints
Next Stop: Paris 🇫🇷

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Look out for the Blitz!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 05:34 PM (ndZc7)

200 The number of Talarico bumper stickers in the parking lot of our Catholic church just makes me shake my head.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 05:35 PM (oqH4h)

201 Philadelphia is under such strain, Archbishop Nelson Pérez's newest strategic plan is for individual county regions to get centralized support hubs.

Rather than closing additional parishes in the area, this hub works to deploy full-time missionaries and pool collaborative resources to support surrounding active communities.

Our parish and a few others are sharing both clergy and regional resources to navigate the Archdiocese's personnel shortages. The broader clergy teams cross over to help cover liturgies, confessions, and sacramental needs.

Our parish is wonderful. The priest makes no bones that $ is needed. He makes and sells seafood salad. There are cheesesteaks on certain Friday nights and raffles & community drives for baby bottles, diapers, baby clothing for single mothers & also aid for the needy. Any family sending a child to Catholic school is eligible for financial assistance. There's teen programs featuring basketball leagues, get togethers, etc.

The local K to 8th grade school my kids attended is no more. Most of those elementary school functions have also been consolidated into regional schools.

Look around Philly area to see what religion is growing.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 05:41 PM (NFX2v)

202 No idea what faith the Afrikaners are (but probably some flavor or Protestant). Faith is not a requirement for help.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 04:32 PM (tOcjL)

Mainly Dutch Reformed Church, very Calvinist.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 19, 2026 05:43 PM (3NeBC)

203 Talarico is a worm

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 05:44 PM (Ia/+0)

204 I've never mooned an airport Krishna. But I wish I had, lol.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (BI5O2)

205 All these stories today, France, etc., and yet this terrorist sympathizing, supporting, and connected Sayed may still be elected to the US Senate. The depths of stupidity of the US voters sometimes is unmatched. I can easily see this guy or Omar creating terrorism right in Congress.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at October 19, 2026 05:56 PM (n5tGW)

206 Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services
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We've known this for years.

It is hardly the first time that the Leftists have cloaked themselves in the raiments of the Church.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 06:04 PM (XeU6L)

207 #BREAKING: Ilhan Omar's former winery sold completely empty barrels of wine, Rep. Comer says.
Posted by: beckster
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Heh. 'Schrodinger's wine'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 06:07 PM (XeU6L)

208 I've never mooned an airport Krishna. But I wish I had, lol.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 05:46 PM (BI5O2)

Go watch the scenes in the early part of Airplane where the pilot beats them up.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:08 PM (uhVAy)

209 Its not "The Lutherans"--its a fringe aid group loosely supported by the two most left-leaning synods of the allegedly "Lutheran" church. The conservative Lutheran Church Missouri Synod has nothing to do with that Lutheran aid society.
Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 05:23 PM (TN0g+)

That's why I put the scare quotes. I know the operators are only vaguely Lutheran the way Biden was Catholic.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 07:10 PM (uhVAy)

The UK's Censorship Police, Prevent, Harass Woman For "Over-Identifying with Israel," Visiting That Country

What is Prevent? Google AI:

Prevent is a UK government-led, multi-agency counter-terrorism strategy designed to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism or extremist ideologies.

In reality, Prevent was created as a "counter-terrorism" organization and then very quickly mutated by the hard left into a pro-terrorism organization that is chiefly interested in harassing the Enemies of Islam.

The woman they decided to harass and accuse of being too "vulnerable" to read the news is not Jewish herself, just a supporter of that besieged nation.

Prevent decided that she is "over-identifying" with Israel and might be led astray by Evil Jewish Propaganda.

Gee I wonder if there are any people of a different religion in the UK who might "over-identify" with a foreign country and consume propaganda pumped out by that regime?

Might there be an entire global left-wing movement to falsely claim a "genocide" so that a barbaric foreign country can continue to murder and rape without military consequence?

Nah. It's probably just these turbulent Jews.

Mother referred to Prevent for 'over-identifying with Israel'
Holly Passmore says police asked why she was interested in 'Jewish issues' and described the postgraduate student as 'vulnerable'

When Holly Passmore heard a knock at her front door at about 11am on July 4 last year, she assumed it was an Amazon delivery.
Instead, the 44-year-old mother-of-two from County Durham found two plain-clothes police officers on her doorstep wanting to know why she had recently visited Israel.
"They said it was a safeguarding matter," recalled Ms Passmore, who cares for her nine-year-old son, Rex, who has severe autism, while studying for a master's degree.
She assumed they were concerned she had taken her son into a war zone.
"I said, 'Well, my son didn't go to Israel. He stayed here with my mum and my daughter, who's 20'," she recalled. But the female officer replied: "No this is about you -- because you may be at risk of manipulation."
Ms Passmore suspected her support for Israel had prompted the referral. It was only months later, when she obtained police records through a subject access request, that her suspicions were confirmed.
A police intelligence report seen by The Telegraph reveals that the referral said she "over-identified with the conflict between Israel and Palestine" and was "supportive of Israel to the point that she has travelled to Israel".

Wow -- that supportive, huh?

It also described her as having "MH" -- meaning mental health -- issues and being "vulnerable to negative influence".
"Nobody would describe me as vulnerable," said Ms Passmore, who is reading Holocaust studies at the University of Haifa.
'They only asked about Israel'
Ms Passmore said that, while she has health concerns, including severe endometriosis and adenomyosis, and has been diagnosed with ADHD and autism, she has no mental health issues.
"They knew I'm not vulnerable but they wanted to monitor me because I was advocating for Israel," she told The Telegraph.
"When they came to the door they didn't discuss my health. They only asked about Israel."
The police intelligence report Ms Passmore obtained under data protection laws acknowledged that there "is no CT [counter-terror] concern with an individual being supportive of Israel as a democracy and it would not be a CT concern for a person to travel there".
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Ms Passmore is not Jewish, but after the Oct 7 massacre in 2023, she increasingly used her account to speak out against anti-Semitism and to express solidarity with Jewish people.
Which is why, when the Israeli embassy invited her to come to Israel, she accepted. The trip included a visit to Kfar Aza, a kibbutz attacked by Hamas terrorists on Oct 7, where Emily Damari, the British hostage, was abducted.
Three days after the police visit, on July 7, she lodged a complaint, which brought two more officers, one a superintendent, to her door.
"They said that, clearly, I'm not a terrorist," she recalled, explaining they were keen to reassure her that police did not consider her a threat or an extremist in any way.
"I thought that was strange at the time. You don't usually end up with a superintendent on your couch."
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She also alleges that the superintendent urged her to stop discussing the case online. By then, her experience had attracted widespread attention online, helped by Darren Grimes, a local Reform UK councillor, and David Collier, a journalist and campaigner.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:20 PM

Comments

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1 "But Restore seems mean. I'll just vote for the Conservatives again."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:23 PM (+B3Bm)

2 First?

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2026 03:23 PM (aTgV0)

3 "Please don't speak publicly about our general misbehavior regarding your case. It might make us look bad and convince people that we don't have their best interest in mind and are in fact, assisting the invaders in the conquest of our homeland."

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (vJrRc)

4 The wrong country is being torched to the ground.

Well not really. Hopefully is spreads and explodes.
Let's get this on. It's been too long waiting.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (Sco7b)

5 My wife loves London but I think it's too weird to go to the UK right now. Presumably every moron is on their list, but I don't want to definitively find out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (WG540)

6 DYSTOPIAN

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (4KUe5)

7 They gave up their guns in 1998... due to a massacre involving guns...

This is the result of suicidal empathy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)

8 Prevent is a UK government-led, multi-agency counter-terrorism strategy designed to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism or extremist ideologies."

So.... "precrime".

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (pfXMo)

9 7 They gave up their guns in 1998... due to a massacre involving guns...

This is the result of suicidal empathy.

Posted by: Romeo13 at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (mP0Kj)

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Yet they didn't give up their Muslims with the Manchester bombing, nor did France give up its Muslims after Bataclan.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:26 PM (+B3Bm)

10 The UK has been conquered and I wonder if the investigators were wearing headscarves.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 03:26 PM (swiwN)

11 A reminder that we are on the same path, just a few years beh8nd.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 19, 2026 03:26 PM (QUKTa)

12 Why do people even entertain this nonsense? She invited them into her house (superintendent sitting on the couch)...I wouldn't allow them across the threshold. I'd probably close the door in their faces, and then for kicks and giggles, call their station and file a harassment complaint with the superintendent's supervisor.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:27 PM (dIske)

13 It would be terrible if some of these pigs started dissapearing. Just terrible.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 03:27 PM (jb8Ss)

14 nor did France give up its Muslims after Bataclan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I bet that if there had been honest reporting about what those Butchers did at Bataclan, there would have been a bit more enthusiasm for removing them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:27 PM (vJrRc)

15 Presumably every moron is on their list, but I don't want to definitively find out."

Last two times over there I just used a burner phone. No point in giving anyone info...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (pfXMo)

16 Pre-crime wrong think.

very common

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (BO/2r)

17 The police investigate some old bint for visiting Israel but the rape gangs go unmolested.

England should be nuked before it gets worse.

Posted by: Zombie Bomber Harris at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (VmFld)

18 I'm thinking the UK is a better case for "nation building" than any Middle East country.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (Htjsj)

19 14 nor did France give up its Muslims after Bataclan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I bet that if there had been honest reporting about what those Butchers did at Bataclan, there would have been a bit more enthusiasm for removing them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:27 PM (vJrRc)

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It's France.

"How many more Muslims can we take in to make up for our colonialism which obviously caused these poor innocent Muslims to mutilate my daughter so?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (+B3Bm)

20 Won't be long before the UK starts putting people like her in psychiatric hospitals like the Soviet Union did with people who exhibited "wrongthink".

Posted by: George V at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (g6ahB)

21
This is just a wee frontal lobotomy. It's for your own good.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (mmrXZ)

22 >>> 18 I'm thinking the UK is a better case for "nation building" than any Middle East country.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (Htjsj)

"Dad, we think you're getting too old to drive..."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 03:29 PM (jb8Ss)

23 I feel like I have heard this story before…

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:29 PM (ZdaMQ)

24 I'd probably close the door in their faces, and then for kicks and giggles, call their station and file a harassment complaint with the superintendent's supervisor."

In Angle-Land that will bring the full power of the law down on you...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:30 PM (pfXMo)

25 A police intelligence report seen by The Telegraph reveals that the referral said she "over-identified with the conflict between Israel and Palestine" and was "supportive of Israel to the point that she has travelled to Israel".

She should be worried about the informant around her who ratted her out to the cops for supporting the Jews.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:30 PM (6ydKt)

26 Why doesn't the UK just admit they are Orwell's Big Brother and call "Prevent" what it is--a Ministry of Truth?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (FZ29D)

27 Really wish I had bookmarked the comic where the brit cops show up at the house of an American and start pestering him about his online activity.

It's George MF Washington.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (jb8Ss)

28 I went on and on here during Occupy Wall Street explaining what was meant by the Left when they said target "bankers" and that open Jew hatred would follow close behind. I was told of course that I'm a fucking idiot and that Jews are super important to Democrats for votes and money etc and that it will never happen.

I do get told the things I say will happen will never happen a lot but I guess that's the nature of incrementalism. It's hard to convince many people of anything that is too many clicks away.

Bottom line is they weren't even hiding it during Occupy, way back in 2011.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (C/YEn)

29 She also alleges that the superintendent urged her to stop discussing the case online.

May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that I didn't urge her to stop discussing the case online, not at all. And when I say I didn't urge her to stop discussing the case online, I mean there was a certain amount of urging, more than I personally admit.

Posted by: The Superintendant at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (Riz8t)

30 Old and Busted: Old Blighty
New Hotness: Al-Blighty

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (brIJB)

31 "The wrong country is being torched to the ground.
Posted by: Stateless"

They must be spending more on education.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (GUOwU)

32 This is just a wee frontal lobotomy. It's for your own good."

"Here, put on these headphones. It'll only tingle for a minute...

/Orwell

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (pfXMo)

33 This is just a wee frontal lobotomy. It's for your own good.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (mmrXZ)

That's the spirit!

Posted by: Zombie Joe Kennedy at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (wOO3z)

34 Prevent, UK vs prevent defense. Results vary.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (2bFN5)

35 Of course the UK would take turn their anti-terrorism taskforce against someoen saying "I'm worried about islamic terrorism."

2026 UK is 1984

Posted by: Shenanigans at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (qmxL/)

36 She should be worried about the informant around her who ratted her out to the cops for supporting the Jews."

Hey, kids!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (pfXMo)

37 14 nor did France give up its Muslims after Bataclan.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I bet that if there had been honest reporting about what those Butchers did at Bataclan, there would have been a bit more enthusiasm for removing them.

Posted by: FeatherBlade

-----------

"no go zones"

"Ha ha, stupid Trump. Where do MAGA hear these things. "

Remember how they laughed and mocked when Trump said there were no-go zones. Now the whole fucking continent is no-go

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn at no other.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (BO/2r)

38 For the 10 millionth time , 1984 is not a how-to book

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (vJPf4)

39 A police intelligence report seen by The Telegraph reveals that the referral said she "over-identified with the conflict between Israel and Palestine" and was "supportive of Israel to the point that she has travelled to Israel".

I see. Please explain the procedure by which you determined the exactly correct amount of identification with Israel. Show your work.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)

40 17 The police investigate some old bint for visiting Israel but the rape gangs go unmolested.

England should be nuked before it gets worse.
Posted by: Zombie Bomber Harris at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (VmFld)

There is an actual Al Qaeda terrorist living unmolested in the UK. He supposedly beheaded Ken Bigley.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (swiwN)

41 >>> Prevent decided that she is "over-identifying" with Israel and might be led astray by Evil Jewish Propaganda.

The way the left and the socialist governments can square the circle of "antisemitism is bad, Mmmkay... but if you don't completely hate Israel, you're a fascist Nazi and must die" is pretty breathtaking in its chutzpah.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (Toos7)

42 26 Why doesn't the UK just admit they are Orwell's Big Brother and call "Prevent" what it is--a Ministry of Truth?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 03

Maybe someone should suggest a new program where those who identify with suspicious causes or ideas have to wear different colored shapes on their clothes. That way they could be monitored far more easily.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

43 *was part of the cell that beheaded Ken Bigley.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (swiwN)

44 12 Why do people even entertain this nonsense? She invited them into her house (superintendent sitting on the couch)...I wouldn't allow them across the threshold. I'd probably close the door in their faces, and then for kicks and giggles, call their station and file a harassment complaint with the superintendent's supervisor.
Posted by: Orson
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Heh. I can tell you don't watch British cozy mysteries. They ALWAYS invite officers in for tea and blab to them. It is the English way. How else do you further the plot in a mere 50 minutes. No one was to see court proceedings to demand witnesses testify.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv)

45 I see. Please explain the procedure by which you determined the exactly correct amount of identification with Israel. Show your work.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)

Ummm, zero?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (C/YEn)

46 For the 10 millionth time , 1984 is not a how-to book
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (vJPf4)

At least in 1984 you got these cool TVs.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)

47 36 She should be worried about the informant around her who ratted her out to the cops for supporting the Jews."

Hey, kids!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:33 PM (pfXMo)

I read further down and apparently she was vocal on Facebook.
That's probably how she got on the police's radar, but this is UK 2026 so it's entirely possible there was an informant, too.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

48 At least in 1984 you got these cool TVs.

And the nice newsreader helped you with your GAINZ.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 03:36 PM (kYmoU)

49 Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (C/YEn)

_________________________

I was working down on Pine St (crosses Wall St right at the financial center area) when Occupy WS was going on. I was mostly hippies and college kids banging on drums and smelling up the place. It was hard to believe that they were doing anything substantial other than wasting away an afternoon mugging for the TV cameras. My buddies and I used to walk past on the way to lunch, and right at the edge of the encampment shout "FREE PIZZA AND HOT DOGS FOR EVERYONE!!!". And then, nochalantly look around like we were trying to determine who shouted. All the ingrates would stand up craning their necks to see if they could get free fook. It was fun.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:37 PM (dIske)

50 Ah, the rat squad. Fun Covid times. This will be much worse.

Posted by: Zombie Joe Kennedy at October 19, 2026 03:37 PM (wOO3z)

51 Maybe someone should suggest a new program where those who identify with suspicious causes or ideas have to wear different colored shapes on their clothes. That way they could be monitored far more easily.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

That would be a little too fascist.

Instead, they'll tag your social media pages, internet connection and phone GPS and know where you are, and what you're saying, at all times.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:38 PM (6ydKt)

52 The way the left and the socialist governments can square the circle of "antisemitism is bad, Mmmkay... but if you don't completely hate Israel, you're a fascist Nazi and must die" is pretty breathtaking in its chutzpah.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (Toos7)

Look how they love blacks but make blacks live in shitholes whole they mine their votes, look at how they support Polanski and Weinstein (until inconvenient) and Epstein (until inconvenient) and Kennedy and Biden and Clinton and yet they looooove women. Etc etc.

It's the same for every one of their victim groups. Even gays and lesbians don't exist anymore having been sacrificed to the World of Infinite Gender - and as it stands ALL will be sacrificed to Allah.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:38 PM (C/YEn)

53 I had a chance to maybe go to Paris next year, but couldn't make the money part of the trip work. I'm thinking now that not going was wise.

I keep waiting to hear they burned down Notre Dame, again. And maybe the louvre too for good measure.

If macron had any sense of dignity he'd just resign. His leadership's a disgrace and has ruined France. Vive la Pen for present!

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:38 PM (Toos7)

54 28 I went on and on here during Occupy Wall Street explaining what was meant by the Left when they said target "bankers" and that open Jew hatred would follow close behind. I was told of course that I'm a fucking idiot and that Jews are super important to Democrats for votes and money etc and that it will never happen.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (C/YEn)

It seemed pretty clear to me back then that there was a strong current of Jew hatred in the Occupy movement (and in fact pretty much all the Leftist "movements"). I think it was reported here as well, but yeah slow-boiling the frog has it's benefits.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (9ZFZd)

55 A police intelligence report seen by The Telegraph reveals that the referral said she "over-identified with the conflict between Israel and Palestine" and was "supportive of Israel to the point that she has travelled to Israel".
--------
I over-indentify with golf. So I go to the golf course a lot. I over-identify with Italian sub sammiches. So I go to the deli a lot. Gateway behavior, obviously.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (2bFN5)

56 Their government has been colonized.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (RIvkX)

57 I read further down and apparently she was vocal on Facebook.
That's probably how she got on the police's radar, but this is UK 2026 so it's entirely possible there was an informant, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

They found her, and sent a squad out but totally failed to detect the huge rape gangs in every major city in the country in the last 25 years.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (uhVAy)

58 If macron had any sense of dignity he'd just resign.

If he had any dignity, he wouldn't have married his abusive Mom.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:40 PM (Riz8t)

59 At least in 1984 you got these cool TVs."

Hey - I wanted a Macintosh!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:40 PM (pfXMo)

60 Meanwhile, over here we have Islam's useful idiots:

Riley Gaines

@Riley_Gaines_
·
41m
James Talarico is fundraising with Masoud Khayyat and Muslim leaders in Texas.

Masoud Khayyat is a top coordinator for the Dallas Palestine Coalition, which is aligned with
@CAIRNational, a literal terrorist organization.

Islam has conquered France. Do not let Islam conquer Texas with the help of James Talarico.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:41 PM (kX27y)

61 All the ingrates would stand up craning their necks to see if they could get free fook. It was fun.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:37 PM (dIske)

'Free fook' was what they called the rapes at OWS.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:41 PM (6ydKt)

62 Ah yes, from X with video.

Visegrád 24
@visegrad24
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55m
🇮🇹 An Italian woman scolds police for using force on migrant rioters, saying officers should treat them like everyone else and just ask for ID.

Seconds later, one of the rioters throws an explosive toward her and the police.

She then hides behind the officers.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:41 PM (E4rtv)

63 The British government isn't our ally.

In fact, they are one of our enemies.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

64 Prevent is a UK government-led, multi-agency counter-terrorism strategy designed to stop vulnerable people from being drawn into terrorism or extremist ideologies."

So.... "precrime".
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (pfXMo)
====

Yes, behavioral science has shown that one can be talked out of their deeply held cultural and religious values.

"You can't have your meat until you finish your pudding!"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (RIvkX)

65 It seemed pretty clear to me back then that there was a strong current of Jew hatred in the Occupy movement (and in fact pretty much all the Leftist "movements"). I think it was reported here as well, but yeah slow-boiling the frog has it's benefits.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (9ZFZd)

Antisemitism is at the core of every leftist (and I include Nazi there) movement of the last 300 years. Every dude in a garret plotting revolution can find a unifying cause there.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (uhVAy)

66 63 The British government isn't our ally.

In fact, they are one of our enemies.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 03:41 PM (sKqQm)

========

Hence, why we pulled our bombers out.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (+B3Bm)

67 Big Penguin's next step will be to prevent commenters here from over-identifying with Mary Ann and .45 ACP.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (0sNs1)

68 'Free fook' was what they called the rapes at OWS.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:41 PM (6ydKt)

_______________________

Thank you very much for pointing out my typo. I will try to improve. But, it's not likely.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)

69 They found her, and sent a squad out but totally failed to detect the huge rape gangs in every major city in the country in the last 25 years.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (uhVAy)

The police detected the rape gangs early on.
Unfortunately for the girl, they also detected that their jobs & pensions would be in severe danger if they detected any further.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

70 They’re just saving democracy.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (4ZhPW)

71 She also alleges that the superintendent urged her to stop discussing the case online.

How about you lick my taint, superintendent?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (cH+HD)

72 55m
🇮🇹 An Italian woman scolds police for using force on migrant rioters, saying officers should treat them like everyone else and just ask for ID.

Seconds later, one of the rioters throws an explosive toward her and the police.

She then hides behind the officers.

Ladies, you know I love you, and want only the best for you, but I think you need to bring the hammer down on other women at your next All-Women Society meeting. Some of you are making the others look bad.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

73 "over-identify"
What a stupid, Orwellian phrase. Who exactly gets to determine what is 'over' and what is not? Yeah, the unelected and unaccountable neo-marxists with desk.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (nEUC6)

74 They found her, and sent a squad out but totally failed to detect the huge rape gangs in every major city in the country in the last 25 years.
Posted by: Oldcat
=====
Because some of those cops were in on it along with the ruling class (see Jimmy Savile for example or the hideous Lord Mountbatten's behavior). UK has had this pedo and sexual abuse of minors problem predating Islam.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (E4rtv)

75 Identify with the conflict? What does that even mean, precisely? And how in hell is it anyone's business but her own?

I'm too American to understand this kind of asshattery. No wonder Brits pay so much in taxes if the cops are busy doing this sort of nonsense.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (fOTAm)

76 Thank you very much for pointing out my typo. I will try to improve. But, it's not likely.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:42 PM (dIske)

I'm the king of typos, but I do enjoy the unusual ones coming from anybody.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (6ydKt)

77 >>> Heh. I can tell you don't watch British cozy mysteries. They ALWAYS invite officers in for tea and blab to them. It is the English way. How else do you further the plot in a mere 50 minutes. No one was to see court proceedings to demand witnesses testify.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (E4rtv

I love Columbo, but I rewatched the episode where he goes to London and nabs the two actors for murdering their producer. (Starring the lovely Pussy Galore!) And yeah, if they had just pled the 5th, or whatever Britain has, and asked immediately for a lawyer, Columbo wouldn't have had a case. But it was fun.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Toos7)

78 Dear british cops,

Suck me.

Please. Come find me.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 03:44 PM (cH+HD)

79 I'm the king of typos, but I do enjoy the unusual ones coming from anybody.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (6ydKt)

_____________________

I hate to rely on SpillChek. (Get it?)

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:44 PM (dIske)

80 An Italian woman scolds police for using force on migrant rioters, saying officers should treat them like everyone else and just ask for ID.

Seconds later, one of the rioters throws an explosive toward her and the police.

She then hides behind the officers.

Um, let's not talk about this one m'kay? Or the last million of these...

Posted by: The 19th Amendment at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)

81 Ladies, you know I love you, and want only the best for you, but I think you need to bring the hammer down on other women at your next All-Women Society meeting. Some of you are making the others look bad.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

If I have to be in charge of all women's behavior, I suggest you invest in a scheme to rein in all those asshat men running Antifa, extolling the virtues of socialism, and undressing in the ladies changing rooms.

Deal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (fOTAm)

82 The UK can't burn down soon enough.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (AKptf)

83 There is a Solzhenitsyn quote about what needs to be done when the Organs of the State come knocking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (wSl27)

84 I saw a video over weekend of some moron westerner ("like and subscribe") going to the Buddha of Bamiyan (sp?) as tourist. They had a guy on a shack collecting tickets for tourists to see the monument they had destroyed.

They could do a whole film showing the future of Europe with muzzlim monsters sitting in shacks and charging to see the destroyed monuments.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (BO/2r)

85 83 There is a Solzhenitsyn quote about what needs to be done when the Organs of the State come knocking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (wSl27)

========

Is it one he actually said?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (+B3Bm)

86 I hate to rely on SpillChek. (Get it?)

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:44 PM (dIske)

I speak pretty good Typo.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (6ydKt)

87 I was working down on Pine St (crosses Wall St right at the financial center area) when Occupy WS was going on. I was mostly hippies and college kids banging on drums and smelling up the place. It was hard to believe that they were doing anything substantial other than wasting away an afternoon mugging for the TV cameras. My buddies and I used to walk past on the way to lunch, and right at the edge of the encampment shout "FREE PIZZA AND HOT DOGS FOR EVERYONE!!!". And then, nochalantly look around like we were trying to determine who shouted. All the ingrates would stand up craning their necks to see if they could get free fook. It was fun.
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:37 PM (dIske)
_______

Zuccotti Park. I went down there a few times during OWS just for shits and giggles. I was surprised how small the "occupation" was, given how much it was pimped by media.

Seemed like maybe a few dozen repulsive, filthy, and almost certainly mentally-ill degenerates. At least half were tripping balls on heavy drugs.

There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

88 Good point here about the idiot shopkeeper that told looters to leave her shop alone because she supported them.

"
Art
@ZarkFiles
·
11m
Zero sympathy.
"Don't loot my store because I support you"
Is the same as saying,
"Loot everyone else's store."

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:47 PM (E4rtv)

89 Yeah I don't think guys want to be responsible for the actions of the fags and trannies, etc.

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 03:47 PM (enNUy)

90 Ladies, you know I love you, and want only the best for you, but I think you need to bring the hammer down on other women at your next All-Women Society meeting. Some of you are making the others look bad.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

If I have to be in charge of all women's behavior, I suggest you invest in a scheme to rein in all those asshat men running Antifa, extolling the virtues of socialism, and undressing in the ladies changing rooms.

Deal.

*runs and hides behind Ace*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:47 PM (Riz8t)

91 Can't we get one of these protestors on camera getting paid?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 03:48 PM (iOpI2)

92 UK you need to defund your police. They ain't on your side.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 19, 2026 03:48 PM (bX16E)

93 Comrade traveler, you will come with us to explain your wrong travel and possible wrong think. Say good bye to your family.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 03:48 PM (xvV+O)

94 I think you need to bring the hammer down on other women at your next All-Women Society meeting. Some of you are making the others look bad.
Posted by: Archimedes

I'm sure we'll get right on it as soon as the check from the Association of Privileges Whites arrives.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:48 PM (vJrRc)

95 The British government isn't our ally."

Avoid foreign entanglements.

/George W.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (pfXMo)

96 Zero sympathy.
"Don't loot my store because I support you"
Is the same as saying,
"Loot everyone else's store."

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:47 PM (E4rtv)

It's also the same as "I'm a retard".

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (C/YEn)

97 That dumb bitch who was crying about her store would be the same gal who would look down her French nose at any of us asking the price of something.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (iOpI2)

98
Seemed like maybe a few dozen repulsive, filthy, and almost certainly mentally-ill degenerates. At least half were tripping balls on heavy drugs.

There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

I think, in n retrospect that OWS was a half-ass effort to replicate the Tea Party by the left. Hyped up purely on that basis for a few months and changed absolutely nothing than to give Obama and the Dems a talking point.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)

99 In the last election Jews voted 45% Labour,
10% Green. So a majority of their vote went to parties that want them dead.

What about Reform? A whopping 6%.

Keep feeding the alligator guys. It’ll eat your last.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (4ZhPW)

100 >>> Ladies, you know I love you, and want only the best for you, but I think you need to bring the hammer down on other women at your next All-Women Society meeting. Some of you are making the others look bad.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

Has anyone watched the new Carrie yet? It makes a very good case for WHY we burned witches. Because apparently, give a woman a little bit of (super) natural power, and she will use it for evil and her own selfish, murderous desires instead of turning into a benevolent Charles Xavier.

Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Toos7)

101 But British woman can join Muslims

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Ia/+0)

102 I suppose the good news is that all the constables and bobbies that work for the UK have their pensions, which means strong documentation of where they worked, when they worked, and how long they worked.

Documentation for who was aiding and abetting foreign invaders into the UK. Because all of them are guilty. The Nuremberg trials will look like a high-school mock debate when their crimes are laid out - letting children be raped wile pensioners were robbed and murdered; instead going after thought crime and speech crime (one-way, of course). These jack-booted bobbies should be welded into gibbet cages, like pirates of old. At least they'll die peacefully and painlessly of thirst, or so they told us about Terri Schiavo.

Posted by: Another Anon at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (4h45B)

103 Good post from Cmdr Salamander on X.
cdrsalamander
@cdrsalamander
·
1h
Like many of the nations in Europe, France has a law enforcement entity we do not have in the USA. In Italy they call it the Carabinieri, in France it is the Gendarmerie Nationale.

They are ~a branch of the French armed forces with the mandate to ensure law and order by enforcing civil law with territorial units, mobile anti-riot units, etc.

The French have over 100,000. Adjusted for population, that would be as if the federal government had 500,000 uniformed and militarized police.

For reference, there are only ~325,000 Army National Guard members in the USA, and only a percentage of them are trained for security operations like we see in DC today.

Where are the French Gendarmerie in Paris, Limoges, Marseilles? For that matter, where is the Italian Carabinieri in Milan where the French condition is spreading?

The answer is: ordered to remain in their barracks because the governments refuse to do their baseline mission: protect the people from disorder.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

104 If I have to be in charge of all women's behavior, I suggest you invest in a scheme to rein in all those asshat men running Antifa, extolling the virtues of socialism, and undressing in the ladies changing rooms.

Deal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (fOTAm)

Antifa in CA in Trumps first term was run by a woman, embedded in their education system, under the org name By Any Means Necessary.

And to be fair men did shoot a lot of Nazis from 39-45.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

105 I read further down and apparently she was vocal on Facebook.
That's probably how she got on the police's radar, but this is UK 2026 so it's entirely possible there was an informant, too.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:35 PM (6ydKt)

Fecesbook is evil. Full stop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (wSl27)

106 There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers."

That's almost always the case...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (pfXMo)

107 Oh yeah the Defund the Police bitches are the same who will sic the police on you for your thoughtcrime with glee

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (C/YEn)

108 Because apparently, give a woman a little bit of (super) natural power, and she will use it for evil and her own selfish, murderous desires instead of turning into a benevolent Charles Xavier.

Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.
Posted by: LizLem

Gosh, it's almost like Hollywood is full of fags who despise women.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:51 PM (vJrRc)

109 There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

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Absolutely. That's why we used to f*ck with them. About that time was the only time I saw Trump in the flesh. They had just opened a Tiffany's across the street from the Stock Exchange. And, there was some benefit grand opening. A bunch of black limos and cars showed up, and I was curious what was going on. Next thing I see if Donald J. Trump walking down the street (it was roped off) with about six people in tow before greeting onlookers and entering Tiffany's .

Never had any idea the guy would be president some day.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:51 PM (dIske)

110 Has anyone watched the new Carrie yet? It makes a very good case for WHY we burned witches. Because apparently, give a woman a little bit of (super) natural power, and she will use it for evil and her own selfish, murderous desires instead of turning into a benevolent Charles Xavier.

Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.
Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Toos7)
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I thought Buffy the Vampire Slayer taught us that decades ago when Willow let all her witchy power go to her head...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 03:51 PM (FZ29D)

111 It's also the same as "I'm a retard".
Posted by: ...
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It's like they need a sign or something like Hate has No Home Here or the Tolerance bumpsticker.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:51 PM (E4rtv)

112 83 There is a Solzhenitsyn quote about what needs to be done when the Organs of the State come knocking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (wSl27)

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Is it one he actually said?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

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"Oh how we burned in the camps...."
It is in book 1. google will find with what I wrote.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 03:52 PM (BO/2r)

113 Joooos?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 19, 2026 03:52 PM (etVYn)

114 Zuccotti Park. I went down there a few times during OWS just for shits and giggles. I was surprised how small the "occupation" was, given how much it was pimped by media.

Seemed like maybe a few dozen repulsive, filthy, and almost certainly mentally-ill degenerates. At least half were tripping balls on heavy drugs.

There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

One of the early fallouts of citizen journalism toppling the MSM was having other people taking pictures of the MSM press swarming the same photo op and outnumbering them dozens to one.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)

115 83 There is a Solzhenitsyn quote about what needs to be done when the Organs of the State come knocking.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (wSl27)
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And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?... The Organs would very quickly have suffered a shortage of officers and transport and, notwithstanding all of Stalin's thirst, the cursed machine would have ground to a halt! If...if...We didn't love freedom enough. And even more – we had no awareness of the real situation.... We purely and simply deserved everything that happened af

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (xvV+O)

116 Is it one he actually said?

Pretty sure he’s talking about the footnote in The Gulag Archipelago that begins:

And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family? Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (kYmoU)

117 Has anyone watched the new Carrie yet? It makes a very good case for WHY we burned witches. Because apparently, give a woman a little bit of (super) natural power, and she will use it for evil and her own selfish, murderous desires instead of turning into a benevolent Charles Xavier.

Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Toos7)

I saw the movie with Sissy Spacek, but not the new series.

I think Carrie went a little overboard at the end but she was entirely justified in being as pissed off as she was because of all the bullying she got.

I see her as a gone postal school shooter using mental bullets and fire.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (6ydKt)

118 Where are the French Gendarmerie in Paris, Limoges, Marseilles"

If reports are correct, somewhere over 1/3 of the Gendarmerie are Muslim.
If true, well...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (pfXMo)

119 Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.
Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Toos7)

Power going to people's heads is an old, old theme for obvious reasons.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:54 PM (uhVAy)

120 Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.
Posted by: LizLem

When Chevy Chase got that power from nuclear waste in Modern Problems, he used his power to punish a guy trying to put the move on his woman and to give his woman an orgasm.

And Chevy is an asshole IRL and in the film.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:54 PM (E4rtv)

121 Pretty sure he’s talking about the footnote in The Gulag Archipelago that begins:

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are you sure he is ? why don't we ask him !

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 03:54 PM (AKptf)

122 Oldcat

zombie was one of the first to expose the media as asses with her photos. Yes, our zombie. Who is hated by the Left for that reason.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 03:55 PM (u82oZ)

123 And Chevy is an asshole IRL and in the film.

Didn’t he also use it to snort cocaine? It’s the only thing I remember from that movie.

“I LIKE it!”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 03:55 PM (kYmoU)

124 And to be fair men did shoot a lot of Nazis from 39-45.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

Likewise to be fair, women did a lot of the heavy lifting during that conflict to manufacture war materiel and keep the US afloat at home. My grandmother learned drafting for Boeing in Seattle and was paid just about half of what men were making for the same work. She did it gladly, and she volunteered as aircraft lookout twice a week, while raising five kids, one of whom was a Type I diabetic and needed a constant special diet.

Just as there are moral and upstanding men (thank God), there are as many moral and upstanding women.

If folks here need to paint all women with the same silly brush, men need to take the blame for Barney Frank, Joe Biden, Obama the Lightbringer, and the various Kennedys, the current Robert notwithstanding. Otherwise, no deal.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:55 PM (fOTAm)

125 Where are the French Gendarmerie in Paris, Limoges, Marseilles"

If reports are correct, somewhere over 1/3 of the Gendarmerie are Muslim.
If true, well...
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (pfXMo)
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That's a huge part of the problem. The Muslim invaders have infiltrated the law enforcement and political mechanisms of the state. To the point where they cannot be trusted by the citizenry to look out for their interests.

The government sees them as useful to their own cause, not recognizing that they will quickly be replaced when a critical mass has been achieved.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (FZ29D)

126 Or if, during periods of mass arrests, as for example in Leningrad, when they arrested a quarter of the entire city, people had not simply sat there in their lairs, paling with terror at every bang of the downstairs door and at every step on the staircase, but had understood they had nothing left to lose and had boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush of half a dozen people with axes, hammers, pokers, or whatever else was at hand?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (kYmoU)

Think it was Andropov that was shot in his apartment building by the wife of someone who he'd sent off to prison who lived there. Turned him from the leader mocking the infirm Brezhnev to a hospital case himself.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

127 I was traveling to NYC for work during ows and I was working a couple of blocks away. I remember I could sometimes hear the drum beats they’d have. But other than that it was basically a non-entity in the area. In the MSM reporting, you’d think it was 100,000 people. It was maybe 100.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (4ZhPW)

128
I saw the movie with Sissy Spacek, but not the new series.

I think Carrie went a little overboard at the end but she was entirely justified in being as pissed off as she was because of all the bullying she got.

I see her as a gone postal school shooter using mental bullets and fire.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Steven King did not get shoved enough into lockers as a kid. Writes horrible tripe but somehow alone gets lots and lots of movies from them. Meteor shit indeed (Creepshow reference).

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (E4rtv)

129 Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.
Posted by: LizLem"

Al Bundy was right?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (pfXMo)

130 Relentless......

Wall Street Apes
@WallStreetApes
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6h
ANOTHER Muslim Islamic School is opening up in Minnesota

The school is called Baitul Hikmah Academy, and it’s opening at 12119 16th Ave S, Burnsville, Minnesota

This Islamic school has multiple other locations in the Prior Lake and Burnsville areas. Now they’re opening another one at this new address

Why are we sitting back and allowing Islam and Islamic schools to rapidly expand in America??

The Islamic takeover of America keeps expanding.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (kX27y)

131 Seemed like maybe a few dozen repulsive, filthy, and almost certainly mentally-ill degenerates. At least half were tripping balls on heavy drugs.

There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

I think, in n retrospect that OWS was a half-ass effort to replicate the Tea Party by the left. Hyped up purely on that basis for a few months and changed absolutely nothing than to give Obama and the Dems a talking point.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)
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True, but that was its purpose: to be an op for a talking point. It was incredible to me that Bloomberg -- trying to look even tougher on crime than Rudy G -- let the "occupation" go on that long.

I think the reason may be tied up in the complex ownership/management of Zuccotti and other parks in NYC. These parks are privately owned, but required to operate essentially as public parks. So if the owner -- almost certainly some big player in the RE game -- was queasy about calling in the cops, that could explain the delay.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (iFTx/)

132 Yes, Perfessor! Another one to add to the list. And maybe the scarlet witch and the Agatha TV shows too, but I didn't watch them.

If women as a moment go too far, and I lose all my constitutional rights because they repeal the 19th or something, these shows will be a case study for researchers to examine just why western women collectively lost their civil and political rights in the first half of the 21st century. I wish I was kidding.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Toos7)

133 I think Carrie went a little overboard at the end but she was entirely justified in being as pissed off as she was because of all the bullying she got.

I see her as a gone postal school shooter using mental bullets and fire.
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? really mass murder is justified due to bullying or postal work?

Margaret do you even hear yourself?

Posted by: Not JD Vance but at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (anL5R)

134 Power going to people's heads is an old, old theme for obvious reasons.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:54 PM (uhVAy)
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With great power comes great insanity.

It's a well-established literary trope.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (FZ29D)

135 Just as there are moral and upstanding men (thank God), there are as many moral and upstanding women.

If folks here need to paint all women with the same silly brush, men need to take the blame for Barney Frank, Joe Biden, Obama the Lightbringer, and the various Kennedys, the current Robert notwithstanding. Otherwise, no deal.

Lighten up a bit. It was obviously intended as a joke.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

136 Where are the French Gendarmerie in Paris, Limoges, Marseilles? For that matter, where is the Italian Carabinieri in Milan where the French condition is spreading?

The answer is: ordered to remain in their barracks because the governments refuse to do their baseline mission: protect the people from disorder.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (E4rtv)

Under Louis Napoleon III the National Guard was disbanded and replaced by the Gendarmerie National, because the National Guard was the deciding force in any civil protest that got large enough to threaten the government.
I am told the departments are starting to manage things on their own, and at some point may decide to formally get involved because Mannie ain't getting it done.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (rbvCR)

137 Fecesbook is evil. Full stop.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:50 PM (wSl27)

I'm kinda on the fence about it, honestly.

Zuckerberg turned it into a spying machine to make money on ads, which it was obvious from the start "If you aren't paying for it, then you are the product".

Governments put Facebook, and the rest of social media, in a headlock and forced them to play censor in many ways.

Except for Twitter, those SanFran communists running that joint were doing solely for their own leftist desires to control the opinions of others and built their own safe space.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:58 PM (6ydKt)

138 Um, let's not talk about this one m'kay? Or the last million of these...
Posted by: The 19th Amendment

Oh hey, it's someone who believes Islam is right about women.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:58 PM (vJrRc)

139 Didn’t he also use it to snort cocaine? It’s the only thing I remember from that movie.

“I LIKE it!”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Dismal movie as most of his are. Yet better than average garbage made today for movies.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:58 PM (E4rtv)

140 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.

Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 03:58 PM (ROPCF)

141 are you sure he is ? why don't we ask him !
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 03:54 PM (AKptf)

That is precisely the quote I had in mind.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:59 PM (wSl27)

142 If women as a moment go too far, and I lose all my constitutional rights because they repeal the 19th or something, these shows will be a case study for researchers to examine just why western women collectively lost their civil and political rights in the first half of the 21st century. I wish I was kidding.
Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Toos7)

Men as a class had almost as few rights to vote as women for all of history. Some men, sure. But not most of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:00 PM (uhVAy)

143 Lighten up a bit. It was obviously intended as a joke.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

Might even have been funny, if it wasn't posted here every day.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 04:00 PM (fOTAm)

144 Lighten up a bit. It was obviously intended as a joke.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:57 PM (Riz8t)

Might even have been funny, if it wasn't posted here every day.

Not by me.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 04:00 PM (Riz8t)

145 Except for Twitter, those SanFran communists running that joint were doing solely for their own leftist desires to control the opinions of others and built their own safe space.
Posted by: SpeakingOf

As someone noted in an earlier thread about DARPA connections of Bezos to his grandfather. You have similar connections of DARPA's LifeLog project and Fakebook. Nat Sec community is heavily involved in tech companies including staffing.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (E4rtv)

146 If I go to Rome, does this mean I over identify with the Romans??

Posted by: dantesed at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (Oy/m2)

147 Zuccotti Park. I went down there a few times during OWS just for shits and giggles. I was surprised how small the "occupation" was, given how much it was pimped by media.

Seemed like maybe a few dozen repulsive, filthy, and almost certainly mentally-ill degenerates. At least half were tripping balls on heavy drugs.

There were more reporters and gawkers and tourists there taking pictures than actual occupiers.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (iFTx/)

One of the early fallouts of citizen journalism toppling the MSM was having other people taking pictures of the MSM press swarming the same photo op and outnumbering them dozens to one.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)
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Yea, that was basically it. The way the pics were framed by the sympathetic commie media made the "occupation" look larger, like it was some real movement against rich wall street bros with lamborghinis.

But in reality, I had to look around the park for the big occupation. "Oh, there it is!"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (iFTx/)

148 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.
Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 03:58 PM (ROPCF)

Because incorrectly they think Christians are a larger threat than Muslims, Leftists, and progressives.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)

149 That quote bothered me when I read it because Sasha commits a category error. The Russians are very legalistic. he himself spends pages and pages going over minor discrepancies between the law and the actions of officials.

What he seems to miss is that everyone was following the law. Well, he doesn't miss it, he understand that. What he misses is that it was impossible to expect the citizens being raided to go against the laws in such a way. It would be like asking a cat to bark.

This is the tragedy of what he describes -- the system was created that allowed that outcome. Everyone was following rules and orders and mostly trying not to get accused of some crime and sent to the camps themselves. The people who were raided were going along thinking that once they sat in front of a prosecutor they would be released. Or a judge. Or once Comrade Stalin got their letter.

Everyone up the chain was protecting themselves from the guy one step up. They knew the process was arbitrary and kept their head down. This is how they ended up in the camps.

Posted by: Phillip K. Orwell at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (BO/2r)

150 If women as a moment go too far, and I lose all my constitutional rights because they repeal the 19th or something, these shows will be a case study for researchers to examine just why western women collectively lost their civil and political rights in the first half of the 21st century. I wish I was kidding.
Posted by: LizLem

If you lose your constitutional rights because people were stupid enough to believe that Hollywood represents the way life is, was, or should be, you deserve it and the country deserves to be destroyed.

Stop watching stuff made by people who hate you and want you dead.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (vJrRc)

151 How do you spell "Kristallnacht" in French?:

https://www.jfeed.com/antisemitism/tn3zkd

"Rioters in Marseille burned and vandalized Jewish-owned businesses while leaving Muslim-owned shops on the same street untouched."

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (HD2n/)

152 Not by me.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 04:00 PM (Riz8t)

Sorry to have offended you. Do you come here often?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 04:02 PM (fOTAm)

153 108 Because apparently, give a woman a little bit of (super) natural power, and she will use it for evil and her own selfish, murderous desires instead of turning into a benevolent Charles Xavier.

Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.
Posted by: LizLem

Gosh, it's almost like Hollywood is full of fags who despise women.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:51 PM (vJrRc)

Don't know about that, but I'm extremely glad Mrs. Polka never got telekinetic powers.

Posted by: Polka will never die at October 19, 2026 04:02 PM (TqzUG)

154 I thought Buffy the Vampire Slayer taught us that decades ago when Willow let all her witchy power go to her head...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

This one time at band camp...

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:03 PM (cH+HD)

155 140 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.
Posted by: Case

Voting Democrat is positively correlated with years of graduate study and elite schools. Jews have stressed both of those to their kids. You could have substituted Episcopalian or Quaker for Jews and got the same result for the same reasons.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:03 PM (E4rtv)

156 Ladies, you know I love you, and want only the best for you, but I think you need to bring the hammer down on other women at your next All-Women Society meeting. Some of you are making the others look bad.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (Riz8t)

If I have to be in charge of all women's behavior, I suggest you invest in a scheme to rein in all those asshat men running Antifa, extolling the virtues of socialism, and undressing in the ladies changing rooms.

Deal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:45 PM (fOTAm)
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Besides the thought of being at any all-female meeting makes me ill, these women do not want me in charge.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 04:03 PM (w65YX)

157 Otherwise, no deal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026

I am going to have to ask you to be a little less rational and a lot more hysterical. Otherwise, our resident incels are going to start blowing up these threads connecting dots we can’t even see. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 04:03 PM (ZdaMQ)

158 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.
Posted by: Case

Senators Chuck Schumer and Elisa Slotkin, both Jews, are both working as hard as they can to elect an avowed Muslim Hamas supporter to the senate.

I understand party above all else is a thing for the left. But party above your life and the life of everyone related to you? Man that’s some serious devotion to the cause.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:03 PM (4ZhPW)

159 4pm

FoxNews - France - third world youngsters - Will Cain

CBC - Alberta fire and referendum

CNN - Texas - Talerico 50%, Paxton 47%. I don't know how the polls look outside CNN building

MSNow - yeah they are retards. NYT - Trump can't stop praising men's bodies. What a dumb bitch.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (Sco7b)

160 Gosh, it's almost like Hollywood is full of fags who despise women.
Posted by: FeatherBlade

Probably troons by this point. M-F troons are some of the worst woman haters in existence.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (E4rtv)

161 This Islamic school has multiple other locations in the Prior Lake and Burnsville areas. Now they’re opening another one at this new address

Why are we sitting back and allowing Islam and Islamic schools to rapidly expand in America??

The Islamic takeover of America keeps expanding.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (kX27y)

More likely just another scam for phantom payouts to phantom students, lunches and teachers and staff.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (uhVAy)

162 This lady was WAY too calm and mild with the cops.

She should have said, "Oh, this is fantastic -- I love how you're harassing for supporting Jews. What is your name please? And your name? becuase not only am I suing yuou both personally for terroristic tghreatsa againstg nme, I am suing your entguire deopartment, and putting this all online for an international audience, where yopu willbe humiliated and lanbasted worldwide."

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (HD2n/)

163 Don't know about that, but I'm extremely glad Mrs. Polka never got telekinetic powers.
Posted by: Polka will never die
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Likewise. Also glad that scampywife cannot teleport.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (2bFN5)

164 How do you spell "Kristallnacht" in French?:

Nuit de cristal

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (cH+HD)

165 Overall 2026 seems to be one long extended argument for not giving women power. Almost like much of it has been planned. Almost.

"Coincidentally" as we see the rise of the Left's unyielding support of Islam.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (C/YEn)

166 Speaking of, I won't ruin the new Carrie show, but it's different than the movie. They are clearly trying to make a Stephen King TV show universe (gag) to tie this show into his other stories. They seem to be pushing for, if not a Carrie season 2, another show in this universe.

There is a female character grooming Carrie inbred show for her powers. And it opens the idea up of " with great power comes no accountability," which is how current pop culture, political, and even judicial movements are going for women.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Toos7)

167 Otherwise, no deal.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026

I am going to have to ask you to be a little less rational and a lot more hysterical. Otherwise, our resident incels are going to start blowing up these threads connecting dots we can’t even see. 🤣

You guys need to calm down.
*runs serpentine*

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Riz8t)

168
I went on and on here during Occupy Wall Street explaining what was meant by the Left when they said target "bankers" and that open Jew hatred would follow close behind. I was told of course that I'm a fucking idiot and that Jews are super important to Democrats for votes and money etc and that it will never happen.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:31 PM (C/YEn)

Remember that retard General Wesley Clark that almost started WWIII in the Balkans before running for President in '04? He got more shit from the media by quoting Outkast when he said that his campaign was "shakin' like a Polaroid picture" than he did when he started blowing his Nazi dog whistle by referring to "New York money men".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 04:06 PM (y9nCu)

169 How do you spell "Kristallnacht" in French?:

La Nuit Cristal? Or is it Le? I can never remember.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:06 PM (4ZhPW)

170 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.
Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 03:58 PM (ROPCF)

Because incorrectly they think Christians are a larger threat than Muslims, Leftists, and progressives.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (uhVAy)
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A distinction should be made between very secular Jews and more religious Jews.

The former are JINOs and identify far more as leftwing Democraps than Jews. They don't care about Israel or even Jews in general. They are basically atheist. They care about advancing leftwing causes. They overwhelmingly tend to be affluent, with easy lives in upscale, protected neighborhoods. Unfortunately, NYC is crawling with them.

The more religious Jews are far more likely to vote GOP.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)

171
Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (HD2n/)

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I don't remember you being so typographically challenged in the past. Are you using a crummy little phone now?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:07 PM (mmrXZ)

172 All the 'ettes just need to calm down.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 04:07 PM (RIvkX)

173 All the 'ettes just need to calm down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

They're acting like their mothers.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:08 PM (cH+HD)

174 Why are we sitting back and allowing Islam and Islamic schools to rapidly expand in America??

The Islamic takeover of America keeps expanding.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:56 PM (kX27y)

More likely just another scam for phantom payouts to phantom students, lunches and teachers and staff.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:04 PM (uhVAy)
----
That was my first thought as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 04:08 PM (FZ29D)

175 165 Overall 2026 seems to be one long extended argument for not giving women power. Almost like much of it has been planned. Almost.

"Coincidentally" as we see the rise of the Left's unyielding support of Islam.
Posted by: ...

Divide and conquer--same reason you saw the op behind Massie and Qatarlson and others, same reason you had the Cornell 7 suddenly pop up while the events happened a year ago or more. Etc. Etc.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:08 PM (E4rtv)

176 San Franpsycho

Can I have your stuff?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 04:08 PM (u82oZ)

177 I am ... putting this all online for an international audience, where yopu willbe humiliated and lanbasted worldwide.

That's what you think.

*slaps her with a gag order prohibiting the posting of the video*

Posted by: UK Judge in a Wig at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (mkw2N)

178 Saw a funny cartoon yesterday. It was a drawing of Netanyahu standing at a podium saying something like "I deplore the violence in France on both sides and fully support a 2 state solution for France.".

Macron is standing next to him and cringing.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

179 Secular Jews don't observe Judaism as a religious faith, they have abandoned it for Marxism.

You will know them when they mutter something about "repair" or "tikkun olam"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (RIvkX)

180 turbulent Jews.

They tried laminar. It didn't work out so well.

Posted by: DaveA at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (FhXTo)

181 It still amazes me how badly the British have embraced the police state.

The country of Orwell becoming an Orwellian dystopia is one of the greatest and saddest ironies in all of human history.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (wtvvX)

182 The more religious Jews are far more likely to vote GOP.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)

I’ve heard this said for a long time. 70-80% of Jews vote Democrat. So that means either only 20-30% of Jews are religious or the “religious Jews are Republican” conventional wisdom isn’t true.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (4ZhPW)

183 Prevent decided that she is "over-identifying" with Israel and might be led astray by Evil Jewish Propaganda.

Because da Joos are forcing Muzzies to strap bombs on themselves and blow up people and places and things, right? Right?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (l3cgK)

184 They're acting like their mothers.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:08 PM (cH+HD)
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Can Salty have your stuff?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (RIvkX)

185 Has anyone watched the new Carrie yet? It makes a very good case for WHY we burned witches. Because apparently, give a woman a little bit of (super) natural power, and she will use it for evil and her own selfish, murderous desires instead of turning into a benevolent Charles Xavier.

Stranger things, the new spider man, and this show are NOT making a case for women having telekinesis.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:49 PM (Toos7)

I saw the movie with Sissy Spacek, but not the new series.

I think Carrie went a little overboard at the end but she was entirely justified in being as pissed off as she was because of all the bullying she got.

I see her as a gone postal school shooter using mental bullets and fire.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:53 PM (6ydKt)
_________

"Did you clowns even listen to the lyrics? It's like we don't know you people."

-- Europe

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

186 181 It still amazes me how badly the British have embraced the police state.

The country of Orwell becoming an Orwellian dystopia is one of the greatest and saddest ironies in all of human history.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (wtvvX)

========

The nation that has a millennia of history where the crown owned all land, refused the yeoman's right to feed themselves from deer found on the king's land, tightly regulated weaponry (especially the bow), and, until only recently, every person living in the nation was a subject, not a citizen, is having issues with an overbearing government?

Surprise, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (+B3Bm)

187 There is a female character grooming Carrie inbred show for her powers. And it opens the idea up of " with great power comes no accountability," which is how current pop culture, political, and even judicial movements are going for women.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 04:05 PM (Toos7)

So they're turning Carrie into a girlboss villain (anti-hero) or something?

Yeah, that's completely different from the movie, but definitely Hollywood 2026.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

188 Saw a funny cartoon yesterday. It was a drawing of Netanyahu standing at a podium saying something like "I deplore the violence in France on both sides and fully support a 2 state solution for France.".

Macron is standing next to him and cringing.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

Its an obvious trope what with Europe going all out to block responses to Iran and Gaza and Hamas the last few years to try and gain a few more years of time. Turns out it just made them look weak.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (uhVAy)

189 20 Won't be long before the UK starts putting people like her in psychiatric hospitals like the Soviet Union did with people who exhibited "wrongthink".

Posted by: George V at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (g6ahB)

Yup. The template for the Left in our country as well. I wonder why so many Leftists in America look up to Mao and the CCP...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (l3cgK)

190 Imagine saying you don't have a problem with blacks, you just don't like Africa.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (C/YEn)

191 All the 'ettes just need to calm down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
........

DUCK

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (UjdFS)

192 I don't remember you being so typographically challenged in the past. Are you using a crummy little phone now?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Trying to type while in transit in not a good plan.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (HD2n/)

193 I’ve heard this said for a long time. 70-80% of Jews vote Democrat. So that means either only 20-30% of Jews are religious or the “religious Jews are Republican” conventional wisdom isn’t true.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (4ZhPW)
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This checks out.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (RIvkX)

194 >>> Stop watching stuff made by people who hate you and want you dead.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 04:01 PM (vJrRc)

Has the Malfoid meme stuff come up in convo here? I've been gone for a bit. Fans who want more trad romance in their fantasy have taken over Harry Potter fandom by making Draco female and rewriting the story. Collectively, as a fandom. But keeping it clean for now. It's been utterly bizarre and fascinating to watch.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (Toos7)

195 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.

Religious Jews vote right of center.

Atheist Jews vote like leftwing lunatics.

So the issue is whether they have faith or not

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)

196 Surprise, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (+B3Bm)

Falling back into Authoritarianism is easy; keep a country free is hard.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (l3cgK)

197 196 Surprise, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (+B3Bm)

Falling back into Authoritarianism is easy; keep a country free is hard.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (l3cgK)

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Was England....ever free by American standards?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (+B3Bm)

198 195 Why do Jews vote against themselves? A lot of them do it here as well.

Religious Jews vote right of center.

Atheist Jews vote like leftwing lunatics.

So the issue is whether they have faith or not

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:12 PM (sKqQm)

Just like why are so many Joos commies?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (l3cgK)

199 The playbook the Left are running here IMO has the closest parallel with the Khmer Rouge.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (C/YEn)

200 One of the young actresses who was in a lot of kids shows is in the new Carrie. Sienna Agudong. She's been posting about it on Instagram.

If it's a Stephen King thing though, it'll be hard left, anti-Christian with unlikable main characters. I was disappointed his 'Children in the Corn' people weren't tortured horribly for 2.5 hours.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

201 Do you know where the UK got their state censorship model?

CIA

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (viF8m)

202 200 One of the young actresses who was in a lot of kids shows is in the new Carrie. Sienna Agudong. She's been posting about it on Instagram.

If it's a Stephen King thing though, it'll be hard left, anti-Christian with unlikable main characters. I was disappointed his 'Children in the Corn' people weren't tortured horribly for 2.5 hours.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (Sco7b)

=======

Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (+B3Bm)

203
Was England....ever free by American standards?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (+B3Bm)

Well, at least more free than they are now. They can't even exercise their rights as enumerated by the English Bill of Rights of 1689...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

204
either only 20-30% of Jews are religious or the “religious Jews are Republican” conventional wisdom isn’t true.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

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

The former seems entirely possible to me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (mmrXZ)

205 The muslimification of France has been going on for a long time. I was in Paris in the mid 90s and had to go to the ER. Doctor I saw as an Arab. Ironically enough he was pretty cool and friendly to me, spoke good English and didn’t pretend he did not, which is a standard thing Parisians do.

Everyone else I dealt with at the hospital, check in clerk, nurses, etc were all assholes to me, cuz I was a dirty American who dared not speak fluent French.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (4ZhPW)

206 Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (+B3Bm)

That's an argument for abortion.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (88C+u)

207 193 I’ve heard this said for a long time. 70-80% of Jews vote Democrat. So that means either only 20-30% of Jews are religious or the “religious Jews are Republican” conventional wisdom isn’t true.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (4ZhPW)

10% of American Jews are orthodox. It checks out.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (C/YEn)

208 178 Saw a funny cartoon yesterday. It was a drawing of Netanyahu standing at a podium saying something like "I deplore the violence in France on both sides and fully support a 2 state solution for France.".

Macron is standing next to him and cringing.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:09 PM (viF8m)

It was very popular on the meme round-ups this weekend.
Was on Powerline's, HotAir's, and Twitch's.

It's so very ironic it's wonderful.

I think Macron is going to spend the rest of his term mostly on vacation.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (6ydKt)

209 ...until only recently, every person living in the nation was a subject, not a citizen, is having issues with an overbearing government?

Surprise, I guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:11 PM (+B3Bm)
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They are not subjects? Bound by law to bow before royalty? Since when?

Aussies and Nigerians too?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (RIvkX)

210 Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (+B3Bm)

The modern version will have her mother named Lindsay Clancy...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (l3cgK)

211 The country of Orwell becoming an Orwellian dystopia is one of the greatest and saddest ironies in all of human history.

Irony is probably the wrong term. For all the jokes about 1984 not being an instruction manual, it sort of was. When Orwell wrote it, much of what he wrote about was already happening in Britain or was easily foreseeable from current policies.

The chocolate ration he made fun of in the book existed in 1948 in England, which (besides destroying the once-dominant English confectionary industry) must have made it look a lot like the perpetual war with a somewhat vague opponent in the book.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (kYmoU)

212 Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (+B3Bm)

Is this the book?

I only read 'The Shining' and one other one a long while back. Any movies I've seen fit that pattern. The Mist was good though.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (Sco7b)

213 That's an argument for abortion.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (88C+u)

So is sid

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (C/YEn)

214 206 Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:14 PM (+B3Bm)

That's an argument for abortion.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (88C+u)

========

It's an argument to keep Carrie removed from society and praying constantly without exposure to the evils of the modern world.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (+B3Bm)

215 Was England....ever free by American standards?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:13 PM (+B3Bm)

No, but they were freer than most Euro states because of a series of medieval revolts and wars that exterminated the middle layers of nobility and meant that they had to use commoners and townsmen to do more work which gave them more room to maneuver than average in Europe. Those groups with the odd religiously persecuted ones made up a lot of the population that settled the American colonies which concentrated the dose greatly.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:16 PM (uhVAy)

216 I am ... putting this all online for an international audience, where yopu willbe humiliated and lanbasted worldwide.

That's what you think.

*slaps her with a gag order prohibiting the posting of the video*
Posted by: UK Judge in a Wig

*VPN's thru Serbia:

F U judge! Spools up video.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:17 PM (cH+HD)

217 The more religious Jews are far more likely to vote GOP.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)

I’ve heard this said for a long time. 70-80% of Jews vote Democrat. So that means either only 20-30% of Jews are religious or the “religious Jews are Republican” conventional wisdom isn’t true.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (4ZhPW)
________

The 70-80% is a nationwide number. The NYC Jewish vote for Democraps is much closer in recent years, possibly even 50-50.

This is due, I think, to two factors: (1) even secular Jews are finally -- finally -- wising up and realizing that Democraps are bad people who hate even secular Jews and (2) the increasing number of Jews who are religious.

The orthodox areas of NYC vote overwhelmingly for GOP candidates.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)

218 Is, um, is Elizabeth Arden hand creme halal?

Asking for, um, a friend.

Posted by: Totally not Prince Harry at October 19, 2026 04:17 PM (brIJB)

219 All the 'ettes just need to calm down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

They're acting like their mothers.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:08 PM (cH+HD)

"And I know you aren't trying to act like your mother because if you were I would also have a clean house and home cooked meals."

(now you can have all my stuff)

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 04:17 PM (rbvCR)

220 Has the Malfoid meme stuff come up in convo here? I've been gone for a bit.
Posted by: LizLem

Haven't seen it here, but it's quite popular in other places I hang out. The AIMV community is absolutely running with it.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 04:18 PM (vJrRc)

221 Note Orthodox Jews have roughly twice the fertility of Atheist Jews so over the next generation Jews are going to becoming more religious and more right leaning

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:18 PM (sKqQm)

222 It's an argument to keep Carrie removed from society and praying constantly without exposure to the evils of the modern world.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (+B3Bm)
======

GET IN YOUR PRAYER CLOSET!

Posted by: Piper Laurie at October 19, 2026 04:18 PM (RIvkX)

223 Saw a funny cartoon yesterday. It was a drawing of Netanyahu standing at a podium saying something like "I deplore the violence in France on both sides and fully support a 2 state solution for France.".

Macron is standing next to him and cringing.

Posted by: JackStraw

French circumcision: Paging Dr. Guillotine. Dr. Guillotine to the red courtesy phone.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 04:18 PM (cH+HD)

224 The British government isn't our ally."
It isn't the British peoples ally either. Like ours isn't.

Posted by: DaveA at October 19, 2026 04:19 PM (FhXTo)

225 DSA Marxists are threatening to eject Raman from the LA mayor's race because she's not anti-Israel enough for them:

https://tinyurl.com/3zh2xvh6

Going to get ugly very fast here in the states if this crap continues.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:19 PM (kX27y)

226 >>> Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.

I will say, though, that while they keep the mom abusive, she's not the total mustache twirling Crazy Christian that King likes to write. She has nuance and intelligence and some love for her daughter, though twisted. They make her and the bully at school more sympathetic.

And Matthew Lillard's career is having a renaissance by being in a bunch of horror shows. Good for him.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 04:19 PM (Toos7)

227 >>This is due, I think, to two factors: (1) even secular Jews are finally -- finally -- wising up and realizing that Democraps are bad people who hate even secular Jews and (2) the increasing number of Jews who are religious.

A lot of Jews are coming to the realization that Democrats are replacing them with muslims. Same with blacks.

One of the problems with basing your politics on identity instead of policy. Not all identities get along with each other.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 04:20 PM (viF8m)

228 Everyone else I dealt with at the hospital, check in clerk, nurses, etc were all assholes to me, cuz I was a dirty American who dared not speak fluent French.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:15 PM (4ZhPW)

I went to Paris a few times, to me it just seemed to be as much 'big city-itis' and 'capital city itis' as anything French specific. The few times they got a tad political it was pretty easy to laugh them off. I speak no French.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:20 PM (uhVAy)

229 nuit [nɥi] nom féminin

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 19, 2026 04:20 PM (GHfTg)

230 Maybe someone should suggest a new program where those who identify with suspicious causes or ideas have to wear different colored shapes on their clothes. That way they could be monitored far more easily.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:34 PM (ZdaMQ)

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

They are, throughout Europe, women in burqas and men in robes and funny hats. Just so you know who's in charge.

Posted by: Decaf at October 19, 2026 04:20 PM (jsLqC)

231 The only Stephen King book I've read was Misery

Turns out both the novel and film were excellent.

After reading his tweets over the years, I'll never read another of his novels so King can still have a winning record in my head.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (6ydKt)

232 I mentioned the Malfoid stuff in an ONT.

It is amusing - reddit and the like are furious that the 4chan times have "corrupted" their homo fantasies for Malfoy and Potter and replaced them with a relationship type pretty common in Japanese fiction

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

233 If it's a Stephen King thing though, it'll be hard left, anti-Christian with unlikable main characters. I was disappointed his 'Children in the Corn' people weren't tortured horribly for 2.5 hours.
Posted by: Stateless

He reserved the torture for people who are dumb enough to make themselves his audience.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (vJrRc)

234 Note Orthodox Jews have roughly twice the fertility of Atheist Jews so over the next generation Jews are going to becoming more religious and more right leaning
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:18 PM (sKqQm)
_______

It's already happening, at least in NYC. See my comment above.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (iFTx/)

235 Going to get ugly very fast here in the states if this crap continues.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:19 PM (kX27y)

It'll get ugly for the Dems first, so there's that.
It's already pretty ugly.
And a ton of very flawed candidates.
So maybe this won't be that bad a midterm.

Nood Somalis

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (Sco7b)

236 DSA Marxists are threatening to eject Raman from the LA mayor's race because she's not anti-Israel enough for them:

https://tinyurl.com/3zh2xvh6

Going to get ugly very fast here in the states if this crap continues.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 04:19 PM (kX27y)

I can live with Democrat's appeal getting more selective.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (uhVAy)

237
Speaking of the UK going to shyte, is anyone else here a struggling fan of The Great British Baking Show? Good lord, not a season goes by anymore without the staples: the gay Indian guy, the gay white guy, the neurodivergent white girl with an annoying doll-voice, the shabby Caribbean housewife, someone in a headdress. This season they have a drag queen who has two "partners" -- yes, the dude's in a throuple.

And the new co-host Nigella Lawson turns everything into a sermon on the mount or a personal self-improvement session. It's CAKE, lady.

rant off

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (mmrXZ)

238 Good news: only 33% of NYC Jews voted Mamdani. The fact it’s above zero is insane but hey at least it’s a minority. They’ve woken up, kinda.

Bad news; For Jews under 40, that number was 50%.

Baby’s steps I suppose.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (4ZhPW)

239 I've heard this said for a long time. 70-80% of Jews vote Democrat. So that means either only 20-30% of Jews are religious or the "religious Jews are Republican" conventional wisdom isn't true.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:10 PM (4ZhPW)

I think for national elections the orthodox vote Republican.

But the Hasidim are different, and for local and state stuff they are much more likely to vote self-interest, and if that means voting for the socialist who will pump money into their communities, then that's what they will do.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (k5CNB)

240 Sir Timothy Hunt, a British biochemist was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. In 2015, in South Korea, he gave an impromptu toast at a lunch for female journalists and scientists. Some of the women took offense.

He was shamed so hard he left the UK for Singapore, disrupting promising cancer research. Because some women did not like the way he talked. No apology accepted.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (u82oZ)

241 237
Speaking of the UK going to shyte, is anyone else here a struggling fan of The Great British Baking Show? Good lord, not a season goes by anymore without the staples: the gay Indian guy, the gay white guy, the neurodivergent white girl with an annoying doll-voice, the shabby Caribbean housewife, someone in a headdress. This season they have a drag queen who has two "partners" -- yes, the dude's in a throuple.

And the new co-host Nigella Lawson turns everything into a sermon on the mount or a personal self-improvement session. It's CAKE, lady.

rant off

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (mmrXZ)

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The cast this year is ludicrous.

But most of the food still looks good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (+B3Bm)

242 I saw a lot of science professionals leave Great Britain. Even back in 1998.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (u82oZ)

243 nood minnesota pirates

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (6ydKt)

244 Just like why are so many Joos commies?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Serious question? Because a lot of them came over to Western countries from Kishinev, Grodno, Brest, Vilnius... all up and down the old Tsars' Pale of Settlement where the nightly program of entertainment was spelled pogrom.
So they associated Christianity with "your neighbor whom your family was friends with for generations just helped burn down your house".
It's not fair, because a lot of those western cities had zero to do with the Tsar and in fact thought the Tsar and all his worked were a backward throwback. But there was major distrust there. They figured Communism was at least better than the Tsar. (It wasn't, but that was a lesson that had to be learned the hard way.)

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (88C+u)

245 I mentioned the Malfoid stuff in an ONT.

It is amusing - reddit and the like are furious that the 4chan times have "corrupted" their homo fantasies for Malfoy and Potter and replaced them with a relationship type pretty common in Japanese fiction
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (sKqQm)

Plucky hero getting the princess in the end is pretty common in Western stories too.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)

246 Most Democrat thing ever

From X and you can find video of it there

Libs of TikTok
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Video appears to show a Katie Hobbs volunteer stealing someone’s delivery right off their front porch while distributing pamphlets

X, you know what to do.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)

247 The AIMV community

What is an AIMV community?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (JrHfD)

248 I saw a lot of science professionals leave Great Britain. Even back in 1998.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 04:22 PM (u82oZ)

Taxes. Think they were 90 percent then.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (uhVAy)

249 But most of the food still looks good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Gell-Mann amnesia applies particularly to reality TV including baking shows.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)

250 Good news: only 33% of NYC Jews voted Mamdani. The fact it’s above zero is insane but hey at least it’s a minority. They’ve woken up, kinda.

Bad news; For Jews under 40, that number was 50%.

Baby’s steps I suppose.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 04:21 PM (4ZhPW)

College kids. They might have time to dispense with those illusions.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)

251 > Carrie's mom did nothing wrong. Carrie was possessed and evil, and only her mom saw it.

In the book, yes. King makes it very clear Margaret's religious fanaticism is a direct reaction to Carrie's powers. Carrie levitates a bottle over her crib as an infant. At three years old, Margaret beats Carrie for asking a neighbor about her breasts, and large rocks fall from the sky. We also learn that Margaret's grandmother had similar powers, so she was primed to watch for supernatural abilities.

It isn't until she's a teenager that Carrie begins to control and direct her powers.

Posted by: UK Judge in a Wig at October 19, 2026 04:26 PM (mkw2N)

252 Plucky hero getting the princess in the end is pretty common in Western stories too.

Malfoid in the sort of hate/love relationship with the protagonist is VERY common in Japan fiction. Not unheard of here either but less common

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (sKqQm)

253 ll the 'ettes just need to calm down.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

They're acting like their mothers.
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Naw, they're all just pissed because their sisters are hotter than they are . . .

Posted by: that's when the fight started officer at October 19, 2026 04:27 PM (anL5R)

254 She's a great lady. We've followed each other on X for a couple of years now. It insane what the British government is doing to their white native citizens.

Posted by: Happy at October 19, 2026 05:06 PM (Q/Xg6)

We Got Your DNA: Federal Agents Dug Through Ilhan Omar's and Her "Sister's" Garbage to Find DNA to Establish Whether Or Not They're Actually Related

Remember, when you toss out your garbage, you are abandoning it and disowning it, so no warrant is needed to search and seize it.

