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The "I Totally Forgot It Was Friday" ONT
I was relaxing with a book after dinner. About 8, my wife comes in and says "Hey, shouldn't you be writing the ONT?" I had totally forgotten, LOL. Anyhow...Howdy folks! So, Grok AI scanned my Twitter/X account and generated this picture of what the world would be like if I ran it.
"World under Weirddave0: Common sense paradise. One-page insurance that works, perfect street tacos (no anger), kids learning safe gun handling, free speech zones, metal detecting gold, strong families, free markets. Liberty and responsibility for all."Fido Friday: Save fren!
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
They do have more experience...
It's that time of year
No, it's knot
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
Dodged a bullet
Friends don't let friends vote Commie
Whoops
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
What was he thinking?
Bring beer
PSA on women
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
Gen X FTW
Social bat
Husbands
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
It was actually very nice today
Bitch
Last week's Ravens/Cowboys game was so epic, the Japanese made it into an anime
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
Also Gen X
Be prepared
The good old days
— ONT WTF (@OntWtf) October 3, 2026
Libs
Tonight's ONT has been brought to you by bass players:
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(Jump to bottom of comments)― Albert Einstein
What a curious thing to say.
― Bart Simpson
Posted by: mindful webworker - nobody nose the truffles I've sneezed at October 02, 2026 10:00 PM (sVrIn)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 10:00 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 10:02 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 02, 2026 10:03 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 10:03 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)
The curse of James Franklin is rearing its head tonight in Blacksburg. Pitt is leading VT, 35-24. 4th qt, about 10 min to go. JF just can't win big games.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 10:06 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 02, 2026 10:08 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 10:09 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 10:10 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Bubba Wallace at October 02, 2026 10:10 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 10:10 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:10 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 02, 2026 10:11 PM (cax1H)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 02, 2026 10:11 PM (9ZFZd)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 10:12 PM (l3cgK)
He's one twitchy finger away from preventing testicular cancer.
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at October 02, 2026 10:12 PM (+9wcF)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 10:09 PM (88C+u)
It's platonic.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 10:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: No Glutton For Punishment at October 02, 2026 10:13 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 02, 2026 10:13 PM (RNvK7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)
Not enough. Want proof? Tentacle pr0n existed well before WW2...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 10:14 PM (l3cgK)
To keep fucking that chi-
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 10:15 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 10:15 PM (Fv808)
Wheat place other than America can a purportedly humane execution be twisted such that it fails when so many methods exist that guarantee instant, painless death?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 02, 2026 10:16 PM (cax1H)
Common sense paradise. One-page insurance that works, perfect street tacos (no anger), kids learning safe gun handling, free speech zones, metal detecting gold, strong families, free markets. Liberty and responsibility for all.
_________
"A land whose countryside would be bright with neat and cosy homesteads, whose fields and villages would be joyous with the sounds of industry, with the romping of sturdy children, the contests of athletic youths, and the laughter of comely maidens, whose firesides would be forums for the wisdom of serene old age. It would in a word be the home of a people living the life that God desires that men should live."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 10:17 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 10:17 PM (/QHx4)
Husbands - ...... fair.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 10:18 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 02, 2026 10:16 PM (cax1H)
Billy Ray Valentine, or Uncle Ruckus?
Posted by: i got the rope, right here at October 02, 2026 10:18 PM (88C+u)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Posted by: mindful webworker - I don't get it. Oh, wait. Yes I do. at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (sVrIn)
I'm not really welcome here, but I love it, and thank you so much!
Best comments and memes!
Thank you sir!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (jCKWs)
Some Chicoms have stumbled on something that looks like it could be an "alien radio signal". It checks a lot of boxes for being artificial. And it most likely is, but our guys think it's mostly like us, terrestrial origin, but aren't sure exactly what the local source is.
https://t.ly/nnFox
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:20 PM (n2qDf)
Hoo boy, am I screwed.
Well, I have money in the bank, so when I get out, maybe it's finally time to skip town and start over somewhere else.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 02, 2026 10:20 PM (ENA4W)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 10:21 PM (mYNxU)
And on the text 'dodged a bullet' conversation: we all know who was rhe male and who was the female, right?
Thanks for the ONT.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 10:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 02, 2026 10:22 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 10:23 PM (Riz8t)
The 1970's kid didn't mention riding bikes in DDT clouds. The most exciting evening of the summer week for my brother and me, other than the ice cream truck. If both had happened at the same time we would have spontaneously combusted with joy. Mother would simply tell us not to ride in the street.
Except it was in the 60's, the rest was the same of being outside all day. Once we moved to the farm no one knew where anyone was. We could have been dead from a stampede or snake bitten or drowned. She knew no one would kidnap us as they'd regret it.
When we went to our grandmother's, every Saturday of our lives til we drove, we were then with feral cousins and still not allowed in the house unless it was raining or cold. They let us in for meals only.
She and her sisters would go shopping and leave seven of us in the car. Most of our bodies were in the car, but legs & heads were hanging out. Or we made baboon noises at people or acted mental. No worries about kidnapping then, either.
I totally got the diagram of the bass player.
You did really good, Weird Dave, to do this so quickly after forgetting. Thanks for not forgetting.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)
And I didn't bleed, so tell my wife that.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 10:24 PM (rbvCR)
If they say "You are bugs", it might be real.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 10:24 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2026 10:25 PM (2Xqig)
Posted by: mindful webworker - that's knot funny at October 02, 2026 10:26 PM (sVrIn)
We have a press at work that is big enough to fit her in, only have to remove about half of the 11 platens. Its a difficult task, but I will do it for justice.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:26 PM (mTzaS)
https://t.ly/nnFox
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (w6EFb)
Oopsie! (unplugs router)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:26 PM (n2qDf)
Hello, sunshine.
Working on a road trip in December to see you and your Man. NotSoThoreau is looking into it.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 10:26 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Dr. Fausti - I WAS The Science at October 02, 2026 10:11 PM (9ZFZd)
He is teaching them the Fifth Rule of gun safety: Don't grab the barrel after doing a mag dump.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 02, 2026 10:28 PM (2bl8/)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 10:28 PM (viF8m)
"One order of Kung Pow chicken, to go."👽
Posted by: mindful webworker - with 2 fortune cookies at October 02, 2026 10:29 PM (sVrIn)
1. Don't go above 92nd St
2. Don't call us from the cops, we're not coming.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:30 PM (n2qDf)
I'd like to think in a world without consequences the bug eyed bitch is immortal.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 02, 2026 10:31 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)
Or like Tillie in “ The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds,” nuked just right.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 10:31 PM (mYNxU)
Posted by: it was good enough for the Starks at October 02, 2026 10:31 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 10:21 PM (mYNxU)
The joke is that a fiat currency without any sort of restriction on printing like a hard asset backing will lead to continual inflation, uncontrolled business cycles, and more and more frantic moves by the central bank to paper over any default through borrowing and playing games with central bank interest rates, or shift the debt onto other economic actors dependent on the central bank without their being able to prevent it.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 10:31 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:32 PM (2GVsD)
This is #5: https://youtu.be/QJC172_WFaU
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at October 02, 2026 10:33 PM (qx7Zg)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 10:33 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10
I have a purring kitty on my foot and a puppy chewing his chew stick on my side. Both settled and content. I am missing 1 kitty, though. I expect him to hop up here soon enough.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:34 PM (ZdaMQ)
We have a press at work that is big enough to fit her in, only have to remove about half of the 11 platens. Its a difficult task, but I will do it for justice.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:26 PM (mTzaS)
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Meh, just strap her ass to a telephone pole on an artillery range and give an extra weekend of leave to the cannon cockers that turn her into pink mist first. No need for messy cleanup of an industrial site.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 10:34 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 10:31 PM (rbvCR)
You want gold-backed currency.
You will settle for Fiat currency.
You get Yugo currency.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:35 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: mindful webworker - hope that something better comes along at October 02, 2026 10:35 PM (sVrIn)
A couple of weeks before our wedding he cut his hand really badly making dinner. I got him in the car and he was sort of giddy from bleeding (it was a lot of blood). He held a towel on it and above his head for the drive to the ED. Until the day before our vows he was wearing a gigantic bandage on his left hand. It was the start of something once a year or more.
When we were broken up once in college he showed up at my door with a hand injury and gravel embedded into his thumb/palm. He was riding in a parking lot of a bar on the tailgate of a truck. Friend patched out and he fell and decided he'd go see his student nurse. It was late and I was in bed on a school night.
I opened the door and looked at his hand. Asked wth he thought I'd do about it (I doubt I had a bandaid, much less stuff to clean it).
I had no time or pity for the bum who kept breaking up seasonally so he left. He went to the ED the next day for debridement and an antibiotic. I ain't no fool.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 10:36 PM (hzuYO)
Stand that evil scrunt out in the Bonneville salt flats with a rope around her neck. Make sure the rope has at least 1000' coiled up with the other end attached to the bumper of a '69 Chevelle. Drive the car as fast as possible and when the slack runs out, her spine gets ripped right out of her body.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:36 PM (mTzaS)
Posted by: it was good enough for the Starks at October 02, 2026 10:31 PM (88C+u)
Most Governors don't really have that skill set. If we are going to require the Governor to do the execution, we should employ the Spanish "garrote vil" which pretty much just requires the executioner to twist a wheel.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 10:37 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:37 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 02, 2026 10:38 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 02, 2026 10:38 PM (2bl8/)
I'm not really welcome here, but I love it, and thank you so much!
Best comments and memes!
Thank you sir!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (jCKWs)
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Not sure what you mean by that, but I welcome your presence here!
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 02, 2026 10:38 PM (RNvK7)
There’s more than a slight bit of truth to that, but sill, more 70s from my experience.
The fashion…the bike handlebars.
But they really don’t touch on the deep down remembrances…
Slight skin abrasion? Mercurachome. Painless.
Bloody gash? Methiolate. Ouch!
And I don’t remember the actual reasons… but there was the spray-on “plastic-ish” bandage.
It seemed to get the job done. Right back at it.
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 02, 2026 10:39 PM (N91F8)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:36 PM (mTzaS)
That rope would stretch a whole bunch, first. And then when her neck snaps, the head would come rocketing through the back window of the poor Chevelle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:39 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: caf at October 02, 2026 10:40 PM (fawlF)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 02, 2026 10:40 PM (PKL0q)
He's one twitchy finger away from preventing testicular cancer.
Posted by: Blanco Basura
I certainly hope Weasel doesn't see the poor trigger discipline!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 02, 2026 10:42 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:43 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:36 PM (mTzaS)
That rope would stretch a whole bunch, first. And then when her neck snaps, the head would come rocketing through the back window of the poor Chevelle.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:39 PM (n2qDf)
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Damn, I didn't think anybody had tried that before...
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:44 PM (mTzaS)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 10:15 PM (Fv80
. . . or as a truck driver.
Posted by: a.moron at October 02, 2026 10:45 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 10:45 PM (mTzaS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 10:46 PM (RORbl)
Don't give them an inch, don't flinch, and exude the vibe that if they come one inch closer you will terminate them with extreme prejudice.
That kitten chose her friends wisely. That is a VERY important skill for a happy life!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 02, 2026 10:47 PM (HlyYF)
Wheat place other than America can a purportedly humane execution be twisted such that it fails when so many methods exist that guarantee instant, painless death?
Posted by: Tonypete at October 02, 2026 10:16 PM (cax1H)
I don't understand why they didn't just wrap a plastic bag around her head, turn out the lights, go home, then check back the next morning.
Posted by: a.moron at October 02, 2026 10:47 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 10:47 PM (wh7vU)
Calls for some wine but the cupboard seems to be bare.
Posted by: mindful webworker - nom nom nom at October 02, 2026 10:48 PM (sVrIn)
https://youtu.be/XAgL9kQmQvY
The anime tourist born of COVID would probably celebrate it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
Jeebus Lemmiwinks. . . .
(Are we related??)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 02, 2026 10:49 PM (cax1H)
The 60s and 70s kids were the generations when our dads told us to rub some dirt on it. Injuries were just part of the day not something to whine about.
Walk it off, snowflake. It was a different attitude.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 02, 2026 10:50 PM (OB8ow)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 10:50 PM (wh7vU)
The med that never reached her vein caused necrosis of both inner elbows. Plus it can cause pulmonary edema. It sounded like a pack of drunk chimps tried to start her IV. "They could not tell it was not in a vein." Yes, yes, you can as there is a blood return you incompetent nincompoops.
While she was already brain damaged and evil (plus satanic I read) before this she's really super brain damaged now. Veggie Pike.
Eventually I guess they will pull the plug. Dunno. It's a weird show to try to kill her then keep her alive, Tennessee.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 10:50 PM (hzuYO)
You will settle for Fiat currency.
You get Yugo currency.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:35 PM (n2qDf)
I know this is a joke on the Yugo being a Fiat, as much as the Lada was.
There is a school of thought that the advent of the trans Atlantic cable and the telegraph net in the US broke the hard currency standard since the banks could kite debts and resolve them faster than they could be settled in gold or silver, and this made "debt backed assets" a normal financial item.
Under telegraph communications, any attempt to settle a debt in physical gold could never catch up with the debts being created, and traded or cancelled by a countering debt.
This point of view is in support of the idea that some sort of globally shared ledger is the ultimate expression of this trend, and it would not be inflationary if there were either some backing mechanism, or if there was a token of sort that had a hard limit to production to prevent inflation.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 02, 2026 10:50 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: mindful webworker - that's knot funny at October 02, 2026 10:26 PM (sVrIn)
Exercise bands has my vote..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 02, 2026 10:50 PM (08OqX)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 02, 2026 10:51 PM (PKL0q)
For every murderer/rapist we reduce what they owe us.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:51 PM (2GVsD)
I'm not really welcome here, but I love it, and thank you so much!
Best comments and memes!
Thank you sir!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (jCKWs)
What do you mean 'not really welcome here'?
You're practically part of the infrastructure.
Thank you for ONT, WD
Fall in Tx? We're experiencing an early fall heat wave here in the Southland. Gonna be hot all week. Almost broke 90 today here at the beach. Surfer Joe almost started to sweat....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 02, 2026 10:51 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: pookysgirl has always thought the Weird Al version was better at October 02, 2026 10:53 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:54 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 10:56 PM (hzuYO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS37SNYjg8w
Posted by: Butch at October 02, 2026 10:58 PM (98xTj)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 10:58 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 11:00 PM (mTzaS)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 02, 2026 11:00 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 11:01 PM (2GVsD)
https://youtu.be/XAgL9kQmQvY
The anime tourist born of COVID would probably celebrate it.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 10:49 PM (2GVsD)
Woohoo, I'm not an anime tourist, because I don't go for middle school slice-of-life anime!
Posted by: pookysgirl, not otaku enough at October 02, 2026 11:03 PM (Wt5PA)
Weather Eye Cafe
Super cell over southwestern England in June
Gross. Don't click. But you're going to click, right? A female stork lost her mate but can't feed herself because she's brooding over her eggs. So the locals are feeding her. The prodigal dog comes home. The Monorail Man sold his system to Osaka, Japan, after taunting them by saying "Maybe it's more of a Shelbyville idea." POV: You're driving on a mountain road in Taiwan when an earthquake hits. The sound of hail falling on flinty rocks. Huh: The red-and-white stripes on a windsock allow you to judge windspeed with a glance. Basically, each full band held straight by the wind equals 3 knots or 1.5 mph. It can only tell speeds up to 15 knots but if you're a real expert you can gauge speeds higher than that. An F3 tornado in France from August. Super cell in Nebraska -- Sidney, I think -- from June. This is just an appetizer. Check out the video of what I assume is the same super cell below.
This is REAL and absolutely breathtaking.
— Imtiaz Mahmood (@ImtiazMadmood) June 18, 2026
Very real. Its a super cell storm in Nebraska last week. Alot of what looks like clouds is dirt blowing up from the ground. National cattle herd numbers ate the lowest theyve been since 1950. Crops are failing, there hasnt been a solid… pic.twitter.com/zsAKyR6gUA
In science, we speak about diffuse light if the sunlight is scattere by fog or a dense forest, making the light more uniform and less harsh and bright.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 28, 2026
In life, we speak of a magical place
[📹 Mitch Crispe]pic.twitter.com/nwqpsLxprk
This is Cloud iridescence.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 29, 2026
It's an optical phenomenon that happens when tiny water droplets or ice crystals in the cloud diffract sunlight. pic.twitter.com/ic9Ir2nH2O
Holy moly that's quite the super cell pic.twitter.com/peXW6tJHij
— Liam Nissan™ (@theliamnissan) April 3, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (NcvvS)
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Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 02, 2026 07:26 PM (fapp/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 07:26 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 07:27 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Insane Clown Posse at October 02, 2026 07:28 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:29 PM (MWfyi)
That was a lot of rocks.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:29 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:30 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Agent Coulson from S.H.I.E.L.D. at October 02, 2026 07:30 PM (FZ29D)
Looks like an alien mothership with all that glowing blue on top.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (dJCmT)
So here it is. Drink up, and toast Ace for the fine week he's given us!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (wh7vU)
80 MPH straight line winds
tornadoes
softball sized hail
wildfires everywhere
And then...earthquakes.
I love a lot about Oklahoma, but it's always trying to kill me.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:27 PM (MWfyi)
Rock on table...bad day.
Rocks off...great.day!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:33 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 02, 2026 07:34 PM (NxbVa)
It's safe. Despite what you were thinking, it's not penguinic.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
This is known. It's not dust bowl 2.0, it's leftists doing what they always do: create artificial food shortages.
Funny how no one talks about eggs anymore.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (dJCmT)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 02, 2026 07:34 PM (NxbVa)
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I repeat. Last week Pope Leo presided over an outdoor mass with 800,000 participants and a prayer vigil with in a packed 80,000-man arena that featured a parade of French saints and the crowd went wild when Louis IX and the Crusaders showed up.
But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (0sNs1)
It has been an excellent week indeed!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 07:39 PM (viF8m)
But Freddy's Steakburgers hamburgers and shoestring-sized fries are awesome. Their frozen custard is good, too.
And I just had a Sonic burger for dinner.
They have their Smashburger line that's a decent burger.
I had the Bacon Smashburger, and it's tasty, especially with their chili cheese tater tots.
They also have their original style burgers, not as wide as flattened smashburgers, but still thick & juicy.
And Sonic has plenty of milkshakes and Blizzard ice cream.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (FZ29D)
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Last night my daughter's cat escaped into the garage, and I only found out when I hit the garage door button and she raced away from it. I shoo'd her into the house. She's too old for that kind of crap.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (wh7vU)
Granddaughter of Diogenes is a s Hokie.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Because that can't go unchallenged
....
Eggs are at least somewhat reasonable and stable priced these days. I still miss when they were half the current price, but I can have three eggs and toast for less than a dollar if I make it myself. Right now that kind of frugality is essential.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (brIJB)
https://x.com/PatrickRuffini/status/2106094186990887384
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm"
Every seven years for me. No, wait, that's my pipes.
Posted by: Spock at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (brIJB)
20:1
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (4c58h)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:31 PM (xaJZb)
French/Japanese pornstar.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)
Thought he was Irish/Japanese?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 07:41 PM (brIJB)
20:1
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:42 PM
Is that the same as in town?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)
At the same time?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (0sNs1)
So I've been told.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (6ydKt)
Then, my wife found out.
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (4c58h)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)
You know, it's not a very funny joke anyway- Less so if I have to explain it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (zZu0s)
Nah, if it were a Disney movie, they'd have made the dog gay or something.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 07:43 PM (zZu0s)
Thought he was Irish/Japanese?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (6ydKt)
Goldstein. Tonto Goldstein.
Posted by: Just The Punchline at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:33 PM (wh7vU)
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Reminds me of my first car accident, spinning out on I-96 on Christmas Day 1993. I remember three thoughts crossed my mind:
I'm going to be late.
I'm going to mess up my car.
This is a really cool way to die.
The car was messed up but fixable, and would go on to die a noble death taking out an imperfectly parked police cruiser some years later, resulting in a $100 ticket for failing to maintain adequate stopping distance.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:46 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Cerumen Stew at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:45 PM
The usual, Monsieur?
Posted by: Garcón, with an impeccable Parisian accent at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:32 PM (wh7vU)
Granddaughter of Diogenes is a s Hokie.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (2WIwB)
So was my Old Man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 07:36 PM (FZ29D)
My Chloe is 17 years old and she talks a lot. She is sort of deaf, so she talks loud in her old lady voice.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 07:48 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 07:48 PM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)
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Just hot dogs works for me.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (ZOv7s)
https://youtu.be/BHOevX4DlGk?
Stewart did some amazing work in that one.
My fav song of theirs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (6ydKt)
"Man, that's a big storm."
"Yeah, lots of lightning."
"Let's go stand out in it and take selfies!"
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (4c58h)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM
$4.59 at the Salem, OR Costco last night.
Posted by: Beartooth at October 02, 2026 07:52 PM (Wql2z)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM
What about Brattleboro?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:52 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)
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Yeah, but then she turns you around and you find out what it's all about.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:52 PM (ZOv7s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPAJytx3juY
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 07:53 PM (/OKHJ)
Do jerksocks employ a similar principle?
Posted by: J. Random 'Ron at October 02, 2026 07:54 PM (2Cs0H)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:54 PM (RIvkX)
Granddaughter of Diogenes is a s Hokie.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 07:40 PM (2WIwB)
So was my Old Man.
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:47 PM (wVcYX)
__________
One of the former curates at my parish got a degree in aeronautical engineering at VTech, then spent two years in the Air Force before going to the seminary.
Our pastor was a helicopter technician.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:54 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: SpeakingOf"
Have you never had a hotdog omelette? The ketchup is what makes it.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Just Axin' at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 07:57 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Just The Punchline
Way I heard it, it ended,
"But my friends call me Bubba"
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:56 PM (MWfyi)
No, closest is ham in an omelette.
No keptchup for breakfast food for me.
Had cousins who put ketchup on french toast.... turned me off the idea forever.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Me Too, Neither at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:58 PM
You know who else doesn't like things put on French Toast?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)
Gross.
Posted by: RI Red at October 02, 2026 08:01 PM (3A2L5)
Bruce Smith was a Hokie.
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 08:01 PM (4c58h)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)
French guys from Jersey?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (6ydKt)
Virginia Tech is in a really lovely location. Unfortunately, "really lovely" does not mean "economically prosperous".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (MWfyi)
Bruce Smith was a Hokie.
Posted by: Accomack
Met Bruce Smith a few times. His progeny went to the school I labored at in Virginia Beach.
Posted by: Brush With Greatness III at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 08:06 PM (eRlcH)
The Virginia Tech College bass team was founded in the 2006–2007 school year, and won their first national title that same year.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow. Everybody needs a bosom
Everybody needs a bosom for a pillow. Everybody needs a bosom
https://youtu.be/5LBnMRWeV-E
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Just Axin'
Some kind of bird or turkey. Dunno. It's pretty dumb. Just like that Stanford Christmas tree.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Now we know at October 02, 2026 08:11 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:08 PM (jJdaW)
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Stanford held itself as the anti-school, with the deviant marching band that got one show before it was broken up for misbehavior. They used to use just the block S, but added the tree as branding went national. Michigan State also used a block S, but have leaned more into the Spartan helmet, which replaced the S on our field.
Old-timers like me still have the S baseball hat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:13 PM (Riz8t)
If that was real time, I'd never get on it.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:14 PM (Riz8t)
There's two minutes of my life I won't get back.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (jJdaW)
We've seen a few things.
Posted by: Farmers Insurance at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2026 08:15 PM (nEUC6)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPAJytx3juY
Posted by: Mark1971
He was friends with Peart. In that documentary (which is very good), Copeland said that The Police considered Rush 'the establishment'. Both Lee and Lifeson laughed at that.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
Evening, Ace, and Cafe patrons! I am having a celebratory eggnog. Got another crusty old Yang Poon generator back in running order, Had to boil out the fuel tank with caustic soda. Tank rocking back and forth on my firepit, flames coming out the ports, and spurts of brown goop as the water boiled . It looked like Satan's percolator. But the tank cleaned up, and the sumbitch runs!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 08:17 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 08:17 PM (Ia/+0)
I would sprinkle some Holy Water on it, just to be sure.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:18 PM (Riz8t)
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Should have let her die, and recover the eggs. She will torture and eat most of her brood otherwise.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:19 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:20 PM (6ydKt)
Hokies are the mascot of Virginia Tech. It's a wild turkey. I have no idea why. Too lazy to look it up. There are a LOT of wild turkeys in that part of Virginia, so it makes a bit of sense to use them as a mascot.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 08:25 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
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The University of Michigan's hype song is "Mr. Brightside" because nothing raises your spirit like watching your girlfriend getting nailed by another dude.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 08:25 PM (ZOv7s)
She will torture and eat most of her brood otherwise.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:19 PM (AKptf)
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Is that typical stork behavior?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 02, 2026 08:27 PM (CDKoa)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
I can't find anything on the intertubes that verifies that...
Posted by: Farmers Insurance at October 02, 2026 08:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 08:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Decaf at October 02, 2026 08:31 PM (5BOLF)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
I can't find anything on the intertubes that verifies that...
I went to VPI my freshman year, and that's what we were told at frosh orientation.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)
https://youtu.be/4N1iwQxiHrs
(The Outfield - Your Love)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 08:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:16 PM (Riz8t)
I can't find anything on the intertubes that verifies that...
Would YOU own up to that?
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:32 PM (Riz8t)
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Am I alone in having no idea what any of this means?
Posted by: Sorry not sorry at October 02, 2026 08:33 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
So a cuck anthem. That makes sense.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:33 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Sorry not sorry at October 02, 2026 08:33 PM (W3Srb)
Boiling caustic soda, aka sodium hydroxide aka lye, works a treat for boiling out nasty crudded-up fuel tanks. Dissolves the nasty-smelling spoiled gasoline, and takes the rust off the metal too. The solution turns brown and syrupy.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 08:37 PM (n2qDf)
youtube.com/watch?v=h9EJFE_7Cos
AFAIK, we still do not have the CVR audio or transcript. Only a "summary" of it.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:39 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:44 PM (Jr5Lq)
The Virginia Tech College bass team was founded in the 2006–2007 school year, and won their first national title that same year.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)
Is that "bass" the fish, or "bass" the oversized string instrument?
Posted by: a.moron at October 02, 2026 08:44 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 08:45 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:47 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 08:47 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 08:49 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 08:51 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
Heh. It sits in a pail in my compressor room, and sucks moisture out of the air in there. Bucket is half full right now. I got about half a dozen scoops of the viscous liquid on top of the mush, and some of the mush. Added about 3 gallons of water. It may be sloppy but it still eats rust and nasty hydrocarbon slime.
I avoided getting any on me.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 08:52 PM (n2qDf)
Strong base chemical burns are worse than strong acid chemical burns.
Acid coagulates the skin and other proteins. Bases keep moving in.
Except for the week acid Hydrogen Fluoride. It only dissolves glass and flesh. Killed a student last week, in a university lab accident.
This has been your lab safety PSA.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:46 PM (Jr5Lq)
I had to go look up the difference between "deliquescent" and "hygroscopic", and now I know. Thanks for prompting me to learn something new today.
Posted by: a.moron at October 02, 2026 08:52 PM (X5Jzz)
Posted by: Piper
Sorry, Lady. It's Friday night. Had a buzz on all day.
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High!! at October 02, 2026 08:53 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 08:49 PM (ZdaMQ)
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*sigh*
That used to be me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 08:53 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at October 02, 2026 08:27 PM (CDKoa)
Absolutely. Wanna see some videos ??
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:54 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Robt. Hoover at October 02, 2026 08:56 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: bradc at October 02, 2026 08:56 PM (frcSa)
That's awful! Here's the story at C and EN:
https://tinyurl.com/432bppwb
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 08:57 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Robt. Hoover
I checked. Nothin' but past due notices in there, anyway.
Posted by: Cooter Brown, Flyin' High! at October 02, 2026 08:58 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 09:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
I see those scenes in BB where they're dumping 50lb bags of the stuff in the pot, with dust rising (at least one scene without PE worn.) I never saw lye dust before, but I guess that's because I never bought it by the 50lb bag before. Unless it's magic paper, I'd expect the bag would get wet very quickly just sitting on the floor.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 09:01 PM (ZdaMQ)
but...Halloween is weeks away ! what is that all about ?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 09:04 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 09:04 PM (4c58h)
But I'm sure it's just a coincidence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)
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I watched a video of the event. It looked like St. Louis IX and St. Joan of Arc were represented in the same group. When her name was announced, the crowd went wild.
Number Two on the Celestial Hit Parade was St. Therese of Liseux.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 09:06 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:02 PM (Jr5Lq)
That dust is not something I would wanna be around.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:07 PM (zZu0s)
We know a lot about Fluorine. From comprehensive accident reporting.
For example: Old style chemists used to taste new compounds. Killed and severely injured a few. That led to reforms in chemical identification protocols.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:08 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:08 PM (zZu0s)
That's good news! It's just one thing after another these days, seems like.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:09 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:09 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 09:09 PM (oqH4h)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 09:12 PM (Ia/+0)
There is a lab of German Chemists that love, love, love energetic compounds with plenty of nitro substituents. Their experimental write-ups are both funny and very scary. They made some multi-nitro compounds with added fluorine, IIANM. Good times.
"Highly shock sensitive and energetic, deforming Krupp Armor plated reaction vessel". etc.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:13 PM (u82oZ)
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Ja! Jawohl! Try it on your dog first.
Posted by: A. Schickelgruber at October 02, 2026 09:13 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:13 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:14 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 09:15 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 09:15 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:15 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:14 PM (u82oZ)
I was going to say 'play with something less volatile- like busty redheads' but thats actually less safe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:16 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: MkY at October 02, 2026 09:16 PM (ZHRuH)
WTAF?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 09:15 PM (wpRMV)
Yeah. Got up to 103ºF here in Sandy Eggo...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 09:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:17 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 09:18 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:09 PM (zZu0s)
Blueprinting process requires ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide.
By brother decided it would be funny get me to sniff a bottle if one or the other one day.
I thiught it was sone kind of cleaning chemicals in a jug and would smell like pine sol or something.
That stuff was so powerful it cleared my sinuses to the point of a burning sensation and gave me a headache for the rest of the day and night.
I hope I’m never that gullible again,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 09:18 PM (6ydKt)
They just sell your name and addreß to everyone.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 02, 2026 09:19 PM (PKL0q)
I tell them straight up "I will donate after the SAVE Act is signed by the President."
Shuts them down.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:20 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 09:23 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 09:24 PM (rj6Yv)
HF is not to be f'ed with.
Posted by: ballistic
I worked in a Level 1 fab for a bit. There a bunch of chemicals in high concentrations that dangerous as hell.
It is an interesting process from ingot to finished wafer, though.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:26 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 08:04 PM (eRlcH)
I hear there's a guy with a successful organic tree farm not far from them.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 02, 2026 09:27 PM (3mtzY)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:29 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:31 PM (jJdaW)
A very French idea of a successful kingship.
First the Jews, then the ransom, then the dysentery.
La Gloire.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 02, 2026 09:32 PM (zdLoL)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 09:18 PM (6ydKt)
I ran blueprints for my dad for years as a teenager. I think he finally discovered why I became an architect instead of an engineer like himself. Brain damage is a terrible thing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 09:35 PM (+iz5Z)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:38 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:31 PM (jJdaW)
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Oooh. Poor. Baby.
Posted by: Stephen Hawking at October 02, 2026 09:39 PM (wpRMV)
The condo will be up for sale in about a week.
Because of his stupidity, he will never get custody of his son, our beautiful grandbaby. Odds are we will never see the grandbaby again. He certainly will not be able to work for the next three to six months, so, destitute.
We offered for him to move into our house once the condo is sold. He won't do it because we won't let him sit around stoned all of the time. Also, we aren't willing to house his skanky "girlfriend."
The boy has humiliated DH and me for the very last time. At this point, detachment is our best option, and if he spends the next ten years couch surfing or on the street, I guess he just will.
But the prayers worked, so many thanks for those who participated.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 09:41 PM (+iz5Z)
Posted by: Michelle Fields at October 02, 2026 09:42 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 09:42 PM (4c58h)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:26 PM (jJdaW)
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Photo and PVD are super cool processes!
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 09:42 PM (oqH4h)
"I worked in a Level 1 fab for a bit."
You folks have some really cool jobs.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:44 PM (u82oZ)
Custodial grandparents possible?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:44 PM (u82oZ)
Grandparents have no rights under AK law.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 09:46 PM (+iz5Z)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 09:47 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 09:47 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:48 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: mindful webworker - nobody nose the truffles I've sneezed at October 02, 2026 09:48 PM (sVrIn)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:42 PM (Jr5Lq)
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She's a ChemE
I'm a goober that lucked himself into a cybersecurity career.
There are cool aspects if that's your flavor of nerd, but most of the time it's just corporate drudgery like most things.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 09:48 PM (oqH4h)
But the prayers worked, so many thanks for those who participated.
Posted by: tcn in AK
Speechless here, so sad all around. May the Lord bless you with all possible blessings. Stoned, playing with a gun, nothing good could ever come from that. Guess the wound could have been worse, even fatal.
Posted by: Looking For a Silver Lining at October 02, 2026 09:49 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 09:49 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work
Did they move to Indiana, too?
Posted by: Last One out, Turn Out Lights at October 02, 2026 09:51 PM (Fn+3X)
NW beating Penn State!!!?
Are we in an alternate universe? One where Neil Armstrong didn't save America from the Russian Tsar Bomba?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:52 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 09:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 09:53 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 09:47 PM (ZdaMQ)
We won't see him. The baby mama is all in on punishing the boy for not supporting her in her stoned haze and worthless life. She won't allow us to see him, even casually, so I can't imagine that now she would offer to let him come out to see us.
That kid is doomed. A skanky dope addict for a mom, raised by his grandpa on that side and his step-grandma, who thinks she knows everything. The kid is awesome, but he won't be by the time they get done with him.
Detachment is all I can do beyond fervent prayer. And I am praying like an SOB.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 09:55 PM (+iz5Z)
But sometimes it does work out. My daughter was a terror. My husband gave up on her. I couldn't seem to. I was in chemo, and I've told her she kept me alive, because I refused to die while she was still so angry.
She's a wonderful woman, and she has needed to be because life hasn't been easy for her.
Posted by: Wenda at October 02, 2026 09:56 PM (4zQS+)
Sounds like a case can be made that you and DH are the best option for the kid.
If you need an alibi, I will help.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:57 PM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 09:58 PM (wh7vU)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at October 02, 2026 10:01 PM (PKL0q)
But the prayers worked, so many thanks for those who participated.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 09:41 PM (+iz5Z)
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I didn't see the prayer request.
I am incredibly sorry for you and your husband.
I will pray this skank "mother" will get tired of raising a child and show up on your doorstep someday, begging you to take him.
I will pray for a good outcome.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 10:03 PM (hzuYO)
Hoo boy, am I screwed.
Well, I have money in the bank, so when I get out, maybe it's finally time to skip town and start over somewhere else.
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at October 02, 2026 10:17 PM (ENA4W)
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 10:19 PM (oqH4h)
The Week In Woke
That thing that never happens happened more than 20 more times.
Just in Minnesota, too.United States Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced that ten defendants were separately indicted on September 24, 2026, by a federal grand jury for voter fraud. All defendants have made their initial appearances in federal court. "Today's charges allege that ten foreign nationals committed voter fraud in Minnesota, one voting illegally as recently as this August's primary," said Attorney General Todd Blanche. "The law is clear, only American citizens may vote in American elections, and enforcing this law is fundamental to our democracy. That should not be a partisan concept." "Our message to aliens who vote in American elections is clear: we will find you, arrest you, and you will face the consequences, including criminal charges and deportation," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin. "Under President Trump's leadership, this administration will never allow the votes of American citizens to be cancelled out by non-citizens illegally voting in our elections. Only American citizens should be electing American leaders."Even greater fraud was committed in Utah, where a postal worker decided to throw over 300 mail-in ballots in the garbage.
An indictment was unsealed today charging a former postman with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) with unlawful secretion, destruction, and delay of mail after he allegedly unlawfully threw away mail that he was entrusted to deliver -- including approximately 300 mail-in ballots to registered voters in Utah.They don't say what zip codes these ballots came from, but I'll bet you 100 Acebucks these are from heavily Republican areas.
Damon Matai Seei, 34, of Payson, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Sept. 16. He was arrested and appeared for his arraignment at the Orrin G. Hatch U.S. Courthouse this afternoon. "When American voters lawfully cast their vote, they should feel confident that it is counted," said Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter. "Allegedly throwing away hundreds of ballots is a serious federal crime that undermines the integrity of our elections. Ballot integrity is not a partisan issue."
The "University" of Connecticut will host three sex toy workshops this fall.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs will hold three workshops on Oct. 6, Oct. 22, and Nov. 16 where students can handle demonstration versions of sex toys, including vibrators and plugs. The events, titled "Good Vibrations: A Pleasure Pop-Up Workshop," will be led by the "Sexperts" student group and are being advertised by the university's Student Health and Wellness. "Join the Sexperts for our new, relaxed, drop-in workshop all about how sexual pleasure supports your overall well-being," a description states. "You'll get to see and handle demo versions of sex toys, from vibrators and sleeves to plugs and more while the Sexperts share sex toy history, safety tips and guidance on picking the products that feel right for you," it continues. Organizers say the event is "inclusive of all genders" and assure participants that they "will not demonstrate actual use of the items." The Sexperts are also hosting "Kinky Craft Nights" on Oct. 27 and Nov. 12.Oh good, I was wondering when Kinky Craft Nights would take place this year. Princeton's faculty now boasts perfect ideological conformity/coercion -- zero Republicans.
Professors often express shock at the thought that there would be any political or ideological litmus test for hiring. I have also opposed such measures. However, the hypocrisy is crushing. Today's faculty are responsible for a near-complete ideological purging of their ranks. They have created a hostile environment for anyone with conservative or libertarian viewpoints, including students who rarely have the opportunity to hear from a professor from a center-right perspective at most schools. Most recently, forty percent of college faculty admitted that they would vote against any Trump supporter seeking an academic position regardless of their scholarship or teaching ability. Keep in mind that this is only the professors willing to admit to such bias. Some are more open than others. I had dinner with a Harvard Law Professor, who expressed disbelief that I expected him to vote for any faculty applicants who held views he considered wrong. When I noted that I regularly vote for faculty candidates who hold opposing views, he just shrugged and said that, if he rejects their views, he cannot vote for those views to be taught to students. There are few remaining conservatives or libertarians on law school faculties, which have been purged of dissenting voices through a biased hiring and promotion system. Despite years of complaints and declining public trust in higher education, faculty members continue to reinforce bias and orthodoxy in our schools. I wrote about the rise of this new McCarthyism on the left seven years ago. Recently, I discussed the example of Fordham University School of Law professor John Pfaff, who called for "repercussions" for professors who do not "recant" their view that the 14th Amendment does not protect birthright citizenship. Not long ago, I debated Professor Randall Kennedy at Harvard Law School about the school's lack of ideological diversity. I respect Kennedy, and I do not view him as anti-free speech or intolerant. Yet when I noted the statistics on the vanishing number of conservative students and faculty in comparison to the nation, Kennedy responded that Harvard "is an elite university" and does not have to "look like America." Of course, the problem is that Harvard does not even look like Massachusetts, which is nearly 30 percent Republican. At schools like Yale and Princeton, they have achieved near 100% for Democrats (with only a couple of percent going for independent or socialist causes). Yet, if you ask faculty about the purging of their ranks, they will often shrug and say that they just cannot find a conservative or libertarian who is intellectually worthy of an appointment to their schools. It was the same absurd rationalization that was once used to justify not hiring minorities or women.The University of Texas at Austin will eliminate four DEI fake majors.
UT Austin plans to discontinue majors in African and African diaspora studies, Mexican American and Latina/o studies, women's and gender studies, and race, indigeneity and migration. The university is retaining American studies and urban studies while directing faculty to develop broader replacement offerings. Thomas Lindsay, a higher-education policy expert with the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), told Campus Reform that the cuts were "a defensible, if overdue, exercise of stewardship at a public flagship," while saying UT should disclose the metrics behind its decision."American studies" should also be eliminated. It is "media studies" -- mass media studies. TV and movies. It's a field for people who don't want to read books but instead would just like to watch TV shows and write "essays" about them. And every American studies major I knew entered the field for the communist critiques of the media, which they claim is, of course, too right-wing. Another fake useless time-wasting "field" in need of purging:
The University of Wisconsin--Whitewater enrolled only six undergraduate students across its Women's and Gender Studies degree programs during the fall 2025 semester. ... UW--Whitewater had an undergraduate enrollment of 10,743 students in fall 2025, while the university welcomed its largest freshman class in a decade. The six students listed in the Women's and Gender Studies B.A. and B.S. programs represent 0.06 percent of the undergraduate student body.Too many. You can't start a campus club unless it's dedicated to Race Marxism.
Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, requires student organizations to submit plans addressing "anti-racism and anti-oppression" to qualify for recognition and funding from a student government supported by mandatory student fees. The Associated Students of Willamette University bylaws include a section dedicated to "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion" (DEI) that establishes standards for what the document calls "anti-racism plans." The student government now refers to them as "Community Respect & Responsibility" plans. [RELATED: Conservative group exposes student gov for attempting to force club to create DEI position] The criteria used to evaluate the plans must be updated annually to "reflect and target new areas of anti-racism and anti-oppression knowledge, sources of institutional concern, and noted obstacles to equitable opportunity for marginalized and minoritized students." Organizations must submit the plans to receive student government funding. If the student government determines that a group has failed to comply with the requirements, the bylaws allow sanctions including loss of funding, suspension of officers, or disaffiliation. The bylaws also require the Executive Council to offer an annual "Community Respect and Responsibility (CRR) training workshop." The same workshop was titled the "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training workshop" in the 2024 bylaws. The student government is funded through mandatory student fees. Students at Willamette College, the university's undergraduate college, taking six or more credits must pay a $146 "Student Activity Fee" each semester. The student government is responsible for distributing those funds. The student government has approved three clubs with ties to national left-wing organizations, according to Campus Reform's review of the university's official student organization list. Those groups include Choice Action Team, Students for a Democratic Society, and Young Democratic Socialists of America. Choice Action Team is associated with Reproductive Freedom for All, a pro-abortion activist organization.Quick Quiz-- Which Modern Day Cicero said this: "Not just memory in legacy but pride in what can be the destiny and was the destiny that many fought for" Answer here. Did you get it? Horrifying:
Meanwhile, the student government has refused to recognize a student organization affiliated with Turning Point USA (TPUSA) three times in the past year. TPUSA at Willamette, formerly known as the Constitutional Heritage Club, sought affiliation with the student government in November 2025, February 2026, and April 2026. The student government rejected the group each time, citing its connection to TPUSA. One student senator said TPUSA's "overall image ... makes them undesirable," according to The Collegian, Willamette's student-run newspaper.
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness Sep 28 9 YEAR OLD boy in Cleveland just pled guilty to a vicious gang r*ping attempt against a 5 year old, nearly killing her PRISON TIME IS NOT ON THE TABLE The judge is Kristen Sweeney (D)
End WokenessWe've got that going on in South Canada, too:
@EndWokeness Sep 28 Welcome to the UK's "justice" system: Danny Tommo
> damaged a migrant invader boat
> DENIED BAIL 5 terror suspects
> bomb plot against US Air Force
> RELEASED ON BAIL
End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
Derek Chauvin > Arrested & restrained George Floyd
> Sentenced to 22.5 YEARS in prison Q'Laundra Hood
> Killed a pedestrian and then fled
> Sentenced to 30 DAYS in prison
Karens find everything problematic:
She filmed the Walmart Halloween aisle like the “Boys’” and “Girls’” signs were the emergency.
— DocumentingLibs (@USADocumented) September 30, 2026
SWAT costume: “the last thing we need.” Special Ops, same line. Then she pointed at a Black kid on a fighter-pilot box and said they might ask if he’s educated because he’s Black.
Not… pic.twitter.com/grf8gZOZSX
🚨#BREAKING: Two TODDLERS have STARVED TO DE*TH in South Carolina, the MOTHER has been arrested for "not giving them food or water"...
— Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) September 30, 2026
She was allegedly suffering from "postpartum depression" and was discussing Lindsay Clancy.
The FATHER was ARRESTED for "harassment" for… pic.twitter.com/BPqOcI8tJr
Obama operative Ben Rhodes is asked if that administration should bear any responsibility for the more polarized and partisan political climate post-Obama.
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) October 1, 2026
Short answer: No. It's because of racism.
"I truly believe in my bones that...it was because he was black."
"I make no… pic.twitter.com/CyHpeh9eil
https://t.co/zIlpHXaTUs pic.twitter.com/8MHpuESCB5
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) October 1, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Credentialism works in the trades, apparently, nowhere else.
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 06:06 PM (Y8DZL)
Mea culpa
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 06:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:10 PM (MWfyi)
The "University" of Connecticut will host three sex toy workshops this fall.
The University of Connecticut (UConn) in Storrs will hold three workshops on Oct. 6, Oct. 22, and Nov. 16 where students can handle demonstration versions of sex toys, including vibrators and plugs
Sexy.
Sex torsos for the win.
They don't cry rape 2 years later.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 06:10 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 06:11 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:12 PM (MWfyi)
Hate on the Kaiser and Hitler as much as you want and for good reasons, but it's the Russians that started the world wars.
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 06:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:12 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 06:14 PM (3cUTc)
In other words, a tax, levied by an elected body of overgrown fruitcake children with Daddy Issues and delusions of grandeur.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)
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Obama made damn sure that race became a dividing factor in a country that up until he was elected had pretty much put serious racism behind it.
Posted by: Cosda at October 02, 2026 06:15 PM (qQcHX)
Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
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3h
🚨 BREAKING: Keith Ellison just tried to defend his pardon of a man who REPEATEDLY raped a 10-year-old girl.
Ellison described the crime as “mistreating” her.
Absolutely disgusting response. This girl was REPEATEDLY SODOMIZED. Calling that “mistreatment” downplays the horror of this crime.
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 06:15 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:16 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:16 PM (2GVsD)
Mea culpa
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 06:08 PM (Jr5Lq)
TJM hardest hit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:16 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:17 PM (2GVsD)
Like, "Hey can't you get that dog to shut up?
or, "Don't park that piece of shit in front of my house?"
or: "Hey numbskull, you gotta permit for that?"
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:17 PM (2GVsD)
Aren't we all?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (6ydKt)
Incredible how large the extent of fraud is that they have discovered. I’m sure the money supporting this witch hunt couldn’t have been used for anything better and more impactful. Out of approximately 7 million votes cast in the referenced elections, they found 10 instances of alleged* (edit) illegal voting. 0.00014285714285714287%
They managed to find a number smaller
than the number of trans athletes.
And of those 50 people, about 30 of those charges have already been dismissed. The other 20 will be dismissed soon.
If Trump lived in NY, where he was convicted, he couldn't vote. If he was convicted in FL, where he lives, he couldn't vote. But because FL has a loophole, where if you were a convicted of a felony in another state, you can still vote. Ugh.
No DOJ has more cases thrown out for being performative than trump’s. I’ll believe it if they get convicted.
Worth noting every single one of these 10 people were lawful permanent residents, not illegals.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (+/CWD)
I would worry a lot more if I were not a Christian and lived in a blue city or state. I'm still horrified.
Instead I pray against this evil, corruption and fraud every night.
How sad that Crazy Clancies are murdering their own children. When my FL son and DIL want a baby so badly after a miscarriage in May...
I pray for them as well.
Sometimes my prayer are so long at night I conk out and have to finish in the mornings.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (2GVsD)
Like, "Hey can't you get that dog to shut up?
or, "Don't park that piece of shit in front of my house?"
or: "Hey numbskull, you gotta permit for that?"
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (UjdFS)
"I'm glad you enjoy your music so much but do I have to listen to it with you?"
"You do realize that if you aren't mature enough to clean up your dog's crap out of my yard, then you aren't mature enough to own a dog?"
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:19 PM (6ydKt)
He couldn't even pull off being a Quadroon.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 06:20 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 06:18 PM (zZu0s)
Voodoo magic.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:20 PM (6ydKt)
In other words, a tax, levied by an elected body of overgrown fruitcake children with Daddy Issues and delusions of grandeur.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:14 PM (6ydKt)
We had that in college to fund a Naderite pressure group doing college ops in the 1970s. After pressure, you would be able to get the cost rebated by finding the secret location in the bowels of the Woman's building or something. It was something of an adventure. It was quite contentious on campus and finally the Uni took it off the tuition bill entirely.
Funny how the "Young Republicans" or whatever didn't have the same deal. Or anyone else.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:20 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 06:20 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 02, 2026 06:21 PM (5eFk1)
The Paolo is, how you say, a visiting professor.
Posted by: The Paolo at October 02, 2026 06:21 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Uncle Joe at October 02, 2026 06:22 PM (YcOeP)
> damaged a migrant invader boat
> DENIED BAIL
__________________
I've been following this. A key point is that there was no one in the raft (I wouldn't call it a boat) when he sliced it. AND, it should be noted that the migrants came from France. France now has a policy of escorting these migrant "boats" straight and directly to the UK.
So, technically, it's a French raft that was involved in an illegal act, and Tommo took positive steps to assure that it wouldn't be used for such illegality again.
The French pretend to be curbing the immigrants going to the UK in this fashion...and the UK gives France tens of millions to make that so. France is playing the UK for a sucker, however.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)
Camile is telling the idiot with post-coitus remorse that 'you have agency and you have responsibility.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:23 PM (2GVsD)
He couldn't even pull off being a Quadroon.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 06:20 PM (xaJZb)
But he could dance cool on Ellen and make a half decent speech reading somebody else's words.
And Oprah loved him.
Voila! eight years of regressive politics, economic malaise, and an ascendant decadent culture, that we still haven't gotten over.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:23 PM (6ydKt)
Santa's getting and early start on Christmas?
Oh, not that kind of toy workshop...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 06:24 PM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:24 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:25 PM (wzUl9)
Of course the French will stick it to the British.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:25 PM (2GVsD)
Answer here. Did you get it?
No, because I couldn't figure out WTF it was supposed to mean. Which, in retrospect, should have been the clue.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 06:25 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Anna Puma"
Toy"s"? How many can they fit in there?
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:25 PM (MWfyi)
Well, that explains why they're able to recruit for their women's basketball team so well.
Posted by: Bert G at October 02, 2026 06:25 PM (VARTN)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 06:26 PM (88C+u)
Ben Rhodes is something you scrape off the bottom or your shoe. He's dogshit. The fact he was ever close to power is scary.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 06:26 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)
MOMMY!!!
Posted by: Uncle Joe at October 02, 2026
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Are you still movin' kinda slow at The Junction?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:26 PM (wzUl9)
He couldn't even pull off being a Quadroon.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 06:20 PM (xaJZb)
Yeah but he could do a decent Jesse Jackson impression without scaring the Liberals who could assuage their white guilt by deifying him.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:27 PM (uhVAy)
So far I have only found 1 I could never power through, 'Point Counter Point' by Aldous Huxley. That book was a straight sedative. I'd be asleep after 3 pages. Every time.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 06:27 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:27 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)
I'm pretty sure than even handling a buttplug makes you gay.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:12 PM (MWfyi)
It's true. Beware the gaydiation from gaydioactive materials.
garret's Aunt Mildred doomed him at age 6 when she bought him a pair of pink rain boots.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 06:28 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026
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"I feel like the floor of a taxicab."
( -- Egon Spengler, 1984)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:26 PM (2GVsD)
How about the ones with a kick starter?
Posted by: Diofenes at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (2WIwB)
How stupid does a person have to be to have to have a class on how to use a sex toy?
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Caryn Johnson whoop whoop at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (88C+u)
Workshop, you say?
Learning how to use a lathe could be quite useful in this regard.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (YcOeP)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 06:26 PM (88C+u)
Do they even have races in Belgium?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 06:29 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:28 PM (MWfyi)
Cantaloupe and watermelons shouldn't have faces painted on them.
Or holes for mouths.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (Sco7b)
We are selling a red and white striped 'Christmas tree' that resembles a giant butt-plug.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (2GVsD)
Not just schools. Ask white guys about their long term prospects in say... the military, any time over the past 30 years or so.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026
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Flemish and Walloon. But those are languages, right?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (2GVsD)
Anyways, as much as I know some here sneer at it, at least “history” is legit. If done right. These (insert grievance group name here) studies degrees are in no way legit, in my book.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)
Doesn't one of those speak French?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:32 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)
Anyways, as much as I know some here sneer at it, at least “history” is legit. If done right. These (insert grievance group name here) studies degrees are in no way legit, in my book.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (6jna9)
I imagine you could make Woman's Studies legit if you did it right. But they don't even do history right anymore.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:32 PM (uhVAy)
17
Schlichter raises the question but I'd really like the answer: What are the Rovians' principles? Yeah, I get they're "a joke, a ploy" etc., but what are they really? Something like "The policies that most people appear to prefer are the correct ones"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
None. Well, Power & Clique, as pseudo-principles.
I'm not being glib, and fair warning: I took awhile figuring this out, and now I'm fixed on it. I'm confident in my understanding and not looking any more, so that may come across as rigid.
Once you identify someone as essentially a grifter, then you understand that all his blah-blah and yadda-yadda is just the scam patter of a confidence scheme. They neither know nor care if their words are true, since that's missing the point; all that matters is if they're *effective*.
The Marxist con artists of the Frankfurt School codified their epistemic nihilism in Critical Theory, but even a sub-70-IQ clinically-retarded scammer will act that way instinctively.
And I bet every member of the WEF is hoping AI will let xim throw Clique overboard and rule solo.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (ke3zm)
I just watched Ann Coulter do the same thing. First I heard anything about the depraved story.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
But I do buy stuff on the day after.
Funny. I have been with family almost every day after Christmas for 8 years. and not bought anything on the day after Christmas.
I don't feel like I missed out on anything.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (36x1j)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026
*
Doesn't one of those speak French?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026
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The Walloons, according to Britannica, speak dialects of French. I suppose Christie's Hercule Poirot would have been one of them.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:32 PM (wzUl9)
So they are French and Dutch with different sweaters on. Jesus.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:34 PM (uhVAy)
IIRC, going to combine with another kolledge in an effort to stave off further budget "issues"?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 06:34 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Anna Puma"
Does it have a "Not To Be Used As A Butt Plug" sticker on it? It probably already has one of those "May Cause Cancer In California" stickers. Anyway, you don't want to open up a hole for a lawsuit.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:34 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Well, when Hungary threw them out, they had to go somewhere.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 06:34 PM (2WIwB)
I have a cousin who became a nurse 3 years ago. Young lady with lots of gusto. She was excited to work in an ER setting and help others. She is now trying to work at a regular Doctors office because she's tired of dealing with people coming into the ER with stuff stuck up their ass, or vaj-jay. She's not joking. She burned out from it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 06:35 PM (OkYzo)
I just watched Ann Coulter do the same thing. First I heard anything about the depraved story.
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (Jr5Lq)
Camile is pretty clever, but not so clever as to realize that her version of feminism is as bad as all the others.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:35 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:36 PM (2GVsD)
Fleming and Walloon was the original name of the comedy duo, Abbott and Costello.
Fleming and Walloon were famous for a brief time due to the popularity of their skit, "Who Making Waffles?"
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 06:37 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:37 PM (36x1j)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
Does Rove even deserve an -ian? What did he ever do, nearly lose an election to Al Gore?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:37 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:30 PM (wzUl9)
Doesn't one of those speak French?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)
The Walloons speak French. The Flemish speak Dutch.
Many Americans think this is great for social cohesion here and think we should do the same. Except with English and Spanish.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:38 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Anna Puma"
Does it have a "Not To Be Used As A Butt Plug" sticker on it? It probably already has one of those "May Cause Cancer In California" stickers. Anyway, you don't want to open up a hole for a lawsuit.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:34 PM (MWfyi)
When I had to use a bag, the brochure warned, regarding the stoma (the part of my intestine that connected to the bag): "Do not use your stoma for sex"...
If the warning was there, somebody thought about it or did it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:37 PM (36x1j)
Last I heard when she was hanging with Crowder she was still holding out that her wave was the good one.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:38 PM (uhVAy)
Seriously. My neice was a nurse and it was great for her.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:39 PM (36x1j)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 06:39 PM (dK+Kv)
But I do buy stuff on the day after.
Funny. I have been with family almost every day after Christmas for 8 years. and not bought anything on the day after Christmas.
I don't feel like I missed out on anything.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (36x1j)
On the second day of Christmas?
What do you have against Boxing Day?
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:39 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 02, 2026 06:40 PM (Zli+D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 06:40 PM (XeU6L)
I dated a nurse and she related this to me, from an attending ER Doc who was like 80 years old...
"Not once, in over 50 years, have I ever encountered one of these people who had the foresight to tie a string to something they shove up there!"
To which she replied -
"I don't think those people would need our services."
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (xaJZb)
I have a cousin who became a nurse 3 years ago. Young lady with lots of gusto. She was excited to work in an ER setting and help others. She is now trying to work at a regular Doctors office because she's tired of dealing with people coming into the ER with stuff stuck up their ass, or vaj-jay. She's not joking. She burned out from it.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 06:35 PM (OkYzo)
There's an annual list...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Orson
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They are paying the French to ***send*** the migrants. They are paying for expenses under some kind of perverse "attractive nuisance" theory, and it pays for their police protection to the coast and in the water.
And make no mistake, the UK ***wants*** the migrants because the ruling class hates the whites.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (G+1P3)
Because you need degrees for most upper level jobs, those will be filled with Liberals... who will of course hire other Liberals.
I watched it happen in real time. The company I worked for Taught IT stuff to adults... and was owned by a pretty Conservative group of guys. Most of the instructors were Ex Military, and we were delivering $1 Million a month in Delivered Training (Colorado).
They sold out to a much more Liberal company, and suddenly we had a new boss who was an Ex University Admin with a Doctorate, but she knew NOTHING about the Technologies we were teaching.
18 months after sale, closed.
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
Does Rove even deserve an -ian? What did he ever do, nearly lose an election to Al Gore?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:37 PM (uhVAy)
Is Rover better?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (6jna9)
I am not a Lord and do not have to give the servants presents and a day off.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (36x1j)
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: Oldcat
And I have no idea what that is. She's all over the place.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Auspex
WWI was a group effort by the inbred retards of the Royal Families in Europe. WWII was unresolved WWI issues, empires wanting to expand (Japan, USSR), Germany's Racist Cult and it wanting to expand, and other factors. The Russia/USSR was just one part.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 06:42 PM (s1NDj)
But I do buy stuff on the day after.
Funny. I have been with family almost every day after Christmas for 8 years. and not bought anything on the day after Christmas.
I don't feel like I missed out on anything.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:33 PM (36x1j)
On the second day of Christmas?
What do you have against Boxing Day?
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:39 PM (6jna9)
Rule #1: What goes on in Boxing Club stays in Boxing Club...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)
Brian Aldiss in his Helliconia series posted a human satellite around the planet Helliconia. I read the series aged 14. It was already pretty degenerate, with pedobear shit in "Helliconia Summer" (but the nine year old girl was of a different human subspecies so, uh).
I might have got to "Helliconia Winter" aged 15. That one introduced the concept of "intestinal rape", being practiced on the satellite. wtf, man.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 06:43 PM (88C+u)
How many Acebucks per AceCoin?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (dK+Kv)
What is the Acebuck - Quatloo exchange rate?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 06:43 PM (2WIwB)
How many Acebucks per AceCoin?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (dK+Kv)
How many rials?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:43 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:44 PM (36x1j)
I refreshed, and now it is Anal Foreign Object thread.
How did it get there?
OK, nevermind.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 06:44 PM (G+1P3)
I refreshed, and now it is Anal Foreign Object thread.
How did it get there?
OK, nevermind.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 06:44 PM (G+1P3)
Yeah, I'd prefer a boobs & beer thread...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:46 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anna Puma
The trick-or-treating cat is cute, the gravecat scene is just a taste of spooky
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 06:46 PM (aJQbY)
Pick your lab partner early. The final is gonna be lit!
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 06:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 06:48 PM (viF8m)
https://www.youtube.com/live/F-ef6Q5--rM
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 02, 2026 06:48 PM (NxbVa)
https://tinyurl.com/mtj22vj9
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Frank Barone
My aunt was an ER nurse in CA (northern). Whatever they could cram into whatever waste hole was fair game. Went into a slot for neo-natal and never looked back.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 06:49 PM (jJdaW)
https://tinyurl.com/mtj22vj9
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:48 PM (l3cgK)
"I was just trying to take the temperature of my dick..."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)
Million to one shot, Doc! Million to one.
Posted by: Frank Costanza at October 02, 2026 06:50 PM (xaJZb)
I refreshed, and now it is Anal Foreign Object thread.
How did it get there?
OK, nevermind.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 06:44 PM (G+1P3)
/starts skipping rope
I see Paris
I see France
I see something shoved in yer Ass...
Wait... new version?
Posted by: Romeo13 at October 02, 2026 06:50 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Crapital One at October 02, 2026 06:51 PM (MWfyi)
It's more 40k than 40k. Like South Park used to be.
I need the board game.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 06:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Romeo13
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Flashback: Mrs. Bernie Sanders (Jane) takes role of
President of Burlington College
"The tiny Vermont college that Bernie Sanders' wife used to run is going out of business — done-in by a $10 million real estate deal that she spearheaded"
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 06:52 PM (XeU6L)
I see France
I see something shoved in yer Ass...
Wait... new version?
Posted by: Romeo13
Allah hoo-hah ackthipp~!
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2026 06:52 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Since when did we start blanking out normal fucking words?
Any guess on the perps' culture?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 06:52 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Country Club Republicanism was more based on credentials of who we are sort of identity and right to rule. Basically a loathing of their own voters and a vague sense of the poor dears don't know any better and must be led by strong leaders. Coincidentally, they also were incredibly cheap and mean to others believing themselves to be a higher form of life due to their material wealth and good choice of ancestors. A lot of that class already drifted over to the Democrats now but in 2000's you had a high class gigolo Kerry running against a nepot incumbent who kept his donors happy enough to win a second term and keep Congress. And promptly squandered his reelection with half assed and poorly thought out amnesty, moving Social Security to Wall Street, and dithering on the coming crash on housing. And of course the War in Iraq became a war to establish an Iraqi and Afghan democracy .
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)
One of the funniest things i've ever seen was in Dental School when we had a Hospital Emergency Room Dentist come in and after his lecture,
as light-hearted entertainment showed us Xrays of all the things stuck up people's butts when they come into the Emergency Room.
Hilarious, He had a lot of good quips too.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 06:53 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: InZona at October 02, 2026 06:53 PM (rD4pF)
And make no mistake, the UK ***wants*** the migrants because the ruling class hates the whites.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 06:41 PM (G+1P3)
_____________________
Starting in April, the UK started paying France a total of 661 Million Euros. The money was to be used to discourage migrants crossing the Channel to the UK.
£501 million is a baseline package dedicated to bolstering security controls and beach enforcement in northern France. This funds nearly 1,100 military and law enforcement personnel, drones, a 50-strong specialized riot squad, two helicopters, and a new maritime vessel. The rest was for a trial fund in the event that it didn't stop anything.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 06:53 PM (dIske)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 06:44 PM (36x1j)
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She was raised Catholic, became a lesbian, then pretended she was trans. She would have these wicked insights on Dem corruption, and then do nothing to stop them from getting power.
Total worthless hypocrite. In the 1990s, she was considered something of a conservative though. On my reading list for my senior seminar on the history of American intellectual conservatism. Great class, probably couldn't do it now.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 06:53 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Oldcat
And I have no idea what that is. She's all over the place.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
Our public thinkers cannot admit error and thus cannot admit that the values that they crusaded upon as yutes was in fact wrong headed, evil at times, and rather idiotic. They honestly believed in Commie bullshit that this time it was different. The rotten fruit of a debased Enlightenment after WWI gutted the better part of it.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 06:56 PM (dK+Kv)
I refreshed, and now it is Anal Foreign Object thread.
How did it get there?
"You're never gonna believe this, doc, but..."
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 06:56 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 06:16 PM (2GVsD)
I had to look that up. Time to go medieval on him....
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 06:58 PM (kX27y)
Since Google and Youtube started demonetizing Bad Think.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 06:58 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:52 PM (E4rtv)
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Like many demographic terms, it has shifted over time. My grandparents were Country Club Republicans - literally members of a country club who voted Republican.
They were pro-life, pro-gun, and loved Reagan. Wanted a strong economy and low regulation of business. When Detroit rioted, Poppy got a shotgun.
That got perverted in the 1990s to be "How can I get the cheapest labor by outsourcing?"
I also think the nepo baby thing is a major factor. People to the manor born know nothing of how common people live. My grandfather was a self-made man, and also Catholic, so probably atypical.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 07:00 PM (10NPz)
Like really studying women to figure them out.
Answer age old questions like:
"Why do the go to bathroom in groups?"
"Are they really staying at home tonight to wash their hair?"
"What's the trick to staying out of the Friend Zone?"
"Do they think every man in a relationship is supposed to be a mindreader?'
"How do I know what I did if you expect me to remember all thing the things I've ever done and pick the one hat offended you the most this week?"
"Why is the initital toilet seat position so important to you? You know it goes down as easily as it goes up, right?"
Mysteries abound in the world of birthing persons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
Last week 800,000 people attended an open air Mass in France after a prayer vigil that filled an 80,000 seat stadium and featured a parade of French saints including Crusaders and Louis IX, whose arrival drew a roar of approval from the crowd.
This week Muslims are rioting.
Probably a coincidence.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:01 PM (ZOv7s)
From X just now,
"A search warrant affidavit obtained by WFAA Friday said 911 dispatch received the call and the caller hung up the phone. Dispatch got the caller back on the line and a female said all units were needed, and before they could get more information about what was going on, the caller hung up again, the affidavit said.
When deputies arrived at the scene, they could hear a woman yelling at them to get more units and told them she had a gun in her hand, according to the search warrant affidavit. Deputies saw the woman, identified as 42-year-old Colleen Nichole Lemmon, had blood on her hands. When deputies got into the mobile home, they found Lemmon in the living room “covered in blood with a gun next to her,” the affidavit said, and had “what seemed to be self-inflicted cuts to her wrists.”
Lemmon told deputies “I shot both of my kids” and said they were in the master bedroom and back bedroom, according to the affidavit. They found two men, 21-year-old Christopher Scott Pitre and a 15-year-old juvenile, with gunshot wounds to their heads. Pitre was pronounced dead at the scene, and the 15-year-old was taken to the hospital where he died "
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)
Since Google and Youtube started demonetizing Bad Think.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 06:58 PM (vTZFs)
Never seen so many *'s and people saying 'pew pew' instead of 'gun' in my life until YouTube started demonetizing people for using certain words.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
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They had one. It was called Home Economics and was hugely popular because it was so practical.
The radical feminists demanded the classes be stopped in the 1970s. I guess it was oppressive to teach women useful life skills.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)
"Joining over 30 Montanans in country, we will showcase our world-class products, build on longstanding relationships, and open new doors for Montana businesses, universities, and producers."
Why is the Governor of Montana leading a delegation to India and Sri Lanka?
https://tinyurl.com/ydu37758
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)
So retarded.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (dK+Kv)
Well, they're not wrong. The more sex a guy gets, the better he feels.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 06:35 PM (OkYzo)
There's an annual list...
Posted by: jim
Annual, or typo for anal? And...where would one find it for sale?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (+/CWD)
Since Google and Youtube started demonetizing Bad Think.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 06:58 PM (vTZFs)
Never seen so many *'s and people saying 'pew pew' instead of 'gun' in my life until YouTube started demonetizing people for using certain words.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)
Many years ago, AOL tried to reduce the sexual content by changing the word "cock" into "thingy". So when someone wrote "I cocked my shotgun", it was changed to "I thingyed my shotgun."...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)
The highly lucrative dental floss market.
Posted by: Crapital One at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)
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Althouse is still alive? News to me.
I stopped reading her years ago when it became clear that as much as she talked of "cruel neutrality," she would vote for Marquis de Sade so long as he ran as a Democrat.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Like really studying women to figure them out.
Answer age old questions like:
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:00 PM (6ydKt)
Engineering can have classes on how to put down the toilet seat.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)
Abortion at 252 months seems a bit crazy to me, but if that's what pro-choice means now I guess we're going there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)
The smart move would be to write these guidelines mocking the current student leadership and accuse them of all they accuse others of.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 07:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
To export Lentils. And Wheat. I shit you not.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:06 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 06:35 PM (OkYzo)
There's an annual list...
Posted by: jim
Annual, or typo for anal? And...where would one find it for sale?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (+/CWD)
https://tinyurl.com/mtj22vj9
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:06 PM (l3cgK)
And after the test they all bolted to go out and get drunk and skip the rest of the class bc the test was so stressful.
Posted by: Random PJ at October 02, 2026 07:06 PM (+jscL)
Well, they're not wrong. The more sex a guy gets, the better he feels.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (1Ff7Z)
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I mean, unless you have some guys run a train on you and feel slutty about it two years later.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Seems like that would be a lot of mansplaining to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:07 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (jJdaW)
Yeah, the "STATES HE HAS A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS RECTUM THAT IS VIBRATING. HE STATES HE WAS WITH A GIRL LAST NIGHT AND DOESN'T REMEMBER MUCH" was funny...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:08 PM (l3cgK)
Now it is basically Reed College with an attitude.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 07:08 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (wh7vU)
They were pro-life, pro-gun, and loved Reagan. Wanted a strong economy and low regulation of business. When Detroit rioted, Poppy got a shotgun.
That got perverted in the 1990s to be "How can I get the cheapest labor by outsourcing?"
I also think the nepo baby thing is a major factor. People to the manor born know nothing of how common people live. My grandfather was a self-made man, and also Catholic, so probably atypical.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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It is a complicated story but goes at least two generations before your grandfather. The great realignment of 1896 is what caused the split. But the GOP veered from patricians like Taft or Hughes to populist governors like Harding and Coolidge, then back to a patrician, Hoover. Goldwater and Nixon were never viewed as one of the patricians for example, nor Reagan. Instead they favored Rockefeller in 64, Romney in 68, and GHWB in 80. And that is in part because they viewed their past backgrounds as lacking. Class snobbery.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:05 PM (dK+Kv)
Seems like that would be a lot of mansplaining to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:07 PM (6ydKt)
I was at a house where the toilet had one of those carpet-like covers on the lid...I had to pee, while standing, with one hand on the lid to keep it from falling down and swatting my member...
I think it was done on purpose...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:06 PM (xaJZb)
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Will they pay us in truck drivers?
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:03 PM (ZOv7s)
They taught Home Economics as an elective semester class at my middle school in the late 80s.
I took it because the only other option was Typing and I chose to be able to eat cooked food in class and check out the cuties I knew would be there.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:11 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)
My father's parents were born in 1896...their parents in the 1860's...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)
NGL - Every University Town in the State is Batshit Crazy Leftist. They would suck a mile of brown dicks to get some Tika Masala.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:12 PM (xaJZb)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Kids are going to demand a right to carry so they can live through childhood soon. Especially male kids.