So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

Federal agents collected garbage in hopes of obtaining the DNA of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and her family before this week's raid at her Washington, D.C. home, sources told NewsNation.
Investigators historically have used secretive "dumpster diving" to obtain DNA when search warrants were not possible or would have tipped off investigatory targets. It is legally permissible for law enforcement to collect trash that has been discarded for pickup and comb through it for genetic material.
Multiple sources familiar with the probe tell NewsNation that potential DNA evidence is critical to the investigation into Omar. They say the case is broader than the public may assume based on longstanding accusations surrounding her immigration history or marital status.
...
Federal agents seized Omar's phone during a widely publicized search Monday at her Washington residence. NewsNation has learned that more than a dozen raids actually occurred simultaneously.
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She originally was investigated by the Department of Justice under former President Biden before the case was closed. Parts of that investigation were reopened and expanded under the administration of President Trump.

In other words, Biden's henchmen covered it up and closed the investigation.

There are so many elements of the "Omar" family's fraud that it's hard to keep them straight, but one strand involves the theory that she's not even part of the Omar family. The Omar family got a visa when she was in a refugee camp, and she pretended to be an Omar to exploit that visa.

Evidence for this consists of past social media postings in which she called a man named Elmi "father" repeatedly in discussions with her family. When asked about this curious habit of referring to a man as "father" who was supposedly not her father, she claimed there was a tradition in her particular region of Somalia of referring to men who aren't your fathers "father" out of respect or some absurd nonsense like that.

This may be one of the reasons they also seized her "sister's" phone as well. Sarha Noor is probably being investigated for being part of the Somali Fraud Syndicate, but they also might want to check how many times she refers to this Elmi person as "father," too.

Daily Wire:

The raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar's (D-MN) home reportedly moved forward after federal law enforcement reviewed a phone seized from the Minnesota congresswoman's sister, author and health care executive Sahra Noor.
The New York Times reported that Noor's phone was taken earlier this year as investigators reportedly sought to build a case against Omar for conspiracy to commit immigration fraud -- and that text messages sent between members of her family are being used to bolster that case.
Homeland Security agents, the outlet reported, had used those messages to convince a federal judge to sign off on the search warrant that was executed on Monday at Omar's home in Washington, D.C.
The investigation into Omar and her family -- and whether or not they are guilty of immigration fraud -- began during former President Joe Biden's term in the White House but has ramped up in recent weeks as President Donald Trump's administration has also vowed to investigate whether the Minnesota Democrat is guilty of marriage fraud.
Investigators who searched the congresswoman's home in Washington, D.C., were reportedly looking for documents that were filled out by Omar and her father when they first came to the United States in an effort to determine whether or not her citizenship is valid.
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Further complicating Omar's account is the fact that a 2023 search for any record or proof of Omar's father's naturalization came up empty, the New York Post reported.

Tom Homan once again confirms that the endgame may well be the deportation of this foreign pirate spy.

Homan said, "Well, look, I said over a year ago the allegations were made clear and it would be investigated. And they are investigating it. I'm not going to get ahead of, you know, the bureau or agency, but, you know, I've been told they have a strong case and we'll let the evidence lead where it leads. But she'll be held to the same standard you and I are held. If she violated law, then she will be held accountable. But I don't have the specifics of the evidence they have line by line, but we'll see where it leads. I think they're doing a great investigation. I think they're going to turn over every rock they've got with this."
Lahren said, "Would this involve denaturalizing and then deporting her, if it does turn out there is some kind of immigration fraud?"
Homan said, "Of course. If you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We've done it before, it's a long, tedious process, but it's been done before. I've been involved with those investigations before, and certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen."

At American Greatness, Liz Sheld reports on the Lightbringer speaking out on Ilhan "Omar's" behalf.

Morning Greatness: Obama White Knights for Credibly Accused Scofflaw Rep. Ilhan Omar

Former President Barack Hussein Obama has stepped in on X to defend his comrade Ilhan Omar from unjust attacks by a weaponized Trump Administration. "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."
And he continued to explain, "The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president."
Full weight of the government, eh? The Obama machine and his deep state vultures relentlessly attacked elected official President Donald J. Trump with witch hunts, hearings and investigations. They abused the FISA process, spied on his campaign, and planted lies in the media that were used to "justify" further government overreach. During the four years of the "Biden" administration, the Obama machine sent storm troopers to Trump's private residence complete with pre-arranged media coverage, staged evidence for photo ops and ransacked his wife and child's private belongings. His operation worked with disgruntled characters to file civil suits against the president and changed the law to prosecute Trump for manufactured crimes in New York. Obama's henchmen had a television producer create a prime time broadcast spectacle of a "hearing" for the J6 protest on the taxpayer dime. Don't get me started on what they did to the J6ers with SWAT raids, debanking, surveillance, financial ruin, lawfare and ritual defamation.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:20 PM

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1 THE BLADE STRIKES AGAIN

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (iFTx/)

2 The blade has bladeded

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (oqH4h)

3 Okay, that’s kind of creepy.

Posted by: Unkaren at October 19, 2026 02:23 PM (m6fGY)

4 I think Obama is the definition of a c*nt.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (iOpI2)

5 Tom Homan once again confirms that the endgame may well be the deportation of this foreign pirate spy.

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There is no statute of limitations on denaturalization.

A Nazi lied on his immigration form in 1946. He was found out around 2017, denaturalized, and deported.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (+B3Bm)

6 How do they tie unknown DNA to a particular person?

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (AG5Uy)

7 "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."

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Fuck you, Obama. They arrested Trump what? Four times?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (iOpI2)

8 We Got Your DNA: Federal Agents Dug Through Ilhan Omar's and Her "Sister's" Garbage to Find DNA to Establish Whether Or Not They're Actually Related

This is going way beyond her lying about her birth date on an immigration form.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (I43vL)

9
Fuck you, Obama. They arrested Trump what? Four times?
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (iOpI2)

And half the people around him...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (+gK6I)

10 7 "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."

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Fuck you, Obama. They arrested Trump what? Four times?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (iOpI2)

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It's also not true.

It's part of the immigration acts that we can deny legal entry to communists and other subversives.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (+B3Bm)

11 Ilhan Noor needs to go.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (AG5Uy)

12 Ilhan's DNA has got to be all squiggly and shit.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:26 PM (UjdFS)

13 Omar has committed so many types of fraud that it's anyone's guess as to what they are investigating, stripping her citizenship and deporting, let's all the immigration fraudsters know that citizenship no longer means they're home free.

Posted by: Eddie Baby at October 19, 2026 02:26 PM (s19xO)

14 lol barry

no one cares what you think

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 02:26 PM (qBivk)

15 Investigators historically have used secretive "dumpster diving" to obtain DNA when search warrants were not possible or would have tipped off investigatory targets

Did that 40 years ago working for a PI. Once it hit the curb it was fair game. Divorces get spicy sometimes.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (cH+HD)

16 You never really get over it.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (7S15B)

17 Says the douchebag who started the Trump witchhunt.

Posted by: Halfhand at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (oDvAq)

18 I'm not holding my breath for it, but if this particularly odious see-you-next-Tuesday gets denaturalized and booted back to the windswept hellhole from whence she came, I will buy, chill, and open a really nice bottle of Champagne.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (oqH4h)

19 It's raccoon DNA but matches Ilhan perfectly.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (UjdFS)

20 And so it begins.

Posted by: That guy who always thinks it's beginning at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (amcLV)

21 19 I'm not holding my breath for it, but if this particularly odious see-you-next-Tuesday gets denaturalized and booted back to the windswept hellhole from whence she came, I will buy, chill, and open a really nice bottle of Champagne.

Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (oqH4h)

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Trump's legal team at DOJ is not acting like they're just letting this go for some show without results.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (+B3Bm)

22 Federal agents dug through the garbage of Omar and her sister.

Imagine what that garbage looked and smelled like.

Jacob Frey was so repulsed by Somali food he was served at a restaurant that he publicly refused to eat it.

I'd sooner dive into a septic tank with a dental bar forcing my mouth open than dig through Somali garbage.

This story -- if true -- is the best evidence we have yet that the FBI and DOJ are very very very serious about going after these filthy fraudsters. Nobody dives into dumpsters unless they are serious.

I don't want to hear again from the "nothing will happen guy" when it comes to this. It may be that nothing will happen, but it won't be for lack of trying.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

23 How will they know it's her DNA and not her brother's?

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (w4PfG)

24 Hello mudda
Hello fadda
Here I am
At Camp Somalia

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (viF8m)

25 Which part of the DNA gives you light bulb head?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (UjdFS)

26 22 I don't want to hear again from the "nothing will happen guy" when it comes to this. It may be that nothing will happen, but it won't be for lack of trying.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

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We'll get indictments in a week or two, and then the chorus will shift to "no judge will allow it."

When a judge does allow it, we'll get to "SCOTUS will betray us."

When SCOTUS affirms the deportation, we'll get, "It doesn't matter. She's just one person."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (+B3Bm)

27 "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."

Obama obviously didn't read the previous post before commenting.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (K3kkE)

28 Washington Nearsider - reboot. You hooked up to a banned ISP.

Clear cache and reboot. I had to this morning.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (cH+HD)

29 >>>So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

Ewww.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (dK+Kv)

30 "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."
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Wait, I'm supposed to be lectured by a Kenyan muslim about that American democracy can and can't do? Fuck that, and fuck him.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (TN0g+)

31 We'll get indictments in a week or two, and then the chorus will shift to "no judge will allow it."

When a judge does allow it, we'll get to "SCOTUS will betray us."

When SCOTUS affirms the deportation, we'll get, "It doesn't matter. She's just one person."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Good example of Motte and Bailey.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (E4rtv)

32 i hope there are more surprises like this before the end of the month

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (CWTWj)

33 25 Which part of the DNA gives you light bulb head?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (UjdFS)

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It's attached to the same gene as low IQ and inability not to be a scammer.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (iOpI2)

34 When can we get Obama's DNA?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

35 The Horde said Nude Ilhan Omar. There is no nude Ilhan Omar.
Thx Ace, thx God

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (vJPf4)

36 Remember, the whole going through garbage meme is because the media and "investigators", literally went through Sarah Palin's garbage.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (XV/Pl)

37 Which part of the DNA gives you light bulb head?
Posted by: wth

I can't go there. Truly tasteless joke. Too many 'ettes around.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:31 PM (cH+HD)

38 Which part of the DNA gives you light bulb head?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (UjdFS)

The praying mantis gene.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

39 >>>So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

>Ewww.

Exactly my thought. I wouldn't want to touch anything that had her DNA on it

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 02:31 PM (viF8m)

40 Brother-f$cker, lol

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:31 PM (4KUe5)

41 When can we get Obama's DNA?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

Mrrfle, mrrfle.

Posted by: Bootygig at October 19, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

42 41 When can we get Obama's DNA?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (rbvCR)

Mrrfle, mrrfle.
Posted by: Bootygig at October 19, 2026 02:31 PM (dK+Kv)

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You guys are awful but that's why I like it here.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:32 PM (iOpI2)

43 Ilhan Omar is vacationing in Haiti.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 02:32 PM (jb8Ss)

44 Ilhan is a direct decendent of Lucy.

Posted by: 23and me at October 19, 2026 02:33 PM (Ae6Br)

45 I feel sorry for the Fed agents who had to dumpster dive in leftover Somali food. The stuff that Mayor Frey ate looked like it could gag a maggot

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:33 PM (vJPf4)

46 I don't want to hear again from the "nothing will happen guy" when it comes to this. It may be that nothing will happen, but it won't be for lack of trying.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (iFTx/)

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We'll get indictments in a week or two, and then the chorus will shift to "no judge will allow it."

When a judge does allow it, we'll get to "SCOTUS will betray us."

When SCOTUS affirms the deportation, we'll get, "It doesn't matter. She's just one person."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (+B3Bm)
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Assuming she hasn't already self-deported? Where has she been all this time?

I don't think she has deported, in part because she is so arrogant and entitled and convinced she is untouchable -- not without reason -- that she will stay and fight.

But ... who knows? I continue to believe it's the financial crimes that will cut the deepest and what she's probably most afraid of. Would she pull a Roman Polanski if her lawyers told her there's real risk of jail time?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

47 I would like to see her deported? But I want her to spend time breaking rocks in somewhere like Pelican Bay first. But of course she'd be put in a country club prison. Seize her assets, fine her the total, put her in prison like 25 years, then deport her to Somalia.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 19, 2026 02:34 PM (TMNW7)

48 Bronco Bama needs to STFU.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 02:34 PM (NtVYv)

49 "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."

The key word is 'simply'. Her beliefs didn't commit immigration fraud, her actions did.

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 02:34 PM (w4PfG)

50 Maury Povich, "you are NOT her sister!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 02:34 PM (Ns3kx)

51 "Says the douchebag who started the Trump witchhunt.
Posted by: Halfhand"

In the final days of his regime he fabricated the Russian election interference BS and expelled a bunch of diplomats on dubious charges at best, creating a huge diplomatic crisis. All to set the groundwork for Russian collusion BS later. the shear gall and assholery of that move is mostly forgotten

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (GUOwU)

52
Ilhan is a direct decendent of Lucy.
Posted by: 23and

She's got some splainin' to do!

Posted by: Ricky at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (Cqx++)

53 So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

Ewww.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (dK+Kv)

Problem is finding a female Orc to host the clone embryo.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (wSl27)

54 46 Assuming she hasn't already self-deported? Where has she been all this time?

I don't think she has deported, in part because she is so arrogant and entitled and convinced she is untouchable -- not without reason -- that she will stay and fight.

But ... who knows? I continue to believe it's the financial crimes that will cut the deepest and what she's probably most afraid of. Would she pull a Roman Polanski if her lawyers told her there's real risk of jail time?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

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There was the report that the DOJ took her passport. I assume if she had multiple, they took them all.

I guess she's hiding in some home no one knows about, maybe owned by a donor, in the US.

And, if she had fled, I'd assume she'd go to a non-extradition nation and then flaunt that she got out through some kind of press.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (+B3Bm)

55 I would like to see her deported? But I want her to spend time breaking rocks in somewhere like Pelican Bay first. But of course she'd be put in a country club prison. Seize her assets, fine her the total, put her in prison like 25 years, then deport her to Somalia.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

Is CECOT still open?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (nEUC6)

56 lol barry

no one cares what you think
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)
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Yep. This putz seems to think his former authority and current opinions are interchangeable.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (2bFN5)

57 A “health care executive”?

Some of us cannot get “health care” due to lack of health. Must be a good gig.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (y1v6X)

58 In the final days of his regime he fabricated the Russian election interference BS and expelled a bunch of diplomats on dubious charges at best, creating a huge diplomatic crisis. All to set the groundwork for Russian collusion BS later. the shear gall and assholery of that move is mostly forgotten
Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (GUOwU)

I think he was straight up trying to start a nuclear war. That was some horrendous bullshit to watch.
I

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (Ae6Br)

59 Barry ought to direct his advice at that Slotkin twat.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (jb8Ss)

60
The Sherriff is near !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (NtVYv)

61 I feel sorry for the Fed agents who had to dumpster dive in leftover Somali food. The stuff that Mayor Frey ate looked like it could gag a maggot
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:33 PM (vJPf4)
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True Somali food is actually pretty good. Surprisingly, it's similar to Italian food. Well, actually not that surprising because Italy colonized Somaliland in the late 1800s, up until WW2 (IIRC).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)

62 she claimed there was a tradition in her particular region of Somalia of referring to men who aren't your fathers "father" out of respect or some absurd nonsense like that.
__________

Well, we do kind of have that here with "daddy," but I don't think it's used out of respect.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (JzUSu)

63 56 lol barry

no one cares what you think
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)
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Yep. This putz seems to think his former authority and current opinions are interchangeable.
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (2bFN5)

Your insolence is disgusting.

Posted by: Shahinshah supporter at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (y1v6X)

64 lol barry

no one cares what you think
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 02:26 PM (qBivk)
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Reverse Midas doing his thing. Does that guy's schtick ever actually work? Why do they trot him out to rack up yet another L?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (ZOv7s)

65 56 lol barry

no one cares what you think
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2)
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Yep. This putz seems to think his former authority and current opinions are interchangeable.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 02:36 PM (2bFN5)

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Essentially disappearing after his presidency, choosing to try and run the government from his house in DC instead of being a dominant public figure, eroded his cache with a lot of people over the years.

There will be black Boomers who love him with every ounce of their being, but everyone else just kind of moved on because he made the choice to be a shadowy figure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (+B3Bm)

66 Remember when Obama claimed he was a Constitutional Scholar?

OFFS.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (iOpI2)

67 There was the report that the DOJ took her passport. I assume if she had multiple, they took them all.

I guess she's hiding in some home no one knows about, maybe owned by a donor, in the US.

And, if she had fled, I'd assume she'd go to a non-extradition nation and then flaunt that she got out through some kind of press.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I thought Somalia was a no extradition zone?

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (cH+HD)

68 If Ilham Nur is hiding out with her Somali Scammer Clan, how long will the protection last once she is politically neutered?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 02:38 PM (Ns3kx)

69 The one thing I miss from the Obama presidency is all the racial healing, right?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 02:38 PM (oPFtC)

70 She can get forced into a C-17 and flown back home with not even the benefit of a box nasty.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:38 PM (y1v6X)

71
Barry's gotta make good on all the money he owes Mike and Valerie that ain't comin' in from Netflix no mo.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 02:38 PM (Y8DZL)

72 So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

That a hard one to swallow.

Posted by: Kumala Whorris at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (l3cgK)

73 Heh. For TJM

The Calvin Coolidge Project
@TheCalvinCooli1
🚨Just in: Netflix’s Film Chief Dan Lin has been fired

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

74 she claimed there was a tradition in her particular region of Somalia of referring to men who aren't your fathers "father" out of respect or some absurd nonsense like that.
__________

Well, we do kind of have that here with "daddy," but I don't think it's used out of respect.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Yeah. "Spank me, daddy!" And "Harder daddy, harder" isn't really used with respect.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (cH+HD)

75 or she went to somalia to live like royalty off a secret swiss bank account that even nick shirley didn't learn about

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (CWTWj)

76 We'll get indictments in a week or two, and then the chorus will shift to "no judge will allow it."

When a judge does allow it, we'll get to "SCOTUS will betray us."

When SCOTUS affirms the deportation, we'll get, "It doesn't matter. She's just one person."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:29 PM (+B3Bm)

Allow me to short circuit this: there isn't even a passing chance that Omar will go to jail or be deported. None of that will happen.

There, no goalpost shifting needed. If either of those things happen, I'll admit I'm wrong - but they won't, so there's no need for me to fret too much about that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (BI5O2)

77 But ... who knows? I continue to believe it's the financial crimes that will cut the deepest and what she's probably most afraid of. Would she pull a Roman Polanski if her lawyers told her there's real risk of jail time?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

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There was the report that the DOJ took her passport. I assume if she had multiple, they took them all.

I guess she's hiding in some home no one knows about, maybe owned by a donor, in the US.

And, if she had fled, I'd assume she'd go to a non-extradition nation and then flaunt that she got out through some kind of press.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (+B3Bm)
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True, but I'll bet any amount of money she has at least one foreign passport that nobody knows about ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (iFTx/)

78 True Somali food is actually pretty good. Surprisingly, it's similar to Italian food. Well, actually not that surprising because Italy colonized Somaliland in the late 1800s, up until WW2 (IIRC).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)

I got two weeks of diarhea for my foray into international quisine in Mogadishu. Made me wish I was dead.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (Ae6Br)

79 @65 TJM, say anything negative about Barky around AWFLs and watch them snap. He's still a hero to them

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (vJPf4)

80 And, if she had fled, I'd assume she'd go to a non-extradition nation and then flaunt that she got out through some kind of press.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Oh, you mean like France. She should feel right at home with all the rioting, smoke, and burning.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

81 Reverse Midas doing his thing. Does that guy's schtick ever actually work? Why do they trot him out to rack up yet another L?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:37 PM (ZOv7s)

Because He is perfect, you insolent swine.

Posted by: Shahinshah supporter at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (y1v6X)

82 73 Heh. For TJM

The Calvin Coolidge Project
@TheCalvinCooli1
🚨Just in: Netflix’s Film Chief Dan Lin has been fired

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (E4rtv)

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Lin was apparently openly atagonistic towards major creatives, and his treatment of David Fincher in post-production of The Further Misadventures of Cliff Booth convinced Fincher to end his 10+ year relationship with the studio.

Rumors are that the newly released WB exec team who greenlit things like Joker 2, The Bride, Sinners, and Digger will be taking the role at Netflix.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (+B3Bm)

83 TJM, say anything negative about Barky around AWFLs and watch them snap. He's still a hero to them
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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More like they don't want to admit a mistake.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

84 There is no statute of limitations on denaturalization.

A Nazi lied on his immigration form in 1946. He was found out around 2017, denaturalized, and deported
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False.

Fox News quoted an unnamed "expert" who said the case against Ilhan may be barred by limitations.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (3cUTc)

85 Obama has been spending a bunch of time in the UK lately.

Anyone who thinks he's not involved with the current leftist rioting going on around the world is mistaken.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (viF8m)

86 If you want to feel better about the midterms, turnout at the No Kings protests on Saturday was so bad that supporters were reduced to posting videos of old protests on X.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (aD4fx)

87 76
Allow me to short circuit this: there isn't even a passing chance that Omar will go to jail or be deported. None of that will happen.

There, no goalpost shifting needed. If either of those things happen, I'll admit I'm wrong - but they won't, so there's no need for me to fret too much about that.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (BI5O2)

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Did you think it was even possible to get a partisan Dem magistrate judge in DC to sign off on the warrant to raid her house?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (+B3Bm)

88 Ilhan Omar is picking lettuce in SoCal in solidarity with refugee newcomers.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (jb8Ss)

89
I'm kind of shocked at Obama tying his reputation to this sinking star. He even repeated the lies that will soon be incontrovertibly refuted. He knows she's going down -- why is he defending her? Do the Elmis know something about Obama? Like the facts of his national origin?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (mmrXZ)

90 daddy? like mack daddy?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (CWTWj)

91 More like they don't want to admit a mistake.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

A black man they don't fear.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (Ae6Br)

92 Have the sex workers at Gaylord's Presidential Bathhouse and Vomitorium unionized?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (Ns3kx)

93 84 There is no statute of limitations on denaturalization.

A Nazi lied on his immigration form in 1946. He was found out around 2017, denaturalized, and deported
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False.

Fox News quoted an unnamed "expert" who said the case against Ilhan may be barred by limitations.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (3cUTc)

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Fox is god. I listen to Fox. All Fox says is true.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (+B3Bm)

94 "So, technically, that was still my client's garbage."

Posted by: Michael Douglas at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (X0uk8)

95
You guys are awful but that's why I like it here.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:32 PM

Same and I think I think it's funny because I have older brothers. The humor resonates with me.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (OVr4G)

96 Rumors are that the newly released WB exec team who greenlit things like Joker 2, The Bride, Sinners, and Digger will be taking the role at Netflix.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Who can argue with that WB team with that resume will serve well representing Netflix quality programming.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

97 18 I'm not holding my breath for it, but if this particularly odious see-you-next-Tuesday gets denaturalized and booted back to the windswept hellhole from whence she came, I will buy, chill, and open a really nice bottle of Champagne.
Posted by: ballistic

I'll see you and raise a double of Drambuie, that my doctor told me to avoid drinking, possibly also a double of bourbon with a cigar even!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (Q/FnY)

98 96 Rumors are that the newly released WB exec team who greenlit things like Joker 2, The Bride, Sinners, and Digger will be taking the role at Netflix.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Who can argue with that WB team with that resume will serve well representing Netflix quality programming.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)

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In their defense, at Netflix, a movie bombing at the box office won't matter nearly as much.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (+B3Bm)

99 88 Ilhan Omar is picking lettuce in SoCal in solidarity with refugee newcomers.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (jb8Ss)

I would more expect her to hold free clitoridectomy clinics...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (l3cgK)

100 From 2019, David Steinberg's findings: a snippet pasted below:

https://tinyurl.com/yzhde8er
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In 1995, Ilhan entered the United States as a fraudulent member of the “Omar” family.

That is not her family. The Omar family is a second, unrelated family which was being granted asylum by the United States. The Omars allowed Ilhan, her genetic sister Sahra, and her genetic father Nur Said to use false names to apply for asylum as members of the Omar family.

Ilhan’s genetic family split up at this time. The above three received asylum in the United States, while Ilhan’s three other siblings — using their real names — managed to get asylum in the United Kingdom.

Ilhan Abdullahi Omar’s name, before applying for asylum, was Ilhan Nur Said Elmi.

Her father’s name before applying for asylum was Nur Said Elmi Mohamed. Her sister Sahra Noor’s name before applying for asylum was Sahra Nur Said Elmi. Her three siblings who were granted asylum by the United Kingdom are Leila Nur Said Elmi, Mohamed Nur Said Elmi, and Ahmed Nur Said Elmi.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:42 PM (kX27y)

101 I fantasize about Omar wandering through the snow covered woods of northern Minnesota trying to reach Canada. Her body is found looking like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (vJPf4)

102 A black man they don't fear.
Posted by: Reforger
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Like their gay hairdresser.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (E4rtv)

103 I like the speculation that this was a family-wide plot to "launder" the war crimes of her father by attaching these young girls as sympathy distractions.

Or, roughly, human trafficking.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (3cUTc)

104
There was the report that the DOJ took her passport. I assume if she had multiple, they took them all.

I guess she's hiding in some home no one knows about, maybe owned by a donor, in the US.

And, if she had fled, I'd assume she'd go to a non-extradition nation and then flaunt that she got out through some kind of press.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (+B3Bm)
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True, but I'll bet any amount of money she has at least one foreign passport that nobody knows about ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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And: there doesn't seem to be any source of truth on whether she was at home when the 4:30 AM raid took place. Did someone tip her off?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

105 Can we all agree that it is time that Obama fade into the obscurity he came from? This awful man is exhausting.

Of COURSE it is illegal to target your political opponents with lawfare, if it is only about their opinions. That, naturally, is NOT what this is about. The bitch lied, her supposed father lied, her supposed father was never actually naturalized, and neither was she.

Of course, Obama has skin in this game. He isn't a natural born citizen of the US any more than Kaddafy was, and if they find him out...

Yeah. He needs to STFD and STFU.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (fOTAm)

106 The blade has bladeded
Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (oqH4h)
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The Blade, his blade is sharp today

Posted by: The Blade's Publicist at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)

107 I wouldn't disrespect Obama so openly. Did you see the kind of iron he was pumping?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (iOpI2)

108
I suspect Obama's public positions are whatever his handlers tell him they are.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (ienUH)

109 More like they don't want to admit a mistake.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)

And that's the crux of the matter. They're never wrong and we implicitly trust our overlords at the DNC. They would never lie to us. Complete faith.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (wOO3z)

110 107 I wouldn't disrespect Obama so openly. Did you see the kind of iron he was pumping?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (iOpI2)

Up his ass, perchance?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

111 I wonder how much goat dna is in her ancestry.

Posted by: AFeralDuck at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (n2KQk)

112 And: there doesn't seem to be any source of truth on whether she was at home when the 4:30 AM raid took place. Did someone tip her off?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

Good heavens, I hope nobody got tasked with going through HER underwear drawer. Probably need a Hazmat team for that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (fOTAm)

113 108
I suspect Obama's public positions are whatever his handlers tell him they are.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (ienUH)

Damn right !

Posted by: Michele and Valarie at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (+gK6I)

114 In their defense, at Netflix, a movie bombing at the box office won't matter nearly as much.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Netflix is running the Red Queen's race now---P/E is 22 and FAANG are no longer the darlings of Wall Street but yesterday's growth stocks. They will be around for a while longer until AI prompts allow people to create or recreate the movies of their dreams. Say mebbe ten years from now or so?

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)

115 111 I wonder how much goat dna is in her ancestry.

Posted by: AFeralDuck at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (n2KQk)

Is the "MyPetGoat" website the equivalent of Ancestry dot com?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (l3cgK)

116 And: there doesn't seem to be any source of truth on whether she was at home when the 4:30 AM raid took place. Did someone tip her off?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)

It was confirmed both she and her husband were home at the time of the raid. Only he's been seen since while walking their haram dog.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (kX27y)

117 And, if she had fled, I'd assume she'd go to a non-extradition nation and then flaunt that she got out through some kind of press.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (+B3Bm)
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True, but I'll bet any amount of money she has at least one foreign passport that nobody knows about ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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And: there doesn't seem to be any source of truth on whether she was at home when the 4:30 AM raid took place. Did someone tip her off?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)
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There were two raids, one in DC and another in MN. IIRC, she and the slimy husband were there for one raid, but not the other.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:46 PM (iFTx/)

118 OMG. MyPetGoat dot com is for sale! Jihadis rejoice!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:46 PM (l3cgK)

119 What happened to Gaylord's Presidential portrait?

Or did the kudzu get it?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 02:46 PM (Ns3kx)

120 Guaranteed the Biden DOJ opened the investigation in the hopes they would exonerate her. LOL!!

Posted by: deadrody at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (OeYsY)

121 101 I fantasize about Omar wandering through the snow covered woods of northern Minnesota trying to reach Canada. Her body is found looking like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Ironic and poetic. You left out being mauled by wolves.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

122 It was confirmed both she and her husband were home at the time of the raid. Only he's been seen since while walking their haram dog.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (kX27y)

Poor dog...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (+gK6I)

123 118 OMG. MyPetGoat dot com is for sale! Jihadis rejoice!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Too late, too many are already subscribed to Only Goats.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)

124 So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

Spoiler alert:

We discover that's she an alien from Andromeda 7.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (HD2n/)

125 It was confirmed both she and her husband were home at the time of the raid. Only he's been seen since while walking their haram dog.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (kX27y)

The dog is stagecraft to demonstrate that they are "enlightened and assimilated" musloids.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (wSl27)

126
Anyone who thinks he's not involved with the current leftist rioting going on around the world is mistaken.

No.

Again, Barry's an actor, not a writer.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (Y8DZL)

127 Politics has it's share of shit slime people that do not deserve this country they claim to represent. They are hideous people with a do anything mindset including breaking the law to get their way. These people need to be exposed and shunned by decent people. And to use lawfare as a weapon is undermining our judicial system. Look at them for what they are, despicable assholes.

Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (ROPCF)

128 124 So we have Ilhan "Omar's" DNA.

Spoiler alert:

We discover that's she an alien from Andromeda 7.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (HD2n/)

I woulda expected Uranus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)

129 or she went to somalia to live like royalty off a secret swiss bank account that even nick shirley didn't learn about
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (CWTWj)

Obama forced the Swiss banks into full disclosure of customers and income sources, ruining their one advantage over other international banks. This, among other reasons, is why UBS is now considering a move to the US.

Now, British Virgin Islands in probably a better guess.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)

130 Something Happened™

Posted by: 13times at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (6iKlf)

131 Allow me to short circuit this: there isn't even a passing chance that Omar will go to jail or be deported. None of that will happen.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (BI5O2)
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If she flees the country and is denaturalized in absentia, it's just as good.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (ZOv7s)

132 Agents Dug Through Ilhan Omar's and Her "Sister's" Garbage to Find DNA

Better that than a vaginal swap, let me tell you.

Posted by: Somali gynecologist at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (HD2n/)

133 Did you think it was even possible to get a partisan Dem magistrate judge in DC to sign off on the warrant to raid her house?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (+B3Bm)

I hadn't thought of it. She always got away with this stuff quite publicly in the past, including during Trump's first term, so it wasn't something I ever considered.

If I had, I'd probably say "no, it's unlikely."

I also would've said it's unlikely Hegseth would promise to livestream Hasan's execution.

Both of those things happened, so I said "neither of these will materialize, because they are just electioneering stunts. Look at the calendar; it says 'October' on it."

So far, I'm 1 for 2.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

134 Rumors are that the newly released WB exec team who greenlit things like Joker 2, The Bride, Sinners, and Digger will be taking the role at Netflix.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Ah, yes. The broken version of the Peter Principle.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (nEUC6)

135 Barky was wandering around Ohio and Joe the Plumber asked him about his tax proposal. They "checked his taxes" and slapped a lien on his house.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (wGerL)

136 If she flees the country and is denaturalized in absentia, it's just as good.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I was looking forward to the trebuchet launching her into Canada. And her wretched family.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

137 Former President Barack Hussein Obama has stepped in on X to defend his comrade Ilhan Omar from unjust attacks by a weaponized Trump Administration. "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."

And he continued to explain, "The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president."

We won. You lost. Deal with it.

Gateway Pundit had an article detailing how the obama Presidential Center of Doom, Money Laundering and Political Kickbacks (TM pending) was three times over-budget at a cool Billion dollars.

AMERICAN DOLLARS.

That and his unhappy slave labour makes that one of my feel-good stories of the year.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (Sco7b)

138 DNA can also determine if her second husband was actually her brother.

I think he’s back in the UK so perhaps somebody from the FBI got a paid vacation to London for some dumpster diving adventures last month.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (6ydKt)

139 "It's a man, baby!"

Posted by: Dude in lab at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (HD2n/)

140
116

It was confirmed both she and her husband were home at the time of the raid. Only he's been seen since while walking their haram dog.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM

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Their pork chop dinner was ruined.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (ienUH)

141 Andromeda 7, the pr0n Fifth Element, where Leeloo Nur leads a team of female goat/human hybrids.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (Ns3kx)

142 86 If you want to feel better about the midterms, turnout at the No Kings protests on Saturday was so bad that supporters were reduced to posting videos of old protests on X.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 02:41 PM (aD4fx)

Went to look at my reliably certifiable leftist asshat's Facebook garbage, and he was pimping that rally in SoCal. He did not post any crowd photos, only a closeup selfie of himself in "action." Hilarious. What a bunch of twats.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (fOTAm)

143 We discover that's she an alien from Andromeda 7.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (HD2n/)

I woulda expected Uranus...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)
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No way in hell I'm letting her anywhere near the Orgasmatron!

Posted by: Duran Duran at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (ZOv7s)

144 At American Greatness, Liz Sheld reports on the Lightbringer speaking out on Ilhan "Omar's" behalf.

__________________________

You know it's getting desperate when Obama comes out and says... "Hey, look at me. One bogus birth certificate, and I played Senator and President. Surly, you can look the other way on Omar. It's inconsequential."

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (dIske)

145 I would love to see her deported

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

146 More jihadi crap. I didn't know Abdul's step mom is white and converted......

https://tinyurl.com/4wk4czvc

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (kX27y)

147 If she flees the country and is denaturalized in absentia, it's just as good.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (ZOv7s)

Flee the country, and live a life of ease in Mexico!

Posted by: zombie Leon Trotsky at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (wSl27)

148
Ah, yes. The broken version of the Peter Principle.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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The Peter in that application has STDs. Mongolian Dick Rot to be precise.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

149 Off topic, but did anyone else see the clip of Marco Rubio telling the reporter to take his hands off him? I saw it, but can't find it now, and I'm wondering if the clip was AI.

Posted by: Ordinary American at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (7s9Qe)

150 When criticizing the Omar stuff, Obumbles real message is "You should never investigate me"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (+HKyl)

151 135 Barky was wandering around Ohio and Joe the Plumber asked him about his tax proposal. They "checked his taxes" and slapped a lien on his house.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (wGerL)

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Well done, Ted. I forgot about that bullshit.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (iOpI2)

152 146 More jihadi crap. I didn't know Abdul's step mom is white and converted......

https://tinyurl.com/4wk4czvc
Posted by: beckster

Yah, I saw that. Another vile family.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

153 The full weight of the federal government is being brought down on a law-abiding elected official because she has dared to criticize the president."

Well. There's a whole bunch of that statement that has yet to be proved, isn't there.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (vJrRc)

154 110 107 I wouldn't disrespect Obama so openly. Did you see the kind of iron he was pumping?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (iOpI2)

Up his ass, perchance?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) \

Steely Dan has entered the chat.

Posted by: My battery operated boyfriend at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (Q/FnY)

155 I was looking forward to the trebuchet launching her into Canada. And her wretched family.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)

I wouldn't wish that horrible occurrence on even Canada. War crime, indeed. Pestilence, misery, filth, projectile vomiting....

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (fOTAm)

156 The Peter in that application has STDs. Mongolian Dick Rot to be precise.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)
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The dreaded Kenyan clap.

Posted by: Duran Duran at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (ZOv7s)

157 Went to look at my reliably certifiable leftist asshat's Facebook garbage, and he was pimping that rally in SoCal. He did not post any crowd photos, only a closeup selfie of himself in "action." Hilarious. What a bunch of twats.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Wrong hole.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

158 The Ewok was wont to sort through garbage in past days, as I recall.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (Gqar8)

159 Of course, Obama has skin in this game. He isn't a natural born citizen of the US any more than Kaddafy was, and if they find him out...

Yeah. He needs to STFD and STFU.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (fOTAm)

Both his mom and Frank Marshall Davis were citizens. The main issue is where he was born.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

160 143 We discover that's she an alien from Andromeda 7.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (HD2n/)

I woulda expected Uranus...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (l3cgK)
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No way in hell I'm letting her anywhere near the Orgasmatron!

Posted by: Duran Duran at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (ZOv7s)

Our album was NOT about her.

Posted by: Mot�rhead at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (l3cgK)

161 The No Kings protests are such a joke.

Reminiscent of “the Coffee Party”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (y1v6X)

162 Since we're investigating race-baiting Muslim grifters who are in this country illegally, now might be a good time to have a look at how the JEF's citizenship was obtained.

Posted by: Polka will never die at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (HQJzu)

163 If the end result of Merrick Garland signing off on the Mar-a-Lago raid is to create an incentive structure that has partisans taking command of the executive branch of the federal government and ruthlessly pursuing corruption instead of allowing it through inertia, well...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (+B3Bm)

164 or she went to somalia to live like royalty off a secret swiss bank account that even nick shirley didn't learn about
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:39 PM (CWTWj)

Obama forced the Swiss banks into full disclosure of customers and income sources, ruining their one advantage over other international banks. This, among other reasons, is why UBS is now considering a move to the US.

Now, British Virgin Islands in probably a better guess.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (rbvCR)
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Yea. BVI or Cayman Islands or Belize. It hasn't been true for a long time that "secret Swiss bank accounts" are a real thing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

165 I wouldn't wish that horrible occurrence on even Canada. War crime, indeed. Pestilence, misery, filth, projectile vomiting....
Posted by: tcn in AK

With a large enough trebuchet, you might launch her into Hudson Bay.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

166 NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!!

....

Unless you should be because of your ethnicity.

Then, we're talking about WHITE law.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (Fi81e)

167 Flee the country, and live a life of ease in Mexico!
Posted by: zombie Leon Trotsky at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (wSl27)
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Use the trays to make your ice, okay?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (ZOv7s)

168 Anyone know what’s going on in Spain right now? Some people are predicting civil war between Catalan and Spain, but it sounds like civil war already started during the referendum vote. Literally, Spanish forces fought Catalan forces over control of polling places (and Catalan appears to have won that battle—the referendum took place, and a thousand Catalonians were injured enough to “require medical treatment”).

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (kYmoU)

169 I wonder how much goat dna is in her ancestry.
Posted by: AFeralDuck at October 19, 2026 02:45 PM (n2KQk)

Baaaad Joke, baaad

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (NtVYv)

170 148
Ah, yes. The broken version of the Peter Principle.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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The Peter in that application has STDs. Mongolian Dick Rot to be precise.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)

Is that the one that makes yer dick feel likes it's been dipped in horse piss for 1000 years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)

171 Both his mom and Frank Marshall Davis were citizens. The main issue is where he was born.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

That first sentence makes the last an academic argument.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (y1v6X)

172 Race baiting Muslim Grifters opened for someone

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (Gqar8)

173 Obama's mom was a slut. His grandparents who raised him have hinky pasts politically. But I don't remember details.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (iOpI2)

174 The No Kings protests are such a joke.

Reminiscent of “the Coffee Party”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (y1v6X)
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Blue Wave is fer sure happening.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (ZOv7s)

175 121 101 I fantasize about Omar wandering through the snow covered woods of northern Minnesota trying to reach Canada. Her body is found looking like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Ironic and poetic. You left out being mauled by wolves.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:47 PM (E4rtv)
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Or wood chippered as in Fargo.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (kX27y)

176 >> Blessed are You hashem the true Judge.

>>Please accept my condolences to you and miley.
>>Posted by: San Franpsycho

I don't know if you're still here, but I saw that in the other thread. I did not know the meaning of that. I do now. I thank you sincerely and humbly.

I hope I've got it right, but in reply, Shenishma Besorot Tovot.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (w6EFb)

177 >>> 168 Anyone know what’s going on in Spain right now? Some people are predicting civil war between Catalan and Spain, but it sounds like civil war already started during the referendum vote. Literally, Spanish forces fought Catalan forces over control of polling places (and Catalan appears to have won that battle—the referendum took place, and a thousand Catalonians were injured enough to “require medical treatment”

.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (kYmoU)

I don't, but I'm sure our brave media types will get accurate information from At Least Two Sources Close To The Matter.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (jb8Ss)

178 141 Andromeda 7, the pr0n Fifth Element, where Leeloo Nur leads a team of female goat/human hybrids.
Posted by: Anna Puma

I really think they should made an updated live-action high-budget version of Valérian. It's a great franchise concept as-yet unfamiliar in America.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (HD2n/)

179 156 The Peter in that application has STDs. Mongolian Dick Rot to be precise.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:50 PM (E4rtv)
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The dreaded Kenyan clap.

Posted by: Duran Duran at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (ZOv7s)

Please...clap?!

Posted by: Jeb! at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (l3cgK)

180 Is that the one that makes yer dick feel likes it's been dipped in horse piss for 1000 years?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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You left out fermented.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)

181 168 Anyone know what’s going on in Spain right now? Some people are predicting civil war between Catalan and Spain, but it sounds like civil war already started during the referendum vote. Literally, Spanish forces fought Catalan forces over control of polling places (and Catalan appears to have won that battle—the referendum took place, and a thousand Catalonians were injured enough to “require medical treatment”

.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (kYmoU)

Spanish nationalism should be perked up by the evil PM tolerating an invasion of Ceuta.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:55 PM (y1v6X)

182 Please...clap?!
Posted by: Jeb!
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Well that explains why you married your illegal migrant maid.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:55 PM (E4rtv)

183 https://youtu.be/vihBFS3WM0c?si=PUCct0ggYVq5djip

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 19, 2026 02:55 PM (cWLG3)

184 The No Kings protests are such a joke.

Reminiscent of “the Coffee Party”.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (y1v6X)
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Our IC is not as good as they think they are.

They're often failing to fool the "rubes" they tell theirselves they can.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 02:55 PM (Fi81e)

185
I'm going to make a really wacky speculation.

Her brother/husband Ahmed disappears. If they do it right, his body is never recovered.

The problem with this guy is, Ilhan's marriage to him was supposed to get him to the US so the Elmi family could end his filthy gay London lifestyle. Well, he's not having it. He's a flaming fag and he's reveling in his UK taxpayer-supported Ph.D. studies in “Bravery amidst Brutality: A Queer Resistance to Violence and Criminalisation in Contemporary Kenya.” I'm not sure he'll discipline himself enough to contain the damage to Ilhan and the whole Elmi tribe, and if he doesn't... we'll see once again what this clan does to traitors.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (mmrXZ)

186 Went to look at my reliably certifiable leftist asshat's Facebook garbage, and he was pimping that rally in SoCal. He did not post any crowd photos, only a closeup selfie of himself in "action." Hilarious.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Same here for a protest in Ohio. Just a selfie in front of a sign a sign and HUGE, empty green field. Not even geriatric white people.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (GUOwU)

187 174 The No Kings protests are such a joke.

Reminiscent of “the Coffee Party”.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (y1v6X)
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Blue Wave is fer sure happening.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:54 PM (ZOv7s)

Is that like the blue ice that falls off of airplanes?

Posted by: Jeb! at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (l3cgK)

188 Is that the one that makes yer dick feel likes it's been dipped in horse piss for 1000 years?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (l3cgK)
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I've had worse.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (ZOv7s)

189 All her goats are coming home to eat the weeds.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (Q/FnY)

190 Please...clap?!

Posted by: Jeb!
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I'm straight.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)

191 What a bunch of twats.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Wrong hole.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

You have to say it like Paul Joseph Watson. With deep distain and a thick British accent.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (fOTAm)

192 off clappy sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (l3cgK)

193 Both his mom and Frank Marshall Davis were citizens. The main issue is where he was born.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

Pretty simple, I think. FMD got Stanley Anne knocked up; an abortion was not on the table, so a straw marriage was arranged with Barack Obama, Sr. to account for her dropping a "black" calf. And Obama, Sr. got some money and a sheepskin out of the deal.

Posted by: zombie Leon Trotsky at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (wSl27)

194 His Majesty The Shahinshah was found in a manger in Honolulu on August 4, 1961, by Three Wise Men.

Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (y1v6X)

195 Literally, Spanish forces fought Catalan forces over control of polling places (and Catalan appears to have won that battle—the referendum took place, and a thousand Catalonians were injured enough to “require medical treatment”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Ah yes, they will fight over the ballot boxes but not against the invaders turning Spain into an Islamic country. Were they slap fights?

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

196 191 What a bunch of twats.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Wrong hole.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)

You have to say it like Paul Joseph Watson. With deep distain and a thick British accent.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:56 PM (fOTAm)

Watson is best at that dripping disdain, contempt.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (Gqar8)

197 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

198 Yea. BVI or Cayman Islands or Belize. It hasn't been true for a long time that "secret Swiss bank accounts" are a real thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

John McAfee claimed that he found out that Belize was the center of human trafficking banking, and no one seemed to care.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

199 CNN has learned that Ilhan Omar is related to Hunter Biden. She is a long-lost Stepsister of Hunter the Innocent.

Jill had no comment other than saying that Joe is not the Father because he cannot get a hard-on without 6 Grams of Viagra which could not afford when he was a young Stud in College.

CNN believes that Joey "THE STUD" Biden does not remember boinking Omar's Mother. Joe also said that he believes that Trump tricked him into the sexual act knowing he would run for POTUS in 2020.

Immediately Sen. Schumer and Hakeen Jefferies call for Trump's Impeachment for this major scandal that started over 30 years ago.

Posted by: CNN at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (WoQyw)

200
195 Literally, Spanish forces fought Catalan forces over control of polling places (and Catalan appears to have won that battle—the referendum took place, and a thousand Catalonians were injured enough to “require medical treatment”.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
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Ah yes, they will fight over the ballot boxes but not against the invaders turning Spain into an Islamic country. Were they slap fights?

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

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In their defense, Catalan isn't exactly next to Ceuta.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (+B3Bm)

201 Spanish nationalism should be perked up by the evil PM tolerating an invasion of Ceuta.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:55 PM (y1v6X)
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Spain's constitution forbids secession, and it is extremely unlikely the EU would allow it to happen because all hell would break loose.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (ZOv7s)

202 You have to say it like Paul Joseph Watson. With deep distain and a thick British accent.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Heh.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)

203 With a large enough trebuchet, you might launch her into Hudson Bay.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

Those poor polar bears.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (fOTAm)

204 201 Spanish nationalism should be perked up by the evil PM tolerating an invasion of Ceuta.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 02:55 PM (y1v6X)
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Spain's constitution forbids secession, and it is extremely unlikely the EU would allow it to happen because all hell would break loose.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (ZOv7s)

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So, you're saying that things would quiet down in Europe?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:59 PM (+B3Bm)

205 Remember, when you toss out your garbage, you are abandoning it and disowning it, so no warrant is needed to search and seize it.
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My Garbage, My Choice.

(In which Axeman demonstrates how easy it is to assemble a slogan without thought.)

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)

206 In their defense, Catalan isn't exactly next to Ceuta.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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They hate each other more than they hate the invaders is the story here.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)

207 197 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

The beatings and humiliations involved you would think would give them pause.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar8)

208 197 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

Many have been forced under threat of death. For those in Western countries, their brains have been washed entirely smooth by our educational system.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:00 PM (l3cgK)

209 Of course, Obama has skin in this game. He isn't a natural born citizen of the US any more than Kaddafy was, and if they find him out...

Yeah. He needs to STFD and STFU.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (fOTAm)
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I don't think there's any doubt that Obama was a citizen. His degenerate mom clearly was a citizen.

The issue was whether he was a "natural-born citizen" for purposes of the constitutional clause requiring only "natural-born citizens."

Had he been born outside the country -- and I think there's some chance he was -- then there would have been an argument that he wasn't a "natural-born citizen."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

210 > Spanish nationalism should be perked up by the evil PM tolerating an invasion of Ceuta.
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There's speculation that Ceuta would rather be independent than a part of Spain. They've been at odds with each other off and on for... a long time.

The Moroccan invasion is something else entirely. Spain permitted it. Ceuta probably feels betrayed. Whatever. They both deserve each other.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (RORbl)

211 Off, axe-ed sock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (wSl27)

212 203 With a large enough trebuchet, you might launch her into Hudson Bay.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (E4rtv)

Those poor polar bears.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Okay, you convinced me, we launch Omar using Carney as a target. That way none of God's creations are hurt.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)

213 I would think the blowback from this, if it's a nothing burger, would be huge, and somewhat deservedly. I don't think they're dumb (even granted it's the gubmint), so I gotta figure they know that it's going to come to something, right? Not "two weeks", not "nothing will happen".

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (9ZFZd)

214 The underlying joke is that the consanguinity ratio is so high in Somalia that, technically, everyone is related to everyone else in some capacity.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

215 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

Come on, DC gaslighters, you can do better.

Joe Biden was the DC-er that I least wanted to ever see as "President", but I will settle for long-term resolution that consensus that Biden was never supposed to be President.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

216 It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)
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Same reason women cosplay as Handmaidens or read Morning Star Milking Farms - the kink is part of the thrill.

Plus, being the wife of a powerful man gives enormous social status and power over all the other women. It's like being the pastor's wife on PCP.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (ZOv7s)

217 214 The underlying joke is that the consanguinity ratio is so high in Somalia that, technically, everyone is related to everyone else in some capacity.
Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

So - One degree of separation then.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Gqar8)

218
There were two raids, one in DC and another in MN. IIRC, she and the slimy husband were there for one raid, but not the other.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

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Aha. But I agree, she probably had another secret passport somewhere. She's so pugnacious, she would certainly be out in public, smirking and calling Trump names, if she was in the country and confident of her case.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (mmrXZ)

219 >>> Sarha Noor is probably being investigated for being part of the Somali Fraud Syndicate

Syndicates, mafias, gangs, cartels... At some point they get too big for their britches and have to be put down.

Fleecing the people...that's the sole right of the government!

All kidding aside, I'm glad she's getting grilled. Her "dad" got into America on false pretenses and so did she. Bye bye, wannabe genocider.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Toos7)

220 215 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

Come on, DC gaslighters, you can do better.

Joe Biden was the DC-er that I least wanted to ever see as "President", but I will settle for long-term resolution that consensus that Biden was never supposed to be President.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

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I mostly want Biden's star to fade so much that the next time a Democrat wins the presidency, they keep the autopen picture on the wall.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (+B3Bm)

221 It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

The beatings and humiliations involved you would think would give them pause.
Posted by: tubal
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Low self esteem. No better mating options. Same reason some people stay with criminals.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)

222 Pumpkin chunker cannon + Ilham Nur?

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 03:03 PM (Ns3kx)

223 214 The underlying joke is that the consanguinity ratio is so high in Somalia that, technically, everyone is related to everyone else in some capacity.
Posted by: Orson

23andMe says my great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was some dude named "Adam."

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 03:03 PM (HD2n/)

224 214 The underlying joke is that the consanguinity ratio is so high in Somalia that, technically, everyone is related to everyone else in some capacity.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

We're all related to each other...it's just a matter of how closely related we are...

In some Muzzie countries, the degree of consanguinity is quite low...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:03 PM (l3cgK)

225 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:00 PM (l3cgK)

That's the only way I can see it. If someone was forced under threat of death.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (JrHfD)

226 So - One degree of separation then.
Posted by: tubal
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We call that the taint.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (E4rtv)

227 For those wanting Obama to go away...

Not only do they not go away, their spawn don't either. One of the Dubya daughters just donated to Talarico's campaign. They can't keep their fingers out of politics for anything.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Toos7)

228
So, you're saying that things would quiet down in Europe?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:59 PM (+B3Bm)
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I'm saying it is yet another goat rope where people are having tantrums over things they can't have.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (ZOv7s)

229 221 It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

The beatings and humiliations involved you would think would give them pause.
Posted by: tubal
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Low self esteem. No better mating options. Same reason some people stay with criminals.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)

The old - but he really loves me, I just have to try harder and be better.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Gqar8)

230 209 Of course, Obama has skin in this game. He isn't a natural born citizen of the US any more than Kaddafy was, and if they find him out...

Yeah. He needs to STFD and STFU.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (fOTAm)

I'm sure for a special donation you can get into the secret areas of the obama center where you get to see such special items as....

1. Obama's birth certificate.
2. Grade transcripts.
3. Stuff he claimed to have written for the Harvard Law Review (was it?)
4. Pictures of Mooch as a child something....
5. And knowing barry's obsession with himself - an AI, if not real, video of his conception.

And the $395 Mooch-inspired pearl necklaces are still available in the gift-shop.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Sco7b)

231 It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

The beatings and humiliations involved you would think would give them pause.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 02:59 PM (Gqar

Then again, it is demonstrably clear that Muslim men are deeply afraid of women, to the point that they have to beat them to achieve any sense of superiority. The fact that the women haven't figured this out is really sad, but inbreeding probably takes away any ambition they might have felt. Seems like at some point the women would rise up and tell the men to all fuck off, but that would require... effort. Read Hirsi's book.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (fOTAm)

232 The underlying joke is that the consanguinity ratio is so high in Somalia that, technically, everyone is related to everyone else in some capacity.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:01 PM (dIske)

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So we should be repurposing Hillbilly jokes for Somalians, right?

Wonder why the progressives don't do that?

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)

233 I just got a very exciting text, purportedly from the Democratic Socialists of America, encouraging me as a fellow socialist to vote for the incumbent state candidate, because there's not Democrat running (which is a lie) and the third party candidates are too extreme and a traitor, respectively.

My response wasn't (...very) obscene, but it may have mentioned helicopters and shark-infested waters.

I think the next step is to report this to Incumbent's office and ask what he's doing to avoid any further endorsements from the Commies.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (vJrRc)

234 208 197 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)

It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)

Many have been forced under threat of death. For those in Western countries, their brains have been washed entirely smooth by our educational system.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:00 PM (l3cgK)

A "misogynistic", partial explanation might be that deep down women want strength and security from a partner, two things which they've been erasing from Western men but still see in other cultures.

Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (9ZFZd)

235 I'm kind of hoping for a flat out riot deluge across the entire EU. I think if it lands in Germany, it will be enough to push AfD into the true majority status.

Then, the EU bureaucrats have to try and explain German's economic resurgence and improved quality of life to the rest of the member states when Germany hits the immigration flush lever.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (dIske)

236 Yea. BVI or Cayman Islands or Belize. It hasn't been true for a long time that "secret Swiss bank accounts" are a real thing.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (iFTx/)

John McAfee claimed that he found out that Belize was the center of human trafficking banking, and no one seemed to care.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)
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There are a lot of bankers and remoras and others making big bank on secret accounts facilitating criminal activity, mainly in third-world countries where corruption is most widespread.

Somehow trillions of dollars a year is laundered across banks all across the world by cartels, traffickers, the DNC, and 100s of oligarchs and strongmen.

Methinks it ain't that hard to do if you grease the right palms.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

237 223 214 The underlying joke is that the consanguinity ratio is so high in Somalia that, technically, everyone is related to everyone else in some capacity.
Posted by: Orson

23andMe says my great-great-great-great-great-great- great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was some dude named "Adam."

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 03:03 PM (HD2n/)

That's only 13 generations ago...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (l3cgK)

238 So the enlightened explanation of Omar's innocence is that a Somalian "family tree" is naturally a straight line?

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (Fi81e)

239 235 I'm kind of hoping for a flat out riot deluge across the entire EU. I think if it lands in Germany, it will be enough to push AfD into the true majority status.

Then, the EU bureaucrats have to try and explain German's economic resurgence and improved quality of life to the rest of the member states when Germany hits the immigration flush lever.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:05 PM (dIske)

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It must be remembered:

AfD are still socialists.

If they deport millions of Syrians, they'll lower the retirement age to 40 and give free daycare to children up to 25 next.

And the economy will still suck because socialists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (+B3Bm)

240 Morning Greatness: Obama White Knights for Credibly Accused Scofflaw Rep. Ilhan Omar

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DEPORT!

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (AKptf)

241 The old “ The Family Tree is a Dowel Rod” joke, repurposed.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (Gqar8)

242 The New York Times reported that Noor's phone was taken

This part concerns me. No doubt Noor's phone is behind some level of password a/o biometric lock.

So either the government doesn't see these locks as impediments, or they take the phone as cover for obtaining the texts and its meta from the phone company or NSA.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (9s47C)

243 The comic and cartoon Valerian were cool.

The live action, the main characters had the appeal of nihilistic paste.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (Ns3kx)

244 The case had gone as cold as a Minnesota winter wind. But detectives had a plan. They staked out her home on garbage day, and stopped the truck to search her refuse, hoping to find a clue in a cold case of muuurder.

Posted by: Bill Kurtis at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (wGerL)

245 So we should be repurposing Hillbilly jokes for Somalians, right?

Wonder why the progressives don't do that?
Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Fi81e)
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Gypsy Hillbillies.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (dIske)

246 >>> 198
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John McAfee claimed that he found out that Belize was the center of human trafficking banking, and no one seemed to care.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

Apparently someone did care, since he didn't kill himself in that Spanish prison cell.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (jb8Ss)

247 They did a DNA analysis of "Cheddar Man" a decade or so ago...They did a facial reconstruction and found a man living in the same area that had shared genes...and looked almost exactly like the white version of the facial reconstruction. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (l3cgK)

248 That's only 13 generations ago...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Well, Bishop Ussher says the Earth was created in 4004 BC, so that's about right, considering that some of the intervening ancestors were named "Mathuselah" and "Noah."

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (HD2n/)

249 It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (JrHfD)
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Same reason women cosplay as Handmaidens or read Morning Star Milking Farms - the kink is part of the thrill.

Plus, being the wife of a powerful man gives enormous social status and power over all the other women. It's like being the pastor's wife on PCP.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (ZOv7s)
________

"Or rail ket off some rando fratbro's dick!"

-- Status-Obsessed Sorority Sluts

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iFTx/)

250 215 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

Come on, DC gaslighters, you can do better.

Joe Biden was the DC-er that I least wanted to ever see as "President", but I will settle for long-term resolution that consensus that Biden was never supposed to be President.
Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

The library only needs to be big enough for one rack of comic books. Shouldn't be too pricey.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (fOTAm)

251
It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

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I think it's comparable to these women who marry jailed convicts. They're afraid of freedom and real life, and they chain themselves to things that aren't going anywhere.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)

252 Ì am all but convinced Frank is Barky's father

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

253 Not only do they not go away, their spawn don't either. One of the Dubya daughters just donated to Talarico's campaign. They can't keep their fingers out of politics for anything.
Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (Toos7)

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Agree. That's why it was so satisfying when a couple of the Bush spawns lost their elections. And of course Jeb has been thrown into the crap heap of Bush politicians.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iOpI2)

254
She got the trans version of FGM:
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Transgender actress Hunter Schafer has revealed she underwent gender-affirming bottom surgery.

Schafer, 27, who transitioned to female as a teenager, revealed she had the procedure done late last year during a new interview with Elle.

'I just had bottom surgery in December, which was amazing, and I love it so much,' she said.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (kX27y)

255 AfD are still socialists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (+B3Bm)
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So, they are closer to fascists, then.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

256 Cheddar man article: https://tinyurl.com/musnh9w9

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)

257 This is why I have leave all my (DNA-bearing) trash inside until it's time for me to personally take it to the dump and observe it being compacted. One can never be too careful. That, and I'm too cheap to pay for trash pickup.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (QJwZd)

258 253 Agree. That's why it was so satisfying when a couple of the Bush spawns lost their elections. And of course Jeb has been thrown into the crap heap of Bush politicians.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (iOpI2)

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When Paxton wins, will the Bush clan finally realize that the Texas Republican voting base has moved beyond them, that they've lost all real electoral power in the state, and just move to Maine?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:09 PM (+B3Bm)

259 AfD are still socialists.

If they deport millions of Syrians, they'll lower the retirement age to 40 and give free daycare to children up to 25 next.

And the economy will still suck because socialists.

Also they won't fix the power grid stupidity Merkel pushed on them so manufacturing will continue to leave. BMWs are built in South Carolina because they have a functional grid at this point, not for other reasons.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 03:09 PM (2ocoG)

260 215 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

Come on, DC gaslighters, you can do better.
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Whoa, whoa. Schumer, Pelosi and others spent 4 years telling us he was one of the most consequential presidents in our history. Sounds like he will end up with the Biden Ice Cream kiosk.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 03:09 PM (2bFN5)

261 255 AfD are still socialists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (+B3Bm)
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So, they are closer to fascists, then.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (Fi81e)

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As fascist as Labour in England, I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:09 PM (+B3Bm)

262 215 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

Come on, DC gaslighters, you can do better.

Joe Biden was the DC-er that I least wanted to ever see as "President", but I will settle for long-term resolution that consensus that Biden was never supposed to be President.
Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM (Fi81e)

The library only needs to be big enough for one rack of comic books. Shouldn't be too pricey.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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But he won more votes than any president in history.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 19, 2026 03:09 PM (9U6Wl)

263 It must be remembered:

AfD are still socialists.

If they deport millions of Syrians, they'll lower the retirement age to 40 and give free daycare to children up to 25 next.

And the economy will still suck because socialists.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (+B3Bm)
_____________________________

The bigger they get, the more diluted the Socialist tendencies as "normal" people join the anti-immigration cause. And, keeping the majority would entail compromise on that issue.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)

264 > Former President Barack Hussein Obama has stepped in on X to defend his comrade Ilhan Omar from unjust attacks by a weaponized Trump Administration. "It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."
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Has he talked to Slotkin about that? Seems like she didn't get the message.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (RORbl)

265 254
She got the trans version of FGM:
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Transgender actress Hunter Schafer has revealed she underwent gender-affirming bottom surgery.

Schafer, 27, who transitioned to female as a teenager, revealed she had the procedure done late last year during a new interview with Elle.

'I just had bottom surgery in December, which was amazing, and I love it so much,' she said.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (kX27y)

Until you wake up one day to find that you are still miserable and kill yourself, or, worse, kill a lot of other people. That kind of amazing??

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (Gqar8)

266 263 The bigger they get, the more diluted the Socialist tendencies as "normal" people join the anti-immigration cause. And, keeping the majority would entail compromise on that issue.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)

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I'm sorry, but are you implying that the average German voter ISN'T socialist in nature, constantly voting for more spending and services that the state can't pay for?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (+B3Bm)

267 the thought of obtaining Ilhan's DNA gives me the willies

Posted by: DanMan at October 19, 2026 03:11 PM (8uzBS)

268 > It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam. It's an absolutely horrible faux religion that despises women.

Did you hear about the Bangladesh couple who were beheaded in Saudi Arabia?

The wife insisted on going to Saudi Arabia for Umrah for their honeymoon. It was a life goal. During Umrah, they were so happy to be there together for their honeymoon, they hugged and kissed. A Pakistani recorded the couple and gave the recording to police. The executioner shouted, "Alahu Akbar!" while cutting off their heads.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 03:11 PM (mkw2N)

269 Ì am all but convinced Frank is Barky's father
Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

Bawney Frank !?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 03:12 PM (NtVYv)

270
Obama had the choice to keep quiet about Omar. Why did he step in? I'm still asking. Someone MUST have something on him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:12 PM (mmrXZ)

271 266 263 The bigger they get, the more diluted the Socialist tendencies as "normal" people join the anti-immigration cause. And, keeping the majority would entail compromise on that issue.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)

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I'm sorry, but are you implying that the average German voter ISN'T socialist in nature, constantly voting for more spending and services that the state can't pay for?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (+B3Bm)

They Love the whip- using it, and being whipped. They put the Sado in Masochism.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Gqar8)

272 >>> It's really beyond my comprehension why any woman would convert to Islam.

I watched a documentary with a woman interviewed who was saying all the mouthy woke liberal talking points. She had converted to Islam. It showed her later praying in public, and she dutifully prayed BEHIND the men, looking as docile and whipped as can be.

There was a woman in X recently who had converted, and seems to be rethinking her choice. She said it was a beautiful sisterhood at first, but now they criticize her if her clothes are too whorish or other violations they think she's doing, or wrong think she's thinking. They held back until she converted and now are going after her.

I don't get it either. But I also know people think because I'm a Christian woman with some conservative views I must be in a cult and controlled my husband. So, there's that. (I'm sure if I told him that he'd joke, yeah I wish!)

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Toos7)

273 WTF would go into a Biden Library? LOL

Like some wit upthread said, comic books?
Details from Hunter's laptop?
Diagrams showing how his money from Ukraine got laundered?
A shower?
A display of Christmas gayness?
Botched speeches?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 03:13 PM (iOpI2)

274
I think it's comparable to these women who marry jailed convicts. They're afraid of freedom and real life, and they chain themselves to things that aren't going anywhere.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
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If you are an affluent white woman who hates Jews, becoming Muslim immediately makes you an oppressed minority and brings you into a community where you can spout off about the Jews without any consequence AND you can also insult Western culture AND call Western feminists sluts. There is a lot of social upside here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:13 PM (ZOv7s)

275 That, and I'm too cheap to pay for trash pickup.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (QJwZd)

Trash pickup at our house runs about $140/mo. OTOH, we can just take the trash to the collection station a mile down the highway at our local bar and dispose of it for $3 a bag, and stop in for a libation and probably dinner.

So, yeah, we are too cheap for pickup as well. Along with the other excuse.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:13 PM (fOTAm)

276 I'm sorry, but are you implying that the average German voter ISN'T socialist in nature, constantly voting for more spending and services that the state can't pay for?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (+B3Bm)
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You do realize that the founders of the party (AfD) were free market economists, right?

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:13 PM (dIske)

277 She got the trans version of FGM:
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Transgender actress Hunter Schafer has revealed she underwent gender-affirming bottom surgery.

Schafer, 27, who transitioned to female as a teenager, revealed she had the procedure done late last year during a new interview with Elle.

'I just had bottom surgery in December, which was amazing, and I love it so much,' she said.
Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 03:08 PM (kX27y)

Until you wake up one day to find that you are still miserable and kill yourself, or, worse, kill a lot of other people. That kind of amazing??
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (Gqar

_______

Countdown has already started on his suicide ....

Imagine spending the rest of your life with a gaping, bleeding, oozing wound where your dick once was.

[SHUDDERS]

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:14 PM (iFTx/)

278 276 You do realize that the founders of the party (AfD) were free market economists, right?

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 03:13 PM (dIske)

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And that the dilution when the party gets bigger isn't going to be in the direction of the founders but in the direction of the average German voter.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:14 PM (+B3Bm)

279 Blonde Morticia

At a guess, ego and to be on the right side of history.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 03:14 PM (Ns3kx)

280 "Come out with DNA up!"

Posted by: The FBI at October 19, 2026 03:14 PM (Viiux)

281 >>> It is a basic principle of American democracy that the government can't selectively target individuals simply because of their political beliefs or what they say."

Unless you vote Trump. Then he and his followers want you dead. No biggie!

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:14 PM (Toos7)

282
the thought of obtaining Ilhan's DNA gives me the willies
Posted by: DanMan

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Same here, and that is why I think Ahmed Elmi (her gay brother in London) had better be looking over his shoulder. If the Elmis think he's too incautious about his DNA, his true name, his true family history, he'll be the next one to disappear -- not willingly.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (mmrXZ)

283 but now they criticize her if her clothes are too whorish or other violations they think she's doing, or wrong think she's thinking. They held back until she converted and now are going after her.
Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:12 PM (Toos7)

Islam....Dem...
Dem....Islam....

Not much difference...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (Sco7b)

284 A Pakistani recorded the couple and gave the recording to police. The executioner shouted, "Alahu Akbar!" while cutting off their heads.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 03:11 PM (mkw2N)

Til death do us part. Or, parts.

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (fOTAm)

285 Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 03:04 PM (fOTAm)

Muslim women do as much if not more than the men to keep muslim women imprisoned. The society could not carry on the way it does without the fervent support of many women.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (C/YEn)

286 270
Obama had the choice to keep quiet about Omar. Why did he step in? I'm still asking. Someone MUST have something on him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026

They are both Muslim. He is required or something.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

287 I'm not holding my breath for it, but if this particularly odious see-you-next-Tuesday gets denaturalized and booted back to the windswept hellhole from whence she came, I will buy, chill, and open a really nice bottle of Champagne.
Posted by: ballistic at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (oqH4h)

She likely will get some underhand notice to be able to skip off to a nicer exile spot with some of her ill gotten gains.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (uhVAy)

288 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

I recall Port-A-Cans getting "Obama Library" signs and graffitti at the end of his run. Funny as hell.

Posted by: DanMan at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (8uzBS)

289 248 That's only 13 generations ago...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Well, Bishop Ussher says the Earth was created in 4004 BC, so that's about right, considering that some of the intervening ancestors were named "Mathuselah" and "Noah."

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (HD2n/)

13 generations...I have some branches of my family tree traced back further than that by the year 1500 A.D. or so...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (l3cgK)

290 They Love the whip- using it, and being whipped. They put the Sado in Masochism.
Posted by: tubal
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Obviously big Devo fans.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)

291 Anyone know what’s going on in Spain right now? Some people are predicting civil war between Catalan and Spain, but it sounds like civil war already started during the referendum vote. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 02:53 PM (kYmoU)

per PanAm Post, Last action on this was that Charles Puigdemont, who called for the independence referendum that the Spanish called an illegal vote, was pardoned by the Spanish Supreme Court last week for the corruption and embezzlement charges that had caused him to leave for Belgium in 2017.
PM Sanchez stated this was a political problem that needed to be solved through politics.

it looks like 488 voters were injured during the police action to break up the referendum vote on Oct 1

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 03:16 PM (rbvCR)

292 252 Ì am all but convinced Frank is Barky's father

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 03:07 PM (Ia/+0)

Is his full name Ball Park Frank?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:16 PM (l3cgK)

293 275. Dumping trash is free here in God's Country! Well, I do have to drive to the authorizd dump, but it's a beautiful drive and I usually combine it with a trip to the library. Retirement (semi-retirement) is nice so far.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (QJwZd)

294 And that the dilution when the party gets bigger isn't going to be in the direction of the founders but in the direction of the average German voter.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:14 PM (+B3Bm)
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German politics have always been more comfortable with socialism than our, the issue is that if the migrants aren't expelled, there will be no Germany. That's the important part.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (ZOv7s)

295 81 million votes and can't raise a few million for a presidential library. Checks out.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (wGerL)

296 How do they tie unknown DNA to a particular person?
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (AG5Uy)

get a known sample and compare it.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

297
All this skullduggery, it's like a spy novel.

They could've just had a rabbi approach her and recite the Shema.

They'd get enough spit for 50 samples.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (BI5O2)

298 deep down women want strength and security from a partner, two things which they've been erasing from Western men but still see in other cultures.
Posted by: Dr. Fausti

What security is there in a man taking another wife other than you?
What security is there if a man can divorce you by declaring that he's divorcing you three times?
What strength is there in a man who beats you whenever he feels like it?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (vJrRc)

299 294 German politics have always been more comfortable with socialism than our, the issue is that if the migrants aren't expelled, there will be no Germany. That's the important part.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (ZOv7s)

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I was just addressing the idea that Germany was going to become an economic powerhouse with the rise of AfD.

The German people may vote for deportations, but they won't vote for more productivity in the private sector.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (+B3Bm)

300 She likely will get some underhand notice to be able to skip off to a nicer exile spot with some of her ill gotten gains.
Posted by: Oldcat
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Until Bessent turns off her ATM card abroad. That dude is a stone cold killer.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)

301 Muslim women do as much if not more than the men to keep muslim women imprisoned. The society could not carry on the way it does without the fervent support of many women.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:15

Do you mean the ones here? Or the ones in Afghanistan? Because those women have no escape. It’s this, or death. They aren’t allowed to learn to read, be educated, do anything. There is no way for them to rise up, which makes women in western countries who convert or support this crowd ridiculous. You are no more than a shoe to these men in Afghanistan. And even then, they like boys better.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

302 296 How do they tie unknown DNA to a particular person?
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (AG5Uy)

get a known sample and compare it.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (uhVAy)

Does her husband use tampons?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (l3cgK)

303 Ah yes, they will fight over the ballot boxes but not against the invaders turning Spain into an Islamic country. Were they slap fights?
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:57 PM (E4rtv)

It is Spain. The Communists always know who their true enemy is. A. H. Lloyd wrote a book about it

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (rbvCR)

304 297
All this skullduggery, it's like a spy novel.

They could've just had a rabbi approach her and recite the Shema.

They'd get enough spit for 50 samples.
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I'm sure the law enforcement agents had Mission Impossible theme music going on in their head while they were going through Omar's garbage.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (E4rtv)

305 We already have the Biden Presidential Library.

It is a wing of the Obama Phallic Library. Obama was telling Biden what to do via his staffers that were running the Biden Whitehouse.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (Gl62I)

306 Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

Come on, DC gaslighters, you can do better.
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Whoa, whoa. Schumer, Pelosi and others spent 4 years telling us he was one of the most consequential presidents in our history. Sounds like he will end up with the Biden Ice Cream kiosk.
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 03:09 PM (2bFN5)

An ice cream kiosk is still more attractive and functional than the concrete turd that stands in Chicago.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (g8Ew8)

307 Spain sounds very complicated. Like France.

Like whoever wins we lose.

Europe is a grab bag of bad ideas.

Posted by: eleven at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (aTgV0)

308 270
Obama had the choice to keep quiet about Omar. Why did he step in? I'm still asking. Someone MUST have something on him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026

They are both Muslim. He is required or something.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (ZdaMQ)

Plus Omar has been in the middle of the current major means of party funding - medicare and social security fraud. Most all others have dried out considerably.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (uhVAy)

309
Blonde Morticia

At a guess, ego and to be on the right side of history.
Posted by: Anna Puma

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Ego for sure. But even he must realize that her case is doomed. I dunno, maybe he's trying to poison the well against it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (mmrXZ)

310 305 We already have the Biden Presidential Library.

It is a wing of the Obama Phallic Library. Obama was telling Biden what to do via his staffers that were running the Biden Whitehouse.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (Gl62I)

Is that the part that has a wall full of holes at knee height?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (l3cgK)

311 The German people may vote for deportations, but they won't vote for more productivity in the private sector.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (+B3Bm)
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Socialism is not the issue with the German economy, it's the Green energy craze that wrecked their power grid and destroyed their manufacturing sector. That's the real story. You had all the parties buy the Globalist agenda and suicide German industry. If they start building nuke plants again and ditch solar, they can recover somewhat.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (ZOv7s)

312 300. Omar had to surrender passport, but I am sure many billionaire Dems would have no problem helping her get out, if she wants to. The Party may want her to be a martyr instead.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (QJwZd)

313 All of this is a nice news bump for Republicans nationally, well played by Team Trump if this timing was planned right before midterms.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (Htjsj)

314 Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

I mean in the places where muslims rule.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (C/YEn)

315 Is Omar still in the Country or did she leave with all her millions for another country ???

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 03:21 PM (Gl62I)

316 Hunter Schafer is a tolerable actress. She was Tigress in the new Hunger Games sequel. Haven't seen Euphoria since it looks like too much degeneracy for me to handle in one sitting.

But I hate how the powers that be are trying to make hunter a thing, like fetch. Her stans raged something fierce when a bio female was cast for the lead of the Zelda movie and not Hunter.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:21 PM (Toos7)

317 Ilhan Omar is making phone calls to registered but infrequent voters, asking them to vote for manly Texas man James Talarico.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 03:22 PM (jb8Ss)

318 OTOH, we can just take the trash to the collection station a mile down the highway at our local bar and dispose of it for $3 a bag, and stop in for a libation and probably dinner.

That’s some serious recycling.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 19, 2026 03:22 PM (kYmoU)

319 Had he been born outside the country -- and I think there's some chance he was -- then there would have been an argument that he wasn't a "natural-born citizen."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

at the time there would have been a question if he received citizenship only from his mother if born outside of the US, prior to that time this was an issue, I don't know if that was still the case in the early 60's.
Stanley may have been working on old legal interpretations of prior rulings on law. It happens.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 03:22 PM (rbvCR)

320 We already have the Biden Presidential Library.

It is a wing of the Obama Phallic Library. Obama was telling Biden what to do via his staffers that were running the Biden Whitehouse.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (Gl62I)

I think Biden already has some deal with a Delaware or PA university library to hold his papers for VP years and is just using that for his Presidential papers. At least we are spared some stupid edifice.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:22 PM (uhVAy)

321 316 Hunter Schafer is a tolerable actress. She was Tigress in the new Hunger Games sequel. Haven't seen Euphoria since it looks like too much degeneracy for me to handle in one sitting.

But I hate how the powers that be are trying to make hunter a thing, like fetch. Her stans raged something fierce when a bio female was cast for the lead of the Zelda movie and not Hunter.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:21 PM (Toos7)

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She's actually a dude. He's a tranny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 03:22 PM (+B3Bm)

322 310 305 We already have the Biden Presidential Library.

It is a wing of the Obama Phallic Library. Obama was telling Biden what to do via his staffers that were running the Biden Whitehouse.

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (Gl62I)

Is that the part that has a wall full of holes at knee height?

No, it is the room filled with "SHITTY Adult Depends" stacked into a liking of Joe...

Posted by: Jackson K. at October 19, 2026 03:22 PM (Gl62I)

323 Until Bessent turns off her ATM card abroad. That dude is a stone cold killer.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (E4rtv)
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The hand-written note to the letter he wrote Elizabeth Warren....

*chefs kiss*

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 19, 2026 03:23 PM (brIJB)

324 Muslim women do as much if not more than the men to keep muslim women imprisoned. The society could not carry on the way it does without the fervent support of many women.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:15

Do you mean the ones here? Or the ones in Afghanistan? Because those women have no escape. It’s this, or death. They aren’t allowed to learn to read, be educated, do anything. There is no way for them to rise up, which makes women in western countries who convert or support this crowd ridiculous. You are no more than a shoe to these men in Afghanistan. And even then, they like boys better.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (ZdaMQ)
____

I agree with you to a point. But ... it's well documented that the most fervent and eager enforcers of the most vile Muslim practices for women (such as FGM) are women themselves.

In fact, FGM is done exclusively by women. It's not men women holding down a screaming, bleeding girl while they butcher her most sensitive parts. It's women holding the girl down and cutting her.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)

325 314 Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:18 PM (ZdaMQ)

I mean in the places where muslims rule.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (C/YEn)

How do you rise up when you are only allowed to see through a slit with 1 eye? They were probably the worst consequence of the Biden bug out. One of the worst, at least. The way they live is very different than in the UAE.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (ZdaMQ)

326 >>> million votes and can't raise a few million for a presidential library. Checks out.

There must not be too much grifting or money laundering in presidential libraries? Otherwise the Bidens would be all over it.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (Toos7)

327 It is Spain. The Communists always know who their true enemy is. A. H. Lloyd wrote a book about it
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (rbvCR)
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Why yes I did! Long Live Death, available in paperback or ebook, grab copies your all your friends!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (ZOv7s)

328 Nood.
UK

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (Sco7b)

329 Socialism is not the issue with the German economy, it's the Green energy craze that wrecked their power grid and destroyed their manufacturing sector. That's the real story. You had all the parties buy the Globalist agenda and suicide German industry. If they start building nuke plants again and ditch solar, they can recover somewhat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:20 PM (ZOv7s)

fascist, nazi, communist, green. Tomato, tomahto.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (uhVAy)

330 327 It is Spain. The Communists always know who their true enemy is. A. H. Lloyd wrote a book about it
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 03:19 PM (rbvCR)
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Why yes I did! Long Live Death, available in paperback or ebook, grab copies your all your friends!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:24 PM (ZOv7s)

Do we tell them the Ewok sent us?

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (Gqar8)

331 Bottom surgery is horrific. If the tales are true, that "hole" has to be continually swabbed out for bacteria, smell and infection. And you must continually "dilate it" so it doesn't close.

This guy certainly does not "love it." It will be a horrible mess for the rest of his life.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 03:25 PM (iOpI2)

332
Martin Tell, yes, martyrdom is the best resort if her case is really doomed -- which I think they all know it is. I envision her making a smirky, smarmy video from some unknown locale where she triumphantly states that she is fine, she has not stopped fighting for democracy worldwide, she is living well and has many supporters, blah blah.

This is a story like Hillary Clinton's downfall that I cannot get enough of. Look for many OTs from me in future threads.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 03:26 PM (mmrXZ)

333 In fact, FGM is done exclusively by women. It's not men women holding down a screaming, bleeding girl while they butcher her most sensitive parts. It's women holding the girl down and cutting her.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026

I don’t think any of this culture is rational, starting with the idea you are proud to sacrifice your child for the cause or you’re okay with sending your son to be a dancing boy. I can’t understand any of that, and I am kind of grateful for it. Because let me tell you, if someone wanted to do that to my child? All bets are off on how I behave.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 03:27 PM (ZdaMQ)

334 243 The comic and cartoon Valerian were cool.

The live action, the main characters had the appeal of nihilistic paste.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 03:06 PM (Ns3kx)

I liked City of a Thousand Planets a little.
It had its own charm thanks to Luc Besson, and Cara Delavigne was very cute in it.

Also got a kick out of Rhianna as 'Bubbles'.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 19, 2026 03:27 PM (6ydKt)

335 I agree with you to a point. But ... it's well documented that the most fervent and eager enforcers of the most vile Muslim practices for women (such as FGM) are women themselves.

In fact, FGM is done exclusively by women. It's not men women holding down a screaming, bleeding girl while they butcher her most sensitive parts. It's women holding the girl down and cutting her.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
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Given that we've seen countless women swoon for a mother who murdered her babies, I don't think anything about women digging Islam is surprising.

Westerners have this residual Christian notion of the Blessed Virgin Mary as the ideal, flowing from the Queen in Israel being the mother of the king, who intercedes for those who wish to petition the crown. The rest of the world is not like that. Check out Cybele sometime. The pagans were something else.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 03:28 PM (ZOv7s)

336 TJM, I know. Which is why Hunter playing Tigress worked, as the character gets hugely modified later on, as we see when we meet the character at the end of the Hunger games books and movies. So the casting actually made sense in a way.

But like making Elliot page a thing they are trying by to make Hunter Schafer a thing. Not because of their talent but because of how they identity. It's tiring.

Posted by: LizLem at October 19, 2026 03:29 PM (Toos7)

337 So the Saudis beheaded two Muslims. Anyway...

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 03:29 PM (vJPf4)

338 Why yes I did! Long Live Death, available in paperback or ebook, grab copies your all your friends!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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It's a Christmas book!!!

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

339 The beatings and humiliations involved you would think would give them pause.
Posted by: tubal
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Low self esteem. No better mating options. Same reason some people stay with criminals.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 03:02 PM
Anybody heard from Janet Jackson lately?

Posted by: Eromero at October 19, 2026 03:32 PM (LHPAg)

340 Its, its, its, its, not weaponization of government when democrats uh uh uh uh do it uh to uh republicans.

Posted by: SCOAMF II Electric Boogaloo at October 19, 2026 03:36 PM (anL5R)

341
The one thing I miss from the Obama presidency is all the racial healing, right?
Posted by: Thrawn

The only healing done by that assclown was to command an unsuspecting canine to "heel" just prior to having it captured, slain, cooked and served for his dinner.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 03:37 PM (trSL4)

342 I recall Port-A-Cans getting "Obama Library" signs and graffitti at the end of his run. Funny as hell.
Posted by: DanMan at October 19, 2026 03:15 PM (8uzBS)

There's an untapped business opportunity: porta-potties shaped like Barky's "library"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 03:38 PM (wSl27)

343 Bottom surgery is horrific. If the tales are true, that "hole" has to be continually swabbed out for bacteria, smell and infection. And you must continually "dilate it" so it doesn't close.
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But wait!!! I can transplant Tilapia skin on you and that will help keep the hole open!!!

Posted by: Dr. Vaginator Mad Scientist at October 19, 2026 03:39 PM (anL5R)

344
Learned last night that Joe Biden may be the first President in modern history to fail to gather enough donations to build a Presidential library.

He can always have one of those cute "li'l birdhouse" lending libraries set up outside of his two Delaware homes and have them both well stocked with transgender authors' finest works.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at October 19, 2026 03:43 PM (trSL4)

345 Muslim women do as much if not more than the men to keep muslim women imprisoned. The society could not carry on the way it does without the fervent support of many women.
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Its communism for women. You know how Communisms goal is to make everyone the same and they can't make everyone better so they make everyone worse...

hajib is like that --- making all women look the same, put on this bag, stand over there and be quiet. That lowers the bar so far, that any woman meets it.

Posted by: sad but true at October 19, 2026 03:46 PM (anL5R)

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Posted by: Humberto at October 19, 2026 05:21 PM (WZjAM)

Democrat Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin: We Must Relentlessly Prosecute Trump Personnel So That Young People Are Too Scared to Join the Conservative Movement

As with many bloodthirsty leftist authoritarian operatives lately, she says the quiet part out loud.

She's another degenerate CIA authoritarian now attempting a color revolution in the US.

Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin publicly called on Democrats to intimidate young conservatives who want to work for the Trump administration by prosecuting the president's staffers.
Slotkin (D-Mich.), a former CIA analyst, contended that Democrats must "go after" and make examples out of officials in President Trump's orbit who engage in corruption to send a message to young people who may want to join the administration.
"I want young people coming out of school to say, 'Should I go work for the Trump administration? That sounds fun, I might get an opportunity,'" Slotkin mused at a University of Chicago event last week that has since gone viral.
"I want them to be like, 'Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems I don't want, and so let me avoid participating in that,'" the senator went on. "I want that deterrence message sent."
...
Slotkin reflected that despite her voting to impeach Trump twice, he's still in the White House and seemingly alluded to how he survived the four criminal cases against him.
"The people around Donald Trump who are doing his bidding and enabling this have no such immunity. They have no immunity the way the president does," she added.
"And to me, he couldn't do any of this stuff without all of those people saluting and supporting it. So you go after the people who do his bidding."
Slotkin's remarks ignited a firestorm on social media from conservatives.
"Sen. Slotkin, a self-avowed 'defender of democracy,' told me and other conservative students that we should live in fear of political persecution if we dare serve our country in the Trump administration," University of Chicago student Michael Bicksel posted on X.
"Sadly for her, we will never be intimidated by her Bolshevik-style tactics."
...
Last week, Trump openly mused about going on a massive pardon spree, including a self-pardon near the end of his time in the White House.
"I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense, hire lawyers and everything else, all for nothing," the president told Newsmax host Rob Finnerty.

I'll take a pardon, if he's handing them out.

Miranda Divine: This CIA communist whore is another fake "moderate."

Elissa Slotkin was elected to the Senate in 2024 as a supposed "moderate."
But of course we know that, apart from Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman, that species of Democratic politician doesn't exist in Congress anymore.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who served under John Brennan, to show her true colors.
The Michigan senator told students at the University of Chicago last week how she plans to use the power that will come to Democrats if they win Senate control in the midterms next month.
...

Slotkin pretends she is a stickler for "defending democracy." But this is how the Bolshevik left who control today's Democratic Party play the game, even as they cloak themselves in conservative disguises, as intelligence professionals, soldiers, astronauts or doctors.
Slotkin, who fancies herself as a future president, used that same term "signature cases" in a chilling speech to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in September when she named Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro and then-Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem as the Trump officials she would target for political prosecutions that would see them jailed for 20 years.
She likened her planned revenge campaign against Trump officials to Poland's "Iron Broom" cleanup, in which Democrats would create "a list of signature cases that go after some of the most obvious and harmful abuses of taxpayer dollars."
"We need to hold accountable the people and institutions who stole billions of our taxpayer dollars and weaponized the government against its people," she said.
"In Poland, they called this plan the Iron Broom -- cleaning the place up."
Slotkin's threats are especially disturbing when you consider the body count of administration officials and Trump allies from the president's first term who were attacked by Joe Biden's weaponized Justice Department.
It's one aspect of the psychological warfare she learned in her former intelligence career.
Last year, Slotkin and five other "national security" Democrats launched a sly propaganda video implying that Trump was giving "illegal orders" to the military.

ON UCHICAGO CAMPUS: U.S. Senator from Michigan Elissa Slotkin hopes planned political prosecutions of republican leaders will scare young conservatives from getting involved in politics.
@ElissaSlotkin https://t.co/p7NBJpDcQW
— The Chicago Thinker (@ThinkerChicago) October 17, 2026

I honestly do not understand how any American who is not already a literal Communist or a literal Jihadist could vote Democrat after hearing what Slotkin said below.
This is LITERALLY totalitarianism. It's not the fake "fascism" the Left likes to accuse the Right of, it is the REAL THING.
Undeniably.
Irrefutably.
This is a sitting member of Congress who was in the CIA saying that dissent from what she believes will result in imprisonment.
This is straight out of Solzhenitsyn. Straight out of Orwell. This is something an early Nazi would have said in 1932 under the Weimar Republic.
Please please PLEASE share her words with everyone you know. The Democrat/Media Complex will try to bury this. It is up to us on social media, on blogs and via texts and emails to get the word out.
The only way to stop these monsters is to make sure that voters who don't really keep up on politics understand the actual threat, see it with their own eyes and hear it with their own ears.
Please. Spread the word to anyone who will listen. And even those who won't listen.
— Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius) October 18, 2026

With the Slotkin comments fresh in everyone's mind, it's worth revisiting what Susan Rice warned about should Democrats take power.
They've been very open about what they want to do.
Rice promised in February that Democrats will punish people, companies and institutions who have �taken a knee to Trump.�
�It�s not going to end well for them."
�If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to play by the old rules�they�ve got another thing coming."
�There will be an accountability agenda."
�This is not going to be an instance of forgive and forget."
So anyone that dared to be affiliated with the Trump admin will be targeted for political and legal reprisals, per Rice.
They haven't hidden their plans. https://t.co/b6GHXVAbNC
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:20 PM

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1 primo

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

2 wasn't ocasio-crackpot saying the same thing a couple of years ago?

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (CWTWj)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (NcvvS)

4 she dumb

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (AKptf)

5 People's Tribunals Comrade?

Death to tyrants.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (Ns3kx)

6 Let's just have a split already.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)

7 "Oh, no! I'll sit this out!"
-squishy GOP kid who would have made Mitch look like Clarence Thomas

"Fuck you. I'm ready for this fight."
-Genghis Khan

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (+B3Bm)

8
Another worthless piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (/QHx4)

9 A throaty fuck you to Elissa Slotkin. Come at me, fatty. See if you can reweaponize the government to come and get us, because it sure won’t be your flabby, cottage cheese ass, fat face doing it. You’re doing nothing but motivating people, especially young men to oppose the Democrats and side with individual liberty. You motherfuckers used the government to come after everyone last time you were in power without cause. You jailed a bunch of people for nothing but disagreeing with your party. Blow me. Second thought. No thanks, balloon face.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (oSFyF)

10 Harris/Slotkin 2028!!!! - The Spew.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (Ns3kx)

11 See this is where Trump won't go far enough because we do need to do this to the left.

One thing I am keeping in mind for the '28 election which of the Republican contenders is most likely to fully engage in the same kind of lawfare the Dems have perfected?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (sKqQm)

12 Fetterman is no moderate. He just happens to be the only dem left that isn’t openly anti-Semitic.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2UJ+q)

13 former CIA analyst"

That says so much about the state of our government...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (pfXMo)

14 I am amused that every "moderate" Democrat the media pumps up is a fascist at heart...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)

15 I think it was Don Jr. who noted that the political assassination bullets are only flying in one direction.

That's a shame.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)

16 "I'll take a pardon, if he's handing them out."

I'll also take a young Dolly Parton. I'll rock that Parton long and rough. Oh wait, you're talking about a presidential pardon?

Carry on.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (iFTx/)

17 we will pine for the day when the role of the CIA in international politics was focused on what was good for the Dulles brothers' stock portfolios.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (rbvCR)

18 She said [sub]the quiet part[/sub] OUT LOUD.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (HD2n/)

19 >>Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (oSFyF)

That's practically Hugo the Chavez level invective!

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (NcvvS)

20 To expand on the DNC-DSA op, I was saying in the previous thread the shape of the op isn't totally clear yet but will be.

One of the pieces has already come to light. Look at the sudden "youth" protests.

And who is it we have been told is powering the DSA? "Youth"

Gee what a coincidence wouldn't you say.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (C/YEn)

21 Vile shrew.

And she isn’t even ashamed, she laughed off responses on X.

This is the person who easily throws people in camps. Rock solid belief she is superior, and others deserve punishment for simply disagreeing.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

22 The left then: Come on people if we don't do something about the CIA they'll take down our reformist president and govern with shadowy cut outs that don't allow free and fair elections!

The left now: Come on people we need to help the CIA take down our reformist president and govern with shadowy cut outs that don't allow free and fair elections!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (sKqQm)

23 Willowed: Slotkin looks like she's ODing on the product her family founded, Ballpark Franks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (vJPf4)

24 Hateful vengeance. I'd take them at their word. The did this exact thing while *biden was in office. Every J6'er can relate to how they operate.

See, the thing is, they've never really had any sort of push back until now. And even the little bit they're getting is pissing them off to no end.

Fuck 'em all to hell.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (RORbl)

25 People better wake the fuck up. Democrats are absolutely serious about what they are saying.

BTW they want to immediately roll back all the Second Amendment gains. Anti gun groups are funding the key 8 house races. If they win one of the first things they promised is to pass a bill reinstalling the NFA tax at $4,900. They then plan to attach it to a must pass bill like defense spending.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (oSFyF)

26 I see many Ruby Ridges in our future.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (HD2n/)

27 This is what politics is going to be until the cold war goes hot. And liberal judges will allow dems to indulge in it.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (Htjsj)

28 Even more frightening than what she said was her follow-up.

Not just doubling-down but emphasizing that she sees no political, moral or social downside to her bloodlust of mindless retribution.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (3cUTc)

29 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)
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Has the left ever honored any partition? There will be no split, it is all or nothing.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (ZOv7s)

30 I agree with the many wise and forethoughtful people saying
"buy guns and ammo"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (VyBeY)

31 It's time we had a national conversation on common sense Karen control.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (qAkyd)

32 Even more frightening than what she said was her follow-up.

Not just doubling-down but emphasizing that she sees no political, moral or social downside to her bloodlust of mindless retribution.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

==

Women really are more blood thirsty than men

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (Htjsj)

33 I think it was Don Jr. who noted that the political assassination bullets are only flying in one direction.

That's a shame.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)

Their bullets are speech. His pointing out the trajectory of the bullets is violence.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (C/YEn)

34 (…

- @datarepublican is posting details on color revolution types plotting how to implement the reconfiguring of the US . Someone shared zoom calls, etc. with her.

They are far along in planning.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

35 If Slotkin wants to impress me she should try portion control. But that will never happen.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (oSFyF)

36 >>> 21 Vile shrew.

And she isn’t even ashamed, she laughed off responses on X.

This is the person who easily throws people in camps. Rock solid belief she is superior, and others deserve punishment for simply disagreeing.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

And the cvnt will snivel like the pathetic worm she is, just like Che, when she gets what's coming.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (jb8Ss)

37 Even more frightening than what she said was her follow-up.

Not just doubling-down but emphasizing that she sees no political, moral or social downside to her bloodlust of mindless retribution.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (3cUTc)
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I'm glad she is being open about it. It shows you just how stupid she is. All these airhead operatives with their cool maps and charts and slideshows about how they will wield unlimited power without the first idea of what ultimately must underpin it.

Franco smiles.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (ZOv7s)

38 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)

They'll get nothing and like it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (qAkyd)

39 Fetterman is no moderate. He just happens to be the only dem left that isn’t openly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2UJ+q)

In a world where "leopards eating people's faces" is the stated goal of both parties asking for my vote, I will consider supporting the candidates that are not Pantera pardus-centered.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)

40 Our universities are pumping out complete rubbish.

HTF do you feel comfortable saying such a thing?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iOpI2)

41 Who?

Translation: "I'm running for president in 2028 and want to start getting my name out there so maybe someone outside my small circle of CIA paper-pushers, hot sexy pool boys, and degenerate Democrap sex pests recognizes my fat ass"

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)

42 Any student of history can see what is coming, the question is when, not if.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (0U5gm)

43 People who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities.

Posted by: Trannies for Gaza and Stopping Climate Change at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (Ovx+P)

44 >>Slotkin, who fancies herself as a future president

Bring it on.

Posted by: The Glass Ceiling at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (GkI/X)

45 Women really are more blood thirsty than men
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (Htjsj)
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Always have been.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (ZOv7s)

46 38 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)

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You don't get it; they will never stop. Half won't be enough.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (iOpI2)

47 That William Butler Yeats must have had a crystal ball or something:

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

Yep.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (HD2n/)

48 42 Any student of history can see what is coming, the question is when, not if.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (0U5gm)

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Not every effort by communists ends up leading to communist victory.

The Red Brigade in Italy got outright terroristic in the 70s, going so far as to kidnap and murder the sitting Prime Minister of the nation.

The country did not go communist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (+B3Bm)

49 The left exists to loot the taxpayers.

Trump has put a small brake on that.

And they are out now calling for blood and trying to assassinate people they don't like.

So much for their criticism of capitalism for its "greed"

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

50 I’ll say it again. White liberal women are destroying our country while their husbands are plowing the pool boy like a barren field in spring.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (oSFyF)

51 datarepublican is posting details on color revolution types plotting how to implement the reconfiguring of the US . Someone shared zoom calls, etc. with her.

They are far along in planning.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

If you don't know the leftists in your area, I encourage you to find out.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (qAkyd)

52 Translation: "I'm running for president in 2028 and want to start getting my name out there so maybe someone outside my small circle of CIA paper-pushers, hot sexy pool boys, and degenerate Democrap sex pests recognizes my fat ass"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (iFTx/)
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She's running for president because she can't hold her senate seat. She knows the vote was juiced and that won't happen in 2028, so this is her backup plan to grift and stay relevant.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (ZOv7s)

53 Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

Anyone with a D after their name is already telling you they would happily guard the Dachau gates. Most of the voters would too.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (C/YEn)

54 47 That William Butler Yeats must have had a crystal ball or something:

"Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
...
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity."

Yep.
Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:29 PM (HD2n/)

*Heard in Ed Harris' voice*

"And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?".

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (oPFtC)

55 I posted this earlier: Slotkin knows exactly what she's doing. She establishing the Dems as the Strong Horse -- nobody wants the risk of being outside of the party that's willing to use violence to advance its program.

I observed this here in 2016 after that goofy MP was shot just prior to the Brexist vote. Some folks were worried that this would galvanize the Remain vote (most of us here were pro-Brexit). I correctly observed that in being seen as using violence, the Exit vote demonstrated raw political power which probably swung the vote toward Brexit (never to be implemented unfortunately).

Trump has gotten better at this in his second term but still has a long way to go toward Machiavellianism. He should never have tolerated Jack Smith continuing to live on this planet.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (qwx/I)

56 So huge amounts of hate and punishment is being voiced by Demonrats. Especially Women. We should Never let them have any power. If they will do as they say to us, I pity the rest of the world.

Posted by: Kafiroon at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (bXuWv)

57 52 She's running for president because she can't hold her senate seat. She knows the vote was juiced and that won't happen in 2028, so this is her backup plan to grift and stay relevant.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (ZOv7s)

=========

She's up again in 2030, I believe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (+B3Bm)

58 Per capita, I thin Michigan has to have the vilest, most sub-human pieces of shit politicians in America.

Yeah, Newsome, Pelosi, Hochul.

But Whitmer, Slotkin, Benson, Abdul.
There 's a lot of sub-human crap that floated into office.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)

59 If I had a magic wand I’d transport her back in time to Treblinka and trade her for a Hasidic woman who would now have 200+ great great grandchildren.
And I’d use her soap to clean my dogs ass

Posted by: Avi at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (fBZro)

60 will pine for the day when the role of the CIA in international politics was focused on what was good for the Dulles brothers' stock portfolios."

Hey, let's get involved with the French in SE Asia!

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (pfXMo)

61 Fetterman is no moderate. He just happens to be the only dem left that isn’t openly anti-Semitic.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:23 PM (2UJ+q)

In a world where "leopards eating people's faces" is the stated goal of both parties asking for my vote, I will consider supporting the candidates that are not Pantera pardus-centered.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:28 PM (rbvCR)
_____

"Thanks bro for the shout-out, but I think you mean panthera and not a rocking metal band."

-- Pantera

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

62 Kamala will certainly NOT be crazy enough for the dems. They want full socialist crazy.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (iOpI2)

63 Not every effort by communists ends up leading to communist victory.

The Red Brigade in Italy got outright terroristic in the 70s, going so far as to kidnap and murder the sitting Prime Minister of the nation.

The country did not go communist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I'm not predicting a communist victory by any means, just the violence that will happen when they try.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (0U5gm)

64 We've reached peak women talking shit without any apparent fear of physical harm coming to them.

That time has come to an end.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (qwx/I)

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

66 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)

the only splits that have been successful are the ones sponsored by a third, more powerful country.
China, Russia, maybe the Gulf states paying paying for mercs.

Which one do you suggest you want as an intimate neighbor?

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (rbvCR)

67 Slutkin and the other Libs believe the media and the "polls".. They think everyone in the US is with them.... I think they will be surprised...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (+gK6I)

68 She's up again"

Wide load ahead...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (pfXMo)

69 America will never be free until the last Democrat has fled from our soil.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (vSvIl)

70 That idiot Schoen wrote an article on Fox today about how Democrats are going to run the table on the House and Senate. Because Trump is a doodyhead and nobody likes him or something.

They’re once again trying to kill the movement by going after the leader.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (oSFyF)

71 63
I'm not predicting a communist victory by any means, just the violence that will happen when they try.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (0U5gm)

====

What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?

Like 1968 or so was the peak for a couple of generations ago?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (+B3Bm)

72 29 Let's just have a split already.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (QJwZd)
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Deal! [Smirks, points at guillotine.]

Posted by: Comrade Slotkin at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (Ovx+P)

73 They were still planning on killing us even without a Trump. In fact they were planning on doing it faster.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (C/YEn)

74 The upcoming civil war isn't going to be nearly as much fun as they think it is.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (aD4fx)

75 But Whitmer, Slotkin, Benson, Abdul.
There 's a lot of sub-human crap that floated into office.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (Sco7b)
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Abdul hasn't been elected to anything yet. I'm told leading Dems are now urging leaving the Senate blank on their ballot.

Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

76 One thing to note, Slotkin divorced her husband in 2023 to spend more time with her true love...Ball Park franks.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

77 These assholes probably don't even know who Stalin was, and yet they plan to enact Stalinesque policies like it's some brilliant new idea they came up with.

Where have you gone, Joe McCarthy-o?
A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (HD2n/)

78 75 Abdul hasn't been elected to anything yet. I'm told leading Dems are now urging leaving the Senate blank on their ballot.

Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

========

Talarico, El-Sayed, and Jackson (ME) losing against "sure thing" Republicans in key Senate races is going to have hilarious side-effects on the left.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (+B3Bm)

79 "Slotkin, she doth maketh all women appear vile."

-- Lady MacBeth.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (Ns3kx)

80 I'm too sexy for my cat
Too sexy for my cat
Poor pussy, poor pussycat

Posted by: Elissa Slotkin at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (wVcYX)

81 Fascists gotta fascist. You have to kill democracy and destroy the Constitution to save it.

Posted by: Indian man in France at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

82 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)

83 >>That idiot Schoen wrote an article on Fox today about how Democrats are going to run the table on the House and Senate.

Doug Shoen's claim to fame is that he was a Clinton Apparatchik/Pollster.

He's a clown.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (GkI/X)

84 Yes, women and only women are saying and doing this stuff.

Y’all truly provide a level of entertainment to me that I honestly don’t think you mean to provide. But I appreciate you!

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (2UJ+q)

85 off dot sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (l3cgK)

86 Fetterman is still a far leftwinger.

He's just a 2010 era far leftwinger which means he's moderate by current Dem standards.

This is very similiar to Rowlings being a doctrinaire third gen feminist who just refused to accept 4th generation feminism/trannyism

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

87 Abdul hasn't been elected to anything yet. I'm told leading Dems are now urging leaving the Senate blank on their ballot.

Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

Caught that late. Thanks.
But the point still stands.
Michigan Dems have some pretty vile, ugly 'things' out there.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (Sco7b)

88 Not every effort by communists ends up leading to communist victory.
The Red Brigade in Italy got outright terroristic in the 70s, going so far as to kidnap and murder the sitting Prime Minister of the nation.
The country did not go communist.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

Part of that apparently was ginned up by Italian military forces looking to expand the power of the Italian military in civil affairs under the pressure of "militant communist threats"
According to the people who write about Operation Gladio.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

89 We've reached peak stupid people talking shit without getting punched in the face. Hard.

FIFY

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (pfXMo)

90 I see many Ruby Ridges in our future.
Posted by: zombie

Perhaps. But this time, I think folks in general are much more likely to push back.

To wit: This morning I was shopping downtown (city pop. 13,000). Two young men were walking around with their gf or wives - both were open carrying. No big deal. We 29 year olds generally are concealed around here.

Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (V8Zwm)

91 One thing to note, Slotkin divorced her husband in 2023 to spend more time with her true love...Ball Park franks.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

And revolutionary larper fantasies, but mostly . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (qAkyd)

92 With CIA analysts like the ones that have surfaced we should not wonder why their analysis has been so suspicious all these years.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (Ae6Br)

93 88
Part of that apparently was ginned up by Italian military forces looking to expand the power of the Italian military in civil affairs under the pressure of "militant communist threats"
According to the people who write about Operation Gladio.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

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No such parallels in America!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (+B3Bm)

94 >>> 82 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)

She has a cold!

Posted by: James Talarico, manly Texas man at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (jb8Ss)

95 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.

Holy fucking shit.

I don't think our "youth" have any idea about how egregious that is.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (iOpI2)

96 Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (C/YEn)

Not necessarily . Some people are DINOs but haven't voted for them for at least a decade or more. They just never got around to changing their party registration because they were not running for office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (JrHfD)

97
Six ways from sunday

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (mmrXZ)

98 11 See this is where Trump won't go far enough because we do need to do this to the left.

One thing I am keeping in mind for the '28 election which of the Republican contenders is most likely to fully engage in the same kind of lawfare the Dems have perfected?
Posted by: 18-1

Court system and selection effects on lawyers are a barrier to doing what the Dems do. GOP judges are not that ideological and tend toward GOPe behavior on the bench. Lawyers, ditto. And the Senate GOPe dominance there constrains who presidents can appoint to the bench.

So we have a rachet.

Best way to fight then is to defund the left and we can do that albeit a lot of people here will be moaning and groaning about it. Destroy the ngos, eliminate tax deductions for any political organization and policy organization, and so on.

Lot less casualties fighting an economic war to destroy the left like defunding graduate education and allowing unis to import students from abroad than street battles.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (E4rtv)

99 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?

Like 1968 or so was the peak for a couple of generations ago?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison,

I wish it were true, but just listening to them proudly talk about what they want to do to anyone who disagrees leads me to believe they are not done yet.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (0U5gm)

100
I'm not predicting a communist victory by any means, just the violence that will happen when they try.
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (0U5gm)
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Counterpoint: Slotkin is talking big because she has nothing else. Her attempt to foment a mutiny fizzled badly, and Trump is now hosing out the officer corps, many of whom self-identified as traitors.

So now she's doing naked threats because threats work on her. She's a very fearful person. Highly insecure. She knows what she's done. And so she things conservatives are just as fearful. But they aren't, and that scares her.

Notice how quickly the Tesla attacks stopped. The left has no stomach for a fight.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (ZOv7s)

101 89 We've reached peak stupid people talking shit without getting punched in the face. Hard.

FIFY

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (pfXMo)

Stupidity has no bottom. It's like warp speed hitting infinite (everywhere simultaneously) at Warp 10 on Star Trek later series.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (l3cgK)

102 Dem Sheriff of Saginaw County just switched parties becaue of El-Sayed. But sure, he's doing great.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (ZOv7s)

It's not who votes that counts....

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (C/YEn)

103 Last week, Trump openly mused about going on a massive pardon spree, including a self-pardon near the end of his time in the White House.

"I don't want to see people that work for me go through years of nonsense, hire lawyers and everything else, all for nothing," the president told Newsmax host Rob Finnerty.
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Unfortunately, I don't think waving a pardon around is going to stop the Democrats once they get rolling in their persecutions and prosecutions...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (FZ29D)

104 Perhaps. But this time, I think folks in general are much more likely to push back.

To wit: This morning I was shopping downtown (city pop. 13,000). Two young men were walking around with their gf or wives - both were open carrying. No big deal. We 29 year olds generally are concealed around here.

Maybe nothing. Maybe everything.

Posted by: Tonypete at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (V8Zwm)

Big gay fed oppression fun house is closed. Covid moose out front shoulda told ya.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (qAkyd)

105 Slutkin needs to hurry up with the fatal heart attack or stroke and stop poisoning the minds of the weak.
IMHO Susan Rice is guilty of straight up treason. Fuck her with a roll of rusty barbed wire.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (JNTt1)

106 99 I wish it were true, but just listening to them proudly talk about what they want to do to anyone who disagrees leads me to believe they are not done yet.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 01:36 PM (0U5gm)

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The time to have riots is when your opposition is in power.

That's why the left orchestrated the BLM riots in 2020. To paint a picture of chaos that only Democrats could fix. Trump was the source of the problems.

And yet, this year, nothing. Just No Kings protests that are pathetic and small.

The left doing rhetoric is not the same thing as the left sending its footsoldiers to burn down cities with impunity.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (+B3Bm)

107 He's a clown."

Big feet or Pagliacci?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (pfXMo)

108
One thing I am keeping in mind for the '28 election which of the Republican contenders is most likely to fully engage in the same kind of lawfare the Dems have perfected?
Posted by: 18-1

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

Start narrowing them down because JD told the new york post that he might step back in 2028 with his four little kids

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (mmrXZ)

109 91 One thing to note, Slotkin divorced her husband in 2023 to spend more time with her true love...Ball Park franks.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

And revolutionary larper fantasies, but mostly . . . .

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (qAkyd)

Ew. Do those hot dogs smell like fish now?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (l3cgK)

110 The Democrat-Communists will kill millions. So it is written.

Posted by: Full Socialist Jacket at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (Ovx+P)

111 The Dem Party is now openly embracing their Lindsay Clancy tendencies.

Posted by: Wally at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (65cLN)

112 Standard procedure.

Dox and character assassination on the Clancy hold-out juror.

Over charge and fabricate charges on Jan. 6th protestors.

(the list is endless).

Intimidation used to influence behavior is a calling card of Progressives. Always has been. Always will be.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (dIske)

113 The US had serious revolutionary crap going on in the late 60s early 70s with bombings and the killing of police. That died out even though the economy sucked under Carter. The US right has gotten more heavily armed and wiser since then. EU should worry, don't think it will be that bad here

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:38 PM (vJPf4)

114 Susan Rice kinda looks like Snoopy

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (NtVYv)

115 Purge the Slot

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (s1VwS)

116 Caught that late. Thanks.
But the point still stands.
Michigan Dems have some pretty vile, ugly 'things' out there.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (Sco7b)
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Michigan's elections were stolen in 2020 and 2022, and that put a lot of slime balls in power who figured that they could stay there indefinitely.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (ZOv7s)

117 107 He's a clown."

Big feet or Pagliacci?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (pfXMo)

Power of AND

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (l3cgK)

118 67 Slutkin and the other Libs believe the media and the "polls".. They think everyone in the US is with them.... I think they will be surprised...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (+gK6I)

The Venn diagram of my interpretation of reality and MSNow's view of reality don't even touch.

Mighty blue wave people. Mighty blue wave...

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (Sco7b)

119 Not necessarily . Some people are DINOs but haven't voted for them for at least a decade or more. They just never got around to changing their party registration because they were not running for office.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (JrHfD)

I separated out elected people with a D and the people who vote for them. Your group seems to be neither...

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (C/YEn)

120 Slutkin is smart enough to know exactly what she is proposing. So take her at her words, and accept no "nuance" or "additional context" from the Propaganda Press. She wants to persecute and imprison Trump supporters, and Rice wants to destroy their economic life.

Together, these people are just a beat short of calling for rounding up the kulaks and opening camps.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (Lhncr)

121 Start narrowing them down because JD told the new york post that he might step back in 2028 with his four little kids
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

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I dont think he runs and truthfully, someone like Rubio would be better imo.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Htjsj)

122 Slotkin and her acolytes in the CIA certainly have a plan. It'll go off about as well as any of their other color revolutions. Nowhere have they been able to take over and run with any sort of stable government. It most always devolves into civil war or chaos with neither they, nor the public in charge of anything.

Once the public at large writes off the judiciary as just another arm of the left, things will get spicy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (RORbl)

123 Michigan's elections were stolen in 2020 and 2022, and that put a lot of slime balls in power who figured that they could stay there indefinitely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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If i was going to guess which race will be the biggest diappointment, it will probably be Michigan

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Htjsj)

124 Hurry up bitch, I got a pie in the oven.

Posted by: James Talarico, manly Texas man at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (jb8Ss)

125 If Jack Smith had done to the Dems what he did -- or attempted to do -- to Trump and MAGA-- Smith would have charged , tried , convicted and doing hard time in Supermax within 6 months. Or less.

Therein is the lesson for the day.
Serve them their just rewards or suffer , GREATLY, for your missed opportunities .
Thank you Susie and Pam and now Todd -- you barely swung ( being gracious here) and you missed. 638 days of Trump II and not one major conspirator , seditionist or traitor charged and convicted.
Now comes pure hell.

Posted by: Beyond Norman Parameters at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (kQgz5)

126 Off twinkie sock!!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (jb8Ss)

127 120 Slutkin is smart enough to know exactly what she is proposing. So take her at her words, and accept no "nuance" or "additional context" from the Propaganda Press. She wants to persecute and imprison Trump supporters, and Rice wants to destroy their economic life.

Together, these people are just a beat short of calling for rounding up the kulaks and opening camps.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I want them to keep talking. Makes target id easier if the balloon goes up. Convicted by their own words.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

128 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?
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Why would it be?

They still haven't faced any real consequences for their evil ways.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

129 I dont think he runs and truthfully, someone like Rubio would be better imo.
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These boots were made for walkin'...

Posted by: Ronnie D at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (anL5R)

130 122 Slotkin and her acolytes in the CIA certainly have a plan. It'll go off about as well as any of their other color revolutions. Nowhere have they been able to take over and run with any sort of stable government. It most always devolves into civil war or chaos with neither they, nor the public in charge of anything.

Once the public at large writes off the judiciary as just another arm of the left, things will get spicy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (RORbl)

The judiciary try to be the prick of the Left, trying to screw over everybody with their unconstitutional judicial edicts...one day they'll find out their the equivalent of the "Team America" asshole.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:42 PM (l3cgK)

131
Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

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I saw someone on social media asking who tipped her off about the raid. Reports differ as to whether she and hubby were at home.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:42 PM (mmrXZ)

132 A lot of people have gotten things wrong over the years, but no one was ever wronger than Francis Fukuyama. He declared that with the fall of the Soviet Union, communism was officially dead, and "liberal democracies" and global peace would become universal henceforth.

Little could he have imagined -- the exact opposite happened. The Soviet Union, it turned out, was (by existing as a negative example) retarding the growth of communist ideation in The West. Now communism is sporeading everywhere, because young people don't see a blatant current example of just how catastrophic it is.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (HD2n/)

133 I want them to keep talking. Makes target id easier if the balloon goes up. Convicted by their own words.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

And with each ratchet, more people see their true nature and potentially wake up.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (qAkyd)

134 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)
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Has anyone checked the crawlspaces under her houses?

Maybe she'd hiding in a spider-hole like Saddam Hussein.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (FZ29D)

135 128 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?
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Why would it be?

They still haven't faced any real consequences for their evil ways.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

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Well, an antifa cell in Texas was indicted, charged, convicted, and sentenced for terrorism with the minimum sentence being 30 years and most of them being over 50 years in federal court.

The fed grant machine seems to have been what funded the 2020 violence, and that's been cut off.

Why hasn't the left risen up in America with riots again this year? To convince the public that Trump is the source of chaos and that Democrats need to be in office to restore order like they did in 2020?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (+B3Bm)

136 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History!

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I saw someone on social media asking who tipped her off about the raid. Reports differ as to whether she and hubby were at home.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone

==

I hope she flees, gives the story legs and hurts Dems across the country.

Its not like that woman will ever go to any real prison.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (Htjsj)

137 95 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.

part of me thinks people have already been acting on this information

I think what that CIA stooge was saying is already being done, where possible

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (qBivk)

138 they're not their...sheesh. My grammar is going the way of my gramma...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (l3cgK)

139 So did Fast Talking Shorty denounce the Muslim Brotherhood yet?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

140
Slotkin gave a commencement address at a MSU graduation some years ago that was so delusional and narcisstic that a stranger seated next to me asked if it was a joke.

She's on Ozempic so actually she's less swine alike than a year ago.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Y8DZL)

141 Once the public at large writes off the judiciary as just another arm of the left, things will get spicy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (RORbl)
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Yes, they don't understand that "frontier justice" can become a thing again.

Something I like to remind people of is that when Michigan was groaning under the lockdown, almost all the cops refused to enforce it. County sheriffs of both parties said "fuck you" to the AG. The reason why the state police had to arrest that barber in Owosso was that the county and city cops said "Hell no."

There's a reason not a single Dem governor has actually deployed the National Guard against the feds. They know the next thing that would happen is their arrest by those same troops after they are federalized.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (ZOv7s)

142 123 Michigan's elections were stolen in 2020 and 2022, and that put a lot of slime balls in power who figured that they could stay there indefinitely.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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If i was going to guess which race will be the biggest diappointment, it will probably be Michigan
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:40 PM (Htjsj)

I'm hoping President Trump - battle-hardened version - has put enough pressure, roadblocks, taken away dollars and applied enough pressure other-wise that Detroit's vote totals may be a paltry 99% or so.

We'll see.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (Sco7b)

143 Ilhan Omar is hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (jb8Ss)

144 This Slotkunt woman intrigues me.

Posted by: Zombie Josef Stalin at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (TezPK)

145 The left has no stomach for a fight

It is not the stomach, it is the money I think. And right now the money is focused on Europe.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (rbvCR)

146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

147 I really hate the days when I can see the appeal of the Left's desire to ... forcibly remove... from life... certain government apparatchiks.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJrRc)

148 139 So did Fast Talking Shorty denounce the Muslim Brotherhood yet?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

Latest is his SIL was on Obama's terrorist watch list

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (+gK6I)

149 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:37 PM (+B3Bm)

Well for one this is not a presidential election year. For two they are way way ahead here. Their plan may not be to duplicate 2020 but to totally out-fag it. Whatever you think the Left has coming it is generally worse. And you don't get to know when until they do it.

I would not put much stock in "well there's no riots this year" as any sort of salve. Also there is riots, they are replaying 2020 as we speak, just not here.

There is much more going on, including the supposed rise of the DSA. Never deal with what you can see the Left doing or not doing. It won't get you far. For all anyone knows it may be as simple as they are concerned Trump has a plan to deal with a repeat of 2020.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (C/YEn)

150 132 A lot of people have gotten things wrong over the years, but no one was ever wronger than Francis Fukuyama. He declared that with the fall of the Soviet Union, communism was officially dead, and "liberal democracies" and global peace would become universal henceforth.

Little could he have imagined -- the exact opposite happened. The Soviet Union, it turned out, was (by existing as a negative example) retarding the growth of communist ideation in The West. Now communism is sporeading everywhere, because young people don't see a blatant current example of just how catastrophic it is.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (HD2n/)

I disagree, North Korea, Cuba, and Venezuela are still around.

The expansion of communist thought seems to have more to do with the greater availability of college education. Whereas previously communist thought largely existed within elite and aristocratic groups, it is now part of the upbringing of the middle class.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (okun6)

151 144 This Slotkunt woman intrigues me.
Posted by: Zombie Josef Stalin at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (TezPK)

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lol

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (iOpI2)

152 There is only one way to deal with people like this and Mencken said it best.

Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (j3Fsw)

153 Any Republican not telling you to vote a straight Republican ticket is in agreement with her:

They want you thrown in jail and are happy to help the Democrats do it.

This is not "heated rhetoric."

This is, "the only problem with the J6 prosecutions is we didn't arrest all Republicans."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (3cUTc)

154 129 I dont think he runs and truthfully, someone like Rubio would be better imo.
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These boots were made for walkin'...
Posted by: Ronnie D

I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.

The info of the globo homo conspiracy being laid bare that Vance is seeing in government may be so bad that he realizes he doesn't have the drive nor stomach for what needs to be done in the short run.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

155 146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

That is EXACTLY what they'll do...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (tOcjL)

156 What if 2020 was the peak for American leftist agitation for the generation?
-
Why would it be?

They still haven't faced any real consequences for their evil ways.

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (vSvIl)

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Well, an antifa cell in Texas was indicted, charged, convicted, and sentenced for terrorism with the minimum sentence being 30 years and most of them being over 50 years in federal court.

The fed grant machine seems to have been what funded the 2020 violence, and that's been cut off.

Why hasn't the left risen up in America with riots again this year? To convince the public that Trump is the source of chaos and that Democrats need to be in office to restore order like they did in 2020?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (+B3Bm)
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"The Feds didn't get me, ha ha!"

-- Flamingly Gay Sandwich-Throwing Creep

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

157 Ilhan Omar is hiking the Appalachian Trail.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (jb8Ss)

If there ever was a time for AI videos of Ilhan Omar screaming like a fishwife and siccing her security on a random reporter in Mombasa, it is now.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 01:47 PM (rbvCR)

158 an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

Yeah a blank ballot in MI is a vote for Sayed. Why not send a message by voting for the other guy? 🤔

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:47 PM (C/YEn)

159 I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.

agree whig

no way vance makes that statement if he intends to run. it will be Rubio ... or ... maybe DeSantis gets a role in the admin after his term and he is the chosen one.

either would be fantastic and I think would have the required balls.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (qBivk)

160 >>> 137 95 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.
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part of me thinks people have already been acting on this information

I think what that CIA stooge was saying is already being done, where possible
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (qBivk)

Probably. What's that saying about three felonies a day? or maybe, the IRS audits certain people... or the EPA inspects certain properties for "wetlands"...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (jb8Ss)

161 146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

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Black turnout in key states like MI and OH is noticeably down. It looks like it's already down in TX after half a day (Southern Dallas is very low, especially compared to Northern Dallas).

GA and NC look better for Democrats, but they did just start and both states only had Dem heavy precincts open over the weekend. So, we'll see if they follow similar patterns as OH where Dem turnout seems really good early and dies out faster than the last couple of cycles.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (+B3Bm)

162 BREAKING: Chris Murphy is also talking about his "2027 Punishment List" once Dems get power...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (tOcjL)

163 146 The best thing happening in Michigan is that Dems are revolting against al-Sayed. The black community aren't supporting him and an editorial in the Detroit Free Press by Dem big wigs advised Dems to leave the Senate vote blank in their ballots . Of course the SoS could try and fill in the blanks
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (vJPf4)

We got this.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (N39Ws)

164 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History!
.......

There is only 12 days until Halloween.

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (UjdFS)

165 59 If I had a magic wand I’d transport her back in time to Treblinka and trade her for a Hasidic woman who would now have 200+ great great grandchildren.
And I’d use her soap to clean my dogs ass
Posted by: Avi at October 19, 2026 01:31 PM (fBZro)
Perchance do you have a news letter to which I may subscribe?
Shalom, Achi

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (JNTt1)

166 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (C/YEn)

167 Bring it, motherfuckers. Bring it now while I can still help.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (AG5Uy)

168 i'll bet the repubs keep the senate, house of reps maybe (depends on who turns out more, us or the shit eating people)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (CWTWj)

169 166 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:46 PM (E4rtv)

If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (C/YEn)

Misdirection?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

170 159 I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.

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Could you explain that a little more? What do you think is happening with the candidates?

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (iOpI2)

171 Ilhan Omar is marching with the students in Paris.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (jb8Ss)

172 Notice how they've gone from "persuade the young people" to "intimidate them."

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (Wt5PA)

173 GA and NC look better for Democrats, but they did just start and both states only had Dem heavy precincts open over the weekend. So, we'll see if they follow similar patterns as OH where Dem turnout seems really good early and dies out faster than the last couple of cycles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (+B3Bm)

I see GA and NC as a loss and not too confident of Ohio.... I think the R's keep the Senate by 2 and lose the House by a few.. Of course I have absolutely no idea...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (+gK6I)

174 171 Ilhan Omar is marching with the students in Paris.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (jb8Ss)

She's seeing if she can remarry her brother and move to the UK...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

175 133 I want them to keep talking. Makes target id easier if the balloon goes up. Convicted by their own words.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:41 PM (E4rtv)

And with each ratchet, more people see their true nature and potentially wake up.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Easy to see the same runup in time in a radicalization spiral that happened in the 1850's before the ACW and again in the American Revolution or even the English Civil War.

Process took about a decade in each case to kick off.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (E4rtv)

176 Misdirection?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

How would announcing you're running be misdirection if you're running?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (C/YEn)

177 176 Misdirection?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)

How would announcing you're running be misdirection if you're running?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:50 PM (C/YEn)

If you're not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cgK)

178 168 i'll bet the repubs keep the senate, house of reps maybe (depends on who turns out more, us or the shit eating people)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:49 PM (CWTWj)

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Dems would never win the Senate this year. Anyone telling you that they had a remote chance were smoking some serious shit.

They'd have to flip 3 senate seats in states that Trump won by double digits.

Do you know how often that happens? A senate seat flips in a state that voted for a presidential candidate of that party by double digits just 2 years before?

It's happened once this century. Tester in 2006 in MT.

Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)

179 162 BREAKING: Chris Murphy is also talking about his "2027 Punishment List" once Dems get power...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (tOcjL)

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Normally I would say this is sarcasm, but a precedent has been made and I absolutely believe he would say that.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (iOpI2)

180 Slotkin would be the She B1tch of Treblinka strutting inside the wire ready to beat anyone down with a riding crop.

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (Ns3kx)

181 139 So did Fast Talking Shorty denounce the Muslim Brotherhood yet?
Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:44 PM (UjdFS)

Latest is his SIL was on Obama's terrorist watch list
Posted by: It's me donna
.......

AWKWARD

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (UjdFS)

182 There is much more going on, including the supposed rise of the DSA.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:45 PM (C/YEn)
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That's very easy to explain. The Dem leadership is decrepit and has throttled the development and advance of new leadership, while also being transparently corrupt. Think of Bernie's three homes. At the same time, there is a huge cohort of college educated downwardly mobile young people who see no path to the good life they enjoyed growing up.

So this movement - which is not a majority - is winning open primaries with multiple candidates running. El-Sayed would have lost against a single frumpy woman, but two of them split the vote. This is happening all over the place.

Most indicators in Michigan are at variance with the polling. i'm seeing zero dem energy around me. Hardly any canvassers in the neighborhood, not a single yard sign for state legislative offices or even governor. It's very weird.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (ZOv7s)

183 If you're not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cg

"If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?"

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (C/YEn)

184 No kings allowed but authoritarian bureaucrats are cool. My guess is Slotkin is only for a surveillance state as long as she’s at the helm. Her skewed view of history is totally predictable given the current state of our politics. Although, I’m unsure if our IC doesn’t create an environment where this kind of stuff is rewarded.

Posted by: Unkaren at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (m6fGY)

185 Could you explain that a little more? What do you think is happening with the candidates?
Posted by: Seems Legit
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Vance gave an interview a couple of days ago and when asked directly about running in 2028, told the interviewee, anything could happen before then and that Usha was not that happy with the political world plus four young children to consider.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

186 Remember:

the ending of USAID didn't just cut of the Democrat Party money laundering, it cut off the CIA's untraceable slush fund to run these color revolutions.
To fund and control these types of elected officials.
Here and abroad.

If you don't think they're pissed and this cunt is serious, you need to check out now because you're not ready for what's coming.

They tried to assassinate Trump.
Multiple times now.
You won't even rate a vague mention in a footnote if they ever get back in power.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (3cUTc)

187 134 Eighteen Days since Ilhan "Omar" Nur was last seen in public.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 19, 2026 01:34 PM (aD4fx)
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Has anyone checked the crawlspaces under her houses?

Maybe she'd hiding in a spider-hole like Saddam Hussein.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:43 PM (FZ29D)

It's Halloween season and I joked about it enough that I feel I should go upstairs and check my bedrooms under the beds.

Snowflake is up there.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (Sco7b)

188 For my Breaking news on Murphy, see Twitchy - hard to link that here...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (tOcjL)

189 183 If you're not...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (l3cg

"If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?"

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (C/YEn)

Maybe the assumption of the question is incorrect.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (l3cgK)

190 I am sticking with my prediction that the Republicans, undeservedly, go +2 in the Senate and +8 in the House.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (AG5Uy)

191 Sure, but fuck Cynical Publius. He blocked me on X for making a joke when he was crashing out about Big Law.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (setIA)

192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

193
Benson as governor with a State house and Senate in control = Michifornia.

Whitmer is old school moderate by comparison.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (Y8DZL)

194 Oh Lord,

I humbly ask that all the wicked acts these Democrats wish upon their enemies instead fall upon their heads thrice fold.

Amen

Posted by: Anna Puma at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Ns3kx)

195 "IF the earth is flat, why does it appear like a ball from space?"

1. Assumption that it's flat is wrong
2. It's all big LIE man, propagated by Big Round Earth!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (l3cgK)

196 if the dems do take the house, trump should be ready to do a biden and preemptively pardon anyone called before a dem controlled house committee

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (CWTWj)

197 190 I am sticking with my prediction that the Republicans, undeservedly, go +2 in the Senate and +8 in the House.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (AG5Uy)

========

Remember, in D+9 2018, Republicans positively netted 2 Senate seats.

Because contested Senate races drive turnout to PVI levels that more closely reflect presidential elections than lower turnout midterms.

Dems never had a chance to win the Senate this year, not with this map and recent electoral history.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (+B3Bm)

198 Zerohedge has another France post.

Some lady jogging through the smoke.
Everyone acting as if it's normal.
Good luck with that.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Sco7b)

199 192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

It's so they can then launder foreign contributions through your info...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (tOcjL)

200 Maybe the assumption of the question is incorrect.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (l3cg

My point was his announcement that he might not run doesn't give any useful information because that is announcement one could legitimately make either way.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (C/YEn)

201 I have DeSantis tabbed as a more likely Cromwell than Rubio. And I am wondering if the sobering reality is why Vance spoke out this week about not necessarily running in 2028.

agree whig

no way vance makes that statement if he intends to run. it will be Rubio ... or ... maybe DeSantis gets a role in the admin after his term and he is the chosen one.

either would be fantastic and I think would have the required balls.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 19, 2026 01:48 PM (qBivk)
______

The entire video of what JD said in that interview is much vaguer than what is being reported.

He said "of course" there's a chance he won't run, with a smile as if there's always "a chance" of anything happening or not happening. "So you're telling me there's a chance ...."

It seems clear to me that JD was just trying to not sound too eager or arrogant that he will be the 2028 nominee.

I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

202 Vance gave an interview a couple of days ago and when asked directly about running in 2028, told the interviewee, anything could happen before then and that Usha was not that happy with the political world plus four young children to consider.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)
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It is an honest answer, and while it's strange to us that politicians aren't always fanatically ambitious, it speaks well to his character.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (ZOv7s)

203 What are the Democrats running on this midterm?

Same thing they have been running on for the last 10 years:
Hatred of Trump and any who voted for him.

And if they win either house of Congress, they will take one lesson:
Unlimited license for retribution, revenge and recriminations.

But sure, that's a small price to pay for a promise to look at ways to consider lowering the price of gasoline in 10 years.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (3cUTc)

204 192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

=========

More than half of all of Talarico's spending has gone to fundraising. Something like $37 million out of $60 million. They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

So, yes, they send texts to people in MI or NY or CA for money while pretty much writing off the election as a loss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (+B3Bm)

205 or the EPA inspects certain properties for "wetlands"...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

They should inspect themselves. The EPA is busily destroying a perfectly good wetland for their "Contaminated material" dump site up in the Silver Valley.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (vJrRc)

206 I would be more worried about the goodies Trump is throwing the way to Communists like Putin and Xi than the commies like Slotkin.

But what do I know.

Posted by: Ed Wells at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Kp4xx)

207 This Slotkin woman is a bit of a twat, isn't she?

Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (fOTAm)

208 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

Agreed

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (+gK6I)

209 re 188: gotta subscribe to read it (vip)

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (CWTWj)

210 If you're Vance and running why the HELL would you announce it before its time? Why give the enemy info?
Posted by: ...
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To allow others to start the long process in creating campaigns. Cruz is already openly considering running (may be his last chance realistically) and DeSantis is pretty clear about his presidential ambitions. So Vance, being a young guy and a young family may just have decided he doesn't want it right now.

Humans being humans. I certainly would not want to be president myself nor any other elected office. Disliked even being a manager way back. Running things is a lot more difficult than being a sidewalk supervisor and I prefer to run myself and my life over running organizations. Enough for me.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (E4rtv)

211 They are running on "affordability". It won the focus groups.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:57 PM (C/YEn)

212 I'll take a pardon, if he's handing them out.
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I'll take a pardon for a few youthful decisions. And for forgetting something really important on the home calendar that I'm sure I'll forget about at some point.

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 01:57 PM (2bFN5)

213 I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

I saw something on the Twatterverse last week that about half of the funds Talerico "raised" (about 30 million out of 60/70 million) was then used for further fundraising.

Either some campaign managers are making bank or that money's then going to other Dem senate, or other, campaigns.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (oPFtC)

214 The upcoming civil war isn't going to be nearly as much fun as they think it is.
--
As I've long said:
The left isn't going to like this new paradise they think they are building at all.
And they'll still be blaming people like you and me even as they're being lined up against the wall.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (3cUTc)

215 I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

If you donate, your name and address are used by ActBlue to smurf donations in your name. That is the reason for the dollar donation crap. Plus you get eternal emails and other garbage from all Democrats until Jesus puts a stop to that in his return.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

216

That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

Little miss rich girl.

Oh buy she was in Iraq or something.

LOL

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (VuTBl)

217 211 They are running on "affordability". It won the focus groups.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:57 PM (C/YEn)

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It won in focus groups because Democrats were suddenly allowed to notice that things had gotten massively expensive in the last few years and all decided to scream about it.

Polling (spit) shows that it's a driving factor for roughly 30% of the electorate.

You know, partisan Dems who need a reason to scream at Trump because groceries suddenly got more expensive from November 2024 to January 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (+B3Bm)

218 199 192 Democrats were talking about doing it three times this election (TX, OH, and AK).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:51 PM (+B3Bm)
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I just got a text from Talerico's campaign asking for a dollar. Fantastic organization!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:53 PM (ZOv7s)

It's so they can then launder foreign contributions through your info...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (tOcjL)

https://tinyurl.com/4mnbtd2k

Have you contributed? Check the FEC website!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (l3cgK)

219 I got a fundraising text message from the Talarico campaign - please please please donate.

It got its due attention, especially since I live in NH with a NH cellphone number.

Posted by: Dominion Voting Systems at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (N39Ws)

220 It is an honest answer, and while it's strange to us that politicians aren't always fanatically ambitious, it speaks well to his character.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (ZOv7s)

A honest answer from a politician? Don't think so.

Trump is the closest you will get to honesty and even he says most things for a reason. Vance has a reason for his answer.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (C/YEn)

221 I'm eager to vote, even though I live in a corrupt Demofascist state.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (WG540)

222 This Slotkin woman is a bit of a twat, isn't she?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 19, 2026 01:56 PM (fOTAm)
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That's understating it a bit.

If there were a "twatness" rating for politicians she'd clearly be a 9+...on a logarithmic scale.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (FZ29D)

223 Black turnout in key states like MI and OH is noticeably down. It looks like it's already down in TX after half a day (Southern Dallas is very low, especially compared to Northern Dallas).

GA and NC look better for Democrats, but they did just start and both states only had Dem heavy precincts open over the weekend. So, we'll see if they follow similar patterns as OH where Dem turnout seems really good early and dies out faster than the last couple of cycles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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You seem to be really optimistic, honestly asking, what are your predictions? Do you think we keep the House? The Senate?

I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)

224 Anyone see this last night? Harmeet vs Stahl on 60 Minutes:

https://tinyurl.com/mudf7wtf

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (kX27y)

225 More than half of all of Talarico's spending has gone to fundraising. Something like $37 million out of $60 million. They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.
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But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.

Posted by: lin-duh at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (VCgbV)

226 213 Either some campaign managers are making bank or that money's then going to other Dem senate, or other, campaigns.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (oPFtC)

========

Every Democrat Senate campaign in Texas is a money laundering scheme.

No one serious who works for these orgs think that Talarico has a chance, or Allred, or Beto, or whomever will be next.

But they also know that CA progressives will write six figure checks out of Hollywood on the dream that it'll happen.

Once that last part stops, then Blexas dies.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (+B3Bm)

227 14 I am amused that every "moderate" Democrat the media pumps up is a fascist at heart...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (sKqQm)
********
It's not funny anymore, it's frightening how radical these "so-called" moderates have become.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (NpAcC)

228 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (+B3Bm)

Democrats have no intention of making anything affordable ever again. But it sounds good.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (C/YEn)

229 Zerohedge has another France post.

Some lady jogging through the smoke.
Everyone acting as if it's normal.
Good luck with that.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 01:54 PM (Sco7b)

Normalcy bias is a powerful thing. Not just among commenters here, but remember when we invaded Iraq, and motorists would honk their horns at our tanks in Baghdad because they wanted to get to work?

Posted by: Methos, inauthentic X-bot account at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (vSvIl)

230 Here’s why I think they ask for $1, and this is a guess: Act Blue has been caught laundering huge campaign donations, some from overseas. They break up these huge donors into small dollar donations placed across hundreds of other donors accounts. If you donate $1 then you have to create an Act Blue account, which they can then use to process many other donations in your name.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (4KUe5)

231 They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

This does not match my experience. I see 5 pro-Talarico or anti-Paxton ads for every 1 pro-Paxton or anti-Talarico ad on TV in the Houston area.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (xEhzD)

232 Watching a France 24 "debate" about the Communist/Islamic insurrection. The panel uniformly is seeing the insurrection as exuberant social unrest and a need for France to do better towards its "immigrants". Geezh.

JD Vance's European speech and Marco Rubio's Athens speech which outlined what is at stake for Western Civilization completely went over the heads of the Europeans. Perversely, it seems the enemies of Western Civilization got the message clearly and are using the content of those speeches as a how to guide to tear apart Europe.

Slotkin's call to remove all opponents of the Left from having a political voice echoes the the cancer that's currently consuming Europe.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (lQntB)

233 I see lots of people saying, "She's a big meanie," but no one saying, "Assassinate the bitch."

Posted by: Ken at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (/EAfd)

234 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (iFTx/)

He is a team player, and loyal.
I could see him giving a sigh of relief and taking Secretary of War if there is a more certain candidate for example.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (rbvCR)

235 You seem to be really optimistic, honestly asking, what are your predictions? Do you think we keep the House? The Senate?

I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)

Given the pickups due to red state redistricting I think we have a good shot.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)

236 I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)
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How do they gain the Senate when they lose a seat in Michigan? Show me the math.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (ZOv7s)

237 223 You seem to be really optimistic, honestly asking, what are your predictions? Do you think we keep the House? The Senate?

I think both are probably gone, but I tend to be pessimistic.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (Htjsj)

========

I've said it more than once, but Dems barely take the House (majority of 5-10), and roughly an even break in the Senate (I have hope for Whatley in NC, but early voting doesn't look good, but El-Sayed should lose in MI).

Turnout differential favors out of power parties. Not even Obama's team, who were the best of the best, could reverse it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (+B3Bm)

238 I would be more worried about the goodies Trump is throwing the way to Communists like Putin and Xi than the commies like Slotkin.

But what do I know.
Posted by: Ed Wells at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Kp4xx)

Neither Putin nor Xi are Communists, never before seen commenter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (wSl27)

239 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I think that reflects more on your take from your life experiences than him. Some people dream of power and glory or being rich. Others don't.

Until FDR, people abided by the voluntary two term limit and some like James K. Polk only ran for one term and left office after. Others declined to run for shoe in reelections as governors, senators, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)

240 im literally a fascist and dont realize it

Posted by: Paul at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (lYfsf)

241 231 They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

This does not match my experience. I see 5 pro-Talarico or anti-Paxton ads for every 1 pro-Paxton or anti-Talarico ad on TV in the Houston area.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (xEhzD)

========

Ads secured months ago in the bluest part of the state?

As opposed to trying to get Democrats in San Antonio out?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (+B3Bm)

242 That's understating it a bit.

If there were a "twatness" rating for politicians she'd clearly be a 9+...on a logarithmic scale.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (FZ29D)
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It's like the Richter Scale...but for twats!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (amcLV)

243 re 226: gop establishment often makes me think that fundraising is more important than winning

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (CWTWj)

244 Here’s why I think they ask for $1, and this is a guess: Act Blue has been caught laundering huge campaign donations, some from overseas. They break up these huge donors into small dollar donations placed across hundreds of other donors accounts. If you donate $1 then you have to create an Act Blue account, which they can then use to process many other donations in your name.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (4KUe5)

Its a certainty. They need your name and info on the books for dumping funds. But also, the total amount of funds is also way down for them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)

245 If you donate, your name and address are used by ActBlue to smurf donations in your name. That is the reason for the dollar donation crap. Plus you get eternal emails and other garbage from all Democrats until Jesus puts a stop to that in his return.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:58 PM (E4rtv)

Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?

Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (SHHm+)

246 224 Anyone see this last night? Harmeet vs Stahl on 60 Minutes:

https://tinyurl.com/mudf7wtf

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 02:00 PM (kX27y)

Stahl: "Some people say the whole point is to sow mistrust..."

Riiiight. Because actual citizens are afraid of being deported by ICE. And honest single-voting citizens are afraid of being caught voting multiple times in an election. Lying bitch.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

247 But what do I know.
Posted by: Ed Wells at October 19, 2026 01:55 PM (Kp4xx)

Not much.

Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (SHHm+)

248
It's 25 years after 9/11. If you have doubts about voting for a Muslim whose immediate family has overtly supported the Muslim Brotherhood, you are a bigot.

The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)

249 Given the pickups due to red state redistricting I think we have a good shot.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:02 PM (uhVAy)
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Yes, that's a big deal, and so is candidate quality. They are trying to flip House districts with nitwits who live in their parents' basements. The weirdo running in my district is on tape bragging that "As bad as things are now, if I win, I promise you, I will make them much, much worse."

I don't see that appealing to swing voters.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (ZOv7s)

250 Everyone knows if Vance runs he gets the nomination.
Why would he telegraph it so far in advance? It would be a,very dumb strategy to give them two full years to plan with any kind of certainty or to put an even bigger target on his head.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (C/YEn)

251 The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
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I mean, it's been going on for almost 1,500 years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (ZOv7s)

252 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

253 At a certain point with this it will make sense for Trump not to leave the office at the expiration of his term. They're talking what they purport to dread into existence. Violence becomes inevitable.

Posted by: Alec Leamas at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (ssz2a)

254 You want Right Wing Death Squads?

This is perfect formulation to create & empower them.

Posted by: CPT Charles at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (XjTSo)

255 The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
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Tide Pod Challenge >>> Muslim Challenge

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (amcLV)

256 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh
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Ad buys are generally done well in advance and probably done when the campaign was flush with cash. Like hotel reservations, ad rates soar as you get closer to the election and availability shrinks. Easier to do now to pivot to streaming channels rather than broadcast but it is still an issue.

One of the problems for a late starting campaign is ad placement is more restricted and more costly for a campaign that suddenly is in a competitive race.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (E4rtv)

257 242 That's understating it a bit.

If there were a "twatness" rating for politicians she'd clearly be a 9+...on a logarithmic scale.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (FZ29D)
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It's like the Richter Scale...but for twats!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (amcLV)

Moment Magnitude. Get with the times!

Posted by: Katy Padilla at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (l3cgK)

258 Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?
Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (SHHm+)
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I'm sure it is still ongoing and a lot of the money is being tracked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (ZOv7s)

259 Violence is always an option.

- Islam, BLM, Antifa

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (gyXw2)

260 259 Violence is always an option.