Or we can hang these witches in the square and embarass them to the extent that the whole trend crashes and burns. They need to pay for what they did.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:12 PM (E4rtv)
So, I am sure that is the motivation behind the trip. Trade.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:13 PM (xaJZb)
It's not a toybox, ladies.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)
Puts "Free Willy" in a different context...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Seen on a t-shirt at October 02, 2026 07:13 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
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Oh, your parents must have grown up with middle aged Vic then.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (E4rtv)
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Right, but the rule used to be that as income and education increased, a person was more likely to vote Republican.
In the 1990s that started to invert, and so now we have leftist billionaires and faculty with zero Republicans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:14 PM (jJdaW)
I think it was done on purpose...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:10 PM (l3cgK)
Had a lid like that.
Eventually you get the hang of the juggling act of holding it up with one hand and holding it down with the other.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Here's the thing: in 1980 I voted for the first time for Reagan. Absolutely nothing in my political leanings have changed from that day to this. I'm still right where I was. I'm far more cynical, yes, and I have a much greater appreciation for the very real dangers of Big Gov, but for the most part I'm the same. The Pedocrats have steadily been marching left for over forty years. The media considers them the moderate center and I'm not far right. I have never voted for a Democrat, but I'm open minded: I'd do it if they put fourth sensible policies but they never have at any level of government.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:12 PM (xaJZb)
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Again, the white middle-aged AWFLs volunteering at refugee centers to get some dick, finding a nice promising swarthy man they think they can control and getting killed by him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)
https://tinyurl.com/ykzfhxwz - goes to X.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: you really don't want to know at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (NxbVa)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (MWfyi)
Eventually you get the hang of the juggling act of holding it up with one hand and holding it down with the other.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:14 PM (6ydKt)
We thought it would be funny if....
Posted by: Allen Funt at October 02, 2026 07:16 PM (U/s6V)
From Alpha News:
Eighty-nine-year-old Glenda of Hastings had just enjoyed a Saturday afternoon with her three daughters, who had come over to help plan a big celebration for her upcoming 90th birthday.
After her daughters left, Glenda settled into her living room, looking forward to a quiet, relaxing evening. But the peace didn’t last long.
Suddenly, she heard a loud crash coming from the direction of her garage. She got up to investigate, peeked into her kitchen and was met with a terrifying sight: a large, naked man smashing everything in sight.
And Glenda had a pretty good idea who he was.
The man, she believed, lived in a group home across the street and had already been involved in three significant incidents in her neighborhood since mid-August.
“I thought I am victim four,” she told Alpha News.
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 07:16 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)
Shhh. Let's see what happens.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 07:16 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Althouse was as dull as dishwater on her posts. And could not employ her logic from law training to reason out that Democrats in WI were being objectively evil. She just could not change her programming despite ample evidence and part of that was rooted in her kid being gay I think.
Viewing GOP as meanies because they did not approve and validate her kid's lifestyle.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (E4rtv)
https://tinyurl.com/ykzfhxwz - goes to X.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (ExV1e)
Okay, I'd rather have pumpkin spice...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (l26NL)
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The GOPe has very much moved left. They wring their hands about Trump, but he's Bill Clinton in 1992. Better on guns by a long shot, but not a radical and certainly not far right.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: The rest of the story we would like to hear at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:15 PM (MWfyi)
So sorta like a hobo skin...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:18 PM (l3cgK)
Viewing GOP as meanies because they did not approve and validate her kid's lifestyle.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (E4rtv)
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It's one thing to never be a grandmother because your kid didn't settle down or whatever. But her ideology requires her to rejoice that she will never have grandchildren, and she also has to face both the internal and the increasing external evidence that gay doesn't just happen, someone causes it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Light years better on abortion, on trying to make America better for someone other than himself, and getting head from interns in the oval office.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:20 PM (ExV1e)
When they're that violent that young, what do you do with these juveniles? They're bent-twigs, but we can't just execute them.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at October 02, 2026 07:22 PM (ksbjf)
It is a myth
Posted by: Paul at October 02, 2026 07:22 PM (vhVJL)
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Althouse is a fucking pigheaded shitfuck whose schtick wore out 150 years ago
Fucking retard who argues about how awful dems are and then votes dems anyway every time
thats her entire fucking blog for the past 150 years
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 02, 2026 07:22 PM (fapp/)
In the 1990s that started to invert, and so now we have leftist billionaires and faculty with zero Republicans.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
It was always there at the premier institutions since WWII at the very least, but the post WWII classic liberals tolerated conservatives as sort of lovable losers as the New Deal coalition was viewed as lasting forever. Vietnam shattered that consensus and the new left rooted in the 60's and the Frankfurt School's rotten fruit began their long march through educational institutions with people like Billy Ayers. And fewer and fewer classic liberals were left with more and more rage filled socialist activists and Fed gov simply kept shoveling money at universities and students fueling the fire by overproducing half baked pseudo elites. And the children of the Billy Ayers new left generation now runs all the elite educational institutions and has gutted K12 education with the help of education unions.
And they run a lot of corporate America, law, and finance along with entertainment too.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:23 PM (E4rtv)
I know this sounds all sorts of cold and shit...
but we'd put them down if they were animals behaving that way.
And. They are animals behaving that way.
Not being cavalier about it. Just realistic.
Posted by: garrett at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (xaJZb)
Fucking retard who argues about how awful dems are and then votes dems anyway every time
thats her entire fucking blog for the past 150 years
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger
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I read the comment section, not her particularly as I found her vapid and wishy washy.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tMtFQiRt at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (V+dao)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Yeah, Trump is in that true 90s middle of the road sweet spot.
Even more-so than Clinton as even he got NAFTA through and then gave China Most Favored Nation status (thanks to those poverty-stricken Buddhist monks hefty campaign donations).
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop
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Lifetime in care or if they continue their evil ways, then moving them to prison.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (E4rtv)
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Thats what i do here, it took me several years before I realized there was actually content above the comment section too
Posted by: The Unvaxxed and Unmasked Ranger - FAP Certified at October 02, 2026 07:25 PM (fapp/)
At the same time, putting in simple protections against fraud are eschewed as "disenfranchisement", which is only the case if you don't mind illegal, ineligible, dead, and the imaginary voting.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 07:35 PM (l3cgK)
*types*
*deletes*
So, the latest cute thing that Lil Pooky is doing is that he learned to coast on his scooter on the kitchen floor.
Posted by: pookysgirl is reminding you to hug your kids at October 02, 2026 07:38 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: SimoHayha at October 02, 2026 08:03 PM (IeYnM)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Not quite. And it must be remembered about Clinton is that he is a straight up politician who just wanted to be in the WH for eight years.
He started out as the biggest government of big government types. Then 1994 came and that was fully rejected so he shifted his views for one purpose: To Stay In The WH.
Clinton was never left nor right in a real sense, Clinton was about Clinton. I think he will be looked at as an irrelevant, mediocre president as a result.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 08:22 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 02, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
Yes, they've moved left and a lot of the neocons already are in the Dems, but they are getting pretty late for moving over to Democrats with the woke and communist and islamic psychopaths.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 09:08 PM (uhVAy)
Clinton was never left nor right in a real sense, Clinton was about Clinton. I think he will be looked at as an irrelevant, mediocre president as a result.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 08:22 PM (6jna9)
Clinton's "genius" was his willingness to toss out every Democratic ideal to hold onto power when he lost popularity and had the scandals - he was more Republican than Dole and even broke up welfare just to hang on. It took Obama for the new grift to return.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 09:14 PM (uhVAy)
What an idiot.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 09:16 PM (uhVAy)
Jack Smith Appears to Have Lied to Congress About His Pretext for Hounding Trump About Missing Documents
Just like the Russiagate Hoax.New documents first obtained by the Daily Caller suggest former special counsel Jack Smith may have misled lawmakers and the public regarding the pretext for his investigation into President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents. The documents reveal the National Archives' internal watchdog did not consider its February 2022 message to the Justice Department (DOJ) about Trump's possession of classified documents a criminal referral, contradicting Smith's account of how the case began. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) case report from February 2022, obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, notes that its message to the Justice Department was a referral, but not a criminal referral. Smith had previously claimed in court filings that the investigation was "[p]rompted by NARA's discovery of classified documents in the 15 boxes in January 2022 and a criminal referral from NARA in February 2022."So first he admitted he predicated opening the investigation on the NARA "referral." But when it turned out that you can't open a criminal investigation based on a non-criminal "referral," he retconned his story and said it wasn't based on the NARA complaint.
"The OIG determined that this matter and the other relevant matters be classified as -R (referral to DOJ for their assessment and guidance, not the same as a criminal referral for prosecution which is only done for criminal investigations)," the report first made in 2022 and edited throughout 2023 to include such information notes. FBI messages included in the documents show that the bureau first treated the missing documents complaint as a "spillage" issue with "little likelihood of being pursued as a criminal matter." ... "Based on the allegations as set forth below and as supplemented by our virtual meeting, Matters 1, 2, and 3 are not matters for which PIN would open a criminal investigation at this time. If you develop additional evidence related to these allegations, especially as to the contents of the underlying documents or any evidence," it continued about the potential case. ... In June 2023, Smith's office received a massive trove from NARA: 54 spreadsheets of text messages from inside Trump's orbit obtained from the White House custodian. After obtaining the documents, senior attorney Thomas Windom was eavesdropping on the conversations between Trump and his top advisors in his first administration, including former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, former Deputy Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, first daughter Ivanka Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and many others. It appears the review was done without first separating potentially privileged information.
Republican Senator Jack Haggerty has filed a bar complaint against sleazy Democrat operative Jack Smith.
Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn., filed a bar complaint against former Special Counsel Jack Smith on Wednesday for his "serious misconduct" in running the Biden-era Arctic Frost lawfare against Donald Trump and other Republicans. Jack Smith is "a blatantly partisan actor and his prosecutorial misconduct damaged our constitutional order. He should never be able to practice law again," Hagerty wrote in an X post announcing his filing. The complaint filed with the Tennessee Supreme Court's Board of Professional Responsibility takes aim at Smith's use of subpoenas to obtain the phone toll records of Hagerty and other Republican members of Congress. Not only did Smith and his team seek and obtain non-disclosure orders to prevent the phone companies from notifying the GOP officials that their records were being subpoenaed, but they also reportedly did not disclose to the court approving the NDOs that the subpoenas targeted members of Congress.Marsha Blackburn has already sued him, and wants him criminally charged.
"I think that it would be a good thing for him to face prosecution," Blackburn told the John Solomon Reports podcast this week just hours before she filed her lawsuit alleging Smith was never lawfully a special counsel and therefore violated her rights as a member of Congress by collecting her phone records. "I think it would be a good thing for him to have to reveal who all was in on this with him, and I think it would be a very good thing for him to have to return all these records to the people that he [has] victimized," she said.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (hzuYO)
Sorry, been out.
It's about the war, man.
And Trump.
Didn't mean to beat you up like that.
Put some ice on it.
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (hzuYO)
Marsha Marsha Marsha. That's crazy talk.
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (2Xqig)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (MWfyi)
A Gentleman Moron is fd
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (hzuYO)
I think it certainly would be a good thing too.
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (e4VtS)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 05:17 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (MWfyi)
Turn in your Moron card.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (e4VtS)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (I43vL)
Instead I find myself here...
I wish my new finding of booze screwing up my sleep had not happend. Sleep has been impacted for over a month due to stress.
I miss my Friday deck dance while dinner cooks. Maybe this week I can unstress myself. Ticks me off, man.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:19 PM (hzuYO)
This was an op to take down our republic as we know it. It not only subverted the constitution, it ran over the entire body of law to do it.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:19 PM (XmYaM)
She misspelled "woodchipper," but I have to agree with "Nothing will happen" guy.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 05:20 PM (/C5Rl)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 05:20 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:20 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:21 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat"
And I didn't even look at your butt.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM
You homo!
Posted by: The little devil on Pinto's shoulder at October 02, 2026 05:21 PM (/C5Rl)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat"
And I didn't even look at your butt.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (fyi)
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Lol. I did kiss you, though.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:21 PM (hzuYO)
The dems (and commies in general) do not believe in any system or rules that do not allow them power. Their only concern is gaining power. They do not care if they break laws or pervert thevsystem as long as they either can get away with it or break the system enough to where they do not need the trappings of the system any more. It is the same with the UK and EU.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 05:21 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:19 PM (XmYaM)
Military tribunals and hangings.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 05:22 PM (e4VtS)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
"Why Am I NOT Fifty points ahead, you might ask?"
No Hilda, we ask "why are you not in prison for fifty years, yet?"
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 05:23 PM (vbXSk)
the plucking of his beard with pliers
the breaking of every bone in both of his hands
2 whacks with a bat to his testicles
pulling the skin off of his ass with pliers
Perhaps this will serve as a warning to others to not engage is such evil.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 02, 2026 05:23 PM (7aGEe)
Republicans quit key battleground Senate race.
Oh no! All is lost!
Actual:
It's just the Senate Leadership Fund, controlled by John Thune, that's already spent over $30 million in NC.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:24 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Whoopie at October 02, 2026 05:24 PM (BmQWk)
A President is subordinate to the National Archives?
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 02, 2026 05:24 PM (XV/Pl)
"I think that it would be a good thing for him to face prosecution,"
Absolutely. He should have the opportunity to prove in open court that he's being persecuted, by revealing every scrap of evidence no matter how it shakes out.
You know who tries to avoid trials in open court? Guilty men. Prove those dastardly conservatives wrong!
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:25 PM (y9nCu)
Always thought it odd they had to pluck a guy from the Hague for this job, but I guess he was the best pit bull they could find after Andrew Weisman left DOJ.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)
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Oh no, not that. That's inhuman. Filing a Bar complaint to a Bar Association that had no problem suspending then reinstating an individual who admittedly altered a FISA warrant (in less than a year).
Why not just take away Smith's crayons?
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)
And there were hundreds (thousands?) directly involved in The Real Insurrection, which has been ongoing since ? post WW2 (with the CIA recruits from Europe) ?, or post Civil War, or maybe since our founding, at different levels.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 05:28 PM (vbXSk)
No, John never committed any crime or violated any rule of ethics--in fact, he was upholding the ethical rule to zealously advocate for your client.
Except for the "But Trump Rule" that makes everything a crime if Trump does it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:28 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:24 PM (3cUTc)
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It's Sen. Tim Scott making the call on who gets the Senate fund money. That's why Paxton is getting zilch. Scott was all in for Cornyn....even campaigned for him.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:28 PM (dIske)
Last week we were at a park with the older two kids. Grandson was with me at a picnic table where we had lunch.
Our girlie, who is sadly just like me in looks and behavior, had to use the loo. She'd just used it at the house but needs to examine all restrooms like she's in the dept of health. My husband took her to the men's, which may change her attitude.
We'd already ignored a homeless man who waved the peace sign to us and I'd hoped that was it for weirdness.
Instead, in my dude's absence, a man (older than me and with what appeared to be paint brush bristles in his nostrils) came and sat across from me with a big ole hello. I informed him we were not with a group at the other end of the pavillion. He didn't move and there were plenty of empty spaces on the benches.
Grandson came at sat by me in case he was a bad man. Then a woman came and sat by me to protect her man.
Husband and girlie returned and I said to have a nice day. All I want is to be left alone. My husband says I am a magnet for crazy people without realizing the irony.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:26 PM (dIske)
He probably ate them one night when he had really bad muchies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (XYi+6)
Posted by: DanMan at October 02, 2026 05:30 PM (8uzBS)
John Eastman
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:30 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:30 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (XYi+6)
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Been watching that stuff myself. The big tell is that the riots popped up across the country in different urban areas instantaneously. It wasn't a flashpoint mob in one location. It was orchestrated. I'm not understanding the strategy other than intimidation. And, that seems premature.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:28 PM
Trump is taking care of paxton by campainging for him and giving him a ton of $$$ through his pac. He made a campaign stop here in Texas for him yesterday and then made a quick stop at the choctaw casino in OK after that.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 05:32 PM (I43vL)
And, also magnetic, two crazies repel each other.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:32 PM (6ydKt)
Absolutely. It everywhere Lille, Brest, Tours, Le Ciotat, etc. no way that’s organic.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:33 PM (XYi+6)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:30 PM (/OKHJ)
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Less than two weeks ago they appropriated nothing, but claimed they would assist in getting the word out, and send advisors. Did they change their minds?
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:33 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:34 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)
It’s a stupid move that will backfire and only increase National Rally’s lead next year in the election.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:35 PM (6ydKt)
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That's what I was thinking about, how that same SLF blew $100 million trying to save Cornyn.
And isn't that the same outfit that sent millions to save Murk in AK while it was $0 for the Senate candidates in AZ?
They are like a reverse-Cramer on candidates who need help--who they help, don't need it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:36 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (XYi+6)
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It's probably too late. Frenchmen I used to see were tiny men in comparison to my guys. Small boned against the Afrikkans wilding.
Once we were in Paris and eating lunch. There was a huge police presence with riot gear. The reason? Families were marching against abortion.
The bastid police lied to us about a subway being closed down due to this "riot" which caused us to walk more. I know the little twit did this on purpose (I said that with a French accent).
We were in Paris about five times and I am glad I got to see it before they burned Notre Dame. Food was good. I ignored anyone who was rude to me, and it was only a few. The cities outside Paris were better or I didn't care as I always had a lot of wine.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:36 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:19 PM (XmYaM)
Military tribunals and hangings.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
It was a continuous op from the Clintons going through GOP personnel files for blackmail through the Obama administration who turned the US nat sec sigint into a hoover mass wiretapping and later ran the Russia Russia op to try to remove Trump and protect themselves, to the fake and gay 2020 massive election cheat followed by the Jan 6 persecutions and instigation followed by massive illegally built cases against Trump and a number of his appointees putting several in jail, and judges, including appellate court judges, top Obama and Biden administration officials (and Clintonites), Fauci and his Covid crap, prosecutors like Mueller, Billy Bagpipes Barr, Willis, etc. etc. were in on it. Even Pence and Mitch McConnell appear to be a co conspirator of this massive and decades long op.
The Dems and Never Trumpers made it so big by doubling down that they are essentially daring Trump to start a Civil War by punishing them.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:37 PM (XYi+6)
Neither was the planned attack in the UK.
Or the hijacking of the FlyDubai flight to Israel.
Or Ceuta.
Or Abdul El-Sayed.
The west is under attack by muslims. It's jihad.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 05:39 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 05:40 PM (jJdaW)
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Neither was the planned attack in the UK.
Or the hijacking of the FlyDubai flight to Israel.
Or Ceuta.
Or Abdul El-Sayed.
The west is under attack by muslims. It's jihad.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:38 PM
No, it's all a distraction from the Epstein and UAF Files.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:41 PM (XYi+6)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 05:40 PM
Pfft.
Posted by: Johnny Thune and the GOPe at October 02, 2026 05:42 PM (0sNs1)
It's about the war, man.
And Trump.
Didn't mean to beat you up like that.
Put some ice on it.
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (Y8DZL)
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Are you referring to the war with Canada? Are we running out of missiles yet?
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 05:42 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:42 PM (dIske)
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 05:42 PM (rj6Yv)
__________________
Not to worry. There are plenty of things to rename to piss off the Canucks. Words, after all, are violence.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:44 PM (XYi+6)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:38 PM (viFm)
*******
Yep!
Hondurans are marching to our Southern border. We'll see what Mexico does with them. I guess Ceuta gave them the idea and Soros paid them.
It's only a matter of time before France or England implode. Then it's up to the people to fight back. I think they will in England based on crowds at times for free speech. I pray so. France? Dunno. Unless there is a growing number of the underground French Resistance.
I saw the video of a teacher being shot with a mini flamethrower in her face yesterday. Is there a mini flamethrower store in France? Did he make it? I want one.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:44 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Skip
He is essentially the pawn just like Eisen and Elias are which are catpaws for the people behind the Biden junta and the Obama administration who are really teh middle managers--big donors and tycoons, media types, Nat Sec types, and legal eagles to structure coverups.
Globo Homo has destabilized almost every government in the West using the same generic tactics for regime change that used to be used on our foes during the Cold War. It is not a coincidence that the WEF was outright bleating its desire to kill off about 90 percent of the world population. That requires wars, destruction of infrastructure, disease, despair leading to ODs and suicides, trannyism, abortion on maxx, and famine.
Turns out something like the Kingsman plot seems to parallel the real ideal.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Nothing Will Happen at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (W3Srb)
It's looking close, and if nobody gets above 50% there will be a runoff election on Sunday, October 25th.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:36 PM
Now go away, or we shall taunt you some more!
Posted by: French Castle Guards at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (0sNs1)
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Have you heard about how the locals there are getting to experience the cultural enrichment and diversity of finding cats cut in half, acts of torture to kill them?
Oh, those muslim boys! Such scamps! ha-ha!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Jeff Bezos at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 05:40 PM (jJdaW)
At leas the isn't running for re-election.
Unless he changed his mind and I didn't hear about it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:46 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 05:46 PM (bELOb)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
GOP has its DEI politicians too. Kevin McCarthy bragged on it as a matter of fact. GOP needs to get beyond the ruling class fascination on race even if the Dems don't go along. Support competent people and let the race/sex/ethnicity fall where it may.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:47 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:47 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM (3cUTc)
Torturing small animals is the biggest sign of a potential serial killer.
It the shoe fits.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:47 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 02, 2026 05:48 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 05:49 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Skip
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More like the 1905 Russian uprising. A taste of what is to come. And Macron as a feckless czar with an idiotic and imperious first lady is a pretty good role casting.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:49 PM (E4rtv)
That's when the Collin County lawsuit was filed by a former grass roots gang (Texans for Lawsuit Reform, teamed with a dem group called The Lonestar Project)) that relied on them. The attorneys were from Houston: Brian Wice, Kent Schhaffer and Nicole LaBorde.
They told Collin County their fee would be under $30k. Their first invoice came in at owell over $300k. Collin County dropped the suit.
The Houston attorneys got it moved to Houston. con't
Posted by: DanMan at October 02, 2026 05:49 PM (8uzBS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Supposedly a bagman intermediary for extortion on that court from defendants.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:47 PM (E4rtv)
Scott started out fine as a local politician and has a lot of support. He did help Trump some during the first term, and wasn't a total backstabber like every other GOPe, including Lindsay.
But he has apparently gotten bored with the job in DC, and I think he'll come back home and run for governor one day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Jeff Bezos at October 02, 2026 05:45 PM
Stay in your lane.
Posted by: Principal Foote at October 02, 2026 05:50 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:44 PM (XYi+6)
*******
Tactics now, and ongoing for decades, are to invade, repopulate, take over voting blocs, and control without firing a shot. Raping and murder don't count in their playbook of taqiyya.
They've done this in Paris and London since the late '90's there were no go places in Paris the police would not enter.
They've not hid their agenda for the Ummah.
To destroy the West with our democracy, courts and laws...using both for their protection... while throwing the racist and islamophobe cards.
Sheep to a slaughter.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:50 PM (hzuYO)
I don’t think I ever had a class in school with fewer than 30 kids.
It’s all gay and regarded and an op.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 02, 2026 05:51 PM (W3Srb)
And not to riot?
Well, there's the problem then.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 05:51 PM (3cUTc)
Well, he should be near to the opposing power, as in hanging from a rope.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 05:51 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 05:51 PM (/QHx4)
Because the PRA lacks direct criminal penalties, the Justice Department can't prosecute a former official simply for violating that specific act.
Instead, the stark divergence in how Donald Trump and Joe Biden were treated legally came down to "cooperation versus obstruction," which triggered separate, highly punitive federal laws so said Jack Smith and the rest of the motley crew.
The investigation into Joe Biden—led by a Republican-appointed Special Counsel, Robert Hur—concluded that criminal charges were not warranted.
While Hur's report noted evidence that Biden had retained classified files from his vice presidency, the case lacked the core element required for criminal prosecution: intent to obstruct. In other words, they could not establish the mandatory mental state (mens rea) required to secure a conviction for obstruction of justice because Biden both played around & had dementia, imo. (Not a lawyer.)
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 05:52 PM (NFX2v)
Some muzzie country ( I think the Saudis) are building a large mosque in .....Cuba.
So it appears they are entering the grand battle to take possession of that territory. Iran and Islam have seen S. America as ripe for conquest and are very active. This is part of the red/green alliance that is overlooked -- Socialism destroys a society and especially kills off the church, and then islam move in -- it's pre-ruined so they have fewer building to pull down and burn.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 05:52 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 05:53 PM (vbXSk)
Remember when bbcakes barr wrote his own summary of the mueller report where he lied about "no collusion", released that a month-ish prior to the actual report, so magats had a "credible" source to cite instead of actually reading and citing the actual report that maybe did actually find a bit of collusion?
They were trying to discredit a decent, honest and dedicated government employee who found evidence that Trump committed serious crimes and he was ready to prosecute him.
Smith came out of it with his integrity intact and with the possibility that he may yet actually prosecute Trump.
The people who own the media are Trump cronies. If the public sees Smith as credible it will endanger their place of power.
The peculiar form of psychological damage inflicted by having a billion dollars leads those people to prefer any eventuality where they remain rich and powerful, even if everyone else dies. Destroying the free press barely registers.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 05:53 PM (+/CWD)
I don’t think I ever had a class in school with fewer than 30 kids.
It’s all gay and regarded and an op.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 02, 2026 05:51 PM
I never had a class with close to thirty kids in it until my mom and dad got divorced and we left the trailer park to move to the wrong side of the tracks and I went to an inner city ghetto high school.
I think my HS graduating class was a little over 300 and half of them could not read or write.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 05:55 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (hzuYO)
My guess is he knows exactly what he said.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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I Keeeeeel you!
Posted by: Student in overcrowded class at October 02, 2026 05:56 PM (G+1P3)
Just yesterday, Judge Aileen Cannon struck down a request from a group of fired FBI agents and analysts who all participated in the in the Mar A Lago raid to clarify whether or not they could testify about Vol. 2 of Jack Smith's idiotic report against Trump because they once again violated Florida law with their request. Judge Cannon is the same judge who threw Smith prosecution of Trump out and sealed his report in the first place because he was not legally hired.
>>Judge Cannon quickly strikes fired FBI agents' urgent plea for clarification from Mar-a-Lago docket
https://tinyurl.com/3aerxvmz
If there was a conspiracy case against Obama by the government the media would be spooging stories multiple times a day and everyone knows it. But it's Trump so they pretend it isn't happening. But it is. You just have to dig to find what's going on.
Smith's actions are already before a grand jury because he was part of the conspiracy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:29 PM (XYi+6)
And?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:57 PM (uhVAy)
Because I think the GOPe types hire the Democrat cheat machine on occasion to win primaries against honest opponents. And that is because the GOP consultant and donor class is well to the left of the average GOP voter. Used to have a fair number sprinkled around AOS as commenters but they have more or less left for other places now.
For example, Thune is cemented in office by big banks that run credit card operations in South Dakota. And Winred analysis indicates that Thune and a few other GOP types are also getting Smurfted donations to the extent in Thune's case, over a million bucks.
My best guess is that everyone in the Uniparty are already at the pillaging stage before they run out of town because they figure the Republic is done. All that is left is for the Dictator to arrive when the fiscal house of cards crashes world wide.
Trump is desperately trying to clear the decks by addressing foreign enemies, trying to grow faster than the debt, reshoring industries, rebuilding our defenses, and protecting this hemisphere for what is to come. And that upsets the Uniparty grifting operation and globo homo masters.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 02, 2026 05:57 PM (W3Srb)
Probably only 10 or so speak French, so it really is much smaller.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 05:58 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 02, 2026 05:58 PM (5U1m0)
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at October 02, 2026 05:58 PM (OGFx7)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:32 PM (dIske)
Well an obvious gambit is to cancel the elections because of the Unrest. Or something. The Little Napoleon will save France!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:58 PM (uhVAy)
2017 Hurricane Harvey knocket out all of the Harris County courtrooms in Houston. Collin County wouldn't pay. Dely, dely, dely
Then the RINOs in the Texas House decided to step in and file charges of impeachment on the last day of the 2023 session. Texas senators killed it.
All of the shit Paxton has faced is from dems and rinos and 90% of the repub goobers lost their seats. We are expecting a very good session for 2025.
Posted by: DanMan at October 02, 2026 05:59 PM (8uzBS)
My biggest worry is what shit ass actor's face looks like.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 05:51 PM (/QHx4)
I know the feeling.
I lay awake, sometimes, wondering wtf happened to
Nick Nolte and Mickey Rourke's faces.
*then my thoughts turn to Sydney and all is well with the world again*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 05:59 PM (aJQbY)
Wondering if teacher's disappearance had anything to do with Muslim students
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 06:00 PM (Ia/+0)
Y'all have a good weekend.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 06:01 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)
Its under attack by Globalists. Muslims are just a tool. The governments there are another.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)
But the public has fully embraced aged this notion so they’re onboard.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 02, 2026 06:01 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:57 PM (E4rtv)
Fuck 'em if they can't take an American Renaissance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 02, 2026 06:02 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: The other guy who says nothing will happen at October 02, 2026 06:03 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 05:59 PM (aJQbY)
Not a planet, a moon.
Moon Hedupass.
It's a companion of Uranus.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:03 PM (6ydKt)
But he has apparently gotten bored with the job in DC, and I think he'll come back home and run for governor one day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Mediocre politician in the Senate and his use of the race card a few years back on some controversy, forget what, indicates a willingness to traffic in racial tribalism.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Case at October 02, 2026 06:04 PM (9+0gc)
~~~~~
A friend of mine from HS named Mary married a guy named John Smith.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 06:04 PM (3ImbR)
But the public has fully embraced aged this notion so they’re onboard.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 02, 2026 06:01 PM (W3Srb)b
Because it does make sense.
But you are right.
Because there isn’t a critical mass of people who demand that if you take a paycheck from the taxpayer, you have zero business belonging to a union. Period.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:05 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
MAGA and reviving nationalism in the West are the stumbling blocks to the genocidal New World Order types. They literally plan policies resulting in massive deaths and suffering just so a bunch of mediocrities can live like aristocrats of old over a peasant class.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:44 PM (hzuYO)
Go to a chef supply place, they sell them for creme brulee.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:05 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:03 PM (E4rtv)
He's from North Charleston, it's typical politics for that town.
Scott has, mostly, been a racebaiter very few times.
He just isn't that impressive as a senator or media talker.
Lindsay was both, despite all his faults.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:06 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 06:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Case at October 02, 2026 06:04 PM (9+0gc)
was my dad's name lol.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:06 PM (uhVAy)
Except MSNow. 5pm coverage - 70+% disagree with Trump's handling of the economy. Yada, yada, yada.
Try polling outside your freaking office building.
Oh, and Trump may steal the election.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 06:06 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 06:07 PM (6Glai)
Smith came out of it with his integrity intact and with the possibility that he may yet actually prosecute Trump.
Oh Brother.....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 06:07 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:05 PM (E4rtv)
They miss their serfs and slaves.
Things were so much simpler and orderly then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)
Woke
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 06:07 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 06:08 PM (jivel)
Smith came out of it with his integrity intact and with the possibility that he may yet actually prosecute Trump.
Oh Brother.....
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 06:07 PM (+gK6I)
Drama club wanna be's doing performance art.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)
Hard to tell which head of the hydra is really in charge, if any. Globalists have a lot of money and power (as in the EU, IMF, UN I guess) ... but Islam has ~ two billion. And China has at least a billion under their thumb.
USA still has military power, and the markets and the USD, which is why the enemies that somewhat hate each other, want to destroy US first and foremost, it would seem.
The Saudis still want to fund mosques around the world (Germany/Texas) but take in ZERO Muslim refugees to their own country. idk about the Abraham Accords ... are there really parts of Islam that wants a more Westernized world? not sure.
WEF and globalists mostly hate the West, except for their own ruler role over "The West".
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 06:09 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 06:08 PM (jivel)
If LePen did it he would have lots of ideas...if he isn't the one doing it. Well his handlers.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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The only battles Macron fought were with his wife. Even then, he surrendered.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:09 PM (E4rtv)
I asked him how long he had been in Wit-Sec.
He did not get the joke.
*taps finger on nose*
*sly wink*
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 02, 2026 06:10 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 06:09 PM (vbXSk)
it's pretty easy. Are they shooting them yet? Then they are in charge. If they start shooting and lose, then you may have a case for Muslims, Inc.
You don't believe Macron is holding back because of morals or something?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)
WEF and globalists mostly hate the West, except for their own ruler role over "The West".
Posted by: illiniwek
I think that Trump has had enough of Saudis and their duplicity and if we don't need their oil anymore, then the whole Muzzie invasion shit will start to be folded up. When Iran gets stuffed, Trump is leaving the Middle East is my guess to the Israelis and the Arabs either make peace or eat missiles and bullets. Their choice. Same for that treacherous bastard Erdogan.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
>A buddy of mine is named John Thomas. He catches a lot of shit.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 06:13 PM (VQ7/I)
Things were so much simpler and orderly then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 06:07 PM (6ydKt)
Tell that to Haiti. Lol.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 06:13 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 05:41 PM (0sNs1)
Also false flag!
Posted by: 88C+u, Unz reader at October 02, 2026 06:13 PM (88C+u)
You don't believe Macron is holding back because of morals or something?
Posted by: Oldcat
None of Euroland has popular governments, they have puppets dancing on strings of WEF globo homo types.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)
Well, they COULD, but they cannot be allowed into power even if they win the election.
You know, to protect democracy.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:19 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 06:23 PM (bELOb)
WEF and globalists mostly hate the West, except for their own ruler role over "The West".
Posted by: illiniwek
Out of nowhere people are obsessed with the idea that TX has been overrun and taken over by evil Muslims. The way people talk, every church in the nearby town has been demolished and replaced by mosques.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 06:24 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 06:22 PM (Ia/+0)
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 at October 02, 2026 06:25 PM (6jna9)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Good God I hope not. But I did hear that Saudis were funding some mosque there, so it seems they are intent on Islamic Outreach. Was my point. And for Germany, it was like 300 mosques a few years back, while they were taking in zero "Muslim Migrants".
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 06:58 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: The Party of Hell No! at October 02, 2026 07:04 PM (2PJyQ)
Posted by: Goatweed at October 02, 2026 07:19 PM (jK3NL)
Posted by: tMtFQiRt at October 02, 2026 07:24 PM (V+dao)
Hollywood: Shit or Garbage?
Unexpectedly, it's expected to bomb.Early reports showed the production recreating the riots that Democrats have effectively weaponized for more than five years. They obsess over the subject, eager to paint all Trump supporters with that garish brush. Now, Jan. 6 has a movie all its own. An early report says "The Social Reckoning" weighs in on that ugly riot. World of Reel shares a pointed reaction to the film and its subject matter:Ana Navarro is urging the Disney Groomer Network to fight the FCC's investigation into its partisanship -- which would require it to devote equal time to the other side -- while urging viewers to vote Democrat.Sorkin has literally said the same thing on the record regarding Facebook and Jan. 6. The problem? Who will actually see the movie? Box office projections have "The Social Reckoning" opening to a very soft $6-$10 million on its opening weekend. The competition won't be stiff.
January 6th eventually comes up, the entire film builds toward it. The film's arc leads naturally to the suggestion that January 6th was, in part, a product of Facebook itself.
Salazar is actually an open borders "Republican," but that gets her no grace from the partisan Navarro.
ABC's The View co-host Ana Navarro urged viewers in a competitive Florida congressional district to vote and promoted the Democratic candidate challenging the Republican incumbent -- even as Disney-owned ABC is fighting to preserve the daytime program's status as a "bona fide" news interview program before the Federal Communications Commission. ... Navarro did not stop at encouraging viewers to participate in the election. She specifically discussed defeating Salazar and promoted her Democratic opponent. "And we can actually knock this woman out," Navarro said. "There's a great guy running. His name is Elliott Rodriguez. Give him a look!"
Speaking of intense partisans at the Disney Groomer Network: Programming chief Dana Walden (a real lefty scrunt) seems to hint that Jimmy Kimmel is donezo.
That simple comment could cause a major issue for The View, ABC, and the entire Disney company. The remarks come at a particularly notable moment for ABC because the network is currently embroiled in a dispute with the FCC over The View's treatment under federal equal-opportunities rules. In May, ABC and Disney-owned Houston station KTRK-TV formally petitioned the FCC to declare that The View qualifies as a "bona fide news interview program." ...
ABC maintains that The View qualifies for the exemption and has argued that FCC scrutiny of the program threatens the network's First Amendment rights. Navarro's remarks are now drawing renewed criticism of that position. Daily Wire opinion editor Ben Domenech responded, "How is this not electioneering? She's literally telling them who to vote for."
Disney's Dana Walden on Jimmy Kimmel's Late Night Future: "It's Challenging" The host is currently on a one-year contract for his ABC talk show."Daypart" = "part of the broadcasting day." Late night doesn't bring in the numbers as it did 20 years ago.
Disney's president [was] asked about the future of Jimmy Kimmel Live! Kimmel signed a one-year contract extension in December 2025 to keep hosting the late night show through the 2026-27 season, and Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw asked Walden if the host would be sticking around. "I'm not going to make that announcement here with you today," Walden said....
"The truth is, it's a very challenging daypart," Walden said Thursday at the Bloomberg event.
"That's not to say that Jimmy is not doing a phenomenal job, and his ratings are up. But they're up relative to a smaller audience that's watching late night on broadcast television." Kimmel and the show also have a big presence on YouTube and social media platforms, but those views and clicks bring in a fraction of the revenue that on-air advertising does. "That is not a lucrative opportunity for a very premium talk show," said Walden. "We're trying to make sense of the business while also honoring a deep partnership," she continued. "I love Jimmy; we have great friendship. He's close to a number of the people at Disney. We're trying to work through it and make sense of, what does Jimmy want, what's the right thing to do, and what's the right thing for our business."Doesn't this sound like an "it's not you, it's me"? James Gunn's Supergirl is bombing even on HBO, where subscribers can view it for no extra charge.
According to Nielsen's Streaming Top 10 for September 7 through September 13, Supergirl generated just 304 million minutes viewed in the United States during its first four days on HBO Max. That was enough to make Supergirl the No. 1 movie on HBO Max, but only the fifth most-watched streaming movie across the services measured by Nielsen. Perhaps more significantly for Warner Bros. and DC Studios, Supergirl's initial streaming consumption appears to have fallen well below several recent DC movies that were themselves regarded as major box office disappointments. That includes The Flash, Blue Beetle, Black Adam, and even Shazam! Fury of the Gods. ... Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Again? led the week with 908 million minutes, followed by The Whisper Man with 404 million and Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu with 366 million.James Gunn might soon be out. His Lanterns show takes a blowtorch to one of DC's most beloved heroes, Hal Jordan. This is probably because Hal Jordan is white and they want to replace him as the main Lantern with the black John Stewart. And because Hal Jordan was identified specifically as a Republican in a DC event. So, you know --Racist. So the show turns him into a murderer and loser. Oh, and kills him. Or maybe he took the coward's way out and killed himself.
Sunday's episode confirmed the death of Hal Jordan, and Green Lantern fans let the DC Studios co-head hear about it. Gunn spent Monday replying on Threads, telling one fan "sorry if you don't like it," and another that the DCU following their favorite comics continuity is "probably not going to happen." The episode reveals that following the events of Episode 5, Kyle Chandler's Hal Jordan went to prison for 10 years. ... One fan told Gunn to "at least respect the characters that made the comics popular." "Killing Hal off right away after we have waited 15 years to see him on screen again was the worst thing you could have done," the fan wrote. Gunn's answer, in full: "Hal's the star of TV series & he's in all the episodes so far. It's more live action screen time than all the live action screen time he's had combined throughout history. Kyle is amazing in the role. We more than respect him. We love him, despite his imperfections." ... Gunn says they love Hal. It's exactly what Cosmic Book News has questioned all season: you don't treat these characters this way if you love them. Hal Jordan waited 15 years to get back on screen. The DCU brought him back to send him to prison for a decade, confirm his death, and dig up his corpse for the ring. That's not paying homage. It's a mockery of the source material, the creators behind it, and the fans who made these characters popular in the first place. ... Per Cosmic Book News' sources, Gunn is expected out when his contract expires next year.Tom King, a leftwing depressive mope of a DC writer who has character assassinated every character he's been allowed to write, was one of the creators of the show. His specialty is deconstruction, so Gunn knew what he was getting when he hired King. King is also finally done at DC, "insiders" say.
Tom King, who co-created Lanterns and helped Gunn build the DCU, just exited his Wonder Woman comic, and per CBN's insiders, he's done at DC.A bad sign for Gunn is that his planned show, Dynamic Duo, about two of the Robins teaming up, has been "delayed." Cancelled, I think that means, as Paramount prepares a clean sweep of the DCU's personnel. Gunn wisely got his Superman sequel into production in a hurry, to make sure he at least has a job until the movie's release -- as Kathleen Kennedy often did. But after that, he's gonzo. By the way: the Lanterns writers have no imagination beyond today's Twitter Outrage. They say they based the Hal Jordan-John Stewart relationship -- an older white guy who won't give up his spot to the minority who wants to supplant him -- on the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris succession dynamic.
Hey Kids! Comics!! But they looooove Hal Jordan, right? They're absolutely obsessed with "racism" -- and attacking white people every five seconds.
The increasingly contentious relationship between Hal Jordan and John Stewart in HBO's Lanterns was partially informed by a surprising real-world political event: the 2024 transition from Joe Biden to Kamala Harris at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket. ... "What does it mean when you are the superhero and have been the superhero for decades and you've been holding on to this sort of legacy, and then all of a sudden this young guy comes around," Britt-Gibson said. John's individual characteristics were also deliberately positioned as threatening to the veteran Green Lantern. "Young and black," one panelist said. "And handsome, and strong, and confident. It's threatening," came the response from Britt-Gibson. "And fearless, of course. That's threatening." The writers then revealed that the extraordinary political events of 2024 became part of that creative conversation. ... The political upheaval was unfolding while the Lanterns writers were discussing similar themes involving Hal and John. "Right as we were having the conversation, we had already started talking about it and breaking it, the Democratic National Convention was coming up," Baden Kelly explained. "That's when we were trying to figure out who is going to be the front runner here. Is it going to be Kamala or is it going to be Biden?"
In other words, the Guardians of the Universe, beings of near-infinite power and hundreds of thousands of years old, chose a light-skinned black man to be a Green Lantern so that he wouldn't provoke Muh Racism in white people. Millennia-old space aliens who have had contact with 10,000 sentient alien species are all about the tiny distinctions in skin tones on Earth. This seems more of a "You Thing" than a "Guardians of the Universe Thing."
The writers of HBO's Lanterns changed John Stewart's backstory after Aaron Pierre was cast in the role, incorporating the actor's lighter complexion into a storyline in which John's appearance was considered "more palatable to White people."
... "John Stewart is supposed to be a dark-skinned Black man," Baden Kelly explained. "We are changing that canonically by having Aaron come in, and we need to change that in the writing. We need to find a way to make this make sense." Rather than simply accepting Pierre's appearance as another difference between a comic book character and his live-action counterpart, the writers decided to incorporate his complexion directly into John's upbringing. That decision ultimately became part of the explanation for why John was treated differently from his brothers. ... She then explained what the writers decided to add to John's story. "That's when we baked in this idea that part of his being chosen is because they felt like his particular looks were more palatable to White people," Baden Kelly said. "And if that is who he was going to have to impress to get this job, he was probably the more likely of the three brothers to be able to do it."We can turn Hal Jordan into a murdering loser, but we need a backstory involving space aliens sensitivity to "colorism" to explain why the TV version of John Stewart is one shade lighter than his comic book version. I continue to not understand why David Ellison bought Warner Bros/Discovery. It's an ailing brand whose biggest IP is billions of dollars of debt.
Warner Bros. Discovery stumbled in the second quarter, demonstrating the hazard of depending heavily on blockbuster returns from its Burbank film studio. Disappointing performances by "Supergirl" and "The Bride!" drove down quarterly theatrical revenue by 46%. The tepid showing illustrated how the Warner Bros. studio has fallen since last year when it was riding high at the box office with "Sinners" and "A Minecraft Movie." .. Overall, profit for Warner Bros. Discovery, which also is the parent of HBO, CNN, TLC and HGTV, plummeted 91% to $149 million, or 6 cents per share, compared to $1.6 billion in the second quarter of 2025 amid the film studio's blazing run. The company also fell short of Wall Street expectations for revenue, which sank 11% to $8.7 billion, despite noteworthy gains in its HBO Max streaming business.In fairness, the company did have a good 2025.
Jackass Bourgeois Revolutionary and Hamas supporter John Cusack's inner ugliness has marked his face, and major surgical interventions can't reverse it:
What has John Cusack done to his face?! Oh my fellow Gen Xers, let's not do this. Age gracefully, age disgracefully, whatever -- but don't do this Barry Manilow crap. #RealLloydDobler pic.twitter.com/bVNIwh88bE
— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) September 30, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Guy who always says "It's garbage" at October 02, 2026 04:14 PM (MWfyi)
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Professional critics who get paid to watch these movies.
During the Iraq war when W. was in the White House, several movies came out criticizing the war. No one watched them but critics who raved about them.
Same thing here.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (FZ29D)
Wth? That sounds like something my sundowning MIL would say when she couldn't think of the right word.
Posted by: Guy who always says at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 04:16 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 04:16 PM (jJdaW)
This is a lifelong commitment, as I will never see it ever. Not even for s&g.
That's how committed I am to never seeing this steaming pile of mutilated dumpster dick.
And I can be a glutton for punishment. I have the 4K disc of Poopergirl. I haven't had the stomach to watch it yet, but I will. Some day. Maybe.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (pfXMo)
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Professional critics who get paid to watch these movies.
During the Iraq war when W. was in the White House, several movies came out criticizing the war. No one watched them but critics who raved about them.
Same thing here.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (FZ29D)
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But, this has the extra wrinkle of being a direct sequel to The Social Network which made $225 million off a budget of $40 million more than a decade ago.
Sure, David Fincher didn't come back (he went off and directed a Quentin Tarantino sequel instead), but still.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (42WUB)
In the trash. I'm just not sure what it means in this context . Shit is deliberately screwing things up because of left wing slant ? , and garbage is just that they didn't even to try to make a compelling story, or what?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 02, 2026 04:19 PM (rJ48h)
Aaron Sorkin, he of the saintly Democrats and subhuman Republicans. Always wrong, never in doubt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:20 PM (/4Apn)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar
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Hollywood's height was the 1930s when it was the only visual mass medium in town.
WWII brought it down, and then, shortly after, television came about, and Hollywood has been steadily losing ground ever since.
Once MGM sold its library to CBS to show on TV, Hollywood was just on the glidepath to being...smaller.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:20 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 04:21 PM (RORbl)
Yeah. Lions, lambs, whatever
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:21 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (Gqar
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Hollywood's height was the 1930s when it was the only visual mass medium in town.
WWII brought it down, and then, shortly after, television came about, and Hollywood has been steadily losing ground ever since.
Once MGM sold its library to CBS to show on TV, Hollywood was just on the glidepath to being...smaller.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:20 PM (42WUB)
The best movies come from adaptations of the best literature. When done rightly.
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar8)
Some shit may be useful... ask any farmer or avid gardener. That's Useful Shit.
Other shit is useless at best, toxic at worst. That's Garbage Shit.
Hollywood is Garbage Shit.
Posted by: weew at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (9TspW)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar
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A lot of crap comes out that way, too.
I want the mediums to find more distance between them. Let good books be good books without needing them to become movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (42WUB)
Now you can't avoid that crap, and you don't want to see them or most of the time the movies either.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (uhVAy)
That skin is pulled so tight... can you imagine if it were exposed to sunlight?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (pfXMo)
Hollywood is replete with sexual harassment, pedophilia, financial chicanery, ruthless exploitation and disposal of the weak and helpless, and monstrous levels of income equality. None of which the Left ever criticizes.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (/4Apn)
It's a joke.
There's a joke headline used by the media to exaggerate their real yellow journalism biases. They would say something like, "Eisenhower: Threat or Menace?" The joke is that this seems to be a question but your answer is forced. Either way you answer, you're saying he's a threat to America.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (1wjle)
This miserable cocksucker deserves every ounce -- hell, every milliliter -- of pain and ridicule and embarrassment and Satanic barbed cock up his ass.
Sure, his plastic surgery was botched. But I believe that miserable, bitter, angry, hateful people eventually wither and rot from their poisonous political and social ideology. The worms squirming in their brains eventually infect the rest of the host.
Then they start to look like this cuntfaced twat. You know the really good news? This guy is only 60. He's got a long long long way to fall. Can't wait.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:24 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:22 PM (Gqar
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A lot of crap comes out that way, too.
I want the mediums to find more distance between them. Let good books be good books without needing them to become movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (42WUB
A fair purist point. But ( there’s always one, yes?), I will give the examples of The Last Picture Show, and Lonesome Dove as examples of movies enhancing the books.
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (U/s6V)
"Shit or Garbage?" is the same joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)
I bet they will. *snap* *snap*
Posted by: Men on Television at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (88C+u)
I want the mediums to find more distance between them. Let good books be good books without needing them to become movies.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (42WUB)
Well the advantage of starting with good lit is at least somewhere along the line there was something good. You might screw it up directing the movie like Ed Wood or something.
Now Hollywood starts out by wanting to spite the actual fans to reward...well nobody.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (uhVAy)
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You would be hard pressed to find someone as blatantly stupid, uninformed, and naive as María Elvira Salazar. And still, she's a better choice than her opponent.
Here's Salazar adding her expertise on how to handle the Russian / Ukraine situation:
https://tinyurl.com/ypbzvbfn
This lady represents other people. This is whom the Republicans chose to speak on their behalf. Should have gone with Corky Sherwood.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (dIske)
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his behindhead look better than his current afterhead
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (AKptf)
I liked her coming out album, "YES I AM."
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (1wjle)
Thanks. I did not know the context related to yellow journalism and the media.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (JrHfD)
Cutting off their Slauson?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Mickey Rourke at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (U/s6V)
Now, Jan. 6 has a movie all its own. An early report says "The Social Reckoning" weighs in on that ugly riot.
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Y'know, Sorkin might help ticket sales if he credits Chris Wray's "Santa's Helpers" with a special appearance promotion.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (AKptf)
"Shit or Garbage?" is the same joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)
There's a computer game where the alien UFOs come and do not make contact but the press still dubs them "The RAVAGERS"
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (1wjle)
There's a computer game where the alien UFOs come and do not make contact but the press still dubs them "The RAVAGERS"
lol. National Lampoon used the joke with UFOs. UFOs: THREAT OR MENACE?!
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (5U1m0)
Posted by: Obligatory movie reference at October 02, 2026 04:30 PM (U/s6V)
"Shit or Garbage?" is the same joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:25 PM (1wjle)
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Even better when in quotes ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:30 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Kratwurst at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (v8bCu)
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (UgMlZ)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (U/s6V)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 02, 2026 04:32 PM (guGkK)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:32 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (jivel)
MADAME NHU
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:28 PM (1wjle)
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Mme. Chiang spoke perfect English, with a Southern accent.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (/4Apn)
The hosts are unfunny, and partisan asshoes.
The celebrity guests are freaky, unfunny, partisan asshoes promoting some woke crap they just pushed out.
The musical guests are boring, unmusical, and partisan.
Late night could maybe make some money again if over half of the country didn’t decide it wasn’t worthbit to stay up late for a 45 minute long Democrat Party infomercial interspersed with pharmaceutical commercials.
I’d rather get another hour of sleep.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 04:33 PM (/OKHJ)
Cusack will soon look like Richard Simmons.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 04:34 PM (OkYzo)
So, a Cornell undergrad?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:34 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Kratwurst at October 02, 2026 04:31 PM (v8bCu)
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They made that a few years ago.
Peter Dinklage.
It's apparently awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (jivel)
The Social Network was made when Sorkin still had whichever drugs made him write interesting stuff. That time has passed.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Pug Mahon at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (PSEDc)
Cusack actually does need a Hot Tub Time Machine now.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (pfXMo)
Peter Dinklage.
It's apparently awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (42WUB)
Meh, it was a paycheck.
Posted by: Elijah Wood at October 02, 2026 04:36 PM (U/s6V)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:37 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (Ia/+0)
Another conservative bad ass going squishy.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (5yDGQ)
Peter Dinklage.
It's apparently awful.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Oy. My ability to make up ridiculous shit pales in comparison to reality’s.
Posted by: Kratwurst at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (v8bCu)
I'm in full agreement with this rant. Which seems an overreaction to this B+ near-character actor, but I'll offer my own reason I hate Cusack as much as I do. You may have your own reasons.
I grew up on his highschool/college movies. He played the loser jerk who knew he was a loser jerk, giving some character development in the movies he was in. "The Sure Thing" in my case. Some people like "Better Off Dead" and "Empire Records" too (I didn't). He also had that cameo as dead older brother in "Stand By Me" where he was the older brother we wish we had, or wished we were.
I was invested in an actor who understood the difference between acting the jerk and being the jerk.
Then we found out that he was actually a jerk the whole time. He played the snotnose looking down at everyone because he wasn't acting. Then in adulthood he played the same asshole in "Con Air" and "Room 1488" or whatever number that was.
tl;dr, actors are whores, now just like they were during the age of Roman farces, maybe we should ban under-17s from watching any movies except cartoons.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (88C+u)
it's "announced." they've "announced" a dozen Star Wars projects which were quietly scrapped.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)
In the trash. I'm just not sure what it means in this context . Shit is deliberately screwing things up because of left wing slant ? , and garbage is just that they didn't even to try to make a compelling story, or what?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:18 PM (JrHfD)
as Ace said, its a joke, but there was in the past a vehicle for trashy movies for cheap consumption - a war movie, cowboys and indians, boy meets girl movies you could go to for low cost with basic plots, not offensive to most audiences and you could watch and spend an hour or so in air conditioning. Or send your kids to get them out of your hair for an hour or so.
Now every movie has 200 million spent on it, the writing is worse, and the studios curse the audience afterwards.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy)
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oh, as per usual..
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:40 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:37 PM (AKptf)
Yes. Star Wars sucks so much now that they announce a new trilogy and nobody cares. It makes no news.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 04:40 PM (/OKHJ)
Or so I sort of remember.
Seemed like a shit show of mega proportions. And a company I'm glad I don't own stock in.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (RORbl)
it's "announced." they've "announced" a dozen Star Wars projects which were quietly scrapped.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:39 PM (1wjle)
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Oh boy! If there's one thing we've been missing, it's more Star Wars/Trek schlock!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (/4Apn)
In the trash. I'm just not sure what it means in this context . Shit is deliberately screwing things up because of left wing slant ? , and garbage is just that they didn't even to try to make a compelling story, or what?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
I think it's just ace riffing on the in-universe headline, "Spiderman: Threat or Menace?" where the publisher of the paper was sure Spidey was bad for the city. The question is meant to be about a distinction without a difference.
I assign myself three demerits for explaining the joke.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 04:41 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (ndZc7)
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wait, wait, WHAT new trilogy?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:37 PM (AKptf)
I haven't seen CD's take, but you can project from the other franchises' trajectories that this will either never be made or cost a ton but be written so terribly the project collapses.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (uhVAy)
The reasoning on why they haven't released this gem is because of all the left wing violence reality and also the person it is based on was the SPLC gal... who was banging a racist Chad and also embezzeling money.
Sigh.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (zZu0s)
To bad, I generally like Tom Cruise movies.
Posted by: WisRich at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (Cqx++)
https://tinyurl.com/5a2hau59
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (OyeJY)
no you did a good job. I also explained it upthread.
It needs to be explained. A lot of people don't know the "threat or menace?" joke.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (VHUov)
James Gunn has always been a miserable commie cocksucker piece of shit. The James Gunn Writing Style was legitimately funny when it first came out from his days at Troma to Guardians of the Galaxy (which really needed Chris Pratt to drag the script's rotting corpse over the goal line). Everything after that has been a steaming pile of monkey crap.
The DVD extras for Slither had lots of behind the scenes Gunn cocksuckery where he gleefully expressed his contempt for the public at large and especially for anyone to the right of Leon Trotsky.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)
That hairline. lol.
What's he working on there, an eight head?
Guys who get that much plastic surgery always end up looking like septuagenerian lesbians.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (BHTo4)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (U/s6V)
Hey, you know what would be great? A Star Wars based hotel!
It'd make so much money....
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (pfXMo)
lol. National Lampoon used the joke with UFOs. UFOs: THREAT OR MENACE?!
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (1wjle)
One of my favorite old Lampoon covers was the "Crime" edition where there is a drawn image of someone tearing off the tag from a mattress to the horror of onlookers.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (uhVAy)
Poor Disney...
Disney is planning a restructuring of its television operation that is expected to result in hundreds of layoffs and the consolidation of divisions, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The report landed one day after a judge approved the Paramount-WBD merger, with the combined company, now officially named Skydance, set to close the deal on October 6.
A Paramount insider tells Cosmic Book News the timing is no accident
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (VQ7/I)
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)
Spider Man (Tobey Maguire?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (BHTo4)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (uhVAy)
they've been talking about a new trilogy since the last new trilogy
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (dIske)
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:43 PM (1wjle)
Spider Man (Tobey Maguire?)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (zZu0s)
pretty sure it was in the old comics too. That certainly was old whats his names editorial position on Spidey.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (uhVAy)
https://tinyurl.com/5a2hau59
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:42 PM (OyeJY)
Film Threat gives this a great review.
https://youtu.be/fJ3RzVRO-Ao
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)
It would be nice if AI were to give us movies that were well-lit and bright, with snappy, articulate dialogue and wisecracking Girl Fridays.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (eRlcH)
You don't have to award yourself demerits. I never saw that title to a Spider Man movie nor the movie itself . Someone has to be the designated slow kid at ASHQ . That's clearly me in regard to movies .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (59j7E)
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (iLKq8)
Everything you needed to know about Zuckerberg is in the first movie.
And while I thought it was a fine watch one time, I’ve never personally, nor known anybody else, to say “I’m dying to watch The Social Network again, it’s my favorite movie of all time. I hope they make a sequel or two!”
Never, literally, never happened except in an Aaron Sorkin’s pitch meeting.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:45 PM (AKptf)
I delegate watching that dreck to agents like the Drinker or Disparu. they are funnier.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)
Another conservative bad ass going squishy.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 02, 2026 04:38 PM (5yDGQ)
He has a financial stake in it, because if they use any characters he created he gets paid.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (OyeJY)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (4KUe5)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (rj6Yv)
And that movie was horseshit. Zuck had already met his Chinese waifu so was never the lonely nerd as portrayed in that movie. Maybe in high school he was, but the movie wasn't set then.
Reznor's soundtrack was fine, I guess.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (88C+u)
Conley(D) beating Lawler (R) in NY-17 by two percentage points. MOE 5%. Says Emerson. Then they try to say that 10% of the people don’t know who Lawler is. No word on who they think Conley is, besides someone they helicoptered in for the election.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 04:51 PM (ScG/9)
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)
There were several supposed new trilogys. One was Ryan Johnson's one that never really started. There was at least one more rumored, then one where Daisy Ridley is supposed to be the megastar of the hour.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:52 PM (uhVAy)
Late to the thread, but I have to say that the whole race-swapping thing just seems dated and forced. These people are like NPR, who always imagine it's 1955, or possibly 1855.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t)
Speaking of dated and forced...
I used to say that every filmmaker has at least one zombie film in them (hell, even Glenn Close has done a zombie film). What I should have said is that every filmmaker has at least one McCarthyism Hollywood Blacklist! movie in them.
Grow up, you douchebags.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (iLKq
It is, since there was a rather attractive in the eyes actress named Anna Navaro in the late 50s to 60s who did a lot of guest roles on Westerns as a Mexican or Spanish lady.
She was absolutely gorgeous compared to her whalish current namesake.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)
No one watched it, except the critics I think.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (AKptf)
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)
_________
Should have stopped at one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (eRlcH)
People today. Tom Cruise is an idiot. What is this piece of garbage and what was he thinking.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 04:54 PM (ScG/9)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 04:54 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)
_________
Should have stopped at one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (eRlcH)
yes, even Empire started ripping holes into the space time continuum of the first one.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (uhVAy)
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Maybe he is going for the Joy Behar look ??
Here's the chart his plastic surgeon shows his patients when selecting their level of plastic surgery.
https://tinyurl.com/57xyds9n
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (Riz8t)
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Childhood stars in Hollyweird are often assaulted and molested which makes them nuts further down the road.
Wonder if Cusack was one of them. He used to require his sister get a part or Jeremy Piven, his other buddy from way back.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 04:46 PM (VQ7/I)
Ryan Reynolds playing Ryan Reynolds in every movie he does has gotten OLD, I just can't stand it anymore. I tried to watch Mayday and I kept screaming for him to SHUT up I gave up when they shot the blackbird down, and a Navy Pilot flying or copilot an Airforce plane is so damn dumb.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (OyeJY)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 04:55 PM (2WIwB)
Shit AND garbage.
Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (faacb)
oh yeah, right.
Well, he has a stake in the Green Lantern characters he created. I don't think the show includes any of those, but they could pop up if the show is green lit for another season.
but his characters are out-there and cosmic, and this show just seems to be some assholes moping around a white supremacist midwestern town (is there any other kind?)
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (1wjle)
Grow up, you douchebags.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)
It's funny because Hollywood is more McCarthyite than anything McCarthy did to it then.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 04:48 PM (Riz8t
My response when I see race-swapping is to feel bad for the blacks since they can't apparently create crap aside from Tyler Perry.
I denounce myself.
I am sick of all the white girls with black guys. Especially kids shows. We can AI out their OJ fantasies one day.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 04:56 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (AKptf)
youtube.com/watch?v=h30MPb62eXE
Posted by: Don in SoCo at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (mvxrb)
they've been talking about a new trilogy since the last new trilogy"
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)
There are 2 Star Wars movies... and a 2 hour commercial for Star Wars-themed Beanie Babies.
On the other hand, that 2 hour commercial gave us ace, so I guess it's okay.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: WisRich
I read Tom saw it as Oscar bait. He's bending the knee for this meaningless award. I didn't think much of him before, but now I think less of him. And Xenu.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Colorado Rockies fans (one year) at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (88C+u)
lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)
The Wall Street Journal
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Exclusive: The FlyDubai copilot who stabbed his captain had been banned from flying by Oman over concerns he held radical ideological views
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:49 PM (uhVAy)
Same.
I have zero FOMO after watching Disparu tear these shows/movies a new one scene by scene.
There really is very few, if any, new things I want to see from Hollywood right now, even if I’m sorta interested in it, like the new Cliff Booth movie that I will not pay Netflix to see.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 04:54 PM (ScG/9)
It's a shame he really loves film making and he tried to do something Different
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (OyeJY)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (AKptf)
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Funny. I get them confused frequently.
Posted by: WisRich at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (G0vdT)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket
He has self admitted mental problems and is back from the crunchy con era of NR. Veered all over the place including moving to Budapest and converting to Orthodox after stints in other religions at last notice by me. Have no idea what he is doing now or why but he seems driven by fear, doubt, and depression.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar
Heh. That did not take long. And accurate, too!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 04:58 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (AKptf)
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Funny. I get them confused frequently.
Posted by: WisRich
To misquote the Fixx, "they have blank faces that irritate."
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (dIske)
lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)
Spain, usually. Their army rented out tanks for movies.
And it wasn't just WWII vets. I'm not a super mech purist but I can spot an M60 or whatever it was when I see what. No wonder the Germans ran wild with tanks from the future!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)
Real America's Voice (RAV)
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Charles Barkley Says Democrats Are Spewing “Some of the Stupidest Sh*t I've Ever Heard”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Gqar
Heh. That did not take long. And accurate, too!
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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He can star as Alice the maid in a remake of the Brady Troon Bunch.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio
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That's a good point. But he would get a royalty check regardless of his loving or hating the show.
If it's an attempt to ingratiate himself, so that one of his characters is included in Season 2, it's a bad look.
And they'll avoid his creations if at all possible because he's a white supremacist or something.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (5yDGQ)
Wasn't that with Brian Reynolds?
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Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (pfXMo)
Green Lantern, Flash, and Aquaman were the lamest superheroes.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: beckster
Loomer, who is "crazy" because she is right too early too often, is asking what this means for the "Abraham Accords" if UAE is going to just outsource their jihad to countries not in the Accords.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (88C+u)
Also Gary Cooper and Cary Grant for some reason.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (/OKHJ)
He went on Twitter early, like 2008 or ‘9.
Immediately went full progtard and still occasionally throws hissy fits on X.
Social media has ruined celebrities as much as it has the normies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: beckster
Good job, UAE.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (jJdaW)
Eh, most people don't know the difference. In Patton the Americans used M46 and M47 Pattons and the Germans used M48 Pattons. It was still a great movie.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 05:00 PM (Riz8t)
lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)
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Piss poor in the historical department, but the cameos are kind of cool. Bronson especially. Plus, big Robert Shaw fan.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:01 PM (dIske)
lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T
"Battleground" is the film you want. A lot of those guys in that movie are actual WWII vets and the script was written by a vet in the 101 who was there fighting.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Archimedes a
There is a metaphor there--Patton versus Patton.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:02 PM (E4rtv)
they left out the part about all the snow
Cool song though, "Panzerlied"
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 05:02 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?
He also said Trump made it okay to be racist and hate on women. Barkley's a chump.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 05:03 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 05:03 PM (88C+u)
He went on Twitter early, like 2008 or ‘9.
Immediately went full progtard and still occasionally throws hissy fits on X.
Social media has ruined celebrities as much as it has the normies.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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He was nuts before then. Interviews around Grosse Point Blank and his other forgettable 90's movies indicated that. That is why I suspect he was molested by people around him as a teen or he has a bad substance abuse problem.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 04:59 PM (dIske)
In theory it might look better a little while out of the surgeon. But the "edit" was made to your face at age 25 or 30, and the face under it just keeps on changing. Guys are kinda wired to be able to rewind natural aging in women and imagine the fresh face of youth...but that blows up when you start cutting and inserting caulk in there.
Save it for those with real damage, please.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)
Loved Patton and Tora Tora Tora
Hated Midway and MacArthur.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:06 PM (6ydKt)
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Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 05:06 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: beckster
Good job, UAE.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
I think it was a conspiracy as the flight had all male flight attendants, one apparently tried to keep the Israelis out of the cockpit and they wanted the terrorist released as not being a threat to anyone on board. Israelis said Eff that and held him until they landed. The flight was moved from Terminals from one with stricter security to one with less, and the people assigning the flight for Dubai Air were not supposed to assign that Omani pilot to any flight going to Israel. In fact, the airlines lied and said it was a Russian/Ukrainian pilot and copilot.
Jihadi conspiracy and likely Iranian involvement/encouragement is my guess.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 02, 2026 05:07 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (BHTo4)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
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Probably a good bet....he was a number of movies with the two Coreys. The Lost Boys being one of them, and we know how their lives were.
Cusack is a tool when it comes to politics. I remember him whining about Bernie not going far enough.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (dIske)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)
80s - 90s Hollywood brat/star.
There’s like a 95% chance he’s an alcoholic cocaine addict.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
Worst movie ever made was The Battle of the Bulge. I remember the WWII vets in my family throwing shit at the tv and cursing. “that’s not a German tank”. Where the hell did they film this there were just palm trees in the background.
lol. That was it for that movie. We never turned it on again.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 04:57 PM (iETvL)
To be fair, no one other than Brian Hutton in the 60s-70s was making WWII films with even semi-accurate military vehicles because most filmmakers would basically go into Spain or Yugoslavia and rent vehicles from the military, slap a new paint job on them and call 'em Panzers. And Hutton only gets a step above because of the relatively believable Tiger mockup kits attached to the T34s in Kelly's Heroes. I mean, he also had a Bell 47 helo operated by the Nazis in Where Eagles Dare, so it's kind of a wash.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (y9nCu)
Godzilla Zero getting an R rating, man I think it's gonna be good
THE FIX Zachary Levi and Liam Neeson play CIA operatives, Neeson plays a retired CIA who has alzheimer's and Levi go's to visit his old friend and Neeson thinks he is someone else from the CIA and tells him he has to makes sure that the Money or Gold has to be safe from the Iranian Revolutionaries because he thinks he's in the 1980s so Levi puts a team together to steal what was hidden. sounds good, I like the actors in the movie Wes Chatham (Amos) from the expanse is in it. so I will give it a watch
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (OyeJY)
Cornelius Ryan was an excellent reporter and his book on which the movie is based is one of the best immediate overview takes on the whole operation (but before Enigma was revealed as being broken). Lots of direct interviews and yes, the pilot crashing into a farmyard and saying shush happened.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (XmYaM)
Clown World people. We were born in the wrong timeline it appears.
Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)
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Sounds like just cause to me.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 05:08 PM (BHTo4)
He pulled out a still from the woman getting her face stretched out in the movie Brasil and said: “This. I want this,”
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:04 PM (uhVAy)
___________
YES!! I was thinking the same thing. The vanity attached to "recreational" use of plastic surgery is off the charts....
With the outlier being Jennifer Grey...who had most of her nose lopped off, and no one recognized her. The irony being that she could no longer get parts, because be looking better, but totally different.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)
Prior to Crisis '86, Hal/Green Lantern was a nonentity, a character without any real distinct personality, history or relationships. Despite all that PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWAAAHH he mostly caught bank robbers because that's all the writers could think of (_[D]etective_ [C]omics, remember). Sales declined in the 70s and DC started throwing anything against the wall to see what would stick - the year in exile, teaming up with Green Lantern, and then the disastrous Hard Travellin' Heroes (aka "Relevance") storyline that killed the book.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (LgYtf)
Posted by: 88C+u might also suggest Yes at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (88C+u)
Jihadi conspiracy and likely Iranian involvement/encouragement is my guess.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:07 PM (E4rtv)
One of the heroes also said that they didn't trust any of the stewards and assigned 2 passengers to each one to watch them.
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 05:12 PM (SwyyQ)
Cusack is a tool when it comes to politics. I remember him whining about Bernie not going far enough.
Posted by: Orson
Never had the supposed obligatory romances with other Hollyweird stars either and I don't think much if any of his personal relationships with women if he has any are out there.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:10 PM (Ia/+0)
you are not driving, I trust ?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:09 PM (E4rtv)
The most memorable part of that film for me is the Airborne trooper whose stuck hanging off a church steeple by his hung-up parachute while there’s a squad of Germans beneath him.
Really well done, suspenseful, scene.
Especially to somebody, like me, who did not know the story.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 05:14 PM (XmYaM)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (pfXMo)
Breitbart News
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Iran’s IRGC Terrorists to Americans: When We Say ‘Death to America,’ We Don’t Mean You
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (ndZc7)
With the outlier being Jennifer Grey...who had most of her nose lopped off, and no one recognized her. The irony being that she could no longer get parts, because be looking better, but totally different.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)
One of the few women who visibly had work done and it actually looked good. Made her look like every other attractive but generic actress in Hollywood though.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:15 PM (y9nCu)
Battle for Oslo about a Fortress that fired on the Germans and how he was treated by the Government for his actions that day
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 02, 2026 05:16 PM (OyeJY)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 02, 2026 05:17 PM (Ydd86)
With the outlier being Jennifer Grey...who had most of her nose lopped off, and no one recognized her. The irony being that she could no longer get parts, because be looking better, but totally different.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 05:11 PM (dIske)
there is some horror in China where whatever trash they put in the face starts swelling and moving and growing
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (uhVAy)
South Americans maybe?