- Islam, BLM, Antifa

Posted by: Darth Randall at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (gyXw2)

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I was thinking that this post was about Vance before I got to the end.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (+B3Bm)

261 Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?
Posted by: Ann
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They are under investigation by multiple jurisdictions but as always, you have to prove it in a jurisdiction willing to convict Democrats.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)

262 "Democrat Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin: We Must Relentlessly Prosecute Trump Personnel So That Young People Are Too Scared to Join the Conservative Movement"

So basically she is rooting for a hitler youth movement in the schools.

Good to know.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (I43vL)

263 252 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

World War One Hundred and Eleven?

Posted by: Ill-Han Omar at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (l3cgK)

264 Stahl: "Some people say the whole point is to sow mistrust..."

Riiiight. Because actual citizens are afraid of being deported by ICE. And honest single-voting citizens are afraid of being caught voting multiple times in an election. Lying bitch.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)

"Sow mistrust"?
We are way beyond that stupid.
This is the "Reaping the Harvest" phase.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (Ae6Br)

265 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (ZOv7s)

I hope so.

Posted by: Ann at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (SHHm+)

266 I think 99.99% he will be the candidate. Nobody of his age and ambition ever walks away from a chance to be the most powerful and influential person on the planet.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

I think that reflects more on your take from your life experiences than him. Some people dream of power and glory or being rich. Others don't.

Until FDR, people abided by the voluntary two term limit and some like James K. Polk only ran for one term and left office after. Others declined to run for shoe in reelections as governors, senators, etc.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (E4rtv)
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So the guy makes piles of money, writes a book, runs for Senate, then VP, but somehow at the precipice of attaining the ultimate OG prize of all prizes, he suddenly decides that this life isn't for him?

Yea okay. You go ahead and bet that way. I'm taking the stone-cold lock that he's running in 2028.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

267 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

Do those countries have the capacity to interdict Uke drones, even assuming they wanted to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (wSl27)

268 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh

I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

269 The Muslim Challenge has lasted waayyyy longer than BLM. It's lasting longer than tranny rights.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 19, 2026 02:05 PM (mmrXZ)
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Tide Pod Challenge >>> Muslim Challenge
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:07 PM (amcLV)
________

"What about meeeeeee?"

-- Door Kick Challenge

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (iFTx/)

270 If Democrats take the House and GOP keeps the Senate, the Congress will do nothing at all. I sort of think many Americans on both sides of the political divide think that;s a great outcome. I, on the other hand, advocate voting straight GOP (even for suck-ass butt-wipe Republicans) because I want to empower Trump as much as is possible, to keep the border closed, to clean up government, to improve the military, and to renegotiate foreign relationships.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (6kVJR)

271
That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

That little porker got her own jet airplane.
That little porker is a millionaire.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (Cqx++)

272 266 So the guy makes piles of money, writes a book, runs for Senate, then VP, but somehow at the precipice of attaining the ultimate OG prize of all prizes, he suddenly decides that this life isn't for him?

Yea okay. You go ahead and bet that way. I'm taking the stone-cold lock that he's running in 2028.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

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Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (+B3Bm)

273 268 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh

I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

Does Buc-ees have more billboards in Texas?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (l3cgK)

274 267 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

Do those countries have the capacity to interdict Uke drones, even assuming they wanted to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (wSl27)

A protest over the use of their airspace would give them some plausible deniability.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (okun6)

275 Yes, that's a big deal, and so is candidate quality. They are trying to flip House districts with nitwits who live in their parents' basements. The weirdo running in my district is on tape bragging that "As bad as things are now, if I win, I promise you, I will make them much, much worse."

I don't see that appealing to swing voters.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

That is the problem. Democrats tend to run everywhere and not be strategic candidates, GOP candidates have traditionally run when they have a good chance so the average GOP candidate usually has a better resume than a Democrat on average. Selection bias.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)

276 268 But he has billboards up all over the place. I passed dozens on the way to the MoMe and back.
Posted by: lin-duh

I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

Is his picture on it because if so I think he's wasted his money

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (+gK6I)

277 There's an advantage to being untethered to OTA and cable TV.... none of the constant horseshit about Democrat gains in polling.

People keep thinking that everyone online is always telling the truth because their arguments are so... neatly encapsulated.

Being cynical isn't necessarily bad at, and during, elections.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 02:11 PM (RORbl)

278 274 267 The Ukes flew drones over Lithuania and Latvia and hit oil facilities outside St Petersburg over the weekend. Those two countries are in NATO and as far as I know didn't protest. The EU is really pushing for WWIII
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (vJPf4)

Do those countries have the capacity to interdict Uke drones, even assuming they wanted to?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (wSl27)

A protest over the use of their airspace would give them some plausible deniability.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (okun6)

Write Ukraine a sternly worded letter.

Posted by: Hans Blix at October 19, 2026 02:11 PM (l3cgK)

279 Do unto others first, that they be too weak to do unto you.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 02:12 PM (88C+u)

280 270 If Democrats take the House and GOP keeps the Senate, the Congress will do nothing at all. I sort of think many Americans on both sides of the political divide think that;s a great outcome. I, on the other hand, advocate voting straight GOP (even for suck-ass butt-wipe Republicans) because I want to empower Trump as much as is possible, to keep the border closed, to clean up government, to improve the military, and to renegotiate foreign relationships.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (6kVJR)

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OBBB fully funded and appropriated ICE and DHS through 2028.

The deportation machine will go through the end of Trump's term at least.

And the MIC isn't going to let a slim House Democrat majority threaten Lockheed Martin's stock price.

2026 is shockingly unimportant in recent American history, but keeping the Senate to keep appointees going (this Congress has approved more political appointees than any previous president for decades because of the bulk confirmation effort Thune put together) will be good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:12 PM (+B3Bm)

281 Does Buc-ees have more billboards in Texas?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Yes. I passed two Buc-ee's with about five signs between them and one more advertising one I never got close to.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:12 PM (cH+HD)

282 Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Rare but does happen. And Biden did not run because Obama indicated he would support Hillary over him. That is the wild card floating around here and may also be part of Vance's thinking.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv)

283 That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

That little porker got her own jet airplane.
That little porker is a millionaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
.......

How long do I have to stay married to her to take half her stuff?

Posted by: wth at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (UjdFS)

284 I saw one coming into S Dallas from Corsicana.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:09 PM (cH+HD)

I saw one or two Talafreako ads on electronic billboards, but only ONE yard sign, in front of a run-down dump by the freeway overpass across from Buc-Ees in Ennis.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (wSl27)

285 Is his picture on it because if so I think he's wasted his money
Posted by: It's me donna

Yes. And he definitely wasted it on that billboard in South Oak Cliff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (cH+HD)

286 So the guy makes piles of money, writes a book, runs for Senate, then VP, but somehow at the precipice of attaining the ultimate OG prize of all prizes, he suddenly decides that this life isn't for him?

Yea okay. You go ahead and bet that way. I'm taking the stone-cold lock that he's running in 2028.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:08 PM (iFTx/)

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Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (+B3Bm)
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Yup. And nobody including Obama wanted Biden to run. It was Hillary's "turn."

Plus, what is any chance that he's not running based on? Some offhand comment he made in an interview (see my comment above) that's been misleadingly reported? I mean, come on now.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

287 282 Rare but does happen. And Biden did not run because Obama indicated he would support Hillary over him. That is the wild card floating around here and may also be part of Vance's thinking.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:13 PM (E4rtv)

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99/100, you're going to be right saying, "This person who is an obvious front runner is going to run."

Could Vance be the 1/100? Sure.

Is he going to be? 99/100, no.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (+B3Bm)

288 i would be ok with this: vance succeeds trump as pres, keeps marco as sec of state and has desantis as atty gen. marco succeeds vance as pres, keeps desantis as atty gen or maybe sec of war. good to have a line up for the future

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (CWTWj)

289 That is the problem. Democrats tend to run everywhere and not be strategic candidates, GOP candidates have traditionally run when they have a good chance so the average GOP candidate usually has a better resume than a Democrat on average. Selection bias.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)
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The Dems were very good at candidate selection in 2018, choosing lots of military veterans without any sort of voting record and winning swing districts. But they then voted like maniacs, and many got bounced.

Now the DSA has short-circuited the selection process, while the GOP has cleaned up its act. The first-wave MAGA types were often clownishly bad, and we suffered. The GOPe also worked to undermine them, but those guys are mostly gone now, and so we're getting better quality candidates.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (ZOv7s)

290 241 231 They've all but stopped TV ads in Texas because they can't afford it anymore.

This does not match my experience. I see 5 pro-Talarico or anti-Paxton ads for every 1 pro-Paxton or anti-Talarico ad on TV in the Houston area.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (xEhzD)

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Ads secured months ago in the bluest part of the state?

As opposed to trying to get Democrats in San Antonio out?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:03 PM (+B3Bm)

In 2024, Bexar County (San Antonio) was slightly bluer than Harris County (Houston) as between Trump and Harris.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (xEhzD)

291 That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune.

That little porker got her own jet airplane.
That little porker is a millionaire.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
.......

How long do I have to stay married to her to take half her stuff?
Posted by: wth

You married to her? Never.
Her married to you? Two days and she can relieve you of half your stuff.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (cH+HD)

292 290
In 2024, Bexar County (San Antonio) was slightly bluer than Harris County (Houston) as between Trump and Harris.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (xEhzD)

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Talarico's base is Austin and Houston, not Bexar. That's where the donations in state are coming from.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (+B3Bm)

293 so Slotkin is another new baby Communist.
Sure, she did the CIA thing, that’s original, but otherwise, how predictable.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (4KUe5)

294 Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)
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Colin Powell.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (ZOv7s)

295 Slotkin is an evil CIA stooge. Knew her cousin who confirmed as much. Total POS

Posted by: Evilissa Slotkin is a golem at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (nWpYW)

296
Just about the only person in the last generation who had a really serious shot at the presidency who didn't go for it was Biden in 2016.

"I just won't run for it," is very, very rare for established political names who get talked about for the nomination years ahead of time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

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He maybe wasn't interested in getting suicided

Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (ogpy/)

297

Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Cqx++)

298 Mentioning Hillary always brings a smile to my face because I picture that bitch losing her mind on election night, screaming, "it was MY turn!!!."

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iOpI2)

299 someone should put talareeko billboards with a pic of alfred e newman

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:18 PM (CWTWj)

300 "BREAKING: Chris Murphy is also talking about his "2027 Punishment List" once Dems get power...
Posted by: Nova Local"

This is going to be the next "thing" Dem politicians are expected to do to satisfy their rabid base.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 02:18 PM (GUOwU)

301
The best part of waking up... 🎵

Is Hillary lost to Trump.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (C/YEn)

302 Speaking of commies...

@rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (nEUC6)

303 254 You want Right Wing Death Squads?

This is perfect formulation to create & empower them.
Posted by: CPT Charles at October 19, 2026 02:06 PM (XjTSo)

I think in High school we watched the Jack Lemmon movie Missing where his son dissapears in Chile, I remember how outraged I was that the son was killed, THEN i got older and read about Chile and found out that the Son was a Commie went down there to help other commie's. Sorry he got what he deserved.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (KuoIB)

304 re 298: and throwing wine bottles at bill

Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (CWTWj)

305 Now the DSA has short-circuited the selection process, while the GOP has cleaned up its act. The first-wave MAGA types were often clownishly bad, and we suffered. The GOPe also worked to undermine them, but those guys are mostly gone now, and so we're getting better quality candidates.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I am talking beyond a particular election cycle. Used to do research on congressional primaries regarding candidate efficiency at converting resources into votes. Part of that was candidate quality which you used either the jacobson measure which was dichotomous and the Krasno Greene measure which had a ordinal point scale. The Jacobson measure is just whether they held prior political office or not. The Krasno Greene got into what type of office, etc.

Quality GOP candidates would also not run when the tide was against their party except in safe seats. Don't see the same behavior by Dems. In fact, I think some of the eternal Dem candidates rely on that for a 'job' and winning is just a bonus.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

306 "That little porker is the heiress to the Ball Park Frank fortune."

Well, I guess I won't be buying Ball Park franks again.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (JrHfD)

307 Mentioning Hillary always brings a smile to my face because I picture that bitch losing her mind on election night, screaming, "it was MY turn!!!."
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (iOpI2)
________

And all her loathsome supporters who were dead-bang sure she would win.

If Trump never did anything else after that night that was worth a quirt of piss, I will forever be ecstatically grateful that he harpooned the harpy that night.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (iFTx/)

308 The best part of waking up... 🎵

Is Hillary lost to Trump.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (C/YEn)
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Certainly made my day.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (amcLV)

309 Elon Musk on Monday announced he plans to give every child in America one share in his aerospace and AI company SpaceX next year, shortly after he criticized rival Anthropic’s plan to pledge 5% of its shares to a public benefit fund and urged the company to distribute its shares directly to the public.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 02:16 PM (Cqx++)
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This is the origin story of CHOAM isn't it? Elon's going to found the Navigators Guild too, isn't he?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (ZOv7s)

310 302 Speaking of commies...

@rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Xi wanted a change. We shall see if Sister Kim becomes head honcho.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

311 @298 I always picture Bubba trying to comfort Hildabeast on election night 2016. All the while trying not to laugh his ass off

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (vJPf4)

312 Well, I guess I won't be buying Ball Park franks again.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (JrHfD)
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That's OK. They suck, anyway.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (amcLV)

313 Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 01:25 PM (4KUe5)

Anyone with a D after their name is already telling you they would happily guard the Dachau gates. Most of the voters would too.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (C/YEn)

problem for them is they aren't qualified to do that job. They'd have to hire our side to do it for them.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (uhVAy)

314 Xi wanted a change. We shall see if Sister Kim becomes head honcho.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (E4rtv)

Probably be more of the same with her...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (+gK6I)

315 Quality GOP candidates would also not run when the tide was against their party except in safe seats. Don't see the same behavior by Dems. In fact, I think some of the eternal Dem candidates rely on that for a 'job' and winning is just a bonus.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)
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El-Sayed very much does not want to win. He has had many chances to tack to the center and build bridges in Detroit, and he won't. He's building a brand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (ZOv7s)

316 @rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.

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Is this news? Should this be reported? Could be true.

Unconfirmed
claim
secretly died
in China

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (iOpI2)

317 302 Speaking of commies...

@rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 19, 2026 02:19 PM (nEUC6)

Wouldn't that mean his sister takes power?

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (oPFtC)

318 Interesting

X Money sent you $5 Oct 18

I guess I should thank my 3 followers.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (AG5Uy)

319 @rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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Old and busted: public funeral

New hotness: secret death

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 02:22 PM (amcLV)

320 Nude Ilhan Omar

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 02:22 PM (iFTx/)

321 They aren't after me. They are after you.

I'm just standing in the way.

-Donald J. Trump

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)

322 311 @298 I always picture Bubba trying to comfort Hildabeast on election night 2016. All the while trying not to laugh his ass off
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (vJPf4)

He had to dodge more than a few lamps, no doubt.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 02:23 PM (oPFtC)

323 315 El-Sayed very much does not want to win. He has had many chances to tack to the center and build bridges in Detroit, and he won't. He's building a brand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (ZOv7s)

========

My favorite story of this cycle was little noticed.

It was actually two, side by side.

On the one hand, the Black Community of Detroit complaining that El-Sayed didn't reach out to them.

On the other, the El-Sayed campaign saying that yeah, they weren't reaching out and didn't need to because they have the youth vote.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:23 PM (+B3Bm)

324 Whatever happened to the ActBlue investigation? They had record breaking "fundraising" last quarter. I thought they were under indictment for fraud?

I would be shocked even more than Hasan Piker's dog if DOJ wasn't sitting back and tracing all the money going in and out of ActBlue during an active election cycle.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 02:23 PM (2ocoG)

325 Colin Powell.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I think part of that was Powell's wife was against it.

What happened at Butler PA and the various other attempts on Trump's life would definitely cause apprehension for any loving spouse of a candidate. Plus the threats to put a family in prison like in Brazil now.

Lula was taunting Bolsanaro openly with prison during a frigging debate if Bolsanaro lost.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

326 Slotkin's call to remove all opponents of the Left from having a political voice echoes the the cancer that's currently consuming Europe.
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 19, 2026 02:01 PM (lQntB)

Because the communist/islam movement is very very close to complete takeover. The closest they've ever been. The burning and violence will escalate no matter who wins the midterms.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (g8Ew8)

327 Nude Ilhan Omar

Oh, *fuck* no.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (2ocoG)

328 Slotkins sold the frankfurter biz

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (Y8DZL)

329 I'm still thinking about Jack Smith keeping records of who bought Trump or MAGA paraphernalia.

Holy fucking shit.

I don't think our "youth" have any idea about how egregious that is.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:35 PM (iOpI2)

Kinda stupid, they have the voting records already. And contributions too. But that's a Dem operative being genius like.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (uhVAy)

330 And to scare the older/oldest conservatives for voting in the 2028 Presidential election, no doubt.

Did you know that _itch is often discussed along with PA Governor Shapiro, i.e.,
'Shapiro, Slotkin rally for state Supreme Court justices on November ballot', 90.5 WESA | By Chris Potter
Published October 13, 2025

AI, honestly:
Strategic Alignment & "Team Normal"

Both Slotkin and Shapiro are recognized for advancing a practical, results-driven brand of politics aimed at winning back working-class voters in critical Rust Belt swing states.
• Pragmatic Governance
• Foreign Policy & Ties.
For instance, both Slotkin and Shapiro recently traveled to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to build independent economic and diplomatic ties.
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Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (NFX2v)

331 Probably be more of the same with her...
Posted by: It's me donna
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North Korean National Anthem.

Gloom, despair, and agony on me
Deep, dark depression, excessive misery
If it weren't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all
Gloom, despair, and agony on me

National food is grass with dirt flavoring.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:25 PM (E4rtv)

332 292 290
In 2024, Bexar County (San Antonio) was slightly bluer than Harris County (Houston) as between Trump and Harris.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:14 PM (xEhzD)

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Talarico's base is Austin and Houston, not Bexar. That's where the donations in state are coming from.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 02:15 PM (+B3Bm)

I suspect that would be true of virtually any statewide Dem candidate though in terms of the money. With the exception of Dallas County, that's where Texas's money is to a significant extent, particularly for a blue/urban candidate.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:26 PM (xEhzD)

333 El-Sayed very much does not want to win. He has had many chances to tack to the center and build bridges in Detroit, and he won't. He's building a brand.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Could be. Then again Muzzie.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

334 Just got back from voting against Talafreakoff.

Posted by: The Kohlrabi at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (OT3gL)

335 @rawsalerts 1h
🚨#BREAKING: Unconfirmed reports claim Kim Jong Un may have "secretly died" in China.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Dennis Rodman hardest hit.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 02:28 PM (xEhzD)

336 Between this and the burning of the mairie in Limoges, for the first time I have some hope that Republicans will turn out in Michigan and Texas. Thanks, Slopkin!

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at October 19, 2026 02:38 PM (wGerL)

337 NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW!!

....

Unless you should be because of your ethnicity.

Then, we're talking about WHITE law.

Posted by: Axeman at October 19, 2026 02:48 PM (Fi81e)

338 Slotkin looks so much like Greta Thunberg in these pictures that it shows that fetal alcohol syndrome is a helluva drug outcome:

Posted by: WestCoastRich at October 19, 2026 03:17 PM (uPx4G)

339 There's definately a great deal to find out about this subject.
I love all the points you made. xnxx

Posted by: Otis at October 20, 2026 03:28 AM (vLJtQ)

French Police Flee from Violent "Students" "Protesting Class Sizes" as "Class Size Riots" Spread Throughout Europe

Boy, foreign immigrants and 35-year-old communist fifth columnists sure are bears for education resources.

France went up in flames Saturday.
Masked mobs hijacked a nationwide day of protest, torching a 143-year-old town hall, storming government buildings and fighting police in the streets. In the middle of the chaos, protesters waved Palestinian flags.
In the heart of Paris, demonstrators climbed the monument at Place de la République, the towering statue of Marianne that symbolizes the French Republic. A Reuters photographer captured them perched on it holding a French tricolor alongside a Palestinian flag amid pink smoke. One outlet reported that rioters pulled down the statue's French flag and hoisted a Palestinian banner in its place.
The flags turned up well beyond Paris.
In Marseille, several dozen mostly young protesters battered through the doors of City Hall and briefly overran the lobby, according to Agence France-Presse. They overturned tables and chairs, smashed a screen, and knocked a bust of Marianne to the floor. Some of the intruders wore yellow vests. Others carried Palestinian flags. Someone spray-painted an anarchist symbol on the wall.
Marseille Mayor Benoit Payan said he had to phone President Emmanuel Macron, the prime minister and the interior minister to get reinforcements. The city went from one riot police comany that morning to three, plus two armored units.

Guys they just want smaller class sizes. Why won't you let them have smaller class sizes?

How can they all become Doctors and Engineers if they have one teacher per thirty students instead of one teacher per twenty-six students? Why are you being so Racist?

The "protesters" "clashed" with police, which is a euphemistic way of saying the police simply turned tail and ran from the "protesters," leaving citizens with no protection at all.

Paris woke Sunday to shattered storefronts, burned cars and a heavy police presence after unrest swept through the city and other parts of France.
Violent clashes broke out Saturday during nationwide demonstrations over rising living costs and poor school conditions. Hundreds of thousands marched across the country, while masked groups fought with police, looted businesses and set fires in several cities.

As with the BLM rioters -- I mean Mostly Peaceful Protesters -- these Change Agents showed a particular zeal for liberating electronics stores and high-end designer handbag shops.

The destruction was not limited to Paris.
In Limoges, about three hours south of the capital, fire tore through the city's historic town hall, built in 1883 and designated a historic landmark in 1975.

A fire tore through the town hall, Fox? Is that like "A car mowed down citizens at a Christmas market?"

Can we get any information about who started this fire? Or is it a case of spontaneous combustion?

The local prefect, Maurice Barate, told AFP that the roof had collapsed onto the lower floors and about two-thirds of the building's exterior had disappeared. He called it "a catastrophe for heritage."
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President Donald Trump weighed in Sunday, blaming immigration for the unrest in a Truth Social post and urging France to close its borders.
"The immigration of people from an entirely different world, people with hatred in their hearts, has shattered that once great country," he wrote. "Close your borders and take control, before it is too late!"

That's just racist. These protests are about class sizes.

Be Better, Trump. #BeBetter.

The Interior Minister acknowledged failure even as the president Macron refused to take any responsibility.

The French government acknowledged on Monday a failure in handling the rioters who attacked the police, ransacked public buildings and looted stores in cities across the country over the weekend.
France's interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, offered a mea culpa on national radio, saying that the police had been underprepared to deal with the scale of the riots that spun out from planned protests on Saturday night. He said he had offered his resignation to President Emmanuel Macron but that it had not been accepted.
The justice minister, Gérald Darmanin, also acknowledged that the authorities had "undeniably failed" in the face of the violence -- the biggest unrest to hit France in years -- and said on French television that there had been "a failure in intelligence."
With many people in France still stunned on Monday by the scale of the damage, mayors and councilors gathered outside their city halls to show that they were still standing and to demand answers from the national government.
Benoit Payan, the mayor of Marseille, has accused the government and the police of "delivering" that city -- France's second largest -- to "looters and rioters."
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"I want compensation down to the last cent," he added, saying: "You cannot leave a country to sink into a political crisis without an answer."
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Amid calls for calm and order, there were questions about what would happen next.
The students who started a protest movement more than a month ago by blockading their high schools to demand better conditions are now on a two-week vacation. However, other groups have joined the protests in solidarity and to highlight their own grievances -- with some seemingly determined to keep the movement going.

Really? Professional rioters and criminal looters want to keep the anarchy going?

So... it's not about class sizes?

Macron once again spoke weakly, promising to punish the rioters while insisting he would continue to honor the foreign army's "right" to loot, pillage, and destroy.

He also refused to take any responsibility for the riots. He just let his Interior Minister pretend to take responsibility (with no actual accountability).

In an address to the nation on Sunday evening, French President Emmanuel Macron refused to take any accountability for the national riots that erupted on Saturday, as he sought to shift the blame onto the far-left and even external forces like the Iran conflict while failing to acknowledge the role mass migration played in creating a groundswell of support for the unrest.
President Macron, who has become little more than a lame duck in the Élysée with six months left in his term in office, addressed the country for the first time since the youth revolt began nearly a month ago.
Rather than taking a 'the buck stops here' approach, Mr Macron did not admit to any personal failings after his government failed to foresee or prevent some of the most destructive riots in recent memory, resulting in historic buildings being torched, thousands of shops being looted, and hundreds of police officers, gendarmes, and firefighters being injured on Saturday.
Instead, the outgoing leader pointed to "extremists from far-left groups" and "criminals" as being solely responsible for the "unrestrained violence" witnessed across France.
Meanwhile, Macron appeared to completely ignore the role that the importation of millions of foreigners into the country has had on the social framework, with many of the rioters being suspected of hailing from the multicultural suburban enclaves like Saint-Denis. Instead, the president questioned, "How can French people do this to France?"
"Why burn down the town hall in Limoges, the tourist office in Lyon, storm the town hall in Marseille, or attack the prefect's residence in Bordeaux? How can they go so far? Nothing justifies it, nothing explains it, nothing excuses it. We all feel anger and shame tonight. Seeing the streets of our cities so ransacked is unbearable," he questioned.

Marine Le Pen is not impressed by his leadership in this crisis:

National Rally presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said that the "Macron government is on its last legs, exhausted, disoriented." In a video published two hours before President Macron's planned national address, Le Pen said that her longtime rival's government "seems incapable of doing anything other than commenting on its own impotence."
"We are experiencing a profound crisis of confidence and authority that threatens democracy. This situation should alarm us: our country is caught in a vice, even held hostage, between violence and impotence," she said.

Macron will not rest until the nation is at peace. Now let's grab some lunch.

French President Emmanuel Macron is facing criticism over his decision to attend a Celine Dion concert Friday night, on the eve of nationwide demonstrations that descended into violence, leaving hundreds of emergency personnel injured and nearly 1,800 people arrested.
Macron and his wife, Brigitte, were spotted at Dion's concert at the Plenitude Arena in Nanterre, west of Paris, according to French media reports. The couple reportedly arrived and left discreetly and were among roughly 35,000 spectators at the performance.
The concert came after Macron spent Thursday and Friday in Brussels attending a European Council meeting. During a news conference in Brussels on Friday, he called for "calm and respect" ahead of Saturday's planned demonstrations, saying the right to protest must be exercised with respect for people and property.

The riots over "class sizes" have spread to other European countries which coincidentally also have large populations of unassimilated Third World foreigners.

Because we can't acknowledge what the riots are really about, the media has decided to claim the riots in other countries are over "the increasing cost of living."

Violent protests have broken out across Europe amid growing frustration over the cost of living crisis, a lack of affordable housing and deteriorating school conditions.
As many as 550,000 people turned out across France on Saturday, according to authorities, to demonstrate against declining public services. Protests turned violent in Paris as shops were looted and cars set on fire in some of the city's worst violence in years.
Young people waved Italian flags and let off flares in Milan as they rallied against the rising cost of living in scenes that were condemned by prime minister Giorgia Meloni.

Did they only wave "Italian flags"? Of course not. It took me three minutes to find this Palestinian flag at the Milan riots, at 0:09. It's so weird that I can easily find this while "professional journalistic corporations" can't find it.

Or did Italy's tricolor get a black band added when I wasn't looking?

By the way, I found zero Italian flags being waved. I'm not saying there weren't any; I only looked for three minutes. I am saying, however, that a brief search for flags turned up a Palestinian flag and zero Italian flags, so I'm not sure where this leftwing propaganda outlet is getting its information from.

I'm just kidding. I know where they're getting it from. It's a UK outlet and they're taking their orders from the government's censorship police, like "Prevent."

More on Prevent later today. They have unmasked fully.

Authorities said more than half a million people turned out to march on Saturday including 110,000 in Paris alone. Organisers put the figure closer to 800,000.
While hundreds of thousands protested peacefully across France on Saturday, violent fringe groups targeted public buildings, looted luxury boutiques and supermarkets, and attacked police vehicles and officers.
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More than 2,400 people were arrested across France, while nearly 1,000 officers were injured, according to the government. Police fired teargas in Paris on Sunday afternoon and protesters set fire to piles of bicycles.
One protester died on Saturday after suffering a cardiac arrest during demonstrations in the capital.

I blame the January 6th protesters, who are responsible for all deaths that occur at any riot, anywhere.

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Milan police clashed on Sunday with protesters throwing stones and looting shops during demonstrations against crumbling public services and the rising cost of living, a day after similar unrest in several Italian cities.
Police in riot gear fired teargas and used water cannons after several hundred hooded protesters broke shop windows and set bins on fire in the area near central Piazza Duomo, sources told Reuters, adding that more than 60 protesters had been detained for checks.
A total of 28 protesters were arrested after similar clashes erupted on Saturday in northern cities including Milan, Bologna, Brescia, Bergamo and Turin, according to a police report on Sunday.

Breitbart notes the "multicultural riots" outside of Milan's Duomo.

But I thought they were only waving Italian flags...?

Dozens of rioters have been arrested following the outbreak of a "guerrilla war" outside the Duomo cathedral in central Milan as unrest from France appears to be boiling over into fellow European nations.
Stones, smoke bombs, fireworks, and Molotov cocktails were the weapons of choice for the youth hoodlums that descended upon Milan, leaving some 141 police officers injured during the so-called cost of living protests on Saturday. The violence mainly occurred in Piazza del Duomo, the square outside Milan Cathedral, the neo-Gothic church dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary, which serves as the seat of the Archbishop of Milan and stands as the largest church in the whole of Italy.
According to Italy's public news wire service Ansa, 197 people were detained by police during the demonstration, while 28 were arrested, including 12 minors and six foreign nationals. The wire service noted that there was also a heavy contingent of "second-generation migrants" involved in the riots.
An estimated 5,000 protesters took part in the demonstration in Milan, which was called to mimic the supposed cost-of-living protests in France. While some demonstrators literally chanted in French, the protest quickly devolved into "guerrilla warfare", Ansa reported.
"Milan was reduced to a battlefield, with Piazza Duomo besieged by hundreds of young people dressed in black. They forced the police to retreat under the hurling of firecrackers, barriers, and bottles, until they occupied the city's symbolic square," the wire service wrote.

NY Post Op-Ed: Can we stop lying now?

France is seeing its worst riots in decades -- violence clearly aimed not simply at the ruling party, but at France itself -- and the left-liberal establishment is still trying to blame a few bad apples.
That's true not just of President Emmanuel Macron, but of global media that claim it's mainly about student grievances over budget cuts -- at least one BBC article actually used the phrase "mostly peaceful protests."
This is nonsense: The street mobs haven't been just (or even mostly) kids for weeks now, and the vandalism began in the first days; it was last month that "protesters" set a teacher on fire.

Foreign flags (Morocco, Algeria, "Palestine") came out at the start; the crowds are mostly blacks and Arabs -- overwhelmingly from Muslim immigrant communities, in other words.
And the political statements are obvious: Burning down historic town halls; smashing a statue of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic.

Synagogues ransacked and other targeting of Jews.
Liberty isn't leading these people, but a hatred for Western civilization itself.

Toussi TV pointed out that no mosques had been targeted. Of course not.

140 police were injured as "protesters" literally chased them off the streets with thrown rocks and big dangerous "pyrotechnics" that they fired at them.

At 4:00, they chant (in French, or whatever pidgin they speak) "We beheaded Louis XVI, we will behead you too, Macron."

The town hall of Limoges, 140 years old, survived World War Two, collapsed after "protesters" set fire to it to "protest school sizes."

AFP won't allow me to link this, so watch French history and civilization literally burn and collapse here.

The building is gutted. The only part still standing is the stone exterior wall. Because, contra the squareheaded lesbian writer of The Acolyte, you can't set stone on fire.

Here's a little good news: Milanese citizens are throwing plates down from their balconies on to the heads of "students protesting class sizes."

The femboy in the video whines about sons-of-bitches throwing things on to the heads of Mostly Peaceful Protesters.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 THE BLADE!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (iFTx/)

2 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (NcvvS)

3 The French retreat?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (ExV1e)

4 Not even kidding when I say Trump is being blamed because Iran war is raising costs...

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (YwEeS)

5 Ya know, there are a lot of Americans with more weapons than the French who would jump at an opportunity to clean things up.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 12:13 PM (RjOoY)

6 "The town hall of Limoges, 140 years old, survived World War Two, collapsed after "protesters" set fire to it to "protest school sizes.""

Limoges Town Hall...survived a World War, did not survive "multiculturalism".

Hopefully that won't be the epitaph of Western civilization.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 12:13 PM (oPFtC)

7 The students who started a protest movement more than a month ago by blockading their high schools to demand better conditions "

Still whipping that dead horse, they are...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:14 PM (pfXMo)

8 4 Not even kidding when I say Trump is being blamed because Iran war is raising costs...

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (YwEeS)

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1. If that's the case, then Europe really should have embraced the shale revolution 20 years ago like we did.

2. Is Europe going to take active measures to make things better on the affordability front, or are they just going to import more third worlders who use more government services than they pay in?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:15 PM (+B3Bm)

9 That looks like 2020 America

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 12:15 PM (enNUy)

10 Filthy Muzzies infestation on monument. Our filthy Muzzies infestation no doubt taking notes.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Gqar8)

11 That would suck if the police ran and left me to have to defend myself.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Ae6Br)

12 Napoleon knew how to handle the mob.

The French army needs to be in the street, to strike down upon the mobs with great vengeance and furious anger.

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ZxPkt)

13
I blame the January 6th protesters, who are responsible for all deaths that occur at any riot, anywhere.

That water buffalo hat guy gets around.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (Cqx++)

14 12 Napoleon knew how to handle the mob.

The French army needs to be in the street, to strike down upon the mobs with great vengeance and furious anger.

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ZxPkt)

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Macron won't do anything because he likes France like this.

Le Pen just thinks all of these rioters are equally French as Charles de Gaulle.

There's no saving France in the near future.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (+B3Bm)

15
Napoleon knew how to handle the mob.

Grape Nuts

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (Cqx++)

16 I wonder if French shopgirl is out there showing her “ Solidarity” today??

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (Gqar8)

17 That photo is of Place de la Republique, which is a dingy square with a dingy statue. The last time I was there it had lots of tables set up with pally flags and people providing "information" to bystanders.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (k5CNB)

18 They have the perfect excuse to crush the scum but they have a government that is in league with the scum.

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (YwEeS)

19 4 Not even kidding when I say Trump is being blamed because Iran war is raising costs...
Posted by: steevy

Trump and the Jews. That's what's driving a lot of "pro Palestinian" protests.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (88C+u)

20 The students who started a protest movement more than a month ago by blockading their high schools to demand better conditions "

Still whipping that dead horse, they are...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:14 PM

The talking points have gone out apparently. Dallas talk radio 820 was yakking this morning about the ongoing student protests in france and they are a conservative outlet.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (I43vL)

21 >>>Le Pen said that her longtime rival's government "seems incapable of doing anything other than commenting on its own impotence."

It is a very flaccid wiener.
--Macron

Posted by: No Name Today at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (8mulE)

22 >>> Not even kidding when I say Trump is being blamed because Iran war is raising costs...

Trump is powerful.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (1wjle)

23 17 That photo is of Place de la Republique, which is a dingy square with a dingy statue. The last time I was there it had lots of tables set up with pally flags and people providing "information" to bystanders.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (k5CNB)

Now, why, exactly, did you sojourn in France, of late?

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (Gqar8)

24
That looks like 2020 America
Posted by: nckate

Do they have a Georges Floyd?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (Cqx++)

25 town hall of Limoges"

Have a couple of pics of me and Mrs there. It was quite the structure...

But hey, school kids, don't ya know.

(I also laugh at the "young people " bits - not many AARP members can run that far...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (pfXMo)

26 The "Palestinian" flag is not the flag of any country or pretend country. It's the flag of pure barbaric savagery and feral mutant violence.

It basically means "we are rotten scum, incapable of creating anything, and incapable of even basic human relationships because we are fugly losers and perverts, so we are here to destroy what much better people have built."

Every time there's mob violence for any purported reason, in any part of the world, by anyone, you will always -- always -- see multiple "Palestinian" flags flying. No exceptions to this rule.

The "Palestinian" flag is like a modern pirate flag, if pirates were malformed, incompetent losers who like the taste of goat ass.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

27 I read that the "students " are threatening to burn down Notre Dame now. Per Insty

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (lJ0H4)

28 ...Napoleon...

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ZxPkt)

He said they needed a "whiff of grapeshot."

And he was correct!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (k5CNB)

29 *** protesters waved Palestinian flags.
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No; Rioters waved Palestinian flags.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (Pee1E)

30 As long as they're unwilling to stop labeling the rioters, looters and insurrectionists as "protesters", the rioters will know the French government isn't serious.

Macron, you're on your way out; you don't have to run for reelection or even admit what a fool you were for importing these vermin. Grow a damn pair, send in the headbreakers, then put them all on a tramp steamer to the North African coast.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (Riz8t)

31 Like I said this morning; the French military is on the brink of being exterminated if they don't do something. With, or likely without the French government's authorization.

And for God's sake; guard or hide the nukes.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (RORbl)

32 >>>I read that the "students " are threatening to burn down Notre Dame now. Per Insty

ah yeah. I had that video but there are too many twitter links already posted in this one. I'm posting it later in Quick Hits.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)

33 France's interior minister, Laurent Nuñez, offered a mea culpa on national radio, saying that the police had been underprepared to deal with the scale of the riots that spun out from planned protests on Saturday night.

Weird. Prior to becoming Interior Minister, Mssr. Nuñez was the Prefect of Police of Paris and, before that, Head of the National Centre for Intelligence and Counter-Terrorism. And, yet, he was unprepared for a national uprising of "students".

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (ExV1e)

34 >>>I read that the "students " are threatening to burn down Notre Dame now. Per Insty

it's all about class sizes doncha know

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)

35 The talking points have gone out apparently"

Indeed. Hilariously stupid stuff...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (pfXMo)

36 34 They merely want a fellow..umm student...released from prison....

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (YwEeS)

37 Macron won't do anything because he likes France like this.

Le Pen just thinks all of these rioters are equally French as Charles de Gaulle.

There's no saving France in the near future.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (+B3Bm)
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Been following this on X, especially the French accounts that have been trying to warn us.

They pretty much have conceded defeat, but know that here in the US, there is still a chance.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (w65YX)

38 Can't wait till the "students" burn down Notre Dame again./ s

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (JrHfD)

39 Watching a lot of videos over the weekend from Europeans wanting to boot out the immigrants, even those granted citizenship. Even if there were the will to do this on a large scale, what about the the tens of millions children who were born here? I don't think they can be deported and are as great a threat as their parents. Europe is so screwed.

Same situation we are facing here.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (GUOwU)

40 the French military is on the brink of being exterminated if they don't do something"

The same military that serves halal food?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (pfXMo)

41 I read somewhere this weekend that they aren't rioting in Italy's south because of the mafia's presence.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (kX27y)

42 >>>36 34 They merely want a fellow..umm student...released from prison....

Doctor, Engineer, or Flying Car Designer?

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2026 12:22 PM (1wjle)

43 18 They have the perfect excuse to crush the scum but they have a government that is in league with the scum.
Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (YwEeS)

Boy, does that seem familiar.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 12:22 PM (xEhzD)

44 Sacre bleu! - Macron, probably.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 12:22 PM (wVcYX)

45 Such authentic grassroots protests like these mean there is another USAID to shut down.

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 12:22 PM (d6JUK)

46 Back in the USA, there were "No King" rallies across many cities. In my town, there was quite a turnout of ignorant citizens protesting. Saw one protestor with the communist hammer/sickle emblem on his shirt yet waving the American Flag. Told me all I needed to know about these clowns.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (N39Ws)

47 Macron seems to be taking some form of skin bleach and has lightened his hair.
_tips for Piper's fashion column

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (Pee1E)

48 I read that the "students " are threatening to burn down Notre Dame now. Per Insty

ah yeah. I had that video but there are too many twitter links already posted in this one. I'm posting it later in Quick Hits.

Posted by: ace at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (1wjle)
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Didn't they already do that? I've long thought the ND fire of a few years ago was Muslim sabotage.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

49 I wish I could find the comment I made some months back about how I'd figured out that "youth" was going to be the next mobilized oppressed class. So when fucktards decide to say I'm a conspiracy theorist I can remind them that I am, except I call the conspiracies in advance.

We know it's not really youth - it's leftards, illegals, and muslims - but the media is going to keep reporting it that way. And they're going to keep mobilizing "youth".

You know who else liked "youth"?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (C/YEn)

50 Paris is burning...I can see it from afar.

Posted by: Don Dokken at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (TN0g+)

51 39 Watching a lot of videos over the weekend from Europeans wanting to boot out the immigrants, even those granted citizenship. Even if there were the will to do this on a large scale, what about the the tens of millions children who were born here? I don't think they can be deported and are as great a threat as their parents. Europe is so screwed.

Same situation we are facing here.
Posted by: Ripley

Most nations there are not insane enough like our Scotus to give instant citizenship to asshole invaders just for being born there. Most require one if not both parents to be citizens for the child to be a citizen. And most of the invaders are single males that their originating countries are glad to be rid of.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (E4rtv)

52 Hmmm, let me ponder my options...

1. Save Western Civilization from barbarian mobs, or
2. Sway gently back and forth at a Celine Dion concert, mouthing the word of some syrupy ballad.

Really, my choice is obvious!

Posted by: Macron at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (HD2n/)

53 That looks like 2020 America
Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 12:15 PM (enNUy)
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Yeah, in major blue cities, and a few redder ones.

For the most part, all that peaceful fiery protesting was not happening in many areas of the USA.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (w65YX)

54 I read through leftwing forums on this and they have a number of...theories

1) These are native French people protesting peacefully as they often do in this case because they have underfunded schools. There is NO violence and these are the native French

2) Of course there is violence this is a plot by the far right to make the French left look bad! (Note on the sites I went to no one could actually name who the French far right might be). There are French Boogaloo boys!

3) Of course this is a violent protest by immigrants - because the French have been racist to them they have a right and a responsibility by any means necessary to respond!

And yes people arguing these mutually exclusive theories also then go on to agree with each other

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (sKqQm)

55 He said they needed a "whiff of grapeshot."

And he was correct!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (k5CNB)
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At closer range, switch to canister. More projectiles.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (amcLV)

56 53 They happened where they had friendly governments....

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (YwEeS)

57 If the police withdrew from my street of 10 houses, the more than 100 weapons here could repel any invaders. Only danger to residents might be crossfire. We don't have to throw dinner plates.

Posted by: Royal Doulton On Display at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (EdP2u)

58 Here's a little good news: Milanese citizens are throwing plates down from their balconies on to the heads of "students protesting class sizes."

The femboy in the video whines about sons-of-bitches throwing things on to the heads of Mostly Peaceful Protesters.

I hope they move on to manhole covers.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

59 37
Been following this on X, especially the French accounts that have been trying to warn us.

They pretty much have conceded defeat, but know that here in the US, there is still a chance.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (w65YX)

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The protestors are cowards, and a few dozen Frenchmen armed with clubs could beat them back pretty easily.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (+B3Bm)

60 My main concern with France is, in what way is Trump going to take advantage? My secondary concern is what will Italy do?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (Pee1E)

61 Even if there were the will to do this on a large scale, what about the the tens of millions children who were born here? I don't think they can be deported and are as great a threat as their parents. Europe is so screwed.

All comes down to whether they want to do it or not. This same scenario has played out repeatedly across the world with the Algerians for example kicking out the French and the Soviets kicking the Germans out of a bunch of places.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (sKqQm)

62 the French military is on the brink of being exterminated if they don't do something"

The same military that serves halal food?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM

I don't know about halal but I once participated in a joint exercise with some french troops in Nijmegen Holland for an anniversary exercise and we went to the french mess hall for lunch.

They gave me a tray with a big chunk of black bread on it and a guy behind the counter poured some purple yougurt onto it. I threw it into the trash and went to our tent and got a c ration.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (I43vL)

63 Do not surrender until you see the whites of their eyes!

Posted by: General Emmanuel Macron at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (d6JUK)

64 Makes you wonder if they seeded the illegals all around the country not merely for "votes" but riot bodies.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (C/YEn)

65 They merely want a fellow..umm student...released from prison...."

You mean like in Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberte de Quebec. In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (pfXMo)

66 We know it's not really youth - it's leftards, illegals, and muslims - but the media is going to keep reporting it that way. And they're going to keep mobilizing "youth".

You know who else liked "youth"?

Ernst Rohm?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)

67 "Violent protests have broken out across Europe amid growing frustration over the cost of living crisis, a lack of affordable housing and deteriorating school conditions."

I don't this excuse is the flex these morons think it is. Even if that was the motivation -- it's not, but let's pretend it is -- then ... SO WHAT?

If you are violent and destroying your own cities (!) over "a lack of affordable housing" then you are just as feral, and just as guilty of serious crimes, and just as deserving of having a bullet fired through your head, as anyone else who violently riots for any other reason.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (iFTx/)

68 We know it's not really youth - it's leftards, illegals, and muslims - but the media is going to keep reporting it that way. And they're going to keep mobilizing "youth".

You know who else liked "youth"?
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (C/YEn)
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Young people around the world are being mobilized.

It's always the young and stupid that are the foot soldiers of the revolution.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (w65YX)

69 Watching Europe slowly but steadily self immolate isn't going to end well. In our lifetime, we are going back to Europe to save them, again.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (N39Ws)

70
You mean like in Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberte de Quebec. In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (pfXMo)

Do you think they'll even try to release them?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (C/YEn)

71 My secondary concern is what will Italy do?
Posted by: Braenyard

Change sides a lot

Posted by: 88C+u, student of history at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (88C+u)

72 In our lifetime, we are going back to Europe to save them, again.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (N39Ws)

What do you mean we white man

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (C/YEn)

73 I read through leftwing forums on this and they have a number of...theories

Posted by: 18-1
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I thought Macron blamed Trump. High diesel prices/inflation.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (JzUSu)

74 You know who else liked "youth"?
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (C/YEn)
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The Emperor Tiberius?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (amcLV)

75 They burned down the gambling house...it died with an AWFL sound...

Posted by: Ian Gillian at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (TN0g+)

76 You know what's a great solution to class sizes being too big?

Deporting immigrants, including 2nd and 3rd generation immigrants.

I believe it's easier to strip citizenship (on paper) in places like France than in the US.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (+B3Bm)

77 The "Palestinian" flag is like a modern pirate flag, if pirates were malformed, incompetent losers who like the taste of goat ass.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:19 PM (iFTx/)

This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Hasan P. at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (FVy9j)

78 Makes you wonder if they seeded the illegals all around the country not merely for "votes" but riot bodies.
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (C/YEn)
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Have you seen the Soros plans to seed rural red areas with migrants?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (w65YX)

79 >>The protestors are cowards, and a few dozen Frenchmen armed with clubs could beat them back pretty easily.

Why risk that when you can back off 1500 yards, cordon off the area and open up a long range, free-fire zone?

Pile up the bodies.
Anyone who comes to claim one gets deported.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (GkI/X)

80 Now, why, exactly, did you sojourn in France, of late?

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (Gqar

Because its traditional culture is magnificent, and the food is glorious.

And when Le Pen wins in April and cleans up the wog scum, I might go back!

Although I would prefer Zemmour...he is also conservative in other ways besides immigration.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (k5CNB)

81 It's always the young and stupid that are the foot soldiers of the revolution.

I am always amazed watching the children of "the rich" join socialist movements because "society is unfair to me"

Your daddy made his money working 30 years in the corporate world. At 20 you've done nothing and not only are you demanding the deal daddy got NOW, you also don't understand if you got your wish it would come from him like an inheritance but split a thousand different ways...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (sKqQm)

82 I always wonder, could Europe "snap" and suddenly some sort of real fascism rise up and purge the place? I sort of doubt it at this point, the whole place is cucked out.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (Htjsj)

83
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The protestors are cowards, and a few dozen Frenchmen armed with clubs could beat them back pretty easily.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed
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The French police just bought 2600 H&K 9mm sub machine guns.
???

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (Pee1E)

84 It's always Trump's fault.....and the Joos

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (YwEeS)

85
Because we can't acknowledge what the riots are really about, the media has decided to claim the riots in other countries are over "the increasing cost of living."

I believe this is the MSMs giving cover to the upcoming Red/Green riots they expect to see in Blueshitholes.

See! See!!! It's not just Our Commies and muslims being rioting a-holes.

Trump's ruined the cost of living for everyone!!!1111

The "reason" is never the "reason". And so it goes.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (YSUhf)

86 Of course the "students" want better schools and lower prices... That's why they burned schools down and businesses too... That's sure to help both the schools and the economy right ?

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (+gK6I)

87 Do you think they'll even try to release them?"

Nah. It's for the $600 million...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (pfXMo)

88 73 I read through leftwing forums on this and they have a number of...theories

Posted by: 18-1
________

I thought Macron blamed Trump. High diesel prices/inflation.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (JzUSu)

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"This'll show Trump."
-Macron lets a country Trump has no ties to nor care of burn to the ground

"Le oui!"
-The French, from the center-right to the hard left, along with a large number of the hard-right who hate America for other reasons

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:28 PM (+B3Bm)

89 >>The "Palestinian" flag is like a modern pirate flag, if pirates were malformed, incompetent losers who like the taste of goat ass.

The Keffiyeh is how you pick your primary targets.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:28 PM (GkI/X)

90 "Still whipping that dead horse, they are...
Posted by: ma"

They going to switch over to right wing extremists taking advantage of the riots to spread hate. If they can only find some...

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (GUOwU)

91 I'm not sure if it's in one of the videos, but to me, the most devastating picture out of France was of an 80-year-old couple stripped down to their underwear after being robbed by youths who just want new textbooks.

I cannot get this horrible vision out of my mind.

So if any of you know if it was AI let me know.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (iOpI2)

92 You mean like in Northern Ireland, the seven members of the New Provo Front. In Canada, the five imprisoned leaders of Liberte de Quebec. In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (pfXMo)

Do you think they'll even try to release them?
Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (C/YEn)

And that one guy from the Judean Peoples Front.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (wVcYX)

93 82 I always wonder, could Europe "snap" and suddenly some sort of real fascism rise up and purge the place? I sort of doubt it at this point, the whole place is cucked out.

Posted by: Leupold
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Like some Butch dude overthrow the castle and put Charlie and his horse in the Tower?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (Pee1E)

94
The protestors are cowards, and a few dozen Frenchmen armed with clubs could beat them back pretty easily.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

They need a resistance to the resistance.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (Cqx++)

95 The right soundtrack can change everything!

https://tinyurl.com/58vdmp6w

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (ndZc7)

96 I hope they move on to manhole covers.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Rocks and boiling oil poured on street rioters from a height are cheaper.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

97 Have you seen the Soros plans to seed rural red areas with migrants?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (w65YX)

No but I know it's what they've been doing in England

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (C/YEn)

98 This is all by design.

Keep up the riots until people long for a police state.

Problem/Reaction/Solution

Posted by: logprof at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (SEVpS)

99 Oh I fully expect riots in blue shit holes, thing is Trump will not tolerate it...

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (YwEeS)

100 >>Because its traditional culture is magnificent, and the food is glorious.

Notice that he avoided referencing the French People.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:30 PM (GkI/X)

101 And the foreign flags ? They just added a bit of colour to the mostly peaceful "protests."

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 12:30 PM (+gK6I)

102 My secondary concern is what will Italy do?
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So let's say every German troop required the preparation of two pizzas...how many pizzas would need to be prepared in that scenario?

Posted by: Colonel Hogan at October 19, 2026 12:30 PM (TN0g+)

103 About that flag situation ...

... you just watch as more French flags are deliberately inserted into these riots. These are not organic riots. These are the same rent-a-mobs as always, which means they are created and can be somewhat controlled.

Remember all the "protests" in the USA by BLM, antifa, and other mutty scum that were filled with foreign flags? Mexican, communist, NAMLA, and other foreign flags.

Also remember that as soon as normals starting noticing all these foreign flags, and the complete absence of any USA flags, that suddenly USA flags started popping up? An obvious op.

I expect the same thing to happen in France.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

104 The French police just bought 2600 H&K 9mm sub machine guns.
???

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:27 PM (Pee1E)

Just bought. So, there was nothing before.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 12:30 PM (q921n)

105
93 82 I always wonder, could Europe "snap" and suddenly some sort of real fascism rise up and purge the place? I sort of doubt it at this point, the whole place is cucked out.

Posted by: Leupold
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I suspect that is exactly what the ruling class wants in Euroland and here. Makes it a lot easier for consent of the governed for fascism/communism if the proles are scared into it by invaders. Divide and conquer is an eternal tactic of rulers.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

106 99 Oh I fully expect riots in blue shit holes, thing is Trump will not tolerate it...

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (YwEeS)

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Trump has sent in the national guard to major metros this term for reasons related to crime (Memphis and DC, mostly).

And the fed grant machine was cut off at the knees.

If there was going to be rioting in Trump 2.0, it would have already happened. Instead, we get 80 year old prog Boomers waving No Kings signs every few weeks, a few more of them dying every passing day.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:31 PM (+B3Bm)

107 My favorite video from the French riots so far is a blonde Frenchwoman rushing to her store that was being looted by Africans and telling them she is down with the cause and voted for immigration and welfare for them as they...push her aside and keep looting her store.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:31 PM (sKqQm)

108 My recollection is that the Police nationale handled the Algerian riots in France pretty damned forcibly.

Then, of course:
"After the suppression of the Paris Commune by the French Army in May 1871, 43,000 Communards were taken prisoner, and 6,500 to 7,500 fled abroad"

Something has changed.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 12:31 PM (XeU6L)

109 And that one guy from the Judean Peoples Front.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (wVcYX)
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POPULAR FRONT!!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (amcLV)

110 Well the lesson they learned from WWII is that their country will survive if they surrender and cooperate with their invaders. Of course some indignities ensued, but the buildings and art were unscathed.

I think it is coming as a rude surprise that these invaders may be more than willing to burn the whole place to the ground.

Posted by: C'est la vie at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (anL5R)

111 I always wonder, could Europe "snap" and suddenly some sort of real fascism rise up and purge the place? I sort of doubt it at this point, the whole place is cucked out.

Right? Tthe dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (Riz8t)

112 The protestors are cowards, and a few dozen Frenchmen armed with clubs could beat them back pretty easily.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (+B3Bm)

Probably not. There is a core of trained thugs, and their tactics are excellent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (k5CNB)

113 60 My secondary concern is what will Italy do?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:24 PM (Pee1E)

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Meloni is much more willing to say anti-Islam things than Macron.

There's apparently a "public safety" meeting today.

There were 200 arrests in Milan.

I suspect Italy cracks down pretty quickly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (+B3Bm)

114
An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)

115 So let's say every German troop required the preparation of two pizzas...how many pizzas would need to be prepared in that scenario?
Posted by: Colonel Hogan at October 19, 2026 12:30 PM (TN0g+)

Kein Strudel? Ich habe die Traurige.

Posted by: Sgt. Schultz at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (3aLWR)

116 Right now if you are a native Frenchman and you act against the invaders they will send you away for a long long time. Yes, while claiming they can't do anything about the invaders rioting and looting.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (sKqQm)

117 >>My favorite video from the French riots so far is a blonde Frenchwoman rushing to her store that was being looted by Africans and telling them she is down with the cause and voted for immigration and welfare for them as they...push her aside and keep looting her store.

It's a write-off, Jerry!

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (GkI/X)

118 112
Probably not. There is a core of trained thugs, and their tactics are excellent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (k5CNB)

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There's video of one dude with a baton in Milan chasing off literally dozens of protestors from his store.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (+B3Bm)

119 No but I know it's what they've been doing in England"

SE Ohio waves...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (pfXMo)

120 My condolences publius.

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (YwEeS)

121 I'll have to read this today, comment tomorrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (RIvkX)

122 103 About that flag situation ...

... you just watch as more French flags are deliberately inserted into these riots. These are not organic riots. These are the same rent-a-mobs as always, which means they are created and can be somewhat controlled.
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They weren't forced to be there.
They can be permanently controlled.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (Pee1E)

123 God bless her and prayers for your family pub

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (C/YEn)

124 I think it is coming as a rude surprise that these invaders may be more than willing to burn the whole place to the ground.

As Raspail noted, they'll rip off your ornate oak door to use for wood.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (sKqQm)

125 They need roof top Koreans

Posted by: nckate at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (enNUy)

126 Prayers up for you, Miley, and the rest of your family, publius.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:34 PM (w65YX)

127 So if any of you know if it was AI let me know.

It was AI.

Posted by: That guy who always says it was AI at October 19, 2026 12:34 PM (Riz8t)

128 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb

Thanks for letting us know, and thanks to you and Mikey for your devoted care for her. May The Lord comfort you both and others who knew and loved your mom.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 12:34 PM (JrHfD)

129 a few more of them dying every passing day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October

Not enough dying!

Posted by: MAC V SOG at October 19, 2026 12:34 PM (P4Pk9)

130 Jimi Hendrix wrote the song "House Burning Down" questioning the wisdom of rioters burning down their own neighborhoods and stores in the wake of MLK being killed. Guess they should have blamed class size.

Posted by: Match Unto My Feets at October 19, 2026 12:34 PM (EdP2u)

131 Sadly there are white faces in that pic full of Arab flags. Thise white French girls are gonna have fun when the caliphate arrives in earnest.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:34 PM (4ZhPW)

132 114
An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius

Sorry, prayers for you and your wife. Saying goodbye is never easy for those of us who loved.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (E4rtv)

133 National Guard trooper shot last night in DC. I think the NG returned fire but need more range time because the perp is still alive.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (KC5Lt)

134 Reuters headline.

French High Schoolers Fight To "Learn In Dignity"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (ndZc7)

135 Sorry for your loss publius.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (sKqQm)

136 publius, Rascally Mr. Miley"

Damn. Prayers.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (pfXMo)

137 With many people in France still stunned on Monday by the scale of the damage
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Who could have possibly predicted this?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (RIvkX)

138 Sorry for your loss publius

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (lJ0H4)

139 Meloni is much more willing to say anti-Islam things than Macron.

There's apparently a "public safety" meeting today.

There were 200 arrests in Milan.

I suspect Italy cracks down pretty quickly.

Agreed. Meloni has more balls than the entire French government.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)

140 Reportedly, SCOTUS has agreed to hear a case on the prohibition of in-home distilling... for those of you who might consider sous videing your own personal hooch.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (ExV1e)

141 "Miley" not "Mikey"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 12:35 PM (JrHfD)

142 118 112
Probably not. There is a core of trained thugs, and their tactics are excellent.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (k5CNB)

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There's video of one dude with a baton in Milan chasing off literally dozens of protestors from his store.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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See no reason that both statements cannot be true.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)

143 I like bamboo wind chimes much better than metal ones.

Metal ones are too jarring.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (w65YX)

144 There were 200 arrests in Milan.

I suspect Italy cracks down pretty quickly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and
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she hates Macron with a passion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (Pee1E)

145 Afternoon Ace., hope your weekend was good
I wonder how many jihadists have managed to infiltrate both the French police and the French military?. Might make a crackdown difficult. That is the if Macron is not too busy at Taylor Swift concerts

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (vJPf4)

146 Condolences for you and yours, Publius.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (GkI/X)

147 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)

Lord, grant her peaceful eternal rest and give comfort to publius and miley.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (wVcYX)

148 Publius - I'm always at a loss to convey my condolences. No matter how heartfelt they are, they sound like platitudes. But, my sincere condolences, thoughts and prayers are with you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (XeU6L)

149 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)
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Blessed are You hashem the true Judge.

Please accept my condolences to you and miley.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (RIvkX)

150 120 My condolences publius.
Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (YwEeS)

Mine too.. I know how hard that is...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 12:36 PM (+gK6I)

151 Import Muslims, get Gaza
Import Africans, get Africa
Import Syrians, get Syria
Import millions of migrants that have no desire to "assimilate" or "acculturate", instead wanting all the benefits they can receive/steal and you've imported invaders.
Men fleeing war zones or poverty bring their families along with them.
Men going off to invade, plunder and rape leave their families at home.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (MNCvZ)

152 There's video of one dude with a baton in Milan chasing off literally dozens of protestors from his store.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (+B3Bm)

Well, that's Milan. You said "Frenchmen."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (k5CNB)

153 Sadly there are white faces in that pic full of Arab flags. Thise white French girls are gonna have fun when the caliphate arrives in earnest.

This is a while back, but I had a female acquaintance in college who started dating an arab Muslim. She couldn't stop talking about him he was rich, he was cultured, and his religion was nothing like the haters claimed!

Then she flew to his home country to meet the family.

The two of them were broken up by the time she got home and suddenly discussing him was...off limits.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (sKqQm)

154 Sadly there are white faces in that pic full of Arab flags."

Ever been to North Africa?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (pfXMo)

155 The left is just flat-out brazen lying that it's "students" who are "protesting" about "schools."

Not one of those is true.

And they do not care that you can see the lies with your own eyes.

Because the lies aren't for you:
They're for their women and femininized men--who want to be lied to, refuse to listen to any but approved sources and will be eager cannon fodder to throw their bodies in front of any attempt to restore order, having swallowed whole the lies.

The left means to have hundreds and thousands of innocent (or willing) fools killed in order to justify destroying democracy and installing themselves in power.

In every war, the most radical side always wins ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (3cUTc)

156 Oh I fully expect riots in blue shit holes, thing is Trump will not tolerate it...

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (YwEeS)

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Trump has sent in the national guard to major metros this term for reasons related to crime (Memphis and DC, mostly).

And the fed grant machine was cut off at the knees.

If there was going to be rioting in Trump 2.0, it would have already happened. Instead, we get 80 year old prog Boomers waving No Kings signs every few weeks, a few more of them dying every passing day.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:31 PM (+B3Bm)
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And look at the "Cornell 7" protests on college campuses. If any protest should reflect the demographics of a specific, insulated demographic of affected people, it would be protests on college campuses.

But it's not. There seem to be no real college students at these protests. It's all the same organized rent-a-mobs of fat repulsive losers and genetic aberrations as are at every woke protest.

You could add up the "numbers" of every girl appearing at these protests and combined it wouldn't even be a Golden Corral 3.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (iFTx/)

157
Thank you all. Arrangements are being made, and it may be a while before I'm back on the blog today. But I appreciate you all. Thanks.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (w6EFb)

158 Then she flew to his home country to meet the family.
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Sounds like "Not Without My Daughter."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (amcLV)

159 I somehow came across Paul Krugmans substack/newsletter and he said he can understand why these riots are happening because of the lack of education spending.

But he then acknowledgdes Frances fiscal situation is a mess and needs real reforms (but not the kind right wingers propose)

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (Htjsj)

160 >>Well, that's Milan. You said "Frenchmen."

All Day-Old Baguette are Batons...

but, not ALL Batons are Day-Old Baguette.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (GkI/X)

161 Thank you, Lord, for President Trump. This is the globalists' plan in action, and the U.S.GD.S. now has a fighting chance to prevent the same fate.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (offKY)

162 152 There's video of one dude with a baton in Milan chasing off literally dozens of protestors from his store.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:33 PM (+B3Bm)

Well, that's Milan. You said "Frenchmen."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (k5CNB)

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True, imagining Frenchmen in Paris taking up arms to defend literally anything is a fantasy.

But, if they ever did, they could discover that they are strong. At least, stronger than the kids who just want to loot and aren't actually part of the hardened central committees.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:38 PM (+B3Bm)

163 favorite video from the French riots so far is a blonde Frenchwoman rushing to her store that was being looted by Africans and telling them she is down with the cause and voted for immigration and welfare for them as they...push her aside and keep looting her store.

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During the summer of love there was a viral video of these guys in an apartment cheering on the looters. And then they started throwing shit at them. And the guys are like what’s happening here we support you, followed by a bunch more rocks thrown at their windows.

These retards will never learn.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:39 PM (4ZhPW)

164 139 Meloni is much more willing to say anti-Islam things than Macron.

There's apparently a "public safety" meeting today.

There were 200 arrests in Milan.

I suspect Italy cracks down pretty quickly.

Agreed. Meloni has more balls than the entire French government.
Posted by: Archimedes

Part of it I think is that Rome has a lot fewer Muslims, apparently they are concentrated in Northern Italy for some reason rather than Rome and southwards. France allowed Paris to be surrounded by these thugs. Macron was probably at the Celine Dion concert in Belgium in part because security told him not to be home.

Macron strikes me as a moral and physical coward and thus easily manipulated by oligarchs pulling his strings.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

165 One of the most comical things about the refugee narrative is why are almost all of the "refugees" young men?

Traditionally its women, children, and the elderly fleeing but now its...different somehow.

And of course those same refugees use their welfare $$$ to fly home and potentially marry a girl there since now they have the money to...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:39 PM (sKqQm)

166 As long as Islam exists there will be no peace.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 19, 2026 12:40 PM (CHHv1)

167 My favorite video from the French riots so far is a blonde Frenchwoman rushing to her store that was being looted by Africans and telling them she is down with the cause and voted for immigration and welfare for them as they...push her aside and keep looting her store.
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OUI I VOTED FOR THE LEOPARDS EATING PEOPLES FACES PARTY!!!!

Posted by: French Shopwoman at October 19, 2026 12:40 PM (anL5R)

168 164 Part of it I think is that Rome has a lot fewer Muslims, apparently they are concentrated in Northern Italy for some reason rather than Rome and southwards. France allowed Paris to be surrounded by these thugs. Macron was probably at the Celine Dion concert in Belgium in part because security told him not to be home.

Macron strikes me as a moral and physical coward and thus easily manipulated by oligarchs pulling his strings.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:39 PM (E4rtv)

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The further south you go, the less power the government has, replaced by old family power in the form of organizations like the Mafia.

Don Angelo doesn't want Sicily burned up by Africans. He's not going to let it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:40 PM (+B3Bm)

169 In every war, the most radical side always wins ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (3cUTc)

?

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (KC5Lt)

170 Macron was dancing as Paris saw riots, but at least Macron was not "fiddling while Paris burned", like Nero. Dancing is so much better than fiddling ... right?

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (vbXSk)

171 It makes me sad to see all the beautiful architecture that they so willingly destroy. It doesn't mean anything to them. History means nothing. They just want to tear everything down and this will happen to the United States because the left is on the rise..

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (NpAcC)

172
But it's not. There seem to be no real college students at these protests. It's all the same organized rent-a-mobs of fat repulsive losers and genetic aberrations as are at every woke protest

There have been repeatedly revelations that leftist protestors get paid. And not even in the vague sense of someone who has a do-nothing job at an NGO having time to go - you show up at a protest they hand you a sign and at the end of the day hand you $$$.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (sKqQm)

173 favorite video from the French riots so far is a blonde Frenchwoman rushing to her store that was being looted by Africans and telling them she is down with the cause and voted for immigration and welfare for them as they...push her aside and keep looting her store.

-

During the summer of love there was a viral video of these guys in an apartment cheering on the looters. And then they started throwing shit at them. And the guys are like what’s happening here we support you, followed by a bunch more rocks thrown at their windows.

These retards will never learn.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

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There's a viral story where this white women in Austin Texas that moved into a black neighborhood, and they basically have all teamed up to get the white woman to leave.

she has a Talarico sign in her yard and is mystified why they dont like her

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (Htjsj)

174 Well, that's Milan. You said "Frenchmen."

He's on il rotolo...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (pfXMo)

175 But but but Mike Cernovich told me that blaming Islam was a low-IQ take.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (88C+u)

176 The downfall of Europe has begun.

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (0U5gm)

177 Well, that's Milan. You said "Frenchmen."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (k5CNB)

Forget it. He's rolling.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (C/YEn)

178 In every war, the most radical side always wins ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

I would rephrase it as the side that is willing to kill and use violence without limit is usually the side that wins. Radical but peaceful rarely do.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (E4rtv)

179 Publius and Miley , condolences to you and your family on your loss

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (vJPf4)

180 167 My favorite video from the French riots so far is a blonde Frenchwoman rushing to her store that was being looted by Africans and telling them she is down with the cause and voted for immigration and welfare for them as they...push her aside and keep looting her store.
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OUI I VOTED FOR THE LEOPARDS EATING PEOPLES FACES PARTY!!!!
Posted by: French Shopwoman at October 19, 2026 12:40 PM (anL5R)

Like that scene in The Dark Knight Rises when Daggett's slimy second is before Scarecrow's "People's Court" and he pleads that he shouldn't be there because he is "one of you (da people)".

Nope, death by exile for you!

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (oPFtC)

181 Goid afternoon Ace and everyone
I saw the video of the French police running away, and get the usual French surrendering. But remember Napoleon ran all over Europe for a few years

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (cpwMZ)

182 Watching a lot of videos over the weekend from Europeans wanting to boot out the immigrants, even those granted citizenship. Even if there were the will to do this on a large scale, what about the the tens of millions children who were born here? I don't think they can be deported and are as great a threat as their parents. Europe is so screwed.

Same situation we are facing here.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 12:21 PM (GUOwU)
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One distinct advantage is that America is a cultural thing. It eventually just consumes you or if you won't assimilate, eventually the political will pops up to make it so. That is happening now. Europe is teeming with ethnic rivalry. They added a bunch more to the pot. It will get ugly when it explodes,and lots of people will get killed. Once the governments of Europe decide to ignite their native populations by refusing to do anything to stop the invading hordes, watch out.

Posted by: Black JEM at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (7/DDO)

183 "Toussi TV pointed out that no mosques had been targeted. Of course not."

Maybe that should change. If there are any patriots left in France, I would start there.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (P9Ea3)

184 >> Mike Cernovich told me that blaming Islam was a low-IQ take.

Cerno ... isn't he that lisping cuck?

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (GkI/X)

185 It makes me sad to see all the beautiful architecture that they so willingly destroy. It doesn't mean anything to them. History means nothing. They just want to tear everything down and this will happen to the United States because the left is on the rise..

I mean, would it be so bad to lose a bunch of the hideous po-mo postwar crap buildings?

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:42 PM (Riz8t)

186 Wait. Krugman said something wrong and stupid? Since when?!

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (88C+u)

187 "They will make a fire with your beautiful oak door."

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (0U5gm)

188 I would rephrase it as the side that is willing to kill and use violence without limit is usually the side that wins. Radical but peaceful rarely do.

Imagine if the US had fought Vietnam like WWII or the WoT like the Moro insurrection...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

189 The videos of the French communist/islamic insurrection have a lot of antifa black block running what look like coordinated attacks that look identical to what's been going on in Portland for years and erupted during the BLM insurrection.

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (lQntB)

190 If you are on X and not following DataRepublican you should be. She's in the process of detailing exactly where these "students" are getting their money and organizing instructions.

It's a much bigger web than any of us had ever imagined. And it also helps explain why communists and Islamists are working together.

None of this is spontaneous. We are at war. It's a good idea to know who we are actually fighting.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (viF8m)

191 "I think it is coming as a rude surprise that these invaders may be more than willing to burn the whole place to the ground.
Posted by: 18-1"

And I thought I would not live long enough to see the Burning Times.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (GUOwU)

192 There's a viral story where this white women in Austin Texas that moved into a black neighborhood, and they basically have all teamed up to get the white woman to leave.

she has a Talarico sign in her yard and is mystified why they dont like her
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:41 PM (Htjsj)

Ace had a poast about that last week, I think.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (oPFtC)

193 So, FINALLY Paris is burning?
Well, better 82 years late than never.

Posted by: Failed Austrian Painter named Shickelgruber at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (MNCvZ)

194 Last time I was in Europe I was amazed at how there is graffiti everywhere on their fancy old buildings

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

195 175 But but but Mike Cernovich told me that blaming Islam was a low-IQ take.
Posted by: 88C+u
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Cuckovich is cooked, his flip flop act is boring and tedious and show he has the backbone of a jellyfish. His bitching that Trump did not hire him for a plum job is even funnier and revealing of his 'Gorrilla Mindset".

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (E4rtv)

196 Mike Cernovich told me that blaming Islam was a low-IQ take.
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It is. Even low IQ people know it's true.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (C/YEn)

197 In Sri Lanka, the nine members of the Asian Dawn movement...?
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (pfXMo)

Did you read about them in Time Magazine?

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (P9Ea3)

198 They just want a class size of 0.
Nobody goes to school, everybody parties all the time, and when they're bored they set a police car on fire or rob some fashion store.
C'est la vie!

Posted by: PG at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (yOA5+)

199
It was the Pope showing up in Paris last month that triggered all this.

That mullah in that Islamorama room they set up in the Vatican should've told ya.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (Y8DZL)

200 Napoleon knew how to handle the mob.

The French army needs to be in the street, to strike down upon the mobs with great vengeance and furious anger.
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (ZxPkt)

Napoleon didn't have a nationwide seditious media platform dedicated not just to screaming RACISSS! at every opportunity, but also to influence the minds of the softheaded masses by constantly airing pictures and interviews of 'peaceful civilians' being murdered by right-wing tyrants.

Want to stop this? Go weapons-free on any 'protestor,' lock up any 'media' representative and burn every mosque in France to the ground.

But Westerners would rather die than be called racist.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (qRla/)

201 >>Ace had a poast about that last week, I think.

If he didn't mention it in the Comments, does it matter?

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (GkI/X)

202 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius

Sorry to hear that. Prayers.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (q921n)

203 Oh yeah the parking Karen from Austin lol.

She’ll be waving the BLM flag as her house is burned to the ground.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (4ZhPW)

204 Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (viF8m)

The Red/Green alliance rears its ugly head.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (oPFtC)

205 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM

Prayers for your family. May her memory be eternal.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 19, 2026 12:44 PM (raF1/)

206 Did you read about them in Time Magazine?"

Indeed.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:45 PM (pfXMo)

207 Napoleon did defeat the far left of his time.

Of course the French people were pretty damn tired of them and willing to try something different too...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:45 PM (sKqQm)

208 114 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius

My prayers for her and all of you.
I would occasionally wonder how things were.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 12:45 PM (Sco7b)

209 >>Want to stop this? Go weapons-free on any 'protestor,' lock up any 'media' representative and burn every mosque in France to the ground.

This would be an excellent way to start.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:45 PM (GkI/X)

210 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius

More prayers for all of you.

Posted by: mikeski at October 19, 2026 12:45 PM (VHUov)

211 France has always been on the edge of becoming Communist run.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:45 PM (KC5Lt)

212 188 I would rephrase it as the side that is willing to kill and use violence without limit is usually the side that wins. Radical but peaceful rarely do.

Imagine if the US had fought Vietnam like WWII or the WoT like the Moro insurrection...
Posted by: 18-1

US beat the Viet Cong. And later the NVa regulars. But S. Vietnam could not survive the Democrats and cowardly Gerald Ford ignored US treaty obligations to bomb the shit of the NVa regulars invading S. Vietnam like the Paris Accords allowed. Ford probably figured he would get impeached and removed if he did that.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

213 The white woman who's store was looted by invaders has become a focal point for both the right and left.
The right is correctly, IMHO pointing out that she supports the invaders and is shocked that leopard's are now eating her face
The left is reacting to the rights reaction saying the right has no empathy for her. First thing the left has been correct on in a while

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (vJPf4)

214 194 Last time I was in Europe I was amazed at how there is graffiti everywhere on their fancy old buildings
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

I was in Athens, Greece (not Georgia) for a day back in June and, yeah, I was surprised at all the tags I saw on buildings. The ones in English were usually "Free Palestine" and a few "Fuck the IDF" ones.

Posted by: Thrawn at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (oPFtC)

215 So this is how Socialism works. Let the scum into your country and tear it apart. Don't bitch and complain because that would be rude. Let the scum do their thing. How stupid can you be?

Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (ROPCF)

216 The videos of the French communist/islamic insurrection have a lot of antifa black block running what look like coordinated attacks that look identical to what's been going on in Portland for years and erupted during the BLM insurrection.

Not surprising, since Antifa is a European creation.

• Italy and Germany: Early anti-fascist resistance emerged in the 1920s to oppose Benito Mussolini's rise in Italy (such as the Arditi del Popolo) and Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party in Germany.

• Antifaschistische Aktion: The direct namesake (Antifa) originated in Germany in 1932 as Antifaschistische Aktion, a militant front formed by the German Communist Party to counter Nazi paramilitary forces

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

217 A few weeks ago I saw a video of a “student leader” named Ibrahim or something like that, you know a classic French name. He said he was protesting because some of his classes were over 30 students.

I mean 30 students in a class? Surely that’s reason to burn the country down.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (4ZhPW)

218 None of this is spontaneous. We are at war. It's a good idea to know who we are actually fighting.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (viF8m)
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This^

She's been doing an amazing job, especially teaming up with Glenn Beck, who does have a way of breaking things down.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (w65YX)

219 Publius, sincere condolences. My mother passed away in 2005 and dad two years later. Reagan’s line from his Challenger speech helped ease the loss a wee bit when that final moment came: “they broke the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God.”

Posted by: TxAnn at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (itAg7)

220 213 The left is reacting to the rights reaction saying the right has no empathy for her. First thing the left has been correct on in a while

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (vJPf4)

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"You are correct. We don't care. When the third worlders attack you, we will not defend you."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (+B3Bm)

221 But Westerners would rather die than be called racist."

This.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (pfXMo)

222 I hope they don't attack the media or places where the media operate from. That would be a bridge too far.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (C/YEn)

223 Leftwing LIVs tend to compartmentalize things in an amazing way.

I would love to see an interview with that French shopowner as to whether her views have changed but I suspect the answer would be something like:

These were bad people and should be arrested. But of course our immigrants face discrimination and the media vilify them unfairly. So NON! I have not changed my views

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

224 The Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play in Paris next Sunday. Interested to see what happens.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

225 La fête et la casse. The twin ideals of French (?) youth.

Posted by: PG at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (yOA5+)

226 US beat the Viet Cong. And later the NVa regulars. But S. Vietnam could not survive the Democrats and cowardly Gerald Ford ignored US treaty obligations to bomb the shit of the NVa regulars invading S. Vietnam like the Paris Accords allowed. Ford probably figured he would get impeached and removed if he did that.
Posted by: whig

==

US won Vietnam on the battlefield, the S Vietnamese though just never stepped and never would.

There's a lesson there, like Iran is probably never going to rise up and overthrow that regime.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (Htjsj)

227 No rooftop Europeans, I see.

Any country unwilling to kill to protect itself will fall. And deserves to fall.

Deus Vult.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (s1VwS)

228 You could add up the "numbers" of every girl appearing at these protests and combined it wouldn't even be a Golden Corral 3.
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The Blade, he speaks the language of the people.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (TN0g+)

229 190 If you are on X and not following DataRepublican you should be. She's in the process of detailing exactly where these "students" are getting their money and organizing instructions.

It's a much bigger web than any of us had ever imagined. And it also helps explain why communists and Islamists are working together.

None of this is spontaneous. We are at war. It's a good idea to know who we are actually fighting.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (viF8m)
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I follow her and from what she's said so far, looks huge.

Posted by: beckster at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (kX27y)

230 Last time I was in Europe I was amazed at how there is graffiti everywhere on their fancy old buildings
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)

I was there in The 90s. Don’t remember much if any graffiti. I was there in the 2010s, every fucking so inch of walks covered in it.

Wonder what changed?

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (4ZhPW)

231 Condolences, Publius.

I hope she had a peaceful passing.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (iOpI2)

232 saying the right has no empathy"

Oh no. That's...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (pfXMo)

233 The Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play in Paris next Sunday. Interested to see what happens.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

They might want a back up plan.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (q921n)

234 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:46 PM (E4rtv)

My understanding is the South was actually holding their own and possibly winning after we withdrew and then Congress cut off all military aid.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (KC5Lt)

235 Mike Cernovich told me that blaming Islam was a low-IQ take.
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and the internet responded to Mike Cernovich: "It takes one, to know one".

Posted by: Who cares about that dope at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (anL5R)

236 The left is reacting to the rights reaction saying the right has no empathy for her. First thing the left has been correct on in a while

Meanwhile Elissa Slotkin just made the news arguing that we need to arrest so many people working for Trump that young right leaning people are afraid to get into politics.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

237 >>Want to stop this? Go weapons-free on any 'protestor,' lock up any 'media' representative and burn every mosque in France to the ground.

That would be satisfying but about as successful as putting out a fire on your mailbox while the house is burning down.

What we are seeing in France and the rest of the EU is foot soldiers. If we want to win we need to go after the money behind the troops.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (viF8m)

238 I would love to see an interview with that French shopowner as to whether her views have changed but I suspect the answer would be something like:

These were bad people and should be arrested. But of course our immigrants face discrimination and the media vilify them unfairly. So NON! I have not changed my views

To change her views would be to admit to herself that she's a smooth-brained idiot who ignored all the warning signs and the people telling her what was going to happen. You know, Obama voters.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

239 was there in The 90s. Don’t remember much if any graffiti. I was there in the 2010s, every fucking so inch of walks covered in it."

Same. It was jarring.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:49 PM (pfXMo)

240 The Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play in Paris next Sunday. Interested to see what happens.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

They might want a back up plan.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (q921n)

they could play in Paris, Texas. Would be a lot safer.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:49 PM (PSEDc)

241 >>These were bad people and should be arrested. But of course our immigrants face discrimination and the media vilify them unfairly. So NON! I have not changed my views

She is still going home to some brown dick, apparently.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:49 PM (GkI/X)

242 Meanwhile Elissa Slotkin just made the news arguing that we need to arrest so many people working for Trump that young right leaning people are afraid to get into politics.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

She's like 17 years late. They've been trying to intimidate anyone who disagrees since Ofaggot got started

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (C/YEn)

243 My understanding is the South was actually holding their own and possibly winning after we withdrew and then Congress cut off all military aid.
Posted by: polynikes

Certainly the South would have won had the US restarted B-52 carpet bombing of Hanoi and the invaders. Ford was another GOPe coward that let S. Vietnam fall rather than risk his office.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (E4rtv)

244 Last time I was in Europe I was amazed at how there is graffiti everywhere on their fancy old buildings
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I read an article that asserted practically every usable inch of public buildings, bridges, overpasses, etc in and around London were covered in graffiti and pornographic imagery. There is no effort by "the authorities" to do anything about it.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (TN0g+)

245 The important thing is that Macron did not have to miss the Celine Dion concert.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (iOpI2)

246 Watching Europe slowly but steadily self immolate isn't going to end well. In our lifetime, we are going back to Europe to save them, again.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 12:26 PM (N39Ws)

It would be amusing, if we activated the draft in order to do so, the sudden uptick in young women declaring that being delicate, stay at home, housewives is a woman's place.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (ExV1e)

247 Last time I was in Europe I was amazed at how there is graffiti everywhere on their fancy old buildings
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (sKqQm)
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But none in Iceland. Gee, I wonder why? What could be the reason? Do you know? I'm stumped. I need help.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

248 The Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play in Paris next Sunday. Interested to see what happens.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

They might want a back up plan.
==

*recalls Steelers Fans antics*

the rioters you mean?

Posted by: now a real riot has potential to occur at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (anL5R)

249 Saints are the home team for the game. If there isn't anything booked at the dome, that would be best bet.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (q921n)

250 Italy has fewer Muslimbs because they've been towing their boats back out to sea or better. No wet feet on Italy's shores.
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>>>But it's not. There seem to be no real college students at these protests. It's all the same organized rent-a-mobs ...

Posted by: Elric The Blade
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They are the same people moved from place to place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (Pee1E)

251 Hatred of western civilization and white people.... but mostly white people.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (xvV+O)

252 Wonder what changed?

The culture. It degraded, deteriorated, and declined.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (Riz8t)

253 Prayers for you and your family, Publius.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (OVr4G)

254 Wasn't Slotkin also one of the Senators helpfully advising serving military not to obey "unlawful"* orders?

*unlawful means, orders by Hegseth and Trump

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (88C+u)

255 After assassinating Diem S Vietnam had endemic issues with corruption.

While the US left them with equipment and a border they needed more American support...

One big what if in Vietnam is what if JFK had been assassinated a little earlier and Van Minh lost his opportunity due to the chaos in the US

And it is of course ironic that JFK got assassinated after officially allowing an allied leader to be assassinated...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)

256 >>But none in Iceland. Gee, I wonder why? What could be the reason? Do you know? I'm stumped. I need help.

Poland has mostly escaped this as well.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (GkI/X)

257 114
An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Prayers for eternal peace for your mother, and strength and comfort for you and your family.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)

258 they could play in Paris, Texas. Would be a lot safer."

Maybe not for the Steelers...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (pfXMo)

259 One site had a story saying that there are travel warnings starting to go out for travelers to France.

I hope the US does that too. That'd be hard for the media to ignore. And hopefully this just combusts all across Europe.

1. It has to eventually. I'm sick of waiting. Europe's only getting older.

2. It'd be almost impossible for the media to cover it up and the fact it's the immigrants.

3. It may help the Republicans in the midterms. And as the left has shown us, that's the only thing that matters. Right back at them.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (Sco7b)

260 >>I follow her and from what she's said so far, looks huge.

It's enormous. And the only thing between that blob and us is Trump and the feckless clowns on the Republican side of the aisled in Congress.

They are mostly useless but unlike the current Democrat Party they don't want to kill us.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:52 PM (viF8m)

261 "Meanwhile Elissa Slotkin just made the news arguing that we need to arrest so many people working for Trump that young right leaning people are afraid to get into politics.
Posted by: 18-1"

Well, she is a moderate Dem. The left wing just wants them all shot.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 12:52 PM (GUOwU)

262 My understanding is the South was actually holding their own and possibly winning after we withdrew and then Congress cut off all military aid.
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Yep, "Northern Aggression" struck again.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 12:52 PM (TN0g+)

263
Speaking of the Steelers, somebody has to show Mike Tomlinson the door.

His teevee is painful to listen to.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 12:52 PM (Y8DZL)

264 Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:43 PM (viF8m)

I hope that woman has some kind of armed protection because she is doing valiant work.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 12:52 PM (JrHfD)

265 These are organic protests of people who want to rid their countries of oppressive governments. That’s what they are waiving national flags. Racist.

BTW. Trump’s unpopular and that why Republicans are going to get trounced in the midterms. We need to snuff out MAGA so rioters like these from the Democrat Party can take over.

- The Media

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 12:52 PM (g0emv)

266 There's a lesson there, like Iran is probably never going to rise up and overthrow that regime.
Posted by: Leupold

Not necessary for US policy to destroy any ability for Iran to create much trouble for the neighborhood. Indeed, a core of people that hate and resent the regime are a perfect source of spies as the disaffected are always willing to rat out their own regimes.

And with no air defenses, gravity bombs are cheap and plentiful in our inventory.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (E4rtv)

267
Elderly couple literally stripped down to their underwear.

https://x.com/DolceVenezia74/
status/2111766298648535216

Reminds me of this.

https://tinyurl.com/j2jcx7u4

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (mmrXZ)

268 236 The left is reacting to the rights reaction saying the right has no empathy for her. First thing the left has been correct on in a while

Meanwhile Elissa Slotkin just made the news arguing that we need to arrest so many people working for Trump that young right leaning people are afraid to get into politics.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (sKqQm)

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In a population as large as ours, in a system where no, the left is nowhere near total power, all this does is push the hard-assed Republicans up the ladder. There will be 10s of thousands of Republicans from 18-24 who want thousands of jobs in the Trump admin who look at Slotkin threatening them with jail and laugh, saying, "Not before we get you first."

They're the ones who run towards battle to fight.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (+B3Bm)

269 Condolences Publius. Even if you are prepared it is still punch in the gut.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (xvV+O)

270 Ho Chi Minh said the North was about to sue for peace and then the protests in the states completely changed the North's resolve .

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (KC5Lt)

271 After assassinating Diem S Vietnam had endemic issues with corruption."

Hey, let's pour more resources in!

/

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (pfXMo)

272 Meanwhile Elissa Slotkin just made the news arguing that we need to arrest so many people working for Trump that young right leaning people are afraid to get into politics.

And her response to being noticed is to sneer, "spare me the pearl-clutching," because she's only mirroring the lawless attack on Ilhan Brother-Fucker by Trump.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (qRla/)

273 It would be amusing, if we activated the draft in order to do so, the sudden uptick in young women declaring that being delicate, stay at home, housewives is a woman's place.

I saw an episode of Whatever where they had a group of feminists arguing its unfair that we don't have as many women CEOs and politicians, so the host turned it a little and asked if the feminists thought women should be eligible for the draft in the interests of equality.

They all argued no and decided the reason why is that men like to fight and go to war unlike women. The host pointed out the draft is when the government makes you join the military because you don't want to invalidating their point.

The response? Well of course women can't fight as well as men either so drafting them is wrong...we are just weak little flowers that can't handle that kind of stress!

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

274 But none in Iceland. Gee, I wonder why? What could be the reason? Do you know? I'm stumped. I need help.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:50 PM (iFTx/)

The Venn diagram of graffiti makers and people who eat dried shark has no intersection.

Posted by: Iceland Facts at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (3aLWR)

275 This is why Democrats hate the Second Amendment. There would be a point at which the citizens of our country would stand for this type of shit, and would show up armed.

What are the French going to do- hit them with baguettes? They just threatened to burn down Notre Dame if their demands are not met.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (g0emv)

276 >>Ho Chi Minh said the North was about to sue for peace and then the protests in the states completely changed the North's resolve .

The American Left has never failed to support the Enemies of Freedom.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (GkI/X)

277 Not necessary for US policy to destroy any ability for Iran to create much trouble for the neighborhood. Indeed, a core of people that hate and resent the regime are a perfect source of spies as the disaffected are always willing to rat out their own regimes.

And with no air defenses, gravity bombs are cheap and plentiful in our inventory.
Posted by: whig

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Why doesn't Israel just go in there and knock it over?

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Htjsj)

278 have smaller class sizes?

Just their heads in little boxes would increase free space in the classrooms.

Posted by: DaveA at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (FhXTo)

279 Slotkin is looking more and more like she's ODing on her family's founded company products, Ballpark Franks

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (vJPf4)

280 And it is of course ironic that JFK got assassinated after officially allowing an allied leader to be assassinated...
Posted by: 18-1

Some would say connected. CIA at the time liked to use assassinations and no reason to assume that they would not off an inconvenient president. Not much difference regarding legal exposure to do that versus a legal coup against Nixon and later Trump.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (E4rtv)

281 I'm wondering how close we are to Trump needing to make a decision similar to Churchill's in World War II, to remove the threat of the Vichy fleet at Mers el Kebir/current French arsenal.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (qx7Zg)

282
With many people in France still stunned on Monday by the scale of the damage, mayors and councilors gathered outside their city halls to show that they were still standing

Yeah, your house is a smoldering pile of ash, but have no fear, city hall is untouched!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (y9nCu)

283 >>>"Students" "Protesting Class Sizes"

It might be that class sizes are fine once you start shooting the "students." Could give that a go.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (qAkyd)

284 One under-reported aspect: the planned protests in France were set to start at the same time as the No Kings Day geriatric festivities in the US.

Also pallets of bricks and water bottles magically appeared all over France before things kicked off.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (2ocoG)

285 By the time the Europeans finally realize what is necessary to save themselves, it'll be too late.

Posted by: weew at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (9TspW)

286 These 'protesters' are nothing but terrorists. Start shooting them and this crap will stop. Eventually. Shoot a bunch of them and then refuse to treat the survivors. A firm hand will stop a lot of this garbage.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (JNTt1)

287
Reminds me of this.

https://tinyurl.com/j2jcx7u4

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 12:53 PM (mmrXZ)

What is that a picture of?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

288 That would be satisfying but about as successful as putting out a fire on your mailbox while the house is burning down.

What we are seeing in France and the rest of the EU is foot soldiers. If we want to win we need to go after the money behind the troops.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (viF8m)

Very true, JS, but I would say that while 'money' is supporting this, people and buildings cannot be magically conjured in a day. Mow down 1000 of the 'students' and burn down 100 mosques, and I think even the hardest-core of these bastards will think twice before cashing their next Soros check.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (qRla/)

289 The Louvre announced that it would be closed for a while "due to a student social movement."

And on Saturday CBS "news" tweeted that "Scuffles broke out Saturday in Paris between police and small groups of protesters joining a march as a nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs and in support of higher education."

As usual you racist Magat nazis are just blowing everything out of proportion.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (V362x)

290 Sacred Christian Landmark Attacked in Italy As Chaos Spreads Across Europe

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Imagine that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (ndZc7)

291 Didn't Macron blame Trump for the French riots?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (XV/Pl)

292 I believe Macron is hoping the protests fizzle-out before he has to order the Army to try to restore order. Try being the key word. Because Macron and the his ministers fear the Muzzies then begin distributing some of their mosque hoards of automatic weapons, RPGs, and IEDs. Forcing the French Government to have the Army go medieval on the Muzzies. Bad publicity. The only alternative at that point is surrender to the rioters (Muzzies).

Posted by: Gref at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (5rh/l)

293 Sacred Christian Landmark Attacked in Italy As Chaos Spreads Across Europe

In a completely unrelated note, attacks on Japanese religious facilities have led to calls for restrictions on Muslims coming into the country

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (sKqQm)

294 Yeah let’s give Democrats power because we feel like the price of gas and food is too high. Electing Democrats will surely fix that lol. That’s their track record and it’s not like they’ve said anything extreme, antithetical to our constitution or divisive. Lololol.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (g0emv)

295 262 My understanding is the South was actually holding their own and possibly winning after we withdrew and then Congress cut off all military aid.
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Democrat Congress

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (Pee1E)

296 But none in Iceland. Gee, I wonder why? What could be the reason? Do you know? I'm stumped. I need help.

Poland has mostly escaped this as well.
Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (GkI/X)
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Yea, and Hungary too and pretty much any Euro country that hasn't opened its doors to Muslim savages from Africa and the middle east. Sadly, there are few Euro countries that didn't.

France in particular has been importing hordes of foreigners from its former African colonies. They are now on their 3rd or 4th generation. It's not a surprise that France probably has the worst rat problem in all Europe, although Spain is trying hard to be #1.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (iFTx/)

297 In every war, the most radical side always wins ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 12:37 PM (3cUTc)

Spanish Civil War?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (k5CNB)

298 There is a bond measure on the ballot in my county “for the children”. I am getting bombarded with texts and email from the school district to vote for it.

I pay taxes, used by the school district to lobby me to vote for higher taxes so they get more money.

It’s fucking infuriating.

But even though this is a red area, this thing will easily pass. Conservatives get conned by “for the children” nonsense all the time. I predict it passes by at least 65% and 75% would t surprise County voted Trump 65% all 3 times.

Education won’t improve of course. But teacher unions and administrators will get fat pay raises via higher taxes that conservatives disproportionally pay for.

The right is often retarded.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (4ZhPW)

299 Proposal: autonomous "suicide" drones, packing a quart of gasoline, and a bursting/ignition charge. Programmed to seek out Palestinian (and/or other goblin) flags, approach to zero distance, and then explode. Burn the flag, and the goblin waving it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (wSl27)

300 What are the French going to do- hit them with baguettes? They just threatened to burn down Notre Dame if their demands are not met.

Posted by: Vengeance
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That's threatened to burn down Notre Dame AGAIN.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (xvV+O)

301 Sacred Christian Landmark Attacked in Italy As Chaos Spreads Across Europe

A supermarket in Paris was picked completely clean except for pork products.

So it's clearly the Jooooos.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (2ocoG)

302 291 Didn't Macron blame Trump for the French riots?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (XV/Pl)

Yes... The Iran war

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (+gK6I)

303 >>Yeah let’s give Democrats power because we feel like the price of gas and food is too high

"Under my administration, the cost of Energy will necessarily skyrocket."
- Barack Hussein Obama

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (GkI/X)

304
Importing people to your country who will live off the government is such a great idea.

Same shit happening here. You can't support yourself, go away.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (/QHx4)

305 These 'protesters' are nothing but terrorists. Start shooting them and this crap will stop. Eventually. Shoot a bunch of them and then refuse to treat the survivors. A firm hand will stop a lot of this garbage.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 12:55 PM (JNTt

Iran has already trolled France. Imagine if they do start shooting protestors.

Of course we know there is a difference but the sheep don't.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (KC5Lt)

306 Grapeshot solves these sorts of problems quite nicely.

Posted by: Napolean at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (BVbFo)

307 The height of irony is that during an Islamic takeover an American team named the Saints are playing

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (vJPf4)

308 257 114
An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Prayers for eternal peace for your mother, and strength and comfort for you and your family.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (NFX2v)
*********
Sending prayers for you and your family.
I'm so very for your loss. May all the good memories you had together heal your heart.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 12:59 PM (NpAcC)

309 Yeah let’s give Democrats power because we feel like the price of gas and food is too high

This is why I think Reps will do better then expected.

If your prime motivator in voting is gas prices, I don't care how much of a LIV you are, you are going to vote red.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:59 PM (sKqQm)

310 POPULAR FRONT!!!!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (amcLV)

The Captain is correct. I need to rewatch to keep my memes straight.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 12:59 PM (wVcYX)

311 255 After assassinating Diem S Vietnam had endemic issues with corruption.

While the US left them with equipment and a border they needed more American support...

One big what if in Vietnam is what if JFK had been assassinated a little earlier and Van Minh lost his opportunity due to the chaos in the US

And it is of course ironic that JFK got assassinated after officially allowing an allied leader to be assassinated...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)

You can spell "irony" 'CIA' in both instances.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 12:59 PM (s1VwS)

312 Can’t imagine a typical Frenchman having any interest in American football. Cuz it’s so violent and gauche and well, American.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 01:00 PM (4ZhPW)

313 You can spell "irony" 'CIA' in both instances.

Just like you can spell "Slotkin" 'CIA'.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

314 Importing people to your country who will live off the government is such a great idea.

Saw a video of a guy walking down a flooded road with a pail taking water from the road and pouring it off the side of the road which of course did nothing since it was all flooded

The caption was: Importing third worlders who go on welfare to pay for your retirement.

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)

315 Education won’t improve of course. But teacher unions and administrators will get fat pay raises via higher taxes that conservatives disproportionally pay for.

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We passed a community college property fee/TAX to help the students excel in academics. It was for $70 million and it is being used to make a new gymnasium. SMFH! Passed with 70%+ but I live in moonbat central Kalifornia.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 01:00 PM (xvV+O)

316 Why doesn't Israel just go in there and knock it over?

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Htjsj)

An invasion?

Iran still has a large army, and if Israel were able to beat them, what would be the result?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (k5CNB)

317 Can’t imagine a typical Frenchman having any interest in American football. Cuz it’s so violent and gauche and well, American.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 01:00 PM (4ZhPW)

Pepe and Jacque look at it as a circus.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (q921n)

318 >>Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)

May God grant her eternal rest, and you & Miley solace.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (NcvvS)

319 291 Didn't Macron blame Trump for the French riots?
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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Yep and French citizens. Little whiny closeted gay bitch blames everyone but himself.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (E4rtv)

320 I think they're "Riot Size Riots". Victims of their own popularity.

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (d6JUK)

321 In recent years, graffiti in major Spanish and Portuguese urban hubs has increasingly doubled as political commentary. Slogans like "tourists go home" or "tourism is killing this city" reflect local frustrations over housing shortages, rising rents, and "overtourism."

However, in both countries municipal governments & local collectives have actively used street art to revitalize working-class, multicultural neighborhoods on the urban periphery. Instead of simple illegal tagging, these areas often feature massive, internationally acclaimed murals that foster community pride and draw positive tourism, i.e.,
Quinta do Mocho (Lisbon); Mouraria (Lisbon), Lavapiés (Madrid)/"multi-cultural hubs." 😉

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (NFX2v)

322 316 Why doesn't Israel just go in there and knock it over?

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Htjsj)

An invasion?

Iran still has a large army, and if Israel were able to beat them, what would be the result?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 01:01 PM (k5CNB)

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And how many countries would Israel's army have to cross to get to Iran's border?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:02 PM (+B3Bm)

323 Proposal: autonomous "suicide" drones, packing a quart of gasoline, and a bursting/ignition charge. Programmed to seek out Palestinian (and/or other goblin) flags, approach to zero distance, and then explode. Burn the flag, and the goblin waving it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (wSl27)

That's modest.

Posted by: BBQ at October 19, 2026 01:02 PM (qAkyd)

324
Benoit Payan, the mayor of Marseille, has accused the government and the police of "delivering" that city -- France's second largest -- to "looters and rioters."

Y'know, the Foreign Legion headquarters is only about 8-10 miles from the Marseille city center. They're rather like a prison gang with uniforms, bitchin' kepi hats and machine guns.

I'm just sayin'.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 01:02 PM (y9nCu)

325 Have you guys talked about the story DataRepublican has been hyping?

The past few days, I got my hands on thousands of new transcripts and hundreds of recordings...

there is an operational plan to put it all into action. If the Democratic Party sweeps 2026, then DSA will become "foot soldiers" in constant clashes with the administration to cross a "red line" or invoke a "doomsday scenario" - meaning, President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act, probably sometime in 2027.

Then, a lot of coordinated responses kick off, including delegitimizing the federal government itself and handing that legitimacy to Democratic governors. 2028 then becomes a vote on whether to keep America governance as-is or to burn it all down to appease a "young and brown" demographic.

The group in charge is "United Democracy Alliance" led by Erica Chenoweth of Harvard Kennedy School. They're also the force behind 50501, Indivisible, and coordinating the NoKings protests.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 01:02 PM (mkw2N)

326 Importing people to your country who will live off the government is such a great idea.
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Using welfare and SSDI is how the turd worlders are going to save social security and medicare. Makes perfect sense.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 01:02 PM (xvV+O)

327 Source:
http://tiny.cc/9gac101

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 01:02 PM (mkw2N)

328 At least the Wops are fighting back. But only throwing "plates"? What happened to boiling oil? Large rocks? Small children?

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:03 PM (QJwZd)

329 And one of the main leaders of US corruption in Vietnam was this little organization called USAID

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:03 PM (vJPf4)

330 313 You can spell "irony" 'CIA' in both instances.

Just like you can spell "Slotkin" 'CIA'.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 01:00 PM (2ocoG)

I hate how my TLA embeds we have in this country.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 01:03 PM (s1VwS)

331 Passed with 70%+ but I live in moonbat central Kalifornia.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable

I don't believe any election results coming from California anymore as the connection of a particular ballot and its tabulation is only vaguely connected to a living breathing voter.

Might as well be Venezuela under Maduro as far as elections go.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:03 PM (E4rtv)

332
What is that a picture of?
Posted by: 18-1

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The top one is an elderly couple, literally stripped and robbed of everything but their underwear in these riots

The second is a pogrom in 1941 Lviv.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 19, 2026 01:03 PM (mmrXZ)

333 My condolences, publius.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:04 PM (qAkyd)

334 This isn't going away. I have friends in France who told me they have zero control over these rioters. They’re playing whack a mole and don’t know what they will burn down next. Law enforcement and the military have done nothing to stop them. It’s almost like the people in charge want it to happen. Weird.

This is not organic if you haven’t figured it out. There are a lot of nefarious actors fueling this, and it’s some of the same people doing it in the US.

BTW my family in Italy said there are a lot of ordinary people ready to go after the “protesters”. Threatened and attempting to burn down churches/the Duomo was a huge mistake.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 19, 2026 01:04 PM (IYMzU)

335 Benoit Payan, the mayor of Marseille, has accused the government and the police of "delivering" that city -- France's second largest -- to "looters and rioters."
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I first went to Marseille in 1991 and that long ago it was 80% muzzie. Locals told us we should leave as quickly as possible.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 19, 2026 01:04 PM (xvV+O)

336 I believe every Western country has a pretty solid 30% ready to fight all this crap. I don't believe the Covid clot shot numbers. I have no basis to believe this, but I do.

And at some point, when the gloves truly come off and there's nothing left to lose, they fight back viciously.

Look at me seeing the basket half full of guillotined heads this early in the week.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:04 PM (Sco7b)

337 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)

My sincere condolences, publius. I'm glad it was peaceful. It's always hard when we lose someone we love, but passing peacefully makes it a little easier. At least it did for me.

Posted by: Retired, thank God at October 19, 2026 01:05 PM (va0Yo)

338 I am so very sorry, Publius. May God hold you close right now.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 01:05 PM (2UJ+q)

339 Macron can't seem to tell the difference between simple right and wrong. It's disgusting. Maybe he should consider the long term impact of the violence upon the world-wide perception of France!

Posted by: Cornell President Mike Kotlikoff at October 19, 2026 01:05 PM (BVbFo)

340 No, it's not over in France. All they need is a leader. Feckless Macron is itching to do his Daladier star turn, but if he's not up to it, someone else is going to step in and play the martial music.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 01:05 PM (rj6Yv)

341 I went to Paris in 1999 for New Years.

It was changing then. There were places, neighborhoods you did not go. I saw it before the lights went out.

Michigan are you paying attention? This is what you have to look forward to. Minnesota is already flucked.

Posted by: now a real riot has potential to occur at October 19, 2026 01:06 PM (anL5R)

342 340 No, it's not over in France. All they need is a leader. Feckless Macron is itching to do his Daladier star turn, but if he's not up to it, someone else is going to step in and play the martial music.

Posted by: mrp at October 19, 2026 01:05 PM (rj6Yv)

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"The 45% of Muslims who say they'll self-deport if I win shouldn't go. They're as French as Charles de Gaulle."
-Marine Le Pen, slightly paraphrased, like 5 days ago

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:06 PM (+B3Bm)

343 These riots in France are pivotal. If they continue with the patronizing favoritism towards immigrants the riots continue at will. Then, they spread throughout the EU. This polarizes the enablers from the normal constituency even more. The savages don't understand moderation. The supporters of these immigrants don't understand repercussions.

This very well could be a catalyst to something very very ugly.

Popcorn.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)

344 Macron was groomed by and married a man. He's a mental retard, a fetishist and a fucking puppet. He's worthless.

If France is going to get its country back, it needs to go hard. And I'm talking about the people.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (iOpI2)

345 Rocks and boiling oil poured on street rioters from a height are cheaper.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM (E4rtv)

Molotov cocktails, too. Nearly everyone has the necessary materials at hand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (wSl27)

346 The center right parties in Europe have to be salivating over all this. Marine Le Pen especially.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (AG5Uy)

347 Not necessary for US policy to destroy any ability for Iran to create much trouble for the neighborhood. Indeed, a core of people that hate and resent the regime are a perfect source of spies as the disaffected are always willing to rat out their own regimes.

And with no air defenses, gravity bombs are cheap and plentiful in our inventory.
Posted by: whig

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Why doesn't Israel just go in there and knock it over?
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 12:54 PM (Htjsj)
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That would be a massive, massive mobilization of men on par with Desert Storm, if not bigger. Iran is a yuge country, still has a big army, and its power structure is diffuse and probably mostly coming from outside the country at this point.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (iFTx/)

348 Marseille got all the Algerians who fled the independent Islamic and backwards Algeria. Not surprised that it is a mess

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:08 PM (vJPf4)

349 Macron has encouraged this. He knows it will lend him an excuse to stay in power. He is a little man in every way. It’s why the French opposition always makes fun of his height. He’s about three feet tall. Elephant shit stacks higher.

Posted by: Marcus T at October 19, 2026 01:08 PM (IYMzU)

350 En flambé!

Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!", but now in French at October 19, 2026 01:08 PM (0sNs1)

351 346 The center right parties in Europe have to be salivating over all this. Marine Le Pen especially.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (AG5Uy)

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Le Pen said within the last week that the 45% of Muslims who said they'd self-deport if she won shouldn't self-deport because they're as French as she is.

What if...Le Pen is full of shit and won't deport anyone if she's already signaling that the easiest option for the government, self-deportation, is too far?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:08 PM (+B3Bm)

352 Don't have time to read all the comments, but, in case you missed it:

Vigilante "counter-protestors" HAVE taken to the streets inn several French cities and are giving the rioters beat-downs. Often it isn't even necessary -- just the sight of 200 French patriots armed with broom handles in enough to scare the mobs into retreating.

This development isn't get much press coverage, but it happened in multiple places over the weekend.

And WHY do patriots need to do this? BECAUSE THE FRENCH POLICE ARE FUCKIN' USELESS and won't put the riots down properly.

In a sane civilization, LOOTERS MUST BE SHOT ON SIGHT. Period. It's the only way to dissuade them, in the present and in the future

Posted by: Macron at October 19, 2026 01:09 PM (HD2n/)

353 The Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play in Paris next Sunday. Interested to see what happens.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

They might want a back up plan.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 12:48 PM (q921n)

they could play in Paris, Texas. Would be a lot safer.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:49 PM (PSEDc)

If you're gonna play in Texas,
you gotta have a fiddle on the team

Posted by: Alabama at October 19, 2026 01:09 PM (wVcYX)

354 Posted by: That Guy who shouts "En fuego!", but now in French

Heh.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:09 PM (AG5Uy)

355 So when does this little rodeo in France stop being one-sided?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 19, 2026 01:09 PM (O7YUW)

356 343 These riots in France are pivotal. If they continue with the patronizing favoritism towards immigrants the riots continue at will. Then, they spread throughout the EU. This polarizes the enablers from the normal constituency even more. The savages don't understand moderation. The supporters of these immigrants don't understand repercussions.

This very well could be a catalyst to something very very ugly.

Popcorn.
Posted by: Orson

My guess is to facilitate teh EU becoming a fascist empire state with a governing structure with a Politburo running things and some mediocrity shoved forward as the face of the regime.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:09 PM (E4rtv)

357 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM (w6EFb)

Please accept my condolences, Publius.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (wSl27)

358 Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (AG5Uy)

I don't know if "salivating" is quite the word to use when it's your own country's shops, churches and businesses being burnt down. Perhaps shaking their heads in anger and regret?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (JrHfD)

359 We passed a community college property fee/TAX to help the students excel in academics. It was for $70 million and it is being used to make a new gymnasium. SMFH! Passed with 70%+ but I live in moonbat central Kalifornia.

$1.6 billion in projects for the whole system:
lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Spending other people's money is so easy!

Posted by: t-bird at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (d6JUK)

360 Rocks and boiling oil poured on street rioters from a height are cheaper.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:29 PM

Emitting flatulence in their general direction is even cheaper!

Posted by: French Castle Guards at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (0sNs1)

361

Stock up on ammo. Next month could be interesting.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (/QHx4)

362 Proposal: autonomous "suicide" drones, packing a quart of gasoline, and a bursting/ignition charge. Programmed to seek out Palestinian (and/or other goblin) flags, approach to zero distance, and then explode. Burn the flag, and the goblin waving it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (wSl27)

That's modest.
==
A deplorable lack of shrapnel however.

Posted by: inevitable critic at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (anL5R)

363 Central CA along with the Central Valley and some eastern areas north and south is the least moonbat part of the state. The ignorance, stupidity, and absence of any historically meaningful American character extends beyond the worst (moonbat) areas. Idiotic San Diego voters actually approved a gigantic tax increase - to pay for solid waste (trash) collection, which has been included in city finances (specified in city charter) for over a century.

Gee, how was trash collection financed for ..... a century?

Enormous tsunami of $$ now added to city coffers - while basic city tasks like road maintenance (historically excellent) continue to decline. The civic collapse in America extends far, far, far beyond "the left" or "the Dems" or "the libs".

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (U/Byj)

364 349 Macron has encouraged this. He knows it will lend him an excuse to stay in power. He is a little man in every way.
Posted by: Marcus T

There's a strong likelihood that his wife is more well-endowed than he is.

Posted by: zombie at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (HD2n/)

365 "Toussi TV pointed out that no mosques had been targeted. Of course not."

Yeah, that would have been considered a hate crime if mosques were burned, churches are OK to burn, but mosque burning will land you in prison for life.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (NpAcC)

366 224 The Steelers and Saints are scheduled to play in Paris next Sunday. Interested to see what happens.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 19, 2026 12:47 PM (PSEDc)

These riots are government sponsored and approved. The stadium area will be safe in order to pull in that NFL money, and in exchange the NFL will be extoling the beauty of Paris.

Posted by: Cray Cray at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (offKY)

367 In a sane civilization, LOOTERS MUST BE SHOT ON SIGHT. Period. It's the only way to dissuade them, in the present and in the future

Posted by: Macron at October 19, 2026 01:09 PM (HD2n/)

I'm going to go ahead and call first (ish) on this proposal/prediction, albeit largely a statement of the obvious.

Vigilantism is inevitable.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (qAkyd)

368 You have a beautiful, prosperous country. Instead of encouraging couples to have children, you import third-world retards. They are low-IQ. They have no skills; they have a retarded backward cult for a religion. They are not adding anything; they are money and resource suckers.

Yeah, you're fucking dumb. And the lefties love it. Our world is pathetic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (iOpI2)

369 This very well could be a catalyst to something very very ugly.

Popcorn.

Posted by: Orson at October 19, 2026 01:06 PM (dIske)

Or beautigul.
Savagely beautiful.

CBC - Base fire
FoxNews - France curfews - all started with student protests. Lying assholes

CNN - midterm crap

MSNow - the colours are so beautiful. And Trump's WH is the most corrupt ever! Go out and vote you poor 1.7 million people in our nice bubble.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 106 years old - puppy at heart at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (Sco7b)

370 What if...

If.

Posted by: The Spartan Ephors at October 19, 2026 01:12 PM (520BN)

371 368 You have a beautiful, prosperous country. Instead of encouraging couples to have children, you import third-world retards. They are low-IQ. They have no skills; they have a retarded backward cult for a religion. They are not adding anything; they are money and resource suckers.

Yeah, you're fucking dumb. And the lefties love it. Our world is pathetic.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (iOpI2)

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Children is a cultural issue. France long ago decided that the future wasn't worth it, so they stopped having kids.

Their culture has to change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:12 PM (+B3Bm)

372

Macron starts Gulf tour after protests and violence in France

The French president arrived in Kuwait on Monday. He will also visit the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar by Wednesday. 'The goal is to secure a certain number of commitments' on diesel and oil volumes, the French presidency said.

https://t.ly/IAmnK

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 01:12 PM (Cqx++)

373 My early voting report: So I live in an extremely “diverse” county (not so 30 years ago) and there was no line but the guy said it was steady. My county has a large component of naturalized Chinese who lived under communism and know what’s coming and are solid R voters. A good friend lives in a wealthier part of Houston where you see all the Talarico signs. He said the line was out the door and there seemed to be a lot of Karens and AWFLs, the ones who don’t have to work and drive Subarus.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 19, 2026 01:12 PM (itAg7)

374 Vigilantism is inevitable.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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They would do well to start with the failed politicians that ushered in this debacle.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

375 CBC - Base fire

Fire is often based...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (l3cgK)

376 372

Macron starts Gulf tour after protests and violence in France

The French president arrived in Kuwait on Monday. He will also visit the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Qatar by Wednesday. 'The goal is to secure a certain number of commitments' on diesel and oil volumes, the French presidency said.

https://t.ly/IAmnK

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 01:12 PM (Cqx++)

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Sometimes, you cancel the show tour (diplomats do all the work) because of important issues at home.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (+B3Bm)

377 Stock up on ammo. Next month could be interesting.

Posted by: four seasons at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (/QHx4)
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If anything pops off in my AO, things are very bad indeed.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (w65YX)

378 "Guys they just want smaller class sizes. Why won't you let them have smaller class sizes?"
How can you have smaller classes when you've opened your border and allowed the people third world countries to come in?

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (NpAcC)

379 I think France has among the highest $/student spending level in the EU.

And ace many (most?) of these rioters are not immigrants, but 2nd/3rd generation offspring of immigrants, at least in France. Which only makes the picture worse, of course.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (U/Byj)

380 So when does this little rodeo in France stop being one-sided?
==
*Undersized commander of artillery ponders situation*

Posted by: history re cycles its memes at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (anL5R)

381 374 Vigilantism is inevitable.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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They would do well to start with the failed politicians that ushered in this debacle.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

Are you calling for...a French Revolution?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (l3cgK)

382 381 374 Vigilantism is inevitable.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
======
They would do well to start with the failed politicians that ushered in this debacle.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

Are you calling for...a French Revolution?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (l3cgK)

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One could call the Fifth Republic a French Mistake.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:14 PM (+B3Bm)

383 I'm sorry for your loss, publius.

Posted by: bonhomme at October 19, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)

384 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM

I mourn with you, brother.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (AG5Uy)

385 They would do well to start with the failed politicians that ushered in this debacle.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (E4rtv)

Of course.

Pour encourager les autres.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (qAkyd)

386 Children is a cultural issue. France long ago decided that the future wasn't worth it, so they stopped having kids.

Their culture has to change.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That is across the civilized world. All of the civilized countries have below replacement fertility rates--I think Israel may be the exception but that may not be broken out of Arabs and Jews.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

387 Serious question: Are people in this country still willing to kill (defend) for their country? And I'm not talking about our military.

I wonder how many in France, Italy, and England are willing.

Never give up your weapons. EVER.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (iOpI2)

388 I just have a really bad feeling about the midterms, and its not just polling data. Just talking with people, there's both a depression and anger, even among Trump voters.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (Htjsj)

389 373 My early voting report: So I live in an extremely “diverse” county (not so 30 years ago) and there was no line but the guy said it was steady. My county has a large component of naturalized Chinese who lived under communism and know what’s coming and are solid R voters. A good friend lives in a wealthier part of Houston where you see all the Talarico signs. He said the line was out the door and there seemed to be a lot of Karens and AWFLs, the ones who don’t have to work and drive Subarus.

Posted by: TxAnn at October 19, 2026 01:12 PM (itAg7)

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White progs turning out day one of early voting like there's a race on is the pattern of all early voting in every state so far this year.

But, there aren't enough Houston progressives to turn Texas blue.

They need a lot of help from Black turnout especially in Dallas.

And Dallas black turnout is...bad.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (+B3Bm)

390 Guys they just want smaller class sizes. Why won't you let them have smaller class sizes?"
How can you have smaller classes when you've opened your border and allowed the people third world countries to come in?
==
OMG do you realize the AV budget per student is only pennies!!!

Posted by: Madam Winebox at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (anL5R)

391
Didn't Macron blame Trump for the French riots?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 12:56 PM (XV/Pl)

Yes... The Iran war
Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 12:58 PM (+gK6I)

With the whole "cost of living" rhetoric, I expected to hear that it was the Trump Tariffs.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (y9nCu)

392 386
That is across the civilized world. All of the civilized countries have below replacement fertility rates--I think Israel may be the exception but that may not be broken out of Arabs and Jews.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (E4rtv)

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Civilized America (conservative America) is at replacement rate and has been for decades.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (+B3Bm)

393 384 An update to all. My mother has crossed the River Jordan. She passed peacefully a little over an hour ago, just slowly fading away. She's home now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 19, 2026 12:32 PM

I mourn with you, brother.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (AG5Uy)

My condolences to you, Publius. Many of us here know and understand intimately how it feels, and are here for you.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:16 PM (l3cgK)

394 I saw that they had pallets of bottles delivered to their street battles just like pallets of bricks were delivered to the riots here in the US.

They're trying for a worldwide color revolution.

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 01:16 PM (OVr4G)

395 Are you calling for...a French Revolution?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Eh, elimination of traitors within is always a good start.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:16 PM (E4rtv)

396 387 Serious question: Are people in this country still willing to kill (defend) for their country? And I'm not talking about our military.

I wonder how many in France, Italy, and England are willing.

Never give up your weapons. EVER.

Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (iOpI2)

Kill to defend the country? Sure, possibly.
Kill to defend the government? Not so sure.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:16 PM (l3cgK)

397 If anything pops off in my AO, things are very bad indeed.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (w65YX)

They tried in my AO. They got an armed escort out of town.

The heavens opened up and washed away the rest.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:17 PM (qAkyd)

398 One could call the Fifth Republic a French Mistake.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:14 PM

Make sure your French Letter is ribbed for mademoiselle's pleasure.

Posted by: J. Random Moron at October 19, 2026 01:17 PM (0sNs1)

399 Guillotine!

Posted by: Madame Defarge knits at October 19, 2026 01:17 PM (AG5Uy)

400 Christiane Amanpour has announced plans to leave CNN after 43 years with the network.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (NpAcC)

401 Seems doubtful that these festivities will help Macron's ilk, politically.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (U/Byj)

402 399 Guillotine!

Posted by: Madame Defarge knits at October 19, 2026 01:17 PM (AG5Uy)

Ghee o' tine....?

Posted by: Indian man in France at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (l3cgK)

403 Christiane Amanpour has announced plans to leave CNN after 43 years with the network.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (NpAcC)

Rats, sinking ship.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (qAkyd)

404 373. ... AWFLs, the ones who don’t have to work and drive Subarus."
-----------------------------------------
My Forester and I recent that implication.

Wifey and I live in a Very Red Rural Area, but re-districting placed us in same district as Justin Pearson (shudder). I hope the Elephants knew what they were doing. We are Early Voting this afternoon.

Posted by: Martin Tell at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (QJwZd)

405 401 Seems doubtful that these festivities will help Macron's ilk, politically.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 01:18 PM (U/Byj)

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The idea is that because Macron is viewed as center-right, it also impugns Le Pen, who is viewed as hard right.

Europeans, man. They're retarded.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 01:19 PM (+B3Bm)

406 Apres moi, le Califat.

Posted by: King Macron at October 19, 2026 01:19 PM (Ovx+P)

407
Never give up your weapons. EVER.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (iOpI2)

What weapons?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 01:19 PM (y9nCu)

408 Apres moi, le Califat.
Posted by: King Macron at October 19, 2026 01:19 PM

Nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at October 19, 2026 01:19 PM (AG5Uy)

409 Amanpour is one of the most vile of all the vile "journalists"

Posted by: steevy at October 19, 2026 01:20 PM (YwEeS)

410 Civilized America (conservative America) is at replacement rate and has been for decades.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Gets difficult to disaggregate data particularly when you have illegals and migrants involved. Only South Dakota among all states is above replacement (2.04).

I am guessing you are relying on this, "Conservatives consistently have higher fertility rates than liberals, a gap that has widened significantly since the mid-20th century. A 2026 study in Scientific Reports using General Social Survey data found that from the 1943–1947 birth cohort onward, right-wing individuals maintained fertility at or above the replacement level of 2.1, while left-wing fertility dropped sharply below it. This divergence is primarily driven by White Americans, with no similar political split observed among Black Americans."

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)

411 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 01:20 PM (NcvvS)

412 Never give up your weapons. EVER.
Posted by: Seems Legit at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (iOpI2)

What weapons?
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damned tippy canoes

Posted by: Madam Winebox at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (anL5R)

413 It's been clear from jump that DNC-DSA is an op. The full shape of it is not obvious yet but will become so.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (C/YEn)

414 Saw on X that people in Paris are pouring boiling water on the protests from their windows. In Italy some guys were beating the shit out of a rioting black yoot. It's slow, but it's happening.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (2ocoG)

415 Nood

Posted by: CaliGirl at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (OVr4G)

416 A throaty fuck you to Elissa Slotkin. Come at me, fatty. See if you can reweaponize the government to come and get us, because it sure won’t be your flabby, cottage cheese ass, fat face doing it. You’re doing nothing but motivating people, especially young men to oppose the Democrats and side with individual liberty. You motherfuckers used the government to come after everyone last time you were in power without cause. You jailed a bunch of people for nothing but disagreeing with your party. Blow me. Second thought. No thanks, balloon face.

Posted by: Vengeance at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (oSFyF)

417 I just have a really bad feeling about the midterms, and its not just polling data. Just talking with people, there's both a depression and anger, even among Trump voters.
Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:15 PM (Htjsj)
___________

1. I am much more optimistic. I think we hold the House and pick up a few seats in the Senate.

2. I could be sucking own dick and fingering my asshole while overdosing on copeium, but the data points so far -- early voting, mail-in, overall poll numbers -- support my prediction in #1.

3. Regardless of what happens, all you can do is vote and encourage like-minded others to vote. None of us can sit this out.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (iFTx/)

418 Will Amanpour be the new IRGC spokesperson?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 01:21 PM (vJPf4)

419 Euro politics in France are especially weird, Le Pen is the one that wants to lower the retirement age to 62 and actually increase spending. Macron is like the fiscal conservative that wants financial reforms, but liberal on most social issues.

France has always been a basket case. between the French revolution and two world wars, all the good genes were killed off.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (Htjsj)

420 I can't wait until the French year of upheaval is set into music and songs by Andrew Lloyd Weber.

Looking forward to the rivers of Muslim blood flowing through the streets -- Mon Dieu, it's literally in your national song, Frenchmen! Then I shall return.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (qwx/I)

421 It's been clear from jump that DNC-DSA is an op. The full shape of it is not obvious yet but will become so.

It's definitely an op, and I don't think the DNC is in on it.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (2ocoG)

422 As I've said:

I don't fear an ascendant islam.

What I fear is a supine Christianity that has corrupted scripture to read pacifism is a commandment.

It is not.

Joshua was bloody up to his elbows in heathens he cut apart.
And he sits in Heaven.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (3cUTc)

423 Madame DeFarge: We, the people of France...
Fellow Revolutionist: Fraunce.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 01:22 PM (wVcYX)

424 I could be sucking own dick and fingering my asshole
--
"Stop copying me!"
/s/ Erick Erickson

"Hey, I taught you that!"
/s/ David French

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (3cUTc)

425

Musk pledges 1 SpaceX share for every child in America

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (Cqx++)

426 3. Regardless of what happens, all you can do is vote and encourage like-minded others to vote. None of us can sit this out.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

==

One thing I encourage is find those right leaning fence sitter types and get them to vote. A lot of them only vote during presidential elections.

Posted by: Leupold at October 19, 2026 01:24 PM (Htjsj)

427 >>I just have a really bad feeling about the midterms, and its not just polling data. Just talking with people, there's both a depression and anger, even among Trump voters.

Then take it upon yourself to motivate as many Trump supporters as you can to get themselves the Polls.

Posted by: garrett at October 19, 2026 01:26 PM (GkI/X)

428 426 3. Regardless of what happens, all you can do is vote and encourage like-minded others to vote. None of us can sit this out.
Posted by: Elric The Blade

And cheat if you need to.

Tit for tat is the only suitable strategy in game theory. If your opponent is cheating, you must cheat in retaliation.

That's why I'm glad Trump is stepped up his Machiavellian game -- want to vote by mail? The USPS ain't playing by 2020 rules. Want to get illegals to the polls? ICE will be waiting to drag them off.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 01:27 PM (qwx/I)

429 Will Amanpour be the new IRGC spokesperson?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Will?

Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 19, 2026 01:30 PM (lQntB)

430 A deplorable lack of shrapnel however.
Posted by: inevitable critic at October 19, 2026 01:10 PM (anL5R)

Flaming, screeching goblins, running in circles like chickens with their heads cut off, can readily "persuade" the others to leave.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 01:32 PM (wSl27)

431 We must purge Elissa Slotkin and all other CIA plants

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 01:39 PM (s1VwS)

432 I think France has among the highest $/student spending level in the EU.

And ace many (most?) of these rioters are not immigrants, but 2nd/3rd generation offspring of immigrants, at least in France. Which only makes the picture worse, of course.

Posted by: rhomboid at October 19, 2026 01:13 PM (U/Byj)

Since France makes no attempt to assimilate them, they might as well be immigrants and be called such. They aren't rioting for Party A or Party B. They are rioting to dismantle the entire state.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 19, 2026 01:59 PM (uhVAy)

433 Condolences, publius.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 19, 2026 02:20 PM (sGgMH)

434 Dinky Macron is the ultimate cheese-eating surrender monkey

Posted by: Little man no solutions at October 19, 2026 02:21 PM (nWpYW)

435 I see many mentions of grapeshot and "whiff of grapeshot" as a means to riot suppression ... just came here to see that. Thanks.

Posted by: _Jim at October 19, 2026 02:24 PM (KBnQv)

436 Elissa Slotkin, resembling (what little I saw of her) Miss Piggy of the muppets ...

Posted by: _Jim at October 19, 2026 02:27 PM (KBnQv)

437 re: "199 It was the Pope showing up in Paris last month that triggered all this. "

Lest we all forget - Pope Leo XIV is made a four-day apostolic visit to France from Sept. 25–28, 2026, stopping in Paris, Lourdes, and Metz.

The stated theme was “That the world may have life,” and the program includes events such as Mass at Place de la Concorde and visits to UNESCO and Notre-Dame Cathedral.

And now, _el diablo_ seeks to reign supreme.

Posted by: _Jim at October 19, 2026 02:30 PM (KBnQv)

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Posted by: xvideosfap.cc at October 19, 2026 02:44 PM (mtYU4)

439 A girl with that name is destined for a problematic life

Posted by: Paul at October 19, 2026 03:37 PM (h9A1n)

440 I haven't watched every video, but a lot of them, and I see a clear strategic action going on. You see the foreigners, even if they are technically citizens, they are fucking foreign, harassing the populace, and destroying random shit, but the government stuff, the police vans and cars, you see that the skin tone is almost universally white. The Commies are driving the savages to act like savages against he weak innocent as cover, while the commies are targeting the government representations. RED BLACK alliance.

Posted by: wickedpinto at October 19, 2026 07:13 PM (CsZS+)

THE MORNING RANT: Wealth Extraction – It’s What Socialists and the “Financialize Everything” Capitalists Have in Common

Free enterprise creates wealth. By contrast, socialism extracts wealth, destroying the institutions that created the wealth. It is extremely unhelpful in our battle against socialism, however, that an ascendant business class of financial raiders, who argue that they are free market capitalists, are doing the same thing as socialists – extracting wealth and leaving in their wake the ruins of the institutions that created the wealth.

There was an excellent essay a few days ago from Annang Mittal at the Daily Wire addressing this problem. He discussed how the plunderers who capture private sector wealth, without doing any wealth creation of their own, have “done more to discredit free enterprise than Bernie Sanders ever has.” That piece is linked below, along with a few pull quotes.

This is another of those horseshoe issues, where the extremes of both left and right nearly meet. The Private Equity Bros and the Bernie Bros both look at the wealth of a business and dream of extracting it for their own enrichment.

I’d also add that it is not just private equity that is raiding the capital of businesses. Much of corporate America’s executive class has embraced an ethos in which headcount is slashed, product quality is diminished, and customers are subject to deceptive revenue-mining practices. This may produce a short-term spike in profit and stock price, but it also results in long-term degradation to the revenue flow and equity of the business, as disaffected customers never return. When the dust settles, the net result is that capital has simply been extracted from the corporation, with much of it flowing into the pockets of those executives who enacted those short-sighted actions.

There are many “capitalists” who feel that any criticism of private sector wealth extractors is a criticism of the free market itself. It’s not. We defenders of free markets have an obligation to condemn those who give it a bad name so as to lessen the appeal of socialism. If a private equity firm looks at a company like Toys R Us or Joann Fabrics and decides to extract its wealth in a manner that leads to the company’s bankruptcy, why shouldn’t Bernie’s acolytes decide that they too should get in on the action?

Don’t forget, just as private wealth extraction can occur under the umbrella of capitalism, socialism can be voted in under the umbrella of democracy. If we’re supposed to accept the legitimacy of equity raiders because we’re pro-capitalism, then shouldn’t we also accept socialism as being legitimate too because we’re pro-democracy? The answer is “No.” We should reject all destructive wealth extractors, be they on the left or the right. Both deserve disapprobation.

Here is the link to the Daily Wire article I referenced. I encourage you to read the whole thing: “What Happened When Capitalism’s Worst Salesmen Tried Selling the American Dream; Private equity and rent-seeking discredited the free market” [Anang Mittal – Daily Wire – 10/13/2026]

That is why so many in the heartland voted for populism, and why a growing number of young Americans have turned to socialism. Americans have stopped believing either party’s promises of economic renewal. Rent-seeking, getting rich by capturing wealth but not creating it, has done more to discredit free enterprise than Bernie Sanders ever has. Generations watched plants move overseas, communities disappear, and watched financiers strip what remained. When people hear “the free market,” they hear “the fix is in.” Private equity did not stay in manufacturing either. It soon entered healthcare, retail, and food service, jobs that seemed safe because they couldn’t be shipped overseas.

Mr. Nittal also discusses the pattern of unloading debt via bankruptcy and offloading to taxpayers the pension burdens of now-failed companies after all sources of cash have been extracted. Nothing says “free market” quite like pawning off a plundered company’s pension obligations to the federal government:

The federal pension insurer took over the workers’ pension plan and released Cerberus from future claims in exchange for about $900,000. When Anchor was auctioned off in 2007, Cerberus walked away clean, but the workers’ pensions became the government’s problem.

That is the play. Buy the company. Borrow against it. Pay yourself first, and offload the liabilities on the public.

When an owner borrows against a business it bought and pays itself from the loan, that’s extraction. The debt is slapped onto the original business, as happened at Anchor. The business services its debt by delaying repairs, laying off workers, or cheapening the product. Eventually the customers leave and the business stops paying, so the owner shuts the business down and sells off the remaining assets. Toys R Us was bought with borrowed money in 2005 and liquidated in 2018, costing about 33,000 American jobs. Red Lobster’s 2014 buyout was financed by selling 500 of its own buildings, and when it went bankrupt in 2024 under a different owner, it was still paying rent on property it used to own. Few Americans could have named the companies that gutted these household brands.

I would rather entrepreneurs build high-speed rail, nuclear reactors, battery plants, and semiconductor fabs than find another ingenious scheme for converting a Red Lobster or a dentist’s office into a higher-yielding financial asset.

We free marketeers understand that creative destruction will render some businesses unviable and some industries obsolete. But those engaging in wealth extraction are not creative destructors. They’re destructive parasites.

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Yep

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 11:00 AM (8B4gm)

2 Or wealth destruction

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:00 AM (rOKnE)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (ccf/V)

4 Nood'd

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 11:02 AM (8B4gm)

5 >>This may produce a short-term spike in profit and stock price, but it also results in long-term degradation to the revenue flow and equity of the business, as disaffected customers never return.

Exhibit A: Panera Bread Co - their sandwich fillings have been "fun-sized" while prices have doubled, and you have to use a screen to enter your order.

#HellNo

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:02 AM (rOKnE)

6 Liberal billionaires want to pull the ladder up behind them and make it so no one will have opportunity to become billionaires themselves so they stay in power over the masses.

The main one that doesn't appear to think this way is Musk. As goofy as that f*cker is, he's an amazing breath of fresh air in a shit environment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 11:03 AM (ccf/V)

7 This is another of those horseshoe issues, where the extremes of both left and right nearly meet. The Private Equity Bros and the Bernie Bros both look at the wealth of a business and dream of extracting it for their own enrichment.
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Carl Icahn did it for the puppies!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 11:03 AM (RIvkX)

8 Exhibit A: Panera Bread Co - their sandwich fillings have been "fun-sized" while prices have doubled, and you have to use a screen to enter your order.

#HellNo
Posted by: Lizzy

Their food is crap.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 11:04 AM (8B4gm)

9 Exhibit A: Panera Bread Co - their sandwich fillings have been "fun-sized" while prices have doubled, and you have to use a screen to enter your order.

#HellNo
Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:02 AM (rOKnE)

The incredible amounts of gas I get from their food means I'll never go there, so for them, I have no f*cks to spare.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 11:04 AM (ccf/V)

10 6S to sucess.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:04 AM (Ae6Br)

11 Ok. Off to week two of the move.

Be excellent to each other. Thank you all for such an amazing weekend, yet again.

Ridicule Paul and Sid for they are worthy.

I love you all.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 11:05 AM (ccf/V)

12 Michael Milken did it for the cancer research!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (RIvkX)

13 There are a couple of movies, both from 1954, that eloquently illustrate what true benevolent capitalism does for society. They are Sabrina, and Executive Suite. In Sabrina, Humphrey Bogart explains to his brother William Holden why he is pursuing a particular corporate merger. It is one of the most concise descriptions of how capitalism can create wealth and improve overall well being.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (sRXLy)

14 >>Private equity did not stay in manufacturing either. It soon entered healthcare, retail, and food service, jobs that seemed safe because they couldn’t be shipped overseas.

Also now veterinary clinics.

Last year my long-time vet left the clinic (which is affiliated with a national chain), went to a different vet (then noticed all the vets had been replaced), where she ordered a whole bunch of tests and prescribed three medications. When my sweet dog had a poor reaction to one of them, they offered a 4th prescription med that was created to deal with these awful side effects + OTC melatonin so he could sleep again. WTF?
It all felt scammy and I found a new vet.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (rOKnE)

15 I have mixed emotions about private equity. Let’s discuss Red Lobster. The food was not good. Not when it fell under the same umbrella as Olive Garden, not ever. If your product is yucky, it probably won’t last.

I am not a chain restaurant person to start, I will admit this from the outset. But Red Lobster would have probably shrunk no matter who owned it.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (ZdaMQ)

16 I still struggle to comprehend how/why bankrupt K-Mart was able/allowed to buy/acquire asset rich Sears ... but both are dead now (afaik).

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (vbXSk)

17 Greed Is Good.

Posted by: Gordon Gekko, Boomer at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (JAh4c)

18 To Panera's credit, they did listen to the complaints and are making some effort to turn back.

And the one nearest to my house actually started cleaning things up.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 11:08 AM (RjOoY)

19 Ima try that again.

6S to success.
Sort
Something
Shit
Sucks
Slack
Sleep

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:08 AM (Ae6Br)

20 Mr. Nittal also discusses the pattern of unloading debt via bankruptcy and offloading to taxpayers the pension burdens of now-failed companies after all sources of cash have been extracted. Nothing says “free market” quite like pawning off a plundered company’s pension obligations to the federal government:
That is the play. Buy the company. Borrow against it. Pay yourself first, and offload the liabilities on the public.

I think there should be two changes made:
1) Completely separate the fiduciary interests of the company from that of the pension fund. Too often, the company made decisions (like underfunding the pension fund, or using its funds for risky, self-interested investments), and
2) Get the government the hell out of any pension backstopping. This could only happen once 1) has been implemented. As things stand, unions have no incentive not to pillage the companies where their workers work. As it is, they're perfectly willing to make company-killing demands because of short-term thinking that pleases their workers, but is not long-term viable. See the US steel and auto industries.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

21 I like Panera. The local one I go to is pretty nice.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:09 AM (Gqar8)

22 Now do Buc-ee's.

Posted by: Nugget Lover at October 19, 2026 11:09 AM (uGZRR)

23 "Anna Ng and we are getting old and we still haven't walked in the glow of each other's majestic presence..."

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at October 19, 2026 11:10 AM (s1VwS)

24 I am not a chain restaurant person to start, I will admit this from the outset. But Red Lobster would have probably shrunk no matter who owned it.

I'm the same, but then, I can afford to eat in better restaurants. I suspect you can too. People who can't, apparently like some of the chains.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:10 AM (Riz8t)

25 >>The incredible amounts of gas I get from their food means I'll never go there, so for them, I have no f*cks to spare.

I used to go regularly because there was one in a great spot convenient for meeting with family, with menu options for all. Started going downhill before covid, but after I went once and decided: never again.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:10 AM (rOKnE)

26 Thanks Buck.

Tangentially related to this, the Canadian Trade War on the US is going swimmingly. Your suffering will continue.

Stelco, a GIANT steel producer here in Ontario, plans on cutting 500 jobs because these people aren't needed anymore. The Canadian government was actually talking about taking legal action against the company.

Apparently the company is supposed to pay their workers and suppliers with pretty pink 'Thank you' notes with hearts and unicorn stickers.

Oh, AND THE BEST. Ontario just signed a 6 month deal to buy electricity from the United States after fat asshole ford threatened to cut the US off. I hope President Trump finds a reason to cancel this or slap on 1000% tariffs. I live here but we need to be punished.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 11:11 AM (Sco7b)

27 I hate finding myself in agreement sometimes with "late stage capitalism" type rants, but I definitely think these things can mutate to where it's an issue that needs government regulation.

Private equity in general is a huge net negative for society and would agree its done more to undermine the case for free markets than any socialist ever has.

Posted by: Sharpie at October 19, 2026 11:11 AM (xPB61)

28 Panera isn't about food. It's about atmosphere and WiFi.
And mediocre coffee.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:12 AM (uGZRR)

29 28 Panera isn't about food. It's about atmosphere and WiFi.
And mediocre coffee.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:12 AM (uGZRR)

Better, or worse, than Starbucks?

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:12 AM (Gqar8)

30 The incredible amounts of gas I get from their food means I'll never go there, so for them, I have no f*cks to spare.
Posted by: Sponge
__________

The turkey chili is still pretty good. Sandwich quality has gone to shit.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (JzUSu)

31 Now let’s do toys R Us. Many brick and mortar’s died out because people stopped going to brick and mortar. Covid really put the nail into this coffin, maybe even more than Amazon, said with zero scientific basis beyond my gut. Toys r us always felt like a warehouse so I never liked it to start. I can’t be the only one.

Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

32 I hate finding myself in agreement sometimes with "late stage capitalism" type rants, but I definitely think these things can mutate to where it's an issue that needs government regulation.

Private equity in general is a huge net negative for society and would agree its done more to undermine the case for free markets than any socialist ever has.

Sometimes it is. Often, it's a way for an underperforming company to have its assets redistributed to more economically worthwhile pursuits.

Greed, for lack of a better term, is good (sometimes).

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

33
So THAT'S why Ruger is discontinuing most of their product line after Beretta bought them out.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 11:14 AM (iqcvy)

34 The tweet linked on X by Insty:

Some shitbag whining that, "under capitalism, food is only produced for profit."

Response is the meme of Johnny Depp pirate "ah, but it is being produced."

And profit means it has to be sold.
And distributed.
To those most willing to pay.
An efficiency that is proven tens of millions of times every single day, witnessing every year records for the least number of people in history in absolute poverty and want, enjoying daily luxuries kings only dreamed of, while marxism has never been proven even once in any way or form.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 11:14 AM (3cUTc)

35 #16 The Kmart/Sears was exactly what I was thinking.

Also, Bill Ackerman (I believe) was pressuring McDonald's back in the day to sell the locations it owned and lease them back. Why? Instant dividends now, taxes lower in the future because lease payments reduce taxable income, and then earnings per dollar in assets is higher, which can juice executive bonuses. Oh, yes, and the company buying the properties were another one of his companies.

Sure, you're condemning the company to a permanent expense that it didn't have before, which could cause future financial problems, but you get to pay yourself cash, collect the rent from the properties you now own, and if the company goes belly up (a la Sears and Kmart), you own the land and can find another tenant or sell it to a developer.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 19, 2026 11:14 AM (P9Ea3)

36 >It all felt scammy and I found a new vet.

My local vet was a legend around here. He knew everyone's pet like they were his children. He'd come to your home when it was that time rather than make their last minutes in a cold clinic.

When he retired his business was sold to the national chain buying vet practices across the country. Fees have increased, care has gone the other way.

McVet. Millions served.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 11:14 AM (viF8m)

37 31 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

========

Musk started making noises about building an alternative to Amazon because Amazon blocked GrokBot from buying things on the platform.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:14 AM (+B3Bm)

38 >>Better, or worse, than Starbucks?

Better because the shops are bigger and they typically have some booths in addition to tables. Used them a couple times when I was working from home and had to meet with a colleague or when the power went out.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (rOKnE)

39 31

Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

Probably. But they have, get this, the product I look for most all the time.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Gqar8)

40 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.

People used to think that Sears was so big it could never be overtaken. I suspect something similar could happen to Amazon.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

41 Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (rOKnE)

My Vet got bought up by a chain too. Nobody is the same now. We used to be on a first name basis with most there. We knew the old owner for years personally and now she only contracts for surgeries. Lives out of staye. Another Gen Xer mostly retired years before needed as she now has FU money.
I so envy her.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Ae6Br)

42 40 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.

People used to think that Sears was so big it could never be overtaken. I suspect something similar could happen to Amazon.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

I truly hope someone ( not China ) comes along to compete with Amazon. Good news for us plebes.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:16 AM (Gqar8)

43 >>Also, Bill Ackerman (I believe) was pressuring McDonald's back in the day to sell the locations it owned and lease them back. Why? Instant dividends now, taxes lower in the future because lease payments reduce taxable income, and then earnings per dollar in assets is higher, which can juice executive bonuses.

Pretty sure that is now SOP. They did this with Joanne Fabrics, which of course helped kill it.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:16 AM (rOKnE)

44 31 Now let’s do toys R Us. Many brick and mortar’s died out because people stopped going to brick and mortar. Covid really put the nail into this coffin, maybe even more than Amazon, said with zero scientific basis beyond my gut. Toys r us always felt like a warehouse so I never liked it to start. I can’t be the only one.

Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

Toys R Us is now the equivalent of Spirit Halloween - it has outlets in cheap malls for 2 months of the year...which might be all that's needed for a toy market right now...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (tOcjL)

45 People used to think that Sears was so big it could never be overtaken. I suspect something similar could happen to Amazon.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

And please Google.
And Meta.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (Sco7b)

46 Musk started making noises about building an alternative to Amazon because Amazon blocked GrokBot from buying things on the platform.