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (Ia/+0)
Part of the reason DC has been doing this repeatedly is that Hal never had a character or an arc or an origin or anything that made him stand out, so they can do whatever they like to him without upsetting loyal fans. There aren't any.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 02, 2026 05:18 PM (LgYtf)
Never had the supposed obligatory romances with other Hollyweird stars either and I don't think much if any of his personal relationships with women if he has any are out there.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:13 PM (E4rtv)
I think he was banging Minnie Driver during Grosse Pointe Blank. She did the same thing with Matt Damon during Good Will Hunting.
I wonder if he screamed out MATT DAMON!! when he was pumping her, doggy style....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 05:19 PM (y9nCu)
But she really wasn’t getting a lot of work even after Dirty Dancing so the nosejob might have been an attempt to get more work.
She’ll always be Ferris’ jealous big sister to me.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 05:20 PM (6ydKt)
Wait a sec... there's more than 3 Star Wars movies?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 04:50 PM (pfXMo)
_________
Should have stopped at one.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 04:53 PM (eRlcH)
Exactly right. There is exactly one Star Wars movie, and it doesn't have an episode title.
Posted by: goozer at October 02, 2026 05:24 PM (NGnFK)
John Cusack told his surgeon "Make me look like my sister!"
He and sister, Joan Cusack, will be starring in a new rest home version of "The Parent Trap".
So, he's got that going for him.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 05:27 PM (YSUhf)
Really well done, suspenseful, scene.
Especially to somebody, like me, who did not know the story.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Really happened, Cornelius tracked down that soldier (he survived WWII) and he is actually the source of a lot of the information of how that battle developed.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Noble9 at October 02, 2026 05:33 PM (Sd7xZ)
Posted by: Castle Guy at October 02, 2026 10:03 PM (3v7ra)
RFKJr. Exposes More Billions in Medical Fraud
KanekoaTheGreatVideo below the fold. Related: Hennepin County, Minnesota helpfully set up a new welfare program for Somalis to defraud. They got so many obviously-fraudulent applications that even fraud-happy Minnesota had to halt the program. It's estimated that three-quarters of the applications are fraudulent. The welfare was for businesses who were "harmed" by ICE operations in Minnesota, due to illegal aliens not showing up for work or illegal aliens not patronizing restaurants.
@KanekoaTheGreat NEW: RFK Jr. says Medicare spending on wound care patches exploded from $200 million in 2019 to $14 billion last year: "It's all stolen." Bad actors billed Medicare billions by slapping the most expensive skin grafts on elderly and dying patients who didn't need them. "The doctors who prescribed them would get 6% of the sales cost. And so, they were incentivized to prescribe more expensive products. In Europe, they spend 35 cents a cubic inch. We were spending $135, and that went up to $2,000 a cubic inch." "So 2019, we were paying $200 million. Last year we spent 14 billion. All stolen. It's all stolen. And we were on track to spend 23 billion this year." "We put an end to it, and we now have driven that cost down to somewhere around a billion dollars." In one Arizona case, the owners of two wound care companies pleaded guilty to more than $1.2 billion in fraudulent claims. Medicare paid over $1 million per patient for grafts slapped on elderly patients who didn't need them, many of them dying in hospice. In June, DOJ charged 11 more defendants over more than $2 billion in allograft claims, including a company accused of issuing sham invoices to inflate what Medicare paid. It feels like every week I learn a new way people were ripping off taxpayers for billions.
Um, no. You stopped the obvious fraud. Plenty of more skillful fraudsters got paid.
Hennepin County shut down a small business grant program after apparently fraudulent applications raised concerns, with $1.5 million in public money left in the fund. The county said fraudulent applications plagued the recovery program, which was meant to help offset local business losses during Operation Metro Surge. County leaders repurposed the remaining $1.5 million into what they described as a lower-risk program with wide-ranging support such as business consulting for new entrepreneurs. Two successes came out of the now-ended fund, according to the county: no tax money actually went to fraudsters and legitimate businesses did receive help.
... Hennepin County Commissioner Jeffrey Lunde said 82 legitimate businesses received help, but the county got about 300 applications and shut down the $2 million program after giving out $500,000.218 out of 300 applications were "obviously fabricated."
Note that the only reason these fraudsters were caught is because they copy pasted repetitive applications for a large number of fake businesses. That's the "patterns" the commissioner euphemizes above. Also, the only verification they bothered doing was going to the addresses of the "businesses" to make sure they even existed. Three quarters of them did not. But of the businesses that did exist -- how many actually suffered thousand dollar "losses" due to illegal aliens not coming to work or eating in their restaurants? They didn't bother to even check that. Actual Justice Warrior has more, including video of local news coverage. Lord knows you won't see national media outlets cover it.
Commissioner Lunde said the county and a nonprofit helping to review grant applications found a significant number with red flags for fraud. "As we dug deeper in, and we started to see patterns, and those patterns were not -- they were fraudulent patterns," Lunde said.
Trump boasts he'll be sending out $500 refund checks to people overcharged for Obamacare. The real refunds need to go to independent workers who pay for their own insurance, but who are forced to subsidize the unhealthiest of all people getting insurance through Obamacare.
In news that would make RFKJr. happy: McDonald's is spending $8.5 billion to change its menu to be healthier -- more protein in meals.
President Donald Trump is set on Sept. 30 to start sending $500 checks to nearly 1 million Americans his administration says were overcharged through the Affordable Care Act's federal exchange for buying health insurance. Treasury Department checks, along with letters signed by Trump notifying recipients, will begin going out to more than 950,000 Americans across 30 states, according to an administration official. "For years, the Biden administration overcharged you to fund the operation of HealthCare.gov," Trump says in the letter, which was viewed by USA TODAY. "That money belongs to hard-working Americans, not the Government, and now I'm returning it to you!" Trump announced the $500 Obamacare refund checks on Sept. 10 in a video posted by the White House that coincided with the Republican midterm convention in Dallas. The money is separate from a controversial $5,000 dividend Trump has vowed to distribute to all Americans if Republicans retain control of Congress after the November midterm election. The White House has said the Biden administration collected user fees from health insurance companies that consumers paid for in the form of higher premiums ‒ and that the premiums exceeded what was needed to run the exchange. The Trump administration has accused the Biden administration of sitting on the surplus of money. The checks, issued five weeks before the November midterm election, come as Americans' anxieties over high costs and affordability pose major political liabilities for Trump and Republicans as they look to hold on to power in Congress. "You have paid into this flawed System, and now you are finally getting something back," Trump says in the letter.
You're spending billions to introduce a burger without the bun? But that's not their real plan. Their real plan is to make Quarter Pounders entirely out of 10 karat gold. Gold has no calories. Look it up.
The fast-food chain is exploring higher-protein menu options and different portion sizes, as customers increasingly look for meals that will satisfy them without leaving them feeling like they need to unbutton their jeans. ... The menu rethink is part of a much bigger makeover. McDonald's plans to spend roughly $8.5 billion to support franchisees over the next decade. The money will go toward modernizing restaurants, improving operations and helping franchisees win customers. The plan did not impress Wall Street, with shares falling 6% in afternoon trading after the spending was announced. Part of that shift comes as Americans are putting more money and attention toward wellness. GLP-1 use is one piece of that change. About 11% of U.S. adults said they were using a GLP-1 medication for weight loss in 2026, up from just 3% in 2024, according to Gallup. The U.S. wellness economy reached roughly $2.1 trillion in 2024, making it the largest wellness market in the world, according to the Global Wellness Institute. That focus is increasingly showing up in how some consumers order fast food, too. McDonald's is placing a sizable bet on getting customers through the doors more often at a time when its rivals are making their own expensive plans. Burger King, for example, has committed up to $700 million through 2028 to its "Reclaim the Flame" turnaround plan, which includes restaurant remodels, new technology, kitchen equipment and other upgrades. Those efforts appear to be gaining traction as Burger King U.S. reported comparable-sales growth of 8.5% in the second quarter of 2026. ... Now the company is looking for ways to stretch business even further. It plans to explore more flexibility on the beef side, including different portion sizes and menu options. "We're looking to add more choice in beef for those seeking more flexibility in portion sizes, for example, a burger bowl," Jill McDonald, McDonald's executive vice president and global chief restaurant experience officer, said during the meeting.
So now that this is a Health Gains thread: Does apple cider vinegar help with gastric reflux?
The fast-food giant is giving away a miniature Quarter Pounder made from a quarter pound of 10-karat gold as part of its 2026 Monopoly Golden Edition promotion in Canada. According to Access Winnipeg, the unusual collectible has an estimated value of C$20,000, which works out to roughly $15,000 USD. Unlike the restaurant's usual signature burger, there is no need to add cheese or a side of fries. McDonald's official promotion website confirms that the prize is crafted from a quarter pound of 10-karat gold and comes with an appraisal.
I'm one of them. When I get reflux, which I get if I eat carbs or something that disagrees with me within two hours of bedtime, if I drink a tablespoon of ACV in a glass of water, the reflux goes away in 20 minutes. Years ago someone claimed that reflux is not caused by too much acid, as you might think, but too little acid, where your stomach never finishes digesting a meal so it just hangs around in your gut. Apple cider vinegar gets the last meal fully digested. Or maybe it just sends a signal to the stomach that, as it has a lot of acid in it, it's time to turn off the acid taps. I don't know. But it works for me, much better than antacids ever did.
"Most of the research on apple cider vinegar is about blood sugar and weight. For digestive symptoms, I am not aware of a single well-designed human trial showing it helps reflux, bloating, gas, or the gut microbiome," says gastroenterologist Sameer Berry, MD, a clinical assistant professor of medicine at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City and the chief medical officer of Oshi Health, which provides multidisciplinary gastrointestinal (GI) healthcare. Acid reflux, when acid from your stomach moves up into the esophagus and throat, is common: Research has found that 2 in 5 Americans experience it weekly. Some people with the condition rely upon anecdotal evidence that ACV can tame uncomfortable symptoms like heartburn and indigestion.
Maybe. All I can say is that it works for me, every time. Vinegar is bad for your teeth so you need to brush your teeth after drinking it. Because I don't want to be bothered with that in the middle of the night, I take apple cider vinegar pills when I get woken up with reflux. They're cheap and available on Amazon (and pretty much any drug or nutrition store. By the way: A commenter recommended nicotine lozenges over gum. I knew about lozenges, but never tried them until he recommended them. Thanks -- it's how I take nicotine now. Costco sells a big box of them, 270 lozenges, for $45. Pretty cheap.
The online claims aren't backed by research though, says Dr. Berry. "There is absolutely no evidence in human trials that ACV does anything for acid reflux," he says, adding that for reflux, "I don't recommend it." ACV may also make chronic reflux, known as gastroesophageal reflux disease, symptoms worse because it is acidic, says Simon Mathews, MD, a Baltimore-based gastroenterologist and spokesperson for the American Gastroenterological Association, where he chairs the Committee for GI Innovation and Technology. "An inflamed esophagus doesn't benefit from an increased acid load," Dr. Mathews says.
"If you enjoy the taste and if you feel better on it, it's totally safe to use. If your reflux gets worse with it, then I would absolutely stop," he says.Well of course. But it's worth a try, I think. Here's seven supplements you should take if, unlike me, you're over 40. To spare you having to read, here are the seven: Vitamin D3, Vitamin B12, Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium, Omega 3s, Probiotics. Potassium's hard to get in a supplement because the little pills they sell have 3% of the RDA of potassium. You have to take -- let me run the calculations -- ten just to get 30% of the RDA. You could, however, get Potassium Chloride, which people cutting salt use as a salt substitute. But I'd be cautious. I have to assume they strictly limit the amount of potassium in each pill for a reason. A special message about addiction for Jack Straw. Anyone have any health gains to report? I have a semi-gain. I got serious about staying Keto for the first time in years. I've been in keto almost every day, at least just a little. (I check my urine.) But unlike in previous keto regimes, I'm not really losing any appreciable weight. Has anyone else gone through this? Is there a fix to kick-start actual fat-burning? (You don't have to mention the "fat fast," I know about that.)
NEW: RFK Jr. says Medicare spending on wound care patches exploded from $200 million in 2019 to $14 billion last year: "It's all stolen."
— KanekoaTheGreat (@KanekoaTheGreat) September 30, 2026
Bad actors billed Medicare billions by slapping the most expensive skin grafts on elderly and dying patients who didn't need them.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 02, 2026 03:11 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:13 PM (mJVit)
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I'm still waiting for my cut of the fraud...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 03:14 PM (FZ29D)
Have you tried one of the "isn't fasting but acts like it" diets? I keep seeing Dr. Patrick mention this but have been too lazy to look it up.
Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at October 02, 2026 03:14 PM (K40fF)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:14 PM (42WUB)
If you didn't have an opportunity to peruse it, may I invite you to do so?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 03:14 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:15 PM (Fi81e)
But hey, suckers like me keep paying the freight.
Say, any of those billions available to cover some of my elderly parents' medical bills that I'm covering?
Beuller?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:19 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 03:19 PM (dIske)
I shannot believe it.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:15 PM
There is iron oxide in the words of Axeman for everyone to see.
Posted by: Ten Bears Walz at October 02, 2026 03:19 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:13 PM (mJVit)
I dunno. Heidi Beinrich is quite the screamer!
Posted by: Hans Hogschtuppenleiter at October 02, 2026 03:20 PM (88C+u)
The FF industry never really bounced back after covid. The customers didn't come back. The FF franchises got socked with much higher operating costs due to Biden's inflation, insane minimum wage requirements, and higher insurance, rent, etc.
Plus, getting rid of 3 million illegals hurt both them both on their employment side and the customer side.
I think customer tastes have also turned away from FF.
FF is a contracting industry.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
for weight loss! Ret is the real deal. I don't use any of these tho, just being a spaz keeps me thin
I take creatine/collagen/and a "greens" mix that includes fiber every morning, like mixed into a big glass of water. and that's it! feeling really good actually
since cold/flu season is coming, I'm going to add arabinogalactin powder (a probiotic that boosts immunity) to my powder mix.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:20 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 03:21 PM (YSUhf)
And Boy Howdy, are they showing some incentive !!!
Posted by: Adriane the Logical Progresion of Things Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 03:21 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 03:21 PM (l26NL)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 03:21 PM (Ia/+0)
I think customer tastes have also turned away from FF.
FF is a contracting industry.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:20 PM (iFTx/)
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Suggested edit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:21 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 03:22 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:10 PM
Oh yes! The only difference has been less exercise, caused by injury. But I have never seen anything about Keto + Exercise, so...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 02, 2026 03:22 PM (k5CNB)
yes, I've tried it. It's the protein-sparing fasting-mimicking diet, where you eat 500 calories if a woman or 600 if a man with a strong tilt towards protein. Supposedly it mimicks most of the benefits of fasting while giving you enough protein that you don't burn it to make glucose.
The problem is that it's pretty easy just to slop over that 600 calories.
But yeah I've tried it. I did a fake fast a few months ago where I was basically doing the PSFM diet because I would eat bites of cheese here and there. It does wind up producing about the same keto effects as a true fast.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)
Shut down programs, plug up leaks, spin them plates. Fraudsters aren't bonded to any particular program; they're fraudulent to the core, and they move faster than you.
I've said before, look at them in videos when they're confronted. Their facial expressions and body language alone tell you they're never going to stop. They're going to roll and find their next fraud.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (mmrXZ)
But yeah I've tried it. I did a fake fast a few months ago where I was basically doing the PSFM diet because I would eat bites of cheese here and there. It does wind up producing about the same keto effects as a true fast.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 03:22 PM (1wjle)
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Hard boiled eggs.
Cottage cheese.
It's really all you need in life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (10NPz)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: JuJuBee at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (YSQQv)
I take the 7 recommended supplements, buuuuut I figured that out myself years and years ago by thinking a bit and doing some reading.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (YSUhf)
What's your "greens mix"?
hang on let me check name. they're sleeves of powdered veggies and stuff from Costco
Organic Supergreens from Zena
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (42WUB)
Who is donating this money? I thought ActBlue was under investigation for shenanigans. Did the smurfing stop? The foreign donations?
Posted by: Ann at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (SHHm+)
Otherwise, they keep all the stuff, or their family does, and nothing happens.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (+8HoB)
Birth rates from 2008 might have a bit to do with that as well...ya know, like kolledges...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:25 PM (pfXMo)
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"@EricLDaugh
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🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: “Minnesota men” Hassan Hussein and Ahmed Mohamed have PLEADED GUILTY to defrauding Minnesota's Medicaid Housing Stabilization Services program, per DOJ
TYPICAL “MINNESOTA” NAME 😠
They ran “Pristine Health LLC” and billed Medicaid more than $820K, with DOJ saying they stole over $500K by submitting claims for services that were NEVER PROVIDED
They each pleaded guilty to wire fraud and face up to 20 YEARS in prison.
The fraud busting is firing on all fronts. DEPORT THE PIRATES"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:25 PM (42WUB)
The amount of fraud is staggering. Musk was right.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 03:26 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:26 PM (10NPz)
We went out to eat only twice in Iceland, both to very highly rated restaurants. Where they good? Yes. One was very good.
But was it worth the price and the time and effort to get there and back? Maybe. But not definitely. And these were two very highly rated restaurants. These weren't McD or any chain place.
All the other meals we made ourselves.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 03:27 PM (RIvkX)
I've been testing out different electrolyte/hydration mixes. LMNT is my favorite so far. Sucks that it's expensive but it's salty as hell and tastes great. Nothing but electrolytes and flavor, no sugar or weird shit.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 03:27 PM (3BwY8)
"Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), gave eight states 30 days on September 29, 2026, to explain why they reported zero Medicaid fraud referrals and zero overpayments recovered in Medicaid managed care this year. The states named were Arizona, California, Iowa, Michigan, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Wisconsin."
Dr. Oz CMS
@DrOzCMS
Eight states. Zero fraud referrals. Zero overpayments recovered in Medicaid managed care. How is that possible across states serving millions of Medicaid beneficiaries?
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Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:27 PM (94QNV)
we used to do fast food only when everyone was in youth sports
now we can just cook! it's way way better
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:27 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 03:27 PM (+8HoB)
Cottage cheese.
It's really all you need in life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM
Beans and cabbage are good additions.
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (0sNs1)
All the other meals we made ourselves.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:26 PM (iFTx/)
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Carbone brand cacio e pepe sauce.
High quality pasta.
Homemade sourdough.
Homemade butter.
$15 bottle of wine.
A meal that would have cost you $75 each at a restaurant.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (42WUB)
A woman in Ohio had surgery to amputate one of her legs. The stupid doctors amputated her good leg. The leg to be amputated was clearly marked.
WTH?
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (10NPz)
"Uhh... maybe about half."
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (88C+u)
my husband uses the Aldi dupe of that
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (j+aD2)
Very David Lynch-ish.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 03:27 PM (+8HoB)
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I saw you say that! And I thanked you!
So, I thank you again.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (42WUB)
There was a line about "Americans had the most expensive urine in the world" due to supplements...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:29 PM (pfXMo)
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She should sue but I'm afraid the court would say......
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:29 PM (mJVit)
Who is donating this money? I thought ActBlue was under investigation for shenanigans. Did the smurfing stop? The foreign donations?
Posted by: Ann at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (SHHm+)
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1) Foreigners, NGOs, and other shadow organizations.
2) They are.
3) No.
4) Also no.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 03:29 PM (3BwY8)
The SPLC.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:13 PM (mJVit)
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They finally succeeded in shutting down The Klan.
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:29 PM (94QNV)
A woman in Ohio had surgery to amputate one of her legs. The stupid doctors amputated her good leg. The leg to be amputated was clearly marked.
WTH?
Posted by: four seasons
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DEI hires in the medical field.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:29 PM (E4rtv)
the city is meeting to try to quickly designate it historic, which God knows why was never done
Drexel sucks and Shapiro is also involved in the pay out here. they're just liquidating the museum for cash, and as fast as they can so we can't stop them.
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:30 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:30 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 03:30 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (RORbl)
Yeah, the big drawback is having the gov't manage any kind of market....
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (kU0PQ)
But of the businesses that did exist -- how many actually suffered thousand dollar "losses" due to illegal aliens not coming to work or eating in their restaurants? They didn't bother to even check that.
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Um...isn't having illegal aliens working for you a crime?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (pfXMo)
Otherwise, they keep all the stuff, or their family does, and nothing happens.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (+8HoB)
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Not as long as everyone gets their cut.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (42WUB)
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I don't get it.
/obligatory
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (94QNV)
Anyone remember Salisbury steak? That's basically a hamburger without a bun, crossed with a meatloaf SS was big when I was a kid. I remember really liking SS. But I rarely see it now.
Ditto knishes. The big fat ones. Remember those?
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (iFTx/)
Um...isn't having illegal aliens working for you a crime?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (uhVAy)
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KNOWINGLY having illegals work for you is a crime.
The law is written so that UNKNOWINGLY having illegals work for you is not a crime.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (42WUB)
this is true of course
my doc says only take creatine
I do the greens just bc I don't always eat enough greens and the powder has fiber in it too so I don't have to drink Metamucil lol
I do collagen for myself. he (doc) says I don't need. but I click when I don't take it! it helps me I know it does. I don't like "hearing" my knees.
and that's it other than immune support in the winter
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (j+aD2)
I rarely go out to dinner any more. I cook myself. It's cheaper, easier, and much better.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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I've been doing this one recipe at a time. I used to be intimidated by ethnic foods -- lasagna, sweet-and-sour, spanakopita, curries -- but I discovered I could make them better or as good as anything in town. Those restaurants are out now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (42WUB)
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I don't get it.
/obligatory
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (94QNV)
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I didn't use words because I can't read.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 02, 2026 03:33 PM (wxsGM)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:34 PM (10NPz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (42WUB)
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And in blue states the burden of "proof" needed for an employer to say "i had no idea" is basically the illegal alien producing a note from his mom that says he's good to go.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 03:34 PM (3BwY8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM
The primary component of a knish nosh.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 03:34 PM (0sNs1)
First thing in the morning is a glass of warm water with some salt and shilajit. And I am trying fire cider this year.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (bkuEU)
I suspect that increasing prices also makes a difference, because I think most of the price increase is in the base cost including base time and not the added cost of making more prestige food. As percentage cost increase of choosing prestige food goes, so will the number of people choosing to get fast food.
McDonald’s is a far cry from the McDonald’s as originally portrayed in The Founder. If that portrayal was anything close to real, I have never had fast food in my entire life.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (z9/xM)
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 03:34 PM (3BwY
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eVerify is set up so that any returned result is verification that the person inquired about is legal to work.
Even if the names don't match.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (42WUB)
Isn't Drexel one of the "schools in trouble" due to finances?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (pfXMo)
WTH?
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (/QHx4)
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There are approximately 4,000 "wrong site" botched surgeries in the USA every year. This happens way more than people think.
I don't know how they can amputate the wrong fucking leg, but it happens.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:36 PM (mJVit)
Cottage cheese.
It's really all you need in life.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:23 PM (42WUB)
The stuff in eggs is designed to keep a body alive inside the egg. Never bought the 'eggs is evil' crap even when the taste of eggs disgusted me as a child.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:36 PM (uhVAy)
I don't know how they can amputate the wrong fucking leg, but it happens.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
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"This leg has a big X on it."
"Obviously it means, don't do this one."
"Makes sense to me!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:36 PM (42WUB)
they say they are $29 mil in debt right now
I hope they crash and burn
they are assholes
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:36 PM (j+aD2)
In-n-Out has been selling burgers without the bun for over a decade. It’s quite good, too. I don’t know if they’ve put it on the menu now, but it was popular even when it wasn’t.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (z9/xM)
Posted by: MikeN at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (zMYdC)
Not as long as everyone gets their cut.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Nurse is right, but the consequences have to be widespread. The threat has to be credible, like "This could really happen to me."
That's why it's such a laugh that Minnesota just started ANOTHER entitlement program, aka fraud ranch. We just keep offering so many opportunities for fraud that we can't possibly prosecute them all. I quoted an attorney who said we can't prosecute our way out of the level of fraud we've got now -- we need to tear down the programs and start from scratch -- but a few morons called that talk defeatist. I think it's a realistic look at the problem and its scope.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (mmrXZ)
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Bring back the $1 menu as the $2 menu and the 50¢ coffee for a dollar.
Oh, more protein? Cut out the dough. Your big breakfast is 90% dough.
You have the most unhealthy and overpriced menu of all the fast food chains.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (iLKq8)
Yes, Ace. I checked into that various question.
Turns out potassium in any concentration can do bad things in your gut. IIRC, it had something to do with putting holes in your intestines or similar. You have to spread it out if it's not already in a spread out form (like a banana, which has more than 2-3% of your RDA).
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:34 PM
Hmmm.
* consults with THE Bruce Dickenson *
He says that, in addition to more cowbell, you need to get out there and really explore all the space of the pasture with your dance.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (0sNs1)
Very David Lynch-ish.
I just watched. Very neat. Good match with the hotel room to the ship deck.
One thing confused me: The hail sound effect with no visible hail. I understood the ocean sounds later on, but not the hail.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:38 PM (j+aD2)
Yonah Schimmel's. Used to stop in once a week...
So good
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:38 PM (pfXMo)
RFK Jr wants Americans to hand over their health data to the government, so it can then be searched by artificial intelligence.
At an event held by the MAHA Institute, run by anti-vaccine activist Mark Gorton, Kennedy said he wanted the federal government to collect Americans’ health data, including doctor’s visits, so it could be shared with independent researchers and be searchable by AI, The Guardian reports.
RFK Jr. Says AI Is ‘Better Informed’ Than Doctors And Can ‘Free Us From Medical Tyranny’
The health secretary said OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told him two years ago he wouldn’t have told anyone to take medical advice from AI, but now it would be “malpractice” to make a diagnosis or issue a prescription without checking with the technology.
Kennedy claimed it can give you “a second opinion that is much better informed than any doctor in the country.”
another change he expects AI to bring is that health policymaking will never again be dominated by public officials “who tell us ‘Trust the experts
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 03:38 PM (+/CWD)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM
The primary component of a knish nosh.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 03:34 PM (0sNs1)
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"Is that like a MMF orgy with a really drunk girl? Asking for a friend."
-- Cornell Frat Bro.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (bkuEU)
Romans used to drink water with vinegar on the march -- probably pretty dilute of course. That's why when Jesus called for water on the cross he got a sponge with vinegar - its what the dudes had.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:39 PM (uhVAy)
One thing confused me: The hail sound effect with no visible hail. I understood the ocean sounds later on, but not the hail.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (1wjle)
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Thank you!
It's a light rain sound. It was lightly raining at the time, though rain is hard to catch on video unless it's backlit (I didn't have giant lights for that for some reason).
I would have just left the original sound, but I wanted the contrast in sound from the cabin to the exterior of the hotel in the hard cut between them.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:39 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (10NPz)
Amen. Ace, I'd sit down with a nuritionist and have them design the macros you need to hit daily based on your normal life activity, age, and other metrics. See if a healthy, but probably slow, path gets you where you want to go.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 02, 2026 03:39 PM (tOcjL)
True story.
Seven years ago Husband was in a hospital in South Carolina. The floor was staffed with people of color except for one white nurse. The only care he received was the white nurse who came in her off days to take care of him.
It might be unbelievable but we lived it.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:40 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:40 PM (pfXMo)
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Just throw some mushroom sauce on there and call it salisbury steak.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 03:40 PM (JzUSu)
Posted by: MikeN at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (zMYdC)
BK's just plain burger was always really good.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:41 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Eric Swalwell (D-CA & Cuck-CCP) at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (0sNs1)
If you want fiber and probiotics, make tzatziki with Greek yogurt (with an active culture). You might need some gyros for an excuse to eat the tzatziki. But the cucumbers add fiber and the yogurt is probiotic. Don't buy it, though; make it. You can add an adequate amount of garlic and adjust the cucumber to your liking.
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 03:41 PM (kU0PQ)
The leg to be amputated was clearly marked.
WTH?
Posted by: four seasons
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WTH indeed! I took someone in for cataract surgery recently and I asked her if she had written notes all over her body in black marker. "DO NOT CUT. I AM HERE FOR CATARACT SURGERY. MY BREASTS ARE FINE." etc.
I think that's how explicit you have to be, not just "X marks the spot." (Truthfully, if I saw an "X" I'd double-check to see which side, because X is kind of ambiguous. X as in No, the opposite of checkmark, or X as in Right here?)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:41 PM (mmrXZ)
Anyone have any health gains to report?
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace
Found out I have a heart murmur at my physical this morning. Cardiologist is seeing me on the 8th. I'll find out then if it's a meh murmur or a go in and fix it murmur then I suppose.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at October 02, 2026 03:41 PM (QVmho)
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Not to be harsh, but why not do keto + exercise? I can lose 10 lbs per month if I do keto along with a half-hour-ish workout 4 times per week. One workout needs to be intense weight-lifting, the rest need to be something cardio: I usually row 15 mins twice, but hard; a basketball game works, racquetball, beach volleyball (no more than 4 per side)... I lost 40 lbs June-Oct 2025, put 20 of it back on with vacations + family stuff, and just lost 10 last month. We've got no trips til early Feb so I'm gonna push hard to shed 30 lbs more this year. What I find though is, when you hit a wall, you need to change up the cardio to get your metabolism shaken up. E.g. I might plateau after 3 weekly rowing sessions for 2 months, so get a weekly racquetball or basketball game in the mix.
I've also never needed to measure ketosis. Wife just tells me when my breath is bad... But if you cut out sugars and starches (and eat high fiber veggies)... You're gonna get ketosis. My experience, anyway.
Posted by: bearski at October 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Bhsk7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:42 PM (42WUB)
WTH?
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:28 PM (/QHx4)
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There are approximately 4,000 "wrong site" botched surgeries in the USA every year. This happens way more than people think.
I don't know how they can amputate the wrong fucking leg, but it happens.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
When I had to have my gallbladder out, they almost did a masectomy on me instead. I was nursing at the time of that surgery, and since I was taped on the chest, someone screwed up the folder of mine and the door next to mine. I always said the last check was the most valuable one (when they read your name again, even though they did it 5 times before)...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 02, 2026 03:42 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (csLUY)
That scene was as astounding to me watching the movie as it was to Ray Kroc in the movie.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (z9/xM)
I do most of the cooking because I'm a gay
Posted by: ...
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I do most because I'm a bitter old cat lady.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Right. Eliminate the program; there will be no fraud.
This goes back to our spineless, limpdick, mush brained congress who are managed by their interns. The young inexperienced interns are making law. Get rid of the interns, have congress persons do their own work; We will be the better for it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (iLKq8)
Everyone and his five napkin brothers has a burger chain, chicken shack, subway slinger, or some kind of FF-y chain.
I personally think they all suck green dildos and avoid them all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:44 PM (j+aD2)
Everyone and his five napkin brothers has a burger chain, chicken shack, subway slinger, or some kind of FF-y chain.
I personally think they all suck green dildos and avoid them all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
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"You come on down here and have my Nashville hot chicken and say dat!"
-Hattie B
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:44 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:44 PM (mJVit)
and that's it other than immune support in the winter
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (j+aD2)
I got a bag of beef collagen powder a while ago for thickening soups and stews, I just toss some in. If you overdo it it becomes a bit puddingy, but just add more broth and youre fine.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:45 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:45 PM (10NPz)
And the day Husband was being discharged the nurses finally hooked him up with a heart monitor.
Why were the doctors not aware of that?
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:45 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Farmer Bob at October 02, 2026 03:46 PM (csLUY)
I always said the last check was the most valuable one (when they read your name again, even though they did it 5 times before)...
Posted by: Nova Local
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Holy carp. I went through all those "What's your name and what are you here for today?" from about 12 people when I went to get my broken arm set (had to do it under a general it was so bad). I liked it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:46 PM (mmrXZ)
Have you tried this one weird trick?
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:48 PM (pfXMo)
Everyone and his five napkin brothers has a burger chain, chicken shack, subway slinger, or some kind of FF-y chain.
I personally think they all suck green dildos and avoid them all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:43 PM (iFTx/)
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"You come on down here and have my Nashville hot chicken and say dat!"
-Hattie B
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:44 PM (42WUB)
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I've had hot chicken many times over the years. Not at Hatties, but at other very highly rated places. Is it good? Yes. Is it worth all the hype and long lines and aggravation? No.
Same with In-N-Out. If another person talks about how great that chain is, like they're handing out free blowjobs, I'm gonna smack them upside the head. It's mediocre at best.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
In-n-Out has been selling burgers without the bun for over a decade. It’s quite good, too. I don’t know if they’ve put it on the menu now, but it was popular even when it wasn’t.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (z9/xM)
One of the more deluxe chains does it for their bigger burgers - a lettuce wrap instead of bun.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)
*suddenly starts paying attention
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:49 PM (pfXMo)
Same with In-N-Out. If another person talks about how great that chain is, like they're handing out free blowjobs, I'm gonna smack them upside the head. It's mediocre at best.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
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I hold up Hattie's because it's the one hot chicken place that's made chicken I actually consider hot.
Dolley ordered the second hottest (I wasn't hungry at the time and didn't order), but she could only get halfway through. I finished it (I got hungry).
It was pretty hot.
It fucked up her insides, though, and she can eat spicy food.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:49 PM (42WUB)
There are recipes out there to make it yourself but I haven’t tried any,
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 03:49 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:50 PM (iLKq8)
Same with In-N-Out. If another person talks about how great that chain is, like they're handing out free blowjobs, I'm gonna smack them upside the head. It's mediocre at best.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Oh yeah, that's another one I conquered. I make better burgers than restaurants, although that's easy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:50 PM (mmrXZ)
When I first drive, in the 70s, I would drive the major business roads and ever 5 miles I could smell another McDonald's and their fryer. It was like the pie in the cartoons pulling me in to buy an order of fries. Sometimes I would stop 3 or 4 times on one trip.
Now passing a McDonald's smells like passing a Secaucus dump.
Fix that, and all will improve.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 03:50 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 02, 2026 03:37 PM (z9/xM)
"Protein style" It's part of their secret menu. "Animal style" is their quarter pounder rubbed with mustard before grilling, then served topped with grilled onions. They also offer animal style fries, featuring cheese and grilled onions. IIRC, protein style burgers were served in a lettuce leaf wrapping. Tried it once. Messy...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 02, 2026 03:51 PM (08OqX)
For decades the surgery site is marked. Then there is a "time out" (since 2003, and launched in June 2004 by operating nurses for other people to verify the patient and surgery). This is standard in any Joint Commission hospital receiving funding from Medicare/Medicaid.
Unless the surgeon and the entire team were drunk, on drugs, or foreign DEI I don't understand how this happened.
The "time out" is a last stop before surgery, after a series of patient identification. It makes no sense at all.
Everyone in that surgical suite should be fired with license removed to never practice agagin, and the hospital sued with Joint Commission for accreditation pulled.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 03:51 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 02, 2026 03:26 PM (OkYzo)
They couldn't do much without the cheerful cooperation of the government and regulators. Where else could you suddenly just start having 10000x invoices without someone going "what the hell" and asking questions?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:51 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:51 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 03:51 PM (G+1P3)
Something like that needs to be introduced into government healthcare
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 03:52 PM (UgMlZ)
Posted by: ace
Outside the hotel it was POURING rain.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 03:52 PM (vDyA9)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Oh yeah, that's another one I conquered. I make better burgers than restaurants, although that's easy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:50 PM (mmrXZ)
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Tip: use ground lamb or venison for the burger. More flavor. I also make goat burgers but I have to test them first for traces of Muslim guy's VD.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Oh yeah, that's another one I conquered. I make better burgers than restaurants, although that's easy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:50 PM (mmrXZ)
In and Out is meh, and the fries are just poor.
Never was a huge fan of the other cult-like fast food, White Castle and the sliders, tho the small burgers are cute and the onion juice bath is different at least.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 03:54 PM (UjdFS)
I mostly hope for a hair-raising tantrum by the Dims in President Trumps next SOTU. As he spells out the fraud leading to the national debt. And how DOGE and others like JFK have found more fraud. PLUS! Who in Congress were getting kick backs.
I want these numbers in writing and contrasting between his administration and the waste and fraud with Biden and Obungo's.
I would stand up cheering with a bottle of champagne!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 03:54 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 03:54 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)
Buffalo burgers were great in that window where they were even sold anywhere.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:54 PM (uhVAy)
I have also been taking things like creatine, Nattokinase and Urolithin A, so that might be what is helping.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 03:54 PM (rbvCR)
prediction: forty-two!
Posted by: deep thought at October 02, 2026 03:55 PM (oY6Yp)
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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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22h
BREAKING: Abdi Nur Salah, the former aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and convicted "Feeding Our Future" fraudster, was just sentenced to 33 MONTHS in prison.
Salah stole more than $1.6 MILLION in taxpayer funds.
JAIL ALL FRAUDSTERS
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 03:55 PM (kX27y)
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The end of one of Alton Brown's Good Eats cookbooks had a nice epilogue encouraging people to spend more time cooking and appreciating their food, like a gateway to mental (from the process) as well as physical (food quality) health. He summed it up better than I could...
He also ended one of the books with the Don Quixote quote: "The best sauce in the world is hunger." I think that's a great quote for a cook to say when someone compliments the meal (I'm always late in serving...)
Posted by: bearski at October 02, 2026 03:55 PM (Bhsk7)
Living rural in SW Wyoming it is a hour and a half drive to McDonalds. The only chain place here is Subway and it sucks.
We actually eat healthier by cooking at home.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:55 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Nova Local
Or, you could stop being a pussy and do a 382 day fast like me. Lost over 250 lbs and felt great!
Posted by: Angus Barbieri at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (+/CWD)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (10NPz)
i was expecting crickets.
when i was young, the urban legend was that they stretched the beef with earthworms.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 03:54 PM (SwyyQ)
Yes, I can identify the taste from the Catholic school burgers in the 60s - 70s they tried to foist on us. Not sure if they are in the larger burgers but there's some in the little ones.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)
WTH?
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They need to turn the radios off and pay attention to what they are doing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (iLKq8)
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Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
22h
BREAKING: Abdi Nur Salah, the former aide to Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) and convicted "Feeding Our Future" fraudster, was just sentenced to 33 MONTHS in prison.
Salah stole more than $1.6 MILLION in taxpayer funds.
JAIL ALL FRAUDSTERS
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 03:55 PM (kX27y)
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"This isn't all of the fraud in one news item, so nothing is happening."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (42WUB)
Who is donating this money? I thought ActBlue was under investigation for shenanigans. Did the smurfing stop? The foreign donations?
Posted by: Ann at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (SHHm+)
Pretty sure you already answered your own question.
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (kU0PQ)
I'd sooner smash myself in the nuts than eat a smashburger. Most overrated burger ever.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (10NPz)
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They all MENTIONED it.
"Waste, fraud, and abuse," were to be rooted out of Medicare and all federal programs.
No one did anything about it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:57 PM (42WUB)
yes I've heard that rain doesn't appear on film and that many scenes are filmed in rain but it looks like normal clear weather.
I didn't see any rain (and I looked) so maybe treat it like a clear day?
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 03:57 PM (1wjle)
i was expecting crickets.
when i was young, the urban legend was that they stretched the beef with earthworms.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 03:56 PM (oY6Yp)
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Grasshopper tacos are a real thing in Mexico. Like, a really real thing. There are some authentic MX places in NYC that serve them. Yes, I've eaten them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)
I didn't see any rain (and I looked) so maybe treat it like a clear day?
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 03:57 PM (1wjle)
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Too late!
My short film career is now over...
woe is me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:58 PM (42WUB)
If the federal government stopped funding these programs, massively reduced taxes, and told states to raise their taxes correspondingly and run the programs themselves, they'd suddenly be a LOT more interested in preventing fraud.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at October 02, 2026 03:59 PM (+/CWD)
I did like Blimpie's tuna melt though.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 03:59 PM (88C+u)
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Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Your buttfucking buddy Obama mandated that, dipshit
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:59 PM (iLKq8)
Then, the next day, you would naturally get leftover soybean hamburger spaghetti sauce on spaghetti.
Anything McDonalds makes beats that nasty burger by a mile.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)
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Your buttfucking buddy Obama mandated that, dipshit
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:59 PM (iLKq
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ACA fixed healthcare and ended the profit motive in insurance, the one thing preventing utopia.
Why are they complaining?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:00 PM (42WUB)
Then, the next day, you would naturally get leftover soybean hamburger spaghetti sauce on spaghetti.
Anything McDonalds makes beats that nasty burger by a mile.
i'll see your soybean burgers and raise you army surplus dehydrated chili con carne.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 04:00 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Ben Had
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I disntinctly remember in debates, moderators would ask Republicans to say how they would cut the deficit but made the ground rule "you can't say waste, fraud or abuse"
You werent ever alowed to even talk about it
Reminds me of voter fraud
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (UgMlZ)
At locations where the Quarter Pounder is fresh local beef, it's legitimately good, even great.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (2ocoG)
Nurse: "No, that's her right leg."
Doctor: "But it's on the left."
Nurse: "That's your left, her right."
Doctor: "How cornfusing."
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (MWfyi)
A precedent was set during the Biden admin that the Senate can decide not to have a trial when the House impeaches. Remember Mayorkas?
I’d love to see Schumer after the next Trump impeachment complain when Majority Leader Thune announces that there will be no trial and …
Never mind.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (GD2xa)
Posted by: That Guy at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (ScG/9)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (2ocoG)
Too true. I honest think welfare is the very worst thing for them. Drug test all gov. bennies.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (G+1P3)
Dolley ordered the second hottest (I wasn't hungry at the time and didn't order), but she could only get halfway through. I finished it (I got hungry).
It was pretty hot.
It fucked up her insides, though, and she can eat spicy food.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:49 PM (42WUB)
there's a chain out here that has hot chicken in kinda a log form rather than a fillet, but their hot calibration is way different from most where hot is *real hot* and i'm not a shrinking violet even. It comes on a bed of rice that is great, just a pile of rice with a bit of color. I had to back down to medium, or even mild. Not sure how they form the chicken into its shape, like a huge fish stick but it seems to be just chicken. I suppose they might just cut the fillet before breading it.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Annie Rose at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (MQoxb)
Five Guys
Whattaburger
boutique burger joints whos main draw is they are not...
that other place.
Had them all and throw in cfa,
meh...
just meh...
to them all.
Posted by: Will Robinson at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (dCMJG)
Posted by: ace
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Could you see forever?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (iLKq8)
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Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
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Your buttfucking buddy Obama mandated that, dipshit
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:59 PM (iLKq
*****
Hey! I'm just cock curious.
Posted by: Lightworker at October 02, 2026 04:03 PM (BmQWk)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 03:53 PM (ExV1e)
Also, one of the main things ignored by main stream economics is "time preference" since general economic theory treats all preferences and marginal utility in general as identical for "the average consumer".
Kids today have short term time preference, which is engendered by high inflation eating all savings and low interest which makes the utility of buying lots of houses to rent really good deal for big companies that can get the lower interest rates and prices the houses out of the range of young buyers. Add to that the extra cost of regulations on houses, operating businesses, hiring, and building cars, there is a triple threat. Can't save, can't earn, borrowing is rigged against them.
Blaming the Boomers is a good way to deflect blame.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 04:03 PM (rbvCR)
At locations where the Quarter Pounder is fresh local beef, it's legitimately good, even great.
my local mcdonalds was purchased by some sort of incompetent holding company.
fortunatly, my local burger king stopped burning everything to a crisp about the same time.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 04:03 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 03:31 PM (uhVAy)
And it's generally illegal to profit from a crime....
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 04:03 PM (kU0PQ)
We at least have a new baseline right?
Paying down the deficit?
Posted by: That Guy at October 02, 2026 04:03 PM (ScG/9)
As for me, I'm gaining weight like I'm supposed to and Wee Pooky is going to be a healthy weight.
Posted by: pookysgirl hopes her body is ready for this Christmas at October 02, 2026 04:04 PM (Wt5PA)
At locations where the Quarter Pounder is fresh local beef, it's legitimately good, even great.
Posted by: Ian S.
100% worm
https://t.ly/U9q6y
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 04:04 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:04 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (2ocoG)
The Double Quarter Pounder, Fries, and EggMcMuffins are the only yhing I ever want from McDs. The problem is finding a McDs that isn’t staffed by morons who ruin the food at every opportunity.
It’s getting harder to do that which is why I only eat from McDs once or twice a year.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:04 PM (6ydKt)
Now, the last time I deliberately lost weight, on the other hand, I gradually rachetted down from 'pizza and burgers' to 'burgers without fries' to 'burgers no bun', etc and held there at 'really low carb'. Still lost like 80 pounds that time.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 04:05 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Annie Rose at October 02, 2026 04:02 PM (MQoxb)
I bet Usha has been riding J.D. over the Fat JD memes.
He needs to buy new shirts, his neck is getting thin.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 04:05 PM (rbvCR)
Yea, that's bullshit. Seems like trying to excuse and normalize drug addiction.
I won't dispute that leading a boring, purposeless, isolated life might lead to increased substance use and thus abuse.
But many popular, rich, friendful people also succumb to drug addictions.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:05 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:32 PM (j+aD2)
So, you're making Metamucil so you don't have to take Metamucil? And you're making it green?
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 04:06 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:58 PM (iFTx/)
When they swarm and eat your crops, you gotta eat them right back. I used to catch them as a kid and feed them to our cool cat who used to crunch em down.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:06 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: anachronda"
They serve rattlesnakes
French fries between your toes
And boogers from your nose
Posted by: I have it on good authority at October 02, 2026 04:06 PM (MWfyi)
Can’t stand it.
Jersey Mike’s, Firehouse, and a local sub shop named Sub Station II are the only subs I’ll eat these days unless I make one myself.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:06 PM (6ydKt)
We at least have a new baseline right?
Paying down the deficit?
Posted by: That Guy at October 02, 2026 04:03 PM (ScG/9)
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Government spending as a percentage of GDP has gone down across the last three quarters (-5.6% (govt shutdown), +4.4% (gov opening back up), -1.0%).
Trump is cutting government spending.
And no one gives a shit.
It's a lot like the immigration thing. "Immigration is my #1 issue." One year later: "Oh, I have no idea that Trump is doing anything about immigration. I saw a Bangladeshi man at my Costco last weekend, so nothing must be happening."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (ExV1e)
After they screwed up during covid then have done yeomen's work to turn things around. They did not bring back all the great shake varieties (thank goodness! my butt does not need that turtle shake) but the food has gotten better. Fries in tallow put them at the top of the fast food pyramid.
As far as eating out... Hubby and I try to do a "date day" once a week which includes dining out. We did better with variety up in NY, but the oysters are way better down here in Florida.
Posted by: Ann at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (SHHm+)
Schutz is good. An R running against Ellison.
Dustin Grage
@GrageDustin
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2h
🚨 WATCH: Ron Schutz just EXPOSED Keith Ellison over his claim that he has prosecuted 350 cases of Medicaid fraud in Minnesota.
In an overwhelmingly majority of those cases:
- Nobody went to jail
- Nobody had a felony on their record
- They paid cents on the dollar
- In 70 of those cases, charges were completely dropped.
WOW!
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Jeremy at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (29a26)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (Gqar8)
Sub Station in Columbia SC was great. Great food and a wonderful staff.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 04:08 PM (/QHx4)
In an overwhelmingly majority of those cases:
- Nobody went to jail
- Nobody had a felony on their record
- They paid cents on the dollar
- In 70 of those cases, charges were completely dropped.
WOW!"
wow indeed
Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at October 02, 2026 04:08 PM (MWfyi)
We at least have a new baseline right?
Paying down the deficit?
Posted by: That Guy
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You crack me up.
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 04:08 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 04:10 PM (ExV1e)
The Blade, he is following The Paolo's exercise routine, IYKWIMAITYD.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:07 PM (Gqar
I imagine this is part of the reason the Kairos minstry has been very successful. Prior to doing the youth programs, I routinely baked cookies for when the Church group did their outreach (they haven't done this since Covid, so I imagine my Church's group faded then)...those cookies apparently where a huge draw for the prison ministry.
Posted by: Nova Local at October 02, 2026 04:10 PM (tOcjL)
I gained two pounds on my annual Fall candy corn and peanut butter diet but ran out of candy corn and peanut butter.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 04:11 PM (MWfyi)
Goes to X. A bit of Stephen Miller history.
That's actually awesome! And weirdly relevant again.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:12 PM (2ocoG)
Nurse: "No, that's her right leg."
Doctor: "But it's on the left."
Nurse: "That's your left, her right."
Doctor: "How cornfusing."
Posted by: wth
That is a tough one.
https://tinyurl.com/ycy95y8m
Posted by: Detective Harrison Yates at October 02, 2026 04:12 PM (+/CWD)
Why is that important? Because now agencies with programs that had massive fraud will receive a budget that does not reflect that fraud reduction (unless the program is axed). It ultimately means a Democrat House can pass a budget inclusive of that fraud, and then when in full power again restarts it.
I keep trying to tell people you should look at any changes in the power or economic structure and game out what will happen of Democrats ever regain power.
Posted by: That Guy at October 02, 2026 04:12 PM (ScG/9)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (iFTx/)
Simple: "My left or your left?"
We actually had a cadet get in trouble at the Academy while I was there for using magic marker on his knee before surgery, writing "Not this knee, dumba**." They had operated on the wrong knee previously. He didn't get in trouble for the writing, per se. He got in trouble for the disrespect to authority for his choice of words.
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 04:12 PM (kU0PQ)
I gained two pounds on my annual Fall candy corn and peanut butter diet but ran out of candy corn and peanut butter.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 04:11 PM (MWfyi)
Hold off till November 1st. ‘Twill be lit then.
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (Gqar8)
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They buy in lots/tranches, the good with the bad.
The bad one's they send a crew in to caulk, paint and sell at an attractive price but in reality far overpriced because it's actually falling apart junk.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Sub Station in Columbia SC was great. Great food and a wonderful staff.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 04:08 PM (/QHx4)
Sub Station II’s locally were the only subs I ate for most of my childhood/early adult years.
Then Subway came to town and one by one all the Sub Station II’s closed down.
The company was re-founded by new owners a few years back and now there are several around the Lowcountry again.
They taste very similar to how the subs were originally back in the day.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 04:12 PM (kU0PQ)
Ok, DOCTOR dumbass!
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)
......
They know nobody puts the mayo in the frig at night.
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:15 PM (Ia/+0)
-- Cornell Frat Bro.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:38 PM (iFTx/)
But the Ms are circumcised.
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)
In-N-Out burgers are better than most other fast food burgers. But let's face it, they're still just burgers. And their fries suck ass. Proper Freedom Fries aren't just sliced fresh potatoes tossed into the fryer. They need to be partially cooked and washed with something to induce the proper crunch BEFORE they go into the fryer.
The best part about In-N-Out Burger was the pre-1990 bumper stickers which everyone in Central and Southern California modified into "In-N-Out urge".
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tubal at October 02, 2026 04:13 PM (Gqar
Its not like candy corn goes bad.
I save hard cinnamon candy for use when I get nagging coughs - it works better than the drugged stuff for me and those I've given them to. I treat it like a medicine and never snack on it unless the throat feels dry. I have jars and little containers here and there and those last years.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (uhVAy)
They got so many obviously-fraudulent applications that even fraud-happy Minnesota had to halt the program.
It's estimated that three-quarters of the applications are fraudulent.
The welfare was for businesses who were "harmed" by ICE operations in Minnesota, due to illegal aliens not showing up for work or illegal aliens not patronizing restaurants."
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MN Lt. Governor Peggy Flangan's US Senate campaign hardest hit.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 04:17 PM (rj6Yv)
As someone who eats there every time I have to be in Silly-Con Valley, 100% agreed. Burgers are upper tier for a chain, but the fries are godawful.
I appreciate the Bible references on their packaging though.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 04:19 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:48 PM (iFTx/)
Hmmmm.... The beginnings of a business plan are forming....
Posted by: GWB at October 02, 2026 04:21 PM (kU0PQ)
The fries are deep fried and greasy.
The burgers are grilled on a grill and greasy.
And they slap a mound of those long, thin, cut grilled onions on top of the burger and greasy.
It tastes like home but I can’t handle all of the onions and greasy.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:23 PM (6ydKt)
Otherwise, they keep all the stuff, or their family does, and nothing happens.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 03:24 PM (+8HoB)
Defraud a Government program once, 5 years in jail. Do it again upon release, straight to the firing squad. Multiple instances of fraud on the first offence? Straight to the firing squad. Fraud by aliens, or naturalized citizens, or refugees, etc? REvocation of citizenship (if any) and deport to ancestral homeland, penniless.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 04:26 PM (6ydKt)
Also, I have a different parking situation this year. It's close enough to my destination that I can walk, except it's actually more of a climb than a walk. I only got very slightly sore the first day I climbed to class and not sore at all since then. So it didn't take long to get in shape for that.
Posted by: Emmie at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (ppsv1)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:26 PM (10NPz)
And would any other vinegar work as well?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 04:27 PM (n2qDf)
Thete is one near me now but haven't gone yet
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:29 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at October 02, 2026 03:35 PM (z9/xM)
McDonalds has gotten away from their roots. They had a limited menu, and they had a row of wrapped burgers and bags of fries sitting under heat lamps. They never sat there for very long, because they knew the demand curves, and cooked to meet them. You could walk in, pay a couple of bucks, and get your burger, fries, and a soda right then and there, none of this nonsense of a receipt with a number on it. It really was fast food. Fast, and edible.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 04:35 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 04:36 PM (VQ7/I)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 04:01 PM (MWfyi)
They even smell gross, like hospital laundry.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 04:47 PM (n2qDf)
They also all die.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 04:52 PM (6jna9)
Schmolls: Paxton and Collins Up Over Their Weirdo Opponents
Paxton is up according to his own campaign poll.
People scoff at campaign polls. But campaign polls are real polls, unlike media polls, which are cheaply done just for clicks. Campaign polls have real money and effort put into them. The problem is that the campaign can withhold all the polls that show them down and then release the one poll that shows them up. I assume that happens all the time. All the time. That said, at least the last poll of likely voters has Paxton up:Trump boosted Paxton:
A new poll of likely voters shows Republican Ken Paxton leading Democrat James Talarico 48% to 45% in the Texas U.S. Senate race. The Pulse Decision Science survey, conducted Sept. 24-27, was identified as a Republican internal poll.
The RCP poll of polls says the Collins is up over the replacement for Maine Fuhrer.
"He is unbelievable. He is a loyal, hardworking character. Ken's one of the best state attorney generals in the entire country. He has been for the last many years and frankly he's gonna go down as one of the best ever," Trump said in a video.
Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, has reclaimed the lead in her reelection bid, not merely in a single poll, but in a major polling aggregator. As of press time, Collins led former Maine Senate President Troy Jackson by 0.2% in the RealClearPolitics polling average. That metric includes six surveys, three of which show Collins leading. One InsiderAdvantage survey shows the race tied while two show Jackson with a lead. Notably, none of the three most recent surveys show Jackson leading the contest.In hard left Minnesota, the ultra-left-wing lieutenant governor Peggy Flanagan -- who wore a t-shirt with the motto "PROTECT TRANS RIGHTS" written on a combat knife -- is up only a single point over Republican Michelle Tafoya.
The InsiderAdvantage survey found that 46 percent of likely voters in the state supported Flanagan, while Tafoya garnered 45 percent support. Matt Towery, a pollster with InsiderAdvantage, called the survey results "unusual" for a race in a blue-leaning state, noting outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's (D) waning approval ratings and a widespread fraud scandal in the state as possible contributing factors to this close race. "Tafoya does extremely well with men and Flanagan is losing every age group other than the youngest of voters, who in the poll have a significant 'enthusiasm about voting' gap versus other age groups who are more enthusiastic," Towery said in a statement.CNN's Harry Enten points out that Republicans typically outperform their September polls by five points -- which means the Republicans would hold the Senate with a 50 50 split and Vance as a tiebreaker. Let's do better than that.
CNN asks 'What if the polls are wrong?' and notes that Republicans have performed September polls by 5 points in the last few cycles:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) October 1, 2026
Harry Enten: "Lets just say that the GOP outperforms the polls like they did 2018 , 2024, you get a 50/50 senate with JD Vance casting a tie… pic.twitter.com/DQMgnD20cg
The Last Stand of Rove, Cornyn, and the Establishment FraudsThis fat cuck is hedging his bets:
Twenty years ago, people would've thought you were crazy if you told them that Karl Rove would be welcomed onto the pages of the regime media to announce that his powerful principles require him to vote for a Democrat who believes you should carve up little boys and girls to conform to the trendy gender delusions of their Munchausen mommies. But in 2026, when he did that, nobody was surprised. Nobody was shocked. After all, betrayal is the old Republican establishment's brand. Rove and his ilk claim that taking sides against us is mandated by their principles. What principles? We understand what the principles of our alleged betters in the conservative (sic) movement really are. They're not a set of rigid standards that must be adhered to at all costs and hazards; they're a joke, a ploy to manipulate the rubes, moral Calvinball for people who demand our respect and obedience yet hold us in utter contempt. But of course, Karl Rove isn't alone. The doddering has-been is just emblematic of a particularly pernicious political type that those of us who actually believe in something beyond our own prosperity, prestige, and power have been trying to exile from the GOP for decades. All this stuff about the gentlemen of the Republican Party, the compassionate conservatives, the sensible adults in the room, has been revealed to be a lie, but it was always a lie. It was always a scam. When they speak of principles, they're talking about arbitrary and amorphous guidelines that they impose from on high to control you. But those principles never apply to them. Why, the idea that they should be bound by any guardrails is profoundly insulting to them. They are beyond such common limitations. You, however, are absolutely bound to them, like a serf to his master's fields. And here's the not-so-surprising part. Those principles they always talk about? Somehow, those principles always end up reinforcing the power of the failed GOP establishment at the expense of the GOP base. And those principles always require that we give up our interests, our rights, and our prosperity. Pretty convenient, huh? Tell me one establishment GOP principle that helps us in the base at the expense of those at the peak of the pyramid, and I'll show you a unicorn. There's no such thing as a unicorn. ... Uh, no. This was just a convenient excuse for them to do what they wanted to do anyway, which is to slap back at the people who dared not to genuflect to them anymore. Do you think Karl Rove would be doing this if anyone at the White House took his calls? Their phony outrage is a convenient excuse.
🚨Just in: Chuck Schumer says Republicans would Steal the Midterms Elections
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) October 1, 2026
He said: “Two things could have us to lose. One, they steal the election. The second thing is money. They have obscene amounts of money.” pic.twitter.com/mCTtv5xbfc
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 02:12 PM (TRLfq)
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Posted by: in before the troll at October 02, 2026 02:13 PM (y9nCu)
Debuting in this thread with a hearty "sock off."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:14 PM (mmrXZ)
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Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2026 02:17 PM (2Xqig)
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2106053573037490586
Either the black electorate is just checking out of politics at a level that should terrify Democrats, or the machinery that artificially kept up black turnout post-Obama is falling apart which should terrify Democrats.
I do not harp on ace for posting about polls because, well, it's something to post about and it's his place.
I just worry about conservatives who, every November, say, "I'm never trusting the polls again," and then come the next summer go, "I'm really worried because of the polls."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:17 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 02, 2026 02:17 PM (sFNX2)
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2026 02:17 PM (2Xqig)
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He'll lose exurban Texas by like 30 points.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:18 PM (42WUB)
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Somalis will vote (several times) like they're told to. Can't risk deraiing the gravy train.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (sFNX2)
Schlichter raises the question but I'd really like the answer: What are the Rovians' principles? Yeah, I get they're "a joke, a ploy" etc., but what are they really? Something like "The policies that most people appear to prefer are the correct ones"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 02:20 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 02:20 PM (Y8DZL)
Schlichter raises the question but I'd really like the answer: What are the Rovians' principles? Yeah, I get they're "a joke, a ploy" etc., but what are they really? Something like "The policies that most people appear to prefer are the correct ones"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
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Help Republicans become Democrats, and when that becomes impossible, help Democrats beat Republicans.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:20 PM (42WUB)
More than that, they can show them up by the right amount. If that Paxton poll showed him winning in a blowout, that might depress the GOP turnout. After all, if it;'s in the bag, why bother. But, 48 to 45 is a confidence builder, but it's still close. Better come out and do my part!
Posted by: No Name Today at October 02, 2026 02:20 PM (8mulE)
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 02:20 PM (UgMlZ)
Mr. O'Spades, this level of cynicism ill-becomes someone who has achieved the level of quality Internet Content provisioning that you have at such a tender age.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 02:20 PM (3kXhz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 02:21 PM (Cqx++)
*flustered expression*
*strained voice*
Black and Hispanic men are thundering to the polls to vote for Talarico!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 02, 2026 02:22 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: spongeworthy at October 02, 2026 02:22 PM (sLLbN)
I do not harp on ace for posting about polls because, well, it's something to post about and it's his place.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Holding up polls themselves for a sort of meta-scrutiny seems like a good idea. We might find a better way of prognostication, like analyzing trends in social media. AI could help hugely with that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Pfft. Barely an inconvenience!
Posted by: John Thune (RINO) at October 02, 2026 02:23 PM (3kXhz)
I got a poll for you that shows me up by 10.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 02:23 PM (VQ7/I)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:23 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)
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Gut is better.
Social media is manipulated. Polls are manipulated. Betting markets are manipulated. Following money requires Kremlinology to interpret.
The best thing we have is probably early vote analysis, which has a decent track record over the last few years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:23 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 02:23 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at October 02, 2026 02:24 PM (9FfUF)
Exhausting.
I'll be honest, I loved the internet when it started, it was fun to shoot the shit, see opinions on things, read a little of what people thought. But between the Marxist Stage Weeping OMG The Patriarchy Rapes Again Just Like Der Trumpenfuhrer, and the Ho Bag Fuckslut Cumdumpster Loves The Sex and So Do I But Of Course Never With a Ho Bag Fuckslut Cumdumpster Like Her Because I'm Somehow Above That, I'm really just over it.
Communicating with people was fun while it lasted. Roll on AGW, fry us all.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 02:24 PM (mJVit)
Paxon has his problems and Collins is a clownish figure but the people they are up against? Nutjob freaks.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
Maybe America wants nutjob freaks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Show me a person that still watches or consumes main stream media including Fox, etc. and I will show you someone worrying about polling. I can understand that most people lack the desire to actually look inside the tedious details of polling an the drastic workarounds that pollsters now use to combat poll non response, people lying to pollsters, and figuring out their mostly secret sauce of weighting one person to represent scores of other voters.
Cell phone area codes no longer correspond with location, young people are mobile and may not even be registered (and in most states, that closes in about a couple of days (30 days prior), we have a large population of illegals, the tendency of people now to avoid taking phone calls via call blocking and caller id due to scams, and so the polling firms are going to invitations via texting (another thing a lot of people avoid responding to now as a new twist on scamming) for people to respond either by phone or online for polls.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM (E4rtv)
I needed a pick me up today. I just have this really sinking feeling about the midterms that it's going to be a 1994 version for Democrats.
Posted by: Leupold
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Buck up, kid. Trump, Bessent, Miller, Rubio, Hegseth, et. al. will still have executive powers, and 2028 may have cleaner voter rolls, a rosier economy, and a trail of remarks from actual Democrat legislators on transing kids, taking away gas stoves, levying a nationwide billionaire tax, and reopening the border.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
Last I looked, his fat blob of an opponent put out a comment on X where Herrera was holding up a copy of Mein Kampf.
Except that the book was actually the Communist Manifesto.
Fat blob quietly deleted xer post, but not before Herrera screencapped the evidence of stupidity.
TheAKGuy/status/2105517142259159267
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM (88C+u)
Four Sheriffs joined a lawsuit to stop implementation of this law. In argument today, Sheriff Swank reports "hate group" affiliation is a major point of contention. If the Sheriff (or other leader) is a member of a "hate group," they can be removed.
Example of a hate group: You belong to a church which teaches there are only two genders.
http://tiny.cc/gygb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM (mkw2N)
Hope that helps
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 02:26 PM (jivel)
Welp. Those are all from donations.
Why don't YOU have money from donations, Chuck? What happened to your money? Where'd it go?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:26 PM (gLYp7)
The House is the tougher question, but I think we hold it and could even increase our lead.
I've been saying this for a long time, and the closer we get the more confident I am.
We got this. Now, to be sure, the GOP can fuck up a gay-curious frat party MMF, so anything is possible. But I think we got this.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)
They are intentionally noisy though. And because of widespread sanctioned cheating we don't even have reliable results, so nothing to really compare polling against.
Noisy polling plus noisy results equals darkness and confusion..
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 02:27 PM (mJVit)
Now, I'll give you one where it actually worked. J. Ann Selzer predicted Barrack Obama to beat Hillary Clinton in the primary. And, there was A LOT of cheating in that primary (especially in the caucus based states). Sure enough, Obama pulled the surprise win.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 02:28 PM (dIske)
Awaken the beast and call upon Chocolate Jesus to come and save the day....
HOPE AND CHANGE ..............
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 02, 2026 02:28 PM (5U1m0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
First, they lost trust in the pollsters. Then Internet Movie Critics. Finally. WNBA game officials.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 02:29 PM (3kXhz)
Except that the book was actually the Communist Manifesto.
Fat blob quietly deleted xer post, but not before Herrera screencapped the evidence of stupidity.
TheAKGuy/status/2105517142259159267
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through a campaign.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 02:30 PM (GfgtS)
Noisy polling plus noisy results equals darkness and confusion..
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 02:27 PM (mJVit)
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In just a few days this week, we got the Ipsos D+15 poll, the Morning Consult D+3 poll, and the Harvard-Harris D+2 poll.
The latter two are dismissed because they're GOP pollsters (the first is a Dem pollster, the second is non-partisan and the best pollster of the past decade), and we have to treat Ipsos seriously (even though they have a long history of doing it wrong with terrible results).
We can treat polling seriously, but no one does.
You pick the best, treat them with some skepticism, and actively attack the rest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:30 PM (42WUB)
That is just Commie Propaganda anyway ....
Just go out and vote !!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 02, 2026 02:30 PM (5U1m0)
At the same time, there was and is a master list of all farmers (inhabitants in a Census) that we know gets constantly out of date. The area surveys were used to determine exactly how the list survey was incomplete, identify new people to update the list from the area surveys, and to establish error rates. For farming data, the other means of error correction including marketing information, crop and livestock subsidies, satellite information, etc.
Today's polling does none of that. Private polling for candidates do.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)
Now, I'll give you one where it actually worked. J. Ann Selzer predicted Barrack Obama to beat Hillary Clinton in the primary. And, there was A LOT of cheating in that primary (especially in the caucus based states). Sure enough, Obama pulled the surprise win.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 02:28 PM (dIske)
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Did you know that Marsha Blackburn was consistently losing polls for the TN senate race in September of 2018?
She won by 11.
Lot of good that narrative creation did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:31 PM (42WUB)
Except that the book was actually the Communist Manifesto.
My favorite was when she made an ad talking over the sound of construction machinery claiming that it was work on building The Wall in Big Bend National Park (something neither candidate supports BTW). Then Brandon made an ad from the exact same spot pointing out that it was literally a hundred miles away from Big Bend. Lying liars lie even when it's easier not to.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 02:31 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: spongeworthy at October 02, 2026 02:32 PM (sLLbN)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 02:32 PM (bIH8o)
Posted by: James Baalarico at October 02, 2026 02:32 PM (mJVit)
I declare every Democrat the winner.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: what happened to the buffet?? at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (88C+u)
She's down 1 to the radical dem and her catchphrase has become: "I'm not running to manage Oregon's decline. I'm here to end it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (gLYp7)
That is because that polling is designed on purpose to check its own errors lest you lose an election on public polling misfires like Hillary in 2016. Race was close enough that the private polls did not show the pending disaster in the Blue Midwest Firewall until too late which was about election day or mebbe a day or so before when suddenly plans for a big coronation got scaled back just in case.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)
She won by 11.
Lot of good that narrative creation did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:31 PM (42WUB)
It all started going hew way after Taylor Swift endorsed Phil Bredesen.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 02:34 PM (/OKHJ)
We might find a better way of prognostication, like analyzing trends in social media. AI could help hugely with that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:22 PM (mmrXZ)
Personally, I'm old school. My preferred method of prognostication is reading the entrails of my commie victims.
Posted by: in before the troll at October 02, 2026 02:34 PM (y9nCu)
She's down 1 to the radical dem and her catchphrase has become: "I'm not running to manage Oregon's decline. I'm here to end it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (gLYp7)
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This is totally what we expect from a blue wave.
Democrats struggling in deep blue states.
Further evidence of Republicans losing everywhere!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:34 PM (42WUB)
Off me, troll sock.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 02:34 PM (y9nCu)
Example of a hate group: You belong to a church which teaches there are only two genders.
http://tiny.cc/gygb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM (mkw2N)
Sounds like a violation of the Religious Test Clause, as well as the Free Exercise Clause. But extremism in the service of trannyism is no vice for these degenerates.
Posted by: WA is cooked at October 02, 2026 02:35 PM (TbWk/)
She won by 11.
Lot of good that narrative creation did.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:31 PM (42WUB)
It all started going hew way after Taylor Swift endorsed Phil Bredesen.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 02:34 PM (/OKHJ)
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Alternate theory:
The electorate is largely inelastic, barely moves over time, and things are 95% set by about March of election year.
And deep red states just vote for Republicans in federal office while deep blue states just vote for Democrats for office outside of extreme circumstances that can depress "hometeam" turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:35 PM (42WUB)
Gawd, I love Schumer's fear of election theft. Chuck Chuck CHUCK! There's a remedy for this.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Further evidence of Republicans losing everywhere!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:34 PM (42WUB)
BLUNAMI!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Ralph Wiggum at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (VyD10)
Who thought Talarico was their best hope for winning in Texas?? Who saw this weirdo short eyes was the key to a win in Texas of all places? They can't find some Foghorn Leghorn democrat??
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (nIKjK)
BLUNAMI!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (gLYp7)
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Love it. Perfect.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:36 PM (mmrXZ)
Yeah, but if we implement Voter ID, Dems will lose EVEN MORE elections!
- Chuck
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:37 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:37 PM (2ocoG)
Nobody wants to see Katy Stout at a strip club.
Posted by: what happened to the buffet?? at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (88C+u)
Rule 34.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 02:37 PM (y9nCu)
No chance in hell. Never, ever going to happen. Oregon is a machine state, no Republican governor will ever win, no Republican majority in either house of the legislature. It will never happen as long as the vote by mail thing is in place.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:38 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:37 PM (2ocoG)
FACT CHECK: TRUE
A federal judge on Oct. 1 threw out a case against a Jamaican woman who voted in a U.S. federal election, finding that the law that prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:38 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Greg at October 02, 2026 02:38 PM (mJVit)
JB Pritzker is sending her $20 million. Given she's already been caught diverting campaign funds to buy cookies and tacos (I am not making this up), that oughta go well.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (2ocoG)
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I was calling it Munchausen-by-
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (94QNV)
This is totally what we expect from a blue wave.
I agree that this does not have the feel of a wave for anybody. There's just not the social feel, no comfort for either party. But we all need to brace for the Democrats to win the house, even if they don't.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:38 PM (nIKjK)
I think you're right.
I also think a Republican polling at ±1 in Oregon signifies that there isn't the Blue Wave the left is anticipating.
A Republican within 1 in Oregon is winning by four in Michigan.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (gLYp7)
Talarico 35%
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 02:40 PM (10NPz)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Nope. Internet is dead thesis. Approximately 50-70 percent, depending on which social media service you use is bots, foreigner and domestic post for pay mills, and to a lesser extent fake sock puppets.
The expensive way is as I put above, area surveys randomly picked to correct polling errors. That is enormously expensive and the media just does not have that kind of money anymore so it posts these fake and gay polls with special sauce in order to attract attention and shill for Democrats.