We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:14 AM (+B3Bm)
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If Musk builds his own version (with hookers! and blackjack!) he might become the first quadrillionaire in history...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (FZ29D)

47 Better, or worse, than Starbucks?
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:12 AM

Panera coffee is better than FourBucks, and it's unlimited.
The appeal to me is I can sit there for three hours and work on my laptop in a pleasant atmosphere. Their salads are fine. Expensive now, but that's Bidenflation

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (uGZRR)

48 And I apologize for not catching the apostrophe s on what is supposed to be a plural word in my 31. How annoying

I honestly feel like our focus needs to be on the return of manufacturing here if we want to discuss jobs and recreating the strength of America Past.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (ZdaMQ)

49 The left is very good at some things; killing their opponents for one.

But they're also very good at creating, holding, and perpetuating a narrative.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (RORbl)

50
Any schmoe can peddle mediocre coffee.

Starbucks aspires to rise to the level of mediocre coffee.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (trSL4)

51 16 I still struggle to comprehend how/why bankrupt K-Mart was able/allowed to buy/acquire asset rich Sears ... but both are dead now (afaik).
Posted by: illiniwek

Hedge fund manager borrowed money to buy Sears after he bought the bankrupt K Mart and relied on the using the underlying real estate owned by both corporations as collateral and then promptly ended up stripping Sears of assets with him putting the good assets like real estate etc under his control while progressively gutting the retail business.

Private equity is simply a means to get the equity a short term gain while destroying the business long term to get it. Same thing happened to ToysrUs. And Red Lobster, etc. where the underlying land and buildings are acquired by the equity and then the poor current franchise owner has to pay more and more exorbitant rent to the equity owner. And the franchisees fail because something has to give.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (E4rtv)

52 I have mixed emotions about private equity. Let’s discuss Red Lobster. The food was not good. Not when it fell under the same umbrella as Olive Garden, not ever. If your product is yucky, it probably won’t last.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (ZdaMQ)
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PE does two things:

1. PE provides early funding for almost all start-ups at a time when investing is very risky. Without PE and VC, there would little to no early investment and the capitalism that we all like wouldn't exist.

2. PE extracts the remaining value out of failed or failing companies. Successful companies continue to grow and expand, creating wealth for their shareholders and value for their customers. Failed or failing companies have already lost their customer base, and are prime targets for PE.

Mr Mittal is clearly butthurt, but he's not correctly diagnosing the problem. Check is resume: a "public affairs professional" and staffer for Mitch McConnell.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:18 AM (iFTx/)

53 Very good essay. I had not thought of the capitalist parasites as peas in the same pod of socialist parasites.

Posted by: B. Hammer at October 19, 2026 11:18 AM (caaaz)

54 Another example of PE screwing a company up: Duke Cannon. For those unfamiliar - they make soap. Used to be big bricks of soap. Scents were neat, their packaging was awesome and they donated a percent of profits to military support.

Enter Private Equity. Bricks of soap are now (much smaller) hockey pucks. Scents are all changed. The cool packaging is now replaced with two color (cheaper) branding that doesn't make the product stand out amongst peers any more. And they're losing customers, including me.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:19 AM (N39Ws)

55 A guy in my neighborhood was a serial starter of plumbing and HVAC businesses. He wasn't the cheapest, but his people did excellent work, and there was no upselling.

Groups of investors kept buying him out, and they'd try to cut costs and engage in relentless upselling to make a profit. Guess what happened to the formerly loyal customer base.

Then, the guy would start another company. Rinse and repeat. He's quite well off.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

56 >>Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.

Yeah, you can get same-day or next day delivery now from a lot of places, such as Target and Walmart. I now tend to do online shopping with local businesses that offer it (e.g. independent hardware store) and then pick up.

And get this: they sell brands that are recognizable, not allcaps nonsense word ones that are obviously Chinese that now dominate Amazon.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:19 AM (rOKnE)

57
Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect.

Forget it, Jake -- it's chinesium all the way down.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 19, 2026 11:20 AM (trSL4)

58 Wallymart is the new Amazon.
Cool tip. I recently learned how you can use the phone app to make the shelf tag light flash of the item you're looking for.
Is this a great country, or what?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:20 AM (uGZRR)

59 >>Greed, for lack of a better term, is good (sometimes).

I'm on my 6th and last startup.

I'd venture, see what I did there?, to say most people have no idea what the private equity market is all about.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 11:20 AM (viF8m)

60 Pretty sure that is now SOP. They did this with Joanne Fabrics, which of course helped kill it.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:16 AM (rOKnE)

I'm sure it's taught in all the right MBA programs, the ones attended by silver spoon, Massachusetts prep school attendees who went to the Ivy League for undergrad and whose only experience with financial hardship was when they were told that they had to wait another month or two before Mommy and Daddy would lease them the next BMW.

Posted by: Virginia SoCon at October 19, 2026 11:20 AM (P9Ea3)

61 Hedge fund manager borrowed money to buy Sears after he bought the bankrupt K Mart and relied on the using the underlying real estate owned by both corporations as collateral and then promptly ended up stripping Sears of assets with him putting the good assets like real estate etc under his control while progressively gutting the retail business.

Private equity is simply a means to get the equity a short term gain while destroying the business long term to get it.

I think that was the plan all along. Sears was a dead store walking long before then. You have to know when to fold 'em.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

62 Exhibit A: Panera Bread Co - their sandwich fillings have been "fun-sized" while prices have doubled, and you have to use a screen to enter your order.

This is usually a sign that the end is nigh. I've seen it happen to other restaurants.

But it's not like this is just a poor management problem. Restaurants have lived in the same economy as the rest of us over the last several years: high inflation, increased costs. Add in the complete unreliability and revolving door that is the service industry. I'm surprised that more restaurants have not gone under.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 11:22 AM (xEhzD)

63 >>My Vet got bought up by a chain too. Nobody is the same now. We used to be on a first name basis with most there. We knew the old owner for years personally and now she only contracts for surgeries. Lives out of staye.

Dang, it stinks, doesn't it?

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:23 AM (rOKnE)

64 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

I have a Prime membership. On of the draws was free 24-hour shipping. Now I can get products I order between 4 hours and 4 weeks, depending on where the mini seller is.

And you can't see where the products come from so you end up with cheap knockoff crap.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:23 AM (ExV1e)

65 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: Boston Market at October 19, 2026 11:23 AM (uGZRR)

66
And get this: they sell brands that are recognizable, not allcaps nonsense word ones that are obviously Chinese that now dominate Amazon.
Posted by: Lizzy

Wut?

-- TEMU Obama, House Minority Leader

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Deport! Deport! Deport! at October 19, 2026 11:23 AM (trSL4)

67
I get the feeling that Amazon as a global retail marketplace was just at temporary thing by design. A way to build up cash just to finance the behind-the-scenes tech services like AWS, as well as all the other "serious" businesses in the Amazon empire.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (iqcvy)

68 Meh, this is one of the topics I enjoy the least around here. These alleged "wealth raiders" do everything they do with the full blessing of the SEC and other regulatory bodies, and the ones that don't end up with executives doing time and paying significant fines. Bad management comes in a variety of flavors, and this "lets blame Bain Capital for everything" gets old quickly.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (TN0g+)

69 The problem with the world is that it just doesn’t live up to my expectations.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Gqar8)

70 The beauty of quick shipping is waning.

Is it, though? *skeptical Thor look*
I haven't shopped in a BAM store in years, with the minor exception of a suit and Costco. I think there are many like me, perhaps more men than women, but still.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:26 AM (Riz8t)

71 Panera coffee is better than FourBucks, and it's unlimited.
The appeal to me is I can sit there for three hours and work on my laptop in a pleasant atmosphere. Their salads are fine. Expensive now, but that's Bidenflation
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:17 AM (uGZRR)

That was the draw for me. Coffee and a toasted bagel. Hard to screw that up. I always walked out of there feeling I got my money's worth..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 11:26 AM (08OqX)

72 2. PE extracts the remaining value out of failed or failing companies. Successful companies continue to grow and expand, creating wealth for their shareholders and value for their customers. Failed or failing companies have already lost their customer base, and are prime targets for PE.

Mr Mittal is clearly butthurt, but he's not correctly diagnosing the problem. Check is resume: a "public affairs professional" and staffer for Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Part two is bullshit. PE essentially is to arbitrage and privatize profits while socializing losses and has little to do with whether the business is profitable or not (fwiw, Toys r. Us and Sears both ran profits until taken over by PE same--they are rarely 'rescuers' of bad management but are in fact bad managers designed to extract money for their partners that destroy the long term viability of the business.

And nice lawyer trick of guilt by association. The source of the claim does not in fact have much to do with whether the truth is or is not verifiable by other means. And you know that.

Leveraging a company with massive debt is never a path to success--equity is, debt is not.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)

73 Another Gen Xer mostly retired years before needed as she now has FU money.

I believe that in modern parlance, anyone with a net worth over $20 is referred to as a boomer regardless of their age.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:27 AM (ExV1e)

74 I just pay off executive retirement. Pyramid scheme top to bottom.

Posted by: Mervyns (aka Dayton Hudson) at October 19, 2026 11:27 AM (Ae6Br)

75 66 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: Boston Market at October 19, 2026 11:23 AM (uGZRR)
- - - - - - - - - -
And used to be staffed by Kat Timph!

Posted by: another anon at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (4h45B)

76 73 66 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: Boston Market at October 19, 2026 11:23 AM (uGZRR)

They overexpanded. Now you can only find their products in grocery store freezers.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 11:26 AM (3uYEC)

They got rid of the cinnamon apples as a side...that killed them long before overexpansion. Never remove the side that every mom got their young kid with their mac and cheese...b/c then you make yourself a place that doesn't get stopped at b/c grocery stores sell hot rotisserie chicken, just like you do...but those apples and mac and cheese as sides - damn! Good eating!

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (tOcjL)

77 Private equity has it's place. But too often you get the "Harvard MBA" types that come in, gut the product, culture, basically everything that made a company special - to save 15 cents on each piece produced.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (N39Ws)

78 Speaking of local vs. chains, I know the owner of our local bagel shop. It does a great business, because it’s good, the people who own it are nice, the employees are nice, etc etc.

He just brought me their Bagel of the Week. Y’all. It’s a pumpkin shaped and flavored bagel with a little pretzel stem. It’s adorable. And delicious. It wasn’t taken out of cellophane and popped into a microwave. I am not anti-Starbucks completely, they provide local jobs, too. But they won’t ever match this quality of food.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (ZdaMQ)

79 76 Another Gen Xer mostly retired years before needed as she now has FU money.

I believe that in modern parlance, anyone with a net worth over $20 is referred to as a boomer regardless of their age.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:27 AM (ExV1e)

I think that is called envy and resentment.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)

80 Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.

Yup. See my #55. The investors often seem to think they're just so smart they'll automatically be able to find enough savings to justify the inflated price they paid for the asset. They are often very, very wrong, but then, it isn't my money (unless I'm on the hook for pensions and welfare).

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Riz8t)

81 Mr Mittal is clearly butthurt, but he's not correctly diagnosing the problem. Check is resume: a "public affairs professional" and staffer for Mitch McConnell.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Part two is bullshit. PE essentially is to arbitrage and privatize profits while socializing losses and has little to do with whether the business is profitable or not (fwiw, Toys r. Us and Sears both ran profits until taken over by PE same--they are rarely 'rescuers' of bad management but are in fact bad managers designed to extract money for their partners that destroy the long term viability of the business.

And nice lawyer trick of guilt by association. The source of the claim does not in fact have much to do with whether the truth is or is not verifiable by other means. And you know that.

Leveraging a company with massive debt is never a path to success--equity is, debt is not.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)
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Tell me where on the doll the PE man touched you. Also tell me you know nothing about PE or finance, without telling me you know nothing about PE or finance .....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:29 AM (iFTx/)

82 I had AI summarize the Hudson Bay company. They literally owned 40% of Canada at one point.

The Hudson's Bay Company was founded in 1670 by royal charter from King Charles II, nearly 200 years before Canada became a country. At its height, its trading empire extended across approximately 8 million square kilometres of North America, encompassing an enormous portion of modern Canada. Its fur-trading operations relied heavily on Indigenous traders and their knowledge of the land.

In 1821, Hudson's Bay absorbed its greatest rival, the North West Company. In 1870, it surrendered its territorial rights to the Canadian government for £300,000 while retaining valuable land holdings. Over time, it transformed from a massive fur-trading enterprise into one of Canada's most recognizable department-store chains.

After 355 years, Hudson's Bay collapsed in 2025. Competition from Walmart, Costco and Amazon, declining department-store traffic, aging buildings, years of underinvestment and mounting financial problems contributed to its downfall. A company that once dominated trade across much of Canada couldn't survive modern retail competition.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 11:29 AM (Sco7b)

83 > Hedge fund manager borrowed money to buy Sears after he bought the bankrupt K Mart and relied on the using the underlying real estate owned by both corporations...
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The real estate is typically what's valuable, not the business. Chains, like Red Lobster or Olive Garden sometimes own the plot they're on. If not, and there's more money to be made selling, or rezoning the property then that's what the owner's gonna' do.

It's happening around here with some of the under performing retail stores and chain eateries.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 11:29 AM (RORbl)

84 >>Wallymart is the new Amazon.
Cool tip. I recently learned how you can use the phone app to make the shelf tag light flash of the item you're looking for.
Is this a great country, or what?

My parents would have groceries delivered by Walmart because shopping takes a lot of energy (lift/moving into cart, out of cart, into bags, back into cart, into car, out of car). The problem was almost always something or things were missing. Online resolution was difficult, so I figured out how to get in touch with a real person on the phone (clearly overseas) who would walk them through "returning" the items that were missing/stolen by the delivery person. It destroyed all convenience having to do this. Back to regular shopping.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 11:29 AM (rOKnE)

85 Companies come and go . Unless we allow monopolies , their success is ultimately controlled by the marketplace. If a private equity/raider destroys a successful business another one will take its place if the marketplace wants it.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 11:29 AM (KC5Lt)

86 >>Meh, this is one of the topics I enjoy the least around here. These alleged "wealth raiders" do everything they do with the full blessing of the SEC and other regulatory bodies, and the ones that don't end up with executives doing time and paying significant fines. Bad management comes in a variety of flavors, and this "lets blame Bain Capital for everything" gets old quickly.

It's a bit of both.

Some companies are run poorly. Some in the PE market are every bit as bad if not worse.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 11:30 AM (viF8m)

87 69
Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (3uYEC)

See also Disney buying every company it ever acquired.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

88 It's just a correction in the economy. If we lost a billlion in bitcoin that a deficit correction.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 19, 2026 11:31 AM (cJOax)

89 This. It is the move from viewing customers as consumers. You do not have to appeal to a consumer- just make it easier for them to consume.

The thing is, people are still customers. They still have a choice whether to buy your shitty product or not.

The corpro business school people started to drift toward viewing people as consumers and then the socialists/commies swooped in because that is where they live. You HAVE to listen to what I say, unlike Dad. See, I'm important!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (Y/06r)

90 70 Meh, this is one of the topics I enjoy the least around here. These alleged "wealth raiders" do everything they do with the full blessing of the SEC and other regulatory bodies, and the ones that don't end up with executives doing time and paying significant fines. Bad management comes in a variety of flavors, and this "lets blame Bain Capital for everything" gets old quickly.
Posted by: Crusader

Debt leverage is not a good thing for any going concern just like for people. The same people decrying some student taking on 100-200k of debt are happy with a private equity firm doing the same multiple. Both are relying on gambling that they can make a lot of money---the pe firm by liquidation, the graduate by getting the golden ticket win. And both are using other people's money. Want a better outcome--get rid of corporate taxation of dividends, remove corporate deductions for interest on acquisitions which means stock is used instead, etc.

Firms using equity do better in downturns than any debt laden firm does because dividends can be suspended in bad times, interest payments generally cannot.

We need to move away from a debt society to an equity society.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (E4rtv)

91 90 69
Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (3uYEC)

See also Disney buying every company it ever acquired.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

Not quite - Marvel was literally bankrupt and selling property rights left and right before Disney bought the carcass that was left and has spent years trying to Frankenstein back together...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)

92 Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (3uYEC)

See also Disney BURYING every company it ever acquired.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

FIFY.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (Y/06r)

93 Cerberus and Remington firearms. Long story short, Cerberus borrowed a quarter of a billion dollars, put Remington's name on the paperwork, and walked away.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (+ltn5)

94 Uh oh.

https://tinyurl.com/mtc22rx9

He not only did it, he did it big. Well, Massachusetts so it probably doesn't matter.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 11:33 AM (ndZc7)

95 Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.
Posted by: Cow Demon

Some buy companies strictly to destroy the competition. E.g. Unilever buying and then selling Dollar Shave Club after gutting it. Google, IBM, etc. megacorps have done it--bought companies simply to destroy them because they were possible or actual threats to market control.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)

96 96 Cerberus and Remington firearms. Long story short, Cerberus borrowed a quarter of a billion dollars, put Remington's name on the paperwork, and walked away.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
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Yep and took local and state governments money while doing so. See Alabama and the Huntsville plant.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

97 72 The beauty of quick shipping is waning.

Is it, though? *skeptical Thor look*
I haven't shopped in a BAM store in years, with the minor exception of a suit and Costco. I think there are many like me, perhaps more men than women, but still.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026

On Amazon, you used to be able to get what you wanted the next day. Now many things are 2 and 3 days. I can order from somewhere else for that, know I am getting the real thing, and skip Amazon completely. That is what I meant, that Amazon is losing what made it a go to place. It’s the beginning of this phase, not end of life, though. Little signs peeking through the bushes.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:35 AM (ZdaMQ)

98 58 Wallymart is the new Amazon.
Cool tip. I recently learned how you can use the phone app to make the shelf tag light flash of the item you're looking for.
Is this a great country, or what?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 11:20 AM (uGZRR)
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That's... actually a useful and innovative trick. I'll have to read up on that and see how to do it for the family.

Problem is that, after the roving hordes of Walmartians fire off their rayguns like they were at a Chicago block party, most of the things have been reorganized in non-sensical ways. A lot of times, frozen stuff placed in the candy aisle to melt and rot, for instance.

Posted by: another anon at October 19, 2026 11:35 AM (4h45B)

99 Uh oh.

https://tinyurl.com/mtc22rx9

He not only did it, he did it big. Well, Massachusetts so it probably doesn't matter.

Police tell us he hit five parked vehicles before flipping his own."

Those are rookie numbers.

Posted by: Tiger Woods at October 19, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)

100 Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (3uYEC)

See also Disney buying every company it ever acquired.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

Not quite - Marvel was literally bankrupt and selling property rights left and right before Disney bought the carcass that was left and has spent years trying to Frankenstein back together...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)
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Marvel literally was in bankruptcy, IIRC

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

101 These alleged "wealth raiders" do everything they do with the full blessing of the SEC and other regulatory bodies"

And let's not forget that someone sold said assets...

FWIW, public equity ain't no better...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 11:36 AM (pfXMo)

102 I think that is called envy and resentment.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar

Some. Some of it is young people with no experience, little or no education on how the economy and money works, being fed an emotional argument that the old people are stealing their future.

In a world where everything is a subscription, college costs as much as a small home but doesn't get you a job unless you're Indian, and local inflation in the areas where all the yoots want to live is through the roof, I can see where the idea gets legs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:36 AM (ExV1e)

103 Obamacare seems to have destroyed private medical practices.

VA care is suffering also, I think. I've had three primary care docs call it quits there in the last four years.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 11:37 AM (XeU6L)

104 103 Ultimately they buy a company and fail to understand what made the brand work in the first place. See also Disney buying Lucasfilm.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 19, 2026 11:25 AM (3uYEC)

See also Disney buying every company it ever acquired.
Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at October 19, 2026 11:30 AM (N39Ws)

Not quite - Marvel was literally bankrupt and selling property rights left and right before Disney bought the carcass that was left and has spent years trying to Frankenstein back together...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)
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Marvel literally was in bankruptcy, IIRC
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:36 AM (iFTx/)

Yes, that's why I wrote literally bankrupt...they weren't theoretically bankrupt...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:37 AM (tOcjL)

105 On Amazon, you used to be able to get what you wanted the next day. Now many things are 2 and 3 days. I can order from somewhere else for that, know I am getting the real thing, and skip Amazon completely. That is what I meant, that Amazon is losing what made it a go to place. It’s the beginning of this phase, not end of life, though. Little signs peeking through the bushes.

I agree with that to an extent. Amazon's service seems to be bifurcating. Some stuff arrives before you actually order it, while other stuff gets delayed. I no longer just assume Amazon is the best deal.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

106 106 Obamacare seems to have destroyed private medical practices.

VA care is suffering also, I think. I've had three primary care docs call it quits there in the last four years.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 11:37 AM (XeU6L)

Primary care is moving to PAs and nurses...it's not profitable for any docs really b/c of the Obamacare requirements...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:38 AM (tOcjL)

107 Cracker Barrel had a clientele, but one person with a woke idea nearly killed the brand.

It's not always investor based malpractice that kills businesses. Sometimes it's just plain stupidity on one person's part who's got way too much corporate pull.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (RORbl)

108 105 I think that is called envy and resentment.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar

Some. Some of it is young people with no experience, little or no education on how the economy and money works, being fed an emotional argument that the old people are stealing their future.

In a world where everything is a subscription, college costs as much as a small home but doesn't get you a job unless you're Indian, and local inflation in the areas where all the yoots want to live is through the roof, I can see where the idea gets legs.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:36 AM (ExV1e)

Yes. The group is notoriously easy to manipulate by their authoity figures. This has been going on for, forever, really. Reality kicks in down the line, for some.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (Gqar8)

109 Burnie Sanders is right!! The drakkonian cuts Drumpf made to the FART Tube programme means both children of coler hear have to pay full price!

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (EdP2u)

110 I cast suspicious eyes on Mittal - his words imply he thinks that Trumpist populism is not really compatible with free markets, just in a different way - or perhaps facade - than socialism. Is he another one of those 'tarriffs are evil if we do it but not if they do it', 'free traders'? But yes, the abusive 'who cares about long-term, you'll have moved on by then' nature of the current 'business leaders' is not helping the reputation of capitalism.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (aJQbY)

111 The TSR saga has gotten interesting lately.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (Ae6Br)

112 OT-Blood clots discovered in Jalen Hurts' lungs. Out for seasojn.

Posted by: mr tmz at October 19, 2026 11:40 AM (Zb4cR)

113 The real estate is typically what's valuable, not the business. Chains, like Red Lobster or Olive Garden sometimes own the plot they're on. If not, and there's more money to be made selling, or rezoning the property then that's what the owner's gonna' do.

It's happening around here with some of the under performing retail stores and chain eateries.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

But the company owning the real estate can very easily destroy the franchisee by simply raising rent through the roof. That places the franchisee in an impossible situation--you cannot move the business because of the franchise contract--all you can do it pay it until you can't or close down.

Lots of lawsuits involving just this type of behavior by PE firms that take over franchise type restaurants.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:40 AM (E4rtv)

114 Set aside companies for a moment. Do you know why the west embarked on a seemingly suicidal mass immigration movement?

Ask Larry Fink. He'll get back to you when he can break from his duties running the WEF.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)

115 Oral Surgeon around here extracted a lot of my wealth, lemme tell ya!

Posted by: Gabby Hayes at October 19, 2026 11:40 AM (EdP2u)

116 Some. Some of it is young people with no experience, little or no education on how the economy and money works, being fed an emotional argument that the old people are stealing their future.

I think a lot of them learned exactly how it works during the GWB recession/TARP era.

Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 11:41 AM (xEhzD)

117 115 OT-Blood clots discovered in Jalen Hurts' lungs. Out for seasojn.
Posted by: mr tmz at October 19, 2026 11:40 AM (Zb4cR)

Oh no...praying for his health b/c this isn't a football injury...this seems like a real long term health problem. One hit on a leg doesn't do this...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:41 AM (tOcjL)

118 Cracker Barrel had a clientele, but one person with a woke idea nearly killed the brand.

It's not always investor based malpractice that kills businesses. Sometimes it's just plain stupidity on one person's part who's got way too much corporate pull.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (RORbl)
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CB was faltering before the woke rebrand. It's an example of a business being successful by bringing value to customers and then ... not. It happens to many companies, whether family owned or sold to PE or merged, or anything.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:41 AM (iFTx/)

119 I think a similar topic to the above involves scalpers - those who buy a limited good (seating tickets to a show, 1st-print collectibles, etc.) and immediately try to resell it above the price sold by the actual producer.

The scalpers do not produce anything. They create an artificial demand for items, messing with the price point of the supply. And with various laws in place, if they don't manage to get a positive return on their object, they can cancel or return it for their original purchase price.

So there's little risk to scalpers, but larger harm to the second-hand purchasers who would be first-hand buyers if not for the scalpers. Harm to the original sellers as well; the item gets sold regardless, but they get zero "good will" for having a price point below the max people would pay, and they have to deal with returns as well (if the scalpers try to get their money back instead of losing on the second-hand sale).

Posted by: another anon at October 19, 2026 11:42 AM (4h45B)

120 Burnie Sanders is right!! The drakkonian cuts Drumpf made to the FART Tube programme means both children of coler hear have to pay full price!

Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein Of Brattleboro, VT

You can't fool me. You're that shop owner in Paris who tried to persuade the 'grants not to loot her store, because she's a good person and supported bringing them in to France.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)

121 I haven't shopped in a BAM store in years, with the minor exception of a suit and Costco. I think there are many like me, perhaps more men than women, but still.
Posted by: Archimedes at October

And I shop online for the most part, too. I get the majority of my groceries delivered from a specialty type store, I am definitely part of the community causing the issue with BAM not being as firm as they once were for sure.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:43 AM (ZdaMQ)

122
Some. Some of it is young people with no experience, little or no education on how the economy and money works, being fed an emotional argument that the old people are stealing their future.
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UNC School of Journalism (ranked 4th in the nation) did away with any prerequisite for Economics or pre-1865 History.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 11:43 AM (XeU6L)

123 Little signs peeking through the bushes.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:35 AM (ZdaMQ)

You know who else had little signs peeking through the bushes?

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 11:43 AM (C/YEn)

124 >>Some buy companies strictly to destroy the competition.

Worked for a firm that was a target of one of those ploys. The purchase eventually happened, but because a highly-placed person in the buying company publicly said that that was the goal, it cost the buyer a LOT in legal fees and time because the FTC takes a dim view of this. Buying company also had to promise that it would support the target's flagship product for decades to come.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 11:43 AM (NcvvS)

125 I cast suspicious eyes on Mittal - his words imply he thinks that Trumpist populism is not really compatible with free markets, just in a different way - or perhaps facade - than socialism. Is he another one of those 'tarriffs are evil if we do it but not if they do it', 'free traders'? But yes, the abusive 'who cares about long-term, you'll have moved on by then' nature of the current 'business leaders' is not helping the reputation of capitalism.
Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 11:39 AM (aJQbY)
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See my comment above. He's a purely political figure and former staffer for ... Mitch McConnell. Hardly a guy I trust to correctly diagnose a politically-charged problem.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:43 AM (iFTx/)

126 Do you know why the west embarked on a seemingly suicidal mass immigration movement?
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For the moment it's looking like they needed bodies for their social engineering riots.

Posted by: ... at October 19, 2026 11:44 AM (C/YEn)

127 I no longer just assume Amazon is the best deal.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

Which is why Amazon has banned bot shoppers.
Which pissed off the people who use them.
Which caused those people to take to X to ask Musk to make a competitor to Amazon.

I wonder if Amazon would be behaving this way of Jeff Bezos, shopkeeper, were still running the company rather than buying his new wife more plastic surgery and spending his money on trying to be Temu Elon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:45 AM (ExV1e)

128 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

Probably. But they have, get this, the product I look for most all the time.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Gqar

Yup. Same here. And I do like their fast shipping.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 19, 2026 11:45 AM (g8Ew8)

129 113 I cast suspicious eyes on Mittal - his words imply he thinks that Trumpist populism is not really compatible with free markets, just in a different way - or perhaps facade - than socialism. Is he another one of those 'tarriffs are evil if we do it but not if they do it', 'free traders'? But yes, the abusive 'who cares about long-term, you'll have moved on by then' nature of the current 'business leaders' is not helping the reputation of capitalism.
Posted by: RandomDave
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There is no such thing as a free market is the first rule. Closet thing we have are commodity markets but financialization has resulted in the producers getting screwed in a lot of cases by middlemen and market manipulators whether government or private individuals.

Second, regulations and rules you will always have upon the conduct of business and that is because like for criminal laws, you get a sizable percentage of sociopaths that simply will do anything to get rich. And even 'honest' business types are liable again and again to collude to limit or restrain competition whether it is by legal means or by illegal ones like price fixing.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

130 I think a lot of them learned exactly how it works during the GWB recession/TARP era.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 11:41 AM (xEhzD)

Funny how those negative gdp numbers happened right when Bush took office and right when he was leaving office. Inbetween there was 26 straight quarters of positive gdp in spite of the Left trying to do all they could to get us into a depression.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 11:47 AM (KC5Lt)

131 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

Probably. But they have, get this, the product I look for most all the time.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Gqar

Yup. Same here. And I do like their fast shipping.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 19, 2026 11:45 AM (g8Ew

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Caveat emptor, same as ever. I never make a purchase of any significance without doing a little research first. If a company sells me crap with my consent, who's fault is that?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

132 Do you know why the west embarked on a seemingly suicidal mass immigration movement?

1. The west's social network requires an ever growing population to prop up the pyramid.
2. The WEF wants to eradicate whites (with the exception of the globalist aristocracy) because they're deem harder to control.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

133 I think a lot of them learned exactly how it works during the GWB recession/TARP era.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 19, 2026 11:41 AM (xEhzD)

I don't think the ones bitching the loudest are that old. They'd have been small children 18 years ago.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ExV1e)

134 131

Caveat emptor, same as ever. I never make a purchase of any significance without doing a little research first. If a company sells me crap with my consent, who's fault is that?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

That should go without needing to be stated. Buying a dozen cheap widgets that you need RIGHT NOW is a far cry from plopping down 3,4,5 figures on an item. Some people though, live their lives on Assumptions.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar8)

135 The French rioters are just angry because there isn't enough education spending. Swearsies.

Islamists are now threatening to burn down the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris if the Parisian prison system doesn’t release their terrorist friend.

https://tinyurl.com/3bsukkyz

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (Riz8t)

136 Set aside companies for a moment. Do you know why the west embarked on a seemingly suicidal mass immigration movement?

Ask Larry Fink. He'll get back to you when he can break from his duties running the WEF.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 11:40 AM (viF8m)
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Suicidal yes, but for who? The leftwing elites who opened the floodgates are doing great: new and potential new Democrap voters, cheap labor for donors, cheap labor for themselves, cheap sex, cheap drugs, and piles of dirty money.

They're doing great.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (iFTx/)

137 CB was faltering before the woke rebrand. It's an example of a business being successful by bringing value to customers and then ... not.

CB was a gimmick restaurant and the folks who appreciated that gimmick aged out. It is what it is.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)

138 delivered from a specialty type store, I am definitely part of the community causing the issue with BAM not being as firm as they once were for sure.
Posted by: Piper

For goodness sake, you run a BAM store.

Posted by: Pot, Kettle at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (EdP2u)

139 128 Let’s talk about Amazon - now that it is becoming a glob of mini sellers, the quality is suspect. The beauty of quick shipping is waning. Will it last? Will it be different in 5 years? I am going with yes.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:13 AM (ZdaMQ)

Probably. But they have, get this, the product I look for most all the time.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:15 AM (Gqar

Yup. Same here. And I do like their fast shipping.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Truth is that Amazon is now an advertising and cloud company--the retail part runs at a bare profit compared to the other two. Essentially for Amazon, you and your information ARE what they are selling to companies for the advert part and that is why they purposefully bollixed their search engine to substitute products that paid the advert fee over those that didn't.

Eventually it will collapse due to enshittification but meanwhile Amazon is grabbing every buck it can any way it can. Including creating Amazon generic products when they see some company selling a good successfully.

Retail grocery and other stores act similarly btw, companies often pay to have their goods placed in premium spots.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

140 I buy a new $1000 iphone every 6 months and order doordash for every meal and smoke weed every day.

Fuck capitalism and boomers for keeping me poor.

- GenZ voting for DSA candidates

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 11:52 AM (4ZhPW)

141 Not quite - Marvel was literally bankrupt and selling property rights left and right before Disney bought the carcass that was left and has spent years trying to Frankenstein back together...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)

Disney purchased Marvel way after it came out of bankruptcy, and was already starting to make good money on its own superhero films.

Posted by: far cry at October 19, 2026 11:52 AM (vD0EW)

142 I've read Glass House, and can't argue against its points nor the ones Mittal raises. The article at least spills a little ink on the outsourcing that was encouraged by "free trade" agreements, which left the henhouse door ajar for opportunistic PE predators. They swooped in and fed off the carcass of an already dying company. Today's populist movement, as embodied by Trump with his tariffs, is at least shutting that door.

Business is a lot like electricity and seeks the path of least resistance. Tariffs of products made overseas convinces business to consider making those products here. Our so called trading partners understand this and have been using tariffs to keep manufacturing jobs within their borders. We've been on the sidelines long enough and need to get back into the game.

Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 19, 2026 11:53 AM (08OqX)

143 aveat emptor, same as ever. I never make a purchase of any significance without doing a little research first. If a company sells me crap with my consent, who's fault is that?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:47 AM (iFTx/)

That should go without needing to be stated. Buying a dozen cheap widgets that you need RIGHT NOW is a far cry from plopping down 3,4,5 figures on an item. Some people though, live their lives on Assumptions.
Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:50 AM (Gqar

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Yes, and Amazon has an incredible return policy. Pretty much everything is returnable -- no questions asked -- for 30 days, and it doesn't cost you a penny.

So if you buy something from Amazon and it turns out to be junk, you can return it for a full refund.

And yes, I've done some research, bought something on Amazon, and despite my best efforts it turned out to be junk. So back it went.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

144 CB was a gimmick restaurant and the folks who appreciated that gimmick aged out. It is what it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yup, like 60 Minutes and the CBS Evening News, every week the audience contracts as the graveyard fills up.

Posted by: Memento Mori at October 19, 2026 11:53 AM (EdP2u)

145 Where is this cheap illegal labor everyone keeps talking about? My new roof cost $20k to install, all done with “cheap” illegals.

I’d hate to see what it would cost using “expensive” labor lol.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (4ZhPW)

146 "Hedge fund manager borrowed money to buy Sears after he bought the bankrupt K Mart and relied on the using the underlying real estate...." whig

Thx, shoulda known some hedge fund guy (corporate raider?) was involved. But I'm pretty sure on paper at least, it was K-Mart acquiring Sears.

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (vbXSk)

147 Cerberus bought out the company for which my dad was VP. They not only fucked him out of the company account (quite a bit, by then) but sued to keep him from finding work elsewhere.
As for Bain, let's just say there are reasons that Republicans didn't show up to vote for Romney but did show up for Trump.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (88C+u)

148 137 CB was faltering before the woke rebrand. It's an example of a business being successful by bringing value to customers and then ... not.

CB was a gimmick restaurant and the folks who appreciated that gimmick aged out. It is what it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)

While true in part, they still had a demo that was immune to aging - the traveling person on interstates looking for comfort food. They got nervous b/c the Covid years cut that person down and rather than weathering the temporary storm, they went nuts...literally.

Now that travelers and the concept are back, they are back to fine results. They don't need to be a growth company to succeed. They just need to turn profits day in and day out, doing what appeals to their main current demo.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (tOcjL)

149 Some stuff arrives before you actually order it, while other stuff gets delayed. I no longer just assume Amazon is the best deal.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:38 AM (Riz8t)

I got my Christmas present Friday (long story about why I ordered my present so early). It wasn't supposed to get here until tomorrow. I was pretty shocked, but very happy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (lFFaq)

150 The article at least spills a little ink on the outsourcing that was encouraged by "free trade" agreements, which left the henhouse door ajar for opportunistic PE predators. They swooped in and fed off the carcass of an already dying company.

Just a reminder: vultures fill a very necessary role in maintaining an ecosystem's health.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

151 Caveat emptor, same as ever. I never make a purchase of any significance without doing a little research first. If a company sells me crap with my consent, who's fault is that?
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Exactly.

Watching some people trying to demonize certain financial strategies resembles the "underpants gnomes" episode of South Park:

Phase 1: Private Equity buys an entity
Phase 2: ? ? ?
Phase 3: Profit

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (TN0g+)

152 >>For the moment it's looking like they needed bodies for their social engineering riots.

For many years people wrote off the notion that globalist organizations like the WEF and UN were nefarious groups that specifically eroded the idea of democratic governance. But that's exactly what they have always been as we can see playing out on the world stage.

Take a look at leadership and attendees of these meetings. It's not just a bunch of pointy headed politicos getting together to discuss political theory. It's some of the richest and therefore most powerful financiers in the world giving their, ahem, opinions on how countries must address things like a shrinking population. The spreadsheets said the simple solution was import more worker units regardless of where they came from, their culture, their abilities to fit in, etc..

And western countries did. Rather than relying on technology improvements and things like AI they imported Ali and Mohamed and Juan Valdez because we need more buggy whips and any old human unit can do that.

And here we are.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 11:55 AM (viF8m)

153 Smaller versions of "Barbarians at the Gate " - the private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (KKR)?

(The historic $25 billion corporate bidding war decades ago centered around three major rival factions trying to execute a leveraged buyout (LBO) of the food and tobacco conglomerate RJR Nabisco decades ago.

In the end, the $31 billion RJR Nabisco buyout held the record as the largest leveraged buyout (LBO) in history for 17 years and then KKR shattered its own record during the mid-2000s private equity boom.)

When buyout firms took over a company using massive amounts of debt, their primary goal was to find immediate cash to pay off that debt. They did this by aggressively shutting down unionized plants, laying off workers, and replacing union jobs with non-union or outsourced labor., which caused a sharp drop in the percentage of unionized American workers during the 1980s, 1990s.

The controversial government tax loophole —allowing private equity executives to pay lower capital gains tax rates on their compensation rather than ordinary income rates—still exists.

And unions are experiencing a modern, youthful resurgence in unexpected sectors.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 11:55 AM (NFX2v)

154 I’d hate to see what it would cost using “expensive” labor lol.

Yes, yes you would.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:55 AM (Riz8t)

155 That said, the private equity firm that bought Barnes & Noble did seem to figure out how to make that chain profitable.

Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 11:55 AM (88C+u)

156 Eventually it will collapse due to enshittification but meanwhile Amazon is grabbing every buck it can any way it can. Including creating Amazon generic products when they see some company selling a good successfully.

Retail grocery and other stores act similarly btw, companies often pay to have their goods placed in premium spots.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (E4rtv)

IOW, they compete with other companies for customers. It's called "Business".

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at October 19, 2026 11:55 AM (g8Ew8)

157 CB was faltering before the woke rebrand. It's an example of a business being successful by bringing value to customers and then ... not.

CB was a gimmick restaurant and the folks who appreciated that gimmick aged out. It is what it is.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 11:51 AM (ExV1e)
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Possibly. I was never a fan of CB because no booze. But a lot of people liked it. There's evidence that the company went from making it's own food, fresh, to basically just reheating already-cooked food.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

158 I wonder if Amazon would be behaving this way of Jeff Bezos, shopkeeper, were still running the company rather than buying his new wife more plastic surgery and spending his money on trying to be Temu Elon.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Eh, unlike Musk, Bezos cashed out. He owns about 8.8 percent of the company--a prominent stock holder but his influence like Bill Gates is fading from the company as his percentage of shares diminishes.

"Top institutional shareholders
Institutional investors own roughly 60–65% of Amazon's outstanding shares. The largest holders are passive index fund managers, which accumulate shares as Amazon's weight in major indices (S&P 500, NASDAQ-100) grows."

Amazon has no special rules like Ford Motor or others that keep control for Bezos of Amazon.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

159 As for Bain, let's just say there are reasons that Republicans didn't show up to vote for Romney but did show up for Trump.
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Yeah, its because Trump is a fighter and took the battle to the Democrats on a huge scale THREE TIMES while Mittens is a life-long pussy. Bain Capital had exactly NOTHING to do with the difference.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (TN0g+)

160 Sears catalog was Amazon. All they had to do was put it online and they would have dominated e-commerce. They didn’t. And died.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (4ZhPW)

161 As for Bain, let's just say there are reasons that Republicans didn't show up to vote for Romney but did show up for Trump.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (88C+u)

Yep. That little shit Ryan was no draw either.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:58 AM (Ae6Br)

162 160 Sears catalog was Amazon. All they had to do was put it online and they would have dominated e-commerce. They didn’t. And died.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (4ZhPW)

The “Internet”? I don’t get it! - Sears.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:58 AM (Gqar8)

163 Caveat emptor, same as ever. I never make a purchase of any significance without doing a little research first. If a company sells me crap with my consent, who's fault is that?
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Exactly.

Watching some people trying to demonize certain financial strategies resembles the "underpants gnomes" episode of South Park:

Phase 1: Private Equity buys an entity
Phase 2: ? ? ?
Phase 3: Profit

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (TN0g+)
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I agree with you, but our side has its boogeymen too, and boogeymen always get blamed even if the true source of the problem is far more complicated.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

164 160 Sears catalog was Amazon. All they had to do was put it online and they would have dominated e-commerce. They didn’t. And died.

That was certainly a catastrophic mistake, but I think there was an even larger problem, which was that they had stopped trying because they figured they were Sears, and were therefore immortal and invincible. They figured wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

165 So if you buy something from Amazon and it turns out to be junk, you can return it for a full refund.

And yes, I've done some research, bought something on Amazon, and despite my best efforts it turned out to be junk. So back it went.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19

But with some of the new sellers, this is not true, so really look before you buy. Some returns now have to go outside of Amazon, and this is what I mean by the glob of mini sellers making Amazon less desirable. Again, it is FAR from end of life, but the things that made it attractive are slowly changing.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (ZdaMQ)

166 163 I agree with you, but our side has its boogeymen too, and boogeymen always get blamed even if the true source of the problem is far more complicated.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (iFTx/)

========

Thanks, Obama.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (+B3Bm)

167 Elon owns only 20% of Tesla.

Vanguard, State Street and BlackRock combined own more than him.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (4ZhPW)

168 Reuters headline.

French High Schoolers Fight To "Learn In Dignity"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (ndZc7)

169 164 160 Sears catalog was Amazon. All they had to do was put it online and they would have dominated e-commerce. They didn’t. And died.

That was certainly a catastrophic mistake, but I think there was an even larger problem, which was that they had stopped trying because they figured they were Sears, and were therefore immortal and invincible. They figured wrong.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:59 AM (Riz8t)

Kodak understands,Sears.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 12:00 PM (ZdaMQ)

170 141 Not quite - Marvel was literally bankrupt and selling property rights left and right before Disney bought the carcass that was left and has spent years trying to Frankenstein back together...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 11:32 AM (tOcjL)

Disney purchased Marvel way after it came out of bankruptcy, and was already starting to make good money on its own superhero films.
Posted by: far cry at October 19, 2026 11:52 AM (vD0EW)

https://www.imdb.com/news/ni62021427/ One film (after selling the rights for films of their more famous characters)...which Marvel couldn't even release itself theatrically (Paramount did), but which did well enough that Disney saw the possible value in the brand...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 12:00 PM (tOcjL)

171 But project Orca worked so well.

Why blame Bain for that?

Posted by: MJ at October 19, 2026 12:00 PM (XOmY9)

172 As of this moment, PE has not offered to buy me out, so I need to go teach the noon class.

And since I split that bagel with my kid, it’s probably a good thing I do. 🤣

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 12:02 PM (ZdaMQ)

173 For what it is, Amazon is pretty good at delivering the goods. I've had but a few returns, and those were easy to do.

Musk's said to be toying with an Amazon type thing along with his other creations.

Is he still selling flamethrowers?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 12:02 PM (RORbl)

174 >>Amazon has no special rules like Ford Motor or others that keep control for Bezos of Amazon.

Do you know who Bezos' grandfather was? Lawrence Preston Gise.

Kind of explains how a plucky kid came up with a crazy idea of starting an online book store in a garage.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)

175 And western countries did. Rather than relying on technology improvements and things like AI they imported Ali and Mohamed and Juan Valdez because we need more buggy whips and any old human unit can do that.
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I will hear no slander of Juan Valdez and his l'il mule. Dude worked his butt off getting those coffee beans to marker.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 12:02 PM (amcLV)

176 There are two routes, first you can find a profitable product, then you use the profits to make sure that there are no competitors, and then you don't have to care if the product is good, bad, or actively damaging since no consumer has a choice. This is Windows.

Or you can make such a splash and demand that all people wind up getting is the hype, "sell the sizzle and not the sausage" sort of thing. This is Apple.

Eventually, without competitors or with collusion, the products no longer are things to sell to consumers to make a profit, they become "a way to extract all the money from the consumers"

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 12:03 PM (rbvCR)

177 Most of our problems as a society are caused by the fact we've implemented significant levels of socialism already.

Then socialists campaign on that and argue that if we only had socialism we'd fix the problems and LIVs then vote for their solution.

Healthcare is the best example of this. While the cost of technology in areas loosely regulated like TV or computers have dropped healthcare costs have exploded...because of the fact the government manages healthcare.

The only logical solution to healthcare costs is to reduce the amount government is involved at all but that requires an informed electorate...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)

178 I will hear no slander of Juan Valdez and his l'il mule. Dude worked his butt off getting those coffee beans to marker.

Nobody did quality control like Juan. Remember the old commercials where he'd spend half a minute examining each "hand-picked" bean to make sure it was worthy?

His family starved, but that was of no consequence.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:03 PM (Riz8t)

179 I have friends from college who worked at Bain, McKinsey, Boston Consulting, etc. Really smart, highly motivated dudes. Also very good at the art of bullshit. They could all sell the proverbial freezer to Eskimos.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:04 PM (4ZhPW)

180 IOW, they compete with other companies for customers. It's called "Business".
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

Not quite. You have for example, the phenomenon where a company like Walmart opens a superstore in rural areas and suddenly all the local supermarkets go belly up. That is an example of monopolistic competition. A person could go miles and miles to shop at another place or do without but almost no one does. Same with brand names, you could buy an alternative to something like Nike but due to monopolistic competition, you cannot get that precise shoe from Reebok for example.

People tend to lump everything under the rubric of free enterprise (which itself is a misnomer). Instead you get a hierarchy of competitive situations ranging from a monopoly (utilities of gas, water, electric for example) to oligopolies (airlines), to monopolistic competition examples above, to commodity markets where a grain of wheat or a pill of generic penicillin competes only on price as they are basically the same product.

Each has its own advantages and disadvantages for potential new entrants into the market, consumer/customer effects, and government.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:04 PM (E4rtv)

181 Amazon has no special rules like Ford Motor or others that keep control for Bezos of Amazon.

Do you know who Bezos' grandfather was? Lawrence Preston Gise.

Kind of explains how a plucky kid came up with a crazy idea of starting an online book store in a garage.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)
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His is a riches-to-even-more-riches story. Bezos was always a rich guy and Wall Street veteran before be came up with the idea of selling books online. I have long suspected the idea was as much the publishing industry's idea as his, as that industry was already looking for a way to get around the BAM bookstores.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:05 PM (iFTx/)

182 Private equity firms are running out of medical offices and chains to buy, now they are buying bowling alleys and locksmith companies, and treating them like Joanne's Fabric and Coldstone.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 12:05 PM (rbvCR)

183 I will hear no slander of Juan Valdez and his l'il mule. Dude worked his butt off getting those coffee beans to marker.
Posted by: Captain Obvious

My name is Conchita, Senor.

Posted by: Faithful Mule at October 19, 2026 12:05 PM (EdP2u)

184 As for Bain, let's just say there are reasons that Republicans didn't show up to vote for Romney but did show up for Trump.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (88C+u)

Yep. That little shit Ryan was no draw either.
Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 11:58 AM (Ae6Br)

Exactly what we were talking about in n the last thread.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:05 PM (KC5Lt)

185 Amazon makes more money from AWS then from its store.

E-commerce is valuable but not nearly as valuable as web hosting apparently

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:05 PM (sKqQm)

186
Just voted.

Straight ticket Rep.

I didn't notice obvious cheating like in the Obama elections. Though there were clearly some obvious Democrats voting.

The funny thing is that this time around there was only one race with a Libertarian running on the entire voting sheet.

And, on the way in, I heard some guy say he was voting for the libertarian guy.

So, there you go...there's always some a-holes who will vote libertarian and waster their vote. But, hey, America! Vote as you wish.

I'm pretty sure the Libertarians will win the Presidency in '28! '28 is their year, baby!

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 12:06 PM (YSUhf)

187 There's evidence that the company went from making it's own food, fresh, to basically just reheating already-cooked food.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

And that was a major problem. I was willing to pay a premium for a treat sometimes when the food was good, but when the food wasn't good anymore (and there were rainbow rockers on the porch in June) I wasn't willing to go at all anymore.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (lFFaq)

188 174 >>Amazon has no special rules like Ford Motor or others that keep control for Bezos of Amazon.

Do you know who Bezos' grandfather was? Lawrence Preston Gise.

Kind of explains how a plucky kid came up with a crazy idea of starting an online book store in a garage.
Posted by: JackStraw

Pretty much still true that a network is required for super success as a patron. Same for Lifelog and Zuckerberg.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)

189 You have for example, the phenomenon where a company like Walmart opens a superstore in rural areas and suddenly all the local supermarkets go belly up. That is an example of monopolistic competition.
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Go spend some time in a little burg like Vinita, Oklahoma and then try to convince the people who live there that they would be better off without their Walmart so that the local mom and pop stores could come back.

Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (TN0g+)

190 185 Amazon makes more money from AWS then from its store.

E-commerce is valuable but not nearly as valuable as web hosting apparently
Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:05 PM (sKqQm)

As an E-commerce consumer that might be good.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (Gqar8)

191 As for Bain, let's just say there are reasons that Republicans didn't show up to vote for Romney but did show up for Trump.

Republicans have to give people a reason to vote for them. The Dems do as well but they just promise to steal from Republicans and give it to their voters.

Between Newt and Trump the Republican message was something like, "Vote for us and we'll probably steal less from you then the Democrats" which was not something that really drew voters to the polls.

Trump noticed that Republican voters wanted things - less immigration, less regulation, less woke, and he campaigned on that and people liked it. The GOPe doesn't want to embrace that message and while slowly the GOPe is being weakened this is why the last congress for example did almost nothing

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:08 PM (sKqQm)

192 I am old, i can't stand or walk alI that much, and i don't drive any more. Once the XO gets home from work or his Friday shopping rounds, he doesn't want to get up from his recliner. So I do most of my casual shopping on Amazon. Yes, I know it costs more and, yes, I know about the little businesses clumped around Amazon but I've been 95% satisfied so far. The 5% unsatisfied go back for a refund.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 19, 2026 12:08 PM (DK5Sh)

193 I have absolutely boycotted Amazon. I consider the well-being of local of businesses to be more important than the convenience of mail-order. If I have to order via the local business, I do it. A stint when Amazon isn't available would convince anyone that local businesses, their stock, and jobs are damned important.

Just my 2 cents.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 19, 2026 12:09 PM (XeU6L)

194 Amazon makes more money from AWS than from its store. E-commerce is valuable but not nearly as valuable as web hosting apparently
Posted by: 18-1

Yeah AWS is something like 20% of revenue but 60% of profit. Margins for AWS are ridiculously good.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:09 PM (4ZhPW)

195 I'm pretty sure the Libertarians will win the Presidency in '28! '28 is their year, baby!

Posted by: naturalfake

Not a fan of protest votes. Better to just leave it blank as there is little to no evidence that anyone even considers a protest vote. Same with sitting out elections in a boycott--Venezuela opposition tried that and Chavez and Maduro laughed their asses off. Neither would have let the opposition take power anyway but boycotting destroying any costs for the bastards cheating.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

196 Trump noticed that Republican voters wanted things - less immigration, less regulation, less woke, and he campaigned on that and people liked it. The GOPe doesn't want to embrace that message and while slowly the GOPe is being weakened this is why the last congress for example did almost nothing

Given the size of the impending changes I foresee, especially in the Senate, I think the GOPe is more than weakening; it's facing extinction.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

197 There's evidence that the company went from making it's own food, fresh, to basically just reheating already-cooked food.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 11:56 AM (iFTx/)

And that was a major problem. I was willing to pay a premium for a treat sometimes when the food was good, but when the food wasn't good anymore (and there were rainbow rockers on the porch in June) I wasn't willing to go at all anymore.
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (lFFaq)
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Rainbow rockers? Unpossible! CB is supposed to be a Christian store!

I think in fairness, the company got hammered during Covid -- like many businesses that required in-person customers -- and never really recovered. So they panicked and started pinching pennies, and brought in a bunch of woke retards to try to turn it around. Of course, that only made it worse.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (iFTx/)

198 Trump noticed that Republican voters wanted things - less immigration, less regulation, less woke, and he campaigned on that and people liked it. The GOPe doesn't want to embrace that message and while slowly the GOPe is being weakened this is why the last congress for example did almost nothing
Posted by: 18-1

Yep. The difference is that under Trump II, the resistance is now the Senate. In Trump I, the resistance was the House and Senate. GOPe is crumbling but not totally out for the count yet.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (E4rtv)

199 Morning, Buck, and Horde. Back at Peon Manor. All is well here. Coffee mug in hand.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (wSl27)

200 195 I'm pretty sure the Libertarians will win the Presidency in '28! '28 is their year, baby!

Posted by: naturalfake

Not a fan of protest votes. Better to just leave it blank as there is little to no evidence that anyone even considers a protest vote. Same with sitting out elections in a boycott--Venezuela opposition tried that and Chavez and Maduro laughed their asses off. Neither would have let the opposition take power anyway but boycotting destroying any costs for the bastards cheating.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)

I think the non technical term for that is called pouting.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (Gqar8)

201 Walmart is cheaper then the mom and pop stores.

Is it better for the communities it goes into? That's harder to say because you run into a few problems:

1) Sometimes you need the mom and pop type of service and walmart cuts costs in part by NOT doing that. Need to know what kind of product will resolve X? No habla ingles!

2) What happens to the mom and pop local business types? Are there other venues? Or do they just...leave or give up?

3) Cheaper goods though ARE a good thing. Since the mass introduction of modern capitalism in the 1700s the costs of goods and services have dropped over time steadily. Instead of working all day to get enough food to eat you can get that food, and housing, and other necessities by spending less of your time working

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (sKqQm)

202 Go spend some time in a little burg like Vinita, Oklahoma and then try to convince the people who live there that they would be better off without their Walmart so that the local mom and pop stores could come back."

This.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (pfXMo)

203 So there's little risk to scalpers, but larger harm to the second-hand purchasers who would be first-hand buyers if not for the scalpers. Harm to the original sellers as well; the item gets sold regardless, but they get zero "good will" for having a price point below the max people would pay, and they have to deal with returns as well (if the scalpers try to get their money back instead of losing on the second-hand sale).
Posted by: another anon at October 19, 2026 11:42 AM (4h45B)

There is the argument that the scalpers guarantee the sale of tickets to the venue, and then have a demand based price system worked out to match the market, and as long as there is no collusion in the system, they do a better job at getting tickets to the public at a decent price than Ticketmaster ever did.

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (rbvCR)

204 Nood.

Posted by: Nazdar at October 19, 2026 12:11 PM (NcvvS)

205 194 Amazon makes more money from AWS than from its store. E-commerce is valuable but not nearly as valuable as web hosting apparently
Posted by: 18-1

Yeah AWS is something like 20% of revenue but 60% of profit. Margins for AWS are ridiculously good.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:09 PM (4ZhPW)

SaaS and cloud services businesses enjoy strong pricing power due to customer lock-in. Abnormally high margins is either a sign of low functional competition or temporary supply and demand imbalance.

Posted by: Red Turban Someguy at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (okun6)

206 So I do most of my casual shopping on Amazon. Yes, I know it costs more

I really doubt it does, especially if you have Prime. Not only are the prices usually lower than the BAMs, you don't have to get in your car, waste gas and auto wear and tear driving around, only to find they don't have what you need because the mouthbreather on the phone was too lazy to go look, so just said "yes, we have that".

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (Riz8t)

207 Given the size of the impending changes I foresee, especially in the Senate, I think the GOPe is more than weakening; it's facing extinction.
Posted by: Archimedes

People willing to sell out their country for cash never truly go away. They simply return when no one is looking. Unfortunately there is NO substitute for eternal vigilance in throwing out the bad 'uns.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (E4rtv)

208 Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:03 PM (sKqQm)

Very true. As Gen-X all I've known is a country with a high level of socialism. Like a fish in water, it's hard to truly imagine what an actually free country would really look like.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 19, 2026 12:12 PM (lFFaq)

209 196 Given the size of the impending changes I foresee, especially in the Senate, I think the GOPe is more than weakening; it's facing extinction.

Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

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It's mostly dead already.

Curtis won't resist like Thillis. Paxton will be an active help unlike Cornyn. Hinson won't undermine Trump behind the scenes like Ernst did (probably).

Thune got a mass deportation machine funded and appropriated with the Senate he already has which includes people like Mitch and Cassidy.

Imagine telling GOP voters in 2006 that a GOP senate and House and president would triple the size of ICE to make it one of the largest military forces in the world to deport as many people as possible.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:13 PM (+B3Bm)

210 One annoying thing to me, is that leftist middle upper class trusted BigGov to protect their stock market investments, so dumped (and are still dumping) the "investments" into The Stock Market (blessed be its name).

And they were right, buy every dip, ignore valuations ... get Very Rich. And many of them are indeed Very Rich, while having produced little. BUT we are a "rich" nation largely due to those (protected) markets soaring, enabling our even more massive debt. sigh

Posted by: illiniwek at October 19, 2026 12:13 PM (vbXSk)

211 Trump has been the most libertarian president in the last 100 or so years.

Anyone that calls themselves a libertarian that voted for Harris, Biden or Clinton is a liar.

Now, because of the GOPe there is more wiggle room here when it comes to congressional elections. Effectively a D vote though means less libertarian even if the Republican is something like a William Weld the ultimate anti-libertarian that the clown LP ran for VP

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:14 PM (sKqQm)

212 {{{Captain Josepha Sabin}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 12:14 PM (u82oZ)

213 I'm pretty sure the Libertarians will win the Presidency in '28! '28 is their year, baby!
Posted by: naturalfake

From the former chair of the LP

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Angela McArdle on X: "If the Mises Caucus pulls together a functional America First party that can employ the kingmaker strategy, I will back it in 2028. If not, I will back Chase Oliver as the LP presidential candidate again. No need to pull votes from JD Vance."
@RealAngelaMc
Angela McArdle
@RealAngelaMc
If the Mises Caucus pulls together a functional America First party that can employ the kingmaker strategy, I will back it in 2028. If not, I will back Chase Oliver as the LP presidential candidate again. No need to pull votes from JD Vance.
2:19 PM · Oct 15, 2026

Posted by: Kindltot at October 19, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)

214 I witnessed first hand the destruction of book publishing by acquisition during my years as a bookseller. I got a job with Walden Books in 1988. Not too long after publishers began joining in on the merger mania so rampant at the time. Up until then, publishers had been content with a gentleman's 5% annual profit. The new megacorps had to service the debt acquired by merging and to also produce the 15% profit demanded by their new overlords -- who had absolutely no understanding of the book world.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at October 19, 2026 12:15 PM (DK5Sh)

215 Very true. As Gen-X all I've known is a country with a high level of socialism. Like a fish in water, it's hard to truly imagine what an actually free country would really look like.

I've asked the LIVs in my circle, for non-catastrophes wouldn't it be better to just pay out of pocket for your healthcare? And I compare it to their house or car where anything outside of a catastrophe is paid that way and then true emergencies are the only time you deal with insurance.

And...a lot of people have trouble getting how bad for most people the government controlled insurance market is...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:16 PM (sKqQm)

216 Go spend some time in a little burg like Vinita, Oklahoma and then try to convince the people who live there that they would be better off without their Walmart so that the local mom and pop stores could come back.
Posted by: Crusader

And yet they cannot connect why the local business district is now empty and devoid of stores and that community based organizations like Little Leagues, etc. no longer can continue due to lack of funds. And the little places that did not get the Walmart end up losing property taxes, business sales tax revenue, etc. There is no choice anymore than Walmart for them. Which is an example of monopolistic competition at work using geography rather than a brand name.

Cheaper is not always better in the long run. But few if any people ever focus on the long run--they act like Keynes, in the long run, we are all dead.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

217 Given the size of the impending changes I foresee, especially in the Senate, I think the GOPe is more than weakening; it's facing extinction.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

Problem is there’s always a new one ready to replace a departing one. Think of how many RINOs in the senate left over the last 10 years. And the current Republican majority today is no better. McCain dies Romney shows up. Romney leaves, Tillis turns. It’s playing wack a mole.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (4ZhPW)

218 Go spend some time in a little burg like Vinita, Oklahoma and then try to convince the people who live there that they would be better off without their Walmart so that the local mom and pop stores could come back.
Posted by: Crusader at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (TN0g+)

Had that same problem in a small town in Colorado. There was no Walmart, maybe even an ordinance to keep it that way, but the local shops didn't stock normal things like sheets or kitchen ware. So I had to go to the bigger town and buy the stuff at the Walmart there. Kind of soured me on the "buy local" mantra.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (lFFaq)

219 And they were right, buy every dip, ignore valuations ... get Very Rich. And many of them are indeed Very Rich, while having produced little. BUT we are a "rich" nation largely due to those (protected) markets soaring, enabling our even more massive debt. sigh

Day trading likely produces little to no real wealth for society. But if you buy and hold stock aren't you essentially giving money to corporations to invest in their operations?

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (sKqQm)

220 214 I witnessed first hand the destruction of book publishing by acquisition during my years as a bookseller. I got a job with Walden Books in 1988. Not too long after publishers began joining in on the merger mania so rampant at the time. Up until then, publishers had been content with a gentleman's 5% annual profit. The new megacorps had to service the debt acquired by merging and to also produce the 15% profit demanded by their new overlords -- who had absolutely no understanding of the book world.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin

Yep. And as the number of publishers shrank, so did the willingness to put out interesting books that cut against the grain of what the ruling class wanted.

I am less and less an institutionalist and more and more a behavioralist--how a institution behaves is more important than whether it exists. If it hurts more people than benefits, what good is the institution based on some intellectual principle.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)

221 Problem is there’s always a new one ready to replace a departing one. Think of how many RINOs in the senate left over the last 10 years. And the current Republican majority today is no better. McCain dies Romney shows up. Romney leaves, Tillis turns. It’s playing wack a mole.

The GOPe as part of the uniparty can bribe, blackmail, and criminalize its opponents.

I suspect this is why do many right leaning office holders go rouge after a while.

Elissa Slotkin was just caught on a live mike complaining that the uniparty has partially lost its ability to criminalize the opposition and is therefore giving them hope...

Posted by: 18-1 at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)

222 Thune refuses to pass save act. The one thing that could save the country. Tells you all you need to know about him.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (4ZhPW)

223 222 Thune refuses to pass save act. The one thing that could save the country. Tells you all you need to know about him.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 12:20 PM (4ZhPW)

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If Mitch, Tillis, Ernst, Cassidy, and Cornyn won't vote for it, how does it get passed?

What leverage does Thune have over these retiring senators who have expressed open antipathy towards Trump and his agenda?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 12:23 PM (+B3Bm)

224 One of the big problems with Health insurance is the advances in medical care. Insurance has to cover a lot of medical procedures now that were once non existent or rare.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 12:25 PM (KC5Lt)

225 "When an owner borrows against a business it bought and pays itself from the loan, that’s extraction."

Wonder if the case could be made that it's also "embezzlement."

Posted by: They Can't Have My French Fries at October 19, 2026 12:57 PM (8C4WR)

226 Yes, the slashing of customer service by millions is infuriating. I have cut off Kohl's (can't deliver to the correct address) and United (stuffed into a tiny seat to pay the CEO $33M in salary) and about to cut Fidelity loose (trades have a fee now and the DIY software doesn't work well).

Posted by: Random PJ at October 19, 2026 02:35 PM (+jscL)

227 You'll never get the billionaire knob suckers (many of them here) to agree.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 19, 2026 03:03 PM (DbmIv)

228 Just a reminder: vultures fill a very necessary role in maintaining an ecosystem's health.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 19, 2026 11:54 AM (Riz8t)

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Sure but you might as well have said "serial killers".

True believer you are.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 19, 2026 03:10 PM (DbmIv)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Old Stage-Coach of the Plains
Frederic Remington

Posted by: CBD at 09:25 AM

Comments

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1 Early.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:27 AM (Y/06r)

2 I like it. Kind of muddy and a bit washed out.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:28 AM (Y/06r)

3 Dark, but I like it. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (z6ONu)

4 No boobs.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (kNsyQ)

5 Mark Twain described riding in a stagecoach. One of his most amusing stories.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (Gqar8)

6 The Cowboy Redeye to Abilene

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (vBZcw)

7 Fantastic...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (+gK6I)

8 Looks like an alien spaceship before you scroll down and see the horsies.

Nope!

Posted by: A random guy on the net at October 19, 2026 09:30 AM (dyMal)

9 Dome light.

Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 09:31 AM (Q+gd/)

10 Delivery of Door Prizes to the TxMoMe.

Nice painting.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 09:31 AM (wVcYX)

11 Is that Andy Devine holding the reins?

Posted by: Drive, He Said at October 19, 2026 09:31 AM (EdP2u)

12 6 But nobody really wants to go to Abilene.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

13 would hang!

Posted by: Gref at October 19, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)

14 FedEx: The Early Years

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:32 AM (vBZcw)

15 Oooooo, that's a little spooky. Like!

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 19, 2026 09:32 AM (d/XeE)

16 4 No boobs.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (kNsyQ)

We don't know who's in the stagecoach. Shotgun is posing for someone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:32 AM (Y/06r)

17 Took me a minute to understand it.
Nice painting though.

Made me think of 'Bone Tomahawk.'

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Sco7b)

18 Looks pretty easy to take out the dude riding shotgun.

Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ROPCF)

19 Hey, Pepino, get down off that buckboard!

Posted by: Amos McCoy, Now From Californy at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (EdP2u)

20 Three riding up front, but no reins. Self-driving stagecoach?

Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Q+gd/)

21 Kind of hilly on the plains.

Posted by: huerfano at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2Xqig)

22 Beautiful!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (JrHfD)

23 Where's Cookie?

Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 19, 2026 09:34 AM (bNf8H)

24 A bit dark, but the stars are nice.
Would hang, always liked Remington.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 09:34 AM (vJPf4)

25 Better security than the NYC Subway!

Posted by: Take The Hay Train at October 19, 2026 09:35 AM (EdP2u)

26 Looks like the driver is standing on the brake.

Posted by: huerfano at October 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2Xqig)

27 I like it.

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 09:35 AM (lJ0H4)

28 There are four people outside the actual coach, I think.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:36 AM (Y/06r)

29 Crappiest Interstate Ever!

Posted by: Road To Ruin at October 19, 2026 09:36 AM (EdP2u)

30 Candles or electric light in the coach?

Candles would be... interesting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 09:36 AM (RORbl)

31 Target acquired.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 09:37 AM (U/wKW)

32 The guy riding shotgun that night was angry, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at October 19, 2026 09:37 AM (uGZRR)

33 Caption:

*front horse on left to front horse on right*

"Go West, you said. All that open land, All that fresh green grass, you said.

It'll be just like a vacation, you said.

Some vacation!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 09:37 AM (YSUhf)

34 Kind of muddy and a bit washed out."

The rains fall mainly on the plain...

Or something like that.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:37 AM (pfXMo)

35 Looks pretty easy to take out the dude riding shotgun.
Posted by: Case
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How could he possibly sit up there without falling off? Not like it's a smooth road.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 09:37 AM (JzUSu)

36 There are four people outside the actual coach, I think.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Looks like two bundled up passengers up front with the driver.

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 09:37 AM (lJ0H4)

37 Frederic Remington

XLNT

automatic 'would hang'
good call CBD

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)

38 What is the light source inside the carraige? That seems off to me.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 09:38 AM (Ae6Br)

39 Candles or electric light in the coach?

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Lanterns fueled sustainably by 100% sperm whale oil

Posted by: Wells Fargo & Co. at October 19, 2026 09:38 AM (vBZcw)

40 “I know that MoMe thingie is around here somewhere.”

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

41 The little sagebushes aren't happy with this intrusion. Sad!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at October 19, 2026 09:39 AM (0sNs1)

42 Self-driving stagecoach?"

Tesla...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:39 AM (pfXMo)

43 "The Old Stage-Coach of the Plains is a 1901 oil-on-canvas painting by American artist Frederic Remington, measuring 102.2 × 69.2 cm and held at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas."

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 09:39 AM (NpAcC)

44 38 What is the light source inside the carraige? That seems off to me.
Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 09:38 AM (Ae6Br)

Lantern, probably.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:39 AM (Y/06r)

45 I can barely make out the Buccees travel mug on the bench...so much detail.

Posted by: JSpicy at October 19, 2026 09:40 AM (PTJ94)

46 Passenger: "Oh no, not another Land Acknowledgment."

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:40 AM (vBZcw)

47 Remington took my advice by adding a nukular glow. See how effective it is?

Posted by: Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light at October 19, 2026 09:40 AM (EdP2u)

48 Beware of bandits or Indians?

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (NpAcC)

49 I think what looks like light on the inside is just the reflection of the lantern on the window or curtain of the coach.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

50 30 Candles or electric light in the coach?

Candles would be... interesting.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 09:36 AM

Whale oil lamps.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (uGZRR)

51 I like the painting too. It's part of the old West heritage of our country.

Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (ROPCF)

52 Dark but looks good

Posted by: Skip at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (cpwMZ)

53 Self-driving stagecoach?"

Tesla...
Posted by: man

If you enbiggen the picture you can just make out the reins.

Posted by: Tuna at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

54 Kind of anti-Kinkade. Does not have that candy shell shininess.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Y/06r)

55 Fun!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM (rOKnE)

56 You just know the sandwiches they're making inside are being made with Grey Poupon.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 09:43 AM (0sNs1)

57 Uber. The early years.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 09:43 AM (uGZRR)

58 5 year-old passenger: "Hey Mister, I have to go potty again!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:44 AM (vBZcw)

59 Lantern, probably.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:39 AM (Y/06r)

The Loc-Nar maybe. A lost story from Heavy Metal.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 09:44 AM (Ae6Br)

60 Uber. The early years.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty

Rider opted for the low traffic route. That's gonna cost him.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 19, 2026 09:44 AM (d/XeE)

61 Remington is always art. driver and guard, the two asleep next to the driver are possibly alternates? The lanterns on each side of the coach don't seem to be spilling much light. The coach interior is probably semi-dark, heavy yellow curtains pulled shut, but some of that lantern-light might get through.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 09:44 AM (aJQbY)

62 Beware of bandits or Indians?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM

Penguins. 🐧

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

63 I do like Remington a lot, thanks for this art.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 19, 2026 09:45 AM (s1VwS)

64 So bumpy I'd need a potty break every half-hour.

Posted by: I Am Joe's Bladder at October 19, 2026 09:45 AM (EdP2u)

65 62 Beware of bandits or Indians?
Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 09:41 AM

Penguins. 🐧

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The dreaded Plains Penguin. Known for its casual brutality and fishy smell.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:46 AM (vBZcw)

66 Gunner is held onto the roof with Velcro chaps.

Posted by: Assless Chap at October 19, 2026 09:46 AM (EdP2u)

67 O-ho the Wells Fargo Wagon is a-comin' down the street
Oh please let it be for me

Posted by: Winthrop Paroo at October 19, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

68 Seems to me the lights would attract the bad guys.

Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (Q+gd/)

69 With a name like Remington he should have painted nudes and buildings. Not cowboy stuff.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (Ae6Br)

70 What this carriage needs is a trail-sucking vacuum.

Posted by: Great great great grandfather Musk at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (uGZRR)

71 The dreaded Plains Penguin. Known for its casual brutality and fishy smell.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:46 AM (vBZcw)

Armadillos.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (Y/06r)

72 68 Seems to me the lights would attract the bad guys.
Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (Q+gd/)

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I know, right?