This is a base turnout election--independents are somewhat upset but for them, both parties are evil and often that leads to less turnout because the lesser of evils is still evil, so D base versus R base--Trump has about 40-42 percent of the electorate that will turn out for him definitely but must turn out in midterms by expensive GOTV operations. Dems have a bit higher built in vote share, mebbe 44-45 percent on average but younger and less engaged.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:40 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: pookysgirl wonders if Moloch can be incorporated somehow at October 02, 2026 02:41 PM (Wt5PA)
This is totally what we expect from a blue wave.
I agree that this does not have the feel of a wave for anybody. There's just not the social feel, no comfort for either party. But we all need to brace for the Democrats to win the house, even if they don't.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (nIKjK)
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I've been predicting that Democrats would take the house for 18 months.
Turnout differentials will just get them over the hump.
But, it won't do anything. Congress is already not doing anything, so no change there. Impeachment theater? Okay. Pointless since it won't lead to conviction.
DHS, DOJ, DoW, State all continuing because we have in imperial presidency and the OBBB fully funded and appropriated DHS through 2028 allowing deportations to continue at full scale no matter what the next Congress does?
Holy shit, this election is historically unimportant in changing the direction of the nation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:41 PM (42WUB)
Communicating with people was fun while it lasted. Roll on AGW, fry us all.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 02:24 PM (mJVit)
Web 1.0 was where it's at.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (VyD10)
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I was calling it Munchausen-by-ProxyButchery here a decade ago.
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (94QNV)
My mother treated me like dogshit but at least she didn't have my dick and balls cut off. My god the bar has sunk rather low hasnt it.
Posted by: The emasculation was all psychological at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Ian S.
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I think that guy is probably going to be reversed but perhaps not in time for the election. Betcha Eisen and Elias fed that judge with an opinion.
Minnesota behavior of its judges show an active 'Resist' collaborative movement on judges and I rate this very likely that Dem and some never Trump GOP relics on the bench are engaged in this shit behind the scenes.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)
Time to bring in the Big Guns for the Commi-crats.
Awaken the beast and call upon Chocolate Jesus to come and save the day....
HOPE AND CHANGE ..............
Posted by: Jackson K.
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Ha-ha, has the Lord and Savior Obama deigned to campaign yet? I know he made some silly remarks about all-female governance, but is he on the trail trying to get blacks to the polls? I love it when he screams at black people in his southern baptist preacher voice and it all comes to naught.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:43 PM (mmrXZ)
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I was calling it Munchausen-by-ProxyButchery here a decade ago.
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (94QNV)
My mother treated me like dogshit but at least she didn't have my dick and balls cut off. My god the bar has sunk rather low hasnt it.
Posted by: The emasculation was all psychological at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (TbWk/)
Be thankful you weren't Clancied.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 02:43 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: L - No nic...I'm coming closer to my home. at October 02, 2026 02:44 PM (Wl7PO)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)
David Liebowitz says illegals can not be barred from voting in US elections, right before a tightly-contested election.
Weird.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:44 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 02:44 PM (AKptf)
A federal judge on Oct. 1 threw out a case against a Jamaican woman who voted in a U.S. federal election, finding that the law that prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:38 PM (gLYp7)
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Half of the country -- and apparently now the Judicial Branch -- believes that the US Constitution itself is Unconstitutional.
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:44 PM (94QNV)
That is because that polling is designed on purpose to check its own errors lest you lose an election on public polling misfires like Hillary in 2016. Race was close enough that the private polls did not show the pending disaster in the Blue Midwest Firewall until too late which was about election day or mebbe a day or so before when suddenly plans for a big coronation got scaled back just in case.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:33 PM (E4rtv)
I don't actually believe that polls had anything to do with Frau Gruppencankles losing the election. She outright ignored virtually every poll, because there's no way that a stronk woman like her could possibly lose against that Queens vulgarian. Plus, all those Donk campaign strategists who had a penis were of course, wrong about everything, so their advice could safely be ignored.
I Am Woman, Hear Me Roar
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 02:44 PM (y9nCu)
@TheAtlantic
·
Sep 20
Karl Rove condemns comments about immigration by Bo French, the Republican candidate for Texas railroad commissioner, saying, “I'm voting for my second Democrat this fall"
Posted by: 13times at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (6iKlf)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 02:44 PM (y9nCu)
I don't think she even went to Michigan or Wisconsin a single time during the campaign. Just assumed they were in the bag.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (AKptf)
Turnout differentials will just get them over the hump.
But, it won't do anything. Congress is already not doing anything, so no change there. Impeachment theater? Okay. Pointless since it won't lead to conviction.
DHS, DOJ, DoW, State all continuing because we have in imperial presidency and the OBBB fully funded and appropriated DHS through 2028 allowing deportations to continue at full scale no matter what the next Congress does?
Holy shit, this election is historically unimportant in changing the direction of the nation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I dunno. Depends in the granular level of House races where polling is abysmal--bad for Senate, horrible for districts. Again, it going to be a turnout issue and perhaps a redistricting issue. Even the pro Dem pickers like Silver and Cook are now hedging away from their maximalist 20 plus gain in seats. Now in low teens from the last I saw.
I think it is more like 50/50 and the Dem primaries did not do Dems much favors this year in candidate selection versus the GOP.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)
I mean in a functioning patriarchy where men are assumed to be responsible and in control it makes sense, but we don't live in that kind of culture or legal system.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 02:43 PM (dK+Kv)
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And a new verb meme is born.
/Let's hope it's not also strangled in the crib ...
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (10NPz)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 02:43 PM (dK+Kv)
There were some days I believed to my core death was preferable. Being 10-11 and wanting either yourself or your tormentor dead is no way to go through childhood.
Posted by: I at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (TbWk/)
Polymarket has Democrats at 91% for taking control of the house.
ace says if you bitch about gas prices for the average American citizen, you are a communist.
The Horde says if you can't afford $1800 a month for a one bedroom apartment, get a third job, sell your blood to the blood bank, and pull yourselves up by the bootstraps.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (DQiGk)
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Hong was 95% to win the Democrat primary in Wisconsin for governor because betting markets have secret knowledge and know the future.
Meanwhile, Democrat turnout is down in early voting:
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2106057544800350646
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (42WUB)
This has me in tears. I really was hoping to lose this one!
Posted by: John Thune at October 02, 2026 02:47 PM (4hx56)
Re the Cornell thing.
It was an orgy. Orgies have happened since the beginning of time. People are appalled?
Some people like orgies. I don't give a shit as long as children are not involved.
It is election season, white people are bad. Only white people have orgies.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 02:47 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 02:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 02:47 PM (0U5gm)
"How am I not up by 50 points?!?!?!" Narcissists cannot imagine a scenario in which they are wrong or unwanted.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (nIKjK)
I think it is more like 50/50 and the Dem primaries did not do Dems much favors this year in candidate selection versus the GOP.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (E4rtv)
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If Democrats get the House it'll be like a 5-10 seat majority built from toss ups that happen to go their way.
And Jeffries will be trying impeachment theater with votes of 5-10 Democrats who won Trump+5 districts and dealing with shutdown theater with Trump fully willing to RIF the shit out of the federal government in response.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 02:42 PM (dK+Kv)
We may be dating ourselves.
But what else is new.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (mJVit)
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The communists (Xi) and the Islamists are spending money like James Carville on a trailer park binder.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: I would have been ok with the exercise band at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (TbWk/)
Nope. Internet is dead thesis. Approximately 50-70 percent, depending on which social media service you use is bots, foreigner and domestic post for pay mills, and to a lesser extent fake sock puppets.
Posted by: whig
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I bring up social media survey because of that lone South African firm that called 2016 for Trump, down to Philadelphia. They did it by analyzing social media, which was not expensive because they crowdsourced it.
Bots might have gotten worse since then, but AI has gotten better and it might be able to detect bot noise.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:49 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (10NPz)
There is an ash heap of history somewhere that Rove needs to fade into.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 02:49 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 02:49 PM (qBdHI)
But what else is new.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (mJVit)
I have to date myself, nobody else will.
Posted by: Carboniferous epoch at October 02, 2026 02:50 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 02:50 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Dv3i1)
This is the excuse of Democrats who ignored inflation during Biden, by the way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:50 PM (42WUB)
Meanwhile, Democrat turnout is down in early voting:
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2106057544800350646
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:46 PM (42WUB)
Don't copy and paste me.
If I say anything contrary to ace, I'm a troll.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 02:50 PM (m5bh6)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 02:49 PM (qBdHI)
Is that a triple negative???
*reeeeeeeee!!!!!*
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 02:50 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ian S.
^^^^^^^^^
David S. Leibowitz is a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, serving in the Miami Division. He assumed office on March 1, 2024, after being nominated by President Joe Biden and confirmed by the Senate on February 27, 2024, by a 64–33 vote.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 02:51 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:52 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: runner
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If polling is trash then prediction markets based on polling are even more trash as they are derivative of polling information and a thinly traded market where even foreigners can 'buy' influence by bets. Plus it is not unlikely that you have people in polling operations betting on it by screwing with their own polls.
Using standard techniques, the best information is actually votes--a slight derivative is EV and Mail In Ballot request data that are proxies for the real thing but imperfect as it doesn't measure indy leaners very well nor does it preclude party defectors. The second best is a well run poll but those are expensive and they must disclose weighting, and uncertainties along with crosstabs. The third is usually media polling done on the cheap, the fourth is then prediction markets made by yutzes trying to make a buck or buy influence for Team Blue or Red.
And when you aggregate the summary of individual races, your error rates explode as it is the compounded joint errors of all the races. Aggregation is only as good as its least precise measure.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:52 PM (E4rtv)
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Sounds like you hate it here and should stop commenting.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:52 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Thinks he's Jewlius Caesar at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (TbWk/)
Schlichter raises the question but I'd really like the answer: What are the Rovians' principles? Yeah, I get they're "a joke, a ploy" etc., but what are they really? Something like "The policies that most people appear to prefer are the correct ones"?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 02:19 PM (mmrXZ)
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Corporate tax cuts, anything big business and MIC
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (dinlg)
I had no idea non-citizens were subject to the Constitution. If that's true, UK citizens need to sue the government for first amendment violations.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (2ocoG)
*reeeeeeeee!!!!!*
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LOL, I know. I think I twitched when I typed that. Involuntary grammatical error reaction.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (qBdHI)
I thought he was maybe dead. I guess not.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (88C+u)
that they are better than you
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 02:54 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (88C+u)
How does it signal they have the votes for impeachment?
You need 67 Senators to remove a president.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:54 PM (gLYp7)
THE ARISTOCRATS!
I mean, that they're the aristocrats. You should dig up parsnips for the palace.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:54 PM (2ocoG)
The odd thing about this is that both the very rich and the upper middle class have both been trending left for a while
In 2024 the Dem's had a significant lead in fundraising. If the Republicans have overtaken that it either means they are way, way, way ahead with middle class/working class voters, or they've taken the lead again among the upper middle class/rich. Either way that makes me doubt a blue wave.
2024:
Democratic National Committee (DNC): collected approximately $683.6 million
Republican National Committee (RNC): collected approximately $475.8 million
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (88C+u)
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It takes 67 votes in the Senate for conviction.
Post 1/6, when Trump was at his lowest, had lost re-election, and Mitch was making public noises about the GOP moving on from Trump, the Senate only got 57 votes for conviction on his second impeachment. (8 of the 10 GOP senators who voted for it are no longer in the Senate as of next year, Cassidy being the latest to leave.)
The impeachment vote in the House is unimportant. The only thing that matters is conviction.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:55 PM (42WUB)
I don't think she even went to Michigan or Wisconsin a single time during the campaign. Just assumed they were in the bag.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (gLYp7)
As I recall, the rumor was that Bill had practically begged her to campaign there in the last week or two, but she shut him down.
I'm still surprised that she didn't October Surprise him with a fatal heart attack to lock in the sympathy vote. It's not as if she didn't already have a body count...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 02:55 PM (y9nCu)
Katy Padilla Stout's campaign spent $4,338 on tacos, cookies and liquor over roughly 1 month, according to campaign finance records
At least it was cheap liquor. I guess? I'm thinking kahlua.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:55 PM (88C+u)
It's Schrodinger's stolen election.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 02:56 PM (Fi81e)
Reduce government spending
Cut taxes
Reduce regulations
He and Shrub did a tiny amount of 2/3 and nothing about 1 even when they had both houses in congress.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)
Lording over the unwashed masses is an ego trip of epic proportions.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 02:56 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 02, 2026 02:56 PM (0cxsI)
Posted by: The Fremen at October 02, 2026 02:56 PM (Dv3i1)
I have reported this site for spreading disinformation.
Everyone knows that this year will be not just a blue wave but a blue tsunami.
Democrats will take the House, the Senate and Trump will resign is embarrassment.
Vance will be impeached and Hakeem Jeffries will be President.
Suck it, MAGA, your time is done!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 02:57 PM (3cUTc)
Too much risk if they failed because imagine Bill Clinton spilling everything he knows...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 02:57 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 02, 2026 02:57 PM (/OKHJ)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:57 PM (nIKjK)
If you don't like them, they have others.
And do not forget - what's left of the Bush political machine hates Trump and Paxton at levels that most people wouldn't belive..
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 02:57 PM (pfXMo)
Reduce government spending
Cut taxes
Reduce regulations
He and Shrub did a tiny amount of 2/3 and nothing about 1 even when they had both houses in congress.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)
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Trump has done all three, especially the third.
Hell, government spending has been down, on average, for the last three quarters as a percentage of GDP.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:58 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:45 PM (gLYp7)
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Nope. HC was in GR, here in Michigan as a late stop, at least.
I think the idea that she missed the rust-belt states is overdone.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 02:58 PM (Fi81e)
The weekend is here
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 02:58 PM (Ia/+0)
Katy Padilla Stout's campaign spent $4,338 on tacos, cookies and liquor over roughly 1 month, according to campaign finance records
There's leaning in to the obvious jokes about yourself and then there's whatever this is.
Brandon Herrera has made pretty much every one of his campaign X posts a double entendre about her being fat, which everyone except feminists enjoy.
At least it was cheap liquor. I guess? I'm thinking kahlua.
She probably thinks it's classier than Thunderbird. She might even be right.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM (jivel)
Bots might have gotten worse since then, but AI has gotten better and it might be able to detect bot noise.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
It has gotten much worse and in fact, a lot of the AI models are trained on bullshit robo posts on things like Reddit. For that reason, at least one major AI company has publicly announced reducing reddit weighting in its model. Social media killed blogs, and in turn have been wrecked by terminally online (whose preferences do not resemble the general pop), bots, and paid comment influencing operations including Mobys.
I dislike pulling the credentials card but necessary in this case. I have a PhD in this field, retired as a tenured prof doing empirical research in this field for about a decade or so with publications, etc., and about two decades in practical experience in local, state, and federal elections.
It is about 50/50 in the House and most likely GOP holds the Senate. If no wave, then the GOP mebbe gains a seat or two.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:57 PM (nIKjK)
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If they get 66 on anybody, the fix is in.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM (Fi81e)
I am as well, but I can only guess that having been married to and living with Cruella Von Borgia for decades has trained Bill to be very careful.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM (pfXMo)
I don't actually believe that polls had anything to do with Frau Gruppencankles losing the election.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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I think she ignored the polls because she thought the steal was secure. To this day, I'm a bit shocked that it wasn't.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:00 PM (mmrXZ)
In a MMF 3way the dynamic is a bit more skewed. Or FMF, maybe, where one of the Fs is evil, the M is horny and stupid, and the second F was the sucker at the poker game (inb4 phrasing).
That didn't happen at Cornell.
Of course it's hard to know what happened at Cornell because Ketamine Girl keeps changing her story.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 03:00 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Lighten up Francis at October 02, 2026 03:00 PM (0iQE1)
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What? Nothing on male strippers and coke? C'mon, Katy! Do better! Make Hunter proud.
Come to think of it, sounds like someone may've had the munchies.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 02, 2026 03:01 PM (sFNX2)
Not go consuming the poisoned wells of social media, polling, and worst of all prediction markets.
Better to be uninformed than misinformed.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:01 PM (iLKq8)
Sounds like a small UT tailgate party
Sounds more like money laundering.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 03:02 PM (m5bh6)
I wonder if the insane antisemitism that is now the official position of the Democrat Party is finally starting to sink in to Jewish voters...
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Yj10g)
I doubt Reality's dick is long enough to fuck himself.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 02:54 PM (/QHx4)
Although as far as I'm concerned, he's welcome to try.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 03:02 PM (y9nCu)
Not go consuming the poisoned wells of social media, polling, and worst of all prediction markets.
Better to be uninformed than misinformed.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:01 PM (E4rtv)
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When one party is flush with cash and throwing it around everywhere, including having to secure last minute ad spaces in expensive markets like Texas, it feels...misleading.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:02 PM (42WUB)
I dislike pulling the credentials card but necessary in this case. I have a PhD in this field, retired as a tenured prof doing empirical research in this field for about a decade or so with publications, etc., and about two decades in practical experience in local, state, and federal elections.
Posted by: whig
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LOL, no problem. I remember the press making shit up when Princess Diana died, about how she was particularly beloved by marginal this and "of color" that, and professional pollsters had all the data at their fingertips that showed her following was vastly white middle-aged middle-class women.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: 88C+u
It will come out in excruciating detail in future court testimony and evidence. And the going public means a shitshow and politicians, particular Dems, trying to agitate their AWFL base which already hates and blames men for their misery. But the Dems like miserable and broken people because they seek revenge at the polls.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Lighten up Francis at October 02, 2026 03:00 PM (0iQE1)
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Your prophesy has failed.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Fi81e)
The bad: she lost to Barky/Biden which led to all the crap they caused
The good: she lost to Trump
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (jivel)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (88C+u)
You need 67 to convict in the Senate...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: Carboniferous epoch
Have you tried asking Taylor Lorenz out? You two are about the same age.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (77rzZ)
Look at any picture of Katy Stout. It's not laundering, she ate every one of those cookies.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 02:54 PM
He's not from Nantucket, then.
Posted by: The Man From Nantucket at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (0sNs1)
Huh.
/Pro sports leagues
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (iLKq8)
I agree that this does not have the feel of a wave for anybody. There's just not the social feel, no comfort for either party. But we all need to brace for the Democrats to win the house, even if they don't.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:39 PM (nIKjK)
This is an unsettled election because mostly people don't like the price of gas and it's still expensive for things like beef. And the Democrats have exploited this well, however-
The Democrats have piled on the insanity so heavily and so high that even Democrats themselves don't particularly care to vote for them, even though they don't like Trump.
So, it's an election of discontent.
No one is enthused about voting (except maybe me!) because even if they don't totally like Trump's current economy, they sure as hell don't want the communist aborto-genital mutilation-energy hating-inflation causing-islamo-importingvote cheating Democrats to win,
so the Republicans will win maybe hugely. I expect some surprises.
But, it's voting done out of duty and fear rather than enthusiasm and joy...except for me! 😀
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (YSUhf)
At least it was cheap liquor. I guess? I'm thinking kahlua.
She probably thinks it's classier than Thunderbird. She might even be right.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:59 PM
I loved the recent video where he dropped yet another reference to the weight of Austin feminists, then looked at the camera and said "in case you thought I was sorry about that."
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 03:05 PM (/C5Rl)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)
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It'll be the Clancy trial part 2, and Nancy Grace will be doing breathless updates.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 02, 2026 03:05 PM (Yj10g)
"Oh no, impeachment. Anyway."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:05 PM (42WUB)
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$150 a day on a campaign heading into the home stretch? That's miserly by Democrap standards. I would think it would be a lot higher.
I suspect the real eye-openers in that statement are the almost certain big payouts to companies owned by family members.
It's all money laundering. The entire government is money laudering.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)
Huh.
/Pro sports leagues
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:04 PM (pfXMo)
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It says "dump money", not "fix outcomes".
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:06 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 03:02 PM (y9nCu)
Yes, because addressing the affordability of energy and housing for working Americans is an affront to conservatism.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 03:06 PM (m5bh6)
Gotta stir up every available base, especially now that the Hispanic vote is gone...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 03:06 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Lighten up Francis at October 02, 2026 03:00 PM
You're right, but it's not you, it's us. Could we get a TL;DR summary?
Posted by: Gen Zers at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:53 PM (88C+u)
You need 67 to convict in the Senate...
Posted by: Nova Local
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The need was marked earlier, it is a Soprano in the senate.
Could Paxton be our Soprano?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I tend to agree with Seth Keshel, there is always a narrow path for victory in a statewide election even one dominated by the other party (Moore losing in 2018 to Jones was such an example). But that requires a lot of voters on the GOP side either not voting in that particular race or less likely defecting to Talafreako. About 1-5 percent chance with no changes in status quo. I suspect the mass of Trump money being spent now is to make sure that upset does not happen and to crush the Senate Rinos that hope it does.
Don't know what if anything to make of the GOP midterm convention polling bullshit that Rove was trying to refer too. Too insider for me.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
In my completely unscientific observations of my X feed, right-leaning people whom I can prove are actual people are moderately excited to vote against Democrats and make the Pakistani bot farmers who are deeply concerned about January 6th STFU. Nobody's buying the "gas is $8 a gallon because Trump is riding Israel's dick" trash.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (2ocoG)
"Oh no, impeachment. Anyway."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't think the third impeachment is going to have quiiiiite that punch. (Not sure I'm reading you correctly tho.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 03:08 PM (amcLV)
At least it was cheap liquor. I guess? I'm thinking kahlua.
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"If you like Taco Kahluas and getting caught in cookie jars ..."
And her last name is "Stout"?
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (94QNV)
The electorate is largely inelastic, barely moves over time, and things are 95% set by about March of election year.
And deep red states just vote for Republicans in federal office while deep blue states just vote for Democrats for office outside of extreme circumstances that can depress "hometeam" turnout.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 02:35 PM (42WUB)
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More probably theory as it relates to the 2020 General:
Trump actually won a legitimate election by a significant margin reflective of how much he dominated in 2024. Polling purposely showed Biden with a slight (to moderate lead throughout) to give legitimacy to the early morning ballot dumps in key states.
BUT, in reality, the legitimate tally would have had Trump winning by a solid margin and legitimate polls would have shown the same thing, making convincing the public that the election was fair all the more difficult. So polls setting the stage, immediate media visits and statements by Democrats to set the narrative of no cheating, and media obfuscating the entire effort.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (dIske)
"Oh no, impeachment. Anyway."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I don't think the third impeachment is going to have quiiiiite that punch. (Not sure I'm reading you correctly tho.)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
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In American history, we don't have many examples of impeachment of presidents.
But every single one has made the targeted president stronger politically.
If you shoot at the king, you better not miss. Impeachment is like attacking a castle with a single trebuchet with a single large rock, hoping to hit the king.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
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"UNPRECEDENTED!! No President has EVER BEEN IMPEACHED 3 TIMES!!!"
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (GD2xa)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (mmrXZ)
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"UNPRECEDENTED!! No President has EVER BEEN IMPEACHED 3 TIMES!!!"
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (Fi81e)
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He'll never get elected to the presidency again after this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (10NPz)
His argument is, sure, sure, the executive can appoint US Attorneys and can fire US Attorneys.
But if the local courts--who do not have executive power under the Constitution, as they are the ... Judicial Branch--appoint a US Attorney, the President, the Chief Executive of the Department of Justice, cannot fire him.
And he holds the job forever and ever until, under the Advise and Consent Clause, the Senate approve a replacement.
Say, who provided the "advice and consent" in the Senate approving the guy the courts appointed and you say no one can fire?
If you stupids went to Harvard, you'd not question the judge.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: 88C+u
It will come out in excruciating detail in future court testimony and evidence. And the going public means a shitshow and politicians, particular Dems, trying to agitate their AWFL base which already hates and blames men for their misery. But the Dems like miserable and broken people because they seek revenge at the polls.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:03 PM (E4rtv)
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I think the kids are fucked. Not because they are guilty -- the first MMF was clearly consensual and the girl admits that -- but because people don't want to believe a girl would consent to that, let alone seek it out. The old "well, not MY daughter" thing.
But certain girls do seek it out. There are girls out there into 3somes, BDSM, bisexuality, rape fantasies, orgies, and other kinky and weird sex.
But society as a whole wants to keep ladies pure and innocent, so they refuse to believe that girls can be just as sexually adventurous and aggressive as men.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Even Andrew Johnson?
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at October 02, 2026 03:09 PM (GD2xa)
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It's an observable pattern.
Blacks have a clear racial preference in the primary? That preference loses?
Black turnout declines.
It doesn't collapse, but it tends to go down about 10%.
I want to invent a theory out of nowhere, but the defeat of Jasmine Crockett in the TX primary is going to affect black turnout across the nation.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:11 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: gnats local 678 at October 02, 2026 03:11 PM (CWTWj)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 03:10 PM (2ocoG)
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We must burn libraries to the ground then.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Fi81e)
aren't they paralyzed NOW?!?
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at October 02, 2026 03:12 PM (j+aD2)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 03:12 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:12 PM (mJVit)
206 But every single one has made the targeted president stronger politically.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Even Andrew Johnson?
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 03:11 PM (77rzZ)
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I can say with authority, every one in the modern era has led to it.
Johnson, I think, ended up stronger, but that's in relative terms. He was deeply, deeply unpopular and beat conviction by a single vote in the Senate. His political career was done no matter what, but I think his presidency post impeachment trial was quieter than before. Which would equate to stronger politically considering where he was before.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 03:12 PM (42WUB)
Sounds like a small UT tailgate party
I was thinking the Seahawks...
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 03:12 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: 88C+u
Impeachment is a stupid idea and that in part is why the Brits got rid of it. The bar in the Senate when you have as isolated a guy as Andrew Johnson after the Civil War and a dominant anti Johnson faction in the GOP party at the time failed.
Nixon could only have been removed at trial if the Senate GOP did not agree in removing him. Which led to the wankery of impeaching Clinton when Gore refused to backstab Clinton although it probably would have won him 2000 race. That meant it became a GOP v. Dem partisan thing and was doomed in the Senate.
Dems damn neared pulled off the GOP surrender in the fake and gay Jan 6 shampeachement II but the public saw through it due to the previous crap shampeachment I that the Dems hatched just before covid.
That meant the the McConnell faction would lose power immediately due to public outrage from Shampeachment II so they scuttled voting for it despite perhaps enough Never Trumpers GOP to theoretically pull it off.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:13 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 03:13 PM (jivel)
I read the report on what happened. I look forward to her testimony "I never thought snorting a line of ketamine off his dick would lead to sex!"
My big thing is that there is no do-over in life. A lot of people live day to day without considering what these kind of actions lead to and what it makes them forever. Many women seem to reach their 30s and then have nothing but regrets. That is very sad.
So I would like more women to see bad examples and have to decide if that is a path they should take or avoid.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 03:14 PM (G+1P3)
At least it was cheap liquor. I guess? I'm thinking kahlua.
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Pelosi could knock that out in a day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 03:14 PM (iLKq8)
I look forward to Hunter Biden being called as an expert witness.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 03:15 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:37 PM (2ocoG)
FACT CHECK: TRUE
A federal judge on Oct. 1 threw out a case against a Jamaican woman who voted in a U.S. federal election, finding that the law that prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections is unconstitutional.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 02:38 PM (gLYp7)
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This is clear grounds for impeachment of the federal judge. At least it represents misbehavior, IMHO it represents a blatant violation of the oath of office, if not treason.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 02, 2026 03:16 PM (JNTt1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I agree with that take. Something similar happened in the British impeachment trial of Minister Hastings which was being conducted in the House of Lords off and on for years even while the Constitutional Convention sat in Philadelphia (and they were aware of it).
Impeachment came about in the first place because Kings could not be removed from office but it was designed to remove ministers of the king that the king could not or would not remove. You could go after the king's minions without being accused of treason (somewhat) via impeachment but not if you challenged the king himself.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 02:25 PM at October 02, 2026 03:17 PM (88C+u)
The SPLC
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 03:12 PM (mJVit)
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They finally succeeded in shutting down The Klan.
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:17 PM (94QNV)
The whole thing sounds very gay and immature to me. Stupid kids.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 03:19 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 03:19 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 02, 2026 03:02 PM (Yj10g)
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I'd hope so, but of all the political outcomes where I'd press X to doubt it would be that one.
Urban American Jews have not shown any indication that they have suddenly seen the light and decided to vote for self-preservation.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 03:21 PM (3BwY8)
Posted by: bob
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There is an ebb and flow to societal norms and the freakout sex era is ending and I think this is more a punctuation of that ending rather than a new beginning.
The ironic thing is I guarantee you that the same group sex fueled by drink and drugs is going on for gay male undergraduates with the numbers probably exceeding this girl's two or three threesomes.
And yet you don't see instant sympathy for the Gillums, etc. that engage in that sort of risky sex nor cries that Gillum could not consent and must have been raped, etc. People hold very different standards of behavior for men and women and the hypocrisy on the issue becomes more of the lesson than the acts themselves.
This wanton shit has gone on by elites and plebes forever but only becomes open at the end when the tide begins to change.
One difference though, the internet is forever so far and it takes longer for society to forget.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 03:22 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 02, 2026 03:25 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 02, 2026 03:30 PM (xvV+O)
Supreme Court Will Decide Major "Environmental" Case, Deciding If Leftists May Use the Power of the Lawsuit to Steal Democracy From the Hands of the People
Shawn Fleetwood of The Federalist:
One bad thing is that Alito has recused himself, due to an investment in energy companies. I don't know why righties recuse themselves. Lefties never do. Another case will be decided by the Supreme Court: a "landmark" lawsuit against the Muslim government of Dearborn, Michigan making non-Muslims dhimmis.
The U.S. Supreme Court will kick off its 2026 term next week with what will be one of its biggest cases of the year. And according to several legal specialists, there's much more to the dispute than meets the eye. The case in question is Suncor v. Boulder, which deals with the lawfare that Boulder, Colorado, launched against Suncor Energy companies and the Exxon Mobil Corporation. The city is seeking monetary damages based on claims that the oil giants' activities are contributing to "climate change" and that such activities are harming Boulder residents. Before SCOTUS is the question of whether federal law prevents state-law claims "seeking relief for injuries allegedly caused by the effects of interstate and international greenhouse-gas emissions on the global climate." The justices will also consider whether they have jurisdiction to hear the case. During a Tuesday virtual press conference, Alliance for Consumers Executive Director O.H. Skinner said that Democrats and their allies are attempting to make the suit out to be nothing more than a "basic tort case" that is "trying to hold people accountable for their actions." In reality, however, he noted that the lawsuit is effectively "a Swiss Army knife for them to accomplish social change through a court system." "It's actually bigger than 'climate change,'" Skinner said. "It's about [Democrats'] overall ability to weaponize courts to accomplish policy goals that are sweeping and that are multibillion-dollar in scale, and they could end up with an order that basically rewrites the American economy [if they prevail]." Should the Supreme Court endorse Boulder's position that states and localities can pursue these types of state-based claims against Suncor and Exxon, the AFC executive director said, such a ruling would open up Pandora's box for leftists to advance similar lawfare against other industries they disfavor. He specifically noted that standard could apply "across all sorts of different social questions, all the way down to guns."
In Sept. 17, the American Freedom Law Center filed a landmark lawsuit on behalf of a Dearborn, Michigan, resident, alleging that the Arab-majority Detroit suburb, led by Muslim officials, has promoted Islam and discriminated against and fostered hostility towards Christians and Jews -- in violation of the Constitution's establishment clause. The details of the case brought by my courageous colleague, Federalist Senior Legal Correspondent Margot Cleveland, are shocking. She alleges that Dearborn's leaders have endorsed glitzy Ramadan displays and advertised an iftar dinner with public funds. Conversely, they have allegedly ignored Cleveland's requests for comparable commemorations for Christian and Jewish holidays and sidestepped concerns over public rallies glorifying jihadism. They have also berated a Christian pastor and fellow constituent. Dearborn Mayor Abdullah Hammoud called Pastor Ted Barham a "bigot" and "Islamophobe" who "is not welcome here" when he questioned the city's renaming of a city street for an avowed Hamas and Hezbollah supporter. The complaint cites past instances where courts have found the city to have discriminated against non-Muslims. Having petitioned her elected leaders to treat all religions equally, only to face stonewalling, Cleveland has taken them to court in defense of her and her neighbors' sacred rights. A victory for AFLC could end such discrimination and set a powerful precedent. It would send a message to other like-minded officials nationwide. Cleveland's complaint should also serve as a clarion call for Americans about the potential consequences of Islamization.
Meanwhile: Have you ever suspected that left-wing Lawsuit Slop Firms work hand-in-glove with left-wing media operations? James Varney:
More on the Democrat Media Party's coordinated lawfare/"journalism" scam at the link.
Many Americans may be losing trust in journalism, but attorneys at the Clarkson Law Firm are apparently not among them. In recent years, the Southern California-based firm filed at least four class-action lawsuits in federal courts that appeared to rely heavily on investigative articles published by ProPublica, STAT News, and other news outlets. Most of the suits came on the heels of negative stories about some of the country's biggest health insurers, including UnitedHealth Group, Cigna, and Humana. Facebook's owner, Meta, also seems to have come into Clarkson's crosshairs following a news report about privacy concerns regarding its high-tech eyeglasses. Clarkson, which advertises itself as a "public interest law firm," was also quick to amend suits by adding plaintiffs that appeared in the articles, most of which alleged insurers were cheating Medicare patients through AI algorithms that denied patients care. Legal experts say this pattern raises questions because attorneys are generally required to conduct their own inquiries before filing class action suits. News reports are considered hearsay, so filing suits largely based on them is forbidden by the rules of procedure that govern federal courts. "Relying solely on an article in a newspaper, journal or other publication would not satisfy the class action requirement," said Arthur Landry, a veteran insurance defense attorney in famously litigious Louisiana. "The class actions against the health insurers in question for alleged wrongful denial of claims appear on their face to be based entirely upon publications, and there is no reference in the suits to counsel having attempted to verify the contents of the articles." "The apparent connections between the publications and the lawsuits, including close time relation between the press coverage and the filing of pleadings, raise serious questions," he told RealClearInvestigations. While RCI found no evidence that Clarkson and the news outlets coordinated their efforts, the repetitive timeline of stories and lawsuits, stories about the lawsuits, and social media doubling or tripling each gives the appearance of an operation rather than individual efforts, a pattern that has become a modern-day loop used by those looking to influence public policy not just on health care but other major issues such as artificial intelligence, global warming and the like. When the work of nonprofits, academic researchers, and other groups that share the same public policy goal is added, there is a cascade effect that makes their position more formidable. One of the most striking examples of this dynamic started on March 13, 2023. That day, STAT News, a respected online outlet that focuses on healthcare and is available only with a subscription, published the first in a series of articles on alleged attempts by UnitedHealth to deny coverage, expensive hospital visits, and the like to its Medicare Advantage patients. Eight months later, on Nov. 14, 2023, STAT published another article in the series, which would become a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, reporting that a UnitedHealth subsidiary, NaviHealth, used an AI algorithm to try to shorten patients' rehabilitation stays to boost profits. On that same day, Clarkson filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth that largely recounts the March and November stories. The lawsuit footnotes the STAT articles eight times in the 45-page filing. Two of the footnotes refer to the STAT story published that same day in November. The lawsuit also repeats language in the Nov. 14 article. One paragraph in the Nov. 14 lawsuit involves an allegation STAT published that day, namely that NaviHealth "set a target for 2023 to keep rehab stays within 1 percent of the days projected by the algorithm," thereby turning something reported that day into a pleaded factual allegation. The lawsuit also appears to have cribbed language from STAT's March article. STAT's claim that company algorithms "compare a patient's diagnosis, age, living situation, and physical function... in a database of six million patients" and that they were used "to pinpoint the precise moment when they can plausibly cut off payment" are repeated verbatim in Clarkson's filing. Later in the complaint, Clarkson alleges the algorithm's "generic recommendations fail to adjust for a patient's individual circumstances and conflict with basic rules on what Medicare Advantage plans must cover," the exact language STAT used in March. STAT did not respond to RCI's questions about whether they were in contact as the articles were being prepared, and Clarkson declined comment. STAT's investigative pieces do not mention Clarkson. After the lawsuit was filed, STAT published -- again on Nov. 14, 2023 -- a story boasting its work had been the basis for the litigation, and all parties trumpeted their work on social media posts, thereby achieving the cascade effect and creating a public relations crisis for UnitedHealth.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 01:12 PM (ExV1e)
Their decision will either double or halve deportations.
I know what I'm expecting them to do.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:12 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 01:13 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Of course it was. It's how they roll.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:14 PM (bIH8o)
Even worse is that he initially said "fuck you, I'm not recusing," but then eventually caved to the left.
That's never a good look. Alito is usually rock-solid. Not this time.
I suspect that he already knows how the case is gonna turn out, and that his vote will be meaningless. I hope that means we have the votes to win.
Yes, I may be doing what I often accuse others of doing: wishcasting.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (iFTx/)
Keep Fucking Around, asswipe. You're about half a millimeter away from Finding Out exactly who "is not welcome here".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (qlLNh)
Their decision will either double or halve deportations.
I know what I'm expecting them to do.
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Sometime's up (ooh, ooh)
Sometime's down (ooh, ooh)
So won't you hurry boy
Come see about me
Posted by: The Supremes at October 02, 2026 01:16 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 01:16 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (qlLNh)
Someday, someone's actually going to mean that. Then things get spicy. I think there would be a ripple effect through the whole country.
Sarajevo, here we come!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:17 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 02, 2026 01:17 PM (m7sTw)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 01:17 PM (RORbl)
Sam, you glorious SOB… why you playing their game??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (M+uMR)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (mkw2N)
James Varney
He hasn't been the same since Vern died.
Posted by: toby928(c)
I know what you mean.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (Cqx++)
I would hope the remaining 5 would not allow every left-wing college town to sue energy companies for trillions, but I guess it comes down to John Roberts.
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (UgMlZ)
The EPA is one of the most egregious offenders of this. There is STILL $20 Billion sitting in escrow over at Citibank that was federal grant money earmarked for Green House Gas "Public Interest" organizations that Lee Zeldin thankfully was able to freeze by court injunction.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (dIske)
The answer is yes, because that's what we designed it for and why we infest so much of that space.
Posted by: Leftists at October 02, 2026 01:19 PM (y0LCM)
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good, about time
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 01:19 PM (AKptf)
So all the lefties vote lefty, and all the squishes vote "of course they can sue because that gives the courts more power."
And Thomas writes a dissent consisting of the single sentence "You talk like a fag and your shit's all retarded."
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 01:19 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (UgMlZ)
So you're saying we're fucked?
- Lloyd Christmas, finally understanding what time it is
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:19 PM (gLYp7)
They love to run exposes about the finances of billionaires, but only those billionaires who don't contribute to ProPublica.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 02, 2026 01:19 PM (u6/wt)
Let "Con" Carney deal with them, since he likes them so much.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:20 PM (qlLNh)
Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
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31m
🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just filed to REQUIRE citizenship status be disclosed to the Trump admin on IRS forms
LONG OVERDUE.
No doubt this can be used to advance mass deportations and the elimination of fraud!
Make illegals WANT TO LEAVE 👋🏻 https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2101683290545504428/video/1
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (LHPAg)
This dude's a stone-cold killer.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (gLYp7)
I think their religion forbids productivity, so they have, over thousands of years, acheived excellence as parasites.
Posted by: t-bird at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (Uqjn+)
Sam, you glorious SOB… why you playing their game??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:18 PM (M+uMR)
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If it's 4-4 then the lower ruling stands, which didn't go our way ....
Note that there's a standing issue in the case which could be an easy way to get 5-3 to just get rid of the entire case, which would be a win for us.
I suspect Roberts and ACB are looking for off-ramps to avoid having to decide the merits of the case.
If that is true, then we probably win this without Alito.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)
Her defense is that she did not read the chapter before writing the forward, and still has not read it.
This sounds very strange. A justice pleading laziness and ignorance. I guess also stating that her forwards are not well considered and the book is not worth reading. Allll righty then.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (G+1P3)
Not so fast..
Posted by: The Honorable Judge Kiki Manaluaha at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (4NO2D)
Suncor/Exxon to Boulder, CO: Okay, fuck you. We're closing down every gas station, franchise, fuel and lubricant shipment into your shit-hole city. That includes motor oil in your local WalMart, adhesives and polymers used in a shitload of other products, and yo mama's supply of whore condoms.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (y9nCu)
@EricLDaugh
·
31m
🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just filed to REQUIRE citizenship status be disclosed to the Trump admin on IRS forms
LONG OVERDUE.
No doubt this can be used to advance mass deportations and the elimination of fraud!
Make illegals WANT TO LEAVE 👋🏻 https://x.com/EricLDaugh/status/2101683290545504428/video/1
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 01:20 PM (E4rtv)
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Just keep expanding the known pool of illegals and hollowing out immigrant communities to encourage more illegals to go.
At least, bare minimum, 3.3 million have left (that's what the admin says they've pushed out through legal means, it has no estimate on self-deportations).
If 6-7% of them voted, that's between 180,000 and 210,000 illegal voters that are now gone. If the move gets the 6-7% percentage down to 5% and we have, say, 50 million illegals, that's at least 500,000 still around who won't vote.
Take out nearly a million Democrat voters with this one neat trick.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:23 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 02, 2026 01:23 PM (QaH55)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (G+1P3)
Kagan literally drafted language in Obamacare and went right ahead and ruled on it's legality.
The left can go fuck itself with recusals.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:24 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:24 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (LHPAg)
Izat the one with the blue ringed octopus as a murder weapon? I always liked that one.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 02, 2026 01:25 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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I would agree, but they never, ever do that. See CA for an example.
CA just a passed a law regulating how energy efficient tires be. What I'm hearing is basically all the tire manufacturers are going to just have to play ball instead of just not making ridiculous tires for CA residents.
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:25 PM (UgMlZ)
Leftists don't care about hypocrisy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:25 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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I would agree, but they never, ever do that. See CA for an example.
CA just a passed a law regulating how energy efficient tires be. What I'm hearing is basically all the tire manufacturers are going to just have to play ball instead of just not making ridiculous tires for CA residents.
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:25 PM (UgMlZ)
I'll just go to Arizona to get my tires changed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: t-bird at October 02, 2026 01:22 PM (Uqjn+)
Their role model is Bernie Sanders, who's been in Congress for 30 years and only managed to pass 5 or 6 bills, all of which were gimmies dealing with the naming of post offices in Vermont -- the kind of thing where everyone votes yes out of courtesy (although I'm surprised Bernie didn't try to name one after Stalin).
Earlier, of course, he made history by becoming the only person ever kicked out of a hippie commune for being too lazy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (qlLNh)
What in the world?
Is it too early for a drink?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (iLKq
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Remember, Alito is the based of the based and never does anything wrong on SCOTUS.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (gLYp7)
He's impressive. Ice water in his veins.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (bIH8o)
How the fuck did this POS lawsuit, which basically allows tyranny and socialism into our system through the cat door of "harm to Boulder residents" and would make Wikard v. Filburn look like a blowie from Syndy Sweeny , rise to this level?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (gLYp7)
He's impressive. Ice water in his veins.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (bIH8o)
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He learned it from Soros:
"Soros Fund Management: Bessent spent a large portion of his Wall Street career working for George Soros. From 1991 to 2000, he served as the managing partner of the London office for Soros Fund Management (SFM). He later returned to the firm as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) from 2011 to 2015."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (F8UH0)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung
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They need an adjustment.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:28 PM (iLKq8)
All five, including all three of Roberts, Barrett, and Kavanaugh.
ehhh
Posted by: Shenanigans at October 02, 2026 01:28 PM (qmxL/)
We are living in ‘State of Fear’ by the late Dr. Crichton.
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (LHPAg)
As long as we get live video feeds of the Martin Sheen character's fate. In glorious 4k
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 01:28 PM (y9nCu)
Eight months later, on Nov. 14, 2023, STAT published another article in the series, which would become a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting, reporting that a UnitedHealth subsidiary, NaviHealth, used an AI algorithm to try to shorten patients' rehabilitation stays to boost profits."
Were these stories not true ?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 01:28 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Leupold
Every car is built for California emissions rules, regardless of where it’s sold. With a market as big as California, they can dictate policy nationally because they know no manufacturer will give up the market or spend money to bifurcate ca and non ca products.
iIRC there was some lawsuit against this and scotus or an appellate court said CA can do whatever it wants.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:28 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)
Good luck getting back into California with those contraband tires!
- Director, California Department of Tire Inspection, Border Division
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (gLYp7)
Nine Thomas's could have set this country on the right track for 100 years. One of the greatest Americans, from the pool of dead or alive.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (mJVit)
iIRC there was some lawsuit against this and scotus or an appellate court said CA can do whatever it wants.
Posted by: John Roberts
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It's a shame these companies dont band together and do this, but it's like the scorpion and the frog.
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (UgMlZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (M+uMR)
This sounds very strange. A justice pleading laziness and ignorance
Sounds pretty on brand for Kagan though
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:30 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:30 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (M+uMR)
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Jeff Sessions wasn't a wartime consiglieri.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:30 PM (42WUB)
Bolder, a large rock capable of crushing everything in front of it when rolling.
When put together capable of causing untold mayhem.
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 02, 2026 01:30 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:31 PM (M+uMR)
I'll just go to Arizona to get my tires changed...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)
Vegas, Reno or Laughlin, 3-day weekend. 2 days for gambling and party time, 1 day to get the tires changed.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 01:31 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: ...No Art Thread Until Monday at October 02, 2026 01:31 PM (Fn+3X)
The extra regulations don’t really impact the manufacturers.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:32 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)
Good luck getting back into California with those contraband tires!
- Director, California Department of Tire Inspection, Border Division
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (gLYp7)
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The new CA tire rule is basically nothing. Our side is just doomsaying because too many of us are prone to that, and because we hate CA and magnify the importance of anything they do.
The major tire companies secretly are in favor of the new rule, as it will disproportionately impact the cheap Chinesium imports.
The rule has no affect on any tires that come with the car. Only when the tires are being replaced. Replace it with the same or similar tire, there's no issue. But people are replacing their tires with cheapo Chinese crap that probably shouldn't be on the road in the first place.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
The state that demands greater energy efficiency is the state that just passed a law making any journalistic inquiry into their bureaucratic inefficiency and fraud a potential life-destroying liability risk.
We should know by now, and be repeating over and over again by now, that this t has nothing to do with energy efficiency. I has to do with bureaucratic control over more and more of your life.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (F8UH0)
That'll be $1K
Refundable when you leave. Minus the various taxes and fees.
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Here's your refund; $12.45
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (RORbl)
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Is this really some rule specifically applicable to class actions, or just the general Rule 11 requirement that "factual contentions have evidentiary support"?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (JzUSu)
The extra regulations don’t really impact the manufacturers.
Posted by: John Roberts
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Exactly and CA knows this.
They basically dictate policy to all 50 states.
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (UgMlZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:34 PM (M+uMR)
That'll be $1K
Refundable when you leave. Minus the various taxes and fees.
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Here's your refund; $12.45
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (RORbl)
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"You want in? Well, you have to find and take back at least 3 illegal immigrants with you."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:34 PM (42WUB)
Good luck getting back into California with those contraband tires!
- Director, California Department of Tire Inspection, Border Division
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (gLYp7)
Actually, I got these tires changed out in CA prior to the tire ban. No, I don't keep the receipts, and I paid cash.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 01:34 PM (y9nCu)
iIRC there was some lawsuit against this and scotus or an appellate court said CA can do whatever it wants.
Posted by: John Roberts
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Johnny, the rules have changed the old adage, as CA goes so goes the rest, has lost its pull. Manufacturers discovered that 'no like CA' is a top selling point.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:35 PM (iLKq8)
No more outside private investments aside from pension funds and 401ks like regular ol' citizens.
If they want more $$$, they can retire early and blow people for book deals & cable news hits like everyone else in government.
At least then they'd go away before the darkest part of senescence encroaches on their bony old brains.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 02, 2026 01:35 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:34 PM (M+uMR)
It's coming to that. Trump is just a warm-up act.
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 02, 2026 01:35 PM (F8UH0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:30 PM (42WUB)
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Sessions was a pimp. He could've never outfought Santino.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 02, 2026 01:35 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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His organization was riddled with rats, so we kind of already do.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:36 PM (JzUSu)
Nine Thomas's could have set this country on the right track for 100 years. One of the greatest Americans, from the pool of dead or alive.
I've said before my dream SCOTUS lineup would include Thomas, Thomas Sowell, and Dr. Walter E. Williams (still my favorite Rush Limbaugh guest host, and he coincidentally died not long before Rush).
Posted by: John Lennon at October 02, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM
It was morbidly interesting to watch a politician blow up his career and legacy. The last time he ran for Senate before being AG, he was unopposed, not just in the primary but in the General Election.
When he ran for the same seat after being AG, he was crushed by a former Auburn football coach.
It was ... boggling.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 01:36 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (UjdFS)
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Is this really some rule specifically applicable to class actions, or just the general Rule 11 requirement that "factual contentions have evidentiary support"?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (JzUSu)
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Certain types of class actions -- such as securities class actions -- have higher pleading standards. But in reality, if the lawyer is clever he or she can find away around that. Many lawyers are clever.
In my experience with motions to dismiss or for SJ, the result is usually more dependent on the judge than the actual pleadings in the case.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (iFTx/)
Of all the things the founders could have gotten better with the constitution, it is the lack of controls and limitations on the judicial branch. It relies on nonexistent honor and restraint in lawyers
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (nIKjK)
Many other states have adapted the CARB standards. I think 10 or so in total, but it's a lot of people.
In past, many cars had special emission packages that only applied in CA. Other option packages or engine options were excluded from CA. So the CA laws do not *necessarily* apply nationwide, but that certainly is their goal.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (l3cgK)
Good luck getting back into California with those contraband tires!
- Director, California Department of Tire Inspection, Border Division
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:29 PM (gLYp7)
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The new CA tire rule is basically nothing. Our side is just doomsaying because too many of us are prone to that, and because we hate CA and magnify the importance of anything they do.
The major tire companies secretly are in favor of the new rule, as it will disproportionately impact the cheap Chinesium imports.
The rule has no affect on any tires that come with the car. Only when the tires are being replaced. Replace it with the same or similar tire, there's no issue. But people are replacing their tires with cheapo Chinese crap that probably shouldn't be on the road in the first place.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:33 PM (iFTx/)
What'll happen to my Kumhos?
Posted by: Korean Tire Afficionado at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Not quite. Most OEM tires are shit. Not Chinese level level but as shitty as can be without being Chinese garbage.
A lot of people replace their tires right away with performance tires. I often do. Plus there’s the entire winter tire market which is 100% replacement tires. All these tires will now cost significantly more. Not just in California but everywhere since whatever California imposed becomes the de facto national rule as manufacturers build to the highest regulation.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM
Shoulda socked Winnie Mandela.
Posted by: John Lennon at October 02, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)
Tony was not that way because he didn't care what anyone thought. He was that way because he needed to in order to survive and stay in power. It was exactly BECAUSE he worried what others thought of him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:38 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:39 PM (2ocoG)
Nine Thomas's could have set this country on the right track for 100 years. One of the greatest Americans, from the pool of dead or alive.
I've said before my dream SCOTUS lineup would include Thomas, Thomas Sowell, and Dr. Walter E. Williams (still my favorite Rush Limbaugh guest host, and he coincidentally died not long before Rush).
Posted by: John Lennon at October 02, 2026 01:36 PM (2ocoG)
While the Left would put someone less qualified than Thomas the Tank Engine...
Posted by: Korean Tire Afficionado at October 02, 2026 01:40 PM (l3cgK)
I don't know why righties recuse themselves. Lefties never do.
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Odds that Benedict Roberts' handlers' punt it ensuring a 4-4 decision?
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 01:40 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 01:40 PM (77rzZ)
Don't worry, she's running in 2028.
Posted by: Ian S.
Contender here....
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:41 PM (bIH8o)
🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent just filed to REQUIRE citizenship status be disclosed to the Trump admin on IRS forms
This dude's a stone-cold killer.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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You are here: Filed
Approved
Struck down by Hawaiian judge
Appealed through several levels
Upheld
Executed
Posted by: Just saying at October 02, 2026 01:41 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 01:40 PM (94QNV)
It’s a tax bro. 4-4 it is.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:41 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Not quite. Most OEM tires are shit. Not Chinese level level but as shitty as can be without being Chinese garbage.
A lot of people replace their tires right away with performance tires. I often do. Plus there’s the entire winter tire market which is 100% replacement tires. All these tires will now cost significantly more. Not just in California but everywhere since whatever California imposed becomes the de facto national rule as manufacturers build to the highest regulation.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:37 PM (W3Srb)
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That is not true. The vast majority of OEM tires are high quality and efficient, because the auto company wants to maximize efficiency and thus mpg ratings.
Snow tires and off-season tires are specifically excluded from the new rule.
Performance tires are partially exempted. Track tires are totally exempted.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (nIKjK)
How the fuck did this POS lawsuit, which basically allows tyranny and socialism into our system through the cat door of "harm to Boulder residents" and would make Wikard v. Filburn look like a blowie from Syndy Sweeny , rise to this level?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:27 PM (G+1P3)
We have a rogue judiciary that largely suffers from TDS. None of our CongressCritters have the testicular fortitude to impeach rogue judges, and our squish of a GOPe Senate Majority leader refuses to allow many of Trump's appointments to come to a vote.
Posted by: Polka will never die at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (BwOu7)
"Men would film themselves going into labor, and honoring their pain, you know? There would be trophies given," she said. She went on to say that "there would be the birth-Olympics," and then played the part of one fella congratulating another. "Well done, dude! Bob, you did that without an epidural!"
Hold up, I was assured that men *can* become pregnant. (Also, Big Mike talking about this is hilarious).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Shop Tires at Discount Tire - Discount Tire Official Site
or
Pirelli Performance All-Season Tire 4218300 $135.53
YOKOHAMA AVID ASCEND GT All_ Season Radial $123.18
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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He wasn't very good at it. Didn't see the Junior hit coming. Or what Richie was scheming.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:43 PM (JzUSu)
Run-flats have entered the chat.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)
This dude's a stone-cold killer.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
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So every single person here illegal alien is committing multiple crimes. If youre working here, you need a SS#. So they are either commiting tax fraud or identity theft. There's no legal way you can work here and be an illegal alien.
That's obviously in addition to breaking into our country
If a non illegal alien commits tax fraud identity theft, or just doesnt pay their taxes, what do you think happens to them?
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (UgMlZ)
Although I would like to hold Nabisco legally accountable for my dad bod...
The difference is that your choice affects you, but Suncor’s choice to pollute affects the public. It more like my neighbor dumping his garbage on my property.
I can't imagine our current SCOTUS turning down an opportunity to put monied corporate interests ahead of individuals, so I'd say the result in a foregone conclusion. But the principle of "suing a company that caused you material damage" is a principal of civil jurisprudence that should not be overridden by excuses based on market demand.
If SCOTUS is willing to hear it, it means they are interested in making a significant ruling. That could be good. That could be bad.
With this SCOTUS, I'm certainly not holding my breath. I'm expecting some bullshit like Boulder doesn't have standing to sue.
Exxon has known anthropogenic climate change since the 70's. We all know how this turns out. The corporations win. The little guys lose.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (+/CWD)
One of the dumbest things feminists do is claiming how much different the world would be if men went through x thing women did. Like somehow magically female-only ailments would all have been cured if men got them. Because the only thing that is holding back these miracles is that men don't care enough about them.
Which seems like a very odd thing for women to say, but here we are.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (nIKjK)
"Men would film themselves going into labor, and honoring their pain, you know? There would be trophies given," she said. She went on to say that "there would be the birth-Olympics," and then played the part of one fella congratulating another. "Well done, dude! Bob, you did that without an epidural!"
Hold up, I was assured that men *can* become pregnant. (Also, Big Mike talking about this is hilarious).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (2ocoG)
Baby Beer Pong...who can pop out the baby in the bucket on the other side of the table?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (l3cgK)
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If ignored, who would enforce it -- The DOJ?
And if so, why haven't they prosecuted these violations already?
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (+/CWD)
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50 years of 4, no 12, no 8 more years to do anything or we're all dead and it's too late.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (42WUB)
One of the dumbest things feminists do is claiming how much different the world would be if men went through x thing women did. Like somehow magically female-only ailments would all have been cured if men got them. Because the only thing that is holding back these miracles is that men don't care enough about them.
Which seems like a very odd thing for women to say, but here we are.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (nIKjK)
Some woman cared for her kid to death recently...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (l3cgK)
The administration claims the proposed requirement would help federal officials stop illegal migrants from collecting federal benefits they are not eligible for, which officials argue could save taxpayers up to $2 billion.
The IRS posted its draft 1040 form for 2026 in late August, which includes the question, "At the time you file your return, are you, and your spouse if filing jointly, a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, or an alien lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.?" The form has "Yes" and "No" checkboxes for both the filer and their spouse.
A draft of a second form, Schedule 3-A, which is used to claim refundable tax credits, features a similar question."
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (BmQWk)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (AKptf)
Yeah he had his blind spots, usually due to personal feelings or loyalty. He let Richie get away with way, way too much because he felt he owed the man.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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This is short sighted,
China targets the low end of the market. They are Chinese because they are cheap, as well as being cheap because they are Chinese
The way to regulate quality and roadworthiness is not through emission considerations (and it is regulated elsewhere so not really an issue) in CA.
you sound like someone who never bought a used car and just wanted a set of cheap tire that last, not super efficient tires that cost more than the car and how the fuck do I pay for this shit tires.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (G+1P3)
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Congress has tools to rein in the judiciary. Impeachment and Exception clause. They can also re-arrange the circuits and reduce funding. Congress though prefers the perks of elected office and leaves all the work up to the Administrative Branch of the govt. The one that's not in the Constitution.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (Dv3i1)
Performance tires are partially exempted. Track tires are totally exempted.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Same tire - re-brand it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Shop Tires at Discount Tire - Discount Tire Official Site
or
Pirelli Performance All-Season Tire 4218300 $135.53
YOKOHAMA AVID ASCEND GT All_ Season Radial $123.18
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (iLKq
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I use Tirerack (which I think merged with Discount Tire) and probably have researched and bought more sets of tires than most people will in their lives. Why? I go through 3-4 full sets a year due to racing and track days.
The merger of two major discount tire sellers probably increased prices more than the CA rule will. But nobody said boo about that merger.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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I like Alito a lot, he's basically perfect, but I do have to callout the selfishness.
Youre the top court/judge in the land, you don't have investments that dont allow you to do your job. And I would wager this a piddly, nothing investment.
Sell it, buy the S&P500 and do your job that gives you a salary and lifetime pension.
Posted by: Leupold at October 02, 2026 01:46 PM (UgMlZ)
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Because conservative judges are executing the role of judges. They are trying to be judges and follow the standards.
The lefties are dedicated to a cause and the power vested in judges is stripped of all standards of the role.
It is an interception.
That's why it is my opinion that "countering" the left actually turns--perhaps innocently--the Supreme Court into that super-legislature the Federalist Papers said would invalidate the entire thing.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (+/CWD)
Yeah, it was called "Global Cooling" back then...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:47 PM (l3cgK)
Performance tires are partially exempted. Track tires are totally exempted.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Same tire - re-brand it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (iLKq
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They will do that, as they have for the TW numbers. It's all a scam and a game.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)
I’m not talking track tires. I mean your Michelin or Pirelli high end tires. Those don’t come standard aside from your Porsches or AMGs. Even BMW puts on pretty meh OEMs for the most part.
And even for the Camrys or Suburbans out there, people want something less harsh or less noisy or just a little better grip on wet pavement. OEMs may be fine for high mpg but that doesn't make it a desirable rite for everyone.
All those replacement tires will be subject to the California rule.
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:47 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 01:46 PM (Fi81e)
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And yet, people see that the left has already made SCOTUS the super legislature and wonder why the right should just cede the battlefield.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:47 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (M+uMR)
The problem is that congress relies on the judiciary to do the things they don't want to. If its a topic that can cost them reelection or donations, they punt it to judges who don't have to worry about that stuff.
They really don't want to antagonize the judicial branch by actually reining them in.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (nIKjK)
When I broke my leg, I didn't swear, scream, cry, or generally carry on in any way. I remember wiping my hand reflexively over my face several times.
Generally, it's only feminized men who, "honor their pain." When manly men talk about their pain, it's almost universally to talk up how they pushed through it and achieved their goals despite it.
If men could give birth, they'd probably talk about how it hurt like a SOB, but they birthed the hell out of that baby and they're ready to do it again!
Posted by: bonhomme at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (mkw2N)
MENSA candidate right here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (bIH8o)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (Cuw0G)
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Man made carbon emissions are a tiny fraction of overall carbon emissions. It's more like your neighbor breathing while on his property.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM
The cultists never notice that the climate hasn't changed since the '70s. It's literally a case of don't believe your lying eyes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Blast From the Past at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (Fn+3X)
MENSA candidate right here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (bIH8o)
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Like 95% of SCOTUS rulings, especially under Roberts, are extremely narrow with no real precedent except in extremely specific areas of law.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Max Power at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Blast From the Past at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (Fn+3X)
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My heart knows I should.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:49 PM (42WUB)
Also, North America is a net carbon sink. Air leaving the east coast has less CO2 than when it entered the west coast. Because the continent has a fuck ton of trees.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:50 PM (2ocoG)
Performance tires are partially exempted. Track tires are totally exempted.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Same tire - re-brand it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:45 PM (iLKq
the Duff Beer of tires...
https://youtu.be/RqfLOJGS_7o&t=84s
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:50 PM (l3cgK)
Also, North America is a net carbon sink. Air leaving the east coast has less CO2 than when it entered the west coast. Because the continent has a fuck ton of trees.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:50 PM (2ocoG)
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So...we should cut down all of our trees to build solar stations?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:50 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: ...No Art Thread Until Monday
I totally get it...
Posted by: Weird Dave Friday night post at October 02, 2026 01:51 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 01:51 PM (UjdFS)
One of the reasons the elites pivoted off of the climate apocalypse is that we're now 30 years past when the first major climate models were released that show that right now it will be 350 degrees outside in Buffalo, NY. And we can obviously fact-check that. I hear the left likes fact-checking...
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:51 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 02, 2026 01:52 PM (F8UH0)
Posted by: Ian S.
So where's our carbon credits from China?
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:52 PM (Y8DZL)
The second case,Grand v. University Heights presents a similar courthouse-door problem in an almost comically petty setting. Daniel Grand, an Orthodox Jew, can’t drive on the Sabbath. Because existing synagogues were a difficult walk for his family, he invited a small group of friends to pray at his home. University Heights, Ohio, promptly sent a cease-and-desist letter threatening penalties unless he obtained a special-use permit. The mayor reportedly told him that even ten Jews—the number needed for a minyan (quorum)—couldn’t pray together without one.
Grand canceled the gathering and applied for a permit, after which he alleges that the city subjected him to a hostile public hearing, police surveillance, and a criminal investigation. The Sixth Circuit held that his claims weren’t ripe because he had never obtained a final land-use decision—even though the city later conceded that a home prayer gathering required no permit.
The question is whether the usual land-use finality rule displaces the First Amendment’s chilling-effect doctrine.
Posted by: beckster at October 02, 2026 01:52 PM (kX27y)
Also, North America is a net carbon sink. Air leaving the east coast has less CO2 than when it entered the west coast. Because the continent has a fuck ton of trees.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:50 PM (2ocoG)
Reading my kids (homeschool) science textbook, because I help out with labs, and I was pleasantly shocked to see a surprisingly even handed and comprehensive (given the 4-5 pages of text) case against blindly accepting leftist/government AGW dogma.
Well done.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)
MENSA candidate right here.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:48 PM (bIH8o)
Look up what it means to call someone a mensa or menso in Mexican Spanish...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:53 PM (l3cgK)
Which seems like a very odd thing for women to say, but here we are.
It's such a hilarious talking point. If they're so magical, why do they have to wait for men to solve their problems?
Plenty of women work in pharmaceuticals, medicine, research, etc. But you're still waiting for the men to fix things?
Posted by: bonhomme at October 02, 2026 01:53 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: Ian S.
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There is more forest acreage in the US today than there was in 1900.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:53 PM (JzUSu)
Even when Scalia was around, Thomas was a standout and his opinions (that agreed with Scalia) were always worth reading. He has a way of looking at the law very clearly and understanding long term implications of sloppy rulings. Scalia too, but often they looked at it from different angles.
Thomas has been a SCOTUS superstar from the start. It always really pissed me off when the Left said he was stupid and didn't speak much because he was clueless.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:53 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
The font was in the pool!
Posted by: Significant Shrinkage at October 02, 2026 01:53 PM (Fn+3X)
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I heard that Kagan has an even more direct reason to recuse from the Boulder case. But she's probably salivating at the thought of teaming up with one or two of the 'principled' cons on the court to get a win for the Cloward-Piven wing.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 01:54 PM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 01:54 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Ordinary American
MK Ultra activate!!!!!
Posted by: Furry Fucker Tyler Robinson, No Plumber Luigi Mangione, and other murderous Lefty freaks at October 02, 2026 01:55 PM (+/CWD)
https://www.apologia.com
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:56 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 01:57 PM (jivel)
Posted by: beckster
Everyone's a "rabbi" in New Square and every house a temple or shul. Those tricky Jews know every tax dodge.
Posted by: Squeeze The Buffalo Right Off The Nickel at October 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Heh
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (bIH8o)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
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They are the same damn thing.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (G+1P3)
Your child abuse and damaging misinformation has been noted in your files.
Posted by: Local Lefty Child Protective Services at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (+/CWD)
Posted by: Local Lefty Child Protective Services at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (+/CWD)
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They're all armed with exercise bands!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (42WUB)
That is NOT funny.
Posted by: Harry Reid at October 02, 2026 01:59 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (G+1P3)
Good luck with that effort.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 02, 2026 02:00 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
You can thank Bill Clinton for saving the spotted owl AND our precious forests!!!
Posted by: Lefties at October 02, 2026 02:00 PM (+/CWD)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026
This never made sense to me, either. It’s not like women don’t have agency - is the suggestion they don’t have the ability? Or that women don’t care enough to “solve” it? You can’t be better than men on one hand, and unable to solve problems that affect only you on the other. Those things don’t live together well.
As for childbirth, God being great, designed it the way it is for a reason. Pain is part of the feedback that increases natural oxytocin (the Ferguson reflex), which strengthens contractions, leading to the actual birth. It also increases beta endorphins, which modulates pain naturally. Now I am not at all suggesting giving birth doesn’t hurt, no matter what your level of beta endorphins may be, but it is the reason women have been able to manage giving birth naturally since the dawn of time. In an uncomplicated birth, going natural reduces the time you are in active labor, and your body does amazing things to allow you to focus on just this despite what is going on physically.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 02:00 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:01 PM (2ocoG)
As ever. It's all the same thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 02, 2026 02:02 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 02, 2026 02:03 PM (XV/Pl)
If only the same feedback mechanism existed for taking a giant shit after a night of drinking and 3am Taco Bell gluttony. God must not approve.
Posted by: Sad late 20s drunk at October 02, 2026 02:03 PM (+/CWD)
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I read that as Larry Craig for a second and was deeply confused and intrigued. 😳
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 02:04 PM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:01 PM (2ocoG)
Who knew the souls of men reside in their dicks...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:04 PM (l3cgK)
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I read that as Larry Craig for a second and was deeply confused and intrigued. 😳
Posted by: John Roberts at October 02, 2026 02:04 PM (W3Srb)
LOL. There was some smashing, but not of feet on the bathroom floor...AFAIK...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:05 PM (l3cgK)
He spends literally tens of thousands of dollars on security every time he goes out. He knows even better than you the danger, he's gotten the threats to him and his family all his career.
Southern redhead, so those boys' souls had no chance.
She's like my kryptonite: cute lil redhead with freckles, its like she was designed to destroy my heart. I wonder what drove her to become what she did?
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:06 PM (nIKjK)
Dear SCOTUS,
Let me save you some work and write the opinion for you so that you can proceed to other, more important matters.
"It is hereby ordered that:
HA HA. Get out' here wit' dat stupid sh*t, you dumb muttaf*ckers."
I presume we're only here because the circuit court lacked the intelligence and/or the stones to write that in the first place.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 02:06 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Mr. Natural Home Remedies at October 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Fn+3X)
So now you can't use Clean Air Act to argue for a federal standard that overrules states.
So instead you have to pursue am argument that you can't interfere with actions elsewhere, which creates lots of problems in other issues.
The article I read describing this surmised that Alito recused because the Supremes do not want to reach a decision here.
Posted by: MikeN at October 02, 2026 02:06 PM (zMYdC)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (l3cgK)
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OUT: Australian Rules Midget-Tossing.
IN: Australian Rules Baby-Tossing.
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:08 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Ordinary American at October 02, 2026 01:52 PM (F8UH0)
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Yes I've seen some of it the delicious parts.
That professor was humiliated and doesn't know it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 02:09 PM (RIvkX)
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They run the show. If there is new law regarding insurance companies there is new profit for them. Count on it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 02:09 PM (iLKq8)
Posted by: Ian S.
No links? I'll do the legwork.
https://tinyurl.com/5ctt9z8y
She's really the whole package. We all SAY to stay out of the crazy/hot zone, but it's easy to say because the opportunities are so rare...
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 02, 2026 02:10 PM (+/CWD)
The professor is an obvious unqualified DEI hire and doesn't even know it.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:10 PM (2ocoG)
When he ran for the same seat after being AG, he was crushed by a former Auburn football coach.
It was ... boggling.
Posted by: toby928(c)
Scuttlebutt false or true in the Southlands is that there was a lil bastard Jeff Session Jr running around that Jeff did not want disclosed.
Strom Thurmond is notable for his black daughter out of wedlock and Lindsay probably had a fair chunk of his former boytoys as mourners at his funeral.
Being compromised by personal misdeeds can lead to political cowardice going forward as old skeletons come out of the closet and dance. Better to either be a Trump and do your scandals out in the public limelight or be a Democrat where the media will hide it.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:10 PM (E4rtv)
Peddle your antisemitism somewhere else.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 02:10 PM (/C5Rl)
>>That professor was humiliated and doesn't know it.
These people are highly credentialed buy poorly educated.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 02, 2026 02:11 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:11 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Never been to strip bar I guess. Plenty of opportunities there.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:11 PM (E4rtv)
The bad thing about Cuba collapsing is all those 70's plane hijackers coming back and becoming big city mayors.
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 02:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 02:12 PM (/C5Rl)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
There might also have been a third. Reports are clouded on that as the girl admitted being out of it by that point by drugs, exhaustion, and drinking. I am sure we will get a blow by blow description in the legal trials to come.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:12 PM (E4rtv)
I hear ya. Even knowing what she did it's a struggle to call her a "no".
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 02:13 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 02, 2026 02:13 PM (VyD10)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 02:13 PM (TRLfq)
As for childbirth, God being great, designed it the way it is for a reason.
Posted by: Piper
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Halt. I recall that man's punishment for eating the apple was that "he must till the soil." For woman, that "she must bring forth her children in sorrow."
It wasn't originally intended to be painful. I can't imagine all that screaming and pushing in the Garden of Eden.