Posted by: Captain of the Wilhelm Gustloff at October 19, 2026 09:48 AM (vBZcw)

73 68 Seems to me the lights would attract the bad guys.
Posted by: davidt at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM

And mosquitos.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 09:48 AM (uGZRR)

74 Cell service and wi-fi out there was sketchy at best. Starlink made Stage Coach travel tolerable.

Posted by: Thank Your Lucky Stars! at October 19, 2026 09:48 AM (EdP2u)

75 What is the light source inside the carraige? That seems off to me.

Oil lamp probably. This is 1901 so it could possibly be a battery lantern, but that's extremely unlikely.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 09:48 AM (2ocoG)

76 One of the more shocking views of The West you'll run across is a photograph of a flatcar train loaded with stage coaches. All stages were built in Concord NH and shipped west on trains. At the time, they were considered "the new west," not the old one.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 09:49 AM (zdLoL)

77 Armadillos.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Ew, one of few species that the babies look even grosser than the mature specimens.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 19, 2026 09:49 AM (d/XeE)

78 This 8 1/2 minute video about why there are dinosaurs in a 16th century painting is all about art. I'm reposting from a few days ago because this is the art thread and because it may say something about perception and expectation for those with a philosophical or psychological frame of mind. The dinosaur question is answered about half way through.

https://tinyurl.com/5n78yt2e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 09:50 AM (ndZc7)

79 I like this painting… has me humming home, home on the range…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 09:51 AM (wJ5Zl)

80 And mosquitos.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 19, 2026 09:48 AM (uGZRR)

You know, I never noticed mosquitos that often in West Texas. I think they need more standing water.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:51 AM (Y/06r)

81 Looks like a painting you'd hang crookedly in a tweaker motel in New Mexico behind the front desk.

Posted by: John Smith at October 19, 2026 09:52 AM (EdP2u)

82 Knew this was a Remington by looking only at the top third of the frame.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 09:53 AM (RIvkX)

83 Obligatory joke (FaceBook):

https://tinyurl.com/bdd53ct7

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 19, 2026 09:54 AM (1o8D5)

84 old gringo disappeared.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 09:54 AM (Bep7s)

85 I am out of puns this morning. Huh.
Time to walk the dog - have a good day, all!

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 09:55 AM (rOKnE)

86 That stage coach is going to need a new set of Monroe shock absorbers by the time they reach Albuquerque.

Posted by: Rex B at October 19, 2026 09:55 AM (wlyRx)

87 The Moon is a main feature but does not appear on the canvas.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 09:55 AM (RIvkX)

88 The term stagecoach is derived from the way the journey was organized into separate sections called stages. A stage was a fixed distance between two stopping points, usually about 10 to 15 miles, where the horses were exhausted and needed to be swapped for a fresh team.

The coach itself was the vehicle, and the system of dividing the route into these stages allowed the travel to continue much faster than if a single team of horses had to rest for long periods. Consequently, a coach that operated on this system of timed stages became known as a stagecoach.

Posted by: The More You Know at October 19, 2026 09:55 AM (uGZRR)

89 obviously incandescence...

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 09:56 AM (Bep7s)

90 Time to walk the dog - "

Same here. Apologies to the host for the 100 rule violation, but Mrs asked me to thank y'all for the prayers sent her way. Drs are very pleased with results so far, and fingers crossed she continues a most excellent recovery.

God bless y'all...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:58 AM (pfXMo)

91 89 obviously incandescence...
Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 09:56 AM (Bep7s)

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I would have guessed fluorescent tubes.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 19, 2026 09:58 AM (vBZcw)

92 One of you lunatics told me about the Amon Carter Museum where this piece is displayed.

It is a fantastic place. Great architecture, wonderful art, very nicely displayed.

And free!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 09:59 AM (UmQWa)

93 59 hurlant.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:00 AM (Bep7s)

94 Some diners in NJ are known as Roach Coaches.

Posted by: Raid Ant And Roach Spray at October 19, 2026 10:01 AM (EdP2u)

95 pretty sure thats kim darby.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:01 AM (Bep7s)

96 What a nice aggressive painting.
Just escaped from the morning report filled with more gloom and doom than ever seen in one thread. Wow.
Guess the wagon master or is it teamster, doesn't need a whip going down that little hill. Shotgun's at the ready.'

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:02 AM (vC80E)

97 Wonder what kind of lamp they used to light the coach cabin?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:03 AM (vC80E)

98 Caption:

*front horse on left to front horse on right*

"Did you hear? All the horses in France are rioting! They're burning the place down for, for...because they want better harnesses and stuff!

Oh, let's go to Paris where we can be free of these lousy harnesses! And...and...

They even haver these Vets, these enlightened Vetrinarians, who will turn you into a mare! We can become a beautiful mares!!!

Oh, let's go to Paris and become mares!!!"

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:03 AM (YSUhf)

99 The stage is headed to Wichita and the driver is known as a "Wichita Lineman"

Posted by: zombie Glenn Campbell at October 19, 2026 10:04 AM (1utmP)

100 Kids say the darndest things.

Posted by: Art Lamplighter at October 19, 2026 10:05 AM (EdP2u)

101 73 "yeah, but your light was on."

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:05 AM (Bep7s)

102 97 Wonder what kind of lamp they used to light the coach cabin?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:03 AM (vC80E)

Probably a hurricane style lantern (small.) No open flame.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:05 AM (Y/06r)

103 Stars at night seem big and bright, so that checks out.

Posted by: Fact-Checker at October 19, 2026 10:06 AM (EdP2u)

104 Wonder what kind of lamp they used to light the coach cabin?

Oil lamp (probably whale oil at that time, 1901). If they were really rich, possibly an early battery lantern.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 10:06 AM (2ocoG)

105 81 truth or consequences.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:06 AM (Bep7s)

106 Oh, let's go to Paris and become mares!!!"
Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:03 AM

Great idea.

Posted by: The French glue factory at October 19, 2026 10:07 AM (uGZRR)

107 Wonder what kind of lamp they used to light the coach cabin?

Oil lamp (probably whale oil at that time, 1901). If they were really rich, possibly an early battery lantern.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 10:06 AM (2ocoG)

FUN FACT:

Later that night, the Battery Lantern caught fire and they all burned to death.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:08 AM (YSUhf)

108 Wells Fargo Bank in Reno/Sparks used to sell Remington paintings and bronze statues. Man that stuff was EXPENSIVE even in the late seventies. Later on I’d see his stuff for sale at gunshots in Reno. Definitely grew in value. I remember as a kid walking through those Wells Fargo branches looking at the prices. Closest I’d get to Remington art was the Time/Life The Old West series of “leather” bound books(I think it was seven books). Great memories. Recognized this painting instantly. Great choice.

Posted by: JROD at October 19, 2026 10:08 AM (DBoNn)

109 91 and eddie.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:08 AM (Bep7s)

110 *gunshows*

Posted by: JROD at October 19, 2026 10:09 AM (DBoNn)

111 The UK sanctioned the group last year “due to their involvement in violence against Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe on behalf of the Iranian regime.”
Teenage Norwegian hitman sentenced to 20 years for UK assassination plot tied to Iran-linked gang

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I'm pretty sure he was motivated by school budget cuts and out of date textbooks.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:11 AM (ndZc7)

112 I have concerns about horseless carriages that are showing up all over the place. They are unreliable, a nuisance, the design is inefficient and the whole thing is just a toy for the rich. This fad will never last!

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:11 AM (AKptf)

113 Knew this was a Remington by looking only at the top third of the frame.

Hey. Gun thread was last night.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 10:12 AM (zdLoL)

114 I read a book written by an Army officer's wife in the late 1800's. In it, she told about her ride in a wagon train from AZ to NM. One night, they took a narrow mountain road in the middle of the night. In the morning, she saw just how narrow and dangerous it was. She asked the Wagon Master why in the world they took such a dangerous road in the pitch dark. He replied, "Because the horses would refuse to go on it in the daylight." Stage coaches usually ran 24 hours a day, only stopping for horse team swap-outs.

Posted by: JML at October 19, 2026 10:12 AM (u7yby)

115 “And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Mikie Sherrill’s Heart Breaks for Troops Ordered to Shoot Fort Hood Killer, ‘This Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’

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We should sell raffle tickets and help reduce the national debt.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

116 It would have been interesting to see what art he would have done had he lived longer. He died at 40 or in his 40's from an appendectomy and peritonitis. His weight complicated things. He was about 300 lbs. A big man and a big artist.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 10:13 AM (IDUoO)

117 The composition of this piece is perfect.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:13 AM (KC5Lt)

118 It’s over you guys. foxsniz says Democrats will sweep the House and senate. They’re calling Michigan, NC, Maine and (haha) Texas senate seats for Democrats. They’re calling the House by at least 8 seats for Dems, and they will all competitive seats.

I guess they don’t think we will show up and vote. Also that we give a fig about their polls.

They blame it all on Trump’s unpopularity.

They’re trying to kill the MAGA movement just like the tea party. It’s all the same forces.

Get out and vote dammit.

Posted by: That Guy at October 19, 2026 10:13 AM (f4tQo)

119 As a lifelong son of the prairie, a comment: We ain't got no bumps in the land like that. I think Remington worked way up north somewhere!

Great painting, CBD! Thanks.

Posted by: LRob in OK at October 19, 2026 10:14 AM (Jr+re)

120 108 "no white man will ever know where."

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

121 @116 Fenelon Spoke-I believe he was 48

Posted by: JROD at October 19, 2026 10:15 AM (DBoNn)

122 The whippletree is the greatest invention after the wheel.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:16 AM (KC5Lt)

123 146
Practical application for Elon’s car jet tech:
(Link to X video)

https://tinyurl.com/34cn5mk5

Posted by: Tom Servo

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:17 AM (vC80E)

124 It’s over you guys. foxsniz says Democrats will sweep the House and senate. They’re calling Michigan, NC, Maine and (haha) Texas senate seats for Democrats. They’re calling the House by at least 8 seats for Dems, and they will all competitive seats.

That's funny, CNN was just wailing that the Dems aren't going to get the Senate and that Talerico is a moronic failure.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)

125 115 “And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Mikie Sherrill’s Heart Breaks for Troops Ordered to Shoot Fort Hood Killer, ‘This Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’

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We should sell raffle tickets and help reduce the national debt.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

Odd how he has no empathy for the 17 people this guy murdered- including a pregnant woman.

Shut the fuck up, Mikie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:17 AM (Y/06r)

126 It’s over you guys. foxsniz says Democrats will sweep the House and senate. They’re calling Michigan, NC, Maine and (haha) Texas senate seats for Democrats. They’re calling the House by at least 8 seats for Dems, and they will all competitive seats.

I guess they don’t think we will show up and vote. Also that we give a fig about their polls.

They blame it all on Trump’s unpopularity.

They’re trying to kill the MAGA movement just like the tea party. It’s all the same forces.

Get out and vote dammit.
Posted by: That Guy at October 19, 2026 10:13 AM (f4tQo)

Yeeash.

Welp, the MSM is really going all in on the Discourage Republican Voting Op with Enabling the Cheat/Voter Fraud as a Bonus!

We only have one job now and that's to vote.

Oh the wailing and gnashing of teeth, if we win.

Of course, people gotta vote.

We'll see.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:18 AM (YSUhf)

127 Practical application for Elon’s car jet tech:
(Link to X video)

https://tinyurl.com/34cn5mk5

Perfect, now I want one.

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 10:18 AM (2ocoG)

128 The retarded governor thinks they will shoot him while he's sitting in a wheelchair.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

129 Remington rarely painted a woman, for what that's worth. I'd say it's suss.

Posted by: The Great Poof at October 19, 2026 10:19 AM (EdP2u)

130 118 our pal fox. right centric, poisoning the vote.

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

131 128 The retarded governor thinks they will shoot him while he's sitting in a wheelchair.

Posted by: polynikes
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Tell the governor that he's welcome to stand.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 10:21 AM (vC80E)

132 Macron dances with wife Brigitte at Celine Dion concert while France burns

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Nero got in trouble for that sort of thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

133 OT: they are doing another Baywatch reboot.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:22 AM (Y/06r)

134 122 whifflebush.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:22 AM (Bep7s)

135 From the Morning Report:
I literally have zero words anymore to describe what I feel about Democrats in this country, and leftists the world over. They are such evil beings, and operate at the behest of demons and the devil himself. In my mind, there is no other explanation. None.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
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M'Lady, what we are witnessing is the separation of the sheep and the goats as fortold in The Holy Scriptures. There is no other rational explanation for the irrational behavior of the left and the Islamo-Nazis.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 10:22 AM (JNTt1)

136 115 “And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Mikie Sherrill’s Heart Breaks for Troops Ordered to Shoot Fort Hood Killer, ‘This Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’

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We should sell raffle tickets and help reduce the national debt.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

Odd how he has no empathy for the 17 people this guy murdered- including a pregnant woman.

Shut the fuck up, Mikie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:17 AM (Y/06r)
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Each and every soldier involved in Hasan's execution will sleep soundly that night, knowing they performed a worthy task. They shoulder that burden so that we don't have to.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:22 AM (FZ29D)

137 Remington rarely painted a woman, for what that's worth. I'd say it's suss.
Posted by: The Great Poof at October 19, 2026 10:19 AM (EdP2u)

They were all Native American women when he did so they all have been erased from his paintings by order of the woke.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:22 AM (KC5Lt)

138 129 Remington rarely painted a woman, for what that's worth. I'd say it's suss.
Posted by: The Great Poof at October 19, 2026 10:19 AM (EdP2u)

I think the figure in the center on the bench is a woman.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:23 AM (Y/06r)

139 Turn off your TV.

Posted by: And touch grass at October 19, 2026 10:23 AM (uGZRR)

140 no one will read what i write

Posted by: Paul at October 19, 2026 10:23 AM (Uz26D)

141 OT: they are doing another Baywatch reboot.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Reboot or reboob?

Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2bFN5)

142 Will the French Army Have to Be Called Out?

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Why hasn't the French army been called out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

143 @112 This fad will never last!

The last real stagecoach robbery was in 1916.
Perps apprehended by Postal Inspectors.

("Who are those guys?")

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (zdLoL)

144 > Practical application for Elon’s car jet tech
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Brings up this story;

Bicycling sports bro in full spandex garb is holding up traffic on a two lane road. He will not yield, flips off people. Come to a light and a pickup truck with a trailer packed with lawn mowers and stuff pulls up next to him. He gets to jawboning and the rear passenger doors fly open and two burly Hispanics jump out and proceed to beat the shit out of the guy while he's trying to get his feet out of the peddles.

Eventually he's free of the bike, but the dudes take it from him, throw it on the trailer, and get back in the truck before the light turns green and take off.

He's in the road looking for help and we're all laughing at him.

Absolute poetry.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (RORbl)

145 142 Will the French Army Have to Be Called Out?

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Why hasn't the French army been called out?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:24 AM (ndZc7)

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Because the French government doesn't want to stop the riots.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (+B3Bm)

146 Remington had a woman fishing in a painting.

Posted by: JROD at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (DBoNn)

147 136 115 “And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Mikie Sherrill’s Heart Breaks for Troops Ordered to Shoot Fort Hood Killer, ‘This Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’

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We should sell raffle tickets and help reduce the national debt.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:12 AM (ndZc7)

It's only a problem to those who might consider him human.

Separate art related. I've checked with Chat and asked for the latest.

For some mysterious reasons, we'll never know why, the Louvre is closed today. Historians and journalists for years will puzzle over this.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (Sco7b)

148 The Old Stage-Coach of the Plains, 1901
Dimensions: 40 1/4 x 27 1/4″
Frederic Remington

Love Remington's body of work so, yes, would hang.

In 1901, stagecoaches were primarily serving as "feeder lines," carrying passengers, U.S. Mail, and cargo from train depots into the backcountry and mountain resorts.

They weren't exclusive to the American West, but were heavily utilized in the Northeast to carry tourists and mail from train stations to remote wilderness resorts.

A famous mail stagecoach robbery occurred in North River, New York, on August 14, 1901. See Sun Community News, 'The rise and fall of the Adirondack stagecoach,' published 2022.

It was not the railroad that ultimately killed the stagecoach, but the automobile and the motor bus.

Nice art to open the week. Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (NFX2v)

149 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Old West Uber. Cool!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (2WIwB)

150 They were all Native American women when he did so they all have been erased from his paintings by order of the woke.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:22 AM (KC5Lt)
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*sob*

Posted by: Land o' Lakes Maiden at October 19, 2026 10:26 AM (amcLV)

151 Reboot or reboob?
Posted by: scampydog at October 19, 2026 10:24 AM (2bFN5)

Well, they seem to be going for a more serious take than the movie. Eyecandy, yes, but also seem to be trying to go for eyecandy for the ladies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:26 AM (Y/06r)

152 I can't wait to not watch the Baycrotch reboot.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 10:26 AM (8B4gm)

153 Remington's are pricey, but the real money is locked up in Herndon, VA. 1,100 Bob Ross originals, mostly from his TV show, are there. One sold for a million bucks at auction.

Posted by: Planning A Heist at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (EdP2u)

154
Speaking of dinosaurs....

Here's an astounding new finding fro when dinosaurs roamed the Earth:

https://x.com/ThaddeusOzik/status/2110115333902053578

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (YSUhf)

155 Hey Governor Hair Gell, it's October.

Surprise.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (viF8m)

156 Remington rarely painted a woman, for what that's worth. I'd say it's suss.
Posted by: The Great Poof at October 19, 2026 10:19 AM (EdP2u)

That's what you call a quandary. Support illegals beating up citizens or support douchebag bicyclists.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (KC5Lt)

157 Nero got in trouble for that sort of thing. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

See now, that's just pernicious.
Nero would have never danced with Macron's wife. Too old for him.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (zdLoL)

158 128 The retarded governor thinks they will shoot him while he's sitting in a wheelchair.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

What do they do with a scumbag in a wheelchair? Tie him to a post or something?

Posted by: No Name Today at October 19, 2026 10:28 AM (8mulE)

159 I have to go with supporting the bicyclist because I've been stuck behind a lawn care truck pulling a trailer and not giving a shit about other cars.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:29 AM (KC5Lt)

160 Oh look, the 'protestors' are threatening to burn down Notre Dame if their terrorist buddy isn't released.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 10:30 AM (Y/06r)

161 El-Sayed Denounced ‘Conservatives’ for Opposing Free Sex Changes for Transgender Illegal Immigrants, Called for Universal Health Care for Trans ‘Undocumented Persons’

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Remember the Alamo!

54-40 or fight!

Free Sex Changes for Transgender Illegal Immigrants!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:30 AM (ndZc7)

162 Nero would have never danced with Macron's wife. Too old for him.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (zdLoL)
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I think you're conflating Nero with Tiberius.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:31 AM (amcLV)

163 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:31 AM (ccf/V)

164 162 Nero would have never danced with Macron's wife. Too old for him.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM (zdLoL)

And too many testicles.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:31 AM (Sco7b)

165 What do they do with a scumbag in a wheelchair? Tie him to a post or something?
Posted by: No Name Today at October 19, 2026 10:28 AM (8mulE)

I assume they will place him in a chair or a table that can be turned upright. Because it would be retarded to execute him in his wheelchair.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:31 AM (KC5Lt)

166 What do they do with a scumbag in a wheelchair? Tie him to a post or something?
Posted by: No Name Today at October 19, 2026 10:28 AM (8mulE)
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Stretcher. See the documentary "Paths of Glory."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (amcLV)

167 The French aren't going to do much about this, are they?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (8B4gm)

168 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (amcLV)

169 The retarded governor thinks they will shoot him while he's sitting in a wheelchair.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

What do they do with a scumbag in a wheelchair? Tie him to a post or something?
Posted by: No Name Today at October 19, 2026 10:28 AM (8mulE)

I would assume that they just tie him to his wheelchair or just a chair and have the chair on a platform to so that his chest is at an average standing height.

I can't believe it matters in any way whether he's in a wheelchair or not. He committed horrible murders and treason.

Throw him down a well for all I care.

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:33 AM (YSUhf)

170 Democrats have lives of cradle to grave pleasure. Their hatred of Republicans is entirely fake. Why would they? They have never known anything but political victory.

After awhile, the Democrats get bored of their lives of endless orgasms, and decide to hurt the Republicans who create everything while Democrats lie on their backs receiving pleasure, just to spice things up and make their orgasms more intense.

WE NEED TO CLEANSE AMERICA IN A BATH OF BLOOD.

Posted by: Ken at October 19, 2026 10:33 AM (J7MAM)

171
For some mysterious reasons, we'll never know why, the Louvre is closed today. Historians and journalists for years will puzzle over this.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:25 AM (Sco7b)

If you want an instantly green lit big budget Hollywood script, write a heist movie about a diverse gang of third worlders who loot the "stolen" treasures out of the British Museum/Louvre and return them to the indigenous peoples. And Lesbians!

Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 19, 2026 10:33 AM (r7+Q7)

172 My car got dented by an Ames #2 shovel bouncing out of a a landscapers trailer. Didn't even get to keep the shovel.

Posted by: Dig It! at October 19, 2026 10:33 AM (EdP2u)

173 150 her knees are breasts!

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:34 AM (Bep7s)

174 Because it would be retarded to execute him in his wheelchair.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:31 AM (KC5Lt)
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Gary Gilmore was strapped to a chair for his firing squad.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:34 AM (amcLV)

175 "The French aren't going to do much about this, are they?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory"

They are still telling themselves and the world it is about school funding. Although some of that has shifted to cost of living because that is an obvious lie.

So no, they would rather die on the hill of 'diversity is our strength' than face reality.

Posted by: Ripley at October 19, 2026 10:35 AM (GUOwU)

176 Stretcher. See the documentary "Paths of Glory."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (amcLV)

Just watched again last week. Obviously it was banned in France for a period of time. The general story was true but they took the usual movie liberties in changing up some of the facts.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:35 AM (KC5Lt)

177 151 i'm sitting right here!

Posted by: david hasselhof at October 19, 2026 10:35 AM (Bep7s)

178 167 The French aren't going to do much about this, are they?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (8B4gm)

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Apparently, the European left is casting this as a right wing problem because Macron is center-right in the European model of politics.

Which taints Le Pen and should make her less likely to win.

There also seem to be knock-on effects towards Meloni in Italy who has kept the response restrained in the last few days (though, reportedly, a lot of arrests), as a way to taint the European right as ineffectual and the source of the problems behind the riots (affordability, ha).

I mean, Le Pen is a socialist wannabe estabishmentarian, so whatever. France has no government solution on the horizon. She said that Muslim French are as French as De Gaulle.

Meloni is, however, hardlining her rhetoric against Islam in general. We'll see where that goes, apparently there's some public order "meeting" happening, or something.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:36 AM (+B3Bm)

179 >>The French aren't going to do much about this, are they?

In keeping with the art theme, the Louvre's twitter account just tweeted out that the museum is closed because of the "student social movement".

So no, France will learn to speak German

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 10:37 AM (viF8m)

180 It's actually just gross. trust me.

Posted by: Elizabeth Bathory at October 19, 2026 10:37 AM (r7+Q7)

181 Muslims have to break into the Louvre and burn the Mona Lisa.

It might be the only thing to wake up center-left Frenchmen to the fact that their country has not gotten better with the importation of Syria and Algeria.

Hell, it might be the only thing to convince the center-right Frenchman of that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:37 AM (+B3Bm)

182 I can't wait to not watch the Baycrotch reboot.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 10:26 AM (8B4gm)
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According to Futurama, Pamela Anderson won an Oscar for her role in the first movie to be shot entirely in slow motion.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:38 AM (FZ29D)

183 They should put his wheelchair on a little track that runs back and forth and have the firing squad members shoot one at a time, and each time they get a hit a bell will ding and it will change directions.

at the end the one with the most hits wins a big stuffed plushy doll.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 10:39 AM (0XBHT)

184 154 miss a turn.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:39 AM (Bep7s)

185 158 sit him on the peg.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:40 AM (Bep7s)

186 at the end the one with the most hits wins a big stuffed plushy doll.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 10:39 AM (0XBHT)
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Cuddly monkey!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:40 AM (amcLV)

187 Having successfully saved my "One free violation of the Art Thread 100 Comment Rule" for another day, I wanted to take some time to express my appreciation for those that attended the TxMoMe.

There were those that were missed incredibly (nurse, Berzerker and spouse, various others), yet there were newbies to fill some of the void. It was great meeting you and I hope you can make it to future ones to meet those that missed this year.

Pete Bog and his lovely wife always impress with their culinary skills keeping the hungers away and appeasing the beasts as they come off the firing lines. RMBS and mom for taking part in the fun with those amazing beans.

Bacon wench and the NEW Sausage King for keeping one tradition alive and maybe starting a new one.

Rancher Bob for keeping the Porta-Potties away from Casa de Sponge again this year.

Cow Horse Queen and Ben Had who make herding cats look so elegant.

Weasel for arranging the range officers to keep it safe for all, Lin-duh for bringing Spawn to show us all we still have work to do.......Then, there's Disco Doof..........But kudos to Sponge Bro (no relation, just great friends) for entertaining the masses in the evenings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:40 AM (ccf/V)

188 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:38 AM (FZ29D)

You were missed as well......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:41 AM (ccf/V)

189 The French aren't going to do much about this, are they?
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (8B4gm)
________

They will mostly ignore the destruction and hope it runs out of steam as the weather gets colder.

These are the same simps who did absolutely nothing after a very suspicious fire burned one of their most famous and iconic landmarks (Notre Dame).

I expect the Eiffel Tower could be razed and they still wouldn't do anything.

They are ostriches putting their heads in the sand.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 10:42 AM (iFTx/)

190 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:32 AM (amcLV)

*fistbump*

Guard that raffle prize well, my friend. For it is special.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:42 AM (ccf/V)

191 Remington's are pricey, but the real money is locked up in Herndon, VA. 1,100 Bob Ross originals, mostly from his TV show, are there. One sold for a million bucks at auction.
Posted by: Planning A Heist at October 19, 2026 10:27 AM

Not to mention that Bob Ross comments here, and Frederick Remington doesn't.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 19, 2026 10:42 AM (0sNs1)

192 Guard that raffle prize well, my friend. For it is special.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:42 AM (ccf/V)
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I am drinking tea from it at this very moment.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:42 AM (amcLV)

193 169 push him down a ramp as they give the command.

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:43 AM (Bep7s)

194 Sen. Elissa Slotkin
@SenatorSlotkin
I hopped on the train from Chicago back home to Michigan. I break down why I’m focused on the idea that we should speed up trains between Chicago and Detroit, and Detroit to Toronto!

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She wants the trains to run on time.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:43 AM (ndZc7)

195 I hate when they compare the French Revolution to the American Revolution as similar.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:43 AM (KC5Lt)

196 I lurk.

Posted by: Frederick Remington at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (Ae6Br)

197 WTF??!!

"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
·
23h
NBC: Republicans need the midterms to be high turnout to do well

Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)

198 Are the “French students” still protesting school conditions? 🤣

Posted by: All Gay and Retarded at October 19, 2026 10:45 AM (4ZhPW)

199 Ds vote like maniacs for their own. Always and often.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:45 AM (AKptf)

200 174 now there's a music suggestion, the adverts!

Posted by: cmeat at October 19, 2026 10:45 AM (Bep7s)

201 {{ sponge }}

Posted by: lin-duh at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (EneHm)

202 That's a mighty big team for that coach. I'd bet there's gold on that stage.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (cJOax)

203 NBC: Republicans need the midterms to be high turnout to do well

Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)

We really are the stupid party.

F*cking idiots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (ccf/V)

204 Having successfully saved my "One free violation of the Art Thread 100 Comment Rule" for another day, I wanted to take some time to express my appreciation for those that attended the TxMoMe....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:40 AM (ccf/V)

I might start a betting pool for an over/under on how long you'll be able to hold on to that "one free violation" card!

Posted by: Doof at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (vf0Y9)

205 Just watched again last week. Obviously it was banned in France for a period of time. The general story was true but they took the usual movie liberties in changing up some of the facts.
Posted by: polynikes
_________

Great movie. My one big beef with it is the scene with Kirk Douglas making the walk through the trench before going over the top. It was just one long straight trench without a single traverse. Any Germans getting in could have enfiladed the entire length of the trench. Disappointing because Kubrick is known for his attention to detail.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (JzUSu)

206 {{ sponge }}
Posted by: lin-duh at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (EneHm)

Always so good to see ya'll.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:47 AM (ccf/V)

207 SenatorSlotkin
I hopped on the train from Chicago back home to Michigan. I break down why I’m focused on the idea that we should speed up trains between Chicago and Detroit, and Detroit to Toronto!
—

Good to know a US senator’s focus is on train service in Canada.

Posted by: All Gay and Retarded at October 19, 2026 10:47 AM (4ZhPW)

208 Many Republican voters will cut their nose off to spite their face if the choices aren't what they wanted. The political curse of conservative individualism.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:47 AM (KC5Lt)

209 When nothing else seems right, post a Remington.

Funny: I never before thought about a stage coach having interior lighting.

Doesn't that attract bugs? and hostiles?

Posted by: mindful webworker - shotgun! at October 19, 2026 10:47 AM (vmXN+)

210 203 NBC: Republicans need the midterms to be high turnout to do well

Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)

We really are the stupid party.

F*cking idiots.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (ccf/V)

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What percentage of the electorate is that no? Are they actually Republicans? Where are the Republicans? Are they in Massachusetts or Texas?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:48 AM (+B3Bm)

211 203 NBC: Republicans need the midterms to be high turnout to do well

Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)

We really are the stupid party.

F*cking idiots.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (ccf/V)

It's NBC.
Women can become men, people burning down France are students, and I'd lie to those bastards over and over again.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:48 AM (Sco7b)

212 What percentage of the electorate is that no? Are they actually Republicans? Where are the Republicans? Are they in Massachusetts or Texas?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:48 AM (+B3Bm)

Damn strippers......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:48 AM (ccf/V)

213 I hate when they compare the French Revolution to the American Revolution as similar.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:43 AM (KC5Lt)
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Me too.

Posted by: zombie Edmund Burke at October 19, 2026 10:48 AM (amcLV)

214 The media, who very much want them some Democratic Socialism with a side order of Islam, are doing everything they can to throw the midterms.

It's all horseshit.

I don't even glance at polls anymore. They're propaganda from the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 10:49 AM (RORbl)

215 208 Many Republican voters will cut their nose off to spite their face if the choices aren't what they wanted. The political curse of conservative individualism.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:47 AM (KC5Lt)

My senator does what I want 94% of the time. But 3 years ago he voted against this bill I support. So he’s dead to me forever and ever.

Posted by: Conservative Voters at October 19, 2026 10:49 AM (4ZhPW)

216 IF these things are so far off and idiotic, at what point can all pollsters be investigated for election interference and fraud?

Isn't it time to stop this bullshit?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:49 AM (ccf/V)

217 The pencil sharpener in my 5th grade classroom was broken so I burnt down the school and lit the principal on fire.

Posted by: 19 Year-Old Abdul at October 19, 2026 10:49 AM (EdP2u)

218 Ro Khanna explains it all.

Ro Khanna
@RoKhanna
From the high schools of France to the streets of Madrid to the universities of Tirana, young people are telling their governments the same thing: in an age of massive wealth inequality, they want a future they can believe in.
In France, students and teachers are asking for safe schools, enough teachers and smaller classes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Up, Up, and Away! at October 19, 2026 10:49 AM (ndZc7)

219 Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (JzUSu)

I think Kubrick was only 28 at the time. Rookie mistake.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:50 AM (KC5Lt)

220 Florida just dropped an arrest warrant on 95 year old Raul Castro for conspiracy to commit murder. He's practically dead himself.

I don't give a shit if Hasan is shot in his wheelchair. Shoot the wheelchair too.

Justice time for all of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 10:50 AM (viF8m)

221 197 WTF??!!

"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
·
23h
NBC: Republicans need the midterms to be high turnout to do well

Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner
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Bullshit. EV and mail in ballot rates show that already. Ignore the frigging media as they peddle outright lies and lies by omission.

Do your thing people. Vote and get others around you to vote.

Turn off the syphilitic trans media and that includes social media as it is all riddled with demoralization ops.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 10:50 AM (E4rtv)

222 Great movie. My one big beef with it is the scene with Kirk Douglas making the walk through the trench before going over the top. It was just one long straight trench without a single traverse. Any Germans getting in could have enfiladed the entire length of the trench. Disappointing because Kubrick is known for his attention to detail.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (JzUSu)
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Practicality. Although the trench was corrrectly constructed in the French manner, a realistic width would not have allowed the camera dolly through. He was constrained by the technology of the time.

Posted by: zombie Edmund Burke at October 19, 2026 10:50 AM (amcLV)

223 Yep. Trump was to fix 100 years of rot in 4 years. And now hamburgers are 'spensive and gas should be $2/gal. I'm big mad and not voting.

Fuck.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 10:50 AM (8B4gm)

224 You were missed as well......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:41 AM (ccf/V)
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Seems like a lot of great Morons couldn't make this year due to one reason or another.

It's great that there were a bunch of n00bs to take up the slack!

Maybe next year...I'll see what I can do.

Part of the challenge for me is it falls at a very inconvenient time of the semester when I'm teaching class. Last year I had to drive 10 hours and then grade a stack of papers before submitting midterm grades. Have to do the same this year (minus the 10 hour drive).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:51 AM (FZ29D)

225 Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)
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Y'all will notice that they omitted a "Definitely" category for Reps.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:51 AM (amcLV)

226 What can we DO about the midterms? Go vote.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 10:52 AM (Gqar8)

227 215 208 Many Republican voters will cut their nose off to spite their face if the choices aren't what they wanted. The political curse of conservative individualism.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:47 AM (KC5Lt)

My senator does what I want 94% of the time. But 3 years ago he voted against this bill I support. So he’s dead to me forever and ever.
Posted by: Conservative Voters
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Reacting to putrid media posts is about like getting upset at reddit posts--both are fiction and when you start looking hard at the story--they fall apart as being fake and gay.

You can get nuggets of truth from biased sources but not from wholesale belief that they tell the truth. And watch out for Gell-Mann amnesia because for the media, there is no truth in them as they live by lies.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)

228 Having successfully saved my "One free violation of the Art Thread 100 Comment Rule" for another day, I wanted to take some time to express my appreciation for those that attended the TxMoMe....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:40 AM (ccf/V)

I might start a betting pool for an over/under on how long you'll be able to hold on to that "one free violation" card!
Posted by: Doof at October 19, 2026 10:46 AM (vf0Y9)
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Does a "FIRST!" on the Art Thread count as a violation?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

229 Part of the challenge for me is it falls at a very inconvenient time of the semester when I'm teaching class. Last year I had to drive 10 hours and then grade a stack of papers before submitting midterm grades. Have to do the same this year (minus the 10 hour drive).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:51 AM (FZ29D)

Totally understand.

Note: The First Lady has expressed an interest in lurking in some threads and the Book Thread has come highly recommended. I did advise pants were required.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:53 AM (ccf/V)

230 ----
Does a "FIRST!" on the Art Thread count as a violation?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

*hopes CBD isn't lurking at the moment*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:54 AM (ccf/V)

231 225 Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)
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Y'all will notice that they omitted a "Definitely" category for Reps.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:51 AM (amcLV)

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It's a net advantage poll.

But, I'm sure it doesn't have the same issues as the Francesca Hong polling in the WI Democrat governor's race.

For reasons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:54 AM (+B3Bm)

232 Y'all will notice that they omitted a "Definitely" category for Reps.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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It is bullshit from the beginning--EV and absentee votes already indicate the opposite on voter enthusiasm. Frankly just turn off that stupid media shit until after Nov. 3rd. Your digestion and sanity will be in better shape.

Go and vote and take others to vote unless they plan on voting Democrat.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

233 Practicality. Although the trench was corrrectly constructed in the French manner, a realistic width would not have allowed the camera dolly through. He was constrained by the technology of the time.
Posted by: zombie Edmund Burke
_________

I don't think it was correctly constructed in the French manner. They generally dug worse trenches than the Brits, and far worse than the Germans, but they still had traverses. There wasn't a single traverse in that scene.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 10:55 AM (JzUSu)

234 My tea is nood.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:55 AM (amcLV)

235 I did slum at Kos to see if they mentioned France. Nope.

But I did see a thread on 'no kings' and a lot of people didn't make it. It was designed to be a GOTV event where people were expected to fill out their ballots then and there and have their votes submitted I guess.

I've been working on my projects so I'd only occasionally flip to the news stations and I only saw it on MSNow once. So this was probably a good thing.

Although if they're dying off, they get three or four votes so.....math.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 10:55 AM (Sco7b)

236 There wasn't a single traverse in that scene.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 19, 2026 10:55 AM (JzUSu)
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Again, camera dolly.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:56 AM (amcLV)

237 232 Y'all will notice that they omitted a "Definitely" category for Reps.
Posted by: Captain Obvious
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It is bullshit from the beginning--EV and absentee votes already indicate the opposite on voter enthusiasm. Frankly just turn off that stupid media shit until after Nov. 3rd. Your digestion and sanity will be in better shape.

Go and vote and take others to vote unless they plan on voting Democrat.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

========

Very early TX early voting numbers this morning show Republican turnout higher than Democrat turnout in key counties:

https://x.com/MetsFanInTexas/status/
2112183096322003173

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:56 AM (+B3Bm)

238 You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)
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Y'all will notice that they omitted a "Definitely" category for Reps.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:51 AM (amcLV)

D+12 means 12 percent more Dems said definitely. Same question was asked of both sides.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 10:56 AM (4ZhPW)

239 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 10:52 AM (E4rtv)

I don't disagree that these polls are exaggerated but they are just that . Showing in disinterest but only exaggerated.

See the two previous GA Senator run offs for one of many examples. Hell people here had week long debates that Lindsey Grahams abortion comment caused low turn out because Republicans had the mads.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:57 AM (KC5Lt)

240 But nobody really wants to go to Abilene.
Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 09:31 AM

*eye twitches*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 19, 2026 10:57 AM (2gwTb)

241 Does a "FIRST!" on the Art Thread count as a violation?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 19, 2026 10:53 AM (FZ29D)

Precedent says no, but CBD makes the rules so he can overrule his previous decisions.

BTW - were you aware that rickb223 won a "lifetime exemption from the pants rule on the book thread"?

Posted by: Doof at October 19, 2026 10:57 AM (vf0Y9)

242 I went through Abilene a few weeks ago. And Palestine. They didn't seem like they were held captive there..........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:58 AM (ccf/V)

243 Only one poll matters. The election.

Posted by: Reforger at October 19, 2026 10:58 AM (Ae6Br)

244 239
I don't disagree that these polls are exaggerated but they are just that . Showing in disinterest but only exaggerated.

See the two previous GA Senator run offs for one of many examples. Hell people here had week long debates that Lindsey Grahams abortion comment caused low turn out because Republicans had the mads.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:57 AM (KC5Lt)

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The pattern this year has been polling has greatly, greatly missed rural white voters.

If polling firms are mostly getting urban Republicans over rural Republicans, how useful is the polling on Republican sentiment?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 10:58 AM (+B3Bm)

245
BTW - were you aware that rickb223 won a "lifetime exemption from the pants rule on the book thread"?
Posted by: Doof at October 19, 2026 10:57 AM (vf0Y9)

And he so looks forward to cashing in on that for some reason.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 10:58 AM (ccf/V)

246 If you want more of this then go vote. If you want more impeachment theater then don't.

>>FBI smash huge voter fraud ring in California — days after feds issued ultimatum to state

https://tinyurl.com/35decerc

Posted by: JackStraw at October 19, 2026 10:58 AM (viF8m)

247 158 128 The retarded governor thinks they will shoot him while he's sitting in a wheelchair.
Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 10:18 AM (KC5Lt)

What do they do with a scumbag in a wheelchair? Tie him to a post or something?
Posted by: No Name Today at October 19, 2026 10:28 AM (8mulE)
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Impale him on a 3" steel pipe so that he doesn't slouch.

Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 19, 2026 10:59 AM (JNTt1)

248 Back later.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 19, 2026 10:59 AM (amcLV)

249 WTF??!!

"OSZ
@OpenSourceZone
·
23h
NBC: Republicans need the midterms to be high turnout to do well

Will You Vote:
Definitely: 🔵 D+12
Probably: 🔴 R+16
No: 🔴 R+22 "
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 10:44 AM (AKptf)
_______

It's a leftwing op. It's all an op. The left sees the actual numbers of early and mail-in voting, and sees that Democraps are way off the pace. They know their candidates are rancid mole-rat mucous. They see a potential disaster coming.

Cope Version 1 was assuring nervous fellow travelers that -- against all historical evidence -- Democraps were gonna swamp the polls on election day.

This is now Cope 2.0: trying to depress GOP turnout by trying to convince us that our side isn't coming out to vote, so why should you? "The cool kids aren't doing it, why should you?"

Don't believe a word of this.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 10:59 AM (iFTx/)

250 The fundamental problem is sampling.

For example, would any of you respond a stranger on the phone asking questions about voting?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

251 249

Don't believe a word of this.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 10:59 AM (iFTx/)

By now everyone should know this.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (Gqar8)

252
Don't believe a word of this.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 19, 2026 10:59 AM (iFTx/)/i]

Never really do, but where's the fun in NOT lighting your hair on fire?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (ccf/V)

253 Nood

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (8B4gm)

254 I’m voting as I always do no matter what polls say.i doubt many people decide to vote or not vote based on polls.

I’m expecting the worst and hope to be pleasantly surprised. I can’t control what happens so I’m not worrying about it either way.

Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (4ZhPW)

255 Fun fact: the French riots included magical pallets appearing on street corners, just like the Summer of Love.

You know, in case you didn't actually believe there's some centralized authority running these things.

Also they timed the French rioting to coincide with their big No Kings protest on Saturday that emptied nursing homes across the nation. (I've yet to see a photo of one where everyone wasn't 65+ and white).

Posted by: Ian S. at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (2ocoG)

256 250 The fundamental problem is sampling.

For example, would any of you respond a stranger on the phone asking questions about voting?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

Of course not.

Posted by: tubal at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (Gqar8)

257 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (ccf/V)

258 250 The fundamental problem is sampling.

For example, would any of you respond a stranger on the phone asking questions about voting?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 11:00 AM (RIvkX)

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All pollster working Iowa admitted that rural response rates were 0.1%.

To get 100 respondents, they have to call 100,000 people.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (+B3Bm)

259 Very early TX early voting numbers this morning show Republican turnout higher than Democrat turnout in key counties:

https://x.com/MetsFanInTexas/status/
2112183096322003173
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Media and social media has been having hysterics over EV and mail in ballots as well but mainly because first day or so reflect insane No Kings Democrats voting at extremely high rate which then recedes to at or below 2022 turnout which was NOT a Dem year.

I read enough from a few key people nowadays and ignore the rest as bullshit pap to demoralize the weak minded readers and consumers of 24-7 news bullshit.

Our media strongly resembles the old state media reports of the Eastern bloc (when FBIS reports were still around in print) about shit that did not happen, shit that happened but not in any way resembling the news report, and fake and gay bullshit propaganda ops shit. You could kind of figure out some nuggets of truth using courtroom procedures on cross examining hostile witnesses but most of the time, it was not worth it unless you were an intel analyst.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)

260 More than a few Cornyn voters won't vote for Paxton and I'm sure it would be the same if Cornyn had won.

Republicans frequently shoot the selves in the foot.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 11:03 AM (KC5Lt)

261 260 More than a few Cornyn voters won't vote for Paxton and I'm sure it would be the same if Cornyn had won.

Republicans frequently shoot the selves in the foot.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 11:03 AM (KC5Lt)

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Early signs are that black turnout is trash for Talarico.

Do Democrats not show up when their preferred primary candidate doesn't win?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:04 AM (+B3Bm)

262 254 I’m voting as I always do no matter what polls say.i doubt many people decide to vote or not vote based on polls.

I’m expecting the worst and hope to be pleasantly surprised. I can’t control what happens so I’m not worrying about it either way.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez

Most people don't pay attention to the media anyway. It is usually the college grads working jobs that allow them to get constant news feeds and elderly retirees . It is not a normal slice of Americans consuming broadcast or social media directly. Most people rely on their social milieu to give them clues on how to vote or react to news if necessary. Old term was opinion leader, new one is influencer.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:05 AM (E4rtv)

263 I know a way to prop up the wheelchair dude.

Posted by: Vlad Tepes at October 19, 2026 11:06 AM (NdCPY)

264 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:04 AM (+B3Bm)

The reduced black vote in Texas is a one off because of Crockett because consistently registered blacks have the same turn out for the Dem candidate . This is what may save Paxton.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (KC5Lt)

265 266 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:04 AM (+B3Bm)

The reduced black vote in Texas is a one off because of Crockett because consistently registered blacks have the same turn out for the Dem candidate . This is what may save Paxton.

Posted by: polynikes at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (KC5Lt)

========

Or...the Democrat base is people too, and not every demo is as partisanly dedicated as AWFLs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, precisely framed and deadpan with Wes Anderson at October 19, 2026 11:08 AM (+B3Bm)

266 260 More than a few Cornyn voters won't vote for Paxton and I'm sure it would be the same if Cornyn had won.

Republicans frequently shoot the selves in the foot.
Posted by: polynikes

And some nominal Democrats won't vote for Talafreako, particularly those that are religious. No different than some Democrats won't vote for Al-Sayed etc. Never take media reports of isolated individuals being interviewed as a trend--it is always fake and gay bullshit just like the I voted three times for Trump but now am voting Democrat . These types always end up being Democrats and not Republicans when someone starts to investigate these fake stories. Democrats love them some moby tactics.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)

267 267 Defeatist cynicism is an arrogance that we too know the outcome - we do not. Our Creator expects us to fight for good until HE ends the game, not us,
Posted by: Robert W. Pratt

Pretty much. And those of the devil are consistent in promoting all is lost--echoes of their loss over 2000 years ago when Christ won our victory on the cross.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:10 AM (E4rtv)

268 267-Thanks, Robert W. Pratt and Whig. Consider reposting it everyday!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 12:17 PM (JrHfD)

269 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)

Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 19, 2026 12:18 PM (JrHfD)

The Morning Report — 10/19 /26

Good morning kids.

Well, 82 years after the fact it certainly looks as if Adolf Hitler's orders are finally being carried out in Paris, and all over France and even other parts of Europe.

As I have mentioned many times, some fundamentalist Muslims were allies of the Nazis and even fought on their side during World War II. The Grand Mufti, mentor of the father of modern jihad and inventor of the “Palestinian people” Yasser Arafat, was Hitler’s ally. The swastika and the Palestinian flag are directly connected and stand for the same evil reality: destruction of Judeo-Christian civilization, most especially the Jews. The Nazis killed Jews in France, and the fundamentalist Muslims of today have the same ideology.

And as I and others, most notably experts like Robert Spencer, Pam Geller, Melanie Phillips and others with their eyes fully open who are unafraid to write and speak the truth, there is no such thing as "fundamentalist" Islam, there is only Islam as it is preached and as it is practiced, or at the barest of minimums as it is believed and as the active participants are cheered on by the non-active non-participating believers.

And we won't see Bogey kissing Ingrid Bergman goodbye at the train station either, because it optimistically implies a happy reunion one day., and I fear that that is not in the cards. And a Hollywood ending from the Hollywood of today would have Islam triumphant!

France is seeing its worst riots in decades — violence clearly aimed not simply at the ruling party, but at France itself — and the left-liberal establishment is still trying to blame a few bad apples.
That’s true not just of President Emmanuel Macron, but of global media that claim it’s mainly about student grievances over budget cuts — at least one BBC article actually used the phrase “mostly peaceful protests.”
This is nonsense: The street mobs haven’t been just (or even mostly) kids for weeks now, and the vandalism began in the first days; it was last month that “protesters” set a teacher on fire.
Foreign flags (Morocco, Algeria, “Palestine") Came out at the start; the crowds are mostly blacks and Arabs — overwhelmingly from Muslim immigrant communities, in other words.
And the political statements are obvious: Burning down historic town halls; smashing a statue of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic. . . Liberty isn’t leading these people, but a hatred for Western civilization itself. Leaders of that civilization who still insist on denial will either find themselves as former leaders, or “leading” a former civilization.

Macron demonstrated leadership by leading his concubine to Belgium to attend a Celine Dion concert. If that doesn't prove to you that civilization will go on, you're blind!

Well, unless something truly drastic happens in France, meaning the liberal (pun intended) use of lethal force against the rioters followed on by the mass deportation of Muslims, the unassimilable and then the proscription of Islam in France — in other words a paradigm shift in the past 70 or more years of the trajectory of French culture — then it will be lights out in France followed on by most of Europe soon thereafter .

And as the lamps go out all over Europe, I fear we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime....

Well, besides the intertwined double helix of Islam and Democrat/Leftism, the common thread of the lust for absolute power will never be sated until those who seek our enslavement and destruction are ruthlessly, mercilessly and utterly stopped. Here's the latest example to underscore my assertion and fervent hope.

. . .it didn’t take long for Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who served under John Brennan, to show her true colors.
The Michigan senator told students at the University of Chicago last week how she plans to use the power that will come to Democrats if they win Senate control in the midterms next month.
She wants to unleash a barrage of political investigations on Trump officials in order to frighten young people away from taking jobs in the administration. “The people around Donald Trump . . . have no immunity the way the president does . . . So you go after the people who do his bidding,” she told the audience during a live podcast recording Tuesday.
“I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him,” she continued.
“I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like that sounds fun. I might get an opportunity.’
“I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’
“I want that deterrence message.”
Slotkin pretends she is a stickler for “defending democracy.” But this is how the Bolshevik left who control today’s Democrat Party play the game, even as they cloak themselves in conservative disguises, as intelligence professionals, soldiers, astronauts or doctors.

Emphasis mine because listen Strychnine-Tits, it was we the people of WE THE PEOPLE who eagerly and enthusiastically voted for President Trump three times who enable him!

And as we know, SLUTkin and her ilk have been persecuting us ever since then by unleashing the FBI an DoJ against us via wiretapping and phony lawfare to destroy anyone who even so much as bought a MAGA hat or contributed even a buck to his political campaign.

And so, Miranda Devine's description of them as the Bolshevik Left is dead on the money. Decent people will not be deterred and at some point the crimes against their "precious DEMOCRACY™ will include the death penalty offense of raising of an eyebrow in objection to their latest assault on America as founded, which will lead to us to a gulag or winding up like Ashli Babbitt, Roseanne Boyland or Charlie Kirk.

As the disposition of both Nidal Hasan or Bro-Fo Omar remain up in the air, although Hasan will face a firing squad, but its telecast is still in question.

That said, I can tell you who and what deserves besides him deserves that fate, which I'm sure you can guess from the gravamen of my discourse because unless we do what France and Europe need to do sooner rather than later, then it will be lights out for America.

have a good day.

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

...an exposé of the corrupt machinations that resulted in the conviction of Derek Chauvin for second degree murder in connection with the overdose death of George Floyd in the “Summer of Love” of 2020. (hat tip to friend and friend of the blog Mark Pulliam - jjs)
This episode is, in my opinion, the worst miscarriage of justice in
America in my lifetime.
“The rewriting of history has led to a loss of confidence in the institutions which made the West great.”
A New Year Zero
Congress, courts, climate, capitalism, and the electoral college.
The Five Interlocking Legal Pillars of the DNC
Hedonism claims that anything impeding the immediate gratification of your most vulgar sensual desires is evidence of “fascism” or “oppression” or whatever new term is tossed around with zero comprehension of what it actually means.
Who the Left Attracts, Part 2

* * * * *
"I want that deterrence message sent.”
Ex-CIA Senate Dem Wants to Use Prosecutions to Intimidate Grads From Working for Republicans
Well, they’ve they’ve cranked the dial to 11, and they’re no longer satisfied with going after Trump himself. They want everyone who works for him, and may work for him, too. And Trump knows it’s coming.
Democrats Just Cranked Their Government Weaponization Agenda Up to 11
...to deter young people from taking jobs in the administration.
Elissa Slotkin Wants to Prosecute Trump Admin Staff to Scare Young Conservatives
Miranda Devine: Sure enough, it didn’t take long for Slotkin, a former CIA analyst who served under John Brennan, to show her true colors... She wants to unleash a barrage of political investigations on Trump officials in order to frighten young people away from taking jobs in the administration.
‘Moderate’ Elissa Slotkin pretends she’s a stickler for ‘defending democracy’ — but this is how the Bolshevik left play the game
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
Agents arrested 28-year-old Alec Ray Foss after stopping a speedboat-type vessel he was piloting with three illegal aliens, an AR-style rifle, a pistol, and four pipe bombs on board.
Texas Man Found with Pipe Bombs, Guns, Three Illegal Aliens near Border
Federal law may not require state and local cooperation with immigration enforcement, but the mayor’s now actively working to block it.
Mamdani’s latest anti-ICE move not only abets criminals, it may BE criminal
. . . There is a simple solution to this problem. Do not allow them to enter the country, and, if they do, send them back. In this way, indigenous Americans would not be taken advantage of, and less fraud, crime, and transfer of wealth would be committed.
Immigration, then and now
A Biden-appointed judge dismisses Trump’s lawsuit against New York City’s sanctuary laws, allowing the city to continue limiting cooperation with ICE.
Biden Judge Tosses Trump Lawsuit Against NYC Sanctuary Laws
THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)
Beyond blocking oil exports, American authorities have frozen nearly $350 million in cryptocurrency assets linked to Iran, further restricting the regime’s ability to finance terrorism and rebuild its military capabilities.
U.S. Blockade Cripples Iran’s Economy, Cuts Off $25 Billion in Oil Revenue
The UK sanctioned the group last year “due to their involvement in violence against Jewish and Israeli targets in Europe on behalf of the Iranian regime.”
Teenage Norwegian hitman sentenced to 20 years for UK assassination plot tied to Iran-linked gang
Amid ongoing escalation with the Islamic Republic of Iran, U.S. authorities are increasingly targeting entities associated with pro-Kremlin Moldovan politician Ilan Shor as part of Operation Economic Outcast.
U.S. Targets A7 Network Over Alleged Role in Iran Sanctions Evasion
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
Israelis do not feel entitled to American aid, and some of them want it to go.
The Truth About US Aid to Israel
‘Are you just going to be behind walls and wipe out everybody around you?’
In Northern Ireland, Obama Throws Bombs at Israel
Netanyahu rejects Obama’s claim that Israel has ceded moral ground, defending Jewish ties to Judea and rejecting accusations of stolen land.
Netanyahu Fires Back at Obama: ‘Our Land Is Not Stolen Land’
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
As a practicing Muslim, the 42-year-old is therefore not “a danger to anyone." (Every “practicing Muslim” is sooner or later an existential threat to civilization - jjs)
CAIR Backs Chinese Nazi Muslim Prof Who Called for Killing All the Jews
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
“You and I, we all know, 9/11 was a big lie.”
Dearborn Michigan, the Most Arab and Muslim City in America
"You've got this system where folks are guilty until proven innocent ..."
Abdul El-Sayed Admits His Sister-In-Law Landed On Terrorist Watchlist
“And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
Mikie Sherrill’s Heart Breaks for Troops Ordered to Shoot Fort Hood Killer, ‘This Guy Who’s in a Wheelchair’ (Shoot Sherrill first - jjs)
French European Parliament member Céline Imart, who sponsored the measure, celebrated the vote as a breakthrough.
European Parliament Condemns Muslim Brotherhood, Calls for Crackdown on Islamist Influence
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
Somalis are only 1% of the state, but 30% of its gang members.
1 in 3 Minnesota Gang Members are Somali Muslims
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Voters aren’t just deciding which party will run Congress. They’re deciding whether America will have a legitimate Supreme Court or not.
Vote Like Dems’ Court-Packing Gambit Is On The Ballot — Because It Is
"We're open to identifying what our appropriate role is here."
CA AG Files 100th Trump Lawsuit, Can’t Investigate $200B State Corruption
Strong winds are driving the spread of wildfires in Malibu and Camp Pendleton, just in time for voters to recall the Great Los Angeles Wildfire of 2025 as they filling out November ballots.
Santa Ana-Driven Wildfires Rage as California’s Next Political Reckoning Nears
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The best way to reclaim your sense of joy is to turn off the television.
The Media’s Mind-Forged Manacles
Dilanian (Dilletantian), like many others of the propaganda press, has a record of publishing dubiously sourced claims that hurt Republicans and help Democrats, with corrections coming only after the stories have shaped public debate.
Serial Liar And Russia Hoaxer Ken Dilanian Should Not Be Allowed Within 500 Feet Of A Newsroom
The media are embedded in the machinery itself, performing functions every bit as important as those carried out by political operatives and intelligence officials.
How Democrat Activists Conned The Country By Pretending To Be ‘Journalists’

* * * * *
The experts say AI is beyond you, then offer a remedy they wrote themselves. Learn how it works, and read the accord with skepticism.
The Robots Aren’t Taking Over But AI Execs Might Be
Anthropic wants its AI to be ‘good.’ What does that mean?
‘I Don’t Think Morality Is Objective’: Meet the AI Ethicists Shaping Claude’s Conscience
Roger Kimball: The left is not just indifferent to innovations like Musk’s flying cars. No, they actively hate such things.
Elon Musk Takes Flight While the Left Takes Offense
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
President Trump has said it: If you are a foreign company and you want to avoid our tariffs, build here.
Trump’s Tariffs and Tax Cuts Spark Manufacturing Renaissance
We’re all obsessed with the ‘basket of goods.’ But affordability goes deeper than that.
What Inflation Obsession Misses
SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION
Biden-appointed judge dismisses John Brennan’s lawsuit seeking to preserve DOJ investigation records, ruling his claims too speculative.
Biden-Appointed Judge Tosses John Brennan DOJ Lawsuit
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM
Cooper’s office received $1.7 million from United Nations Foundation as part of a program to uphold the Paris Climate Accords, which the US had exited
EXCLUSIVE: NC Gov Roy Cooper’s Top Climate Advisers’ Salaries Were Bankrolled by Environmentalist Nonprofit as They Imposed Left-Wing Climate Policies on State
Will lawmakers see the light?
Make Lightbulbs Great — And Safe — Again
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
"Investigators continue working to determine the circumstances that led to the crash."
Cops Release Woman Who Plowed Through Soccer Field: No Charges, No Explanation
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
There’s apparently not a single American who has a bachelor’s degree and understands accounting, so Stanford has no choice but to import a foreign laborer to fill in this extraordinarily technical knowledge gap.
American Universities Are Corporatized Grant Money Factories That Rely On Cheap Foreign Labor
ABORTION
A viral exchange over abortion during a CNN town hall exposes the Obama-like dishonesty and condescension of James Talarico.
James Talarico Says He Wants To See Fewer Abortions. But Why?
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
The warning follows a federal lawsuit filed Thursday against California after the Justice Department provided election officials with citizenship data identifying approximately 20,000 registered voters flagged by the Department of Homeland Security as possible noncitizens.
Trump Threatens Jail Time for California Officials Over Alleged Noncitizen Voters
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
“Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We’ve done it before… And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen,”
Homan says BRO-FO Omar could be stripped of naturalization, deported if immigration fraud is proven
Agents seized Omar's phone, her computer, and her passport during Monday's search. Federal agents also went through her trash looking for DNA evidence. Investigators don't comb through a sitting congresswoman's garbage on a hunch.
BRO-FO Omar Has a New Problem, and It Came From Her Sister's Phone
Omar can’t hide behind the statute of limitations.
Things get tougher for Omar
Obama seems to think that all third worlders useful to Democrats are U.S. citizens whether they follow the rules or not, and any effort to stop them can only be politically motivated/
Obama goes to bat for Omar

* * * * *
Thad McCotter: Far-left candidates court socialist influencers in primaries, then pivot to the center while the media ignores their ties.
The Left’s Rank Hypocrisy on ‘Socialist Influencers’
Democrat megachurch pastor, Adam Hamilton, has spent his campaign for Senate in Kansas railing against billionaires and special interests, but his financial disclosure shows he has a net worth of up to $20 million and earns a salary more than twice the salary paid to U.S. senators from Church of the Resurrection.
Democrat Adam Hamilton Getting Rich from His Megachurch
POLITICS
“I couldn’t, in my right mind, vote for this guy.”
Abdul El-Sayed’s Black Voter Problem in Michigan Looks Real
If Democrats win the House in November, the DSA intend to make Hakeem Jeffries’s path to the speakership difficult. The DSA has called for DSA-aligned Representatives elected in November to withhold their votes for Speaker unless Jeffries agrees to changes that would give the far-left bloc within the Democrats greater influence.Jeffries has marked himself as an opponent of the DSA within the Democrat Party, signaling his opposition to several key DSA proposals. “I do not support abolishing the Senate… I don’t support the DSA agenda as has been articulated by the DSA itself,” said Jeffries earlier this year.
Inside the DSA’s Plan to ‘Hold the Speakership Hostage.’
Be on the lookout for John Brennan.
Omar, Obama, And The Danger Of False Identities
The Trump counterrevolution staged an aggressive return to admirable American ideals.
Book Review: The Counterrevolution: The Fall and Rise of Donald Trump and the MAGA Movement by Victor Davis Hanson
Could this be the Republican to finally seize a Senate seat in the Land of 10,000 Lakes?
Minnesota nice to Tafoya
When you think about it, the barrage of signs and flags seems less like enthusiasm and more like paranoia.
Midwestern virtue signaling has a Soviet or North Korean flavor
"Anything could happen, man."
JD Vance Drops 2028 Bombshell In CBS Townhall
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
...while warning American citizens from following the same destructive path.
Vance: France Riots a Result of Liberals ‘Importing Third World’ in Name of ‘Diversity and Compassion’
France is seeing its worst riots in decades — violence clearly aimed not simply at the ruling party, but at France itself — and the left-liberal establishment is still trying to blame a few bad apples...Foreign flags (Morocco, Algeria, “Palestine” came out at the start; the crowds are mostly blacks and Arabs — overwhelmingly from Muslim immigrant communities, in other words. And the political statements are obvious: Burning down historic town halls; smashing a statue of Marianne, the symbol of the French Republic.
Stop pretending the French riots are anything but an attack on civilization
Burning a country to the ground.
‘Globalize the Intifada’ Comes to France
The French president urged "calm and respect" on Friday while attending a meeting in Belgium.
Macron dances with wife Brigitte at Celine Dion concert while France burns
In France, more than half a million people poured into the streets as mobs of radical left rioters, students, labor unions, and antifa thugs rampaged through historic districts, burning government buildings and bringing the country to a "point of no return," according to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu.
Government Buildings Torched As French Riots Reach the 'Point of No Return'
. . . We are watching the neo-Nazi sharia takeover of France in real time. That is why the Marseille rioters specifically targeted Jewish businesses.
Report: Marseille Rioters Burned Jewish-Owned Shops, Left Muslim-Owned Ones Untouched
The lesson to learn from France right now is that assimilation doesn’t happen by accident.
Why France?
"You are the last bulwark. If you give way, it will be . . . the victory of the barbarians."
Will the French Army Have to Be Called Out?
. . . as unrest from France appears to be boiling over into fellow European nations.
Dozens Arrested After Multicultural Riots Outside of Milan’s Duomo Cathedral

* * * * *
The clock is ticking for both Israel and the United States. What happens next?
Two Nations, Two Elections, One Fate
The Nobel Committee’s credibility won’t recover until it stops treating political alignment as a substitute for genuine achievement.
Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Pro-Hamas Supporter Of Chinese Genocide
Leo was discharged from Agostino Gemelli University Hospital just four days after surgeons removed the lower lobe of his right lung.
Pope Leo released from hospital following successful lung cancer surgery
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
...Kyiv launched more than 1,000 drones across Russia in one of its largest ever aerial bombardments.
St. Petersburg Oil Terminal Set Ablaze Amid Massive Wave of Ukraine Drone Strikes
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
A letter from retired military officers blasted the proposed livestream execution of the Fort Hood terrorist as ‘exploitative broadcasting.’
Generals And Journos Who Cheered Endless Wars Now Decide They’re Squeamish On Live Executions
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Elon Musk has made engineering the heroic, progressive enterprise we once thought it was, not the diddly work of guys in short sleeves with pocket protectors.
The Use and Misuse of Science
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
Marriage is not some esoteric thing. It has been part and parcel of the lives of most human beings for millennia.
A 'No' Vote On Virginia Amendment 2 Is A Vote for Marriage
At a cross-country-team race Tuesday, the Camas HS girls did something their coaches presumably hadn’t trained them to do: They walked off the course.
These high-school cross-country girls could throw Democrats a curve
In two unearthed podcasts, El-Sayed laid out his rationale for providing the treatments to illegal immigrants and complained that the matter would be 'politicized'
El-Sayed Denounced ‘Conservatives’ for Opposing Free Sex Changes for Transgender Illegal Immigrants, Called for Universal Health Care for Trans ‘Undocumented Persons’
Totalitarians can dish it out but they can’t take it.
There is No Fun in Feminism
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Comprehensive new research from the Institute for Family Studies charts the disaster geographically, outlining marriage “deserts” where nuclear families are rare and “gardens” where they flourish.
Why the left doesn’t want to face the facts about marriage
Christian Toto: New Norm Macdonald doc on Netflix all but screams the answer
Has ‘Saturday Night Live’ Always Been So Cowardly?
If opera wants to take center stage in our culture again, it needs to embrace a rich past with an auspicious future.
Opera Must Be Restored–But How?
Gen Z’s fascination with longing has revisited one of Western civilization’s oldest questions.
Gen Z’s Newest Dating Craze Is Actually An Ancient Desire
How does a bag of sandwiches ‘stand with’ lesbians, say for example?
Today Show Commissars Interrogate Chicken Sandwich Boss About Gay And Trans Stuff
HITHER & YON
Father Patricio Sánchez Molinari, of the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in southern Guayaquil, was reflecting on the words of Jesus when he told his congregation they should not waste their lives scrolling on their phones and instead dedicate them to God and their loved ones.
Priest gave sermon on spontaneity of death just before falling crucifix killed him during livestreamed Mass

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1 Happy Monday

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 07:18 AM (/+uur)

2 These kids today. Rioting and burning Paris.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 07:20 AM (MWfyi)

3 As I have mentioned many times, some fundamentalist Muslims were allies of the Nazis and even fought on their side during World War II.

Mister hilter hated muslims and called them "monkeys" when they were not around him but he used them wherever he could because they were decent fighters.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 19, 2026 07:21 AM (I43vL)

4 Good morning!

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

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

5 Top 5. It's a good day.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:23 AM (RjOoY)

6 She wants to unleash a barrage of political investigations on Trump officials in order to frighten young people away from taking jobs in the administration. “The people around Donald Trump . . . have no immunity the way the president does . . . So you go after the people who do his bidding,” she told the audience during a live podcast recording Tuesday.

“I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him,” she continued.
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Slutkin isn't alone; Susan Rice explicitly threatened all prominent public supporters of Trump, naming individuals and companies.

Posted by: General Augusto Pinochet at October 19, 2026 07:23 AM (b5+R3)

7 Willowed:

JM in Illinois

Here is a revealed secret about the bacon. It can be bought by mere mortals.

Helene Handbasket buys the bacon. A stalwart 'ron cooks it in deep fat oil.

Then our beloved Bacon Wench delivers it to acclaim from the MoMeet crowd. She does accept small bills put in the pocket of her Bacon Wench apron.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 07:24 AM (u82oZ)

8 "And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden"

It's a load that I would bear, for the children.

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 07:25 AM (MWfyi)

9 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

10 ...an exposé of the corrupt machinations that resulted in the conviction of Derek Chauvin for second degree murder in connection with the overdose death of George Floyd in the “Summer of Love” of 2020. (hat tip to friend and friend of the blog Mark Pulliam - jjs)
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Sucks to be a show trial victim.

Posted by: Alfred Dreyfus at October 19, 2026 07:26 AM (b5+R3)

11 And, yet... once these European countries are run by a gaggle of rival caliphs whose only point of agreement on anything is "Death to America," we will still have a unified front of retards from "both" sides of the aisle telling us how important NATO is.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 07:26 AM (BI5O2)

12 JJ, it's Melanie not Michelle Phillips

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

13 Generals And Journos Who Cheered Endless Wars Now Decide They’re Squeamish On Live Executions

"If we broadcast his execution, it will give them what they want!"

"If we keep him alive without parole, it will give them what they want!"

"If we execute him privately, it will give them what they want!"

At least these "people" are consistent.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:27 AM (RjOoY)

14 Thank you JJ

Well, I see all the right people are losing their minds over that “flying car” demo by Tesla. Elon Musk is living rent free in almost as many heads as Trump. Almost, but not quite…

Just not sure why the “flying car” demo was so offensive, but apparently it was a “parlor trick”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 07:27 AM (wJ5Zl)

15 Susan Rice explicitly threatened all prominent public supporters of Trump, naming individuals and companies.
Posted by: General Augusto Pinochet

What I am hearing is that brutal retaliation when they threaten normal people is an acceptable answer. Good to know.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:28 AM (RjOoY)

16 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 07:29 AM (ohcCe)

17 IS PARIS BURNING? IS PARIS BURNING?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 19, 2026 07:29 AM (LOvBA)

18 “I want to look at these signature cases and not just focus on the president, but on the people who enabled him,” she continued.

“I want young people coming out of school to say, ‘Should I go work for the Trump administration? Like that sounds fun. I might get an opportunity.’

“I want them to be like, ‘Lord, that might be buying myself a ton of problems that I don’t want, and so let me avoid participating in that.’

“I want that deterrence message.”
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This is a treason against the Constitution.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:29 AM (RIvkX)

19 "Posted by: nudao at October 19, 2026 07:28 AM"

Why does she have a dick?

Posted by: fd at October 19, 2026 07:30 AM (MWfyi)

20 Yes, they're killjoys - all religious fanatics are - but I think the definitional characteristic of Leftists is more accurately stated as "joyless."

Every one of them is bitter, nasty, and anhedonic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 07:30 AM (BI5O2)

21 Breitbart reports on news from our good friends in government (/sarc) south of the border,

Mexico’s government criminally charged and arrested the former attorney general of the border state of Chihuahua. The arrest was not for corruption, drug trafficking, or ties with organized crime. Rather, he is being prosecuted for having worked with U.S. agencies to investigate and fight drug cartels in his state.

Posted by: Alfred Dreyfus at October 19, 2026 07:31 AM (1utmP)

22 20 Yes, they're killjoys - all religious fanatics are - but I think the definitional characteristic of Leftists is more accurately stated as "joyless."

Every one of them is bitter, nasty, and anhedonic.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 07:30 AM (BI5O2)

possibly anhydrous...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 19, 2026 07:31 AM (x0n13)

23 This is a treason against the Constitution.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

We had to burn the Constitution in order to save it.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:32 AM (RjOoY)

24 "the Camas HS girls did something their coaches presumably hadn’t trained them to do"

Transphobic behavior will not be tolerated. You are off the team.

Posted by: The Coach wearing a dress at October 19, 2026 07:34 AM (MWfyi)

25 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at October 19, 2026 07:35 AM (qgNpY)

26 Just not sure why the “flying car” demo was so offensive, but apparently it was a “parlor trick”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

The complaint is "We could feed so many families with all that money Elon wasted!"

I saw that on X and someone posted pictures from 1969 when we went to the moon and it was the same yelping.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:35 AM (RjOoY)

27 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at October 19, 2026 07:36 AM (uGZRR)

28 Macron dancing in Belgium while Paris burns reminds me of someone...

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:36 AM (RIvkX)

29 Any update on Elvis Chan ? Where did he land ? Has cash forgotten?

Posted by: Captain dehoco at October 19, 2026 07:37 AM (7PzIc)

30 where's my thesaurus?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 07:37 AM (ZxPkt)

31 The future of Europe is to the east.

Hungary voted out Orban, and their "liberal' leader is all in on building a fence and keeping out the scum.

And Poland is just as impressive.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 07:37 AM (k5CNB)

32 Pro-trans advocates argue that there are so few boys competing in girls’ sports that it’s a non-issue.

Oh good. Then they can compete with the boys where they belong and it won't hurt anyone. We are in agreement.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:37 AM (RjOoY)

33 NR Pax

Not my responsibility to feed others outside my family. Yet this is enshrined in law and culture.

Want to feed your family? Better yourself, get married, stay married, and work hard.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 07:37 AM (u82oZ)

34 I've hit some sites with good potential that block VPN. More and more people are using VPNs for protection. It's less and less business for them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:38 AM (vC80E)

35 Trying to find out the process by which one is assigned to a firing squad

so far, I haven't come across the word 'volunteer'

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 07:38 AM (ZxPkt)

36 Sheinbaum knows who butters her bread.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 07:38 AM (8B4gm)

37 Every one of them is bitter, nasty, and anhedonic.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 07:30 AM (BI5O2)

possibly anhydrous...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 19, 2026 07:31 AM (x0n13)
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You all talk purty.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

38 Every one of them is bitter, nasty, and anhedonic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 07:30 AM (BI5O2)

There is a simmering anger in even the happiest of them whom I know....

What a miserable existence.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 07:39 AM (k5CNB)

39 How does a bag of sandwiches ‘stand with’ lesbians, say for example?
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Idiotic "interview" with Chik-Fil-A President where he is repeatedly asked to take a pro-gay political position and he responds by inviting everyone to be a customer and "enjoy our great food".