Posted by: Just saying at October 02, 2026 02:13 PM (mmrXZ)
He is a perfect example of how someone can be incredibly well educated and even intelligent but a fool and it ruins everything they think and say. That man is obviously smart and has enormous credentials. His career is star studded, he's got a resume the length of a Torah scroll.
But he's a fool and as Crowder himself said, he's never been seriously challenged on any of his ideas.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at October 02, 2026 02:15 PM (nIKjK)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 02:15 PM (3kXhz)
Four Sheriffs joined a lawsuit to stop implementation of this law. In argument today, Sheriff Swank reports "hate group" affiliation is a major point of contention. If the Sheriff (or other leader) is a member of a "hate group," they can be removed.
Example of a hate group: You belong to a church which teaches there are only two genders.
http://tiny.cc/gygb101
Posted by: bonhomme at October 02, 2026 02:16 PM (mkw2N)
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They run the show. If there is new law regarding insurance companies there is new profit for them. Count on it.
Posted by: Braenyard
That, more than anything, is the result of that bastard Obamacare law. It purposefully created Big Medicine groups centered around hospital chains to combat with Big Med Insurance while the poor sob patients are scrabbling for the crumbs left between those assholes.
Medicare had already created price floors and a plausible reason for Big Insurance to deny coverage for things Medicare did not pay for. Obamacare completed the transition between the independent doctors that saw patients instead of $ and corporate style patient farming for revenue.
And patients/voters got suckered by the promise of something for nothing. Free shit from insurance which turned out to raise premiums sky high.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)
Earlier, of course, he made history by becoming the only person ever kicked out of a hippie commune for being too lazy.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:26 PM (qlLNh)
A little history of Bernie Sanders.
https://tinyurl.com/yk7nk3tx
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 02, 2026 02:17 PM (hmYU4)
- Mad props to the prof for showing up.
- Mad props to the prof for admitting he was an affirmative action beneficiary.
He must think he is a genius, but he came across as very mid-wit. His debate tactic seemed to be to talk really slow and say nothing of substance. Could you imagine taking a class by that moron? It really was sad, but what was sadder is he thinks he belongs at that level and that AA only gave him what he deserved. That is a big problem that I think is widespread.
- Crowder was good, and wiped the floor with him, but his arguments were often weak and resorted to repeating the same statistics and data over and over. I think he did well, but I often wanted to make points that were obvious and more relevant, but he did not. I often would pause and anticipate the response but Crowder would just go back to his notes. He was *very* prepared.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 02, 2026 02:27 PM (G+1P3)
Posted by: L - No nic...navigating DE & MD at October 02, 2026 02:29 PM (Wl7PO)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)
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[Per Grok:] "In the early 1980s, roughly 76% of physicians were practice owners. By 2012 (early post-ACA period), owners were 53.2%; employees were 41.8%. By 2022, owners fell to 44% and employees rose to 49.7% (plus ~6% independent contractors). More recent 2024 data show ownership stakes even lower (around 35%).
Private practice (practices wholly owned by physicians, including owners + employed physicians working there): 60.1% in 2012 → 46.7% in 2022 → 42.2% in 2024.
Hospital-owned practices rose from 23.4% (2012) to 31.3% (2022) to 34.5% (2024); direct hospital employment/contracting roughly doubled from ~5.6% to ~9–12%."
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 02:32 PM (94QNV)
Posted by: Its hard to beat a person who never gives up at October 02, 2026 02:48 PM (I0Wuq)
The Red-Green Alliance Takes Another Blow as Oil Traffic Through the Strait of Hormuz Rebounds to 98% of the Pre-War Level
Iran recently pleaded for another seven-day ceasefire.
When America rejected that -- actually, the "negotiators" were told to leave -- Iran published its letter urging Democrats to side with Iran as usual and vote against the GOP. This is why: the world is getting most of its oil through the Strait, protected by the US military, and Iran is getting zero barrels through, stopped by the blockade. Literally all we now have to do is maintain the blockade, keep the west-side of the Straight clear, and wait for Iran to collapse. Even the NYT admits Iran is losing the War of the Strait.Mideast Oil Exports Rebound Even as Prices Remain Elevated More tankers are moving through the Strait of Hormuz as shippers gain confidence, but the global supply of oil is still below demand.That's a grudging estimate. Most other say 12-13 million barrels per day, plus another 6-8 million through Saudi Arabia's East-to-West oil pipeline, meaning the we're now seeing about 20 million barrels per day again, or close enough to make no difference.
By Peter Eavis
Sept. 29, 2026
Oil exports from the Middle East have risen sharply this month, some oil analysts say, taking them closer to the level they were at before Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz in March, a rebound that could ease some pressure on global energy prices. In September, an average of 10 million barrels of oil has gone through the waterway daily, according to Kpler, a firm that tracks oil tankers. Separately, six million barrels of crude a day has left the Persian Gulf states this month through pipelines and ports that bypass the strait, Kpler's data shows.
Before the war with Iran began at the end of February, around 19 million barrels of crude left the region daily through the waterway and other routes. Because of the difficulty in tracking tankers, export totals supplied by analysts might not reflect the true flow of oil, but most experts say volumes rose significantly this month. The turnaround has most noticeably occurred in the strait, even though Iran continues to attack tankers. A U.S. military operation aimed at protecting the vessels from the attacks appears to have encouraged more shipments by big exporting countries, like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. "They are getting a substantial amount of oil out, and it is increasing over time as shippers' confidence goes up," said Eugene Gholz, an associate professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and an expert on conflict in the strait. President Trump, members of his administration and U.S. military officials have said for weeks that the Strait of Hormuz is open, and that tankers are moving oil through the strait.
🚨 JUST IN: The “experts” just entered a state of SHOCK after crude exports surge to 98% of pre-war levels around Hormuz, per WSJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) October 1, 2026
Saudi Arabia RESTORED pipeline flows and exports are now nearly 18 MILLION across a 10 day average 🔥
They said it was impossible, but it JUST… pic.twitter.com/8kvl9iam6B
Tonight on God Bless America 62:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) September 30, 2026
Even CNN is admitting that oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz is at the highest levels since the war started.
Jake Tapper: "Gulf oil producers are managing to get a lot more oil through the Strait of Hormuz. Marine data trackers say oil… pic.twitter.com/QyiM2Rz0kk
In a post on the social media platform X on Thursday, Bessent said that "Iran loaded ZERO crude oil onto tankers in September," adding that the restrictions imposed by Trump were "cutting off the Iranian regime's most critical source of revenue." The Treasury Secretary hailed the Operation Economic Outcast, saying that the move was "severing the economic lifelines that have allowed Tehran to finance its terrorist agenda."There may be a small amount of oil getting out in tanker trucks, but that's no way to move a lot of oil. Visual proof of Bessent's claim:About 20 empty Iranian tankers are now stranded off the coast of Sri Lanka. They cannot go back to Iran because of the blockade. And the US is pressuring Sri Lanka not to allow them to refuel and resupply. The ships are empty, having dumped their oil off in China and India, and now languishing with no cargo.
🇮🇷🇺🇸 Around 20 empty Iranian tankers are drifting off Sri Lanka with food and water running low as US pressure cuts off their supplies
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) October 1, 2026
The blockade has kept them from going home since July, and when they moved toward Sri Lanka, the US embassy warned local suppliers to stop… pic.twitter.com/s2caPYkabv
The U.S. pressure campaign against Iran has left dozens of Iranian or Iran-linked tankers stranded in Asian waters, unable to return home or access ports and suppliers because of sanctions risks.
— Clash Report (@clashreport) October 1, 2026
Around 20 empty tankers are drifting near Sri Lanka alone, with crews reportedly… pic.twitter.com/3YFrPqO6y5
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has moved back toward pre-war levels -- and Iran's domestic deterioration is increasingly difficult to dismiss. Iran's rial fell to roughly 2.2 million to the dollar in September, from about 958,000 a year earlier. Inflation is nearing 70%, food prices have more than doubled, and unemployment is above 9%. The latest official figure put youth unemployment at 20.1%. Oil exports have also collapsed, falling to roughly 260,000 barrels a day from 1.7 million a year earlier. The bigger story is what those numbers mean for the IRGC's power. The IRGC still must pay its own forces while financing allies and militias across Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen. Washington has been squeezing that network's financial lifelines by targeting oil exports, shadow fleets, exchange houses, front companies and the foreign buyers willing to take sanctioned Iranian crude. China matters most here: Treasury estimates that China buys about 90% of Iran's oil exports. In April, Washington sanctioned Hengli Petrochemical's Dalian refinery after it bought billions of dollars of Iranian petroleum, including crude linked to Iran's armed forces. That is the difference between sanctions on paper and sanctions that bite. ... China's political strategy has come under strain, too. Beijing celebrated the 2023 Saudi-Iran agreement as proof that China could stabilize the region. Three years later, however, Saudi Arabia is again confronting Iranian and Iran-backed threats around Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab, while Beijing has had to press Tehran to rein in the Houthis after Saudi appeals with no success. ... The IRGC has also lost much of the leverage it once derived from threatening Gulf energy flows. Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline can carry up to 7 million barrels a day toward the Red Sea, with roughly 5 million available for export. The UAE has gone further: It left OPEC on May 1, freeing itself from production quotas, and pushed crude output above 3.8 million barrels a day in June.And oil prices should start falling quickly. And then what will the Democrats say? Dubai is also building an alternate port on its southern coast to bypass the Strait completely. It won't be finished for another two years, but after that, Iran will never be able to hold the world to ransom again, even if the IRGC is still in charge. Which I don't think they will be. I was alerted to this by this video by Max Afterburner. He's an Air Force pilot and generally rah-rah and go USA, so you can discount his predictions a bit, but he thinks Iran is now begging for a "deal" -- one which they'll never honor, of course -- because they are now on the brink of collapse but are no longer inflicting reciprocal pain on Trump or the rest of the world. Their plan was to absorb the pain while inflicting pain on Trump to make him break, but now all the pain is on their side. Worth the watch.
... Trump is doing something Washington has rarely attempted with this breadth: going after not only the IRGC itself, but the entire system that kept it funded, supplied and able to project power across the region. That is precisely why his pressure should continue -- whatever the domestic political consequences.
Boeing has been selected to build the Navy's sixth-generation carrier-based strike fighter, dubbed F/A-XX, icing out what was considered to be its biggest competitor in late-stage negotiations, Northrop Grumman. Inked at $20 billion for the full-scale development phase, the contract, according to a Pentagon release, "procures multiple test aircraft for ground, airworthiness, systems, and weapons integration testing." ... Equipped with an extended range to provide power projection from U.S. carriers, Boeing has promised that the F/A-XX will, crucially, be interoperable with both manned and unmanned platforms such as Collaborative Combat Aircraft. ... Boeing's contract award marks another milestone victory for the company, which has now all but guaranteed its monopoly on sixth-generation fighters across the services.Boeing also won the contract to build the next-gen Air Force fighter, the F-47.
In 2025, Boeing beat out Lockheed Martin for the contract to build the U.S. Air Force's sixth-generation fighter under the Next Generation Air Dominance program, or NGAD. That aircraft, since dubbed the F-47, has entered its engineering and manufacturing development phase, one service official announced in July, with first flights expected as early as 2028. The Air Force at the time announced plans to purchase at least 185 of the next-gen fighters, a number designed to replace the F-22 Raptor fleet.A mocked-up image:
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)
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China is paying above market rates for oil that they had been getting for about $30 a barrel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (fuSAh)
He's at 1%.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 12:06 PM (sabhw)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)
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China is paying above market rates for oil that they had been getting for about $30 a barrel.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (42WUB)
Iranian oil...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:06 PM (l3cgK)
If you don't get the prices down, expect for Republicans to pay the price at the polls.
Joe the plumber, Cathy the cashier and your average American don't give two fucks about whether or not Iran is struggling.
Joe and Cathy give a shit about whether they are struggling.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (DQiGk)
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Gas prices don't change voting behaviors and don't affect election outcomes:
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2097832343964668203
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:06 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (fuSAh)
MAID is the answer!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:06 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 12:07 PM (3cUTc)
NYT, lol. Energy is always in demand even in the best of circumstances.
Posted by: Halfhand at October 02, 2026 12:07 PM (PMyU3)
That's what this is about, right?
You're all the same. The real topic is always communism, and if it's not communism, then the real topic is always Israel.
Posted by: ace at October 02, 2026 12:08 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:08 PM (iFTx/)
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He's a fucking killer.
I want him to be Treasury Secretary for 50 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:09 PM (42WUB)
New Democrats: "High gas prices are causing Americans to choose between gas and food for their children. And the high gas prices are all Trump's fault for starting an unjustified war with Iran. Vote for us and we'll lower gas prices."
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at October 02, 2026 12:09 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:09 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
The economy is growing and the refineries are maxed out. The price of gas won't rebound until we get new ones online.
The price for the domestic politics of the last couple decades has arrived.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (mJVit)
New Democrats: "High gas prices are causing Americans to choose between gas and food for their children. And the high gas prices are all Trump's fault for starting an unjustified war with Iran. Vote for us and we'll lower gas prices."
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at October 02, 2026 12:09 PM (MNCvZ)
Yo, New Dems: cook and eat beans; it takes care of the food AND gas problem.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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What are they using for barter? Doesn't seem like whiskey or smokes would be big there.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (JzUSu)
Sure, but when as electing Democrats ever made things better for them?
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (vTZFs)
The price for the domestic politics of the last couple decades has arrived.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)
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Demand goes down in autumn. Demand isn't constant through the year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
The economy is growing and the refineries are maxed out. The price of gas won't rebound until we get new ones online.
The price for the domestic politics of the last couple decades has arrived.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (ExV1e)
Especially in the Peoples' Republik of Kalifornia
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)
National Review
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (mJVit)
Has NR been beating off?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:11 PM (l3cgK)
Joe the plumber, Cathy the cashier and your average American don't give two fucks about whether or not Iran is struggling.
Joe and Cathy give a shit about whether they are struggling.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (DQiGk)
Then Joe and Cathy are going to vote Democrat which will not only not solve their problems, it will introduce new problems.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)
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Joe got a new manufacturing job and doesn't feel the pain at the pump that much anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:12 PM (42WUB)
That's funny. It seems it's the Leftists that can't get Jews and Israel out of their minds.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:12 PM (l3cgK)
Here's my offer: Nothing.
These are gangsters barely controlling the fanatics. They've just never seen a problem they couldn't kill their way out of. They don't know how to lose this halfway and stay in power. It's full collapse from the inside if we don't lose our nerve.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 02, 2026 12:13 PM (r7+Q7)
And the US is pressuring Sri Lanka not to allow them to refuel and resupply.
The ships are empty, having dumped their oil off in China and India, and now languishing with no cargo.
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Submarine torpedo practice range. Do it. Now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 12:13 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 12:13 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 12:13 PM (ZdaMQ)
The stranded tankers are "Q" ships, waiting for the right moment to drop the disguise and annihilate the satanic american fleet.
The moral victory continues. Soon Trump will have to come clean and admit the U.S.S. Lincoln was sunk a month ago.
-IRGC, through MSNOW sources
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 12:14 PM (Y8DZL)
The path to enlightenment is Hollywood, y'all. lol
Posted by: Halfhand at October 02, 2026 12:14 PM (PMyU3)
OMG! I'm paying an additional...
Starbucks daily coffee. Food and other prices are good.
So there
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:14 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (42WUB)
Probably less so for diesel and I bet it goes down less than expected. As the economy grows the demand for fuel grows, regardless of season, and I don't think we've got room to produce more. Which means importing distillate.
But the solution requires more than 2 weeks so 80% of the population will abandon it as soon as a politician says that the other guys are bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)
The path to enlightenment is Hollywood, y'all. lol
Posted by: Halfhand at October 02, 2026 12:14 PM (PMyU3)
And it Hollyweird it's through coke, hookers and actresses (BIRM).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:15 PM (l3cgK)
Abby Phillip is dumb as a box of rocks. That is all
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 12:16 PM (jivel)
I don't expect anyone to remember I kept arguing that it didn't actually do much of anything. It gave Iran nothing if they didn't behave like a normal country (they attacked third-nation ships within 48 hours of the signing, so it was moot at that point anyway).
It was all about the blockade. It was all about strangling Iran's ability to finance itself while giving signals to the oil market to calm the fuck down.
Trump can maintain the blockade for 2.5 more years without any worry about change in direction or policy. In that time, the rial will end up being worth about a billion to one dollar, the news of uprisings will become undeniable, and the lower ranks of the regime that can't feed themselves will have long since turned against the regime itself.
Iran will turn itself into Uganda, waiting for the US Parliament to remove Trump as Prime Minister.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:16 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 02, 2026 12:16 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 02, 2026 12:16 PM (2UnvF)
OMG! I'm paying an additional...
Starbucks daily coffee. Food and other prices are good.
So there
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:14 PM (nLfmy)
I paid just over $5 a gallon the penultimate time I tanked up. The last time it was $6.26/gal. To fill my tank was a pretty expensive Starbucks coffee...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (l3cgK)
This cannot be over emphasized. At all.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 12:16 PM (jivel)
You'll be hearing from our attorneys. -- Coalition for Bags of Rocks
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (ExV1e)
If you don't get the prices down, expect for Republicans to pay the price at the polls.
Joe the plumber, Cathy the cashier and your average American don't give two fucks about whether or not Iran is struggling.
Joe and Cathy give a shit about whether they are struggling.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (DQiGk)
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Gas prices don't change voting behaviors and don't affect election outcomes:
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:06 PM (42WUB)
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Everything is always "too expensive."
Ask any one of these doomsayers what isn't too expensive, and they'll just stare at you. Or ask them what should the price of things like gas, beef, or whatever else they are complaining about be. More stares.
I'd like gas to go back to the levels under Trump1. I'd also like interest rates to go back to those levels too. I also want a pet dragon that I can ride through the air like those gay aliens in Avatar.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
But the solution requires more than 2 weeks so 80% of the population will abandon it as soon as a politician says that the other guys are bad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:15 PM (ExV1e)
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High prices also destroy demand in poorer countries like in Africa and China on a global scale.
These spikes never last forever. Gas was high in 2022.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
Gas in my town here in Alberta is down almost 25 cents per liter from two weeks ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (n2qDf)
Abby Phillip is dumb as a box of rocks. That is all
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 12:16 PM (jivel)
Oh, she's normal; abby-normal.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:18 PM (l3cgK)
So Dick is gonna stay home in November to punish the Republicans for not doing all the things he wanted them to do.
Thereby turning government over to the Democrats who will;
- throw back open the border
- stop domestic oil and gas production
- eliminate the Electoral College and filibuster
- block election integrity efforts
- pass wealth taxes
- pack the SCOTUS
- re-fund the DOGE cuts, USAID and Dep't of Education
- appease the Mullah's
- pass mail-in voting laws
- adopt socialist policies that give them more control over the economy.
DON'T BE A DICK!
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at October 02, 2026 12:18 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 12:18 PM (jivel)
Let's knock out more diesel production, California
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:18 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
Gas in my town here in Alberta is down almost 25 cents per liter from two weeks ago.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (n2qDf)
Prices jump up like an impulse, drop like exponential decay.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:19 PM (l3cgK)
Ask any one of these doomsayers what isn't too expensive, and they'll just stare at you. Or ask them what should the price of things like gas, beef, or whatever else they are complaining about be. More stares.
I'd like gas to go back to the levels under Trump1. I'd also like interest rates to go back to those levels too. I also want a pet dragon that I can ride through the air like those gay aliens in Avatar.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:17 PM (iFTx/)
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The affordability thing is all about Democrats who had denied it was a problem suddenly making it a problem now that Biden is out of office.
They started literally in January of 2024.
They've latched onto it as an issue, so it dominates polling on the nation (30% or so say it's the top issue), and the right-leaning social media space is shockingly populated by leftists who pretend to be conservative.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:19 PM (42WUB)
==
Remember when Vance and his online buddies trashed people who said the MOU was a pile of horseshit that only gave Iran time to fuck around, while they tried to sell it as the best way forward, and then Iran tried to kill Trump in Turkey, and then Trump decided he had enough of the clown show and sent Bessent to do the job?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (AKptf)
Let's knock out more diesel production, California
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:18 PM (nLfmy)
Great Idea! We're on it!
Posted by: Newsome & the Dem SuperMajority at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: No, not that. at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (2Ez/1)
Joe and Cathy give a shit about whether they are struggling.
Posted by: Reality at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (DQiGk)
So they are going to vote for the party that will take away their cars altogether, and force them onto filthy public transit with stabby wetbacks? Yeah, riiight.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (AKptf)
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2106053573037490586
"@TonerousHyus
·
12m
Has gotten substantially worse in the last 5 days. Shifting from a negative slope of -0.083 to -0.099 for black turnout in Cleveland"
Democrats have a serious turnout problem.
Which is weird if gas prices are a motivator to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 12:21 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Change my mind at October 02, 2026 12:21 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dr. T at October 02, 2026 12:22 PM (O9tRg)
Can we please stop slut-shaming Muz? She is a strong indigenous woman of color who does not accept the rules of the patriarchy.
How about "Sex-Positive Muz" for a change?
Oh, wait: this is Iran.
Never mind.
Posted by: Clueless Feminutbar at October 02, 2026 12:22 PM (qlLNh)
"At the individual level, citizens are exchanging household items for food on online platforms; common trades include sneakers for meat, books for rice, and clothes or vacuum cleaners for chicken, oil, and beans."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 12:22 PM (JzUSu)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 12:23 PM (4NO2D)
They keep artificially keeping the bbl price high by placing a “risk premium” made up out of thin air to keep the price high. You might as well call it the Trump Premium.
It’s total and complete bullshit.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 12:23 PM (Cuw0G)
==
Remember when Vance and his online buddies trashed people who said the MOU was a pile of horseshit that only gave Iran time to fuck around, while they tried to sell it as the best way forward, and then Iran tried to kill Trump in Turkey, and then Trump decided he had enough of the clown show and sent Bessent to do the job?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (AKptf)
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Vance was only supportive of it. He publicly supported it more than once.
https://tinyurl.com/u9e7u2mm
The online right was infected with lies about how Iran would instantly get $300 billion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:23 PM (42WUB)
Which is weird if gas prices are a motivator to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (42WUB)
I think it's a matter of what the biggest issues are. If you realize you're fighting an existential war or can't find a job, gas prices are an insignificant factor. If you have nothing left to complain about except you believe Dems and Reps are the same and the price of gas is a PITA, then maybe it'll have some impact. The graph may be too simplistic without all other factors considered, such as what Americans feel are the biggest issues being faced.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:23 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
People will be surprised as to how fast prices can come down, but it isn't related to crude prices as much as refinery capacity.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 12:23 PM (0U5gm)
I always liked those things. Shit in a crash, but very if you wanted the ability to carry materials for homeowner-sized jobs without incurring the sticker and gas expense for a full-size pickup.
Posted by: Clueless Feminutbar at October 02, 2026 12:24 PM (qlLNh)
Mrs Tell keeps telling me that wholesale oil prices have nothing to do with retail pump prices. And I always respond that they better be related or else there is an illegal price fixing conspiracy afooot.
Posted by: Martin Tell at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (sFNX2)
Can we please stop slut-shaming Muz? She is a strong indigenous woman of color who does not accept the rules of the patriarchy.
How about "Sex-Positive Muz" for a change?
Oh, wait: this is Iran.
Never mind.
Posted by: Clueless Feminutbar at October 02, 2026 12:22 PM (qlLNh)
Moooo!
Posted by: Cows of Iran at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:23 PM (l3cgK)
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It's just a graph of relative turnout in OH's main metro areas, blue enclaves, arranged by relative racial composition.
If gas is a major factor, as people say, blue enclaves should be seeing increased turnout. Overall, turnout is down, and it's really down with black voters who tend to be poorer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (42WUB)
Musk doesn't say a word about all the materials he uses in his cars that are all created using petrochemicals.
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (1/viQ)
Posted by: pookysgirl grew up watching the shenanigans at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
Dick is a Moby or a Bulwark Homo Cruise attendee.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:26 PM (E4rtv)
Around 20 empty tankers are drifting near Sri Lanka alone, with crews reportedly running short of food, fuel and fresh water.
===
Maybe catch a flight to Tel Aviv?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 12:27 PM (RIvkX)
They let prices rise 25% over the Biden administration and played the gaslight cycle (starting with "It's not happening,..."), and then 2 years later raise the flag of "Affordability!" because oil is making everything more expensive. Everything has to be transported--especially in the Age of Amazon and the "distributed economy").
However, it's always mercenary to engage the military for "oil". Even though they could have watched and seen how "Oil" affects "AFFORDABILITY!!™"
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:27 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 02, 2026 12:27 PM (rJ48h)
Musk doesn't say a word about all the materials he uses in his cars that are all created using petrochemicals.
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (1/viQ)
All those mfgs who say they care about the environment really care about money more, and are only saying that to convince people to buy their products.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:28 PM (M+uMR)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 12:28 PM (jivel)
Musk doesn't say a word about all the materials he uses in his cars that are all created using petrochemicals.
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (1/viQ)
There's a metric fuckton of plastic in every car now, not just electrics.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:28 PM (n2qDf)
They let prices rise 25% over the Biden administration and played the gaslight cycle (starting with "It's not happening,..."), and then 2 years later raise the flag of "Affordability!" because oil is making everything more expensive. Everything has to be transported--especially in the Age of Amazon and the "distributed economy").
However, it's always mercenary to engage the military for "oil". Even though they could have watched and seen how "Oil" affects "AFFORDABILITY!!™"
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:27 PM (Fi81e)
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I remember someone arguing in 2022 that gas prices wouldn't affect the election that much because by the time the election came around gas prices would have been elevated for so long that people will have gotten used to it.
I poo-pooed the idea at the time, but I think he was actually right now.
This really is just Democrats deciding to latch onto a message more than anything else. They ignored affordability for 4 years under Biden and just latched onto it the second it was politically safe to do so.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (42WUB)
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The point people were making is that inking that kind of nonsense, promising 300B in any kind of form, was stupid. Cutting then off from the world, if bombing into oblivion was off the table, was the way to go. Not MOUIng carrots.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 02, 2026 12:27 PM (rJ48h)
Are his eateries okay?
Oh, that's Tony Roma...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
You'll be hearing from our attorneys. -- Coalition for Bags of Rocks
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THE ROCKS ARE TOO DUMB TO KNOW IF THEY'RE IN A BOX OR A BAG AND SO IS ABBY.
Posted by: BEN ROFLCOPTER at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:28 PM (M+uMR)
$ 6.29 here with $8.69 diesel... California...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (MHhOG)
That's weird.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Fi81e)
Because muzzies like animals and little boys over women?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
"At the individual level, citizens are exchanging household items for food on online platforms; common trades include sneakers for meat, books for rice, and clothes or vacuum cleaners for chicken, oil, and beans."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 12:22 PM (JzUSu)
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It's going to get very, very ugly when meat, chicken, oil, and beans (and similar essentials) become unavailable at *any* price.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 12:28 PM (jivel)
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These are OH numbers. OH hasn't had a serious black candidate...ever?
So, it's comparing Sherrod Brown to...Sherrod Brown.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (wt1Vg)
That's weird.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Fi81e)
Because muzzies like animals and little boys over women?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
It's roleplay...$20 extra, same as in town.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)
These multiple fuels are then transported to over 5,000 American fueling stations, and must deliver fuels to meet anticipated demand projected out from three days to two weeks. And they do it.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (nLfmy)
Here's what the Dems are giving as reasons to donate: opposing Big Money or Billionaire donors is the main thrust. Trump got mentioned, but in the same breath was also Elon and Congressional Republicans. No Orange man bad, not a word of gas prices or even inflation.
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Whore Moo at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (l3cgK)
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Yet again, everybody on the right has heard "believes" something I have never heard about.
If they want you're input, they'll make a caricature of the right and dismiss it.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (Fi81e)
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The point people were making is that inking that kind of nonsense, promising 300B in any kind of form, was stupid. Cutting then off from the world, if bombing into oblivion was off the table, was the way to go. Not MOUIng carrots.
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (AKptf)
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Absolutely not true.
I remember when it was signed, people were saying, "Well, Iran just got $300 billion."
It was never, "Well, if Iran acts like a normal country, they'll get major investment with heavy strings attached," which was what the MOU outlined.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Thurston Howell III. at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 12:25 PM (1/viQ)
I'm sure this made sense in your head.
What, you're suggesting that IC cars don't have vast amounts of plastic in them as well?
Not to mention that Elon Musk is pretty much single-handedly responsible for the fact that we haven't gone full commie yet.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (qlLNh)
But somehow, I had to hear about that from libs.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (Fi81e)
https://tinyurl.com/u9e7u2mm
The online right was infected with lies about how Iran would instantly get $300 billion.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Most political panics and freakouts are in fact based on bullshit and single interest types are the most affected by op bullshit.
And the Deep State has been throwing op after op at the Trump administration based on bullshit and the choir in social media sings the same ole song.
About 40 percent of the voting population has decided everything in the media and social media in particular is bullshit leading them to tune out which is why Trump has survived in office while Nixon got taken out by an op. And if Trump gets them to the polls like his GOTV operation is attempting, then there will be no blue wave, only a tepid 2014 type midterm like the last Obama one.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 12:10 PM (JzUSu)
I'm sure they drink and smoke plenty, they just keep it out of sight.
Posted by: Cigareets and whisky and wild wild mullahs at October 02, 2026 12:32 PM (TbWk/)
They're a bitter bunch. Pissed off about spending a shit ton of money on a degree in rainbow studies that doesn't mean fuckall to anyone looking for workers. They're under or unemployed by choice.
The price of literally everything's too much for them. And the economy is so bad they're down to ordering DoorDash only 4 times a week instead of every day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (MHhOG)
Jews!
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Most people at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Middle Eastern Oil Expert at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: J.J. Watt at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:28 PM (M+uMR)
_________
It's a very complicated futures market that has its share of speculating and manipulation. But overall, it works pretty well.
Gas prices remained fairly stable during the first Iran strikes (the "12 Day War") in 2025.
They spiked in March 2026 and have been up and down ever since. I strongly suspect that's due to speculation and manipulation, as well as China now having to buy oil on the open market.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (iFTx/)
That means we're losing the war. We need to find more 'rebels' to attack the shipping that we're insuring...
Posted by: The City of London at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (OX0hA)
Posted by: Poofters Of Hormuz at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (1/viQ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 12:30 PM (0U5gm)
There are a helluva lot more than 5,000 gas stations.
More like 150,000.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (RORbl)
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Good point.
And a number have had to significantly cut back on the rate of their several hundred dollar tattoos!!!
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (Fi81e)
Posted by: Thurston Howell III. at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (Fn+3X)
Sri Lanka was Ceylon,
Now it's Sri Lanka, not Ceylon,
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (n2qDf)
Jul 30, 2026 — The term Red-Green Alliance refers to the growing left-wing political coalition of neo-Marxist progressives and anti-Western Islamists.
The Center for Renewing America
https://americarenewing.com
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (Oy/m2)
Jews!
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (mJVit)
Don't think about an orange Jew!
Posted by: Yep, you totally did at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: It's me donna
Your governor screwed the state by forcing shutdowns of refineries. You are not going to benefit much if at all from oil prices and gas prices dropping in other states. And that is because we don't have spare refining capacity in other states to pick up California as a customer to export fuel from other states to you and because CARB has specific and expensive regulations doubling over the EPA's on fuel there.
It is not readily fixable quickly without those refineries coming back online or fuel imports from other nations which at the present have their own domestic markets to be worried about.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: mr tmz
_________
He was a rotten commentator, just like 98% of the others.
Some channels now have an option to watch the game without commentators, and from a behind the line view rather than sideline. I always go with that if it's available.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
Jews!
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (mJVit)
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Can we talk about the weather?
...
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (Fi81e)
The Center for Renewing America
https://americarenewing.com
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (odBC9)
Could have just said anti-western Marxists too
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (AKptf)
People hand waived off the 2nd Amendment cases as some sort of parochial issue that didn’t apply to them. Same with the move to allow late term abortions and assisted suicide. The Trump prosecutions, as clear as it was they were completely political and not based on a sound, practices or textbook legal basis, got the same treatment. Now you have a case that has already been litigated based on the alleged victims statement, and they are moving in for the political kill.
I wonder- how long do you stay around for this freak show that is no longer safe or predictable for you and your family? What will one wrong think or disagreement that garners the attention of the ruling junta get you? Will it ruin your life, your families life or bankrupt you?
There are a lot of economic reasons to move out of NY. But that pales in comparison to the personal destruction they can, and will reap upon you.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (f4tQo)
"At the individual level, citizens are exchanging household items for food on online platforms; common trades include sneakers for meat, books for rice, and clothes or vacuum cleaners for chicken, oil, and beans."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
What? They're already trading books and shoes?!
So, they've already traded all their daughters?
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (VHUov)
Jews!
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:33 PM (mJVit)
Don't think about an orange Jew!
Posted by: Yep, you totally did at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/)
I remember Orange Jew-lius...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (l3cgK)
Trump will do his best to not let this happen.
Posted by: connected and litigious at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (cS1cw)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (M+uMR)
More like 150,000.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
Yes, I left out stop and robs. That number is just branded stations.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (0U5gm)
Now it's Sri Lanka, not Ceylon,
That's nobody's business but the Sinhalese!
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (OX0hA)
I use the mute button on my TV remote for a reason.
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (Oy/m2)
The Center for Renewing America
https://americarenewing.com
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 12:35 PM (odBC9)
Could have just said anti-western Marxists too
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:36 PM (mJVit)
I didn't know, so I looked it up!
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (odBC9)
I heard there's lots of farting in specific directions.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (Riz8t)
"At the individual level, citizens are exchanging household items for food on online platforms; common trades include sneakers for meat, books for rice, and clothes or vacuum cleaners for chicken, oil, and beans."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
What? They're already trading books and shoes?!
So, they've already traded all their daughters?
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (VHUov)
Goats, sheep, camels, donkeys, and little boys fetch a higher price
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (l3cgK)
Carbob pays better, and Padds 1-4 are shipping 3 times to 5 (west coast). The refinery shutdowns are catastrophic.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (l3cgK)
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And it's RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR FACES!!!
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (Fi81e)
Trump will do his best to not let this happen.
Posted by: connected and litigious at October 02, 2026 12:37 PM (cS1cw)
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He could pull away right now, and it would take decades for Iran to rebuild.
They'd have to become even more enthralled to China to even start. And China's Belt and Road initiative is such a success for them that they complained to the IMF that their client countries need bailouts so they can keep paying China.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:39 PM (42WUB)
So, they've already traded all their daughters?
They are the ultimate store of value.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
He wrote a song called "Couldn't Stand the Weather".
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:39 PM (Fi81e)
***
Especially when they're virgins.
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:39 PM (wt1Vg)
Let's knock out more diesel production, California
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:18 PM (nLfmy)
I think Zelenskiiiiiii's goal in hitting Russian refineries is to do prevent the EU from dropping Ukraine as their BBF in exchange for cheap Russian diesel. I think this was the main reason to hit Nordstream to prevent EU backsliding for cheap Russian natural gas as well. Both cases I doubt the Ukrainians had the technical ability to do it on their own and were "sponsored" by someones who are not Ukrainian and have high technical abilities.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (rbvCR)
He's at 1%.
Posted by: Ian S.
Yup. Don't Lemon
IYKYK
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (ItWcy)
Now it's Sri Lanka, not Ceylon,
That's nobody's business but the Sinhalese!
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (OX0hA)
Nice!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (l3cgK)
S Korea is shipping finished fuels to California.
That should explain it...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (nLfmy)
He's at 1%.
Posted by: Ian S.
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He's gonna sweep South Carolina with those numbers!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (mJVit)
He was the perfect guy to do it.
Drumpf, you magnificence scalp weasel sporting president you. Rushmore has room.
Posted by: I dunno how it turns out for the mid term, but it needed to be done now at October 02, 2026 12:41 PM (anL5R)
Oh, that's Tony Roma...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:29 PM (l3cgK)
Used to eat there all the time.
The one here closed down, as did most of the others, I think.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 12:41 PM (qlLNh)
He was the perfect guy to do it.
Drumpf, you magnificence scalp weasel sporting president you. Rushmore has room.
Posted by: I dunno how it turns out for the mid term, but it needed to be done now at October 02, 2026 12:41 PM (anL5R)
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"Trump shouldn't have reordered global geopolitics in America's favor because he might lose the midterms."
"Biden should flood the country with illegals to change the makeup of the nation, no matter what happens in the midterms."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:41 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: runner
He would be the 2nd gay president.
3rd if you count Buchanan.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at October 02, 2026 12:42 PM (QO/2M)
Now it's Sri Lanka, not Ceylon,
That's nobody's business but the Sinhalese!
Posted by: They Might Be Giants at October 02, 2026 12:38 PM (OX0hA)
Once upon a time it was Serendip.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 12:42 PM (rbvCR)
If they want you're input, they'll make a caricature of the right and dismiss it.
Posted by: Axeman
Consider fire alarms. Activists on the right or left with special interests trip fire alarms on social media or the decaying mass media.
And that fire alarm response then becomes a doomer op aimed at the right, never the left because social and mass media is overwhelmingly leftist in orientation.
All is designed to produce fear, uncertainty, and doubt. But at a certain point, people just ignore it and live their lives and the harbingers of doom themselves suddenly find themselves alone shivering in the cold. That is when a number of them turn into bitter assholes like Ann Coulter or even the current Greenies that are floundering because their Climate Change mantra is dying in with global elites moving on to AI which requires gobs of energy.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:42 PM (E4rtv)
Clearly he's going to win all the swing states and Iowa too.
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:42 PM (wt1Vg)
Which is weird if gas prices are a motivator to vote.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:20 PM (42WUB)
I can't WAIT for the commentary from Crockett in Texas.
"You just KNOW I'da beat dat honkey's ass!"
And the bitch of it is that she might have done better. But her making a stink about it, plus the DNC-rigged Democrat primary calendar makes Kamala absolutely inevitable as the Dem nominee.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (M+uMR)
Posted by: Poofters Of Hormuz at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (Fn+3X)
I saw Straights of Hormuz open for Butthole Surfers at The Man Cave in '03.
Posted by: Don Lemon at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:40 PM (mJVit)
If you type it backwards, there is:
suilweJ egnarO
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (odBC9)
Now it's Sri Lanka, not Ceylon,
...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
No one ever remembers us.
-- Taprobane and Serendib
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (77rzZ)
- "Conservative Influencers" on Social Media
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (Dv3i1)
The US has been trying to sell 40 million barrels out of the SPR for months. No buyers.
Remember when we were going to empty the SPR?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (42WUB)
3rd if you count Buchanan.
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not every Scotsman is ghey, you know...
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:44 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: runner
Yep. Arrogant gay ex-Soros money-man. That is going to drag in the votes all by itself. Might as well hope that Milo were born in the US since that is how successful Bessent 2028 will be.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 02, 2026 12:44 PM (rbvCR)
Oh Lord, not you too.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:44 PM (Riz8t)
"You just KNOW I'da beat dat honkey's ass!"
And the bitch of it is that she might have done better. But her making a stink about it, plus the DNC-rigged Democrat primary calendar makes Kamala absolutely inevitable as the Dem nominee.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (gLYp7)
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The establishment gave the black electorate an excuse to not compromise in the near future by stealing primaries from them in TX and MI (yes, white lady was the clear racial preference for the black electorate over El-Sayed, Detroit out front should have told ya).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:44 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Marcus T
I live in NC 10 miles south of the VA border, with kin in DE and NJ. Will never cross the VA border while CIA Barbie and the AG who wants to murder Republican children are in charge. I remain armed and dangerous to all Communists.
Posted by: Don't Tread On Me at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
Nah... Middle Eastern women are the classic example of a depreciating asset.
They are sometimes smokeshows when young (especially Iranian women), but they hit the The Wall early, hard, and fast.
Go to bed with Princess Jasmine, wake up with someone who looks like a linebacker.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (qlLNh)
The best candidate begging for money ad was Katy Stout asking for money to defeat Brandon Herrera because he owns a copy of, and has read, Mein Kampf... complete with a photo of him holding the Communist Manifesto.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (ExV1e)
He was the perfect guy to do it.
Drumpf, you magnificence scalp weasel sporting president you. Rushmore has room.
Posted by: I dunno how it turns out for the mid term
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More than that. Predictions were widespread IRGC terrorism, global economic depression, risk of war with Russia and China, and a crisis of Iranian catspaws like the Houthis, Iraqi militia, and other bad actors overturning US Arab 'allies'.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (M+uMR)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:44 PM (AKptf)
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Just ghey-adjacent.
Posted by: Axeman at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (Fi81e)
3rd if you count Buchanan.
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not every Scotsman is ghey, you know...
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:44 PM (AKptf)
Yet sheep still cower...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Halfhand at October 02, 2026 12:07 PM (PMyU3)
As long as there are toddlers running around, there will be moms begging for more energy to keep up with them.
Posted by: pookysgirl, mom to a very active toddler at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (Wt5PA)
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When the eyebrows meet in the middle, it's over.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (Dv3i1)
The one here closed down, as did most of the others, I think.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
My son's first job was at Tony Roma's. He didn't much like working there.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (nLfmy)
They are sometimes smokeshows when young (especially Iranian women), but they hit the The Wall early, hard, and fast.
Go to bed with Princess Jasmine, wake up with someone who looks like a linebacker.
Sure, if you buy the Whole Life, instead of Term.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 02, 2026 12:47 PM (Riz8t)
And Aurther C Clarke's source of little boys...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:46 PM (nLfmy)
He was a muzzie?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:47 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Bechuanaland, Too! at October 02, 2026 12:47 PM (Fn+3X)
***
Insert Lindsay Clancy joke here.
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:47 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: mr tmz at October 02, 2026 12:47 PM (rJ48h)
***
I remember those guys! They were hilarious on Letterman's show.
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM
Until their tiger mauled one of them.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 12:47 PM (4NO2D)
No capacity.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:48 PM (nLfmy)
Yup. The structural strength of the much-maligned 737 MAX got a serious real world test on the flyDubai attempted hijacking and impressed a lot of people. I want Boeing to do well, just like how I mocked Intel for the last 10 years but I'm rooting for them.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 12:43 PM (odBC9)
You are falling for the propaganda.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:48 PM (mJVit)
And in the fact that he isn't Joe Buck. Hate that guy.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 12:48 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)
A shot of Pinnacle Whipped Cream vodka mixed into a glass of orange juice tastes a lot like an Orange Julius.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:48 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)
Could go for one of those myself.
I also miss the Shakey's Pizza buffet.
"Shakey" got that nickname due to the recurrent malaria he'd picked up in WWII (my grandfather had the same).
Back then men embraced nicknames like that.
Today they get PTSD if you forget to call them "xim".
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 12:49 PM (qlLNh)
==
Blackwell got 1.5 million votes for Gov. Sadly Strickland got 2.1 million.
So serious, 1.5 million isn't bad, but not successful.
Posted by: I dunno how it turns out for the mid term, but it needed to be done now at October 02, 2026 12:49 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Story of our infotainment world nowadays. All of it and the people on it are crap in broadcast and cable media. My theory is crap executives hire crap personnel based on criteria other than performance. A Confederacy of Dunces more or less.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)
What is the last "prediction" the Left got correct. I'm serious.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:49 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: The Beach Boys at October 02, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)
Based on social media, a number of them believe that folks graduating in HS in 1980 were able to move into 2500 sqft houses, with all the modern amenities and safety features, for $18K. When told the median home size, and price, not to mention the 16% mortgage rates, they'll call you a liar and resume their calls for abolishing the elderly.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 12:50 PM (ExV1e)
She didn't out herself, people found her profile on a lesbian dating app. And there have been rumors for years, because her husband looks gayer than garrett in a musical.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (bkuEU)
Posted by: Dr. Scholls at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (Q+gd/)
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I'm not saying it's Big Penguin, but...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)
Could go for one of those myself.
I also miss the Shakey's Pizza buffet
Come visit me sometime.
Posted by: Stuckey's at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: The Beach Boys at October 02, 2026 12:49 PM (2Ez/1)
Ceylon,
takes me away,
to where I've always heard it could be,
...
Posted by: Christopher Cross at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (l3cgK)
Yup. The structural strength of the much-maligned 737 MAX got a serious real world test on the flyDubai attempted hijacking and impressed a lot of people. I want Boeing to do well, just like how I mocked Intel for the last 10 years but I'm rooting for them.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Kind of reminds me of the scene at the end of the original Airport where Joe Patrone pats the Boeing 707 airplane with a gaping hole with an atta baby.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: pookysgirl
Just put every toddler on a treadmill, and we'll never run out of energy.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:52 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 12:52 PM (YSUhf)
My first place was a 2 BR apartment, shared with three other guys.
One took the couch and one slept in a sleeping bag on the living room floor (the rent proportions were adjusted accordingly).
We all had shit jobs, so that's what we could afford.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 12:52 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 12:50 PM (2ocoG)
Would a midget lesbian be a carpet munchkin?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:52 PM (n2qDf)
So democrats, how does it feel knowing that the enemy of America recognizes you are the weaker party and the ones they can bully?
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:52 PM
or a rotisserie.
Posted by: Jonathan Swift at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (Oy/m2)
And the US is pressuring Sri Lanka not to allow them to refuel and resupply.
Time to send in the French "Rainbow Warrior" frogmen.
They know how to solve that problem.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:54 PM (M+uMR)
takes me away,
Wife: My husband, some hotshot.
Here's his ancient Tamil secret.
We need more Calgon!
Customer: Ancient Tamil secret, huh?
Posted by: Sri Lankan Laundry at October 02, 2026 12:54 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: davidt
EPA. Takes a huge amount of risk for an oil company to build a new refinery in the US and years of construction. Putting up a datacenter or a nat gas power plant is a snap compared to refineries. One of the most complicated structures with some of the harshest environmental limits on any manufacturing. Mebbe comparable to the massive cpu fabs and packaging plants in timescale if not environmental regulations.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:48 PM (n2qDf)
You, sir, are speaking my language!
Posted by: pookysgirl, on the wagon for five more months at October 02, 2026 12:54 PM (Wt5PA)
Not because Iran was selling to us, but because we had seized the tankers and were going to make a shit load of money from selling it instead of Iran selling it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:55 PM (42WUB)
They abandoned the old one before it was even finished. They kept announcing plans to finish it, but then just one more thing would come up to delay it.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 12:55 PM (77rzZ)
In case you were wondering what the next move from the left will be. All those starving children in Iran.
Bank on it.
That whole "Death to America" thing was just a college prank to sell T-shirts.
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 12:55 PM (dIske)
*checking Totalwine.com *
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (nLfmy)
***
The true Beta man's drink.
Be sure to extend the pinky finger while sipping.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 12:55 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (nLfmy)
Available at Walmart. Inexpensive, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:55 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 12:55 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: Bulg
.......
Make mine with a little vodka, please.
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (UjdFS)
There's this bunch of idiots on a hill in DC...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (nLfmy)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (Oy/m2)
And his partner, Troy Aikman, while he was a great QB, just takes the whole thing too seriously. He treats every game like it’s the war with Iran. Hey Troy: It’s just a game… can we have some fun please?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (M+uMR)
Been wondering how you are, good to see you.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (Q+gd/)
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I'm not saying it's Big Penguin, but...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:51 PM (42WUB)
_____
While there are probably hundreds of thousands of gas stations, there are surprisingly few refineries. Maybe only 100.
Part of the problem is that three major ones closed in the last year. And while our side mostly blames it on the CA refinery closings, a big one closed in TX as well.
There's also been a movement to refining to diesel rather than "normal" gas.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: davidt
EPA. Takes a huge amount of risk for an oil company to build a new refinery in the US and years of construction. Putting up a datacenter or a nat gas power plant is a snap compared to refineries. One of the most complicated structures with some of the harshest environmental limits on any manufacturing. Mebbe comparable to the massive cpu fabs and packaging plants in timescale if not environmental regulations.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:54 PM (E4rtv)
In Sandy Eggo, it takes YEARS for a business to start building their place...I've seen so many eateries put up signs, "Coming Soon!"...only to take more than a YEAR to start construction, and another YEAR or TWO to finish up and open...
Posted by: Christopher Cross at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (l3cgK)
*checking Totalwine.com *
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:53 PM (nLfmy)
Just have your boyfriend grab some on the way home.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (BHTo4)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: wth at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: John Lennon at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (2ocoG)
Oil prices go up? Instant 20 cent hike at the pump. Oil prices go down? 'Sorry, we need 6 months to adjust to market conditions.' Classic!
The incredible part to all of this is that nothing has changed except the US has lost worldwide credibility, a ton of cash, increased cost of living, national demoralization, and a renewed hatred and distrust from every nation in the Middle East.
Scholars will point to this stupid time period when discussing some consequential worldwide crisis sometime down the road - be it economic, political, diplomatic, or otherwise.
So after depleting most of our missiles, tens of billions of taxpayer dollars on the credit card, and 7 full months of utter devastation, we have managed to develop enough insanely costly and unsustainable workarounds to get... almost as much oil as before.
Art of the fucking deal, everyone.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (t19vo)
She didn't out herself, people found her profile on a lesbian dating app. And there have been rumors for years, because her husband looks gayer than garrett in a musical.
Posted by: Ian S.
She was stupid enough to proclaim respect muh privacy rather than claiming those accounts were not hers. Plus she is now facing a credible massive lawsuit in UT over her fake and gay coverage blaming someone totally innocent of shooting Charlie Kirk. I think other lawsuits are brewing, sponsors of her show are cancelling and even Tuca seems to have washed his hands of her. Viewership and engagement stats are crashing as well.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)
Why have diesel prices spiked even more than normal gasoline prices??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (M+uMR)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (BHTo4)
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Sanctions create a black market that allows the sanctioned nation to survive.
Blockades of ports that accept roughly 90% of all trade of a nation are another level.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:58 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:54 PM (M+uMR)
And...?
Posted by: People Who Vote Democrat at October 02, 2026 12:58 PM (mJVit)
The incredible part to all of this is that nothing has changed except the US has lost worldwide credibility, a ton of cash, increased cost of living, national demoralization, and a renewed hatred and distrust from every nation in the Middle East.
BS
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 12:59 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)
Why have diesel prices spiked even more than normal gasoline prices??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (M+uMR)
Man behind the checkout counter: "Fluctuation"
Cantonese man paying for Diesel: "Well, Fluck you too"
Posted by: Christopher Cross at October 02, 2026 12:59 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Right now diesel brings more revenue to refiners than gas so they are maximizing diesel and it takes a bit to switch gears. That is why Trump threatened Euroland with a ban on diesel exports last week or so. They have fuel reserves there that they have not released until Trump threatened them, now Germany is releasing some.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (t19vo)
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It entertains me that the left believes this.
Trump is leading the nations of the world around by the nose whenever he sneezes at this point.
Central and South America are trending hard right while Europe is giving into everything he wants after some public displays of reticence.
Trump has retaught the world leaders that America is their daddy, and the rest of the world hates the lesson, but they're learning it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Bechuanaland, Too!
The far-right owners of the local Chinese restaurant still serve "Peking Duck."
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (odBC9)
The incredible part to all of this is that nothing has changed except the US has lost worldwide credibility, a ton of cash, increased cost of living, national demoralization, and a renewed hatred and distrust from every nation in the Middle East.
BS
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 12:59 PM (+gK6I)
It's the frosting on their sh*t cake.
Posted by: Christopher Cross at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (l3cgK)
Scholars.
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (t19vo)
I love how leftards get smart about things like cost and benefit, cause and effect, spending vs saving, etc, but only when it suits them.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: Bechuanaland, Too!
The far-right owners of the local Chinese restaurant still serve "Peking Duck."
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Y8DZL)
That duck peck no more.
Posted by: Christopher Cross at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (l3cgK)
It's $4 for gas and $6 for diesel here in KY. I'd presume that's "average?" And those prices are for my AO. I understand it's significantly lower elsewhere in the state, as well as higher in other places.
I guess the price of gas is... "subjective." It's a horrid measurement tool to use on the economy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Ian S.
Would a midget lesbian be a carpet munchkin?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Safety scissor.
Posted by: lefties have green handles at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: dantesed
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It's the talking for the sake of talking with these guys. Shit like, "This game is going to come down to plays like this!" How could you possibly know that? There may be pick-6 or fumble on the next possession that changes everything. Collinsworth is one of the worst with that stuff, but they all do it. Just meaningless pap.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (JzUSu)
There's less room in supply...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (nLfmy)
We live in a clown world
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (M+uMR)
Their Great Value frozen "seasoned potato wedges" are pretty close to the jojo potatoes made by Filipino deli clerks throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Handy for those late-night cravings.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Y8DZL)
Fa ra ra ra raaaa ra ra ra ra!
Posted by: Owners of the local Chinese restaurant at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Joe Schmuck at October 02, 2026 01:03 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: davidt
That would be the EPA, and state governors. California has closed two in the past year.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 01:03 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Y8DZL)
Fa ra ra ra raaaa ra ra ra ra!
Posted by: Owners of the local Chinese restaurant at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (gLYp7)
Classic.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:03 PM (l3cgK)
Good news: Milk was down 25 cents from last week.
Better news: DNC Chairman Ken Martin's picture is on the container.
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:03 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (odBC9)
No, it definitely wasn't the same as Tang, at least not when it existed here.
I think it had milk in it as well as orange juice.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:03 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (M+uMR)
We live in the world that has been imposed upon us by the left.
It's only with Trump that we've started to impose our will onto them and they hate it.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:03 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM
Benefitting Americans?
That political party should probably have a pithy slogan to explain it to the independents.
Perhaps something like MAGA?
Democrats are too stupid to understand that simple idea!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 02, 2026 01:04 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 01:04 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Supply and demand. Refineries can tinker to a certain extent depending on the oil feedstocks (really probably AOP's area more than mine) to optimize revenue. We lost some big refineries to closures and haven't built new ones to replace closing ones so refining is the chokepoint now rather than oil pricing. And the three so far refinery closures in CA were mainly intentional from green freaks running CA that feel destroying a market will lead to prosperity using green tech. Those that cannot afford the new tech get screwed because their fuel has to be imported from abroad or from other sane states.
But that raises prices in the sane states as well. California should lose its status as a state and be administered as a territory for about twenty years before readmission for the damage it has intentionally inflicted on other states.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 01:04 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Y8DZL)
Fa ra ra ra raaaa ra ra ra ra!
Posted by: Owners of the local Chinese restaurant at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (gLYp7)
Deck the Hors with bars of horry...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:04 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: dantesed
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It's the talking for the sake of talking with these guys. Shit like, "This game is going to come down to plays like this!" How could you possibly know that? There may be pick-6 or fumble on the next possession that changes everything. Collinsworth is one of the worst with that stuff, but they all do it. Just meaningless pap.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (JzUSu)
They should hire Key and Peele. Make it the sports equivalent of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (BHTo4)
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And when they don't, what's the excuse going to be?
Posted by: Give the Retarded Kid Some Pie at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (mJXSH)
Posted by: Central State Hospital, Ward "C" at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (Fn+3X)
Handy for those late-night cravings.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:02 PM (qlLNh)
Whenever I visit the Town Pump gas station in Shelby, MT, I like to get chicken and wedges from the food counter there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 01:04 PM (wt1Vg)
That Cornell girl certainly was.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (BHTo4)
Jaquarius Jaquavious Jaquanius. Miami University.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:06 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Lady in Black
$3.83 in TR. Down 10 cents since yesterday.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 01:06 PM (bIH8o)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:06 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Safety scissor.
Posted by: lefties have green handles at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (VHUov)
Calf dyke.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:06 PM (qlLNh)
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And when they don't, what's the excuse going to be?
Posted by: Give the Retarded Kid Some Pie at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM
You're joking, right? It's always Joos.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 01:06 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Jetto
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We are, oil and gas production in the US is soaring but we are not building refineries because it takes a long time to build, refiners are not going to invest unless they can be assured of opening and being able to profit from the refinery, and temporary surges in demand don't warrant a risky long term investment in an uncertain regulatory era like if the Dems get back in power.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 01:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (Q+gd/)
BS
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 12:59 PM (+gK6I)
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BS x 2!!!
Yeah...yeah...I know. No Maths, but I think the Horde can handle this.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (l3cgK)
Now we know she was snorting lines off of dudes dongs
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (gLYp7)
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There's a Kwik-E-Mart up the street from me that used to sell amazing chicken and wedges. Sadly, no longer...
Posted by: Jetto at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (wt1Vg)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (n2qDf)
Yeah, that's a go-to meal for me as well.
I can make good fried chicken at home, but until now duplicating the potatoes has not been successful.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (qlLNh)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (BHTo4)
_________________________
Their biggest weakness is corruption and putting all their eggs in one basket. There's no fallback because of a severe lack of self-sufficiency. Their overall irrigations systems have not been maintained. As a result, even before hostilities started, their agriculture capability was crumbling. They didn't maintain their desalination projects due to local placed "leaders" circumventing the process to grow personal wealth. It's like that in just about every industry field and local "municipality". Tehran assigns representatives locally, who promptly serve their self-interests at the cost of the residents.
Hyperinflation in Iran currently stands at 90%. One US dollar now equates to 2.5 Million Rials (not a typo).
Posted by: Orson at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (dIske)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 01:07 PM (odBC9)
The incredible part to all of this is that nothing has changed except the US has lost worldwide credibility, a ton of cash, increased cost of living, national demoralization, and a renewed hatred and distrust from every nation in the Middle East.
All the hard work of Democrats for South Vietnam and Afghanistan lost!
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 01:08 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 01:08 PM (0wzNL)
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What does this even mean?
Why do all these posts sound like campaign messages?
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:09 PM (mJVit)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:56 PM (iFTx/)
Why have diesel prices spiked even more than normal gasoline prices??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (M+uMR)
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I think mostly because diesel is harder and more expensive to refine, making it more susceptible to price fluctuations and global unrest (Russia refined a lot of diesel).
Plus, I think the explosion of app-based delivery (Amazon, etc) put a lot more diesel vehicles on the road.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (iFTx/)
https://x.com/earlyvotedata/status/
2106009782620762326/photo/3
Better request and return rates for the GOP comparatively than 2022 (when Budd won by 3) and worse than 2024 (when Trump won by 3).
So, blue wave, amiright?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I want Bessent as Treasury and Hegseth as DoW for as long as they're willing. I notice a lot of effort towards building strong foundations for the future, and I want them to be able to flush out all the rats and seal the cracks.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (aJQbY)
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Pfft. Amateur hour.
Posted by: Zombie Huge Chavez at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (wt1Vg)
Watched your movie short in the sidebar.
Made me think of David Lynch. I enjoyed it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 01:08 PM (0wzNL)
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Thank you!
The Lynch comparison is generous and welcomed.
(like and subscribe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Correct term like wheat, rice, and other commodities is volatile. Affected by world markets and processing/shipping capacity as well as supply and demand of the base feedstock.
Another example is beef production--like refineries, it takes awhile for new beef to enter the market and producers won't do risk expansion unless they feel assured of profit. The current chokehold on beef pricing is the oligopolistic and price fixing big 4 beef meatpackers who also like to hire cheap illegals and visa applicants to pad out their profits.
The world is a lot more complicated than simple supply and demand--it ultimately has it say but a whole host of intermediaries are trying to get a chunk of cash out of market swings up and down as well. Can't stop the signal but it sure can delay it.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (ExV1e)
Those who have actually *read the police report, given in her own motherfucking words* know that a) she consented to EVERY act that was performed and b) though intoxicated, she was fully aware of what was going on at all times.
Given that of the first threesome one guy was too drunk to perform and passed out, while the other guy was so drunk he was dry-heaving, perhaps SHE committed rape.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (qlLNh)
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Herbstreit and Al Michaels are okay.
Posted by: Amazon didn't get annoying FOX people at October 02, 2026 01:11 PM (anL5R)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
I want Bessent as Treasury and Hegseth as DoW for as long as they're willing. I notice a lot of effort towards building strong foundations for the future, and I want them to be able to flush out all the rats and seal the cracks.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (aJQbY)
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Every hero of the administration on the immigration front is unsung (the right has forgotten the issue until someone gets shot and then it's all "we're not doing immigration anymore" which is false), but Bessent is the most unsung of the unsung heroes on that front.
Writing regulations to cut illegals off from the American financial system. Spearheading the banking side of investigations into fraud related to immigrants.
He's a fucking beast.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 01:12 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: ShainS at October 02, 2026 01:13 PM (94QNV)
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What does this even mean?
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:09 PM (mJVit)
251 The incredible part to all of this is that nothing has changed except the US has
1) lost worldwide credibility,
2) [lost] a ton of cash,
3) increased cost of living,
4) [increased] national demoralization, and
5) a renewed hatred and distrust from every nation in the Middle East.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 02, 2026 12:57 PM (t19vo)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (odBC9)
I've come around to the idea that they know damn well the green stuff doesn't work and it'll make oil products scarce and expensive. And that's fine, because neo-feudalism assumes only the elites will have nice things.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (sabhw)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 01:10 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 01:16 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: M. Gaga at October 02, 2026 01:19 PM (OGVMi)
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 02, 2026 01:21 PM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (KGj36)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 01:55 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 02, 2026 01:42 PM (KGj36)
Gasoline also costs more because of road taxes. Note that none of the states run by Dems complaining about gas prices thinks that they could cut part of the tax income they get from that.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 01:57 PM (uhVAy)
I've come around to the idea that they know damn well the green stuff doesn't work and it'll make oil products scarce and expensive. And that's fine, because neo-feudalism assumes only the elites will have nice things.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (sabhw)
Green is a scam. No big company would avoid making billions just because it is green and pure.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 01:58 PM (uhVAy)
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What does this even mean?
Why do all these posts sound like campaign messages?
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 01:09 PM (mJVit)
The Mideast loves us as long as we have our foot on Iran's neck. Once we let them up, well, then they have to reassess.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 02:00 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 01:01 PM (JzUSu)
They should hire Key and Peele. Make it the sports equivalent of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 02, 2026 01:05 PM (BHTo4)
they have to have it come down to the wire and they will tilt the game to make it happen for the national audience.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 02:04 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (l3cgK)
China now gets oil from us. They are bending as appropriate.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 02:05 PM (uhVAy)
THE MORNING RANT: With the End of Biden-Era Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards, the Era of CAFE Credit Trading is Also Over
The Trump administration continues to restore freedom to the American automobile market. Under authorization established by Congress, Transportation Secretary Duffy just released the “Freedom Means Affordable Cars” initiative, which reversed Biden’s corporate average fuel mandates ("CAFE"). It also eliminated regulations that created market distortions that were costly to consumers. Those former regulations were all in service to the climate hoax, of course.
Mr. CBD discussed this news earlier this week, pointing out that the 50-mpg goal of Biden/Buttigieg was unachievable, and that its un-achievability was in service to the left’s war on the legacy auto industry and to consumer choice. I would like to point out two other major consumer-friendly results of this initiative: 1) Re-setting of Vehicle Classification: Current CAFÉ regulations have counter-intuitively incentivized auto manufacturers to add weight and off-road functionality to cars so as to classify them as “light trucks” and evade the CAFÉ regulation for cars (which are stricter than for light trucks.) At the same time, there has also been an incentive to build larger and heavier “light trucks,” because the bigger the vehicle’s footprints, the lower the CAFÉ requirement for the “truck.” Aside from this creating incentives that were contrary to the goal of CAFE, it also made cars more expensive and less fuel efficient than they would be if consumers could just buy whatever car or truck they wanted. 2) Elimination of CAFE Credit Trading: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ("NHTSA") created a market for the trading of CAFE credits, which has served the purpose of awarding EV manufacturers (primarily Tesla and Rivian) credits they can sell to other manufacturers that could not achieve the mandated CAFE fleet requirement. This is a huge consumer-friendly development. Ford spent $800 million on CAFE trading credits in 2025 alone, which amounted to about $400 per new gasoline-powered car it sold. To put this another way, if you bought a new Ford Explorer in 2025, about $400 of your purchase price was remitted by Ford to Tesla to buy CAFE credits. The same applies if you bought a car from other mass-market auto companies such as Toyota, Honda, and Dodge. While I am a huge fan of Elon Musk for buying Twitter and restoring free speech - as well as for Starlink, DOGE, SpaceX, etc - I resent having been forced to contribute to Tesla’s revenue stream when I’ve purchased new gasoline-powered cars. Tesla Made $1.99 billion by selling regulatory credits in 2025 (some of this was from Europe and elsewhere, and this also includes other credit markets such as California’s ZEV credits.) This all went to the bottom line. Tesla’s net income in 2025 was $3.8 billion. It would have been below $2 billion without the sale of those regulatory credits. Rivian’s staggering losses would have been even worse if it weren’t for the money that was paid by legacy auto manufacturers to Rivian for its CAFE credits. Over the past two years, Rivian has received over $500 million from the sale of regulatory credits. In summary, Secretary Duffy states that this regulatory relief will:
• Give automakers the flexibility to manufacturer cars the public wants to buy. • Reduce the average cost of a new vehicle by $1,300 for American families. • Save the American people $138 billion over the next five years. • Prevent more than 300,000 serious injuries and save 1,900 lives by encouraging new car sales.
I’ve been remiss lately in covering electric vehicle fires, which are still an ongoing problem. Thanks to a reader named Javier who sent me this link:
“Adams County House Fire Started from Electric Vehicle Battery in Garage” [Fox 3 – Denver]A north Denver home caught fire on Friday after an electric vehicle battery sparked in the garage, prompting firefighters to warn people to properly care for those batteries so the same doesn’t happen in their homes. ------------------------------------------------------------ Deputy Fire Chief James Wood said a mom and daughter were inside when it began. “The daughter smelled smoke; she sent her outside. When they came out, they noticed that the garage was on fire,” Wood said. He said they believe the fire started near the hood of an electric vehicle in the garage. It then spread up the garage wall into the attic and ran the length of the house. ------------------------------------------------------------ Houses on both sides of the fire suffered some damage as well, but fortunately there was no significant loss.I would be extremely upset if my house were damaged because a neighbor’s runaway thermal EV fire couldn’t be contained. The photo above is the subject house in Adams County, with an EV “charging” in its garage.
There have been several more major newspaper reorganizations in recent weeks, but one is noteworthy for going in an entirely different direction. The money-losing Chattanooga Times Free Press was just bought by Craig Fuller. Fuller is the publisher of Freightwaves and several other successful publications that focus on business, transportation, and leisure activities. He quickly dismissed most of the rabidly left-wing editors at the Chattanooga Times Free Press, shrank the editorial page, fired the New York Times wire service, and committed to putting only local news on the front page. He also hired new writers to expand coverage of sports and local business. National news (from the AP only) is now relegated to an inside page.This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.
My latest at The American Spectator, “How to Actually Save Local Newspapers,” contrasts the new owner of Chattanooga’s paper refocusing on local while the Miami Herald guts local reporting in favor of national news & politics.@FreightAlley @rayadverb https://t.co/8wTp33C6CD
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) October 1, 2026
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:01 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: doug at October 02, 2026 11:01 AM (B1+sW)
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Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:03 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
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That process is always so messy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:03 AM (42WUB)
If so, one quick trick would be to quit printing lies.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:04 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (2ap+5)
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I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:07 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
And downright dangerous if Nurse Ratched is around.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:08 AM (77rzZ)
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Heh...as though it was just a casual observation.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 11:09 AM (XeU6L)
Customers are furious, and United and American both promptly announced that 1) they have Starlink and 2) they'll let you transfer your Delta frequent flyer benefits to their equivalent programs.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (gF21A)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:07 AM (42WUB)
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I don't mean "we" specifically, but as a society, we don't read. It's all zeitgeist or vibes or whatever.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (gF21A)
Nah. That guy doesn't eat. Look at him. He doesn't even sleep.
He just goes home and plugs in.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 11:11 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 11:12 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:12 AM (n2qDf)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:07 AM (42WUB)
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I don't mean "we" specifically, but as a society, we don't read. It's all zeitgeist or vibes or whatever.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (2ap+5)
IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE OGLEBAY ACTUALLY EXPLAINED HIMSELF!
Posted by: BEN RAPELISBURGER at October 02, 2026 11:12 AM (gLYp7)
Over our dead bodies!
Posted by: The Embedded Corporate Ticks at October 02, 2026 11:13 AM (LfhPO)
That was the business model from day one. FWIW, pointing that out was a surefire way to get banned on car websites for years...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 11:14 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (2ocoG
Woke ==> Broke
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 11:14 AM (gLYp7)
As to the repeal of the CAFE and other attendant perfidies, I hope that Zeldin and the other guys have lots of other things to toss into the shredder down at EPA, because that is what most call "a good start."
Posted by: Brewingfrog at October 02, 2026 11:15 AM (r//bH)
Customers are furious, and United and American both promptly announced that 1) they have Starlink and 2) they'll let you transfer your Delta frequent flyer benefits to their equivalent programs.
Posted by: Ian S.
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The Delta CEO also made personal swipes at Elon apparently as he hasn't publicly denied dissing Elon.
This is the problem with oligopolies and the current rigged US airline market.
We should instead institute that airlines cannot 'own' gates and that gates at public airports be auctioned as to time and space. This would allow new competitors to get into the game rather than the declining morass of airline service because they have no rivals in particular airports.
Or, much less satisfying from a national security standpoint, allow foreign carriers to fly point to point in the US along with opening up the gate monopolies.
Right now, with the state of airlines, the old regime of CAB looks better than the current mess of oligopoly.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:15 AM (E4rtv)
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Heh...as though it was just a casual observation.
wake up.
stretch.
get coffee.
yawn.
go outside.
grab newspaper.
notice the garage is on fire.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 11:15 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at October 02, 2026 11:15 AM (lFFaq)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 11:15 AM (nLfmy)
At the boardrooms of United and American. "We need to give people a reason to fly with us. Some kind of incentive."
Checks the news.
"And now we have it."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 11:15 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:16 AM (n2qDf)
And at least it got shoveled out to someone who knew what they were doing.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 11:16 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: Triple Header!! at October 02, 2026 11:18 AM (Fn+3X)
Simple easily maintained small ICE engine sedan.
No screens or computer-futzed expensive-to-repair crap.
No frills: no A/C, no power windows and door locks.
Manual trans, if cheaper than automatic.
No damned govt-mandated AM radio.
Affordable insurance!!
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 11:18 AM (Jr5Lq)
Move along, Citizen, we're turning your house into a firebreak...
Posted by: The State of Firefighting Today at October 02, 2026 11:18 AM (LfhPO)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (2ap+5)
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I don't get it.
i think he's referring to the washington post.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 11:18 AM (oY6Yp)
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I'm not asking. It's business. Deal with it.
I am generally sympathetic towards farmers but if you rely on the government forcing people to buy your product, you're not a business, you're a parasite.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 11:19 AM (vTZFs)
Simple easily maintained small ICE engine sedan.
No screens or computer-futzed expensive-to-repair crap.
No frills: no A/C, no power windows and door locks.
Manual trans, if cheaper than automatic.
No damned govt-mandated AM radio.
Affordable insurance!!
Posted by: gp "
You need an MGA.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 11:21 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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My guess is massive layoffs at CNN as CBS and CNN begin to merge newsrooms. Cable is dying on the vine and the future is streaming but bad product is simply not going to fly in this era. Boomer and Greats still plugged to the tube are going to have to move with the times.
The grim reaper killing cable is coming for Fox too as its viewership is now dropping now as well and their product is becoming the same dogshit as the other networks. I also suspect that the Murdochs are getting ready to be dragged through the mud with the discovery of the shareholder lawsuits in Delaware and they thoroughly deserve it.
Last time it happened in UK over News of the World hacking case, Murdochs had to get rid of Sky News and close News of the World over there.
They are vile people and no friend of MAGA nor really US sovereignty. Globo homo types that marry Mick Jagger's leftovers.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)
Typical small town fare.
Plus, I get a monthly magazine from my electric co-op.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 02, 2026 11:21 AM (Y4uRa)
Posted by: Earl Schlobodowicz at October 02, 2026 11:22 AM (gynjj)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 02, 2026 11:22 AM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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Tangential:
The Paramount/WB merger is going to complete next week.
Skydance will be the parent company's name (Ellison's current production company is called Skydance).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:22 AM (42WUB)
The vibe is AI is dangerous and will kill us if the wonderful State doesn't step into the breach and protect us.
Why would AI be dangerous? The New York Times does not explain this. The reader is supposed to fear, not understand.
Very know that the "legitimate" fear of AI is based on paper clips.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:22 AM (2ap+5)
A Geo Metro xFi, the best value car I ever owned. Reliable, cheap, fun to drive. Make those again!
Posted by: gp at October 02, 2026 11:23 AM (Jr5Lq)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 11:23 AM (6zDNY)
Typical small town fare.
Posted by: SMH
Daily or weekly? The little town that I grew up in only had a weekly paper.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
Here tis.
"349 Regarding political state of the race, it is now about turnout. This is going to be a base election. Independents appear to be tuning out even if unhappy about gas prices/war/affordability, they see the Democrats in races as nuts with no real proposals to change things. Instead waving the banner for Palis, Muzzies in general, illegals, criminals, socialism, troons, etc.
Democrats hate on Orangeman but are having their own internal battles--their base is being split between normal transactional Democrats that believe in gimmedats/union/etc and the new kids like DSA types. So far, base Dem turnout is not at the 2018 level, and in some states below the 2022 rate.
That is why you see the doom and gloom polling, it is a demoralization op to try to drive down GOP base turnout by GOPe and Democrats with the media.
Ignore the hype and go and vote, and take others to vote too.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)
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My dad, who's a Silent, is tech-savvy, but my Boomer mom, not so much.
However, they both watch network news.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 02, 2026 11:24 AM (Y4uRa)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:24 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 11:24 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 11:24 AM (6zDNY)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at October 02, 2026 11:25 AM (kLEyJ)
Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2026 11:25 AM (PMJuY)
Posted by: Oddbob
******** The only acholol that should be made from corn is bourbon.
Posted by: Cosda at October 02, 2026 11:25 AM (qQcHX)
Indeed. We owned agricultural land. It stopped being profitable, so sold it.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 11:25 AM (nLfmy)
My local leftist rag , at least online, seems to be focusing on local stories. However they still have columnists on national issues and are owned by the Media News Group. They published from a city 60miles away
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 11:26 AM (jivel)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:26 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2026 11:26 AM (PMJuY)
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It's any lithium battery. I had a small basement fire from a battery charging for a hand trimmer. Lucky I was home to put it out before it got out of hand.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 11:26 AM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:23 AM (77rzZ)
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I live between two small towns, one's a daily, one's a weekly.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 02, 2026 11:26 AM (Y4uRa)
Also left: OMG gas is $4 Trump is a monster.
Posted by: How it always goes at October 02, 2026 11:28 AM (W3Srb)
Posted by: The Hugest Manatee! at October 02, 2026 11:28 AM (Fn+3X)
The same answer as the Somalian "educators" in Minnesota.
Graft farming is big business.
Posted by: t-bird at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (OX0hA)
Anyway had a thought about France and teacher not showing up. What if the teacher had enough of a class of Muslims and maybe hitting on the teacher?
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (6zDNY)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: The Gorton's Fisherman at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Fn+3X)
Who willingly flies to Newark unless it's necessary?
I have many rants about airlines. Even though I eschew them like the plague and haven't flown in years.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: DaveA at October 02, 2026 11:25 AM (PMJuY)
You don't need ethanol to raise octane numbers. It does slightly, but at the expense of lowering fuel economy. Main reason for adding ethanol is the belief that it reduces smog, but catalytic converters have largely mooted that.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (6zDNY)
Then that teacher would go to prison for racisms.
- Macron
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 11:30 AM (gLYp7)
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Another op. The big AI model companies want government regulation so that it freezes out upstarts. The issue is that frontier model building is extremely capital intensive and expensive but building on their slightly older models by reverse engineering is pretty cheap in comparison (that is what DeepSeek by the Chicoms did essentially-figure out the frontier models in the West and then reverse engineer their special sauce). If the big AI companies cannot monetize for their investors the vast capital expenditures they made on AI, then Anthropic and Open AI are certainly vulnerable to sudden and absolute dissolution. Musk is less vulnerable because Space AI sells services to the others but also has Space as an income stream. Google will be damaged a bit but Gemini has its own dedicated income stream via Google. Open AI has Microsoft investment but Microsoft is increasingly resembling IBM as it declined in the 80's--they are no longer hot, have been screwing their retail customers, and producing shoddy goods.
I would look at Apple who quickly bowed out of the AI race as a company that might pick up the pieces if the frontrunners falter.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:30 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 11:19 AM (vTZFs)
Agreed, but there are national security implications as well. We need domestic food production, and I am unsure how to maintain that in the absence of some government interference.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 02, 2026 11:30 AM (k5CNB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:31 AM (dxxHN)
Thrilled to see this one particularly repugnant aspect of the totalitarian fake science onslaught - subsidizing stupid "green" energy boondoggles - take this huge blow.
Fortunately so far neither neighbor has any stupid EVs or charging stations. If that changes it will be an infuriating disaster. Fire's already the only real significant threat around here.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2026 11:31 AM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 11:26 AM (JzUSu)
You had an electric hand trimmer? Luxury! All we could do is cut out fingers off with an axe.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:32 AM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 11:19 AM (vTZFs)
Agreed, but there are national security implications as well. We need domestic food production, and I am unsure how to maintain that in the absence of some government interference.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 02, 2026 11:30 AM (k5CNB)
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True classical liberals let foreign, communist nations like China buy American farmland without impediment because imposing our classical liberal values on others is the fastest way to losing our classical liberal values.
There is nothing more important than a free market other than letting those who oppose free markets use the conventions of the free markets to undermine free markets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:33 AM (42WUB)
https://reotrucks.com/
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 02, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery at October 02, 2026 11:33 AM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
It is my simplistic understanding that the oxygenate and boutique fuel programs date from the Clean Air Act requirements in the early 90's.
Any car with a OBD-II and working catalytic converter no longer needs the oxygenate fuel additives to meet smog standards and the whole summer/winter fuel idiocy that raises prices twice a year when we switch is useless twattery.
Same for annual smog testing which can be easily done by sniffer units going after the particular cars that out out of compliance rather than punish all people in non attainment areas.
Most of our environmental regulations and laws are based on factors that in hindsight need serious revision because the science has changed as has the engineering technology. That clean air act provision dates from the early 90's and is 36 years old now.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:34 AM (E4rtv)
Lithium-ion fires have started from rechargeable hand tools, phones, laptops, and electric bikes and scooters.
It helps if you go with a big name brand. They're usually a lot more conservative with how far they push the batteries vs. the random Chinese junk you see on Amazon.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:35 AM (2ocoG)
CAFE rules that cause cars to be manufactured so as to be heavier pickups.
Rent Controls that cause the building of luxury condos instead of apartments, driving up rents due to lack of supply and type.
Dependency on Welfare by giving more money the more children an single woman has.
and the list goes on...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 11:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Stroke Of Bad Luck at October 02, 2026 11:36 AM (Fn+3X)
https://reotrucks.com/
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 02, 2026 11:33 AM (2Ez/1)
I have a deposit down on one of these. Already own the radio for it! Should be on the lot any day now:
https://tinyurl.com/52ncrjz2
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:37 AM (n2qDf)
Posted by: t-bird at October 02, 2026 11:38 AM (OX0hA)
Google has largely abandoned the frontier lab race. Like happened to search a decade ago, the smart guys are leaving and being ousted in favor of guys with the mandate "I don't care how good it is as long as it feeds AdSense".
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:38 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery at October 02, 2026 11:38 AM (W3Srb)
It helps if you go with a big name brand. They're usually a lot more conservative with how far they push the batteries vs. the random Chinese junk you see on Amazon.
Posted by: Ian S.
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And it was in fact a cheap Chinese battery/charger that caused my basement fire.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 11:39 AM (JzUSu)
Posted by: WisRich at October 02, 2026 11:39 AM (G0vdT)
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery
Some of CAFE's origins came about because of US being an oil importer and the Arab Oil Embargo and the subsequent Iranian Revolution spike meant economic devastation. Same with the 55 mph speed limit. So you got the eco freeks and the nat sec crowd agreeing on limiting US consumer choices and impinging on states on speed limits to impose these sorts of regulations. And then you got the trade issues involved so domestic auto producers were trying to keep out fuel efficient cars from Japan so you got the bifurcated truck/car nonsense that moved Americans to SUVs and Trucks because stationwagons became problematic under CAFE.
Shitshow of how current crises enshrined in law become future messes for new generations without the same concerns. So it goes for the Patriot Act nonsense.
All laws should have sunset limits or go off the book
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 11:39 AM (6zDNY)
Posted by: Suburban guys everywhere at October 02, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Bionic and the Wires, a British collective that finds new ways to make music with the natural world, connected sensors to a large wild mushroom in Snake Woodland near Glossop, Derbyshire, converting its bioelectrical fluctuations into signals that controlled bionic arms, which played a keyboard connected to a synthesizer. This creative outdoor setup resulted in a rather danceable electronic song
https://laughingsquid.com/
wild-mushroom-plays-synthesizer/
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 11:40 AM (W2Pud)
Posted by: Piperpaul at October 02, 2026 11:41 AM (NPFyt)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 11:41 AM (6zDNY)
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Something rubs me the wrong way about that site. It reeks of "scam." Like those upstart EV manufacturers that didn't have a vehicle built, but had a flashy website and an easy way to "make a deposit" on something that didn't exist.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:41 AM (RORbl)
And there will always be the fear that some future Democrap administration of leftwing climate hoax cunts will go back to the old regime.
Once bitten, twice shy.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 11:42 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:42 AM (77rzZ)
All supposedly to increase mileage by like 5%.
They never stop with this shit.
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery at October 02, 2026 11:43 AM (W3Srb)
Posted by: Ian S.
Slipstreaming behind the frontier models is probably a wise thing for Google. I don't think the ultrascaling that the two heavyweights like Open AI and Anthropic are doing is going to work in the long run. And that is why the big two are panicking about not being able to enshrine their market position so that they can monetize their investments. That is what is driving the op toward government regulation.
I think Elon has concluded that as well and is diversifying into being a service vendor and of course telecom provider as alternative revenue streams for Space X.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:43 AM (E4rtv)
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Something rubs me the wrong way about that site. It reeks of "scam." Like those upstart EV manufacturers that didn't have a vehicle built, but had a flashy website and an easy way to "make a deposit" on something that didn't exist.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:41 AM (RORbl)
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It's a pump and dump scam to fleece foolish investors. Same as Slate.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 11:44 AM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 11:44 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: The Big Bright Texaco Star at October 02, 2026 11:44 AM (Fn+3X)
All supposedly to increase mileage by like 5%.
They never stop with this shit.
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery
California can get buttfucked if Trump wants too. Their whole special ecoworld is based on waivers that allow the state to regulate because it preceded fed govt involvement. But it the administration cares enough, it can blow up the waivers allowing Cali to do that under the Supremacy Clause and via the Commerce Clause.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mayor Pete, DOT at October 02, 2026 11:46 AM (Fn+3X)
He's still promising Grok 5 will beat OpenAI and Anthropic, but 4.7 was pretty disappointing after the solid gains of 4.5 and 4.6.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Blocked. The President's heart was insufficiently pure. -- some random judge
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)
Let those fuckers ride a bike or walk.
Because you just know they'll make horses illegal.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:48 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:48 AM (dxxHN)
https://laughingsquid.com/
wild-mushroom-plays-synthesizer/
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 11:40 AM (W2Pud)
Oh yeah, I can dance to this!
Posted by: Elaine Benes at October 02, 2026 11:48 AM (U/s6V)
Posted by: And where's Maxine? at October 02, 2026 11:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Suburban guys everywhere at October 02, 2026 11:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Toyota (or Nissan, or Mazda) needs to build a Hilux-style Suburban equivalent. Same size as a Suburban, able to carry a lift of plywood in the back with the seats folded. Barn doors in back. Six-cylinder non-turbo Diesel, with mechanical injection pump. No video screen on dash, and no huge fat console between the dash and the seats. A/C available. Power windows, because vehicle is too big to reach across. Simple round 7 inch headlights that cost a few dollars to replace. All flat glass.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:48 AM (n2qDf)
All supposedly to increase mileage by like 5%.
They never stop with this shit.
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery
California can get buttfucked if Trump wants too. Their whole special ecoworld is based on waivers that allow the state to regulate because it preceded fed govt involvement. But it the administration cares enough, it can blow up the waivers allowing Cali to do that under the Supremacy Clause and via the Commerce Clause.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
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That and the CA replacement tire mandate is overblown and mostly toothless. To the extent it's enforced at all, it will impact almost exclusively the ultra-cheapo imported Chinesium dogshit that probably shouldn't be sold in this country at all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
Powered reel mowers are pleasant to use and do a lovely job, but you have to have a very smooth lawn, and they're hard to sharpen.
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 02, 2026 11:50 AM (zdLoL)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:50 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:51 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 11:50 AM (dxxHN)
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Did you trip and your mouth fell on them?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 02, 2026 11:51 AM (Y4uRa)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:51 AM (AKptf)
Luckily I can just flip a toggle on my car and turn it off.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 11:52 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 11:52 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Blocked. The President's heart was insufficiently pure. -- some random judge
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)
I'm expect the venue shopping to reach Hawaiian Tropic Bikini Contest Judges. When's sweeps week? Is that still a thing?
Posted by: Bilwis - Wizard of Clwyd at October 02, 2026 11:52 AM (r7+Q7)
Posted by: WisRich
The lithium ion models are moving toward a paste like substrate which theoretically will reduce the likelihood of a runaway. It appears the slightly less efficient/heavier sodium or aluminum ion will not have the same issues as lithium either.
Eventually I am predicting cars are going to be all electric is my guess, larger vehicles, remains to be seen. But you have to have the rails built before you railroad--we did not have the power generation necessary for the charging, the technology was not mature, the technology and development of roads, parking decks and fast charging did not exist, we did not have safety nailed down on fires and bad emissions, etc. etc.
Those things take time and cannot be rushed into being by government fiat without a whole lot of pain, malinvestment, and fraud.
So we cannot just ram changing a massive petroleum fuel based infrastructure by government fiat without breaking a whole lot of eggs and the economy as Europe and the US found out.
Same with solar and windpower failures.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:53 AM (AKptf)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 02, 2026 11:54 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 11:47 AM (ExV1e)
I'm expect the venue shopping to reach Hawaiian Tropic Bikini Contest Judges. When's sweeps week? Is that still a thing?
Posted by: Bilwis
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All they can do is delay right now because the law is clear enough.
EPA is doing quite a bit under Zeldin that I frankly thought would have been stopped but it is moving through the courts. Getting rid of CO2 as a pollutant that allowed the whole Green Nude Eel debacle is key. Destroys the old Scotus precedent allowing such bullshit.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)
I only have about 150 acres, and only 50 in crops. Somehow it is still profitable for me, even though I only bought the edges of the best crop grounds, and turned pasture into crop ground. (didn't want to deal with cattle).
But I paid like $2k/acre, now it can be $10K or higher. But that is because farmers can make decent profits, so they pay that price. Still, it is hard work and there is risk.
The only "subsidy" is the gov pays about half the crop insurance (Maybe $8/acre), which seems to subsidize the insurer more than the insured. But the 10% ethanol thing does soak up some of the (usually) excess supply. Farmers now "struggle" since corn is down to $4.35/bu., while fuel and electric are high.
Government "subsidizes" a lot of things, in many ways.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 02, 2026 11:54 AM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 02, 2026 11:54 AM (zdLoL)
Or any other industry?
Can we make them PAY OUR INCOME TAXES?
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 11:55 AM (1/viQ)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:55 AM (AKptf)
Naturally, they've rolled this out in time for the election so they can frame it as "Trumpian" behavior. All the usual slutspects are up in arms about how voluntarily getting gangbanged is tantamount to retrograde rape.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 02, 2026 11:56 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Chasten and I love those!!
Posted by: Petey Buttagig at October 02, 2026 11:57 AM (Fn+3X)
That was banned by Amendment.
How did they get away with it?
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 11:57 AM (1/viQ)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:53 AM (AKptf
Oh I agree, but since it was a thing in 2024 when I bought my car, I am glad it doesn’t require a pirate map to figure out how to turn it off like other cars (looking at you, Mercedes). By the time I buy a new car, cars will all be flying, so I have to deal with it for a bit. I don’t buy cars very often!
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 11:57 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:55 AM (AKptf)
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I think it's actually their diesel reserves.
Trump threatened them with the export ban, and they folded.
Because power is powerful, and Europe has no power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:57 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 02, 2026 11:50 AM (zdLoL)
True, dat. My father was in the business for years, and he trained me to run the reel sharpening machine. I did many of them. Power reel mowers are for "presentation" lawns. Rotary mowers are fine for ordinary suburban lawns and rural pastures like mine.
And Dad found the machine he used was not stiff enough in the rails that the moving grinder head rolled on, and he added a pillar under it to support the rails.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 11:58 AM (n2qDf)
Posted by: Ian S.
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May be waiting for the fallout after Open AI and Anthropic do their initial stock offerings. He can wait a bit as he has cash especially after floating his own stock deal earlier while they are burning it faster than they are getting new revenues in.
One of those two companies is going to be squeezed after IPO's happen and they have to suddenly start producing revenue growth matching cash burn rates.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:59 AM (E4rtv)
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I saw something on X about the Euroweenies releasing "heavy diesel" to market. I think it was a post by Trump. Diesel prices are sort of out of control right now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:59 AM (RORbl)
Well, not burning it seems like a good start.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 02, 2026 12:00 PM (vTZFs)
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I saw something on X about the Euroweenies releasing "heavy diesel" to market. I think it was a post by Trump. Diesel prices are sort of out of control right now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:59 AM (RORbl)
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Combination of Ukraine hitting Russian diesel refineries, CA closing a bunch, and no new refineries in the US since 1977.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:00 PM (42WUB)
Yup. OpenAI just reworked their plans so you get less compute for the same price, which people are not happy about. But it brings them more in line with Anthropic, which was much closer to breaking even than OAI was.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 12:00 PM (sabhw)
Trump threatened them with the export ban, and they folded.
Because power is powerful, and Europe has no power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
To some extent, we have been foolish in not storing fuel but rather crude oil in our reserves. And we still have bottlenecks on refinery capacity especially after California decided to force several offline due to their crack addiction to green policies. But Biden's junta would have emptied such reserves anyway on purpose.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 02, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)
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We do have a gasoline reserve.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:02 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: Paul at October 02, 2026 12:02 PM (HgKb0)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 11:53 AM (AKptf
Oh I agree, but since it was a thing in 2024 when I bought my car, I am glad it doesn’t require a pirate map to figure out how to turn it off like other cars (looking at you, Mercedes). By the time I buy a new car, cars will all be flying, so I have to deal with it for a bit. I don’t buy cars very often!
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 11:57 AM (ZdaMQ)
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BMW is probably the worst. Infuriating infotainment. Rented an X7 in Hawaii and even after a week I could barely get the infotainment to function.
Nothing is logical, nothing is easy to use when you're driving, and you have to go through endless subscreens and swipes to do basic functions.
And BMW isn't even done. See the interiors of the new X3, 3-series sedan, and X5.
I'm in a Panamera loaner now and it's not much better.
I'm at a loss to understand how anyone designing these things actually thinks they work.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 12:02 PM (iFTx/)
All supposedly to increase mileage by like 5%.
They never stop with this shit.
Posted by: Car Buying Strategery
California can get buttfucked if Trump wants too. Their whole special ecoworld is based on waivers that allow the state to regulate because it preceded fed govt involvement. But it the administration cares enough, it can blow up the waivers allowing Cali to do that under the Supremacy Clause and via the Commerce Clause.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)
Everything has tradeoffs. You get more mileage out of a tire, you often give it up in tire grip on the road. Physics is a bitch...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:02 PM (l3cgK)
VW's "clever" Scout scheme. Not the same, but still a scam...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (nLfmy)
Some is Trump's fault. Most is Newsom's fault.
Four refineries shut down because Newsom wouldn't let them survive at a profit.
Oregon and Nevada get California fuel. They have to be pissed.
If Chevron leaves gas probably doubles again.
Posted by: torabora at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (1/viQ)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:03 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Paul at October 02, 2026 12:02 PM (HgKb0)
Not when we pump it up your ass. But it might burn a little.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (n2qDf)
Trump threatened them with the export ban, and they folded.
Because power is powerful, and Europe has no power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 11:57 AM (42WUB)
yes, you think correctly; so, you are saying that Trump threatened an export ban on something ?
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (AKptf)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (AKptf)
If by "bottleneck " you mean "strangled like those kids", then... yeah.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 12:05 PM (nLfmy)
Really the entire story. Uke attacks reducing russki diesel exports wouldn't matter a bit in a market with capacity appropriate for demand.
Just this one factoid, seen in context, brings home the self-destructive stupidity of the US over the last 30-40 years in so many ways.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 02, 2026 12:07 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Ian S.
If I had to wager, I am betting on Anthropic perhaps 'winning' but then being acquired/merged with an existing company. The pieces of Open AI are likely to become subsumed in Microsoft and probably screw that company. I think Microsoft is a declining company that like Adobe/IBM is trying to maximize revenue by screwing its existing customers. It is not really trying to attract new ones but trying to leverage its ubiquitous OS control to grab cash while it can.
I would not be surprised to see Apple perhaps end up with Anthropic when all is said and done. They have the cash because Cook was smart.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 12:04 PM (AKptf)
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The US president has the power to ban oil exports in the event of a declared emergency.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 12:08 PM (42WUB)
Posted by: runner
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On diesel. That would screw the Euros to the wall so he forced them to release diesel from their reserves to lessen diesel spot market prices worldwide. Euroland and perhaps Japan don't store oil as much as they store ready to use fuel instead.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:09 PM (E4rtv)
They're rebranded Suzuki Swifts. My first car after college; bulletproof reliability. No guts, turn on the AC and the car would immediately slow down by 15 kph, but I owned it for 13 years and put a grand total of $3000 worth of repairs into it beyond the usual consumables.
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 02, 2026 12:11 PM (LgYtf)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Techies do not think in normal terms and they put in gee gaws that actually interfere with how average humans work. Like cramming wifi into refrigerators and appliances when no one is really demanding that shit. But the techies prove useful to the bean counters because that theoretically allows for upselling on features and higher revenue theoretically. Until the warranty claims roll in and the company rep for quality is trashed.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)
"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is primarily a crude petroleum reserve, not a stockpile of refined petroleum fuels such as gasoline, diesel and kerosene. Although the United States maintains some extra supply of refined petroleum fuels, e.g., the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and until July 2, 2024, the Northeast Gasoline Supply Reserve[35] under the aegis of the Department of Energy (DOE), the government does not maintain gasoline reserves on anything like the scale of the SPR. The SPR is intended to give the United States protection from disruptions in oil supplies. In the event of a major disruption to refinery operations, the United States would have to call on members of the International Energy Agency that stockpile refined products, and use refining capacities outside of the continental United States for relief.
There have been suggestions that the DOE should increase its supplies and stockpile both gasoline and jet fuel.[36] Some countries and zones have a strategic reserve of both petroleum and petroleum products. In some cases, this includes a strategic reserve of jet fuel.[37]"
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 12:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: pookysgirl, about to get Willowed at October 02, 2026 12:19 PM (Wt5PA)
I have many rants about airlines. Even though I eschew them like the plague and haven't flown in years.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 11:29 AM (RORbl)
NWK averages around 990 flights a day.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 02, 2026 12:24 PM (hmYU4)
Meanwhile, in the woods
Bionic and the Wires, a British collective that finds new ways to make music with the natural world, connected sensors to a large wild mushroom in Snake Woodland near Glossop, Derbyshire, converting its bioelectrical fluctuations into signals that controlled bionic arms, which played a keyboard connected to a synthesizer. This creative outdoor setup resulted in a rather danceable electronic song
https://laughingsquid.com/
wild-mushroom-plays-synthesizer/
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Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 12:31 PM (YSUhf)
Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at October 02, 2026 12:34 PM (Aey5h)
but freon is still gasum non gratum.
Posted by: anachronda at October 02, 2026 01:04 PM (oY6Yp)
That and the CA replacement tire mandate is overblown and mostly toothless. To the extent it's enforced at all, it will impact almost exclusively the ultra-cheapo imported Chinesium dogshit that probably shouldn't be sold in this country at all.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 02, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
It'll still cause a tire sales boom across the border in NV, AZ etc. It's going to incentivize us few non-cocksucker CA types to take a road trip to Vegas, Laughlin and Bullhead City for gambling and a side trip to the local NV tire shop, if just to give Newsom and the CA legislature a vigorous dorking up the squeekhole without lube.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 01:12 PM (y9nCu)
You might check out a new documentary on local newspapers reporting on corruption. It’s called “Kill Bury Print” and although it was financed by Maddow, it’s a great story touching on your article’s points about local newspapers’ role.
Posted by: Meric at October 02, 2026 01:15 PM (P/Wjn)
Posted by: MikeN at October 02, 2026 01:44 PM (zMYdC)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Francis Davis Millet
Comments
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Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026
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Got to be careful with those single-shot muskets.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:38 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:38 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at October 02, 2026 09:38 AM (VyD10)
what's with the hat?
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (nESHF)
I don't trust human-made art. You just know it was made by some pervert.
That ... is hilarious.
And too often true.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (7a/At)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:39 AM (rOKnE)
This painting is a bit 2d for me. It can stay in the closet.
Posted by: Will Robinson at October 02, 2026 09:40 AM (dCMJG)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 09:36 AM (/C5Rl)
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And he's got no way to escape--he's surrounded.
Hence the "two fires" in the title of this piece.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 09:40 AM (FZ29D)
"Sorry, ladies. I know I've got all 4 sixes but, I was just bangin' y'all. I'm marrying the good-looking, sweet-hearted gal across the way."
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 09:40 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 09:40 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:41 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 09:41 AM (0256r)
Posted by: _Jim at October 02, 2026 09:41 AM (pV3I7)
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Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 09:41 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Happy To Not Be Him at October 02, 2026 09:41 AM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:42 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 09:42 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: Lawrence at October 02, 2026 09:42 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: huerfano at October 02, 2026 09:42 AM (2Xqig)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: one hour sober at October 02, 2026 09:42 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)
The woman with her hands on her hips has just asked the man if he's game for a threesome.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (ExV1e)
A larger hat protects from sun rays but here that not going to do anything for you...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)
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"No, you can't buy the cheap Chinese plastic shit. Your dress will get caught on it all all the time."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: PabloD at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (OXSZa)
Posted by: Propane Sales And Service at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Lawrence at October 02, 2026
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How did men without that kind of money manage to support two wives in different towns? Yes, they were traveling salesmen, or so they told their wives, which explained multiple-day absences. But it must have been exhausting.
Sometimes it wound up with the husband offing one of the wives. Drastic, but effective.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (0256r)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:45 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 09:45 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: JTB at October 02, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)
A larger hat protects from sun rays but here that not going to do anything for you...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026
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Protection from roof leaks?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Betty White For Spray 'n' Wash at October 02, 2026 09:46 AM (Fn+3X)
Cost of living was much lower.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:46 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026
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An artist spots the colorful detail!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)
Francis Davis Millet
*************
Hone Cooking - a limerick
The scullery maid wielded her wiles
His wife said, "Nuh unh Honey Chile!"
Although he was tempted
The maid was pre-empted
A Mrs. is as good as a smile!
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:46 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 09:47 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:47 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:47 AM (rOKnE)
Francis Davis Millet
Hey, I thought the call was to austere art. It's cute! There's an obvious amusing story in it. But, yes, no dog.
Wikipedia, in part,
Between Two Fires is an 1892 oil painting by the American artist Francis Davis Millet. [1] [2] A genre painting, it humourously depicts a seventeenth century English Puritan about to say Grace but is diverted by the more worldly presence of two attractive serving maids who stand alluring in front of him under a sprig of mistletoe. Millet settled in Britain and helped establish the artists colony at Broadway. It was at Abbots Grange, the monastic ruin which he used as an art studio and where he produced this picture. [3]
Now in the collection of Tate Britain.[4], of course.
BTW, Francis Davis Millet was an American academic classical painter, sculptor, and writer who died at age 65 in the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
Vincent van Gogh deeply admired French painter Jean-François Millet, famously calling him "above all, and more than anyone else, the painter of mankind." (AI Overview)
I'll definitely look at other paintings by Millet.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 09:47 AM (NFX2v)
"Look, I don't know what you ladies expect. You call this dinner? Stale, hard as a rock sourdough. And I don't even know what this green mess is. And to top it off a jug of Cherry Kool-Aid. Fuck all y'all!"
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (yEz+x)
Would hang, like the soft colors
Thx CBD
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (jivel)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026
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That looks like a basket to serve the bread.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)
I've been trying to introduce everyone I know to Marie Kondo ideas - namely don't fill up your house with crap you don't actually use because its decorative
Throw pillows? Throw them out
Nick Nacks? Paddy wack trash them right away
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Guy in the Pilgrim hat at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (ZxPkt)
The woman with her hands on her hips has just asked the man if he's game for a threesome.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (ExV1e)"
sometimes you have to be the change you want to see in the world
Posted by: heya at October 02, 2026 09:49 AM (MRSnh)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:49 AM (ZxPkt)
Pretty sure she'd be wearing less then a giant dress and 20 slips underneath if that was the case.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:49 AM (sKqQm)
Obviously mixed up the Millets.
Will still look for other paintings by Francis Davis Millet.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Dr_No at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (ZxPkt)
Yeah at first I thought this was Francois Millet and didn't recognize this as his work.
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)
Alternate for bulg:
That's mistletoe on the overhead lamp. The one in yellow is waiting for him to kiss her boobs.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 02, 2026 09:51 AM (J4Dwc)
Nick Nacks? Paddy wack trash them right away
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (sKqQm)
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I think you forgot part of that last verse....
Posted by: Dog waiting for a bone at October 02, 2026 09:51 AM (0256r)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 09:51 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026
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The 17th century version of Notepad?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 09:51 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Scooby Doo at October 02, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 09:52 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)
Is it a map? There might be a hint of a compass rose?
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 09:52 AM (2ap+5)
Or not come inside the one that isn't his wife
Posted by: Obligatory at October 02, 2026 09:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026
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His thought balloon: "I KNEW I shouldn't have hired these two sisters. . . ."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)
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Hi Gene! - a limerick
The bonnet is a useful device
It makes a woman's hairstyle look nice
And 'twas hard to wash hair
Since shampoo was rare
So they provided some shade for the lice
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:53 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 09:50 AM (Oy/m2)
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It's not blank, it's just the sheet music for John Cage's 4'33".
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 09:53 AM (0256r)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 02, 2026 09:53 AM (dY410)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:53 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:53 AM (KC5Lt)
The woman with her hands on her hips has just asked the man if he's game for a threesome.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (ExV1e)"
IT'S A TRAP
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (iqcvy)
NYT: Just over a month before Election Day, Sen. Susan Collins has opened up a narrow lead over Democrat Troy Jackson in Maine’s Senate race. A new New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll found the five-term Republican incumbent ahead of Jackson for the first time, 49% to 46%.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)
Or not come inside the one that isn't his wife
Posted by: Obligatory
ISWYDT
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (xbtFj)
but i meant the roasting earthenware.
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Dr_No at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (ayRl+)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026
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IT'S A TRAP
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026
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Prefiguring Cornell University by a century or two
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
She just realized he possesses the 4 sixes.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (xbtFj)
NYT: Just over a month before Election Day, Sen. Susan Collins has opened up a narrow lead over Democrat Troy Jackson in Maine’s Senate race. A new New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll found the five-term Republican incumbent ahead of Jackson for the first time, 49% to 46%.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (gLYp7)
Didn't her opponent just let his Nazi Freak Flag fly this week?
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:43 AM (ExV1e)"
There is no right answer here.
"No." - You aren't open to new experiences or letting me explore my sexuality! Dumped.
"Yes." - Why aren't you ever satisfied? Am I not good enough for you on my own? Dumped.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 09:55 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM
It was a write off, Jerry.
They just wrote it off.
Posted by: Kramer at October 02, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)
I mean any time there are more M then F its a trap
Posted by: Obligatory at October 02, 2026 09:56 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Frank Zappa's Forbears at October 02, 2026 09:56 AM (Fn+3X)
American antifa went nuts under Trump and largely quiet under Biden because the idea of selling chaos is to convince the public to side with the out of power party in order to restore order. You don't riot under the order you prefer because then you make the argument for the out of power party you oppose.
And antifa, on the figurative eve of French elections where Le Pen is already rising, decides to burn down schools and fire trucks as a...warning?
All it will do is fuel Le Pen's rise and make it easier for her to crack down once she's there.
So, I ask again...is European antifa retarded?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:57 AM (42WUB)
Hence his perplexed expression...
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:57 AM (I0N4X)
Thought it was mostly the invaders not the native antifags?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)
NYT: Just over a month before Election Day, Sen. Susan Collins has opened up a narrow lead over Democrat Troy Jackson in Maine’s Senate race. A new New York Times/Portland Press Herald/Siena poll found the five-term Republican incumbent ahead of Jackson for the first time, 49% to 46%.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (gLYp7)
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Final polls in 2020 said she'd lose by 8. She won by 8.
But polling was completely fixed in the last six years and we have to believe the polls now.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:58 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026
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It was a write off, Jerry.
They just wrote it off.
Posted by: Kramer at October 02, 2026
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Not to mention having to prepare two tax returns (unless he was trying to fly under the radar with one of the identities)!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 09:58 AM (qlLNh)
Is this the one where the slag went there for a consensual threesome and then had another threesome that she's saying was not consensual?
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:58 AM (KC5Lt)
So, I ask again...is European antifa retarded?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:57 AM (42WUB)
They're Euros, so yes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 02, 2026 09:59 AM (iqcvy)
Thought it was mostly the invaders not the native antifags?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:57 AM (sKqQm)
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Apparently, it was orchestrated by French antifa,
https://x.com/pegobry_en/status/
2105934124506808786
"@pegobry_en
·
5h
French domestic intelligence report saying these riots were organized from LFI HQ basically confirmed my first point.
Also says that they expect Le Pen to win."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:59 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 09:58 AM (42WUB)
I remembered the -8 to +8 swing last time. I was interested in this NYT poll because I can't remember EVER seeing Collins leading a poll. If they were off by 16 last time, is she actually up by nearly 20?
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 09:59 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 09:59 AM (gLYp7)
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She won every poll in 2014.
But the polls were still wrong.
They said she'd win by 30. She won by 40. Outside the margin of error.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:00 AM (42WUB)
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Remember: It's gonna be a blue wave.
You just have to ignore questions like, "why are races near tied in deep blue states, for gov in OR and Senate in MN?"
A: The blue wave is confined to Red States and that's why Talarico is winning, duh.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:00 AM (3cUTc)
In Norse mythology, mistletoe was feared as a weapon. The trickster god Loki famously used a dart made of mistletoe to kill the otherwise invincible god Baldur. According to legend, Baldur’s weeping mother transformed the plant into a symbol of love, which eventually evolved into our modern holiday kissing traditions.
UC ANR
The Stanislaus Sprout
MISTLETOE MYTH – A Romantic Parasitic Plant,
Article published December 17, 2024
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:01 AM (NFX2v)
https://tinyurl.com/4cxw6v22
I mean, it's a mugshot. Glam her up a bit and she'd be about an 8/10 on the hot-crazy matrix, I figure.
Posted by: one hour sober at October 02, 2026 10:01 AM (J4Dwc)
You just have to ignore questions like, "why are races near tied in deep blue states, for gov in OR and Senate in MN?"
A: The blue wave is confined to Red States and that's why Talarico is winning, duh.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:00 AM (3cUTc)
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The polling that got the GOP primary completely wrong...and the Democrat primary completely wrong in Texas just 3 months ago are now 100% accurate because the best, curated, final polls from 2 years ago were 60% accurate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:01 AM (42WUB)
https://tinyurl.com/2b5824e9
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:01 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:00 AM (3cUTc)
If the Dems don't pick up NC, ME, and TX, or if they lose GA or MI, the Senate is gone for them. That's truly enough this cycle since all the important stuff is already funded.
But DAMN how wonderful it would be to spend two more years smacking them with a GOP House.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:02 AM (gLYp7)
The Vigilant Fox 🦊
@VigilantFox
THEO VON: “Will you define socialism for us?”
MAMDANI: “Socialism, to me, means that you will have WHATEVER YOU NEED to live a dignified life, and that it is the GOVERNMENT’S JOB to deliver on that.”
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It'll be sweeeeeeeeet!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 10:03 AM (ndZc7)
I noticed even in MA the governor there has now adopted several of her republican opponent's ideas - suspending the gas tax and getting Trump to rush approval for gas pipelines into the state.
Note she originally ran on stopping new gas pipelines from coming into the state and members of her administration had been trying to increase taxes on cars just before her sudden flip flops.
Unfortunately I can't see her losing because Massholes are stupid Massholes but she wouldn't flip flop if she was way ahead in her internal polls.
Note MA went for Harris by something like 25 points two years ago
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 09:49 AM (sKqQm)
Since you're only seeing her from the rear, you can't tell that she has her boobs out.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:58 AM (KC5Lt)
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Yes. Her original statement to Cornell police has been released and clearly shows it was all consensual.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (3ImbR)
But DAMN how wonderful it would be to spend two more years smacking them with a GOP House.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:02 AM (gLYp7)
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They always had a chance in NC because of Cooper's name recognition and the fact that it's got a weird electoral history recently, despite the registration changes that advantage the GOP.
But they never had a chance in TX or Maine. Winning the senate was always a pipedream.
But the left still hasn't realized it. When they do...break out the popcorn.,
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:00 AM (42WUB)
So the average poll was -13(R)... I think Collins is fine.
We lose NC
We win MI
We win TX
We win GA
We win ME
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at October 02, 2026 10:05 AM (0sNs1)
Note MA went for Harris by something like 25 points two years ago
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)
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What you would expect in a blue wave would be MA going 30-35 points Democrat this year as Democrats rack up big wins in their enclaves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:05 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (3ImbR)
She consensually snorted a line of Ketamine off a guys crank.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)
We lose NC
We win MI
We win TX
We win GA
We win ME
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (gLYp7)
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That's realistic (I do hold out hope for NC).
Throw in possible spoilers in MN and NH as well, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:06 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 10:07 AM (36x1j)
Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 02, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (3ImbR)
She consensually snorted a line of Ketamine off a guys crank.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)
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"I feel seen."
-James Talarico
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:07 AM (42WUB)
You don't say.
Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 02, 2026 10:07 AM (2Ez/1)
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You'll always have the 95% chance of winning according to the betting markets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:07 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 10:07 AM (36x1j)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 10:08 AM (0sNs1)
...or two flames of intense anger.
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 10:08 AM (I0N4X)
South Carolina mom arrested for stabbing her two young kids 50 times
https://tinyurl.com/3u6uu74p
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 10:09 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Just the punchline at October 02, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)
they trash when the party that let's them and not when the firehoses and pepper spray come out.
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 10:10 AM (Bep7s)
Wasn't there a massacre there?
Posted by: no one of any consequence
WW11. Massacre at the Ketamine Pass.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 10:11 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 02, 2026 10:12 AM (wxsGM)
The father was awarded custody, and while heading over to pick up his daughter, the mother murdered her and killed herself.
The family says: "Aaron did everything the law asks of a parent who is trying to protect his child. He trusted the courts. He followed every order. He waited for the process to work. On Tuesday, a judge placed Vivian in his primary care, and she was supposed to come home to him that evening. She never did."
People are going to stop trusting the courts, following orders, and waiting for the process to work.
This only gets worse.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:12 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:12 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:12 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:12 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at October 02, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Dean Wormer at October 02, 2026 10:13 AM (2Ez/1)
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*gives impassioned speech about the patriarchy keeping women down and it's now the time of the women at last to great applause*
-the young lady in the remake
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:13 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:04 AM (3ImbR)
She consensually snorted a line of Ketamine off a guys crank.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)
The Governor of NY has appointed Leticia James to oversee the case because she "has no faith in the DA who refused to prosecute a consensual sexual encounter between a slut a few dozen of her closest friends".
I may have edited the Governor's statement a bit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:14 AM (dxxHN)
We win MI
We win TX
We win GA
We win ME
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While I like that, the thing is, Osoff is better funded and farther ahead in the polls than Cooper.
So if Osoff loses, that same undertow will take out Cooper.
But it is hilarious seeing the "experts" on X trying to claim the Ds will sweep all of those seats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:14 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (0bz1G)
Posted by: Accolades And Brickbats All Around at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:05 AM (gLYp7)
~~~~~
Her initial statement makes it clear she was a willing participant. To have all of this broadcast worldwide and be willing to endure the shame, distain and humiliation...all for $$$?
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 10:16 AM (+gK6I)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)
Maybe. But you got the gist.
We all know they're desperate for a Duke or a UVA or a Cornell gang rape to turn out to be true.
ACTUAL rape victims everywhere are getting violated again by women like this. I never used to even bat an eye when a woman said she was raped. Of COURSE she was - she said so. Now I reflexively think 'but were you though?' and I hate that.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:16 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 10:16 AM (LHPAg)
A news search covering January 2025 through September 2026 identified at least 21 cases in which a parent (including several mothers) was accused of intentionally killing or attempting to kill their children.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR
Well her decision making skills aren’t exactly stellar.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM
Hug this to your breast, Joe.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)
$35,000,000 would cover up a lot of my humiliation.*
*I'm making up the number, but Cornell has DEEP pockets, so...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (gLYp7)
So if Osoff loses, that same undertow will take out Cooper.
But it is hilarious seeing the "experts" on X trying to claim the Ds will sweep all of those seats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:14 AM (3cUTc)
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Ossoff/Collins spending isn't that out of proportion right now through the end of the campaign.
Polling is...questionable.
And Jackson is outspending Bottoms something like 50-1 with his own money in the gubernatorial race.
And there are signs in early voting that black vote share is going to be...low. Same thing as shown in VA, NC, and OH early voting.
Oh, and DNI and the FBI paid a visit to Fulton County's election offices a few months back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: no one of any consequence at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (36x1j)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 10:16 AM (LHPAg
Maids.
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:17 AM (ZdaMQ)
*ahem*
Posted by: Strumpets at October 02, 2026 10:18 AM (2Ez/1)
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What should average job growth be when population is declining?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:18 AM (42WUB)
Hey, Piper. How did your classes go the other day when you came back from being sick?
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:19 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:18 AM (42WUB)
You're correct... The market is loving it so good in my book... The media usually ignores good reports...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 02, 2026 10:19 AM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 10:20 AM (6zDNY)
Should she not have done that?
Posted by: Women in Massachusetts at October 02, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)
Bill Clinton would be a Nazi by their current standards.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:20 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: No Name Today at October 02, 2026 10:20 AM (8mulE)
Hey, Piper. How did your classes go the other day when you came back from being sick?
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)
Good, thank you! I am still not 100% but definitely getting there!
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:20 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:21 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:21 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 10:21 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: IrishEi ?!
Kept me up for hours late night. That and also the one in the same video with the protester lighting the aerosol can of whatever they were all spraying at the group that had gathered (young women - I'm assuming - spraying people standing towards the background, too) and he sprayed the woman's face with the lit can while another protestor stopped her from fleeing.
Whatever IS coming. 😬
Cruel people don't tend to "get better."
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:22 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:22 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:23 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: The Djerba Beach Boys at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)
Imagine if the demon whore was acquitted, though. 10x worse.
The Sisterhood would see that flare go up and start slaughtering the innocent with reckless abandon, for consequence-free clicks and likes.
That Desronvil dude saved a lot of kids.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM (BI5O2)
Until the French government sends in the CRS with orders to crack heads, this shit will continue to grow. The muzzies need to learn to be afraid, and that lesson is not forthcoming from France...or the UK!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM (k5CNB)
Posted by: Jan and Dean-Surf City at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM (Fn+3X)
Whatever IS coming. 😬
Cruel people don't tend to "get better."
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)
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Yes, saw that one too. I can't find the words.
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM (3ImbR)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Ksqxv)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM (LHPAg)
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Great art. Perfect title. I like it.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM (2WIwB)
So if Osoff loses, that same undertow will take out Cooper.
But it is hilarious seeing the "experts" on X trying to claim the Ds will sweep all of those seats.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:14 AM (3cUTc)
The only thing to be aware of is polling is so bs that you (intentionally) can't tell who is doing better than who.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:26 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM
and your known aliases.
Posted by: Mike The Fish at October 02, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 10:26 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM (cWLG3)
My mom used my middle name sometimes. Didn't feel wanted then
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 10:26 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 10:25 AM
Prepare for disappoint, Joe.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)
Bill Clinton would be a Nazi by their current standards.
Not only did he oppose "tranny rights" but Barky publicly opposed gay marriage too in 2012. And is kinda sorta publicly opposed illegal immigration as well
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:27 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:27 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Not really paying attention at October 02, 2026 10:27 AM (2Ez/1)
2,000 arrested in France as student protests escalate into violence
In part, "PARIS — About 400 schools in France are expected to remain closed on Friday after student protests over education-related grievances turned violent in some places."
And,
"According to a source close to Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, intelligence agencies told a crisis meeting on Thursday that the protest movement had been initiated by politicians from the hard left, including members of La France Insoumise (LFI).
LFI lawmaker Louis Boyard denied the claim in comments to French broadcasters."
👉🏻 "Some high school students in the city of Liège in neighboring Belgium also began protesting on Thursday."
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:27 AM (NFX2v)
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The generic ballot polls recently released are from +1 Dem to +13.
One of those is wrong.
Dems are all pointing to the +13 as correct.
Dems didn't even have +13 in 2018 or 2022.
Oh, and a poll the Dems don't want to talk about:
How far underwater the Dem Party approval is.
Last:
the early voting number are also showing the under-35 vote is not showing up.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:28 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:27 AM (cWLG3)
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Talarico has led most polling for like 2 months.
But, remember, polling is 100% accurate now because the final, curated polling from 2024 was 60% accurate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:28 AM (42WUB)
I get not quoting offensive trolls but most of these guys are just Moron chew toys.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:28 AM (4NO2D)
If folks don’t show up, we get killed. I sure hope y’all are motivated and are motivating others to get to the ballot box.
Not happening here. You’d barely know there’s an election in a month.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 10:29 AM (dnZdn)
the early voting number are also showing the under-35 vote is not showing up.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:28 AM (3cUTc)
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Back to 2022 levels after slightly elevated 2024 levels.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:29 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 10:29 AM (0Rwx5)
If folks don’t show up, we get killed. I sure hope y’all are motivated and are motivating others to get to the ballot box.
Not happening here. You’d barely know there’s an election in a month.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 02, 2026 10:29 AM (dnZdn)
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I remember that Trump couldn't win 2024 because the people in Seattle would never allow it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:30 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: The Djerba Beach Boys at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM
Pffft.
Posted by: The Utah Jan and Dean at October 02, 2026 10:30 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: IrishEi ?! at October 02, 2026 10:15 AM (3ImbR)
$35,000,000 would cover up a lot of my humiliation.*
*I'm making up the number, but Cornell has DEEP pockets, so...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider
And then OnlyFans Bonnie Blue does 1057 guys in 12 hours for money.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 10:30 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:30 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)
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"Nu-uh."
-2026 WI Democrat governor primary polling
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:31 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:31 AM (dxxHN)
https://x.com/DFF6769/status/2105803697699897355
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:31 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 10:31 AM (2ap+5)
This one time at PilgrimCon...
Posted by: My 14 year old self at October 02, 2026 10:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (ZdaMQ)
The guy claimed it was consensual and I vaguely recall he had some text messages that seemed to back him up.
But just as the media attention was fading the woman making the claim make a pron video "re-enacting the rape" which seems to me to be about the last thing a woman who had actually been raped would do.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (sKqQm)
See, allow immigration! Numbers must go up!
/Chambers of Commerce
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Mike The Fish at October 02, 2026 10:26 AM (4NO2D)
Right. If your name is Aloysius Q. Higgenbotham, but your "street name" is "Po'kchop", the cops are going to have a lot more luck if they ask people if they've seen "Po'kchop" lately.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (qlLNh)
https://x.com/DFF6769/status/2105803697699897355
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:31 AM (2ocoG)
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Was it all ketchup and a retractable knife blade?
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM
Yeah, Mrs928 is mad that I don't want to go over to USA and see him.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Big Pharma at October 02, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)
In a few years it's like how did this guy end up in our lives. Not by beating anyone but by having reports saying he was. Soon enough he has "name recognition" and every quote of his "matters".
And it was all fake.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:33 AM (mJVit)
JB Pritzker is saying he's going to spend $20 million to fight Brandon Herrera. I guess fat f**ks have to stick together (if you haven't seen a photo of Brandon's Dem opponent Katie Stout, let's just say her last name understates the problem).
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:33 AM (2ocoG)
See, allow immigration! Numbers must go up!
/Chambers of Commerce
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM (nLfmy)
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You see, it's spin to say that we don't need 150,000 jobs per month when we don't have population growth because 150,000 jobs per month is the iron law of how many jobs we need every month no matter population conditions.
So say we all.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:33 AM (42WUB)
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Team Talarico is desperately trying to goad Paxton into a debate. Going so far as to cut an ad of him calling Paxton to challenge him.
They are also releasing more ads lying that Paxton "went easy on pedos."
He's been exclusively campaigning in the big cities, the triangle of DFW, Austin-SAT and Houston.
But sure, if you want to think he's ahead, you can.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:33 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:33 AM (sKqQm)
If you're not old enough to be President, you're not old enough to vote for one. Or anyone.
Go back to your retarded songs and Adderall, monster babies.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 02, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)
So sick of their propaganda.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 10:35 AM (7kply)
Emma Sulkowicz. She later admitted she was angry that the Chad in question wouldn't date her, he just got what he wanted and ghosted.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:35 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:35 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:35 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Piper at October 02, 2026 10:32 AM
Oh, the eagles they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high in Mobile,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly
in Mobile!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 10:36 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:35 AM (dxxHN)
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Yes.
2025 saw the first decline in US population since the early 60s.
But, remember, deportations aren't happening and Obama did more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:36 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:36 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 02, 2026 10:37 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:37 AM (4NO2D)
One of the most amusing things about feminism is that it took a bunch of societal tools that "patriarchal" America gave to woman and smashed them and now modern women complain about no longer having those tools...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:37 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Eromero at October 02, 2026 10:16 AM (LHPAg)
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The two ladies are not related. It's the oldest trope in the world - The Wife and the Servant Girl - and wife has decided that matters need to be sorted out NOW.
Servant - the clothing and the jug are clear class indicators. She has her hands on hips and she's staring at the husband. Could be sexual, perhaps not. Could just be spousal jealousy and I'd go with that. The wife is leaning in towards the man with her hands on the table. The wife is stating her case, she's not openly violent at the moment, but that could change quickly.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 10:37 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Boss Moss
We've already got it.
The globalists and muzzies vs. everyone else, worldwide.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 10:38 AM (77rzZ)
The eagle flies here.
Posted by: Auburn University at October 02, 2026 10:38 AM (2Ez/1)
I saw someone on X say that Instagram is body cameras for young liberal women. Like police body cameras, they mostly show us that, to quote Denny Green, "they are who we thought they were".
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:38 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:35 AM (dxxHN)
Is our children learning?
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:38 AM (mJVit)
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I won't say "no" because they tried to make Buttigig a national figure so ....
Thing is, there's kinda a "stink of loser" rule in politics. Losing a big race skunks you from further office.
Contemplating:
Cooper and Ossoff are both being primed for Presidential runs (if the Dems ever shake off their "black girl magic").
TBH, I don't know which is worse--their both dangerous phonies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (7kply)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (dxxHN)
It turns out just bulldozing Chesterton's Fences all at once was a bad idea.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (2ocoG)
Cooper and Ossoff are both being primed for Presidential runs (if the Dems ever shake off their "black girl magic").
TBH, I don't know which is worse--their both dangerous phonies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (3cUTc)
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Not Cooper.
Too old.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:40 AM (42WUB)
But, remember, deportations aren't happening and Obama did more.
The same people that told us overpopulation will end America also tell us now that if we don't bring in tens of millions of immigrants that no one will clean toilets or pick lettuce.
And I'll be honest I was dubious of those overpopulation claims BUT living in New England, yeah, there are too many people here now.
If you spread people out into northern NH or western MA I suppose it would reduce a lot of that but thats not where all the immigrants are being stuffed.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:40 AM (sKqQm)
Not happening here. You’d barely know there’s an election in a month.
Posted by: nurse ratched
I see the same thing in PA.
Visibility is Philly activist John Allante McAuley, now appearing with Flip Philly Red, founder Mina Quarles, and Jennifer Black, Administrative Officer, trying to educate and equip voters in the Philadelphia area to use their voice and vote for positive change in the Commonwealth.
And Philly Surge, founded by young men, creating media and hosting political events aimed at amplifying conservative viewpoints in Philadelphia (and the region).
Also, conservative commentator and former Senate candidate Kathy Barnette and Scott Presler on the radio and holding rallies.
Outside Philly, almost solid socialists (pretending they're not though all Bernie Bros & Sisters) are running - or running again - with the Gov's full support.
Incidentally, for the record, half the people listed above are Black & have waded into full fearless political battle with local and state forces.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:40 AM (NFX2v)
Big horseshit outline around their lips, puffed out "contoured" cheeks, huge eyelashes, drawn eyebrows.
I know, get off my lawn or whatever, but basically they look like whatever trannies think women look like.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:40 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:41 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Just turn it off at October 02, 2026 10:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 10:41 AM (7kply)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Not my son and his friends. They're all fully employed, have steady girlfriends (whom most of them will probably marry), and are a hardworking (and hard-partying) bunch.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)
Too old.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:40 AM
Anyone older than me is too old.
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard alumnus at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: cmeat at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (Bep7s)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (4NO2D)
So polls are exactly like Sex Panther?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 10:39 AM (3cUTc
Yes but it's not that they necessarily need him for higher office. They just need a lily white corrupted "Christian" Democrat with a platform to insult and degrade Christianity while wearing the skin suit.
Quotes drive stories and narrative.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:41 AM (dxxHN)
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You don't want Operation Wetback.
Operation Wetback was the first version of DACA. Most of the people deported weren't actually deported, they were given legal status.
Trump is actually deporting millions of people.
The OBBB ban on illegals enrolling in certain federal benefits like SNAP took effect yesterday, Bessent is writing rules to ban illegals from the American financial system, and ICE is arresting more people now than ever even though it's not in the news.
Remember, immigration was THE most important issue for many people around here, but now that it's being taken care of, no one actually knows anything about what's going on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: The population at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)
One of the most amusing things about feminism is that it took a bunch of societal tools that "patriarchal" America gave to woman and smashed them and now modern women complain about no longer having those tools...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:37 AM (sKqQm)
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And to strengthen her case, she made a porn video.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 10:41 AM (7kply)
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Big if.
Smaller if is "if Fulton County has been cowed by the visit from DNI and the FBI and the DOJ Civil Rights Division will have watchers nearby."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:44 AM (42WUB)
Similarly, democracy was an interesting experiment.
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 10:44 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: 18-1
I'm four-square behind illegals being stuffed. Huzzah!
Posted by: Goodbury and Graves, Ltd., Taxidermy Division at October 02, 2026 10:44 AM (Fn+3X)
So polls are exactly like Sex Panther?
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM (2ocoG)
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When you find the girl that it works on, man...sparks fly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:44 AM (42WUB)
Now they have one. It's gross and once you see it you can't unsee.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 10:45 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Kareny McKarenface at October 02, 2026 10:45 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 02, 2026 10:45 AM (2Ez/1)
Cue the meme where the AWFL in a Handmaid's Tale outfit starts panting and drooling about rich powerful men forcing her to have sex.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:45 AM (2ocoG)
The OBBB ban on illegals enrolling in certain federal benefits like SNAP took effect yesterday,
Taking a step back, just consider how much of an insanity it is that we have a "controversy" over not just giving welfare to the able bodied, not just about giving welfare to able bodied immigrants, but welfare to able bodied illegal aliens.
Why the **** would you give $$$ to people to come to your country and break your laws?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM (sKqQm)
/Chambers of Commerce
Posted by: man
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A pretty big portion of the chambers of commerce at the state and local level is housing/real estate/infrastructure. A stable population does not need big expansions and stabilization of pricing markets--they depend on volatility and new demand to spike their profit ratios. E.g. turning farmland into houses, double and triple laning new roads, building new schools and business parks, etc.
So they push illegal and quasi legal fake and gay H1B immigration toward their states. That Colony settlement in a ruby red area in Texas is a perfect example. You can call this group Kemp-Cornyn Rinos.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Ian S.
The hell you say. Someone ought to do a pithy saying about that.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Vengeance
Now or never from what I saw of mosques built (Kennesaw area) and in the process of being.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM (E4rtv)
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Sitting VP of the United States and presumptive nominee for the GOP nomination, JD Vance, said yesterday that the H-1B program needs to end completely.
The Overton Window has shifted a whole lot very quickly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:43 AM
He's a Reverend. He wouldn't lie to us, would he?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (0sNs1)
Greek, it was. Thankfully, the US was established as a republic.
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: L - No nic
"He was last seen alive helping women and children into the lifeboats as the striken vessel settled lower into the water. His body was recovered from the North Atlantic waters, and taken for burial to East Bridgewater Cemetery, Plymouth County, in his native Massachusetts, where it now rests."
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (dxxHN)
I keep doing a double take when I see items about the WNBA lesbian named "A'ja". I wonder if it's actually an SD reference or her parent(s) got there some stupider way.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:44 AM (42WUB)
Just need to go to a party at Cornell.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 10:48 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: 18-1
Good paying civil service and non-profit jobs, with benefits.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 10:48 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 02, 2026 10:24 AM (k5CNB)
Macron needs to send in Army units with belt-fed machine guns, and tell them to open fire on the musloid mobs, and gun them down in droves. Do that once or twice, and the riots will end.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 10:48 AM (n2qDf)
It is funny how quickly leftwing socialists go from "companies should only be allowed for the benefit of the people in our country" to "how dare you deny allowing companies to hire people from overseas if Americas don't want to work hard"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:49 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 10:49 AM (7kply)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM
What am I, chopped liver?
Posted by: Karl Rove at October 02, 2026 10:49 AM (0sNs1)
I remember when Pringles Memphis Barbecue.opened for Our Lady Peace in 1995.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at October 02, 2026 10:49 AM (cWLG3)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:50 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 10:49 AM (7kply)
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Earlier this week they let the third party country removals continue.
The birthright citizenship issue is the only issue that SCOTUS hasn't sided with the president on under immigration. Everything else they've allowed, all the way back to his first term when he won Hawaii v Trump (first Muslim ban).
Because of that HvT win, Trump has banned immigration from something like 75 countries in his second term.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:51 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 02, 2026 10:51 AM (dxxHN)
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:48 AM (2ocoG)
Named after the 80s porn star who couldn't afford an apostrophe.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 10:51 AM (ExV1e)
For the love of Christ, we should have liberally used tactical nuclear weapons throughout the Muslim world as part of a pacification program.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at October 02, 2026 10:51 AM (qwx/I)
Posted by: 18-1
Democrats have a reason, GOPe does too. Food stamps benefit big retail and small businesses that do trade with illegals. Economic sales go up from demand push inflation, it creates new government jobs, etc. And for the Dems, new political allies to support their faltering support among Heritage Americans.
None of them have probably heard Bastiat's Broken Window thesis and if they did, they would not care. It is that the idea that the state allowing criminals to 'break windows' ends up benefitting the country by creating new demand and thus investment.
In fact, it destroys investment because the shop keepers have to pay to replace broken windows and whatever surplus they had to invest is now gone. Instead, you get a tragedy of the commons where the organized blocs pushing this policy benefit but society itself becomes poorer. Privatize the Gains and Socialize the Losses is what is going on here. Same with Obamacare, Green Nude Eel, and other scams.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 10:51 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM
Sounds like an untapped market to us!
Posted by: Quentin T. and Rex R. at October 02, 2026 10:51 AM (0sNs1)
What are we, chopped nan?
/Springfield Ohio
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:52 AM (nLfmy)
Keep in mind the left is claiming these people are real refugees not welfare leeches.
Well ok, so you get to go to a country that has no endemic violence but also no welfare. Problem still solved right?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:52 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Karl Rove
A Giant Turd trying to latch onto people with real power for money. About as relevant now as James Carville.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)
Keep in mind the left is claiming these people are real refugees not welfare leeches.
Well ok, so you get to go to a country that has no endemic violence but also no welfare. Problem still solved right?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 02, 2026 10:52 AM (sKqQm)
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The funniest thing about the third party nation removals is that the individuals going through it are almost exclusively criminals that the home countries don't want back.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:53 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)
The Overton Window has shifted a whole lot very quickly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)
I'd vote for that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 02, 2026 10:53 AM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Kareny McKarenface "
Steam powered...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:50 AM
Make sure there's a way of stopping it to avoid a splitting tragedy.
Posted by: The Engineer at October 02, 2026 10:54 AM (0sNs1)
The Overton Window has shifted a whole lot very quickly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)
I'd vote for that.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 02, 2026 10:53 AM (s1VwS)
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Vance is much more hardline on immigration that Trump is.
And Trump keeps Stephen Miller on staff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:54 AM (42WUB)
Or a history book. (Other than that Howard idiot)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:55 AM (nLfmy)
I saw something on X earlier that after the Israelis subdued the Omani Knife Guy, a flight attendant asked if they could free him now that the excitement was over. Gad Saad to the white courtesy phone...
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:56 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 02, 2026 10:56 AM (yTnSH)
Hmm. My next book....
/Zombie William S. Burroughs
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:56 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: James Carville at October 02, 2026 10:57 AM (oqH4h)
The Overton Window has shifted a whole lot very quickly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)
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Yes, and what an exciting moment for republicans in Ohio!
Posted by: Oglebay at October 02, 2026 10:57 AM (2ap+5)
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 10:57 AM (I0N4X)
He got his hawt foreign girl and now he wants to stop everyone else from getting theirs. Or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 10:58 AM (nLfmy)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie
Doesn't the Bible teach that God knows everyone in the womb? I mean, I don't think that's what the Pope meant when he said that, but, technically, he's not wrong.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)
He got his hawt foreign girl and now he wants to stop everyone else from getting theirs. Or something.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)
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"His kids are half-brown. I'm voting for Gavin Newsom who has white kids."
-super conservative totes for real and def not Pakistani
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:59 AM (42WUB)
Posted by: mindful webworker - late with the obvious? at October 02, 2026 10:59 AM (sVrIn)
The Overton Window has shifted a whole lot very quickly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 02, 2026 10:47 AM (42WUB)
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I think a bit of this is that JDV has adopted (wisely) some of DJT's Art of the Deal negotiation strategies. Starts by staking out the maximalist position (Eliminate Habeeb1B visas), but would negotiate back to what he'd accept, a severe curtailment of the program.
Posted by: ballistic at October 02, 2026 10:59 AM (oqH4h)
Ossoff will lose, too.
MN will be the surprise GOP win.
The key is that the Dem vote is split between the commies and the socialists. The losing sides in the Dem primary races are far likelier to sit out the general.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 10:59 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 11:00 AM (nLfmy)
The Overton Window has shifted a whole lot very quickly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
The Senate right now is where good legislation goes to die. And that requires congressional action which unless the filibuster is nuked, is simply not going to happen. We might though get the blue slip policy eliminated if Grassley is no longer head of Judiciary as has been suggested.
It has wreaked havoc because blue states have become pestilent shitholes where Trump is not being allowed to fill major offices like district attorneys and federal district court judges except by appointing what blue state senators want.
This is not blackpilling as such but simply the realization that holding power without doing anything to shore up by effective action reversing past Democrat perfidy will falter and fail. GOPe types in the Senate are the ratchet that keeps these insane and evil policies in action and they do it because a) some are Democrats in GOPe drag (Curtis in UT) & some are craven corporate donor sellouts (Justice in WV for example).
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:01 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Bury the bodies in a pit of pig shit.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 11:01 AM (gF21A)
-super conservative totes for real and def not Pakistani
I saw multiple people saying some version of that. Also "he doesn't actually mean it because the Jooos are using a Jewish Dick Control Ray on him".
Posted by: Ian S. at October 02, 2026 11:01 AM (2ocoG)
Whoa! That's hot!
Posted by: mindful webworker - late with the obvious? at October 02, 2026 10:59 AM
336 comments in, and we're still getting art-related commrnts.
Well done, CBD, well done!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 02, 2026 11:02 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)
People have zero respect for the courts as is. That has cemented that impression, not that they care.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 11:04 AM (qTrmL)
Cost of living was much lower.
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Its no picnic. Living in a motor home in between helps with expenses.
Posted by: All over the Road with Charles Kuralt at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (anL5R)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 11:04 AM (qTrmL)
I don't agree.
I don't think most Americans even KNOW about this. Do you really think D'Quan up in the hood or Frank down at the auto shop have any idea what rulings are handed down from the bench?
Hyper-partisans do (that's us and our equivilant on the other side of no-man's land), but not regular Joe's.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 11:06 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 11:07 AM (xisXq)
Democrats hate on Orangeman but are having their own internal battles--their base is being split between normal transactional Democrats that believe in gimmedats/union/etc and the new kids like DSA types. So far, turnout is not at the 2018 level, and in some states below the 2022 rate.
That is why you see the doom and gloom polling, it is a demoralization op to try to drive down GOP base turnout by GOPe and Democrats with the media.
Ignore the hype and go and vote, and take others to vote too.
Posted by: whig at October 02, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)
Posted by: commander adama at October 02, 2026 11:09 AM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: AOS Cope at October 02, 2026 11:10 AM (Q03QW)
I don't think most Americans even KNOW about this. Do you really think D'Quan up in the hood or Frank down at the auto shop have any idea what rulings are handed down from the bench?
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DQuan and Frank didn't have any respect for the Courts to begin with. Its the people who did have respect for the Courts, that now dont. So basically the third of the Country that is paying attention, knows its a dumpster fire. When before, they thought it wasn't so hot - inefficient but not routinely biased.
Posted by: Its always been a dumpster fire at October 02, 2026 11:12 AM (anL5R)
Ignore the hype and go and vote, and take others to vote too.
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Which is why public dissemination of political polls within six months of the election should be illegal. Private polling that stays private will be more accurate than the shit spewing push polling they publish now.
Posted by: Its an op that is depressing turnout and should be illegal at October 02, 2026 11:14 AM (anL5R)
Posted by: Jeff E at October 02, 2026 03:07 PM (Iq+lx)
The Morning Report — 10/2 /26
On Wednesday night, I visited the University of Texas at Austin to address students there — and so did notorious Twitch streamer Hasan Piker. I, a female survivor of Hamas’ brutal terror, came to share my story at the campus’ Chabad student center. On an auditorium stage half a mile away stood Piker, who once said about the day I was shot and taken: “It doesn’t matter if rapes f–king happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much.” This man sold out the 460-seat venue where he spoke within 20 minutes, and another 2,500 people joined a waiting list. He isn’t a fringe character on college campuses; he’s increasingly becoming the mainstream on campus. But his enthusiastic fans are the people who most need to hear my story.The problem is that they'll hear your story and at best call you a liar and at worst ululate in orgasmic glee at what you endured.
The list of Muslim suicide pilots also includes EgyptAir Flight 990 in 1999 where the first officer kept shouting “Allahu Akbar” while downing the plane as well as Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the subject of endless fantastic conspiracy theories ranging from UFOs to black holes, but that was actually likely the work of Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah. After the FlyDubai incident in which an Omani Muslim pilot stabbed an Indian pilot in a reported attempt to hijack Flight FZ1073 bound for Israel and possibly crash the plane, the list of Muslim pilots who tried to bring down airplanes is up to 4. And that means that 44% of pilots who deliberately crashed tried to crash planes were Muslim.to tweak the twisted verbiage and illogic of Leftists and Democrats, and make it relevant and accurate, what we desperately need, and have needed for almost 15 centuries, is Common Sense Islam Control... Before Islam controls us to death!
Who do you think is the most extreme socialist candidate running in these 2026 midterms?” a participant named Barry M. asked. . . “This guy’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He goes on Fox News, and he deflects every question: ‘Did I want America to suffer during 9/11? Well, people can’t afford groceries.’ That isn’t the question that you were just asked. This guy is the most dangerous one,” the senator continued. “Well, that’s like who’s the tallest midget? Because man, oh, man. That’s a tough one. I’d have to say just on sheer jihadist credentials, it would have to be Abdul El-Sayed,” (Sen. Bernie)Moreno replied. .. El-Sayed, who is running against Republican Mike Rogers, has claimed he is “not a socialist,” although he is running on a platform backed by socialist lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). He has also campaigned with far-left streamer Hasan Piker, who claimed America “deserved 9/11.”
And from the insane we go to the ridiculous.
Tennessee death row inmate Christa Pike — who is now in the hospital after a botched execution — was given the all-female lethal injection team she had requested, her attorneys revealed on Thursday.Couldn't they find women who could get the job done?! I understand this Lindsey Clancy was available?! Well, that or find a jihadist with a rusty hacksaw, we're overrun with them!!! And jeez, what are they using for lethal injections, St. Joseph's aspirin? Um, I'm no chemist but I understand something called potassium cyanide might've worked a tad better in stopping this fiend's black heart. Anyway, God bless you all and on that and all the other depressing notes I bid you to have a great weekend!
- CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
- Conservatives and leftists clashed outside a half-empty theater as the leftist commentator spoke.
I Wasn’t Allowed Into A Hasan Piker Event, So I Talked To A Communist On The Sidewalk Instead
- Why conservatism must roll the warning against totalitarianism up every new hill. (way past time to roll the heads of totalitarians - jjs)
Rolling The Stone "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY - If Democrats win in November they will flood the country with Third World foreigners and force Americans to foot the bill for all of it.
Need A Reason To Vote? GOP Just Stopped Your Taxes From Paying Noncitizens’ Medical Bills
- Some Democrat politicians have been quite open and frank about how counting illegal aliens in their areas benefits them in the form of redistricting.
Trump Wants to Stop Counting the Number of Illegals in a State Towards Its Congressional Representation—And Democrat Voters Agree.
- ‘The Biden Junta failed in its most basic responsibility: protecting vulnerable children in federal care,’ HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.
HHS: Biden Junta's Office Of Refugee Resettlement Was A Fraud-Fueled ‘Smuggling Operation’ For Alien Children
- ‘It should be a wake-up call for the rest of the country.’
A Sheriff’s Race In Wyoming Is ‘The Canary In The Coal Mine’ Over The Enforcement Of Immigration Laws
- "It can provide real-time situational awareness in hazardous, confined, or tactically uncertain environments."
ICE Unleashes New Enforcement Tool: Robot Dogs THE IRAN CONFLICT, MOU/"PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??) - How long can the regime endure such a catastrophic decline?