And NBC wonders why it's audience is moving to other "news" sources.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:39 AM (vwlv+)

40 Not my responsibility to feed others outside my family. Yet this is enshrined in law and culture.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Agreed 100%. Yes, some people will fall through the cracks and that is what the system should focus on.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:40 AM (RjOoY)

41 DataRepublican: Leaked Recordings Allege DSA Plans to Provoke Insurrection Act

https://tinyurl.com/2m9mukva

Don't be France!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 19, 2026 07:40 AM (RkR9o)

42 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at October 19, 2026 07:40 AM (53oGX)

43 Good morning to one and all.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:41 AM (ua/lL)

44 Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:27 AM (RIvkX)

Fixed...until he resaves!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 07:41 AM (k5CNB)

45 Taxachusetts governor aid catches gun, drugs, and food stamps fraud charges. An exemplar Democrat.

Not to be outdone, the Team Red vice governor candidate totals his car wrecking other people's cars while drunk as a skunk.

Team Blue can't say anything bad about the Team Red candidate because he's black.

Posted by: torabora at October 19, 2026 07:41 AM (1RXCD)

46 “And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”

And by burden, we mean "I have an awesome story to tell for the rest of my life."

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:41 AM (RjOoY)

47 26 Just not sure why the “flying car” demo was so offensive, but apparently it was a “parlor trick”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Nope, it was real, the car really did it.
Don't know what dopes were offended.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:41 AM (vC80E)

48 46 “And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”
---

He who said that and who printed it need, minimal, swift kicks in the butt.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:43 AM (vC80E)

49 {{{Ben Had}}}
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪

Thank you so much. You are a giver.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)

50 @14.

Yes, yes, yes, Musk and his flying car. It's been brought up on every thread for a week. Time to move on.

Posted by: Case at October 19, 2026 07:44 AM (ROPCF)

51 Iran should just park their nuke bomb program and go fetch France's nukes.
Problem solved.

Posted by: torabora at October 19, 2026 07:44 AM (1RXCD)

52 NaCly, Good Morning. The very same can be said of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:44 AM (ua/lL)

53 Thanks CBD I'm a disciple of hers.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)

54 Nobel Peace Prize Goes To Pro-Hamas Supporter Of Chinese Genocide
===========================
There is no recovery for the Nobel Committee; this particular prize committee are hopelessly compromised. I propose we ignore them and they will go away.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:45 AM (dM5CL)

55 Wow, did you see that flying car?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 07:45 AM (ZxPkt)

56 Morning all. Test.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 07:46 AM (cH+HD)

57 so far, I haven't come across the word 'volunteer'

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 07:38 AM (ZxPkt)

Maybe take out the word "enthusiastic" from the application, and don't offer to bring your own rifle and ammo...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 07:46 AM (k5CNB)

58 Ben Had. So great to see you this weekend!

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 07:46 AM (cH+HD)

59 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 07:47 AM (RORbl)

60 Am I a bad person for thinking that a few 50 cals would be an excellent tool for the firing squad?

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 07:47 AM (RjOoY)

61 Salty, a pleasure, as always.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 07:47 AM (cH+HD)

62 "And I think there are going to be people receiving these orders to the firing squad who are going to, for the rest of their lives now, have to carry that burden.”

Maybe they can get a cross to fall on him.

Posted by: The Coach wearing a dress at October 19, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

63 Wow, did you see that flying car?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 07:45 AM (ZxPkt)
-

Did you know that most major features of the roadster are drive/fly by wire and not mechanical? Even the steering wheel system.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 19, 2026 07:48 AM (RkR9o)

64 The Army has a Field Manual for everything, right down to taking a dump

there must be a manual on firing squads

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

65 rickb223

I am burbling with happiness after seeing all the wonderful people in Texas.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 07:48 AM (u82oZ)

66 Maybe, if France would ban muslim immigration, deport muslims already here and shoot a few muslims now and then France would not have to suffer their rioting, raping and basically smelling up the place.

Naaaaaahhhhh!

Posted by: Emmanuel Macron, closeted homosexual at October 19, 2026 07:48 AM (JAh4c)

67 If you missed the absolutely glorious comment about France by the Israeli War Room I hope some one will repost it this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ua/lL)

68 Ben Had morons be praising your hospitality up and down b"h.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

69 While in Brussels at a news conference, he urged “calm and respect” from the rioters in his home country.

On Sunday, Macron was due to depart again for a diplomatic tour of the Middle East.
======================
What a fool.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:49 AM (vM+8K)

70 Mexico’s government criminally charged and arrested the former attorney general of the border state of Chihuahua. ...
he is being prosecuted for having worked with U.S. agencies to investigate and fight drug cartels in his state.

Posted by: Alfred Dreyfus
----

Their day is coming quicker than they know.
It's called hammer & anvil maneuver. The Rio
Grande is the anvil and the hammer is hammering
away down in South America pushing relentlessly
north.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:49 AM (vC80E)

71
‘Are you just going to be behind walls and wipe out everybody around you?’

When you’re fighting World War Z, that’s a pretty good plan.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 07:49 AM (KxsfI)

72 Maybe they can get a cross to fall on him.

Posted by: The Coach wearing a dress at October 19, 2026 07:47 AM (MWfyi)

"We was too late... The Rev. Neuk saw the light."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 19, 2026 07:50 AM (RkR9o)

73 Look into Eric Zemmour for some rational and unapologetic support for traditional France, and the way back to it!

He is the head of a political party called "Reconquête."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 07:50 AM (k5CNB)

74 If you missed the absolutely glorious comment about France by the Israeli War Room I hope some one will repost it this morning.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ua/lL)
====================
We are honored you are up and posting after your busy weekend, madam!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:50 AM (vM+8K)

75 rickb223, another big hug to you.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:51 AM (ua/lL)

76 Don Black

There is. On Executions. The proper military method of death would be to hang him, as a dishonorable member of the military.

Hanging people is a neglected skill set, but shooting is on brand.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)

77 If you missed the absolutely glorious comment about France by the Israeli War Room I hope some one will repost it this morning.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:48 AM (ua/lL)

I'll put it in the sidebar!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 07:51 AM (k5CNB)

78 I think we've all known the Democrats would go after Trump's supporters again.

They did last time.

This time it's just raw vengeance.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 07:53 AM (RORbl)

79 Huck, I'm still higher than a kite from two incredible days with the Horde.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 07:54 AM (ua/lL)

80 50 @14.

Yes, yes, yes, Musk and his flying car. It's been brought up on every thread for a week. Time to move on.

Posted by: Case
---

Musk is frustrating. First it was the CyberTruck in 2017 with a price point of 40K that didn't happen. Now, I'm sitting here waiting for my 20/25K robot that's probably not going to happen either. At least the self driving cars are getting cheaper.
Sigh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:54 AM (vC80E)

81 Other Washington athletes know that choice. Tumwater HS basketball player Frances Staudt refused to play against a male opponent.

She faced a school investigation over allegations of harassment and misgendering.

Female wrestler Kallie Keeler alleges she wasn’t told she’d face a biological male opponent and that he sexually assaulted her during a girls’ tournament.

Prosecutors declined to charge the opponent, concluding they couldn’t prove a crime beyond a reasonable doubt.
========================
"Why do you care?"
to
"You will be made to comply"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:55 AM (bUohG)

82 Lord have mercy, nearly every story this morning is horrific and terrifying. We are (the near entire Western world) is in a very dark place. How I hope and pray enough people will wake up to what is happening. I literally have zero words anymore to describe what I feel about Democrats in this country, and leftists the world over. They are such evil beings, and operate at the behest of demons and the devil himself. In my mind, there is no other explanation. None.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

83 Macron is weak. Not a leader… France is apparently a basket case but they’re not much different than the rest of Western Europe

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 07:56 AM (wJ5Zl)

84 French police have bought a couple thousand H&K 9mm (don't remember the model) small sub machine guns. They've also bought a shit ton of 9mm pistols.

What are they waiting for?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 07:58 AM (vC80E)

85 I wouldn’t buy a Tesla myself but it does amuse me how easily Musk triggers so many lefties

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 07:58 AM (wJ5Zl)

86 Who would have ever thought a Jewish senator from Michigan would be every bit as pure evil as a moslem senate candidate from Michigan?

Posted by: democrats, raping and mutilating the children they do not kill at October 19, 2026 07:59 AM (QB6+C)

87 {{{Lady in Black}}}

In the shadows, far from the press, there is good happening. Most urban areas are gone, but much remains.

Meeting fellow Horde members can restore your faith.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 07:59 AM (u82oZ)

88 Rumors are rife that Kim Jong Un ("Rocket Man

died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Beijing over the weekend.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:59 AM (bUohG)

89 They are such evil beings, and operate at the behest of demons and the devil himself. In my mind, there is no other explanation. None.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
=====

I'm fearful what will happen next when Trump is no longer blocking them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)

90 >Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)
----

Pace yourself- the worst is yet to come

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:00 AM (ZxPkt)

91 That's the thing about us. We're always rife.

Posted by: Rumors at October 19, 2026 08:01 AM (uGZRR)

92 In my mind, there is no other explanation. None.

Posted by: Lady in Black
----

We can pray, vote, fortify ourselves and communicate in ways that plant seeds of thought with those in passing.

The western world is here in the Americas, it fled Europe a long time ago.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (vC80E)

93 “Of course, if you lie during the naturalization process, there is a process to denaturalize somebody. We’ve done it before… And certainly, if the evidence points that way, that could happen,” Homan said

OK
So every time you see that someone got citizenship, or cashed a forged check, or got super secret airplane parts there was a checkmark, or signature, or logon that is attached to a person at the workplace or organization.
So pull the logs, locate the records, and ask the person WHY DA FUCK did you sign off on this?

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (/+uur)

94 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)

95
88 Rumors are rife that Kim Jong Un ("Rocket Mandied of a cerebral hemorrhage in Beijing over the weekend.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 07:59 AM (bUohG)

It would be nice; but there are always rumors, and rumors of rumors coming out of China. Very few ever pan out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (KxsfI)

96 She wants to unleash a barrage of political investigations on Trump officials in order to frighten young people away from taking jobs in the administration.

You want a Low Trust Society, this is how you get a Low Trust Society.

When your government actually vows to destroy your life for the "crime" of pursuing the maintenance of civilization.

This un-human should be black bagged immediately.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (a4flb)

97 94 AIR

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

98 =====

I'm fearful what will happen next when Trump is no longer blocking them.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Don't be fearful of an unknown future. Take care of today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (vC80E)

99 Braenyard

The French Army, including the French Foreign Legion, has an OP Plan for restoring France. But they are shackled by civilian control under Macron.

For now. A change in leaders could be beneficial, depending on which leader. Because native French citizens, and many in the military, want this to end.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (/+uur)

101 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)
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It's a commercial secret.

Posted by: Trigglypuff at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (RIvkX)

102 hey are such evil beings, and operate at the behest of demons and the devil himself. In my mind, there is no other explanation. None.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Things look dark right now but just stay faithful.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 08:04 AM (RjOoY)

103 The term "biological male" is redundant.

Posted by: And repetitive at October 19, 2026 08:04 AM (uGZRR)

104 Who would have ever thought a Jewish senator from Michigan would be every bit as pure evil as a moslem senate candidate from Michigan?

Posted by: democrats, raping and mutilating the children they do not kill at October 19, 2026 07:59 AM (QB6+C)
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JINOs. Looking up her family history, I would guess that lesbian Slotkin's great grandparents were assimilated Jews. Her father was a Reaganite but:

Slotkin has said that she became a Democrat because of the Reagan administration's indifference to the widespread suffering of those with AIDS, which greatly affected her.
- Wikipedia

Now you know.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 19, 2026 08:04 AM (RkR9o)

105 Don't be fearful of an unknown future. Take care of today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more

equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (vC80E)
-

Which includes planning for tomorrow.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 19, 2026 08:05 AM (RkR9o)

106 She wants to unleash a barrage of political investigations on Trump officials in order to frighten young people away from taking jobs in the administration.

==

They mean it too. They plan to unleash the gates of hell once they get power back. They're making those plans very clear.

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

107 94 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?
Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM

Unicorn farts.

Posted by: From Grainger. For the ones who get it done. at October 19, 2026 08:06 AM (uGZRR)

108 compressed air?

then there's a way to keep refilling the tanks with compressed air

trucks have been doing it since the 20s

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:06 AM (ZxPkt)

109 Slotkin has said that she became a Democrat because of the Reagan administration's indifference to the widespread suffering of those with AIDS,

Ah yes. The indifference of funding research more than any other developed nation.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 08:06 AM (RjOoY)

110 French police have bought a couple thousand H&K 9mm (don't remember the model) small sub machine guns. They've also bought a shit ton of 9mm pistols.

What are they waiting for?

For someone to "accidentally" leave the armory door unlocked and discover the next morning that the inventory has disappeared (and to a local Mosque aka "Islam FOB")

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:06 AM (a4flb)

111 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?
Posted by: Don Black

Hopium

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 08:07 AM (cH+HD)

112 I continue to worry a bit about the midterms. A big part of me says “don’t worry there’s no way Texas will elect a freak, MI a combination commie/terrorist, Susan Collins never loses, Alaska ain’t going with a bobble head, Iowa and Ohio are now deep red etc etc”….. but those annoying polls really aren’t changing much at all here basically two weeks from Election Day… so yeah, a bit nervous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 08:07 AM (wJ5Zl)

113 The Church of the Resurrection under his leadership partnered with Kansas City PrideFest to sponsor a “Drag Queen Story Time & Gay Pride Festival.”

Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 08:07 AM (/+uur)

114 French police have bought a couple thousand H&K 9mm (don't remember the model) small sub machine guns. They've also bought a shit ton of 9mm pistols.

What are they waiting for?

The order to drop them & surrender.

Posted by: rickb223 at October 19, 2026 08:07 AM (cH+HD)

115 I can use my broad brush. There has never been a time when there hasn't been a battle between good and evil.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (ua/lL)

116 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (VyBeY)

117 Don't be fearful of an unknown future. Take care of today.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (vC80E)
=====
Don't disagree but paranoia is my jam.

Posted by: Trigglypuff at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

118 97 94 AIR

Posted by: r hennigantx a
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Ain't that a hoot.
And the car is built to refill the tanks as it goes down the road.
Realtime collision avoidance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (vC80E)

119 🚨EARLY VOTING BEGINS IN TEXAS!🚨
Vote like your life depends on it, because it does!

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (NpAcC)

120 possibly anhydrous...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Look Fat, sometimes I leaks a bit. A little ammonia odor isn't so bad!

Posted by: President Depends at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (EdP2u)

121 /methane producing sock off

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

122 "...but those annoying polls really aren’t changing much at all here basically two weeks from Election Day… so yeah, a bit nervous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 08:07 AM"

Trust the polls. I did.

Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 19, 2026 08:10 AM (uGZRR)

123 The term "biological male" is redundant
——

Black Licorice. New Puppy. PDF File. ATM Machine. VIN Number. etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at October 19, 2026 08:10 AM (joemM)

124 In France, the last time there were widespread protests, the French military got involved, unofficially. Near military bases, young, fit men in civilian clothes helped fight the protesters.

This has been officially denied by the French Government and the French military.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:10 AM (u82oZ)

125 I was semi-surprised at Vance's declaration he is still deciding on '28. He says Usha is not into politics, and I'm sure the frothing, rabid hatred and attempted assassination attempts at Trump have her less than enthused at the prospect of him becoming president. Especially with 4 very young children. My guess...he probably will still run. If not, it will be Rubio or DeSantis up for grabs. I just know we need one who is ready to draw blood (figuratively) because that's the only way to save this country at this point.

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 08:10 AM (qBdHI)

126 They mean it too. They plan to unleash the gates of hell once they get power back. They're making those plans very clear.

I love these Gen-Z videos where they are spending their waking hours bitching and moaning about how much they deserve to be living in "Boomers'" homes but can't because of every Reason except themselves.

In a Low Trust society, no one except the Party Ringleaders live well—everyone else barely exists in a pure Hellscape. Any "home" will be a distant fantasy dream of Gen-Z and there will be only the promise of dystopia, violence and death.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:11 AM (a4flb)

127 The CIA cutout cunt Senator from MI has made a deadly promise:
That Democrats will prosecute anyone who works for Republicans.

The coup they tried on Trump was never canceled, they have just extended it.

Data republican has unearthed thousands of docs and video of Dems and DSA, up and down the Party-- all the way to the top-- who are plotting a color revolution after the midterm.

This is not idle dorm room chat-- these are horrifying serious.
I cannot emphasize that enough:
We are in the most dangerous time since 1860.

And if anyone is telling you not to vote straight R, they are in on it.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 08:12 AM (3cUTc)

128 Ask your anesthesiologist if Anhydrous is right for you.

Posted by: Big Gas Bag at October 19, 2026 08:13 AM (uGZRR)

129 The joylessness of Leftists is easily explained... it's prerequisite for progressivism. To subscribe to an ideology that demands fundamental transformation of *everything,* you have to be unhappy with *everything.*

You can't even get on board that train without a whole lot of smelly old baggage.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)

130 People's Hippo Voice

Here is something we all can do.

In your own neighborhood, notice any Dem yard signs. Or "In This House" liberal cant.

Mark them in memory. In the burning times, take their stuff.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:15 AM (u82oZ)

131 In a Low Trust society, no one except the Party Ringleaders live well—everyone else barely exists in a pure Hellscape. Any "home" will be a distant fantasy dream of Gen-Z and there will be only the promise of dystopia, violence and death.
=====

They all have Main Character Syndrome and think they will be a "party ringleader."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:15 AM (RIvkX)

132 Black Licorice. New Puppy. PDF File. ATM Machine. VIN Number. etc.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 19, 2026 08:10 AM

This about me?

Posted by: CAC Card at October 19, 2026 08:15 AM (uGZRR)

133 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Monday.
Hamilton rails against billionaires but is a millionaire
Slotkin acts like a thug, but she's Jewish
The Paris woman says "but I supported you" after her shop is looted.
Apparently these nitwits don't realize they will be up against the wall as well.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 19, 2026 08:15 AM (vJPf4)

134 If not, it will be Rubio or DeSantis up for grabs. I just know we need one who is ready to draw blood (figuratively) because that's the only way to save this country at this point.

We need a War Time President—no one I see on the bench is capable of having the strength and power of Will to save America.

The dissolution of the Republic is an absolute certainty, regardless of the November elections. When the majority of the Nations dwellers range from pure hatred of Western Civilization all the way to complete indifference and nihilistic hedonism as their best virtue, I'm hoping that enclaves of States exist to keep even a feeble memory of Western Civilization alive.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:16 AM (a4flb)

135 28 Macron dancing in Belgium while Paris burns reminds me of someone...
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And what a terr-ific dancer he was!

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at October 19, 2026 08:16 AM (EdP2u)

136 The Slutkin admission bodly illustrates that Democrats will use all of the instrumentalities of power when they have that power and Republicans will continue to operator under the maxim of, that's not who we are.

Well, when you're lined up against a wall, your principles aren't worth a warm bucket of piss, GOP.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 08:17 AM (XV/Pl)

137 I was semi-surprised at Vance's declaration he is still deciding on '28. ... I just know we need one who is ready to draw blood (figuratively) because that's the only way to save this country at this point.

Posted by: Lady in Black a
---

Vance is not a fighter, he's not a point man. Speech on the tarmac last week he said Ladies and Gentlemen 15 times. He's either or professorial.

Rubio, has done excellent picking up on Trump style of hard, consistent always forward. Vance is professorial.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:18 AM (vC80E)

138 PIN Number

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

139 The current crop of Dems if they get any level of power they will abuse it. Take it to the bank.

2028 will be huge. If a dem (any Dem… doesn’t matter which one) wins the presidency, Trump better move quickly to a non-extradite country because they will hound him to death (literally). And they will go after any and all Trump supporters (they refer to us as “enablers”

. If it happens (God forbid) it’ll make 2021-24 look tame and civil by comparison

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 08:18 AM (wJ5Zl)

140 Smell the Glove

Plenty, and I mean plenty of people said "If Stalin only knew!" from the death camps.

Dude, he signed the order personally. Stalin was a monster. Lots of very sad stories during the purges.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:18 AM (u82oZ)

141 ICBM Missile

Posted by: r hennigantx at October 19, 2026 08:18 AM (/+uur)

142 135 28 Macron dancing in Belgium while Paris burns reminds me of someone...
Posted by: San Franpsycho

And what a terr-ific dancer he was!
Posted by: Franz Liebkind at October 19, 2026 08:16 AM
++++++

Throw out your hands
Stick out your tush
Hands on your hips
Give 'em a push
You'll be surprised
You're doing the French Mistake
Voila!

Posted by: Mel Brooks at October 19, 2026 08:19 AM (uGZRR)

143 They all have Main Character Syndrome and think they will be a "party ringleader."

These actors eventually learn from the Pimp Hand of Reality

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)

144 134 If not, it will be Rubio or DeSantis up for grabs. I just know we need one who is ready to draw blood (figuratively) because that's the only way to save this country at this point.
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You be forgetting the last election where DeSantis took up with the GOPe against Trump.
_Fuck DeSantis

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:19 AM (vC80E)

145 Today Is National Seafood Bisque Day,

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

146
Practical application for Elon’s car jet tech:
(Link to X video)

https://tinyurl.com/34cn5mk5

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 08:20 AM (KxsfI)

147 So the thrusters on the flying car used compressed gas. Unclear what the exact mix of gasses was…. Maybe Tesla engineers ate a lot of beans

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 08:21 AM (wJ5Zl)

148 LinusVanPelt

It's probably 78% Nitrogen, which can kill if released in a sealed room. Skreee!

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:22 AM (u82oZ)

149 144 134 If not, it will be Rubio or DeSantis up for grabs. I just know we need one who is ready to draw blood (figuratively) because that's the only way to save this country at this point.
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You be forgetting the last election where DeSantis took up with the GOPe against Trump.
_Fuck DeSantis

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:19 AM (vC80E)

And yet, DeSantis is more trustworthy domestically...and domestic matters more to voters than foreign policy...

Miller/Homan have been the ones setting the illegals' policies, so Rubio doesn't get credit for any of that domestically...

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 08:22 AM (tOcjL)

150 @147

>>So the thrusters on the flying car used compressed gas. Unclear what the exact mix of gasses was

It's just compressed air, pressurized to 10k psi and can be regenerated by the vehicle.

If it required an exotic gas, then it would be non starter.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 08:23 AM (XV/Pl)

151 Fucking Fox and Greg Palkot deliberately misreporting from France. Eliding the true nature of the protests showing video of people with French flags but not the overwhelming presence of foreign flags.

Shame!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:24 AM (RIvkX)

152 The Paolo, he is quite familiar with this, how you say, thrusting.

Posted by: The Paolo at October 19, 2026 08:24 AM (uGZRR)

153 145 Today Is National Seafood Bisque Day,
Posted by: redridinghood

I have a Soup Nazi bowl for just such and occasion. I'm sure Jerry Seinfeld got a cut for the licensing fees.

Posted by: He Needs The Money at October 19, 2026 08:24 AM (EdP2u)

154 DeSantis is never going to be President, so nothing is up for grabs for him.

It's more than likely going to be JD Vance and Rubio as VP.

If that's not what happens, then something terribly wrong has occurred and we're f****.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 19, 2026 08:25 AM (XV/Pl)

155 Morning. Dun wanna get up. (Didn't sleep well).

Need to get up, need to wake up, need to pray, need to start job searching again. I'll probably read the content during the art thread.

Posted by: RandomDave at October 19, 2026 08:25 AM (aJQbY)

156 I'm assuming there's an overhead sensor. I can see someone trying to hop a squirrel in the road and getting decapitated by a tree limb.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 08:25 AM (8B4gm)

157 I wonder if the French military will ignore the politicians and simply move on the rioting Muslims on their own. Seems to me their own existence probably depends on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 08:25 AM (RORbl)

158 Gen Z's bitching about boomers is perhaps 1/100th of their millennial parents'. And even then, it's mostly the typical "ribbing the old folks" variety of youthful nonsense, and they give it to their parents, too... they don't understand youthful things about stuff, hahahaha.

If you want the real vindictive, grasping anger about the refusal of these old fossils to just die already and hand over their lucre, you've gotta look to millennials.

And it won't stop, BTW. The boomers are on their way out, but that well of self-entitlement is bottomless. It will soon be turned against the Xers - and later, their own children.

My cohort can *never* be satisfied.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 08:25 AM (BI5O2)

159 Practical application for Elon’s car jet tech:
(Link to X video)

https://tinyurl.com/34cn5mk5

Making the case for high proliferation of Flock cameras.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:26 AM (a4flb)

160 146
Practical application for Elon’s car jet tech:
(Link to X video)

https://tinyurl.com/34cn5mk5

Posted by: Tom Servo
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Most excellent presentation.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:26 AM (vC80E)

161 If it required an exotic gas, then it would be non starter.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

It's not an exotic gas! Mostly methane! And it goes away when I crack the Corvette window, mostly!

Posted by: Joe At The Wheel! at October 19, 2026 08:26 AM (EdP2u)

162 Jack Smith was the legal spear of the coup:
-imprison Trump, permanent gag order, seize all his assets

Then, for the "crime" of aiding, participating and/or funding the "insurrection" and Trump:
- imprison the Trump family
-imprison everyone who works in his administration
- arrest enough R Congressmen to give them a supermajority in both houses
- arrest any conservative reporter, writer or influencer who spoke out

The plan has not changed, just tactics.
They are now moving in blue states.
Blue govs who have agreed to defy federal law, claim Trump is illegitimate, foment riots and unrest, incite Trump to send troops, in order to start a civil war.

Midterm wins will accelerate this.
But if the ballots fail, they will move to bullets.
Covid.should have taught you:
Every Democrat up and down, far and wide, will support this-- they are no moderates, they are no countrymen anymore.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 08:27 AM (3cUTc)

163 153 145 Today Is National Seafood Bisque Day,
Posted by: redridinghood

I have a Soup Nazi bowl for just such and occasion. I'm sure Jerry Seinfeld got a cut for the licensing fees.
Posted by: He Needs The Money at October 19, 2026 08:24 AM

Jambalaya!

https://youtu.be/XwFwPHWRA1Q

Posted by: Newman at October 19, 2026 08:27 AM (uGZRR)

164 The dissolution of the Republic is an absolute certainty, regardless of the November elections. When the majority of the Nations dwellers range from pure hatred of Western Civilization all the way to complete indifference and nihilistic hedonism as their best virtue, I'm hoping that enclaves of States exist to keep even a feeble memory of Western Civilization alive.

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I certainly won't argue that. I feel we're cracking in two right now. The thought I don't want to entertain, but can't get away from, is that it's the only way the remnants of what we used to be will ever survive...by total dissolution. The Democrats have ruined this once-great country (yes, with the help of feckless and complicit weakling Republicans).

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 08:28 AM (qBdHI)

165 Good morning horde!

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

166 From the "Who The Left Attracts Part 1" article:

If you’re fifty and you’re still dying your hair blue and piercing your extremities, you need psychological help. Again, I don’t say that mockingly. You are suffering, and you seriously need help. Guys who ride penny-farthing bikes? You need help. Women who pretend to be witches? You need help. People who announce their pronouns upon first meeting? You need help.

Um, penny-farthing bikes? The author was right there hitting the nail on the head and then WHAM! out of nowhere throws this nonsense in the middle of a sentence.

Posted by: Delurker at October 19, 2026 08:28 AM (2Drhq)

167 The Chamber of Commerce endorses Ken Paxton over TalaFreako.

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 08:28 AM (NpAcC)

168 DeSantis has been a great governor but he’ll never be president. His 2024 campaign demonstrated pretty convincingly that on a national stage his political instincts are bad and his political gifts are… limited. Just zero charisma

I like both Rubio and Vance (in that order) but ironically I don’t completely trust either of them…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 08:28 AM (wJ5Zl)

169 157 I wonder if the French military will ignore the politicians and simply move on the rioting Muslims on their own. Seems to me their own existence probably depends on it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer
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They are waiting for the public to disacknowledge public authority.
When that happens they will move in coordination with the police.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:29 AM (vC80E)

170 An aside - it's funny how quickly the "approved" line changes. Just a week ago all were certain these were French students protesting schooling and...climate change.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:30 AM (pfXMo)

171 The dissolution of the Republic is an absolute certainty, regardless of the November elections. When the majority of the Nations dwellers range from pure hatred of Western Civilization all the way to complete indifference and nihilistic hedonism as their best virtue, I'm hoping that enclaves of States exist to keep even a feeble memory of Western Civilization alive.

--

I certainly won't argue that. I feel we're cracking in two right now. The thought I don't want to entertain, but can't get away from, is that it's the only way the remnants of what we used to be will ever survive...by total dissolution. The Democrats have ruined this once-great country (yes, with the help of feckless and complicit weakling Republicans).

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 08:28 AM (qBdHI)

Yes and yes. It's time to rip off the bandages. This Union isn't a suicide pact.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 08:30 AM (BI5O2)

172 HALLOWEEN IN DEARBORN MICHIGAN:
FATHER OF TEN BOYS - DRESSES THEM ALL UP - AS CRUSADERS! AMERICA'S BEST DAD!

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 08:32 AM (jHrG2)

173 "...waiting for the public to disacknowledge public authority."

Wait, wut?

Posted by: Department of Redundancy Department at October 19, 2026 08:32 AM (uGZRR)

174 Gen Z's bitching about boomers

I'm far more cynical that you. The whole "Boomers" meme is, to me, like "Nazi". You call someone a "Nazi" so that they are dehumanized to make it easier on the conscience to kill them.

The average age of politician and business executive is young Gen-X, (Boomers cashed out years ago, especially in schools) So Gen-Z is mostly externally effected by Mill and X politicians and business types.

The whole narrative has at least two parts:

The algorithms dictate that Boomers are the new Polocks and Blonds.

The political class wants to distance themselves to the carnage they have caused and are looking for an easy target that is far from them.

And my research shows that generational Hatfield/McCoy has been around far longer than The Fourth Turning and its arbitrary generation classification.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:32 AM (a4flb)

175 Susan Rice threatens Trump supporters.

https://tinyurl.com/yytwht47

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 08:32 AM (bUohG)

176 Krzysztof Szczawinski 🇵🇱
@Kristof_Poland

The look of a leftist discovering reality – this is not how she imagined it – it is called a cognitive dissonance.

The French leftists are going to get a lot of that.

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 08:33 AM (jHrG2)

177 Huck Follywood

If only we had a a crack commando unit that escaped from a maximum security stockade
to the Texas underground.
If we have a problem, if no one else can help, and if we can find them... Maybe ...

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:36 AM (u82oZ)

178 simply move on the rioting Muslims on their own"

The military that provides halal meals?

Sure. Pull the other one...

FWIW, there was an eye opening article "Being Muslim and French and Being French and Muslim" at the George Bush library site. And not eye opening in a good way...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:37 AM (pfXMo)

179 A change in leaders could be beneficial, depending on which leader. Because native French citizens, and many in the military, want this to end.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)

The French intellectual set who gave us the lunacy of post-modernism and other civilization-killing philosophies still hasn't forgiven France for its colonies. They WANT France to be subsumed by Islam as punishment.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 08:37 AM (k5CNB)

180 oh, boy. I could have done without a pic of hitler in the morning....

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:38 AM (AKptf)

181 Good morning! Back to the real world again after an amazing weekend.

Regarding the splitting of the country, I have said it a few times, countries throughout history have had borders changed, additions, subtractions, etc. I know many disagree (which is fine, discourse is part of why we are here) and want to hang on to “never giving up our land” or “there is no clear way to divide”. I understand those sentiments. But if it comes down to this horrible outcome, it can be done. It won’t be easy, it won’t be perfect. But it is possible.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:39 AM (2UJ+q)

182 the only way the remnants of what we used to be will ever survive...by total dissolution.

Historically, and if you have AI, its kind of instructive to drill into this...

Do a horizontal and vertical exploration of Nebuchadnezzar's Colossus. That is, what was the original dream, and has there been echoes or recapitulations of it throughout history, and provide examples.

The chief take-away: Moving from gold → silver → bronze → iron/clay the end-state is when something totally different comes along and crushes the entire original paradigm.

Outside of the theological realm, the recapitulation theory could either intrigue or terrify you.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:39 AM (a4flb)

183 And now for some Good Advice.

If you are using the death of an Airman in an accident to drag the Secretary of War through the mud and play the "I'm a vet. How DARE you question me!?" card, people can and will find your service record and then mock you for it.

https://x.com/i/status/2111939082636960142

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 08:40 AM (RjOoY)

184 I was semi-surprised at Vance's declaration he is still deciding on '28. He says Usha is not into politics,

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hahahahah!! I like where this is going.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:40 AM (AKptf)

185 174 Gen Z's bitching about boomers

I'm far more cynical that you. The whole "Boomers" meme is, to me, like "Nazi". You call someone a "Nazi" so that they are dehumanized to make it easier on the conscience to kill them.

The average age of politician and business executive is young Gen-X, (Boomers cashed out years ago, especially in schools) So Gen-Z is mostly externally effected by Mill and X politicians and business types.

The whole narrative has at least two parts:

The algorithms dictate that Boomers are the new Polocks and Blonds.

The political class wants to distance themselves to the carnage they have caused and are looking for an easy target that is far from them.

And my research shows that generational Hatfield/McCoy has been around far longer than The Fourth Turning and its arbitrary generation classification.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:32 AM (a4flb)

It would help if the No Kings rallies would end and/or wouldn't be filled entirely with the 65+ contingent...we had another one this weekend with the same attendance. I guess the hope is these rallies work as social contagion on the rest of the 65+ voting class.

Posted by: Nova Local at October 19, 2026 08:40 AM (tOcjL)

186 To me, the scary part of the Democrat's agenda if/when they regain power is that the judiciary is squarely with them.

I think too many conservatives still bow to the black robed tyrants.

The administration seems to do some of that, even when it's obvious the admin is squarely in the right. They let it play out... which isn't going to end well for the majority of conservatives without the resources of the Feds.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 08:41 AM (RORbl)

187 The French intellectual set who gave us the lunacy of post-modernism and other civilization-killing philosophies still hasn't forgiven France for its colonies. They WANT France to be subsumed by Islam as punishment.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19,

Do you really believe that? I think they don’t believe it will really happen and ultimately there will be a lot of Cumbauya (French version), and the unpleasant people will remain in the peasant areas out of sight, where they belong. Until it happens and they are shocked. See the girl who had her family’s market looted with her screaming she voted for them to be there. The look of absolute dismay on her face is…something.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:43 AM (2UJ+q)

188 I heard this about the French mess, there were student who were protesting, some legitimate grievances about conditions in their schools, then, of course, the islamists, communists agitators and criminals joined the fracas, and now half of France is burning and Paris is falling.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:43 AM (AKptf)

189 Cleveland-Cliffs Company, a big steel producer, announced layoffs at a Canadian plant, due to tariffs reducing exports to America, and idiot nepo-baby Jonah Goldberg misinterpreted the announcement as a layoff in Ohio. In fact, the Ohio plant is undergoing a huge expansion, but never mind that, Jonah is rolling.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (U/wKW)

190 But if it comes down to this horrible outcome, it can be done. It won’t be easy, it won’t be perfect. But it is possible.

Posted by: Piper
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Pipe dreams of splitting our country while the president busts his ass working to unite the hemisphere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (vC80E)

191 I should restate that. This Union *is* a suicide pact. But it needn't be. If even a handful of States move in unison, I think the whole thing unravels. For all their bluster and big talk, I don't think the ruling classes have the means or the iron will to hold this rambling wreck together.

It's all a yuuuuge gamble, though. Hang together, or hang apart, as the old saying goes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (BI5O2)

192 >oh, boy. I could have done without a pic of hitler in the morning....

Posted by: runner
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come on now, Hitler did some good
he killed Hitler

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (ZxPkt)

193 The look of absolute dismay on her face is…something.
Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:43 AM (2UJ+q)
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She's lucky they didn't burn her face off.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (RIvkX)

194 We the people. How badly do YOU want to fight for what you think is right?

Bitch about Congress and bitch about leftists but if you don't do something you shouldn't be bitching.

Posted by: Ben Had at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (ua/lL)

195 Martial law and put guillotine back in action. Problem solved!

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:45 AM (AKptf)

196 No Kings rallies stopped long ago here in NJ, and also in the Massachusetts area where my children live. Perhaps a DC area phenomena nowadays?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 08:46 AM (b5+R3)

197 Do you really believe that? I think they don’t believe it will really happen and ultimately there will be a lot of Cumbauya (French version), and the unpleasant people will remain in the peasant areas out of sight, where they belong.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:43 AM (2UJ+q)

Yes. I believe it. I have had conversations with them. I have read their blather.

But...they do not believe that they will be harmed by an Islamic France because they are part of the elite that is required to run France.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 08:46 AM (k5CNB)

198 The French Intellectual set gave us both Pol Pot and Khomeini.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 08:46 AM (KxsfI)

199 Napoleonic code is not exactly precedent dependent English jurisprudence. If they wanted to, they could stop this mess in France.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:46 AM (AKptf)

200 Eric Daugherty-

Elon Musk just pledged to give one of his own SpaceX shares to EVERY child in America next year, a gift worth about $10.5 BILLION

PATRIOT

"Next year, I will give one of my SpaceX shares to every kid in America. This will be the first of many."

There are just over 72 million Americans under 18, and SpaceX closed Friday at $146.03 a share

Posted by: redridinghood at October 19, 2026 08:47 AM (NpAcC)

201 Morn' all... Here comes the poll troll

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 08:47 AM (+gK6I)

202 there were student who were protesting, some legitimate grievances about conditions in their schools"

That was the initial line of merde. The first images put that lie to rest...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:47 AM (pfXMo)

203 Pipe dreams of splitting our country while the president busts his ass working to unite the hemisphere.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 08:44 AM (vC80E)

Hardly pipe dreams, that connotes something positive. There is nothing positive about this outcome, and I pray it doesn’t come to that. But if this is the only way to survive, then I am not willing to ignore its potential. Trump is amazing, I support him 98% of the time. But he is not God.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:47 AM (2UJ+q)

204 180 oh, boy. I could have done without a pic of hitler in the morning....
Posted by: runner

Which one? The girl one or the boy one?

Posted by: They're The Same Picture! at October 19, 2026 08:49 AM (EdP2u)

205 My knowledge of la justice Française comes strictly from Simenon and his Maigret, but I think there is not exactly a limit on how long they can hold prisoners without charging them.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:50 AM (AKptf)

206 Macron should have voted harder for Palestine and the Two State Solution.

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:50 AM (AKptf)

207 But...they do not believe that they will be harmed by an Islamic France because they are part of the elite that is required to run France.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 19, 2026 08:46 AM

My friends and family left in France are “Elite Lite”. 1 gets it, and is called American (lol), the rest just think someone will save them and contain it. The layer under your friends are hoping being an Ostrich works….this time. It’s crazy though, both views.

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:50 AM (2UJ+q)

208 both Pol Pot and Khomeini."

What am I, chopped Bánh Mì?

/ Ho Chi Minh

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:51 AM (pfXMo)

209 I'm still waiting for them to tell me what crime Trump and/or his Administration has committed... Other of course of being Republican...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)

210 The country will not dissolve in my lifetime. And somehow dividing the territory is impractical; it’d never work.

Over the long run (next 50-100 years) either we traditionalists win or the commies win. Trump’s two elections were a divine miracle in my mind, so perhaps the good Lord has willed that it continues for awhile. I’ll do my part

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 08:51 AM (wJ5Zl)

211 It would help if the No Kings rallies would end and/or wouldn't be filled entirely with the 65+ contingent

For every No Kings, you have a dozen Rush Limbaugh fans.

This should be a loud and convincing argument against the sophistry of accepting the premise of The Fourth Turning in a polyculture. Its like saying that religiously backed home-schooled kids share all of the same thoughts, sentiments and psychology of their government schooled peers.

The US is in no way a monoculture. if anything, the reason why the Union still persists is due to the faint memory of what a predominantly WASP culture offered in terms of human flourishing.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:52 AM (a4flb)

212 210 I'm still waiting for them to tell me what crime Trump and/or his Administration has committed... Other of course of being Republican...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 08:51 AM (+gK6I)

Insurrection! (You have to screech it and follow up with something about saving democracy)

Posted by: Piper at October 19, 2026 08:52 AM (2UJ+q)

213 Greg Palkot on Fox Business "mostly peaceful student protests were hijacked by communists and islamists."

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX)

214 And we won't see Bogey kissing Ingrid Bergman goodbye at the train station either, . . .

Brother Otter: Train station?

Brother Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 08:52 AM (wVcYX)

215 No Kings rallies stopped long ago "

They're still beating that glue pile?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:52 AM (pfXMo)

216 Splitting our country.
How'd that work out last time?

Posted by: I gotta ask at October 19, 2026 08:53 AM (uGZRR)

217 That Slotkin is an evil bitch. I hope something happens to...

Good morning everyone.

VDH was on Kilmeade last night on Fox. I thought they'd talk France but Kilmeade steered the issue towards people rioting because of a failure of the welfare state and could that happen in the US. Are people addicted to the free crap.

Islam was never mentioned.

I did mention this was Kilmeade right?

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 08:53 AM (Sco7b)

218 Greg Palkot on Fox Business "mostly peaceful student protests"

The approved shovel of merde...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:54 AM (pfXMo)

219 I honestly don’t know what to believe about the riots in France .

In the blm riots it was portrayed as the whole country was rioting. When it was contained to a few cities and within those cities a few square blocks. Portland was supposedly rioting every night. It was like one or two blocks. Same in Seattle. Same group of imbeciles every night.

So I’m a little skeptical about “All France is burning” stuff.

Posted by: Shrug at October 19, 2026 08:54 AM (cWXb5)

220 / Ho Chi Minh
Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:51 AM (pfXMo)
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He became a commie in Boston not France.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 19, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

221 Over the long run (next 50-100 years) either we traditionalists win or the commies win. Trump’s two elections were a divine miracle in my mind, so perhaps the good Lord has willed that it continues for awhile. I’ll do my part

I struggle with that tension there. How do I resolve the Miracle in Butler Pennsylvania?

Regardless, there is the existential risk that is greater than zero. Without giving up OPSEC, I have positioned the family to be furthest from the bear.

Western Civilization, particularly the Calvinistic elements, are what allowed the planet to comfortably sustain nine billion people.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (a4flb)

222 I certainly won't argue that. I feel we're cracking in two right now. The thought I don't want to entertain, but can't get away from, is that it's the only way the remnants of what we used to be will ever survive...by total dissolution. The Democrats have ruined this once-great country (yes, with the help of feckless and complicit weakling Republicans).

Posted by: Lady in Black at October 19, 2026 08:28 AM (qBdHI)

Yes and yes. It's time to rip off the bandages. This Union isn't a suicide pact.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Take a look at a political map of blues and reds. Every state, including ruby red ones, has a blue urban area. That includes blue states as well, most of the countryside is ruby red. About the only place left now with blue rural areas is the old Black Belt in the South.

If a civil war occurs, it will be rural versus urban, not state versus state. For the most part, in the ACW, states were homogeneous in politics with dissenters widely spread out. So figure breakup of Bosnia (muslims in cities versus countryside Croats/Serbs), or Spain in the 30's.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (E4rtv)

223 210 I'm still waiting for them to tell me what crime Trump and/or his Administration has committed... Other of course of being Republican...
Posted by: It's me donna

He hurt Hillary's feelings by beating her in an election.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (RjOoY)

224 Pro-Israel Group Trolls French Government on How to Respond to Protestors: “We call on France to exercise restraint when dispersing the freedom fighters on the streets of Paris”

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (jHrG2)

225 215,

Golf clap..

honestly don’t know what to believe about the riots in France"

There are riots. In several cities and towns. What's hard to believe?

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 08:57 AM (pfXMo)

226 IIRC, it was "students protesting" that led to the Tehran takeover in 1979. 35 year old "students".

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

227 Susan Rice offers a taste of what’s coming should the left retake power — promises Democrats will punish corporations and other institutions who have “taken a knee to Trump.”

“It’s not going to end well for them."

“If these corporations think that the Democrats, when they come back in power, are going to play by the old rules…they’ve got another thing coming."

“There will be an accountability agenda."

“This is not going to be an instance of forgive and forget."

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 08:58 AM (jHrG2)

228 Mornin’, All. Happy Monday.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

229 Some people just want to see the world burn.

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:59 AM (ZxPkt)

230 Boomer thing is funny. I’ve replied on Reddit posts that whine about boomers in the workplace.
I point out that boomers are long gone from the workplace and your beef is with GenX and millenials who runs things.

The replies to that are whatever boomer is a state of mind. So now GenX and millenails are also boomers apparently.

Posted by: Shrug at October 19, 2026 09:00 AM (cWXb5)

231 I'm just glad to hear people finally discussing this seriously. Real people, not political people. Especially on the Right. It's always been an easier sell to people on the Left - even though they stand to lose so very much more in the division of the Union, they don't have the emotional attachment to it, because they're unpatriotic to begin with.

It's a bad option. I believe it's the best one. The alternatives are much more horrifying.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 09:00 AM (BI5O2)

232 Napoleonic code is not exactly precedent dependent English jurisprudence. If they wanted to, they could stop this mess in France.
Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 08:46 AM (AKptf)

Le olde "whiff of the grape" n'est-ce pas?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 09:01 AM (wVcYX)

233 Pol Pot was French "educated".

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 19, 2026 09:01 AM (8B4gm)

234 Scuffling teen students gotta scuffle.

Posted by: M. Gaga at October 19, 2026 09:01 AM (3p/KU)

235 Was overseas in 1968 and remember well the nightly televised news of "student" riots in Paris. It was pure communists back then, not much different than "islamics" today, is it?
If the army is not called out with shoot to kill orders, followed by instant mass deportation, this is not going to go away until it all burns down. The EU elites have imported their own destruction on the fevered belief they will "always" be in charge. Suckers!

Posted by: Terrapod at October 19, 2026 09:01 AM (WPWIk)

236 IIRC, it was "students protesting" that led to the Tehran takeover in 1979. 35 year old "students".
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 08:58 AM (wVcYX)

would be super Ironic if in the same year that Tehran removes the yoke of ishlam, the nation who flew Khomeini into Tehran, will be taken over by the sharia

Posted by: runner at October 19, 2026 09:02 AM (AKptf)

237 Yudhishthira's Dice

The erasure of the monarchy in England after the Civil War led, after Cromwell's death, to the restoration of the monarchy. With guard-rails.

We can look at writing Constitution 2.0.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 09:02 AM (u82oZ)

238 Iranian students to blame

https://youtu.be/7bhgTciPgus?t=1

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt)

239 219 I honestly don’t know what to believe about the riots in France .

In the blm riots it was portrayed as the whole country was rioting. When it was contained to a few cities and within those cities a few square blocks. Portland was supposedly rioting every night. It was like one or two blocks. Same in Seattle. Same group of imbeciles every night.

So I’m a little skeptical about “All France is burning” stuff.
Posted by: Shrug
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People interpret new information by way of previous beliefs--so we always see what we expect to see. Truth is almost always a lot more nuanced that that. Muslims in France and almost all of Europe is an urban matter and so that is where they have the power and clout to riot as well as cowed authorities. Countryside, not so much.

Same thing here in the Civil Rights era, the riots were in urban cities, not out in the sticks.

And that is because organized rioting requires permissive authorities (political cover), and enough provocateurs (activists) to kindle the fire by drawing in the casual criminals and idiot yutes out for a spot of mayhem.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:02 AM (E4rtv)

240 I like how CBS news called the Paris Pogrom a "scuffle."

Which "students, who just want more books" (as the communists lie) had a list of Jewish-owned shops they targeted while muslim-owned were untouched.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 19, 2026 09:03 AM (3cUTc)

241 Macron, the peasants are revolting!

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 09:03 AM (wVcYX)

242 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (E4rtv)

That's sort of my point. I think the sooner States move to do it, the less the risk of an outright civil war. I think it can be done without a tidal wave of blood. Maybe.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 19, 2026 09:03 AM (BI5O2)

243 So figure breakup of Bosnia (muslims in cities versus countryside Croats/Serbs), or Spain in the 30's."

Indeed. Oh, btw - purchase ammunition...por favor

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:04 AM (pfXMo)

244
Honestly, I was surprised that the Frogs haven't ordered shoot-to-kill orders for the looters/arsonists/rioters.

Napoleon handled rioters in Paris like that, so...you know, it's not unheard of in their history.

Buuuuuut, then I saw videos of the Soft-Bellied Tadpoles telling the rioters that they were on their side and could they please not loot and burn their stores, etc as the looters and arsonists were looting and burning their stores, gov't buildings, homes, etc.

So, I guess, the fear of being called racist instead of defending your homeland is still too strong to allow the SOS measure.

Well, maybe after the Louvre burns and Notre Dame burns again.

Cultural Enhancement - 1

Common Sense - 0

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 09:04 AM (YSUhf)

245 Whatever the outcome of the midterms, we've got about 2 years to get our collective shit together to either go to ground or fight.

We're somewhat lucky in that we're far removed from most of the violence that seems to favor urban enclaves. But I've got no expectations that it will stay the way it is if the left follows through on their threats. *

*They, at least some of them, will follow through.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 09:05 AM (RORbl)

246 If a civil war occurs, it will be rural versus urban, not state versus state.

I would emend that, if a "civil war" occurs, the rural areas will be largely unaffected.

The rural areas have the mines, oil/gas wells, power plants, the water, the food, the practical industry, the stand-on-their-own-two-feet inhabitants, and largely understand and preserve to some extent a form of WASP culture.

The cities, though NIMBY have pushed the means of production either overseas or where the labor, land and taxes are cheap in the hinterlands. What remains is what can be accomplished with a notebook computer holed up in some den. As Covid demonstrated, the cities are now just playthings for the Marxists and a gathering spot for the world's rejects.

Disconnect social-media, and the burning cities are just reasons why the sunsets are more colorful.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

247 Even NBC had the France 'unpleasantness' as it's third story last night.

I hate to think along these lines, but the left would. If France and Europe explode, totally crazy riots in the streets and Americans, Canadians and all foreigners are told to leave by their countries then

1. that would be very difficult for the media to hide.
2. even middle low information voters may learn 'the truth'
3. it could only help the Republicans in the mid-terms.

This has to boil over at some point. Now wouldn't be bad timing.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:05 AM (Sco7b)

248 If a civil war occurs, it will be rural versus urban, not state versus state. For the most part, in the ACW, states were homogeneous in politics with dissenters widely spread out. So figure breakup of Bosnia (muslims in cities versus countryside Croats/Serbs), or Spain in the 30's.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (E4rtv)

Yes, the American Civil War was as quite the historical anomaly, as was the American Revolution. Another comparison as to what a new outbreak would look like would be the English Civil Wars of the 1640’s, which could be described as half of every city and village in England trying to murder the other half, and the other half choosing to murder them back.

It’s not surprising that the English work hard to say as little about that decade as possible.

Posted by: Tom Servo at October 19, 2026 09:05 AM (KxsfI)

249 I am very skeptical that the riots in France are due to “conditions in schools” and that they’re led by students. What does bad conditions in schools even mean? Drinking fountains don’t work?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 09:06 AM (wJ5Zl)

250 It's a mostly peaceful scuffle.

Posted by: Fake media at October 19, 2026 09:07 AM (uGZRR)

251 249 I am very skeptical that the riots in France are due to “conditions in schools” and that they’re led by students.

They took care of that.. They burned some of the schools down.... And cost of living ? Let's burn some business down...

Posted by: It's me donna at October 19, 2026 09:07 AM (+gK6I)

252 What does bad conditions in schools even mean? Drinking fountains don’t work?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 09:06 AM (wJ5Zl)

Schoolgirl outfits aren't hot enough.
Yellow plaid people. Yellow plaid.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:08 AM (Sco7b)

253 Same thing here in the Civil Rights era, the riots were in urban cities, not out in the sticks."

"Rioting" is very dependent on several factors, few of which are found outside cities.... they are not particularly mobile...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:08 AM (pfXMo)

254 The erasure of the monarchy in England after the Civil War led, after Cromwell's death, to the restoration of the monarchy. With guard-rails.

We can look at writing Constitution 2.0.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

About where I am at. Due to a lack of homogeneity anymore with a large mass of foreign invaders, the old understandings do not work anymore. Religious tolerance based on the lessons from the Hundred Years War era have little to do with invasive Islam for example where the threat is unified religion and political movement. Making 'citizens' of invaders on paper by misreading the US Constitution like ACB did is another whoopsie. Mangling traditional libel laws restraining media is another one in NYT v. Sullivan. Etc. Etc.

And our elite universities have essentially become ruling class incubators for tyrannical socialists like Slotkin in MI and they have infected our entire governing structure. Communism is a lot like Islam in that it is essentially religious beliefs (of supposed atheists--it is to laugh) combined with totalitarian politics. Like Henry VIII, these 'monasteries' are going to have to be destroyed and new educational facilities created.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:09 AM (E4rtv)

255 > It's a mostly peaceful scuffle.
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'the troubles'

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:10 AM (ZxPkt)

256 "What does bad conditions in schools even mean? Drinking fountains don’t work?"

Inadequate feminine hygiene products in the boys bathrooms.

Posted by: Dylan Mulvaney at October 19, 2026 09:10 AM (uGZRR)

257 The replies to that are whatever boomer is a state of mind. So now GenX and millenails are also boomers apparently.
Posted by: Shrug at October 19, 2026 09:00 AM (cWXb5)

As near as I can determine, anyone unwilling to shower the younger crowd in cash and prizes is a boomer. Anyone receiving government age benefits is a boomer. Anyone who isn't willing to die, immediately, so that they can have the life that they believe we had when we were young... boomer.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 19, 2026 09:10 AM (ExV1e)

258 >>>So figure breakup of Bosnia (muslims in cities versus countryside Croats/Serbs), or Spain in the 30's.

Posted by: whig
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Are you saying those thousand yard sniper shots won't mean much?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:11 AM (vC80E)

259 I am very skeptical that the riots in France are due to “conditions in schools” and that they’re led by students. What does bad conditions in schools even mean? Drinking fountains don’t work?

I think its more of Good Times creates Weak Men.

When hedonistic nihilism offers people nothing to live for and nothing to be responsible for, then they create their own struggles to avoid boredom.

Posted by: Community Notes at October 19, 2026 09:12 AM (a4flb)

260 very skeptical that the riots in France are due to “conditions in schools” and that they’re led by students. "

That was a very lame attempt by TPTB to excuse the rioting. Lasted until the first images made it out...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:12 AM (pfXMo)

261 Those of us in the GenX generation (at least all the people I know personally)… we don’t think of ourselves in generational terms. I have no particular emotional connection to GenX, I don’t hate boomers or any other age cohort for that matter. I’m not even sure of the definitions of Gen Y, Z millennials etc…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 19, 2026 09:14 AM (wJ5Zl)

262 If you search YouTube for France Riots and todays date, there are some nice videos showing all the destruction.

Torched car.
Looted stores.
Garbage everywhere but that may just be France.

I saw a looted store with all these shelves and I was thinking they looted a book store, which honestly would be such a refreshing change of pace.

Saw the sign. Wine shop.

Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:14 AM (Sco7b)

263 Stateless

Work boots are never taken by rioters.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

264 Slotkin is Jewish and is doing all she can to get Abdul elected. She figures she’ll be executed last when the caliphate arrives

Posted by: Shrug at October 19, 2026 09:15 AM (cWXb5)

265 Zs are losers, they are Boomer 2.0 - entitled, whiny, post liberal girlymen!

Posted by: first time commenter at October 19, 2026 09:16 AM (AKptf)

266 242 Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 08:56 AM (E4rtv)

That's sort of my point. I think the sooner States move to do it, the less the risk of an outright civil war. I think it can be done without a tidal wave of blood. Maybe.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I am not sure that it can be. The reason is nuclear weapons. World lucked out when Soviet Union imploded with nukes everywhere but not really a 'hot' civil war. Try to actively force a dissolution, geography (lack of states having secure borders), transportation, etc. all work against such a division. Simply, I don't see a repeat of ACW II, but Spain in the 30's instead.

And the sad fact is most 'partitions' whether North and South Korea, Germany after WWII, India, Vietnam, etc. ignite immediate attempts by one side of the partition to regain the other half using various stratagems from invasion to guerrilla activity and subversion.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:16 AM (E4rtv)

267
In my lifetime I've had Eisenhower, Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and the Bushes as "Republican" Presidents.

But they weren't. They were apologists for the New Deal and cut a few hard edges off the crazy New Deal stuff, but were accommodationists to the governing class, and were rewarded with rage from the left.

I suspect everyone here is aware that the pigs won't be penned, and that the civil war will go violent when the officers show up at the door to talk to us about our social media posts.

Fight. Fight. Fight.

Posted by: Auspex at October 19, 2026 09:16 AM (Y8DZL)

268 94 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)

I heard the gas was nitrogen. Compressed nitrogen in tanks in the car. Makes sense to me. Compressed nitrogen thrusters are well-known tech.

====================
On a more important topic -
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Posted by: Gref at October 19, 2026 09:17 AM (5rh/l)

269 Those of us in the GenX generation (at least all the people I know personally)… we don’t think of ourselves in generational terms. I have no particular emotional connection to GenX, I don’t hate boomers or any other age cohort for that matter. I’m not even sure of the definitions of Gen Y, Z millennials etc…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I’m x as well. I have some affinity for other Xers. We elected Trump so got that going for us. 😉

Posted by: Shrug at October 19, 2026 09:18 AM (cWXb5)

270 most 'partitions' whether North and South Korea, Germany after WWII, India, Vietnam, etc. ignite immediate attempts by one side of the partition to regain the other half"

So "national borders" laid down by others tend to be... not borders?
Someone tell the Brits about 150 years ago...

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:19 AM (pfXMo)

271 94 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)

CFCs, he asked hopefully?

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 09:19 AM (wVcYX)

272 yes it was nitrogen at 6-10K psi

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)

273 thus spake the internet at least

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 09:21 AM (ZxPkt)

274 Slotkin knows what she's doing. She establishing the Dems as the Strong Horse -- nobody wants the risk of being outside of the party that's willing to use violence to advance its program.

I observed this here in 2016 after that goofy MP was shot just prior to the Brexist vote. Some folks were worried that this would galvanize the Remain vote (most of us here were pro-Brexit). I correctly observed that in being seen as using violence, the Exit vote demonstrated raw political power which probably swung the vote toward Brexit (never to be implemented unfortunately).

Trump has gotten better at this in his second term but still has a long way to go toward Machiavellianism. He should never have tolerated Jack Smith continuing to live on this planet.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 09:21 AM (qwx/I)

275 yes it was nitrogen at 6-10K psi"

Nitrogen! Oh no! Someone call Greta to lead a protest against nitrogen!

/

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:22 AM (pfXMo)

276 Generation Jones is where it’s at.

And Gen Z is awesome, based on my son and his friends.

Posted by: Bulg at October 19, 2026 09:22 AM (77rzZ)

277 263 Stateless

Work boots are never taken by rioters.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 19, 2026 09:15 AM (u82oZ)

Or books.
Educational supplies.

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Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 106 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 19, 2026 09:22 AM (Sco7b)

278 Are you saying those thousand yard sniper shots won't mean much?

Posted by: Braenyard

If Bosnia did not have supplies flown in by NATO for the Muslims in urban areas, it would have been siege tactics with a lot of them starving inside cities. Like Lebanon, snipers can make life nasty and short for some but the ethnic lines of the neighborhoods created the battlegrounds on the edges of those cohesive communities. NATO air cover prevented the forces of Serbs and Croats from the countryside from invading those communities. And in Kosovo, script got flipped, NATO let the Serbs in urban areas get invaded by the surrounding Muslim countryside. So ethnic cleansing of Serbs--good, ethnic cleansing of Muslims--bad.

Gets weird though in the US with states having more firepower on military bases within their borders than almost all European nations apart from perhaps Russia or China. All sorts of offensive weapons--tanks, missiles, aircraft, etc.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:22 AM (E4rtv)

279 Good morning Horde! Thanks JJ. Glad everyone had fun and got home safely.

Posted by: Buck (Ofama) at October 19, 2026 09:23 AM (z6ONu)

280 So ethnic cleansing of Serbs--good, ethnic cleansing of Muslims--bad."

Indeed.

Posted by: man at October 19, 2026 09:24 AM (pfXMo)

281 What does bad conditions in schools even mean? Drinking fountains don’t work?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

My understanding is that there were not enough Muslims teaching. It's a thin excuse but it's all they had.

Posted by: NR Pax at October 19, 2026 09:25 AM (RjOoY)

282 Advocating for civil war is nuts. Civil wars are the bloodiest wars, they split families (not just geographies) and never end cleanly. In the battle of good versus evil the good side is debate, the evil side is warfare.

Recognizing all that, how do we respond to deliberate attempts to start up warfare. like from Slutkin and her ilk? Trump is fighting them with the Constitution. He usually wins the debate, but the X-factor is always the damn judiciary, which seems determined to help undermine the Republic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 09:26 AM (U/wKW)

283 So "national borders" laid down by others tend to be... not borders?
Someone tell the Brits about 150 years ago...
Posted by: man
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Brits always used a divide and conquer strategy--they would subvert some nobles in Scotland for example to use as their proxies in Scotland, ditto for Wales. And they adopted the same tactics when colonizing the world--pick out a minority group, raise it up to defend the crown and get most favored status in colony.

People forget the unification of Scotland with the UK was from Scotland being bankrupt and the prominent nobles agreeing with it in Scotland. 1707 Act of Union.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)

284 I think any talk of a "civil war" needs to take into account the Fed's get a vote too.

I don't think they'd be in favor.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 19, 2026 09:26 AM (RORbl)

285 Nitrogen! Oh no! Someone call Greta to lead a protest against nitrogen!

/
Posted by: man

We can't have that poison escape into the atmosphere!

Posted by: Al Gore Rhythm at October 19, 2026 09:26 AM (EdP2u)

286 Good morning!

Elise Slotkin is a ghoul.
Looks like she's on ozempic, huh? Not so fat and gross lately. Can't fix the ugly on the inside, though.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 09:26 AM (rOKnE)

287 94 So what was the propellant (?) that made Elon's car fly?

Posted by: Don Black at October 19, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)

I heard the gas was nitrogen. Compressed nitrogen in tanks in the car. Makes sense to me. Compressed nitrogen thrusters are well-known tech.

Having the nitrogen stored in on-board tanks will make it very convenient for refilling the tires when needed.

Posted by: Count de Monet at October 19, 2026 09:27 AM (wVcYX)

288 Art is early nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 19, 2026 09:27 AM (Y/06r)

289 Judging by the attendance at the No Kings protest, all our side would need to win a Civil War would be to cut off Geritol supplies to Shady Pines.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (qwx/I)

290 282 Advocating for civil war is nuts. Civil wars are the bloodiest wars, they split families (not just geographies) and never end cleanly. In the battle of good versus evil the good side is debate, the evil side is warfare.

Recognizing all that, how do we respond to deliberate attempts to start up warfare. like from Slutkin and her ilk? Trump is fighting them with the Constitution. He usually wins the debate, but the X-factor is always the damn judiciary, which seems determined to help undermine the Republic.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Sometimes movements fade away, sometimes fights occur. The first though is recognizing that the situation exists for a really unhappy bloody time and that the other side can drag us into open conflict whether we like it or not. But that means avoiding that requires the same longterm strategy that defeating the Soviets did--fighting a Cold War for decades by weakening their side and buttressing ours. For example, defunding universities and government works to our advantage, not the Leftists. Bans on new immigration and kicking out troublesome invaders already here, works to our advantage, not theirs. Deny leftists their safe spaces.

Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)

291 People forget the unification of Scotland with the UK was from Scotland being bankrupt and the prominent nobles agreeing with it in Scotland. 1707 Act of Union.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:26 AM (E4rtv)
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This argument gives short shrift to Cromwell's 1651 victory at Worcester, the 1652 and 1654 Ordinances, and the Stuart restoration. In short, there is lots more intertwined history in that period.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 09:33 AM (U/wKW)

292 Bans on new immigration and kicking out troublesome invaders already here, works to our advantage, not theirs. Deny leftists their safe spaces.
Posted by: whig at October 19, 2026 09:29 AM (E4rtv)
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I have no problem with this approach, and think it is how present day politics (bare knuckled sometimes) plays out. It's the active participation and encouragement of lawfare by the judiciary that undermines the natural flow. What to do about that? Vote harder?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 19, 2026 09:35 AM (U/wKW)

293 @229 Some people ~~just want to see the world burn.~~ always need help getting the world lit.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 19, 2026 09:36 AM (zdLoL)

294 >> Judging by the attendance at the No Kings protest, all our side would need to win a Civil War would be to cut off Geritol supplies to Shady Pines.

Pretty sure it's because Meta shutdown their accounts, inhibiting their ability for real-time organizing/coordinating.

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)

295 Here it is, and note who is posing about it: Mr. Color Revolution playbook author:

@NormEisen
🚨 BREAKING: Meta pulled down the main No Kings Instagram accounts. We demand answers for why this happened during our National Day of Action

Meanwhile, millions are mobilizing—they cannot silence us

Follow for updates:

Posted by: Lizzy at October 19, 2026 09:38 AM (rOKnE)

296 282 Advocating for civil war is nuts. Civil wars are the bloodiest wars, they split families (not just geographies) and never end cleanly. In the battle of good versus evil the good side is debate, the evil side is warfare.

Recognizing all that, how do we respond to deliberate attempts to start up warfare. like from Slutkin and her ilk? Trump is fighting them with the Constitution. He usually wins the debate, but the X-factor is always the damn judiciary, which seems determined to help undermine the Republic.

Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Right. Make hay while the sun shines; good things will follow.
Whining in the sun rots the hay.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:46 AM (vC80E)

297 Good morning, all. Thanks, J.J.

Regarding France's mostly peaceful protests of late - that include "debate" of seniors, pensions, and wealth inequality as a central driver of such political crisis- found an interesting Summary of the Political Positions -

1. Subsidizing the Old at the Expense of the Young
Independent economists & commentators, allegedly including Nobel laureate Paul Krugman, argue that France's generous state retirement model effectively hands over large subsidies to older French citizens at the expense of everyone else.

>The Education Drain: A major catalyst for the current "student riots" was a financial report revealing about a third of the Education Ministry's budget does not go towards classrooms, but is legally diverted to fund the pensions and benefits of former state civil servants. (Hello, Pennsylvania! and that's but one state of the union.)

>Generational Divide: While "French youth" riot over underfunded, rundown schools & teacher shortages, the state's budget is "entirely consumed" by servicing a national debt driven heavily by old-age social welfare. Favoritism to seniors who vote leaving the young w/crumbling infrastructure.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

298 Demands to Tax the Wealthy, Not Cut Public Services
>Activists, trade unions and the hard left demand the government restore the solidarity tax on wealth (ISF) which Macron scaled back.
>The rich are getting richer, yada, yada. Aggressively tax extreme wealth & corporate profits to fund school, public services rather than forcing austerity onto "the working class."

Senior Pushback & the 2027 Budget (Pensioners argue they are also victims of the crisis.)
>Hunting for savings, lawmakers proposed a cost of living indexation freeze on pensions above 1,280 Euros per month.
>Prompting mobilizations by seniors arguing that inflation has eroded their purchasing power; they're not wealthy and often use their modest pensions to support their struggling "children" & grandchildren.

In summary, the economists/centrists argue the country's massive spending is draining the its finances. The Left & youth argue its not pensioners but untaxed extreme wealth the government must tax. The far Right alleged "panders" to the powerful senior voting block, rejects cuts & could lower the retirement age back down to age 62.

It seems the public sector is essentially consuming itself.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

299 Again, many original young protestors and early-career teachers believe public school teachers are paid significantly less than private sector workers with similar education levels. Lawmakers are being pressured to find $ from public finance.

As over 32% of education budget is legally locked into paying retired civil servants, new education cuts translate to few teachers, worse school infrastructure. OTOH, there's no lockbox holding assets for retired teachers like in the U.S. 😣 It's pay-as-you-go directly out of the country's annual operating budget.

>Marxist Sociology Blog: Struggles New and Old: Yellow Vests, the French Revolution and 21-Century Anti-Capitalism, Feb 26, 2019

The Irish Times, Europe, What's behind the violence shaking France, and what comes next?

All the same. Funded by certain billionaires and groups, spreading around the world again.
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Good day.

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)

300 >>>And yet, DeSantis is more trustworthy domestically...and domestic matters more to voters than foreign policy...
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Posted by: Nova Local
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DeSantis is a GOPe worm.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 19, 2026 09:50 AM (vC80E)

301 Texas vote! Don’t procrastinate! Early voting today!

Posted by: AnnaS at October 19, 2026 09:50 AM (nrfI8)

302 Bogey didn't kiss Elsa at the station. She sent a note and stood him up. He didn't kiss her at the airport, but sent her off with her husband.

Posted by: Spamf Roming at October 19, 2026 10:01 AM (dK8OK)

303 Despite the good chance of annoying Libertarian and the other pvssy-whipped factions in the US:

There is NO OPTION but to recognize our culture and lives are in danger from the purposeful invasion of the US. Blame whomever you wish but the pressing concern is of admission; the obvious defeat of Western culture in Europe is the precedent for the same strategy here.

Yes it is.

Go ahead and make your TED Talk blather about melting pot and cultural enrichment, but do it in the shower as you masturbate to the blaring call to prayer coming from one of the dozens of neighborhood moss-kuhs demanding your conversion or your head on a stick, because I am sick of it. All of it.

Yes, you are either "fer us, or agin' us" and it's past time to pick a side.

Posted by: He who questions all of it at October 19, 2026 10:20 AM (BQ5iw)

304
Speaking of dinosaurs....

Here's an astounding new finding fro when dinosaurs roamed the Earth:

https://x.com/ThaddeusOzik/status/2110115333902053578

Posted by: naturalfake at October 19, 2026 10:21 AM (YSUhf)

305 France riots -
Turnout
Low Estimate (Government) 550,000
High Estimate (Unions) 800,000
Over 140 cities throughout France

Core Epicenters -
Paris Regional - 110,000
Not individually specified: République, Nation, Canal Saint-Martin, Seine-Saint-Denis

Major Provincial Hubs -
Marseille, Lyon, Limoges, Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes
(Limoges: The "major unrest" that resulted in the burning of its historic 140-year-old town hall.)

France's Population Breakdown
• Metropolitan France (Mainland & Corsica): Roughly 66.8 million people
• Overseas France (Territories and Departments): Roughly 2.3 million people
(Overseas France consists of 13 French-administered territories located outside the European continent. They're the remaining parts of the former French colonial empire that chose to remain integrated within the French Republic.)

Therefore, between 0.80% and 1.16% of the total French population took to the streets for "nationwide" demonstrations. While a mobilization of over half a million people disrupts major cities, closes transportation hubs, and blockades schools, it represents a relatively small %.

And like the U.S., they keep trying to reach the "3.5% rule."

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 10:49 AM (NFX2v)

306 Obama wades in again and calls Trump officials’ investigation of Ilhan Omar ‘appalling’ - as reported by numerous new services here and abroad.

Then it's reported President Trump distanced himself from the recent Homeland Security dawn raid on Representative Ilhan Omar's home, stating, "I have nothing to do with it," though "continuing to criticize her."

Now: CBS News, Obama heads to Atlanta to rally voters for Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms

O's much more publicly involved than ever before, it seems. ("gonna gitcha gitcha" 2028 and beyond)

Posted by: L - No nic... at October 19, 2026 11:07 AM (NFX2v)

307 French riots about Islamism, not education

… oh wow

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 11:37 AM (jHrG2)

308 France is too blind to see the Occidentalphobia

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 12:07 PM (RHGPo)

309 Sam E. Antar@SamAntar -- Former Crazy Eddie CFO turned forensic accountant. From Wall Street criminal to fraud investigator.

Lesley Stahl reminds me of Crazy Eddie’s outside auditors.

They missed our entire fraud.

Their thinking? The discrepancies were too small to matter. There couldn’t possibly be fraud.

That’s how we got away with it for years. The auditors kept looking at the size of the discrepancies instead of asking why they existed.

Posted by: SMOD at October 19, 2026 12:10 PM (RHGPo)

310 Elissa Slotkin Wants to Prosecute Trump Admin Staff to Scare Young Conservatives

Fascists gotta Fascist.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:03 PM (l3cgK)

311 ‘I Don’t Think Morality Is Objective’:

If there is no objective morality at any level, then there is no morality of any kind; anything can be explained by relative morality, even attempted genocides of Jews and Armenian Jews as being for the "good" of human society.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:06 PM (l3cgK)

312 Armenian Christians...fingers were stuck on typing Jews for some reason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:07 PM (l3cgK)

313 I did not have "Priest Smacked to Death by Falling Crucifix during Sermon" on my 2026 bingo card...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 19, 2026 01:11 PM (l3cgK)

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