Iran’s Economy Circles the Drain* * * * * - The man is the sixth arrest following a bomb alert at RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire, England, in the early hours of Sunday morning. Police quickly released those five men on bail, prompting public confusion about a case where little is certain and apparently contradictory developments have characterised what little information has been made available to the public so far.
Iranian Citizen Arrested in Relation to Alleged Terror Plot at RAF Fairford U.S. Air Base ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY* * * * * - On an auditorium stage half a mile away stood Piker, who once said about the day I was shot and taken: “It doesn’t matter if rapes f–king happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much.” . . .He isn’t a fringe character on college campuses; he’s increasingly becoming the mainstream on campus.
I was a Hamas hostage — and I won’t cower from Hasan Piker’s hate
- “If I had my say, the US government would have joined the ICC and honored every single warrant that they’ve issued,” Mamdani declared on Theo Von’s podcast, “This Past Weekend.”
Mamdani calls for US to join ICC, arrest Netanyahu during Theo Von podcast appearance: ‘Architect of a horrific genocide’
- The embattled New York-based group, which is marred by infighting, spent months reviewing its widely cited list, but made few substantial alterations
More Than Half the Names on Committee to Protect Journalists List of Slain Gaza Journalists Are Still Linked to Terror Outfits Despite Group’s Self-Policing ‘Audit’
- Rachel Accurso, who is better known by her online persona Ms. Rachel, has been at the center of political controversy, which intensified after she started opining about Gaza and the Israel-Hamas war.
Ms. Rachel’s Politics Sparks Pushback from Parents: A ‘Mouthpiece’ for Hamas
- And never forget that the Western Left cheered it all on.
Never Forget Little Liel DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Climate litigation, religious liberty, gun rights, and election administration highlight the term ahead.
The Supreme Court Will Be Drawing Lots of Lines
- Democrats think ‘affordability’ means trillions of dollars in government spending.
House Democrats Propose Trillions Of Dollars In Unsustainable Entitlements
- These new controllers completed their training and became fully certified!
FAA Exceeds 2026 Goal With Record 2,235 New Air Traffic Controllers
- ...why every president who fills one eventually runs into the same hard truth: once a justice takes the oath, the president has no control over how that justice votes.
Trump Regrets Nominating All of His Justices. Should He? FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - CNN, MS NOW, and Politico are seeking court action to have their credentials reinstated, alleging the administration has “persisted in unpredictably and inconsistently implementing its ban” despite a judge’s restraining order — including prohibiting CNN from White House pool duties.
CNN Again Dropped from White House Pool Coverage
- President Trump’s disputes with the media may seem contentious, but are no different from those of Lincoln and Democrats like FDR, LBJ, and Obama.
The President Versus The Mainstream Media - Sulzbergers soak up R&D tax subsidies while slamming Zuckerberg for ‘exploiting … untested accounting magic’
New York Times Co. Saved $45 Million With Tax Break It Faults Meta for Using* * * * * - Doomers have built an entire lexicon with incredibly loaded terms that are meant to advance their objectives.
Super Intelligence Doomers Want to Control a Monster That Doesn’t Exist WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - The Omani pilot allegedly begged Israeli passengers, "Kill me," after they tied him up with a headphone cable.
What The Terrorist Said After Passengers Took Back The Plane
- A troubling pattern that raises serious questions.
Half of Airline Pilots Who Crashed Planes Were Muslim
- A lawsuit alleges that the Muslim-majority suburb of Dearborn, Michigan, has systematically discriminated against Christians and Jews.
Landmark Lawsuit Pits The Sharia Regime Against The Constitution
- “This guy’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He goes on Fox News, and he deflects every question: ‘Did I want America to suffer during 9/11? Well, people can’t afford groceries.’ That isn’t the question that you were just asked. This guy is the most dangerous one,” the senator continued.
Exclusive—Sen. Bernie Moreno: Just on ‘Sheer Jihadist Credentials’ El-Sayed Is Most Extreme Socialist in Midterms OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS - For those Jews questioning their allegiance to Judaism in these trying times, this is a reminder of the myriad blessings that flow from fealty to the faith.
Why Be Jewish In A Time Of Rampant Antisemitism? THE ECONOMY, STUPID - Yes, filling up the tank still costs too much, and spot grocery prices such as beef remain painful — but core inflation hit just 3% in August, so it’s still coming down from the Bidenflation stratosphere, albeit not as fast as we’d all like. Meanwhile, the latest federal data shows the economy accelerating, thanks to surging corporate investment and robust consumer spending.
Trump must level with the public to face down Dem fearmongering as the economy gains ground
- When it comes to gas prices, listen, people are understandably unhappy about gas prices, but it’s worth putting it into context. When Joe Biden was president, gas prices were five bucks a gallon. When Trump came into office, they dropped nationally to $3 a gallon. And today, they’re about $4 a gallon in the national average.”
Cruz: Same Democrats Campaigning on Gas Prices ‘Said They Wanted $10-a-Gallon Gas’
- Commercial aviation remains a prime target, and the nature of the threat is rapidly shifting.
Beyond The Cockpit Door: Why Aviation Security Must Pivot To Cyber, Supply Chains, And Zero Trust
- The Essential Services Restoration Act (Measure ER) overwhelmingly passed in L.A. County earlier this year, raising the sales tax by a half-cent to support health care and other essential services – from 9.75 percent to 10.25 percent.
Los Angeles County Introduces 10.25% Sales Tax SHAMPEACHMENTS (past, present & future), 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION - On Tuesday, former Special Counsel Jack Smith told Congress he would prosecute President Donald J. Trump again if given the chance, reaffirming his commitment to the Biden junta's failed lawfare campaign against the America First leader and the Republican Party. This followed the decision of Representative Jim Jordan (R-OH), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, to refer Smith to the Department of Justice back in July, potentially resulting in prosecution.
The Disreputable Record of Jack Smith. RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM - Rutinel routinely spoke at conferences hosted by radical vegan organizations, drawing praise from a Germany-based group fighting for the ‘recognition of animals as sentient beings’
Colorado Dem Manny Rutinel, Running in a District Where Ranching Is Central, Once Said His ‘Entire’ Job Was To Sue Meat Corporations ‘For All They’re Worth’
- A left-wing “environmental justice” group is indoctrinating judges on climate-related issues that may appear in cases before their courts, according to a new congressional report.
New Report Uncovers How This Leftist Group Indoctrinates Judges On Climate Alarmism CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY - A 35-year-old Texas mother shot and killed her four-year-old daughter and then shot herself. The mom was taken to the hospital and was expected to survive her injuries, but apparently, she didn't. As my friend and colleague Chris Queen just said, "Better a funeral for this woman than a screwed up trial, ruined by virtue-signaling jurors." Though he added that it probably wouldn't go that way in Texas. (Agreed, but get back to me after the midterms.)
Another One? Texas Woman Kills 4-Year-Old Daughter. At Least There Will Be No Trial. - In the hours after the failed execution, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) released a statement saying he has ordered “a comprehensive, third-party review to determine exactly what occurred.” (they couldn't find a Muslim or borrow Lindsay Clancy?! - jjs)
Shot: Christa Pike Granted All-Female Execution Team Before Botched Lethal Injection
- Roughly 3% of all US executions in the century between 1890 and 2010 were botched, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.
Chser: Deadly blunders The bloody history of botched executions — including cop-killer whose head exploded — after Christa Pike survived
- Reddington asked the judge to find Clancy not guilty and dismiss all three murder charges.
Judge Deals Major Blow To Lindsay Clancy’s Defense EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT - Long before she was outed for false claims about her ancestry, Hannah Gann and her fellow educators were misusing their classrooms to radicalize Philadelphia students.
The “Palestinian Rachel Dolezal” Scandal Isn’t What You Think
- “runs a declining school district with about 180,000 students”
Fairfax County, VA, School Superintendent Makes More Than the U.S. President SECOND AMENDMENT - The comments came during a discussion of Gladwell's latest book, The American Way of Killing, which focuses on gun-related violence. After the first part of the discussion pointed out that European countries have substantially more police officers to help focus on crime compared to the U.S., MS NOW contributor Mike Barnicle followed up by comparing guns to a disease...
MS NOW Lets Guest Claim 2nd Amendment Was for Slave Patrols DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY - Brooks signed legal documents stating there were no current or pending financial judgments against him
Bob Brooks Was in Trouble Over Unpaid Credit Cards and ‘Bilking His In-Laws’: He Didn’t Disclose It When He Applied for a COVID Loan for His Lawn Care Business POLITICS - Democrats aren’t merely jumping the shark. They’ve been moving left since Woodrow Wilson. Once venerated, Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson are thoroughly reviled by the rank and file. JFK was an outlier.
You Really Don’t Want Democrats To Win The Midterms
- Most people support the very policies that produced the wreckage of he 1970s.
It’s That ‘70s Show All Over Again
- Is there any future for democratic socialism?
The Guaranteed Decline Of Democratic Socialism FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - The Chinese Communist Party marked the establishment of the country as a communist “people’s republic” in 1949 on Thursday with nationwide flag-raising ceremonies, government-encouraged activities to honor mass murderer Mao Zedong, and a grand banquet for the communist elite in Beijing.
Xi Jinping Calls China’s Rise ‘Unstoppable’ in Communist Celebrations
- Fred Fleitz: Standing with Israel is in our strategic interest.
America First Means Standing with Israel
- The South American nation is hours away from holding its 2026 general elections, scheduled for Sunday, October 4, with all polls suggesting that a runoff election will be held on October 25 between current incumbent socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and conservative Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
Brazil Court Goes on Censorship Spree Days Before Presidential Election
- Washington didn’t buy the island. It got something better: permanent rights, no expiration date, and a “no Chinese tenants” clause.
Closed Its First Deal, and It’s in Greenland
- For over a quarter of a century, the political establishment and the corporate media have tried to convince the public, and themselves, that Nigel Farage is a temporary anomaly. Yet time and again, the undisputed godfather of Brexit and British populism has defied their expectations.
Seven Times Nigel Farage Achieved the Impossible.
- If hostility to immigrants were the offense that editors claim to care about, Nairobi and Banjul would face the same denunciation as Washington and Westminster.
Africans Against Africans: The Xenophobia Nobody Reports DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS - “Cheap compute, super intelligence, and advanced commercial manufacturing have enabled the proliferation of low-cost, high-precision strike.”
Hegseth Announces New Autonomous Warfare Command to Transform Drone Warfare ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY - September’s sunspot activity... was at the lowest level since February 2022...
Sunspot update: Ramp down to the next sunspot minimum now seems certain
- In a result that really isn’t that surprising based on almost five decades of research about bone loss after long duration missions in weightlessness, a new study has found that astronauts who flew missions longer than 90 days tend to get more hip fractures later in life than those who flew on shorter missions, and those fractures also tended to occur at a younger age than normal.
Astronauts returning from longer space missions get more hip fractures later in life FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY - For those who want to realign their sexual attractions, the therapy can be successful, and no free country should deny people this chance.
Conversion Therapy Needs To Be Encouraged, Not Banned
- Why does gender dysphoria keep showing up in crime scenes?
The Trans Army of Shooters CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE - Christian Toto: Far-left site is part of larger, sinister war against artistic freedom
Bulwark’s Attack on Daily Wire’s ICE Movie Says It All
- Eradicating masculinity is the hill the Left will die on.
And the Cover Model for New York Magazine’s Men’s Issue is…
- Under Chapek’s leadership, Disney increased the wokeness of its content. At the same time, he restructured the company to take distribution out of the hands of creatives and into the hands of the bean counters. Worst of all, as head of Disney Parks and later CEO, Chapek raised prices, ended free FastPass, and introduced paid line-skipping. Fans and cast members blamed him for a more transactional Disney, even as parks profits were strong. Unfortunately, Disney hasn’t reversed course from this move.
Bob Chapek Says Disney Erased Him, but It's Too Bad We Can't Erase What He Did HITHER & YON - An unforgettable encounter and unmerited gift from a future saint.
Fulton Sheen and Me
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 02, 2026 07:25 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:26 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: democrat raping mutilating the children they do not kill at October 02, 2026 07:27 AM (QB6+C)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 02, 2026 07:27 AM (I43vL)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:27 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:28 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2noDb)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:30 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 07:30 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (JrHfD)
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*beats drum*
*sings*
Hey! Ho! My Xbox has two toggles
Sometimes times upon it
I shall play
With a Hey Ho fa la la!
Sadly, my Dreamcast died today
Hey Nonny Nonny woe woe woe!
...
Posted by: naturalfake now sings modern folk songs at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (YSUhf)
Dad had a great birthday and now I'm back home.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Just Wondering at October 02, 2026 07:34 AM (2Ez/1)
JJ, Happy Birthday, you tough old bastard.
We appreciate your efforts each day even if it's not said.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 07:34 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:35 AM (JrHfD)
Kids, let's talk about radiation treatment for cancer!
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 07:35 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 02, 2026 07:35 AM (Q/FnY)
What a nice surprise for them. Glad they're o.k. and that you're back safely.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:36 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 02, 2026 07:36 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Biergood at October 02, 2026 07:37 AM (PwgSL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)
The lovely and exploratory Mrs naturalfake brought home a bag of Starbuck's Fall Blend.
I like it quite a bit. It's a good hearty blend to wake up to.
Give it a whirl.
That's all.*
* Out before the Anti-Starbuckians start with their, "Starbuck's is burnt!!! They burn their coffee to ashes!!! It's a Coffee Bean Genocide, I tells you!!!
Coffee Bean Genociiiiiiiide!!!!"
Like so.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 07:38 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)
No exercise bands? No bathtub? No fish tank cleaner? A gram of Fentanyl picked up at the Mexican border mixed with saline could have done the job.
Couldn't find any freelancers from Canada MAID program?
Can't read an X feed with millions of people giving sure-fire advice on how to execute her?
You would think that the TN prison system, Death Penalty Division, would have a whole building full of execution experts hand picked by independent juries.
Women. Should be nowhere around the Delivery side of the Justice system.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 07:41 AM (nAS9C)
The time magazine shows how broken Trump is both physically and mentally. Israel is no longer admitted by most Americans. That will take a generation to change. Iran will probably build a bomb in order to drop future attacks
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English is difficult for ragheads.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
Thank you. I am happy to say that the only hospital trip this time was the on base pharmacy which is a big improvement from my last trip out there.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 07:42 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 07:43 AM (MWfyi)
Coffee Bean Genociiiiiiiide!!!!"
Here, it has to be decaf (neurological reasons); Starbucks Decaf Sumatra, ground immediately before brewing, drunk without additives. Dark roasts ftw!
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:43 AM (NcvvS)
Methinks our troll has a crush on J.J. Who is happily married.
Sucks to be that male troll.
His messages are getting more personal.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:44 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 07:44 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: Auspex at October 02, 2026 07:44 AM (Y8DZL)
Chief of my concerns about this technology is that Republicans build devastating weapons and when they eventually cede power to the Communists, the Communists will share this with their friends and then turn the weapons upon their own countrymen.
One small example: Look at how much 1033 Gear was given to irresponsible, trigger-happy SWAT teams in various blue cities.
Remember Meal Team Six?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 07:45 AM (nAS9C)
Posted by: Pawl at October 02, 2026 07:45 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:45 AM (JrHfD)
Yoko Ohno had an opening in her schedule, yet she was not called in to sing to the Death Row prisoner.
A missed opportunity.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 07:48 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)
I've seen it reported, and nothing on the internet isn't true, that she stopped eating/drinking three days before the event and became dehydrated which made her veins problematic. I'm not a medical person so I don't know how plausible it is.
As for the all woman team, it's also been reported that the same doctor oversaw this event as Tennessee's last execution, which was also botched. Maybe the drugs were bad, maybe it was deliberate, who knows.
Seems like they could use some of that fentanyl we keep seizing to get the job done.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 02, 2026 07:50 AM (x0n13)
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We all know Paul Revere rode like a maniac through town screaming, "the slaves are coming, the slaves are coming!"
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)
FY2025 is $7.01 Trillion
FY2024 was $6.73 Trillion
Trump and Congress continue to spend more than all other budgets in all of American History.
Inflation at 3% is a miracle or some really shitty metrics for calculating "inflation".
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (nAS9C)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Real Justice at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2noDb)
My cousin had both knees replaced about 10 years go at 65 and said it was life changing, as in for the better. Beat of luck to you!
Posted by: TxAnn at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
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We all know Paul Revere rode like a maniac through town screaming, "the slaves are coming, the slaves are coming!"
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (qBdHI)
Mel Brooks on Horseback shouting "Schvartzes, Luz'm Gayn!!!!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 02, 2026 07:52 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 07:52 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 07:52 AM (qBdHI)
There's something fundamentally wrong here. I'm not quite ready to place blame on women, but they are increasingly making the case for it.
Even my wife is beginning to wonder...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 07:52 AM (RORbl)
It might be a fun exercise to have an open thread where we all post as Paul with even more ludicrous comments and egregiously bad typos.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:53 AM (JrHfD)
So more work needed on Constitution 2.0.
With all the monitoring going on, actions can be easily assessed. Then swift Justice.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 07:55 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 07:56 AM (nESHF)
My system is foolproof. -- Vlad III
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:56 AM (ExV1e)
LOL. I thought it was "Everybody with white skin is a racist.. Everybody with white skin is racist" . I'm sure that's what the woman who wrote the award winning book on "white paint is racist" said in commenting on American history.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:57 AM (JrHfD)
I vote no. Let him be banned and forgotten.
We already did Flamewar Fridays. And ace stopped it.
Maybe different color fonts and blinking ribbons of test marching around, like the old days.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:57 AM (u82oZ)
To execute a murderous femme
Tennessee called a lady team in
They had tea and ate cakes
Played Banco for stakes
Left happy with their main job forgotten!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 07:57 AM (YSUhf)
Continued prayers for the health of you and your wife
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 07:57 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: TxAnn at October 02, 2026 07:58 AM (SjAWL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:58 AM (u82oZ)
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Because of the shocking insanity I saw during Clancy, and just how off their rockers a lot of women are, my immediate thought in the aftermath of Pike's botched execution was that it's quite possible those responsible decided upon themselves to cook up a plan to throw a wrench into it. The solidarity of these Clancy Coven types unfortunately makes this kind of thing not unthinkable. What a messed up world we live in.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (u82oZ)
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Possible, but sentence structure and word choice make me think Paul is south Asian.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)
I don't think I participated in flame war Friday. I can get irritable on here, but I generally don't see the point of flaming fellow conservatives.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:00 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2noDb)
My cousin had both knees replaced about 10 years go at 65 and said it was life changing, as in for the better. Beat of luck to you!
Posted by: TxAnn at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (SjAWL)
You'll kind of hate it for the first couple of weeks, but power through the physical therapy and you'll love your new knee.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 08:00 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Mental Illness On Parade at October 02, 2026 08:00 AM (Fn+3X)
I saw your comment about the tax differences in your house if sold. Yikes.
May that inheritance be long delayed.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)
Continued prayers for the health of you and your wife
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 07:57 AM (M+uMR)
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The first 5 years were much more exciting.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
How about people just ignore the troll.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 08:01 AM (10NPz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:02 AM (JrHfD)
Botched? No, that worked. They is dead.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:02 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 02, 2026 08:02 AM (XV/Pl)
🎼 ♭ 5/4 ♫♫ ♫♫ Good morning! ♬♬ ♩ ♪
Good advice. As always.
Fall has hit the local area. The massive rainfall is over, and my house was 50 ℉ this morning.
Hope you got some rain.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:03 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:01 AM (u82oZ)
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It can be delayed but never denied.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:04 AM (RIvkX)
Getting older (over 29) is starting to...
(BTW, filled up yesterday- another 20 cents cheaper)
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 08:04 AM (RsBOc)
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then DEI will guide the planets
And Socialism will steer the stars
[Chorus]
This is the dawning of the age of Enshitification!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 08:04 AM (wVcYX)
We all appreciate the work you do for us here.
And I hope you know you are loved.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 02, 2026 08:04 AM (FGA9/)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:04 AM (u82oZ)
I am always happy for anyone that gets needed rain.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 08:06 AM (10NPz)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 08:06 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Starved For Entertainment at October 02, 2026 08:06 AM (Fn+3X)
We need to get him to Mars with his baby mommas.
He is part of the Human Race's backup plan.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:06 AM (u82oZ)
Buddy had the "new style" back in June. He is thrilled with the results...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 08:07 AM (RsBOc)
Posted by: TxAnn
I hope it wasn't a noose!
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 08:07 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:07 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 07:29 AM (2noDb)
I had a partial knee replacement 3 years ago. Great success; I run on it to the tune of about 20 miles per week (though slower than I used to be)… the PT is the key. Only downside is: the bionic stuff is not as good as the original equipment (despite what Lee Majors said). Oh… make sure your surgeon uses the robotic assist equipment to do the alignment… it’s better than manual
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (M+uMR)
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if their plan was to spare Pike out of some girl-power sense of solidarity, they may have done more harm than good. She may have suffered brain damage during the execution attempt. They will have turned their heroine into a vegetable.
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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I think there will be much infighting among the next generation or two. They're a vocally combative bunch, some physically combative.
Me, and my ilk will be dead and gone when they assume real power.
*shrugs* The time to rectify all that is past.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: davidt at October 02, 2026 07:48 AM (Q+gd/)
I am of the opinion that, while convicted persons should be granted the opportunity to appeal, there should be a time limit on introducing new appeals. Spinning them out, one after the other, to prevent the state from carrying out your sentence, is bullshit.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)
We got hammered last night (N of Houston). Nearly half a foot nearby...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (RsBOc)
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To me, it's only a matter of time when this will happen. For the Communist Democrats, there's no going back to any semblance of normalcy. The flood will happen just as soon as they're able to make it happen. Way, way too many voters are resting on their laurels and unaware of the freight train heading straight for us when they get back in. This isn't your daddy's Democrat party. They mean to destroy what's left of America, and they will do it. It would've already been done were it not for Trump. I would love to believe every election doesn't come down to balancing a pin on a wire. But that's where they've taken us.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 08:09 AM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Hedchopi Murd Urderi at October 02, 2026 08:09 AM (mB8nr)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 08:10 AM (Oy/m2)
The best part is the collected taxes go in the general fund with no stipulations on spending.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 08:10 AM (MWfyi)
I can run swiftly and have extended my vertical leap, so that worked out.
Posted by: Col. Steve Austin at October 02, 2026 08:10 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: TxAnn
Ach so!
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 08:10 AM (Fv808)
And every single one of those people will be voting for a Democrat who holds the very same beliefs.
Remember that when you believe you have something better to do on Election Day
Posted by: Vengeance at October 02, 2026 08:10 AM (hcEyG)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:11 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Don Black "
They don't care about her. This outcome is actually better for them.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 08:12 AM (MWfyi)
Posted by: davidt
In Japan, the death sentence may be carried out at any time. The condemned has no idea what day it will happen. I like to think that focuses them on their crime, and the consequences.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (0U5gm)
Has anyone done the injections rather than replacement? If so, how was that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: runner at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (AKptf)
Thanks. Just looked at that on the ONT - post @ 374. I will pray.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (JrHfD)
Dystopian SF:
Fence off some land. Have an inner area of urban decay, also secured from escape.
Put the Death Row inmate in the inner area. The winning psychopathic people that paid money for the privilege can hunt her.
Sell on PPV.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)
State media: teen takeovers
State media: asylum seekers
State media: sleep, sleep, back to sleep.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:14 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: First Time Commenter at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (AKptf)
This is probably worthy of its own article, but one removes the Dispensational hermeneutic, when reviewing Judgement prophecies and fulfillment:
Amos, for example condemns Dishonest weights (rigged markets), exploitation of the poor, concentration of wealth; Isaiah goes after corrupt leadership, bribery, land consolidations;
Micah targets predatory elites, corrupt judges, leaders who profit from public office, clergy who tailor messages for money;
Hosea—idolatry;
Zephaniah hits on complacency.
Habakkuk focuses on ignored law, delayed justice, violence normalized, moral foundations that have rotted away.
Pretty normal stuff through history. The World is well inside that place, there are no longer any nations seeking God (maybe Nigeria and a few small African States)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (a6PrB)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:11 AM (77rzZ)
My work here is done!
Posted by: Count de Monet at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (wVcYX)
Sell on PPV.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (u82oZ)
How to Pay Off the National Debt in Three Easy Steps!
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (gLYp7)
One must do some rigorous rehab/ physical therapy to get the max benefit.
Posted by: Okjohn at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (6mepF)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (2noDb)
Has anyone done the injections rather than replacement? If so, how was that?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)
Injections are a delaying tactics and actually, worsen the prognosis for your eventual replacement if over-used.
If you've still got enough cartilage, they may work for a while. But if you live long enough you're still getting a new knee or suffer in pain.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 08:15 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at October 02, 2026 08:16 AM (2NHgQ)
Yesterday's interview went very well, I got a really good vibe from the hiring manager and it was very 'warm', hopefully the next phase on that one comes soon.
Today's interview with a different company is in just a few hours, so prayers mid-morning would be appreciated!
Now to get my morning started and skim the content
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 08:16 AM (aJQbY)
We all appreciate the work you do for us here.
And I hope you know you are loved.
Posted by: TecumsehTea at October 02, 2026 08:04 AM (FGA9/)
Thanks and to ALL of you!
103 Congratulations on the 10 years, JJ. Can you do it for another 10 years?
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 08:10 AM (Oy/m2)
Well, that or die trying!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 02, 2026 08:17 AM (x0n13)
James 4:17
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 08:18 AM (I2y5H)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at October 02, 2026 08:18 AM (aKh6S)
Posted by: Seymour Shyster, Attorney-At-Law at October 02, 2026 08:18 AM (Fn+3X)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at October 02, 2026 08:19 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: Dino58 at October 02, 2026 08:19 AM (eW9RX)
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The poem on the Statue of Liberty reads, "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free," not "give me your rapists and murderers yearning to rape, murder, and rule over us."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 08:19 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
It looks like someone did that west of Weatherford last month. About 75,000 acres burned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 08:19 AM (0U5gm)
I'll be replacing the knees in a few years, if I can make it that far.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 08:20 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:43 AM (u82oZ)
No one who wasn't mentally ill would hang around this place as long as he has.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:20 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
So far, I have had two rounds of hyaluronic acid injections (3 shots/round, spaced one week apart). The first round was good, the second not very effective.
Then I had a cortisone shot. Not really effective.
I go in for a consultation in November and surgical options may be discussed.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 08:21 AM (BpO1e)
As for the coffee question: Mayorga Cafe Cubano. Accept no substitutes.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 02, 2026 08:21 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at October 02, 2026 08:17 AM (x0n13)
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Our favorite Vietnamese restaurant closed yesterday. I would become unmoored without the MR.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 08:22 AM (jivel)
Today's interview with a different company is in just a few hours, so prayers mid-morning would be appreciated!
Now to get my morning started and skim the content
Posted by: RandomDave
For you, and anyone else in the job seeking pool, based on my experience a few years ago, companies are doing a lot of interviews before hiring now. I think I did five with my company before an offer came my way.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 08:23 AM (0U5gm)
But the interesting thing is that the judgements aren't crashed markets. About the only economic judgement comes from the secondary effects of the primary judgement: military and political collapse.
Science and global supply chains have done a lot to mitigate the environmental and agricultural devastation
The third is social and moral breakdown. As the West has completely wiped out its monoculture and replaced it with barbarianism and lawlessness. I'm leaning that the breakdown that we are seeing as actually justice rather than a precursor to justice.
What happens then is supply chain, starting with maritime, international trade, merchant wealth collapsing (ref Ezekiel) followed by famine, national destruction and foreign conquest (ref Amos) the other prophets were primarily directed at Israel/Judah as God was chastening them.
So once judgement begins, is there a way out?
No. Its replaced with something else (ref: Nebuchadnezzar's Colossus)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 08:23 AM (nAS9C)
You mean, after you defended making false rape allegations?
It is funny watching them rage as no one is falling for their "that girl was raped 7 times! bullshit.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 08:23 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:23 AM (mJVit)
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"Affordability" is Newspeak for poverty.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 08:23 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Mister Scott
Out of the frying pan,
Onto the griddle,
The carbs and Maple Syrup,
Go straight to my middle.
Posted by: Calorically Blessed at October 02, 2026 08:24 AM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
That's a shame. Sounds like you got Pho-cked over.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:25 AM (nESHF)
Pro Tip: If the interviewer cusses during the interview—you got the job. It means that they are totally comfortable with you to drop the public face.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 08:25 AM (nAS9C)
Today's interview with a different company is in just a few hours, so prayers mid-morning would be appreciated!
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Done and done.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:25 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: JROD at October 02, 2026 08:26 AM (qO/aX)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:27 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Fellow Brooklyn Expatriot at October 02, 2026 08:27 AM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:25 AM (nESHF)
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Boy F. is distraught. He grew up there. We will be hearing about it all day today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:28 AM (rOKnE)
May His mercy, kindness, strength, steadfastness and blessings be upon all here who seek Him.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 08:28 AM (I2y5H)
Posted by: Fellow Brooklyn Expatriot at October 02, 2026 08:27 AM (Fn+3X)
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Yeah what he said. Fugehdabouddit.
Posted by: All Us Goombahs at October 02, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:29 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:29 AM (rOKnE)
Barnicle? The douchecanoe plagiarist from The Boston Globe? Yeah. Perfect MSNSDAP contributor.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 08:29 AM (/C5Rl)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM (2noDb)
"How DARE they ask about salary?!"
"The successful candidate did free labor for us after the interview!"
"Stop leaning into the camera! You look desperate!"
It sounds like the women demanding the three sixes and getting angry that the ones who meet their standards aren't falling over themselves to get hired.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: ...
Yes.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM (sl73Y)
https://tinyurl.com/mryypvne
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 08:31 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 08:31 AM (jivel)
I dunno, JJ, after watching the crazy female response to the Clancy trial, I would not be surprised if all female team botched on behalf of the Sisterhood or 'actually, she's totes innocent!!' reasons.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:31 AM (rOKnE)
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Jr. Black is trying to look for new employment with better pay than he's currently getting in the accounting/auditing field he's in. He went for an interview in the Atlanta area a couple weeks ago. Of the two women who interviewed him, one was overweight with tattoos all up and down her arms with nose piercings, and the other had her laptop out with lesbian and gay pride stickers all over it. He also saw someone in the office that looked like they were wearing lounge pants.
He's a straight white guy. He went there in a suit and tie. He never got called back. It's probably a good thing. He said the place looked very woke. He definitely wouldn't fit in. He's frustrated, because other than going through a recruiter to find positions in his field, trying to do it on your own is hard. Hard to know what's out there.
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 08:32 AM (qBdHI)
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Because they're batshit crazy? Rabid batshit crazy?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 08:33 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM
Enjoy. The scenery should be beautiful about now.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 02, 2026 08:34 AM (/C5Rl)
Oh, that will be lovely! I miss fall in New England.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:34 AM (rOKnE)
What do I mean by that last point? You must have the will and the capacity to consistently and with vigor do the rehab. Not only that but continue to do recommended exercises until God calls you home.
I was the taskmaster for someone who had a knee replacement. The rehab person was excellent and skilled in that recovery. I made sure the patient did whatever was recommended up to whatever the end of the safely achieved end of the envelope was. The success of that surgery depends on your willingness to not only do that rehab, but to wisely achieve the upper end of that goal.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 08:36 AM (I2y5H)
Posted by: Where Is Our Modern Jack Ruby? at October 02, 2026 08:36 AM (Fn+3X)
It looks bad. . .
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:36 AM (rOKnE)
Oh, that will be lovely! I miss fall in New England.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:34 AM (rOKnE)
I miss falling in New England.
Posted by: Joe Biden at October 02, 2026 08:37 AM (YSUhf)
Or, what is the general M/F breakdown of a cult?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 08:37 AM (3cUTc)
You are in my daily prayers!
Posted by: redridinghood at October 02, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Happy at October 02, 2026 08:38 AM (Q/Xg6)
*patiently waiting for Andy Ngo's book to arrive
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:38 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)
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Once upon a time there was the VNN and then there was a ... person named Gabriel Malor.
Posted by: All Us Goombahs at October 02, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 02, 2026 08:39 AM (jivel)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 08:36 AM (I2y5H)
This is correct. I did the rehab with gusto and I still do the PT exercises to this day
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 08:39 AM (M+uMR)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 08:39 AM (xbtFj)
I, a female survivor of Hamas’ brutal terror, came to share my story at the campus’ Chabad student center.
On an auditorium stage half a mile away stood Piker, who once said about the day I was shot and taken: “It doesn’t matter if rapes f–king happened on Oct. 7, like that doesn’t change the dynamic for me even this much.”
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We tried the outreach stuff for a long time on these campuses. I even did a bit of that bullshit myself twenty years ago, before it was a big money industry online.
None of it ever worked. Even a little. The more we reasoned with the Monster Babies, the more they were emboldened, because it projects weakness. They have no interest in talking.
Now, they assassinated one of our incessant yammerers, and celebrate it as a feast day for Monster Babies, and our answer is more yammering away at them. Because, you see, when maiming, murder, menacing and mayhem are met with yammering, it shows the yammerers are right, and possess the moral high ground.
As if right matters without might. It doesn't.
Any speech against the Left needs to be accompanied by a mass of angry, armed young men as a show of force. That, they understand.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (ZDE5b)
Posted by: Marcus T
Are you for hire? I know I'll need a taskmaster if I have to get a knee replaced.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (nESHF)
Here I am video interviewing, most times, in a dress shirt and jeans (not that they can see anything but my head and the shirt).
Almost universally, I am greeted with folks who are dressed *down* from that.
Has the culture changed that much since Covid, even as they force jobs that are easily done remotely back into the office? I'll never feel completely 'at work' unless I'm at least a little 'dressed for work', personally.
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: All Us Goombahs at October 02, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
That was a long time ago.
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)
Is this a fairly recent thing-women demanding three sixes, ? because I never heard it or used when dating ( and my husband never met any of those criteria when we're were dating) and the only thing that comes to mind when I read 666 is the mark of the beast from the Bible, and I certainly wouldn't want to date him either .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (JrHfD)
I am of the opinion that, while convicted persons should be granted the opportunity to appeal, there should be a time limit on introducing new appeals. Spinning them out, one after the other, to prevent the state from carrying out your sentence, is bullshit.
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That's where I agree with the "abolish prisons" crowd.
All felons must be executed within a month of their conviction.
See? no more prisons.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 08:41 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 02, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)
It's a compelling argument. Might also just be evidence for my theory that too few executions increase the likelihood of failure when one is attempted. Maybe we need to take a page from the Roman Empire where executioners faced the same fate as the condemned should they fail in the one job they have..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at October 02, 2026 08:41 AM (08OqX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:41 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
It looks like someone did that west of Weatherford last month. About 75,000 acres burned.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
A lot of people don't realize it, but a lot of roadside grass fires are from either safety chains dragging or tie down chains dragging and throwing sparks.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 08:41 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 08:41 AM (2noDb)
Posted by: JROD at October 02, 2026 08:42 AM (qO/aX)
On it!
Anyone up for some pumpkin spice, lol?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:42 AM (rOKnE)
Remember when Vic stopped the VNN because JJ was already picking up all his links?
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 08:43 AM (NcvvS)
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If this fearmongering works to get conservatives to vote, I agree.
But we should be mindful that DHS is fully funded through 2028 and not one Congressional investigation is going to stop Trump from keeping the border closed.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 08:43 AM (3cUTc)
I LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
HE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
SHE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
YOU LIKE TO, MOVE IT!
WE LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
YOU LIKE TO MOVE IT MOVE IT
Posted by: King Julien at October 02, 2026 08:43 AM (wVcYX)
As far as I can tell, it started a few years back but I like that your mind went to the Biblical reference.
Basically, a lot of women who are average looking can get attention from the guys who are extremely attractive so they think that they can demand that as a constant standard. But on the bright side, I did listen to an interview with one young lady who said her husband only made 30K but he took care of her and that's all that mattered to her.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 08:44 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:44 AM (rOKnE)
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SPOILER ALERT! The money will not be used to support health care and other essential services.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 08:44 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:45 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:45 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: All Us Goombahs at October 02, 2026 08:39 AM (RIvkX)
That was a long time ago.
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (Oy/m2)
. . . in a blog far, far away
Posted by: Scrolling Intro at October 02, 2026 08:46 AM (wVcYX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:40 AM (JrHfD)
Eh, it's a newish thing.
Gals should only be interested in guys who:
1) have a 6 figure income
2) are at least 6 feet tall
3) have a penis 6 inches or longer
The question they never ask themselves is "what do they bring to the table?"
Waffle House 5s better get working on their personality. Just sayin'.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 08:46 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:45 AM (rOKnE)
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My instant presumption as well.
Someone posted a report the IV was not inserted properly.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:47 AM (RIvkX)
It's a social media thing. Some woman on TT said that was her requirement and suddenly every woman had to have it.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)
The most depressing poll this morning was the latest Talafreako poll that has him up by 7.
I find myself worried that I'm living in some kind of bubble.
Please Texans don't do this to us!
Posted by: redridinghood at October 02, 2026 08:48 AM (NpAcC)
If only her victim could have felt this swell of Girl Powah.
Party of Women!!!
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:48 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
There is an HBO series from years ago about a Soviet serial killer who when finally caught goes to court. As soon as the guilty verdict is recorded he's marched directly to a room and shot. That's some good justice.
Also, that video that Pixy posted is a real earworm. I wonder what language that is? Greek maybe?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 08:48 AM (l26NL)
I approach a person:
Him "Breasts or thighs?"
Me "Personality."
Him "Sir, this is Kentucky Fried Chicken."
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:48 AM (u82oZ)
As an incentive to getting a new knee...
once they replaced my right knee.
all of my back issues disappeared!
You may find benefits that you hadn't even expected.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 08:49 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 02, 2026 08:49 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:49 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 02, 2026 08:50 AM (SgdqL)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)
Dunno.
That's what I was told.
But, there could be variations on that theme.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 08:50 AM (YSUhf)
Unless I knew they were kidding. I think I might jettison friends ( if they continued to say really shallow stuff ) like that . I mean none my friends is whatever the masculine equivalent for women is . Some are taller than others . Some are more attractive then others and some have been quite successful in their lines of work. Mostly they're just funny, nice people and we generally share the same faith.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:50 AM (JrHfD)
The drive of course is having them.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:51 AM (mJVit)
RIP Mary-Louise Weller, 80, best known for playing "Mandy Pepperidge" in National Lampoon's Animal House. (Sept. 1, 1946 - Oct. 1, 2026)
Passed at 80 after a brief illness. According to a family statement made on her Facebook page & reported by ExtraTV.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 08:51 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:51 AM (mJVit)
The drive of course is having them.
Posted by: ...
Sam's sells a dozen for around $6.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 08:51 AM (xbtFj)
A: Until I never have to press "1" for English again.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 02, 2026 08:52 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: dantesed at October 02, 2026 08:52 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 08:52 AM (l26NL)
People forget that surgery is only the beginning. The most important part is the rehab. I’ve known a lot of people with bad injuries. The key to success has always been the recovery and rehab.
Will you always be 100% like you were before the injury? No, but that’s not the goal. The goal is to be better than you were after the injury, in a matter of degrees. By degrees I mean make sure your goal doesn’t push the boundaries and re injure the wound. That’s hard for some people who spend their lives pushing those boundaries. But it is solid wisdom.
Have a plan. Set reasonable goals. Stick to the plan. Adjust with the advice of a good rehab person. Develop a relationship with someone who will keep you on track. YMMV
Posted by: Marcus T at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (I2y5H)
1% of men being chased. Sad, really.
Look like the pain of failure in dating is not leading to realistic self-appraisals and different standards.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:45 AM (rOKnE)
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"That boy is a p-i-g, PIG!"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)
Plus other recurring nics - Mary Cloggenstein, BEN, etc.
Like a masquerade party!!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 08:51 AM (xbtFj)
LOL thanks. No, these are like ones you'd get in France.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (mJVit)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (77rzZ)
Because they see themselves as The Table.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (/TiS1)
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at October 02, 2026 08:49 AM (SgdqL)
The latest is asking for a six figure income... per month.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)
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Yeah. About that poll...
Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (2Ez/1)
As for the all woman team, it's also been reported that the same doctor oversaw this event as Tennessee's last execution, which was also botched. Maybe the drugs were bad, maybe it was deliberate, who knows.
Seems like they could use some of that fentanyl we keep seizing to get the job done.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)
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Why screw around with a vein in the arm when there are big ones in the neck? It's not like the bitch has to be concerned with a scar or anything . . .
Bring back:
Old Sparky
Firing Squad
Gallows
Give the condemned a choice and then carry out sentence.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (JNTt1)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:49 AM (mJVit)
The Dodge Six Pack was a high-performance engine option introduced in mid-1969, featuring a 440-cubic-inch V8 topped with three Holley two-barrel carburetors. The "Six Pack" name referred to the six carburetor barrels rather than the cylinder count, producing a factory-rated 390 horsepower and 490 lb-ft of torque.
Posted by: Dodge Super Bee at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)
I expect that women here were not wedded to that idea.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 08:54 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 02, 2026 08:55 AM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 02, 2026 08:56 AM (6jna9)
Once women realize they were never the center of everything and they were merely used to break down society it will be a shame. Then again many will never even know what happened.
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:56 AM (mJVit)
That is a very small number to pursue. Elon is going to be even busier.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 08:56 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Waffle House Fives at October 02, 2026 08:56 AM (J4Dwc)
Posted by: Please make a note of it at October 02, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)
Kaitlan Collins
@kaitlancollins
TIME: How can the president of peace be calling for the annihilation of an entire people?
Trump: "Because by annihilating Iran, we've created peace in the world. With Iran, I don't think you could ever have peace."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 08:57 AM (ndZc7)
I think "Press one for English" has been around for a couple of decades , right?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 08:58 AM (JrHfD)
Look like the pain of failure in dating is not leading to realistic self-appraisals and different standards.
- - -
Yeah, it really is bizarre and sad.
Maybe online dating apps has given them the idea that they can shop for a mate in the same way they would shop for a car or a new handbag?
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:58 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie?
Correction: It will be used to hire administrators only.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 08:58 AM (BpO1e)
Thank you JJ Sefton for 10 great years helming the Morning Report and writing great editorials!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 02, 2026 08:59 AM (qPiHX)
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 08:59 AM (77rzZ)
How can she lose with the stuff she use?
36-24-36, ow, what a winning hand!
'Cause she's a brick house
She's mighty mighty, a-just letting it all hang out
Posted by: Commodores at October 02, 2026 08:59 AM (wVcYX)
Vile creature.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 02, 2026 08:59 AM (SRRAx)
Like a masquerade party!!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 08:53 AM (rOKnE)
The inside jokes could become deeper and deeper cuts, so it becomes like the Met Gala. Like for example I would post as Charlie Gibson's Puffy Scamper Gets Shirts
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 08:59 AM (mJVit)
One party works feverishly to destroy America. The other party is IRAN.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 09:00 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 09:01 AM (RIvkX)
I tell the widows I walk with that I do so because they recognize the signs of a stroke and can call 9-1-1.
They are all older than me. Still walking, not stalking.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:01 AM (u82oZ)
TIME: How can the president of peace be calling for the annihilation of an entire people?
I guess someone has been asleep for all those decades when Iran was chanting "Death to America," promising to "wipe Israel off the map," and bankrolling ME jihadis killing American troops (and other terrorist mahem), eh?
Do journalists think history started yesterday or something? Do better.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:01 AM (rOKnE)
Michigan removes more than 20,000 sex offenders from registry, including the infamous Larry Nassar
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 09:01 AM (ndZc7)
I suspect that differs for the younger crowd. Given that in every group of women there's at least one videoing everything for the opportunity to upload an awkward attempt at meeting to the internet complete with commentary about how you're a loser and should be in jail, most young guys have opted out of the hunt.
If women want a guy, they're gonna need to start making the first move. Or go to a frat house and rack up a double digit body count in a single day.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)
sigh Ladies, that's called "Arranged Marriage."
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 09:02 AM (BpO1e)
Because they see themselves as The Table.
Posted by: Community Notes
That's code for "I don't know how to treat a man".
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:03 AM (xbtFj)
LOL
"I did not know that!"
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:03 AM (rOKnE)
That's where a wingman comes in to move ahead and slap the phones out of their hands.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 09:04 AM (BpO1e)
Heh, practical!
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:04 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
Yep. They get to drop $200 at a steakhouse for a first date only to get ghosted after.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:05 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:05 AM (ZxPkt)
Because they see themselves as The Table.
Posted by: Community Notes
That's code for "I don't know how to treat a man".
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:03 AM (xbtFj)
Every time I heard that, I laugh. Either outwardly or inwardly, it's depend on whether or not I'm being polite.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 09:05 AM (YSUhf)
That says >confidence< in the outcome.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 09:06 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 09:06 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: ... at October 02, 2026 09:07 AM (mJVit)
It'll end just like the other movie did. Neither side will be content, nor happy unless the other side is miserable. There's a fine line in there where happiness rules, but some people just refuse to live there.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 09:08 AM (RORbl)
Posted by: Billythesquid at October 02, 2026 09:08 AM (prLq9)
she's gotta be 5'10" or better
C cup or better
can make any pie
I kid of course
she just has to show up
Posted by: Don Black at October 02, 2026 09:08 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:05 AM (xbtFj)
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My first date with Mrs. F. was at a Vietnamese noodle shop across the street from the tourist trap hotel in the Tenderloin where she worked front desk
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 09:08 AM (RIvkX)
British PM Confirms “Strong Indication” Iran Involved in Thwarted Terror Plot
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 09:09 AM (ndZc7)
And, thank you for the daily posts.
God bless you a long and healthy life!
Posted by: Saxon at October 02, 2026 09:10 AM (AHXe+)
Posted by: JROD at October 02, 2026 09:10 AM (qO/aX)
C cup or better
can make any pie
I kid of course
she just has to show up
Posted by: Don Black"
She was a fine girl
She could get down wit de get down
All de way down
She do yer laundry
She change a tire
Chop a little wood for de fire
Poke it around...if it died down
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to a Zappa song at October 02, 2026 09:11 AM (MWfyi)
My in an ideal world is different.
Retrospective analysis grades them on correct judgement or completeness of a report. People like judges, doctors, politicians or reporters move up or down in status based on outcomes of that assessment.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)
That might be the perception in TikTok Land, but in The Real World, that phenomena isn't empirically backed up.
The TikTok set is a vanity/clicks/engagement monetization and self-affirming economy. Fortunately those numbers are pretty low.
The 6³ Women are focused purely on what they get out of the relationship and often they find guys who want reciprocation. Those relationship are doomed from the beginning because it has nothing to do with The Big Picture. The 6³ women filter themselves out of the gene pool. Men and women who love God more than their partners will do better, since the Partner is not responsible for the other's satisfaction out of the relationship.
The Big Picture used to include extending the blood line. In modern socialist societies, people expect other people to supply the care that offspring were expected to bring when the adults aged out of the work pool. When people don't see children as an heritage, or their relationships are about one Getting Something Out Of It, then dysfunction is baked in.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 09:11 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:05 AM (xbtFj)
There are a number of women who've been very open about the fact that they only match with a guy to get a free dinner. He ain't getting sex, he ain't getting a second date, and she's already determined that before she agrees to meet up.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)
**********
I've been waiting for the rest of this story to come out, fully expecting for it to be revealed that it was intentionally sabotaged by someone on the injection team. Odds of that just soared.
We've gone from jury nullification to death penalty nullification in two short weeks.
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:12 AM (I0N4X)
C cup or better
can make any pie
I kid of course
she just has to show up
Posted by: Don Black
There's a guy on Facebook who does the random person on the street type interview.
He asks females how tall the guy has to be. They all say 6 feet tall. He then proceeds to place a scale on the ground and asks them to step on.
It's hilarious. Most stomp off like Godzirra in a huff.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:12 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 02, 2026 09:13 AM (0U5gm)
And it was entirely legitimate, late arriving, mail-in, ballots which pushed the tax increase over the top.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:13 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
And guys are onto that. That's why a lot of men are setting up coffee dates as a first date.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:13 AM (xbtFj)
Isn't there a super tanker on fire right now?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 09:15 AM (nCgQz)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:16 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at October 02, 2026 09:16 AM (j8E+e)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 02, 2026 09:16 AM (wxsGM)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
I'd rather be in jail than in love.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at October 02, 2026 09:17 AM (l26NL)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:17 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: For Equity at October 02, 2026 09:18 AM (Fn+3X)
Sen Rand Paul: Our Budget Deficit Is Out of Control. Congress Must Pass My Six Penny Plan
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 09:19 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 09:19 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 02, 2026 09:20 AM (wxsGM)
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:20 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: rickb223
And then the women complain about how stingy men have become. Consequences are something they don't quite grasp.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 09:20 AM (BpO1e)
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I believe Tennessee uses pentobarbital, which is very effective,...if given in the right dose, into a vein, at the right speed. Without being diluted. Or not given at all. Or not surreptitiously swapped for normal saline.
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:21 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
My brother divorced 5 years ago. He said it's a raging dumpster fire. He probably won't get remarried.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:21 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: JROD at October 02, 2026 09:22 AM (qO/aX)
Posted by: NR Pax
And then they claim that there is a male loneliness epidemic. LOL.
Nah. They've just realized that their peace is worth more than the drama.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:22 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: I'll ask at October 02, 2026 09:22 AM (2Ez/1)
We've gone from jury nullification to death penalty nullification in two short weeks.
Posted by: muldoon
___________
I don't get how this could work. How can they attack the process for the death penalty without also exposing that used for assisted suicide, which they 100% support?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 09:23 AM (JzUSu)
We have enough enemies of the US of A, like Islam, Leftists, Dems, drug-pushers, abortion clinics, to not add the entire opposite sex to our enemies list.
We need more friendship, love and forgiveness between men and women.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:23 AM (u82oZ)
CA Tech CEO Busted by Feds for Allegedly Hiding $300M Chinese Secret
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 09:24 AM (ndZc7)
Four of those categories you listed are majority women or supported by women.
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:24 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:23 AM
+++
Sitting right here, boss!
Posted by: The Texas MoMe at October 02, 2026 09:25 AM (2Ez/1)
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I believe Tennessee uses pentobarbital, which is very effective,...if given in the right dose, into a vein, at the right speed. Without being diluted. Or not given at all. Or not surreptitiously swapped for normal saline.
Posted by: muldoon
Pb. Solid slug. 12 gauge. 6 inches from back of head.
Extremely effective.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:25 AM (xbtFj)
Posted by: jaimo at October 02, 2026 08:30 AM (2noDb)
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I first read that as healthy and virile; so that too. Vertical = virile in some senses.
Posted by: Bonecrusher at October 02, 2026 09:25 AM (JNTt1)
May you have crepuscular rays from a cloud-dappled sky illuminating healthy fields of sorghum.
Thank you, again, J.J.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 09:26 AM (u82oZ)
Giving too much doesn't reduce its effectiveness to kill does it?
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:26 AM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Yes. Rules are rules, though!
No tickee-No shirtee!
Posted by: Mon Lee Hand Laundry at October 02, 2026 09:27 AM (Fn+3X)
Extremely effective.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:25 AM (xbtFj)
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Make the next guy scheduled to be executed clean up the mess. It'll give him something to think about.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 02, 2026 09:27 AM (FZ29D)
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Neither AOC nor Kamala were invited.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 02, 2026 09:27 AM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NaCly Dog
For all of my life, I have generally preferred to be around women than around men. Maybe that's because I had four older brothers, so I could usually be around guys as much as I wanted. But I only had one sister, so time spent with her was more precious.
Posted by: Bulg at October 02, 2026 09:27 AM (77rzZ)
For as long as there is universal suffrage, there will never be any serious attempt to control the budget deficit.
While many people think it will take economic collapse, biblical history shows us that the vast majority of the time its military/political collapse, followed by societal collapse.
IOW, the deficits are not the controlling feature here. its the gynokritocracy, the lack of political will to do make any corrections (though Trump is clearly the exception), the destruction of the monoculture and abandonment of Rule of Law and the desire to materially protect society.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 09:28 AM (rgGn5)
"Guns are not going to save us."
Distilled: the level of violence necessary to "restore" the conservative desires will never be acceptable.
So it's just a way for those who don't want to do any of the long slog work to pretend they're still hardcore.
https://x.com/LPNH/status/2105664711173816808?s=20
Either start shooting or start working (and voting).
But stop talking.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 09:29 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 02, 2026 09:29 AM (nESHF)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 02, 2026 09:28 AM (rgGn5)
I assume that was supposed to be maternally.
Posted by: polynikes at October 02, 2026 09:30 AM (KC5Lt)
I think it has more to do with half the population not paying income tax.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 02, 2026 09:31 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:31 AM (rOKnE)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
**********
I think it's more about the power to pick and choose who gets the injection. The Clancy jurors were not going to find her guilty from the outset. I can easily see the same mindset at work here.
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:31 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: Gref at October 02, 2026 09:32 AM (5rh/l)
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The only constituency that exists to cut spending, votes for Trump.
And the Democrats, GOPe and NeverTrump rallied every resource they had--even burning the facade of neutrality of the courts--to stop Trump and DOGE.
These are the same people now telling Trump voters not to vote in the midterms because Trump and Republicans haven't done enough.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 02, 2026 09:34 AM (3cUTc)
Posted by: polynikes
**********
Not a bit.
The rate of infusion matters.
Posted by: muldoon at October 02, 2026 09:34 AM (I0N4X)
Posted by: muldoon
______
Yeah, but the attack on this has to be along the lines of "look how barbaric it is!"
How does that not also apply to assisted suicide?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 02, 2026 09:34 AM (JzUSu)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 09:36 AM (NcvvS)
October 7th now has as much an effect on me as September 11th has. The pictures, names, stories of despair and bravery. The will to keep going in the worse possible conditions, to fight back. An emotional rollercoaster, pure grief, and yet I'm a distant outsider who can't imagine the lives of survivors and their families and how they can speak with love and grace.
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Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 09:36 AM (NFX2v)
Yeah, that one juror saying that they saw this as a moment to make a larger statement/help women was shocking. Hard not to wonder if this execution team saw that as their role as well.
Posted by: Lizzy at October 02, 2026 09:36 AM (rOKnE)
It's gone. It's been gone but I found something interesting about it's demise. The Varick Street Detention Facility was officially closed as a long-term overnight immigration prison on February 26, 2010. Even after rebuilt, it entirely lacked an outdoor recreational area which caused it to completely fail the national detention standards implemented in 2000.
Guess who wrote the standards? The DOJ and they went into effect under President Bill Clinton. Sort of interesting, yes?
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SFGATE, Wife of slain NY Times exec allegedly 'deeply disturbing' book given to children, published Oct 1, 2026
In part, "During the course of their relationship, McKinsy underwent a gender transition. They married, had children and eventually asked a court to protect them from each other."
Didn't see that coming.
Good weekend. 🤗
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 02, 2026 09:36 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: rickb223 at October 02, 2026 09:36 AM (xbtFj)
"European elites flung open the gates, preached that borders were bigotry and compassion was infinite, while ordinary Europeans were left to burn in the streets their ancestors..."
Posted by: SMOD at October 02, 2026 09:45 AM (RHGPo)
"Discipline them physically by lightly hitting them to show them who is in charge..."
Posted by: SMOD at October 02, 2026 09:48 AM (RHGPo)
Thanks for all you do JJ. You are a blessing.
Posted by: Florida Peasant at October 02, 2026 09:54 AM (Lo97M)
Posted by: CoolHandLuke at October 02, 2026 10:20 AM (RZlrj)
Posted by: UncleJefe at October 02, 2026 11:25 AM (DzC+b)
Posted by: sewer_urchin at October 02, 2026 12:14 PM (Aunxi)
Don't do it!!!!
Seven knee surgeries starting with torn meniscus eventually leading to a total knee replacement which lead to additional.ligament tension ing then followed by two what are euphemistically called revisions, which are really total knee replacements then many instances of drawing fluid off of a knee that looked like a softball then surgery to remove scar tissue.
Now in pain every day.
A friend in in rehab with both knee replacements.
Don't do it.
I wish I had never had the initial surgery for the torn meniscus.
Posted by: waepnedmann at October 02, 2026 12:24 PM (80p0p)
The crowd was pretty pasty white and unathletic for such a band of revolutionaries.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 02, 2026 01:51 PM (uhVAy)
Daily Tech News 2 October 2026
Top Story
- Xbox is not for sale, says Xbox. (Windows Central)
Unless you have a lot of money.
Like... Any at all.
Tech News
- Pi 1.0 is here. (Earendil)
It's a thing. That people use. Apparently.
What it does is not mentioned.
- Micron says that memory is going to get even more expensive over the next two years. (Tom's Hardware)
Even though because the company is booking an 86% gross margin it is in no hurry at all to see prices go back to normal.
- Anthropic and OpenAI keep saying their products will kill all life in the galaxy. The FTC decided to take a look at that. (CNBC)
Either they're lying, which is bad, or they're not lying, which is worse.
Musical Interlude
Disclaimer: Hey ho, my mare is grey.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
TGIF
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)
Yeah, when I'm dealing with circles...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:33 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:33 AM (Ia/+0)
And the other companies are probably doing the same thing...just can't prove (yet) that it's an oligarchy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)
Evening and morning, late toilers and early risers. 'Tis Friday, the consummation devoutly to be wished!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:35 AM (wzUl9)
But whadda I know, I'm just a son of a Western Canadian lady who referred to a Phillips screwdriver as a "French" screwdriver.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:37 AM (odBC9)
Skip, have a donut on the way to work for me.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:40 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at October 02, 2026 04:40 AM (P3X50)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)
I already pronounce them like that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:40 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Pixy Misa
I'm sorry to have to tell you this, son ... but if she's old, she ain't what she used to be ...
Posted by: Adriane the Logical Progresion of Things Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 04:42 AM (3ZUWJ)
Anthropic and OpenAI keep saying their products will kill all life in the galaxy. The FTC decided to take a look at that. (CNBC)
Either they're lying, which is bad, or they're not lying, which is worse.
This is why people are balking at those data centers popping up in there backyards. Well one of them. IMO, it's a big reason. These idiots are self sabotaging there own product. People hear them, believe them, and act accordingly, with pitch forks and iron pipes.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 02, 2026 04:42 AM (EweRc)
Either they're lying, which is bad, or they're not lying, which is worse.
Or their comments fall under another category altogether, such as Blathering.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)
I already pronounce them like that...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026
***
To me people like William Shatner and Michael J. Fox have "standard" speech. I grew up among Noo Awlins "Yats," people who talked like Brooklyn cab drivers in Forties movies, and adopted it as a second language, so to speak; a "dialect" of English. But my drama and radio background cemented my early speech training. (The "Yat" dialect is fading, though you can hear it in the suburbs to a degree.)
I have never yet met anybody, in real life or on the 'Net, Canadian or not, who referred to a Phillips as a "French" screwdriver. My mother's father was Swedish and her mother from an area that is now Ukraine, so maybe the term originated in those countries? No idea.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:45 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:47 AM (Ia/+0)
And the other companies are probably doing the same thing...just can't prove (yet) that it's an oligarchy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)
7 oligopoly, not oligarchy...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)
As a board game, not as much fun as Monopoly.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:49 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2026 04:49 AM (V0/Sp)
We'll have some coffee and maybe a croissant on the way there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:49 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)
They literally want to a regulator, but for the purpose of capturing it and making it force them to reduce their capex, so their IPOs would pop. I don't think that the FTC was what they had in mind.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 04:51 AM (ke3zm)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026
*
As a board game, not as much fun as Monopoly.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026
***
Whenever I see an "olig-" word, I think of the "few bristles" worms, "oligochaetes," we read about in high school biology -- earthworms and others like it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:53 AM (wzUl9)
( I posted this in the ONT by mistake. What is an x box ? A computer game? . I have never played on of those.)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:53 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:45 AM (wzUl9)
Ngram agrees with you:
https://tinyurl.com/3yr7fy8m
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:54 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2026 04:54 AM (V0/Sp)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:57 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:42 AM (odBC9)
They literally want to a regulator, but for the purpose of capturing it and making it force them to reduce their capex, so their IPOs would pop. I don't think that the FTC was what they had in mind.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 04:51 AM (ke3zm)
Morning, SciVo. This comment is all Greek to me; may I ask you to dumb it down a bit? Also, I'll fetch covfefe.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:57 AM (odBC9)
Despite its big (by today's standards) engine, the Buick does not require or even recommend premium; the manual has zero mention of premium fuels.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:58 AM (wzUl9)
https://tinyurl.com/3yr7fy8m
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026
***
Are those like the human memory engrams Dr. Daystrom impressed into the M5?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:00 AM (wzUl9)
Come to Kalifornia for its $6+/gal gasoline!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 05:00 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 05:01 AM (nHXB4)
n-gram
Not to be confused with word n-gram language model or Engram.
An n-gram is a sequence of n adjacent symbols in a particular order.
The symbols may be n adjacent letters (including punctuation marks and blanks), syllables, or rarely whole words found in a language dataset; or adjacent phonemes extracted from a speech-recording dataset, or adjacent base pairs extracted from a genome.
They are collected from a text corpus or speech corpus.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:02 AM (odBC9)
And wouldn't you know it: On the way home after filling up, I saw an Exxon-branded convenience store with $3.59. Oh, well.
Is there some reason why Exxon seems to be pulling out of this market? There are still Exxon stations, but a number of convenience stores have recently stopped taking Exxon cards. Is it that Exxon charges something for a franchise operator to use their fuel and their name, and the chains are economizing? Or is Exxon abandoning this market?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:03 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 05:03 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026
***
I thought it was too high even in 2014 when I visited Culver City and drove up to Malibu.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:04 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip
Russians. I don't think we can admire that they are a terrific acapella group anymore because Putin. Or something like that. If you suddenly feel the urge to dive under the furniture, you're not alone.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at October 02, 2026 05:07 AM (VyD10)
Posted by: olddog in mo at October 02, 2026 05:08 AM (Hbeqj)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:09 AM (wzUl9)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at October 02, 2026 05:09 AM (AMvSw)
Iran has shipped no oil since the end of August
15 empty Iranian tanker are stuck off the coast of Sri Lanka , running out of fuel, food and fresh water. Countries have been warned against offering them any aid.
Bessant has sanctioned the auto and rail industries in Iran.
The IRGC is arming women in chadors and children.
The FM of Iran was deported by Marco Rubio. Aragchi's sister was found dead. Hmmmmm?
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 05:10 AM (10NPz)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 02, 2026 05:11 AM (nHXB4)
Will it work? Who the eff knows, I'm sleepy but not falling asleep....
Been working on a personal code project with lots of AI help. It's going well, but I better understand both the allure and the trap of vibe coding. The initial code worked for a specific situation, needed to be tuned, got the tuning done and decided it needed to be refactored, and now the free version of the AI keeps losing context after minutes, so it's a real struggle to refactor into proper classes, methods, instances, etc for modularity and maintainability. (maybe once I have a job I can subscribe to one of the code-AIs and make an actual persistent session with project files).
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 05:11 AM (aJQbY)
They want money. They're getting paid, but they want Elon Musk money. For that, they need take their company public in an Initial Public Offering (IPO), so it has tradeable stock that it can give them to sell.
However, in order to keep up with the LLM Joneses, they are setting a lot of cash on fire per year (burn rate) in constant capital expenditures (capex), since their industry doesn't build such durable infrastructure as a railroad. They're constantly having to improve their models, and the data centers are full of solid-state memory (faster than traditional hard drives) that wears hard with all the read/write cycles.
If they can convince the Feds to put a regulator over them, then they are sufficiently wealthy and well-connected to make sure that it will be staffed as an amenable authority, that will order them to do what they wish they could: stop spending so much.
The pretext for the order would be to save the world from being destroyed by the uncontrollable power of their tech. The actual purpose and result would be to stanch the capex burn rate, so they get rich as Croseus on the IPO.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:12 AM (ke3zm)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:12 AM (wzUl9)
They are scum.
Their product is scum.
Their intentions are scum.
Shoot them and they will behave.
Gonna be beautiful beach day today.
Posted by: Accomack at October 02, 2026 05:14 AM (/Chlc)
The same thing happened when they introduced indentation for paragraphs. I've always felt I missed some big important secret to life that day too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:16 AM (wzUl9)
A third carrier, the USS Franklin Roosevelt is on it's way to the Middle East'"
Howdy young lady!
Actually she is the USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN (CVN-71)
I retired on her in 2010, and our son just deployed on her on Sunday for 8+ months.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2026 05:17 AM (iMotb)
However, in order to keep up with the LLM Joneses, they are setting a lot of cash on fire per year (burn rate) in constant capital expenditures (capex), since their industry doesn't build such durable infrastructure as a railroad. They're constantly having to improve their models, and the data centers are full of solid-state memory (faster than traditional hard drives) that wears hard with all the read/write cycles.
If they can convince the Feds to put a regulator over them, then they are sufficiently wealthy and well-connected to make sure that it will be staffed as an amenable authority, that will order them to do what they wish they could: stop spending so much.
The pretext for the order would be to save the world from being destroyed by the uncontrollable power of their tech. The actual purpose and result would be to stanch the capex burn rate, so they get rich as Croseus on the IPO.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:12 AM (ke3zm)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:17 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:18 AM (wzUl9)
Have a great day horde
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:18 AM (Ia/+0)
It's getting sort of heartbreaking and hard to take with my mother, now. She's becoming sort of incoherent. She's been trying to tell me or ask me to do something, but she can't make any sense. Basically, talking gibberish.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 05:19 AM (w6EFb)
Thank you both for your service.
How long will it take to get there?
A big hug to you both.
Posted by: Ben Had at October 02, 2026 05:21 AM (10NPz)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 05:06 AM (Ia/+0)
I would describe X Box as a game system...then again my knowledge of X Box is from 20 years ago...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 05:21 AM (l3cgK)
I retired on her in 2010, and our son just deployed on her on Sunday for 8+ months.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2026 05:17 AM (iMotb)
Fair winds and following seas!
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:23 AM (odBC9)
Once they complete landing quals for all the squadron pilots, I would guess maybe 10-14 days of transit, if no port visits are involved enroute.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2026 05:23 AM (iMotb)
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2026 05:24 AM (iMotb)
Three day long event to raise funds for the church and the Lutheran Women's Mission.
BBIAB
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at October 02, 2026 05:26 AM (iMotb)
Bring their crews stateside for the duration. I'm sure we could find a place in the southwest with a secure fence.
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2026 05:26 AM (V0/Sp)
They come with game controllers instead of a keyboard and mouse, and I guess those things are popular, but I always found they made my hands cramp up after using them longer than 30 minutes.
I much prefer a general-purpose computer with keyboard and mouse for my gaming, and everything else I want to do on a computer.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 02, 2026 05:27 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 05:28 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 02, 2026 05:29 AM (O7YUW)
Thanks, G & C for all the info and all the others who answered .as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 05:31 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 05:31 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 05:31 AM (aKiSo)
I'll bet you're right.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:33 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 05:34 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 05:31 AM (aKiSo)
this could be better, but:
Little Mary donned her skates
Upon the ice to dance
Wasn't she a silly thing
Some kind of assonance
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:36 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 05:31 AM (aKiSo)
Ford Taurus...
I pronounce the o in Ford like the word or.
I prounounce the aur in Taurus like the wore are.
F-ore-d T-are-us
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 05:37 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:53 AM (JrHfD)
The Microsoft Xbox is a video game console, like the Sony Playstation or Nintendo Wii. Having a common little appliance devoted to graphics and sound theoretically makes it cheaper for gamers -- and simpler for game developers -- than the endless variety of home computers with different motherboards, graphics cards, and operating systems.
In practice, developers have to make for the computer market anyway; and on the flip side, the Steam software platform has simplified that for developers anyway. And also, the consoles do not have as much of a price advantage anymore; as computer hardware gets commodified and console gamers expect computer-like power, their cost and capabilities tend to converge.
So, an "Xbox game" is often just a dumbed-down computer game that doesn't assume the user has a keyboard. That is also true of the Playstation, but Nintendo has an institutional habit of innovating control devices, to make genuinely novel games that use inputs that computers don't have.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:40 AM (ke3zm)
Posted by: Overheard at Fahrd's Mahrketing Depahrtment at October 02, 2026 05:43 AM (aKiSo)
Real linguists think in phonostrategy.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 05:34 AM (aKiSo)
heh
Now do cunning linguists.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:43 AM (odBC9)
https://tinyurl.com/2awn6zjd
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 05:44 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 05:45 AM (RIvkX)
People are noticing that the legislation that the libs are shrieking about passing to regulate and control AI might leave Anthropic out of the companies being regulated. Meaning in the battle for who dominates AI, congress is picking Anthropic as the winner by hobbling its competition. Yes, let's crown the winner of AI the company claiming they will kill all life in the galaxy.
It's like we're in the 5th Element, and everyone from politicians to oligarchs to Zorg style companies are trying to help Mr. Shadow win and kill all life in the galaxy. Except without the crazy modern outfits and soundtrack and no Leeloo to save us.
Posted by: Prince Harry, another dumb Brit taken in by an American viper at October 02, 2026 05:45 AM (Toos7)
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:12 AM (ke3zm)
Self-correction: it's Croesus. That was bugging me.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:53 AM (ke3zm)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 05:54 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: Prince Harry, another dumb Brit taken in by an American viper at October 02, 2026 05:45 AM (Toos7)
That’s a good insight. I’ve often thought that one thing that makes 5th element so compelling is that underneath the whackadoodle eye candy, it shows a realistic world that works a lot like ours does.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 05:56 AM (slH4t)
New Oxford American Dictionary
ford | fôrd |
(so the vowel sound that you make when you say ford is represented phonetically as an o with a circumflex)
Taurus | ˈôr
(and the vowel sound that you make when you say Taur is also represented phonetically as an o with a circumflex)
But some variation will occur under the influence of the vowel sound that you make when you say the letter tau:
tau | tou, tô
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:57 AM (odBC9)
Their controllers are so delicate, one accidental drop to the floor, it's now messed up, and you'll have stick drift or it's buttons will be messed up. Ask me how I know.
Xbox has two toggles on their controllers to help you look around, which has been hard for me to pick up and get mildly proficient at. I'm pretty sure learning Xbox has staved off at least a few years of dementia, if I'm prone to it, because I've had to carve so many new neural pathways into my brain just to learn it. But my kids love it and want me to play with them, so I'm trying to learn, so I can be at least mildly tolerable for their sake.
The nice thing about Xbox was they had Blu-Ray, so you didn't need an extra dvd player. You could play your physical games plus movies. But it sounds like they are eliminating the DVD slot in some models, curse them.
Posted by: LizLem at October 02, 2026 05:58 AM (Toos7)
"Quit while you're ahead, Dave."
Posted by: Overheard at Fahrd's Mahrketing Depahrtment at October 02, 2026 05:43 AM (aKiSo)
Don't quit! Don't quit, Dave!
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:59 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 06:00 AM (aKiSo)
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:12 AM (ke3zm)
Self-correction: it's Croesus. That was bugging me.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 05:53 AM (ke3zm)
I read right through it.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:00 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Okjohn at October 02, 2026 06:02 AM (6mepF)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 06:05 AM (JrHfD)
It even got the idea of influencer podcast culture half right with Ruby Rod, government incompetence, and terrorist culture. Sadly no flying Thai ships bringing my takeout right to my door, cooking it in front of me. Yet. And I think the woke Karens would scream if the McDonalds employees actually wore those outfits.
Posted by: LizLem at October 02, 2026 06:07 AM (Toos7)
And then take Kia Motors. Killed In Action comes to mind, to me, immediately.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:07 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 06:00 AM (aKiSo)
The former, according to Wikipedia, since I still have the search up from double-checking my second thought that my first spelling was wrong:
"Croesus (/ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroîsos) was the last king of Lydia from 585 BC to 546 BC. He was renowned for his great wealth, as well as his ultimate defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great following the siege of Sardis."
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 06:09 AM (ke3zm)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 02, 2026 06:00 AM (aKiSo)
The former, according to Wikipedia, since I still have the search up from double-checking my second thought that my first spelling was wrong:
"Croesus (/ˈkriːsəs/ KREE-səs; Ancient Greek: Κροῖσος, romanized: Kroîsos) was the last king of Lydia from 585 BC to 546 BC. He was renowned for his great wealth, as well as his ultimate defeat by the Persian king Cyrus the Great following the siege of Sardis."
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 06:09 AM (ke3zm)
Just for fun: my dictionary has:
Croesus | ˈkrēsəs |
(6th century BC), last king of Lydia c.560–546 BC. Renowned for his great wealth, he subjugated the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor before being overthrown by Cyrus the Great of Persia.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:11 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:08 AM (odBC9)
They need whatever is the cross between a graphic designer and a linguist. I absolutely hate getting behind a Dodge Stratus, because the font is so terrible that there is always a fraction of a second that it looks like Dodge Startus. Then I have to correct the first impression, and it's just a miniscule cognitive cost taken in isolation, but it adds up and also the irritation is major.
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 06:13 AM (ke3zm)
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 06:16 AM (ke3zm)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:17 AM (odBC9)
lRejoinder: With a hey ho, the wind and the rain.
For the rain it raineth every day.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:17 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026 06:16 AM (ke3zm)
I think it's kind of a requirement for entry, here?
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:18 AM (odBC9)
(6th century BC), last king of Lydia c.560–546 BC. Renowned for his great wealth, he subjugated the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor before being overthrown by Cyrus the Great of Persia.
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Invented coinage. Pwned by Persians.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)
"A Baltimore opera group ousted its recently hired white executive director after she sparked an uproar for sporting cornrows at Burning Man."
Oh lordy, an uproar. I guess she's lucky she didn't get dragged into the street by her hair and beat to death.
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:18 AM (MWfyi)
I remember the Dodge Caliber. Remove letters and it is simply Car. Same with the Charger. I think there are other models that escape me.
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2026 06:18 AM (V0/Sp)
(6th century BC), last king of Lydia c.560–546 BC. Renowned for his great wealth, he subjugated the Greek cities on the coast of Asia Minor before being overthrown by Cyrus the Great of Persia.
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Invented coinage. Pwned by Persians.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:18 AM (amcLV)
A much better dictionary summary.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:19 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2026 06:19 AM (V0/Sp)
Well...
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:21 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:21 AM (odBC9)
no va - (it) does not go (Latin, Italian)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:21 AM (odBC9)
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Urban legend.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:22 AM (amcLV)
I remember the Dodge Caliber. Remove letters and it is simply Car. Same with the Charger. I think there are other models that escape me.
Posted by: fluffy at October 02, 2026 06:18 AM (V0/Sp)
hahahahaha
I do not remember this.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:23 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 06:24 AM (RIvkX)
no va - (it) does not go (Latin, Italian)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:21 AM (odBC9)
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Urban legend.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:22 AM (amcLV)
ok but deathless urban legend
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:24 AM (odBC9)
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Sadly, many are.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at October 02, 2026 06:25 AM (amcLV)
Posted by: fd at October 02, 2026 06:28 AM (MWfyi)
"Quit while you're ahead, Dave."
Posted by: Overheard at Fahrd's Mahrketing Depahrtment at October 02, 2026 05:43 AM (aKiSo)
Don't quit! Don't quit, Dave!
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 05:59 AM (odBC9)
A place for you to play:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Category:Ford_vehicles
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:31 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: fd
Haven't heard about a failed use of MAID either.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 06:31 AM (BpO1e)
Always though Croesus was 3 syllables: Cro-a-sis. Also, member of a fairly small group who use the same vowel in 'sorry' as in 'sort' - hearing 'sorry' as 'saw-re' seems weird.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 06:41 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at October 02, 2026 06:45 AM (FuLlw)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 06:41 AM (NcvvS)
Like Croatian?
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:46 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 06:47 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 02, 2026 06:48 AM (O7YUW)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 06:50 AM (odBC9)
Except he spelled it "Creases."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Impressive that when she stumbles in here every morning her hash is almost always new.
Going to make coffee & grab breakfast. BIAB.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 06:53 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: SciVo at October 02, 2026
***
I do too. "Start us doing what?"
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:55 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026 06:55 AM (BpO1e)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 06:55 AM (slH4t)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Little known fact:
Croesus hated Meeses to Pieces.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 06:57 AM (slH4t)
Posted by: Biergood at October 02, 2026 06:58 AM (PwgSL)
Impressive that when she stumbles in here every morning her hash is almost always new.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 06:53 AM (NcvvS)
She's a world traveler. Always on the go.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 07:01 AM (odBC9)
*
Autocucumber claims another victim.
Posted by: NR Pax at October 02, 2026
***
And he let it go to print without, apparently, re-checking or having someone else proof it. Or the people he asked to proof it were incompetent too.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 07:02 AM (wzUl9)
As Nazdar mentioned... rain is in the forecast for today. In fact, it's almost here now. I do hope the grass mowing season is almost over.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 02, 2026 07:02 AM (RORbl)
I couldn't get excited about the politicians (I'm in a DEI district so I could only make a symbolic protest vote), but I was motivated to vote against Amendment 1, which would legalize infanticide in VA like Assachusetts, so I could at least feel good about that.
Has anyone else voted early?
Posted by: logprof at October 02, 2026 07:04 AM (0PF+h)
https://tinyurl.com/ey4wza4n
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 07:05 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: LizLem at October 02, 2026 05:58 AM (Toos7)
Xbox sells two system series now, X and S.
The S series has lower spec hardware, so runs a little slower, and has no disc drive, but is cheaper in price.
The X series has higher spec hardware, runs faster, and you can either buy it with, or without, the disc drive and runs $799 with the Blu-Ray drive.
Playstation does something similar with drive/no drive versions.
The next generation of both consoles may not come with drives at all, and everybody will be forced to download games.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 02, 2026 07:07 AM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 07:07 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 02, 2026 07:07 AM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:08 AM (NcvvS)
And you had already answered my question.
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:10 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 06:53 AM (wzUl9)
Little known fact:
Croesus hated Meeses to Pieces.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 06:57 AM (slH4t)
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What was his opinion on Meeses Cups, though?
Posted by: Another Anon at October 02, 2026 07:11 AM (4h45B)
Good Lord.
Had a book published? If he did it himself, yes, think of him and whoever looked it over for him. If the book was actually bought by a commercial publisher, think of who's editing for that house too. Autocucumber indeed.
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 02, 2026 07:12 AM (q3u5l)
Can usually get 30pct off of current memory and storage prices.
Last pickup was 64gb of ddr5 and a 2tb crucial nvme, picked it up for 600 bucks.
Which is double what it would have cost 3yearsago
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 02, 2026 07:13 AM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 07:14 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 02, 2026
***
According to him, it was a publisher of the stripe that pays a small advance, very small, and lets you keep a bit more of the royalties if any, but you're responsible for publicity and marketing. The implication is that editing is also on the author.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 07:16 AM (wzUl9)
Anthropic and OpenAI keep saying their products will kill all life in the galaxy. The FTC decided to take a look at that. (CNBC)
Either they're lying, which is bad, or they're not lying, which is worse.
Milton Friedman explains it all for you in his book,
"Free To Choose"
When he discusses trains and automobile companies, and gov't regs in general.
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 07:17 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Just Some Guy at October 02, 2026 07:12 AM (q3u5l)
At least he got it published.
(looks at pile of works that will probably never see the light of day)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 07:18 AM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 07:14 AM (Fv80
====
Mai's has been there since 1979 across the street
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 02, 2026 07:19 AM (RIvkX)
Yes. XOM has gone utterly insane. They're still pushing to be a "trading" company...
Posted by: man at October 02, 2026 07:20 AM (pfXMo)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 02, 2026 07:22 AM (VyBeY)
But whadda I know, I'm just a son of a Western Canadian lady who referred to a Phillips screwdriver as a "French" screwdriver.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:36 AM (wzUl9)
French screwdriver?
Did that mean you used it with your tongue?
Seems weird but you never know what those Canadians are getting up to....the French as well!
Posted by: naturalfake at October 02, 2026 07:22 AM (YSUhf)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 02, 2026 07:23 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: NaCly Dog at October 02, 2026 07:23 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Nazdar at October 02, 2026 07:27 AM (NcvvS)
*beats drum*
*sings*
Hey! Ho! Xbox has two toggles
Sometimes times upon it
I shall play
With a Hey Ho fa la la!
Sadly, my Dreamcast died today
Hey Nonny Nonny woe woe woe!
Posted by: naturalfake now sings modern folk songs at October 02, 2026 07:29 AM (YSUhf)
Legend yabbut. In Roman usage, "Nova" had a bad undertone. It meant "new," but also kind of suspicious, untrustworthy.
Kind of like when a girl from Fulton County says
"Yer Differnt."
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (zdLoL)
Legend yabbut. In Roman usage, "Nova" had a bad undertone. It meant "new," but also kind of suspicious, untrustworthy.
Kind of like when a girl from Fulton County says
"Yer Differnt."
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at October 02, 2026 07:31 AM (zdLoL)
GA? I am guessing.
There are eight different U.S. states that contain a county named Fulton County.
States with a Fulton County
• Arkansas (County seat: Salem)
• Georgia (County seat: Atlanta)
• Illinois (County seat: Lewistown)
• Indiana (County seat: Rochester)
• Kentucky (County seat: Hickman)
• New York (County seat: Johnstown)
• Ohio (County seat: Wauseon)
• Pennsylvania (County seat: McConnellsburg)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 07:51 AM (odBC9)
"either tech's customers will generate a lot more cash than their analysts expect, or tech's cash flow forecasts are too optimistic, which raises the question of who exactly will be writing all those checks to buy AI services."
Posted by: SMOD at October 02, 2026 09:46 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Daniel Ream at October 02, 2026 10:46 AM (LgYtf)
Posted by: Socratease at October 02, 2026 11:13 AM (7ywxC)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - October 1, 2026
From Seaeyes
Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Mixed bag of content for those who care. Open thread, as always. On time, as always. What's on YOUR mind tonight?
Just deliver the damn mail! USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
The United States Postal Service is running a pilot program to put cameras in its mail carrier trucks that continuously scan roads and signs, map roadways and sidewalks, and improve “community safety,” according to a letter posted by a labor union and a statement from the agency to 404 Media. The idea is that, since the trucks are constantly traveling anyway, they can be used as a way to collect data, eventually potentially across the nation. “The purpose of this pilot is to leverage the Postal Service’s unique ability to collect this valuable data due to the scale and frequency with which our fleet of postal vehicles travel the streets of every community across the country,” the letter, posted by NALC Branch 238 to Facebook, reads. The letter, written by the United States Postal Service (USPS) Labor Relations to Brian Renfroe, the president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, says the USPS will partner with Next Base, a dashcam company, for the pilot. At the moment, the cameras will be used in the Washington, DC area, and will be installed on a hundred vehicles, the letter says."Community Safety" -- riiiiiiiiiigggghhhhhht ----- Buc-ee's is kinda asshoe when it comes to trademarks and logos Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain settle trademark infringement lawsuit
Texas-based travel center Buc-ee’s and Ohio gas station chain Mickey’s have settled a trademark infringement lawsuit over the companies’ cartoon animal logos. On Sept. 15, Buc-ee’s and Coles IP Holdings, the parent company of Mickey’s, reached a confidential agreement during a settlement conference, according to court records. The settlement stems from a lawsuit Buc-ee’s filed in February, claiming Mickey’s cartoon moose logo is too similar to its own cartoon beaver logo. *** The filing said that like Buc-ee’s logo, Mickey’s logo incorporates “a cartoon animal facing right with wide eyes and a smile, overlaying a round background.” It argued that the similarities between the two logos would likely cause confusion among customers.What am I missing? What could possibly be confusing about the differences in those 2 logos? ----- Wholesome content
She kept growing. So did his arms. pic.twitter.com/bwiurUYtVR
— Joy Spark (@FakeJoySpark) October 1, 2026
----- Sir Charles speaks some truth
Charles Barkley just said the quiet part out loud and I’m not mad about it.
— Sarah Sizzle (@sizzle_sarah) October 1, 2026
“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life. And yes, you need ID to vote, same as you need it to buy a beer, board a plane, or pick…
----- Kewl stuff
This is how linemen connect 22,000-volt power lines without ever turning the electricity off.
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) October 1, 2026
For extra high voltage lines, linemen often wear specialized conductive suits (Faraday suits) woven with metal fibers. pic.twitter.com/0DLDIV3YQY
----- Lake Powell water level is getting lower than usual Why Lake Powell Keeps Dropping Through The Fall
Lake Powell rises for about ten weeks a year and falls for the other forty-two. The Rocky Mountain snowpack melts from roughly April into July, the reservoir climbs, and then the melt stops while Glen Canyon Dam carries on releasing water downstream at a rate the river cannot replace. That is the whole mechanism, and it explains why every autumn brings another run of headlines about falling water. In 2026 the pattern was unusually stark. The lake peaked on June 1, and by September 15 it had set a modern record low of 3,516.62 feet, the lowest since the reservoir first filled in the 1960s. It is still going down.
What Happens If Flaming Gorge Is Drained To Save Lake Powell
To keep Lake Powell from collapsing, water managers have been quietly draining another giant reservoir upstream, one most Americans have never heard of: Flaming Gorge. It is a bold, and increasingly desperate, move to buy the shrinking Colorado River system a little more time. As of 2026, the latest release is the biggest one yet, and it comes with a very real cost. Here is what actually happens when you drain Flaming Gorge to save Lake Powell.Both of these articles seem to be "just the facts" style. No mention of the climate bogeyman that I could find. Refreshing.
Tonight's ONT brought to you by etichal questions
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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (OoT17)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (wxsGM)
Otherwise, superstition and corruption. Hardly ever see that, right?
Posted by: mindful webworker - right at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (8ddVQ)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (OoT17)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (NnhvP)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: mindful webworker - whistling aimlessly at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (8ddVQ)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (CI1Dh)
We have a launch tonight.
SpaceX - Falcon Heavy - NROL-97 - LC-39A
Kennedy Space Center - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: October 1, 2026 (EDT)
Launch Time: 11:53 p.m. EDT (October 2, 0353 UTC, 05:53 CEST)
https://youtu.be/aqYtiH1UduQ
Posted by: Joyenz at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Sheriff Bart at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)
The Moose-Beaver out front should have told you.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (CI1Dh)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (PY8/y)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (OoT17)
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (Jr+re)
(Those who have not met me, TXMoMe is coming up ... just sayin' ...)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (xVpNO)
Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:08 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:08 PM (wxsGM)
You're missing nothing. Not the same enough to fool. Color scheme is different, so is logo shape.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:09 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: DanMa'am at October 01, 2026 10:09 PM (8uzBS)
I don't care if it has the ability to make world peace. It doesn't have any CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY to do so. None. So, not only no, but HELL NO.
Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (kU0PQ)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (Ydd86)
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Community safety is for cops. Privatize the postal service, it's an archaic device. And by the way your maps would never have been as good as Musk's.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Tammy at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Tonypete
A Moover? A Bease? Does it depend on which parent was female and which was male, like ligers and tigons?
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (RNvK7)
i'd rather drink that drink to my own health
i think tonight i'd rather love myself
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (4znQE)
“No ICE, no prisons, socialism” isn’t a platform, it’s a fever dream that never survives contact with real life.
-
I thought he was black.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)
City dwellers who don't know what a beaver is? Or the difference between "round" and "hexagonal"?
Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (kU0PQ)
Silly me... it's ONT.
Posted by: sal at October 01, 2026 10:12 PM (f+FmA)
Posted by: Or, We'll Make It Fit at October 01, 2026 10:13 PM (Fn+3X)
You can never fill a bathtub if it has a 4” drain wide open sucking the water out faster than you put it in.
In the case of Lake Powell, there are three wide open drains - Las Vegas, Los Angeles, and Phoenix.
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 10:13 PM (slH4t)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)
Easy. Tell Mexico tough shit. Treaty or not, the water ran out before it got to you. So solly.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (K7v1x)
Posted by: Disney's 14th Assault Lawyer division at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: huerfano at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (2Xqig)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (xVpNO)
Maybe see about bring James along. Of course, it'd probably be too icky for him with Trumpers around.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (1Ff7Z)
It got too dark and one of the screws came un-done, so I will have to finish it in the morning.
So, apparently I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (/QHx4)
At work right now. No access to Amazon. Checked the score online. Steelers are losing to the Browns. The AFC North is a joke. All four teams will finish 8-8, and one of them will lose in the first round of the playoffs. Probably Baltimore.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (EweRc)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: The Cramps, Fissure of Rolando at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (Fn+3X)
Vice President Says Covid Relief Funds Were Used By Fraudsters To Assassinate The President Of Haiti
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (vTZFs)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (CI1Dh)
If you can't tell a moose from a beaver, you are not invited to my house, ever.
Nor any other woman that I know.
Beavers are....
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:03 PM (/QHx4)
You mean, because of the fires?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (PY8/y)
All of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:15 PM (viF8m)
Oh, you figured out it was a trick question.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:18 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (f4J0Y)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (/QHx4)
---------
Once Bitten Twice Shy? Nope, they're all starting their diet tomorrow.
Thanks for the ONT, Disco.
Posted by: scampydog at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (41CYW)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:16 PM (+UcOf)
I suspect Charles does not suffer fools gladly. Nor does he give one solid fuck what others think about his political positions.
It is rather refreshing.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: Tonypete
A Moover? A Bease? Does it depend on which parent was female and which was male, like ligers and tigons?
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)
I think it technically has to be a something-doodle.
Posted by: GWB at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (kU0PQ)
I have always loved Triumph.
Allied Forces is an awesome album.
Stryker was/is an overtly “Jesus Band”, but I’ve always thought Triumph was a covert Jesus Band. The lyrics have consistently convinced me of that.
Discuss….
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (N91F8)
Looks like leap seconds are going to be eliminated. The CGPM, General Conference on Weights and Measures thing month is likely going to vote to eliminate them in May 2027.
The possibility of a negative leap second due to the earth's little rotation speed up starting in 2020, which likely would've crashed the internet scared them enough to do this. The earth's little speed up has abated looks like, so we wouldn't have needed one, but it scared them enough to do this.
So, UTC will then just run free, ticking at atomic rate. Otherwise, they've just kicked the can down the road on a replacement scheme.
They've raised the tolerance of the difference between UT1 (precise mean solar time) and UTC to one hour. It will take at least 500 years before that difference gets anywhere close to that, maybe 20 minute tops in 500 years.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:20 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:14 PM
Far more boring, I taught tonight and then decorated the studio for Halloween plus put out new merchandise. It’s now fall at the Barre with autumn colors, to include a really pretty brown legging. I sold 2 of the new shirts before I even hung them up! That was kind of fun. But, to your point, I did order some new clothes earlier today that are not workout related. 🤣
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:20 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (10NPz)
Around here that's a pretty old joke. We have a lot of them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (viF8m)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (88C+u)
(snif)
If only that was done for me.
Posted by: Owens Lake/River at October 01, 2026 10:21 PM (1Ff7Z)
I'll make my own gas, thank you.
Posted by: Don't Give A Dam! at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
She's fearless but gives me fear when I watch her ski.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:19 PM (f4J0Y)
You mean the live wire sticking out of the joint? Yeah, unless they sealed it after the vid cut off. Doesn't seem safe, does it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)
-
Vote Democrat or we kill you!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:06 PM (ndZc7)
DEATH TO AMERICA VOTE DEMOCRAT! May not be the message they think it is.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (rbvCR)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u
Forget it Jake, it's Chinatown.
-- Lawrence Walsh
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:23 PM (CI1Dh)
The balls on those guys. Just stepping out the door like nothing, standing on the towers.
Fucking unreal. I thought it was a stunt at first.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:24 PM (RORbl)
The floodgates to our reservoir will be closed down tomorrow. F you downstream.
Hubby and I are so looking forward to our shower. Gets rank after three months, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)
Nope nope nope nope
Posted by: 496 at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (f4J0Y)
Thanks for the articles on Flaming Gorge and Lake Powell. Maybe incorrect assumptions about water levels are being followed due to protocol and without common sense?
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at October 01, 2026 10:25 PM (D/6p1)
Her: "Mom, I dreamt there was a bunch of people getting stabbed in our house. .. And that I ate a lot of cereal."
Me pondering: "So, there was cereal killing?"
Her: "I want a new mom"
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (Ydd86)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
Come on! There's only 6995!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: TRex - oktoberfest dino at October 01, 2026 10:26 PM (XfIK1)
Posted by: It Was Cool at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: nurse
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There should be an evaporation tax.
Golf courses w/drip irrigation would
receive a tax reduction.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (+UcOf)
A leftist might not be able to differentiate a beaver from a moose with horns...
And someone colorblind might not be able to tell Red for Black in the lettering...
"When did beavers have horns?"--Leftist who believes meat comes from the store, not animals
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
At this point I am starting to wonder if lizard-people really do exist, and if the Earth is actually hollow and populated with dinosaurs and powered with Vril.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (Ydd86)
Where, strangely, Rodman went to college - or played basketball.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:28 PM (Jr+re)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
Rock Me is in my top 10 of best songs ever.
Bluesey, tempo, mood changes, are all just awesome.
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:28 PM (N91F8)
Honestly, I think you do more in a single day than I do all week. But then I'm old so I guess it all works out.🙂
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: The Cramps, Fissure of Rolando
What I learned today. John Lennon's line about "Here come old flat-top, he come grooving up slowly" comes from a Chuck Berry song about a driving incident turned into a song when a "flat-top" taunted him while passing.
https://tinyurl.com/27ve5kt4
The more you know . . .
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (ndZc7)
Love that song but it sure doesn't seem deep
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:29 PM (s1VwS)
Most of the western US is desert. WA and OR and ID are OK, I guess. The plains aren't.
Posted by: LRob in OK at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (Jr+re)
Palm Springs has its own aquifer so historically they didn't need to drink the rivers. (Steve Sailer, of all people, wrote about this a decade or two ago.)
But these days they've been draining the Colorado River like everyone else, to refill that aquifer.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (88C+u)
When you outlive your family and peers I guess it is time. She's got round the clock sitters and my brother lives nearby. Something changed in the past couple of weeks.
I'm sort of sick to my stomach with dread of what's ahead, but will be happy for her as she knows where she's going. I will probably have an ulcer soon to distract me.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO)
An Einstein Bros bagel place opened up recently near me. Went there this morning and had a bagel with lox, cream cheese, onion and capers. Was it good!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (eRlcH)
Did anyone see the article about Ivanka Trump's 15 y/o daughter who is fluent in Mandaran? She calls XI or whatever he is named Uncle?
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ndZc7)
At this point I am starting to wonder if lizard-people really do exist, and if the Earth is actually hollow and populated with dinosaurs and powered with Vril.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:27 PM (rbvCR)
I mean, at this point, the conspiracy theorists have a better track record.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 10:22 PM (yEz+x)
I lived in Phoenix (Tempe, actually) for 9 months. I kept thinking, what a stupid place to build a gigantic city. The frying pan that is the Valley of the Sun will die when the water dries up.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)
USPS To Put Cameras in Trucks That Scan Roads for ‘Community Safety’
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How this would play in a private corporation:
"Hey, boss. We're playing around with the idea of putting cameras in all out delivery vehicles to help keep the community safe."
"That's great. You have a good heart. WE, HOWEVER, do not have the funds for that. We had a net loss of $9 Billion last year. So, I want you to think about where we can make cuts."
"But, boss."
"Cuts, Howard....cuts. And, lets start with the fancy paintwork on all out vehicles. We have over 200,000 vehicles, and we pay for that red white and blue striping with the eagle's head. That costs us. Going forward, every post office gets a stencil and some black paint. The stencil says "MAIL"....that's all, and that's enough. Cuts, Howard, bring me cuts."
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (dIske)
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Is it still too early to make an "on fire" joke?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (88C+u)
Although lil' Kim threw him out of NoKo because he
got drunk and threw up in the hotel hall.
Would rather Prezzie didn't associate w/him but that's his business.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (+UcOf)
I read that at first as Flaming George, and I certainly don't want to see him drained...ever...
Homey don't play dat game.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (+UcOf)
Be good, be good...be good, be good....be good, be good....be good, be good...be good...Johnny....
_________
CH Soyara's Johnny B. Goode (Gentleman John)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
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I could kick in a few rounds.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:34 PM (ndZc7)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
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A secretary I knew, way back in the day, was sorta' a groupie when they'd hit the Washington D.C. area. Nice girl. Not really my type... but, you know, go with the flow. Concerts where cool...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 10:34 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (CI1Dh)
Screw you too, pal.
Posted by: A bad person at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (TbWk/)
Nice.
I was worried your link was going to be "I Got Two Tickets To Paradise"
Posted by: no virgins for you, habibi at October 01, 2026 10:35 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Doof at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)
I once worked at a place that made us take annual ethics tests...one day another co-worker comes to me jokingly and says, "Can you give me the answers to the Ethics test?"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (l3cgK)
That's why the assassins were deported to the US a week or so ago.
Yea, we conspiracy theorists are racking up W's.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:36 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Well? Was it?
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (Fv808)
The answer is always "Why no, Ms. HR Lady, I would never do anything like that."
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (vTZFs)
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If there was any real justice, they would shoot her (torso only) and retrieve her skull so it could be made into a souvenir goblet for her victim's family.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:38 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
So the Jews have gotten to you, too.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (ndZc7)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
Sayo Komada covers Johnny B Goode on the Shamisen
https://tinyurl.com/525xnd5s
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: four seasons
At least two of the Fortune 500 firms I worked for had pimps on the payroll. Not the sleazebag scum that worked the streets and cheap motels - nope. These guys were full time employees and wore the most expensive suits money could buy and, to a man, had $200 haircuts.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (CI1Dh)
So, no purchases from Vancouver stores, go to Winnipeg.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:40 PM (+UcOf)
https://tinyurl.com/525xnd5s
This was pretty good.
“Hit the ONT for your daily dose of culture”
Posted by: Gunslinger at October 01, 2026 10:42 PM (N91F8)
If the US Post Office collects data, it will be to sell
it, so that they will be somewhat less bankrupt.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at October 01, 2026 10:42 PM (azNOR)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Capers are the Kardashians of the food world. Instantly recognizable but completely worthless.
Posted by: Seriously, why bother at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (TbWk/)
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I could kick in a few rounds.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I suggested that the other day. Just go back to the old fashioned firing squad. Or use a gatling gun.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (7Vi0c)
https://soyaraborzoi.com/Johnny.htm
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 10:33 PM (eRlcH)
Oh my goodness! What a beautiful pooh!
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (GYqb1)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
My sister was once on a party boat with Jack Russell, with her girl friends.
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
GFY
Posted by: Doof
Woah. I just looked upstream and it wasn't a Rush insult.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:43 PM (0Htd1)
Or have sex with 7 frat bros, say how awesome it was, then sue for rape 2 years later.
Posted by: Schrödinger's Feminism at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (TbWk/)
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Not sure you care neighbor but Mai's on Clement St closed today.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Joemarine at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (y171U)
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (CI1Dh)
In my next life, I will be a finance major.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (2WIwB)
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)
Geez, really dogging the guy aren't you?
Posted by: Canine puns are fun at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Relatively speaking.
Posted by: Have you SEEN GenZ?! at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism at October 01, 2026 10:45 PM (TbWk/)
Sorry, honey, if you decide to be the town pump, you're probably not gonna be believed when you cry rape.
Way to make the world bend to your "emotions" on discovering you are a whore.
How about joining a convent and spending the rest of your days atoning for your sins? No?
Then fuck right off.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)
It's like that blonde joke trying to tell the two horses apart...
In the end, they measured the horses and found the white one was 3 hands taller than the black one...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Dark Lix
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I'll have shrimp with lobster sauce, thank you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 10:39 PM (8WZD4)
_______________________
I think the primary issue is that Buc-ee's didn't want people to assume that it was the same brand under a different name. There are a lot of businesses that do that, especially in the restaurant business. The name is different, but there are similarities in the logo.
Burger King uses a different name in Australia (Hungry Jack's). Different name, and a logo with similarities.
Panera Bread also has locations called St. Louis Bread Co. There are logo similarities.
Denny's operates as The Burger Den and The Meltdown in different locations, but the sign color is similar.
Add to that Buc-ee's just opening up a location in Ohio last April.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (dIske)
>>Attorney General Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case
>>New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024.
>>"This has, in turn, undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time,” Hochul added.
https://tinyurl.com/bd7w3kbm
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Small town here. Almost everyone here has Ring cameras.
WTH are you watching? It's the new way of spying on your neighbors.
Gossips love the cameras.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: Duck! Dodge! Hide! at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (Fn+3X)
Let them drink desal, or seawater if they refuse to make it.
Posted by: 88C+u
I always wondered why they would build such a big city in an area that can't provide enough water.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (0Htd1)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
Careful. Denzel Washington is watching and he will fuck you up with your own credit card.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)
>>Attorney General Letitia James appointed special prosecutor in alleged Cornell 'gang rape' case
>>New York Governor Kathy Hochul on Thursday said she issued an executive order to appoint Attorney General Letitia James as a special prosecutor for the alleged “gang rape” that took place at a Cornell fraternity in 2024.
>>"This has, in turn, undercut my faith, and the public's faith, in the District Attorney's ability to effectively investigate and prosecute the case at this time,” Hochul added.
https://tinyurl.com/bd7w3kbm
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:49 PM (viF8m)
Sure sounds like these ladies are all in on rape as a way to make their way in the world.
Bitches gonna bitch.
They can fuck off, as well.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
Careful. Denzel Washington is watching and he will fuck you up with your own credit card.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:52 PM (viF8m)
I would accept my fate. Because I respect Denzel that much.
But seriously....I really should have gone into business/finance if I wanted to have the finer/sexier things in life.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Arizona does a fine job of managing its water compared to California. They build dams, not tear them down. And they don't dump fresh water into the sea to "save" stupid baitfish.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:54 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955
Relatively speaking.
Posted by: Have you SEEN GenZ?!
......
I don't have the energy.
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 10:54 PM (oq9dX)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
its the actual surface modelling of a torus.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Eisenstein followed all his steps.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: Thought He Passed On In 1955 at October 01, 2026 10:48 PM (Fn+3X)
Eisenstein followed all his steps.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
One of the worst Warhammer 40 novels.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 10:56 PM (s1VwS)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:57 PM (w6EFb)
Her exact words: "Jesus, what a prick."
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 10:44 PM (0aYVJ)
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People who know say Jack Russell was a holy terrier.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:46 PM (wpRMV)
Geez, really dogging the guy aren't you?
Posted by: Canine puns are fun at October 01, 2026 10:47 PM (TbWk/)
***
Word is his bark was worse than his bite.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB)
Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
its the actual surface modelling of a torus.
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (rbvCR)
Topologically, a mug is a torus...as long as that mug has a handle with a hole in it...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (l3cgK)
Except for me, of course, DH has complete access there.
But I'm only partly crazy.
I hit rock bottom as a mom about a week after adopting my son. I told DH "I'm getting nothing out of this boy." Turns out the boy is a psychopath, but at no time ever did I consider harming a hair on his little head. I don't consider that now.
Who are these bitches that are so in thrall to Satan that they think the right thing is to hurt kids?
They should be sterilized by the state, and never be allowed within a 100 year radius of any children, ever.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)
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Schrodinger's bagel is baked and unbaked at the same time.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (wpRMV)
They need to rediscover their core mission.
Posted by: Cow Demon at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (XUHiS)
>>Bitches gonna bitch.
>>They can fuck off, as well.
Somebody posted a clip of Sunny Hostin, or whatever her name is, on The View saying that if what the women told cops after the initial incident is truly what she told the cops at the time then under NY law it wasn't rape. I was shocked to hear her say that and some of the lawyers here can clarify but according to that witch being drunk and consenting to group sex under NY law is not rape which is why the local DA did not pursue the case.
This sounds like Duke Part 2 and they are going to destroy the 6 guys for politics.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)
Then you've got the all important Hairy Ball Theorem.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (w6EFb)
Singular, not plural...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (l3cgK)
This time, I’m back in the military, and haven’t taken a PT test in who knows how long. Years. They had been doing me a solid and pencil whipping them or something, because we were busy I think. I was trying to remember the last time I’d even done a single push-up and then I woke up. Maybe I need to get in some kind of exercise.
Posted by: Common Tater at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (zh/Tt)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
If I were worried about holes, this would obsess me
youtu.be/QAZfHHi58AU
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
Don't know it. My viet place on valencia closed last year. Sad when they go. The past is a foreign country.
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Fv808)
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And we could all have Skittles shitting unicorns as pets!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Where's My Cookie? at October 01, 2026 11:02 PM (ndZc7)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
All 18 of those bastards every Tuesday.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB)
I've been doing startups for most of my career and consequently I've dealt with a lot of finance guys over the years.
I'm on Team Denzel. And you are a better person for who you are. Great White's look at those guys with disdain.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Kindltot - Yes, I can form some sort of rudimentary lathe at October 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rbvCR)
Admit it...it's the holes...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 10:51 PM (l3cgK)
Whatcha be wantin' Mac is all the nooks and crannies to hold the melted butter.
Posted by: Thomas' English Muffins at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Fv80
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I said downstairs, I'm literally outliving all the good places to eat.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 10:58 PM (wpRMV)
Mine always seem to come out half—baked.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (1Ff7Z)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:04 PM (88C+u)
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You have to arrive early to get the lower numbers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (wpRMV)
161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)
Posted by: Schr�dinger's Feminism
It would be more constructive for her to get help with her booze behavior. College guys are youngish, but hopefully they'll learn to stay away from drunken sleazebags who are going to have regrets the morning after.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)
It wasn't until recently that I truly intuitively grokked the difference between topology and geometry. And then I could truly appreciate the can't tell the difference between a donut and a coffee mug joke.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
This sounds like Duke Part 2 and they are going to destroy the 6 guys for politics.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:59 PM (viF8m)
********
I've seen girls in the ED (and one in a university clinic when I was a student) who were raped. In the university girl's case she had a needle mark on her hip from being sedated.
There are rape kits. There is shock and grief. The police are called and names given. This is rape, or what I thought of it.
This female waited 2yrs (I think) before claiming rape, after consensual sex with three frat boys. For drugs. This is prostitution in my book. She was drugged and then another group came in (from what I read). She took more ketamine to deal with the second group.
I could be wrong and she complained the next day, but I remember reading two years. This is not rape it's extortion. Maybe finding her conscious or ethics and feeling humiliated...but it was not rape in the sense people think of it. My opinion.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:10 PM (/QHx4)
Agree.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)
Kind of like taking a contract to build 50 feet of fence for $150, and then finding out, once you get there, that the job needs a hundred feet, but they won't pay you any more.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 11:11 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 11:12 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)
Point taken.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (2WIwB)
161 If NV, SoCal.and AZ didn't have 15 million illegals living there, that would save billions of gallons.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 10:53 PM (2WIwB)
But then who would mow all he landscaped golf courses and do all the pool maintenance?
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 11:06 PM (slH4t)
I've mostly stopped watering front and back yards...my last water bill was over $260 for 2 months, almost $90 of that in sewer fees. Less than 9000 gallons used over 2 months during summer...some of that cleaning the 75 gallon aquatic turtle tank...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (l3cgK)
YouTube:
https://tinyurl.com/5y443f6x
(Queued up to 15m, 29s, everything before that is background on Buc-ee's itself.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant, a Moron behind enemy lines at October 01, 2026 11:13 PM (O7YUW)
Just going by what I've heard so far including, and I want to emphasize this before she inevitably flips and starts condemning the guys, Sunny whatever her name is said she told the cops she consented to group sex when she reported what happened.
The whole situation is disgusting but there's a difference between being a pig and being a rapist. And both Hochul and James are proven liars and scumbags who will say and do anything for power.
This isn't even politics. This is something much darker and after the Clancy trial I'm starting to think there might be about 20 women left in the country who aren't evil demons. You 20 know who you are.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:16 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:30 PM (hzuYO
Hopefully she bounces back..
Might be meds, depression or other things. I still visit one of my Mother's friends whose in her 90's. She always says she's old and bitchy. My best to all of you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sco7b)
Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)
So many people today are about "me me".
F your feelings. What are you doing to make our Country great?
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (/QHx4)
Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)
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You'll see the difference once they add the soundtrack
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)
Revolting Cocks, I assume
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:21 PM (88C+u)
Well, that doesn't sound romantic at all.
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (0Htd1)
Well, so much for getting a banana split from DQ.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 11:21 PM (2WIwB)
One of the most underrated bands, I believe.
Posted by: Gunslinger
Burning down the club you're playing at, killing your guitarist and 100 or so of your fans, and disfiguring 100 or so more, really does hurt your ratings.
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:26 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:27 PM (/QHx4)
Andrew McCarthy is putting together his 2027 Cosmic Cat calendar, which includes this gem of an image:
https://t.ly/tSXXP
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: publius
"Every cow has at least one cowlick."
Posted by: mikeski knows exactly this much topology at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (wpRMV)
LOL, that's nasty.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:30 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:32 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:32 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 11:34 PM (88C+u)
A donut, however, doesn't have to have a cowlick.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:34 PM (w6EFb)
"College girl gets drunk/high and sleeps with several guys in one night."
Dumb story. Dudes were just as slutty & nasty as her. Gross.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
And the Hairy Ball Theorem means that at least one spot on earth must have zero (horizontal) wind speed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:36 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:23 PM (VHUov)
We got into trouble for blowing some ceiling tiles off the ceiling at a legendary venue in brooklyn..which will remain nameless at this time. Bomb guy accidentally supercharged the bombs. Oops...
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 01, 2026 11:36 PM (vzuC7)
Dumb story. Dudes were just as slutty & nasty as her. Gross.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:35 PM (rdVOm)
Isn't she a good sport!
Posted by: Bernaise at October 01, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
Hopefully she bounces back..
Might be meds, depression or other things. I still visit one of my Mother's friends whose in her 90's. She always says she's old and bitchy. My best to all of you.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 11:17 PM (Sco7b)
********
Thank you. Something's different when I talk to her on the phone. Can't explain it.
Her own mother also did this with back pain but ended up in the hospital. She cooperated with PT, etc, to get discharged. I flew in to care for her with a cousin who's also a RN. She got home and did not want to leave her bed (she was a very active gardener). She was simply done and died a month later.
So I've sort of seen it before. My mother is very sharp, emails daily, works on Ancestry as a hobby. Reads a lot of books and does crossword puzzles. Grocery shops online. Takes care of medical/hair appts with drivers or sitters.
We'll see but I have a feeling she's like her mother and ready to go. She's also 95yrs and the same age as her mother. I both dread this but understand how she may feel to have lost everyone her age.
I don't want to live this long.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)
If you're still here, I just looked up Mai's and wow, when I first moved here in 1988, I lived on 5th between Clement and Geary, like around the corner and halfway down the block. I had no money back then. Sad to see it close. That whole area was much, much more Irish than it is now. What is now the Chase branch was a bar where I had my first legal drink in CA just after midnight on my birthday in 1988.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (Fv808)
And Trump was in Oklahoma today.
Coincidences? I don't think so.
Posted by: mindful webworker - connecting the dashes at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (8ddVQ)
Posted by: nerdygirl at October 01, 2026 11:07 PM (0Htd1)
It gets even better. You know that second round of ketamine she took? Snorted it off a frat bro's dick. This isn't rumor, it's actually in the statement of facts in her complaint. She wasn't surreptitiously slipped a roofie in her White Claw. She snorted. A line of ketamine. Off a guy's boner.
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
https://youtu.be/xYY8vA-g8-k
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2GVsD)
If it was not because of social media we would not be aware of this story.
I think this stuff has been happening for centuries.
Guys want to stick their wick into something moist and warm.
It is human nature.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JackStraw
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HueTube is doing monkeybusiness with 'copy url at this time' so not presenting Jimmy Buffet's --- 'Let's Get Drunk & Screw'.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: publius
But they might have "cat-licks"-- our cat got into a pack of donuts one night & licked the choco frosting off. Next morning, none of us kids realized they'd ever been frosted and simply chowed down a few. Mom saw the remainder and was furious: "Who scraped all the frosting off the donuts?!"
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
************
GROSS! And the next day she had her fame. Possibly 2yrs later the delayed walk of shame.
I thankfully never knew anyone like this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: publius
But they might have "cat-licks"-- our cat got into a pack of donuts one night & licked the choco frosting off. Next morning, none of us kids realized they'd ever been frosted and simply chowed down a few. Mom saw the remainder and was furious: "Who scraped all the frosting off the donuts?!"
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:44 PM (rdVOm)
Or Ariana Grande licks
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
To be fair, it doesn't have coastline.
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (Fv808)
Topology: all about holes and hairy balls.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Bernaise at October 01, 2026 11:38 PM (1Ff7Z)
Don't get saucy with me!
Posted by: Harvey Korman as Count de Monet at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
So if you shoot a guy in the face....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (Fv808)
I think this stuff has been happening for centuries.
Guys want to stick their wick into something moist and warm.
It is human nature.
Posted by: four seasons
College-age guys? "Moist" and "warm" are both optional. "Appropriately-sized" is about the only requirement.
Posted by: mikeski at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (VHUov)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
So if you shoot a guy in the face....
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:47 PM (Fv80
As long as the hole goes all the way through clearly...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 11:48 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:50 PM (+UcOf)
It is possible to have a flat (zero intrinsic curvature at every point) torus. But a smooth embedding requires 4 dimensions. There's no way to curve a 2D surface into a torus in only 3 ambient dimensions.
However, if you relax the smoothness, you get this fractal flat torus in 3D:
https://t.ly/Qi3SA
That surface is "smooth" up to one derivate. It has tangent planes. However, it blows up at the second derivative level.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 11:51 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:52 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:52 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Sordid! at October 01, 2026 11:42 PM (TbWk/)
************
GROSS! And the next day she had her fame. Possibly 2yrs later the delayed walk of shame.
I thankfully never knew anyone like this.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:45 PM (hzuYO)
Whores are gonna whore.
Stupid bitch makes it awfully difficult for any REAL rape victim to get justice. Selfish little idiot.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:55 PM (GYqb1)
Not being gross but there was no sleeping. You can and should read what she said at the time.
And you can because her statements at the time have been released. You can read part here. She was not a victim of anything. I don't want a part of anyone involved but in my opinion and the opinion of the DA at the time it happened this was not rape.
Make your own decision but this case is obviously going to be on the ballot in November so knowing the facts will be helpful.
https://tinyurl.com/3sja49d6
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 11:55 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)
Sweetie, Bora Bora is Pacific, not Atlantic. Get your poop in a group, already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: tankdemon
But, Bora-Bora isn't....forget it.
Posted by: He Who Smelt It at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp-TYnl6-64
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:57 PM (2GVsD)
So many people today are about "me me".
F your feelings. What are you doing to make our Country great?
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 11:18 PM (/QHx4)
What's wrong with "me, me, me"?
https://youtu.be/VnT7pT6zCcA
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:58 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (2GVsD)
---
Federal Government may be closer to taking over California
than I thought. This will be the way, incrementally.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Anna Puma
That's right. She was hypnotized too.
Posted by: Miss Pat, The Hip Hypnotist at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (Fn+3X)
I get it, Jack. It wasn't rape... I was trying to be polite-- "sleep" as a figure of speech. Didn't read the report but don't need to. Woman was/is a total slut, and the dudes she banged were no better.
Posted by: JQ at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: tankdemon
That excuse seems rather fishy ...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:49 PM (1mVbO)
Sweetie, Bora Bora is Pacific, not Atlantic. Get your poop in a group, already.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 11:56 PM (GYqb1)
No wonder it took so long.
Posted by: tankdemon at October 01, 2026 11:59 PM (1mVbO)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)
"Third aircraft carrier and thousands of troops head to Mideast as Trump weighs new Iran strikes"
The article says about 9,000 service personnel - 7000 USN and 2000 Marines.
Posted by: mrp at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)
I intend to live just long enough to sit on my front porch, in my rocking chair, shaking my cane at everyone who goes past and cursing them out in very purple language, and telling them to get the hell off my lawn.
Hopefully with friends, doing the same.
A girl can dream.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: because mammoths are awesome at October 02, 2026 12:01 AM (88C+u)
Hopefully with friends, doing the same.
A girl can dream.
Posted by: tcn in AK
I'm old, but don't have a rocker. So, I do it at Cracker Barrel.
Posted by: Not The Rainbow Rocker, Though at October 02, 2026 12:03 AM (Fn+3X)
My opinions must be accepted.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:00 AM (/QHx4)
Check the AoSHQ Style Manual. I believe the accepted terminology is:
Everyone is entitled to my opinion.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:04 AM (GYqb1)
-tcn
Is cursing then out in purple language the same as cussing a blue streak?
Is that what happens when you see red?
Posted by: vmom deport deport stab deport at October 02, 2026 12:05 AM (Ydd86)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:05 AM (rdVOm)
Agreed.
But only the guys have been named and only the guys are facing prosecution. And now the corrupt female governor of NY has taken the outrageous step of issuing and Executive Order and removing the local male District Attorney and replacing him with that fat, ignorant, corrupt piece of shit Stacey Abrams to railroad the guys for a crime they did not commit.
This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 11:41 PM (hzuYO)
Watching decline is horrible. Both Mom and Dad went away very quickly but still I took care of them. I saw decline.
And now puppy upstairs. He's been sleeping a lot. I got him anxiety treats from Amazon. We'll see.
All of you have a great night.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy - 105 years old! Puppy at heart! at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (Sco7b)
Times past there was a sense of propriety and an ability to stfu.
There was no social affirmation to being a slut or a cad. Behind closed doors or out in the woods stayed there.
After oats were sewn folks of both sexes settled down into a mature lifestyle. It seems the current generation has no living memory of this cultural affirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+UcOf)
Times past there was a sense of propriety and an ability to stfu.
There was no social affirmation to being a slut or a cad. Behind closed doors or out in the woods stayed there.
After oats were sewn folks of both sexes settled down into a mature lifestyle. It seems the current generation has no living memory of this cultural affirmation.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:09 AM (+UcOf)
We have a couple of generations of children in some places who don't know who their daddy was...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:10 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:08 AM (viF8m)
Two different things Jack (and note I am not defending either of these chicks.)
-I am betting Clancey is a full on psychopath. Anyone with two brain cells to rub together usually knows they feel 'off.' And he married her and had three kids with her.
-this chick consented to sex with seven guys in a single night. Any guy with half a brain should have known this was a bad situation. Porn= it can happen. Real life, something is wrong.
This is not getting some zimas and being forced to listen to the Eagles because the gal has huge tits. And then she changes her mind. This is an obvious wackedoo who obviously had more than one screw loose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 11:50 PM (+UcOf)
******
Maybe on my part.
Both my 95yr old grandmother and mother had/have plenty of people around them. Were active. But suddenly were done.
My point being in that she no longer has peers. Her last best friend died 3mo ago, and she had gotten a bit demented at times.
My mother is/was alert and the same as she's always been. I just think she's done.
I think that's the reason as I don't know. But something has changed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (hzuYO)
How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?
Some guys might be falsey accused.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)
I got one younger than me, for that very purpose. I can't help it if he gets broken faster than I do! I'm rather hoping that we both go out in a blaze of glory, but, y'know, that's really not in my hands, is it?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:14 AM (GYqb1)
Some guys might be falsey accused.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)
My guess is that this is the stuff of local legend. Everyone at the school at the time probably knew the players involved.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:14 AM (Y/06r)
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 12:11 AM (1mVbO)
I'm living that. It's no fun.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Sorry, man.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:17 AM (Y/06r)
This is not an isolated case, just the latest example. At some point people should stop asking why there is a crisis of young men wanting nothing to do with women. It's not rocket science.
Posted by: JackStraw
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NY Governor was the dorm slut.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:17 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:18 AM (rdVOm)
How does the whore who is making accusations even know who screwed her?
Some guys might be falsey accused.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (/QHx4)
I know a guy who told a story...
He had relations with a woman, and lo and behold a year later he has summons to appear in court for child support (I think it was NY state). In the end his lawyer told her lawyer that if she didn't pull the suit, he would explain, in graphic detail how it was very unlikely he had enough "juice" left to impregnate her. The suit was dropped. In the end she got child support payments from the court from four other guys for that child...
In the end,
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:19 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)
If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
I think that's the reason as I don't know. But something has changed.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (hzuYO)
I do believe that at some point, you are just done. My parents outlived their friends, even though my dad took up mountain running at the ripe old age of 70 and had groupies in the running community that were younger than I am. Both mom and dad had memory issues, particularly after dad's stroke, and once they gave up the running life and didn't have anyone to play cards with, I think it became clear they weren't particularly interested in much. Dad still did crossword puzzles, mom still played solitaire, they like having dinner out and all that, but, at some point, they were done.
Didn't help that dad was killed by the that damned clot shot. Mom lasted three years after that, but she couldn't entirely remember that dad was gone, so who knows? She was the memory care busybody which kept her in the mix, but eventually even that gave out.
Dad was 91, Mom was 94. That's a good run for anyone.
Now I get to pray their asses out of Purgatory into Heaven.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (l3cgK)
It's not.
Forget Clancy for a minute, look at the jury. Watch the interviews where they flat out say they wanted their verdict to be a victory for feminism whatever the fuck that means.
Look what a bunch of leftist women did to 1 black man, formerly their favorite people on the planet, when he dared to venture off the plantation and oppose them.
I live amongst these creatures and have all my life. I will once again suggest you go look at the stats about leftist women. And I guarantee over the next few weeks there will be an outpouring of support for the Cornell slut from them. Watch and see.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:21 AM (viF8m)
Wasn't that Freddy Krueger's origin story?
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 12:21 AM (88C+u)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 12:12 AM (Y/06r)
If she had seven guys at once, I'm sure she was pretty loose by the end of it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
"Every Which Way but Loose" > "Loose in Every Which Way"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:22 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Oh, honey, she's still there. With any luck, she's in heaven working on your behalf. You can't possibly fault her for wanted to spend eternity with Jesus. But, know that the loneliness is earthly, and not eternity.
I pray you find condolence in the truth that she is beyond suffering. You will find her. You will.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:23 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:16 AM (l3cgK)
Oh, honey, she's still there. With any luck, she's in heaven working on your behalf. You can't possibly fault her for wanted to spend eternity with Jesus. But, know that the loneliness is earthly, and not eternity.
I pray you find condolence in the truth that she is beyond suffering. You will find her. You will.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:23 AM (GYqb1)
We both went through our own illnesses at the same time. We would argue over who would go first...she wanted to because she didn't want to have to deal with my passing. In the end she won the argument, but I did finally have the last word at her funeral.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)
Bonnie Blue, after sleeping with half the men of the world is now auctioning off the naming of her baby.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Bonnie Blue, after sleeping with half the men of the world is now auctioning off the naming of her baby.
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)
Corporate Sponsorship? Brawndo Blue?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (l3cgK)
-this chick consented to sex with seven guys in a single night. Any guy with half a brain should have known this was a bad situation. Porn= it can happen. Real life, something is wrong.
----
It's a world gone crazy. Clancy is a psycho and should be put down and discredited/shamed to the world.
The chick that consented, why should the guy know it was a bad situation. This kind of thing has been promoted for the last 50 years. What's new is the 180 flip.
It should never have made the news. The cops and DA should have counseled the girl to reconsider her actions if at all. They had a night of bacchanal. Making it public is the stupid part.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 12:25 AM (l3cgK)
Death is never the final word. Thanks be to God.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (GYqb1)
My mind is getting blown by that flat, "infinitely corrugated" torus. Mathematically, it's in between a true smooth surface and a true fractal surface. They call it a smooth fractal.
Everywhere the surface has a well defined tangent plane, but the surface normal fails, and doesn't exist. And that's blowing my mind. Tangents plane that exist, but no normal exists to the planes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 02, 2026 12:29 AM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:27 AM (+UcOf)
Well, if she wasn't humiliated by the act itself, she will be now. So, at least there is some justice in the world.
Whores should probably keep that to themselves, but I guess they can't help it.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:29 AM (GYqb1)
That's what we do. They don't pass out gold
stars for being responsible.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:20 AM (1Ff7Z)
Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway loose?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (vzuC7)
Whores should probably keep that to themselves, but I guess they can't help it.
Posted by: tcn
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How can she be humiliated with all these dough does reinforcing her actions?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (+UcOf)
Posted by: publius
This is why I'm an engineer and not a mathematician. I simultaneously understood every word of that and, like you, didn't understand a bit of it.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (VHUov)
stars for being responsible.
But maybe they should. You get *more of* what you reward, right?
Everything's so freaking backward now!
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:32 AM (rdVOm)
Given the world we live in now, why would you think that?
Book deal or Netflix, which do you think she will offered first?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 02, 2026 12:32 AM (viF8m)
I feel bad for children who get caught up in the *ucked situations.
What are we teaching our children.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:34 AM (/QHx4)
I know what I taught mine. What else can we do?
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:36 AM (GYqb1)
John Nash ("beautiful mind") and another mathematician named Kuiper (not related the astronomer after which the Kuiper Belt is named) proved that such a 3D embedding of the flat torus existed in the '50s, but had no idea what it would look like.
Then some other work in the '70s "convex integration" laid the framework for finding it.
And it wasn't until 2012 that the crazy infinitely corrugated torus was discovered and visualized.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (w6EFb)
When I arrived at college in the fall of 1970, the 1960s just past, right? I imagined a hedonistic campus culture. Or at least a girl or two who wanted to fool around.
But I was for some reason attracted to young ladies who were nice, chaste, and Just Good Friends.
At the time, I was not sufficiently grateful for my good fortune in this regard.😜
I remember September. Seems like it was only yesterday. (For one more half-hour here in CDST.🕦 )
I will leaves you now with this
https://youtu.be/YVedK1VUfLM
G'nite, y'all.💤
Posted by: mindful webworker - ought'm at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (8ddVQ)
She's a very kinky girl
The kind you don't take home to mother.
A SuperFreak, even!
Posted by: Rick James at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (wVcYX)
He said he felt like the last survivor out of his group, and he never wanted to be the lone survivor.
So we mourned his death when it came, but also knew that he was ready for it and at peace,
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 02, 2026 12:37 AM (slH4t)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:41 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 02, 2026 12:45 AM (88C+u)
Sometimes we see a moose walking around town. They are magnificent animals. We know to stay away from them.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:45 AM (/QHx4)
Had a yearling mule deer in my yard a month ago. Nothing like that moose dealio.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
I was happy to be on the second floor of my place at the time.
Nothing dumber than a bull moose in rut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:48 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 12:48 AM (3hgMF)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (/QHx4)
Had a yearling mule deer in my yard a month ago. Nothing like that moose dealio.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 12:46 AM (rdVOm)
I watched a bull moose smack into a chain link fence just because... he needed to smack something. These are not the brightest bulbs in the sign.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at October 02, 2026 12:30 AM (vzuC7)
Probably.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:49 AM (1Ff7Z)
Here's a vid from Military Times showing what the current preliminary designs look like:
https://tinyurl.com/9w4aytvj
(first five minutes of vid)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 02, 2026 12:58 AM (1Ff7Z)
Well, my mind has unblown and reassembled itself. The normal vector, as we think it does exist. The tangent plane is a plane, and it must have a normal in 3D space.
The "normal doesn't exist" was a misstatement in some description I was reading. What fails is any notion of derivatives of those normals and tangent vectors.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 12:58 AM (w6EFb)
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Looked at schematics. No wonder Nash went over the edge.
Posted by: Diana Moon Glampers, Handicapper General at October 02, 2026 01:01 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 01:02 AM (XeU6L)
Now, what it is mind blowing about that. The flat torus is just that. It's a closed 2D surface that is everywhere flat, zero intrinsic curvature. That means a simple X-Y plane metric exists. It's still closed, but it's flat.
But that crazy smooth fractal embedding means, trying to apply the rules of the ambient 3D space to that surface breaks down. You can't get to "aha, this is a flat 2D surface" using the basic rules of vector calculus applied to that crazy thing because those derivatives blow up.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:05 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:06 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ChE99 at October 02, 2026 01:09 AM (14tjg)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2026 11:24 PM (XV/Pl)
It worked out for E. Jean Carrol
Posted by: tankdemon at October 02, 2026 01:09 AM (1mVbO)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:13 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)
If you are still here - thank you for answering my question this morning about gasoline prices in Alaska.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 02, 2026 01:16 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:16 AM (/QHx4)
Anyway, Good Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (j4Fxj)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)
I've got to stop thinking about this, because I may indeed go crazy....
You can think of fractals as sort of introducing a concept of fractional dimensions. A number of dimensions in between whole numbers, something crazy like a 1.5D space. In some topological sense, dimensions must be whole numbers, but that fractional dimension concept "exists" in some sense.
So, a truly smooth embedding of the flat torus exists in 4D space. So what all this means is the true "minimum dimensionality" necessary to embed it is some fractional dimension in between 3 and 4.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:19 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: four seasons
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Boneless pork loin is a staple here.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at October 02, 2026 01:19 AM (XeU6L)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Yeah. I grilled a big ham steak on the gas grill outside. Got kind of overdone, as I had to take a phone call. But I ate it anyway.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 02, 2026 01:20 AM (j4Fxj)
Sleep well ya'll.
Remember fight fight the ass holes who are trying to ruin our country.
VOTE like your life depends on it.
Posted by: four seasons at October 02, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 01:25 AM (3hgMF)
Grocery had my favorite brand of bacon for $6/lb. Not the best deal, but better than the "regular" price. Got 3 lbs, put 2 in freezer.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:26 AM (rdVOm)
Another interesting thing about that flat torus embedding. While the derivatives of the tangent vector (and normal) don't exist, if you look at what's happening in the limit as you approach that "infinite corrugation", you see those higher derivatives become infinitely oscillating. They remain bounded, but just infinitely oscillation, like 1/sin(x) as you go to zero.
So, you can see this as sort an exercise of trying to cram 10 lbs in a 5 lb bag so to speak. You can take the smooth 4D embedding and try to cram it down into 3 dimensions.
You succeed, but only in that fractal, infinitely oscillating sense.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:26 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 02, 2026 01:29 AM (3hgMF)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:29 AM (rdVOm)
Perhaps we should employ another critter?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at October 02, 2026 01:30 AM (Y/06r)
Here... throw this glass of ice water on him!
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:31 AM (rdVOm)
But maybe they should. You get *more of* what you reward, right?
Everything's so freaking backward now!
Posted by: JQ
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I understand, simple positive reinforcement is missing today.
All this whining over personal responsibility is tedious.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:33 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: publius
This is why I'm an engineer and not a mathematician. I simultaneously understood every word of that and, like you, didn't understand a bit of it.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 12:31 AM (VHUov)
I'm reminded of Gabriel's Horn, which has a finite volume but infinite surface area. Of course, such shapes cannot be made in reality (as there is no current way to make a mass infinitely small or a length infinitely long).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:33 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 01:34 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 01:40 AM (ibDUx)
pre-prepare's meals. They aren't cooked but well seasoned and the meat veggie combinations are appealing. They are intended to be eaten at sell by date. I freeze them and eat at will. They do the same with salads, I try to keep those under five days.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:40 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)
Back when my Dad was a young lad, they called pork by another, less civil name...
See, chicken back then was expensive, pork was cheap. So blacks, many being poor, when the ate meat it was pork, so some white folks called it n***er chicken.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:41 AM (l3cgK)
Yes, it's always the day you woke up until you wake up the next morning.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 01:42 AM (xHEjv)
My parents were of the negative reinforcement mindset--
We (children) were *expected* to behave correctly and get good grades, do our chores, complete assigned tasks without question.
Wrong actions received punishment. Always with an explanation, so we knew *what* was wrong.
Promised myself that it would be different when I had children (which, ultimately, wasn't in God's plan for me)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:44 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)
The ultimate is the Banach–Tarski paradox, or you can turn a pea into the Sun, or vice-versa. You can cut the pea into some "sections" and then reassemble it into a sphere the size of the Sun.
The trouble there is those "pieces" have no defined volume or anything like it, they are "immeasurable sets".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
Fucking hell.
Prayers invited, and many thanks for those.
The boy comes home after this. I cannot allow him to destroy the life I gave him.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 01:53 AM (GYqb1)
Posted by: exodus 21:22-25 at October 02, 2026 01:53 AM (DMHwD)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
The ultimate is the Banach–Tarski paradox, or you can turn a pea into the Sun, or vice-versa. You can cut the pea into some "sections" and then reassemble it into a sphere the size of the Sun.
The trouble there is those "pieces" have no defined volume or anything like it, they are "immeasurable sets".
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 01:48 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, that comes from the properties of set theory, where you can make anything a set, and things get...strange...when dealing with infinite sets.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:55 AM (l3cgK)
Prayers going up right now!
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:54 AM (rdVOm)
Damit. I pray he's okay and he learns from this.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 01:57 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: far cry at October 02, 2026 01:59 AM (WbWbV)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at October 02, 2026 01:59 AM (qlLNh)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 01:59 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
>Get a marmot. Those little whistle pigs will set up camp and eat your entire landscape.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 02, 2026 02:01 AM (VQ7/I)
Infinity. That's the root of the strangeness of all this crazy stuff. And there is a progression of infinities, see Cantor's alephs.
First there is countable infinity. That's the infinity of the integers. That is wild enough -- see Hilbert's hotel. This is aleph-0.
But with the real numbers, you take that to the next level -- see the Continuum hypothesis -- aleph-1. The infinity of the real numbers, the real line, is greater than the infinity of the integers.
Each step of additional infinity adds to the craziness.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Infinity. That's the root of the strangeness of all this crazy stuff. And there is a progression of infinities, see Cantor's alephs.
First there is countable infinity. That's the infinity of the integers. That is wild enough -- see Hilbert's hotel. This is aleph-0.
But with the real numbers, you take that to the next level -- see the Continuum hypothesis -- aleph-1. The infinity of the real numbers, the real line, is greater than the infinity of the integers.
Each step of additional infinity adds to the craziness.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)
Yes, countable infinities, then uncountable infinities
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:11 AM (l3cgK)
Now, how do you get to aleph-2, the next level of infinity bigger than the continuum.
The number of points in the plane is the same as the number of points on a line, aleph-1. The number of points in 3D space is also the same.
In fact, the number of points in a infinite dimensional space, an aleph-0-D space is also just aleph-1. There are no more points in a infinite, infinite dimensional space than there are points in between 0 and 1 on the real line.
To get to aleph-2, you need an aleph-1 number of dimensions. An uncountably infinite number of dimensions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:12 AM (l3cgK)
I will be bringing his ass home from the hospital and he will no longer be able to get drugs, or act like the ass he has been. However, this probably means he won't be able to get custody of his son, which means I probably won't ever see my grandson again.
I doubt he will learn from this, but at least I can make him safe from predators.
Sorry to share so much foolishness with everyone. We all have our trials. I'm putting and end to this experiment one way or another. He either gets his poop in a group, or we put him in a hole.
But I've had it.
Bless all of you for your graciousness.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 02, 2026 02:13 AM (GYqb1)
Had a very good interview, I think. Felt a real rapport with the hiriing manager. Hoping to get the word for the next phase soon. Friday's interview, we'll see how that goes. Now, back to bed... I need my beauty sleep, y'know!
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 02:13 AM (aJQbY)
Oh, oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 02:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:24 AM (rdVOm)
Another way to see aleph-2 is the total number of functions of real number. That is, the functions that map one real number to another.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:24 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:25 AM (3ZUWJ)
{{{tcn}}}
Hope things are clearer in the morning & a better path becomes visible for all of you.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:29 AM (rdVOm)
So thinking of it this way, the Banach–Tarski thing is no surprise. The number of points in a pea is equal to the number of points in a ball the size of the Sun. So, you just rearrange them.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:31 AM (w6EFb)
tcn, May You be Blessed with Strength ...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:34 AM (3ZUWJ)
You have all our prayers here as well, tcn. I just don't know what to say with stuff like this, why do people act this way.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:36 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2026 02:39 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:41 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at October 02, 2026 02:44 AM (Fv808)
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 02:44 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ogre at October 02, 2026 02:39 AM (Fv80
Then you're using a mixed up alphabet...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal
Yep.
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: RandomDave (if you can spare a bit, please click!) at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (aJQbY)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
One of my favorites. You can't paint the inside surface of it. But you can fill it up with paint.
Posted by: mikeski at October 02, 2026 02:45 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Ogre
Then you're using a mixed up alphabet...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
Nah.
Posted by: a ghoti at October 02, 2026 02:46 AM (VHUov)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:46 AM (3ZUWJ)
If I were clever, I ought to be able to work in the phrase "Cardinality of the continuum" into that wishes were horses thing.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:46 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 02:49 AM (Ia/+0)
If I were an enterprising person I would buy a whole bunch of pink t-shirts and emblazon them with I SURVIVED TWO LETHAL INJECTIONS, and hang around the courthouse. I think they would sell well.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at October 02, 2026 02:52 AM (ibDUx)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:52 AM (rdVOm)
Pray continue, said the Cardinal ...
I continued to wish for the horse's cardinality ...
Alas for the Cardinality of the continuum, said the Cardinal ...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 02:54 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)
And the corollary to the wishes were horses thing is if a bullfrog had wings, his ass wouldn't drag the ground.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 02:57 AM (w6EFb)
And give her strength and peace of mind to. Deal with it all.
Posted by: Late-Night Lurker at October 02, 2026 02:57 AM (Wo6dn)
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Ruff deal, glad your son will be OK and have you to help him stay on the path. Prayers for you both.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 02, 2026 02:57 AM (xHEjv)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:01 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 03:05 AM (Ia/+0)
AS well as all "algebraic numbers". Take the square root of two. That's irrational, but not transcendental, which is another way of saying algebraic. The set of all algebraic numbers is countable.
The algebraic numbers are those that are possible roots of a polynomial of *finite degree* with rational coefficients. And the set of such polynomials is also countable.
Now, got to an infinite degree, with Taylor series notions. That gets you to analytic functions. The number of analytic functions is just the same as aleph-1.
But that is vastly smaller than the set of all possible functions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)
aleph-null bottles of beer
take one down, pass it around
aleph-null bottles of beer on the wall
Posted by: drunken math majors at October 02, 2026 03:07 AM (VHUov)
The Ancient Greek Homos first learned the square root of 2 was irrational somewhere in the 5th century BC. It was discovered by a Hippasus, who was a member of the Pythagorean Cult.
The legend is they kept this a secret. It was too terrible, and thus we couldn't handle the truth type of thing.
The fact that there existed a number that couldn't be expressed as the ratio of whole numbers was just too terrible to contemplate. Their world was shattered.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:15 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: LASue at October 02, 2026 03:21 AM (QerWV)
...
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:05 AM (w6EFb)
Yeah, those transcendental numbers are uncountably infinite, yet we're aware of fewer of those than algebraic irrationals.
I'm reminded of an old joke:
Mathematician 1: "Wanna help me tonight solve some quintics?"
Mathematician 2: "Sure. What do you need?"
Mathematician 1: "Bring Radicals"
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:25 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:15 AM (w6EFb)
They woulda been even more unhappy to find out that the only square roots of positive integers that ARE rational are those that are already squares of integers themselves.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:29 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:15 AM (w6EFb)
Also, according to legend, the man that revealed the irrationality of the square root of 2 was drowned.
They took their math serious in those days.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:30 AM (l3cgK)
A sort of analogous thing happened in 1872, when Karl Weierstrass discovered the infamous function now named the Weierstrass function. It was the first fractal curve discovered, although they didn't call that for a while until that theory was developed later.
It was a function that was everywhere continuous, but nowhere differentiable. This completely shattered the notions of smooth functions.
The great mathematicians of the day were outraged, "Damn you to hell, Weierstrass!". One of them even said that if Newton (and Leibniz) had known of this, they wouldn't have invented calculus, because they would've just given up at the madness they exposed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:39 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Reforger at October 02, 2026 03:45 AM (MQYOv)
( sips coffee)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)
It certainly is a crazy function!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 03:45 AM (l3cgK)
*slides cold Fosters down the bar for Reforger*
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:49 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:52 AM (rdVOm)
Posted by: JQ at October 02, 2026 03:55 AM (rdVOm)
Then there is the Dirichlet Function, which was discovered/invented earlier. It simply is defined as returning 1 if the input is rational, and 0 if irrational.
Talk about pathological. That thing is nowhere continuous, forget about differentiable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:56 AM (w6EFb)
Then there is the Dirichlet Function, which was discovered/invented earlier. It simply is defined as returning 1 if the input is rational, and 0 if irrational.
Talk about pathological. That thing is nowhere continuous, forget about differentiable.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 03:56 AM (w6EFb)
Dirac Delta Function, also known as the Unit Impulse function...only 1 at a value of 1, zero everywhere else. Last used it in Kollege in one of my courses...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:03 AM (l3cgK)
But yet, since the number of irrational numbers is infinitely greater (the aleph-0 vs aleph-1 thing), the function out to be "mostly" 0.
And there's some general notions that will actually agree with that in some abstract sense.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:04 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:04 AM (l3cgK)
That is very, very useful. You can use that to switch from the notion of a point charge to some continuous charge density function. And many other very useful purposes.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:06 AM (w6EFb)
YOu can think of the delta function as the derivative of the step function.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:07 AM (w6EFb)
Another class of non-analytic functions that are very useful are the so-called "bump functions". Here's the problem, you want to model something "turns on" at some point, yet want to make it smooth. A step function is the simplest, turn on a switch. But that is discontinuous.
The bump functions allow you to do that smoothly. Turn on a signal, and do it smoothly. They are continuous and smooth. Yet non-analytic.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:10 AM (w6EFb)
YOu can think of the delta function as the derivative of the step function.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:07 AM (w6EFb)
Yes!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:11 AM (l3cgK)
YOu can think of the delta function as the derivative of the step function.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:07 AM (w6EFb)
Yes!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:11 AM (l3cgK)
Unit step function, IIRC.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:13 AM (l3cgK)
We've mostly been talking history/philosophy of math, and not real math. But, I'm gonna do it just a little bit, so the rest of you, avert your gaze.
This is simple example of such a smooth bump function. y(x) = 0 if x = 0.
That is a smooth version of the unit step function. You'll find it is infinitely differentiable. Yet it is non-analytic. You can't build a Taylor series around it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:17 AM (w6EFb)
If x is greater or equal to zero, y(x) = e^(-1/x^2). That is the right side of zero.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
** wheels trebuchet into position **
*** grabs earplugs and large butterfly net ***
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 04:19 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)
If x is greater or equal to zero, y(x) = e^(-1/x^2). That is the right side of zero.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:18 AM (w6EFb)
Basically a Gaussian function, x>0...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:21 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:23 AM (l3cgK)
I see Higher Mathematics is being discussed. I will sit quietly over here until it's over.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:24 AM (wzUl9)
I see Higher Mathematics is being discussed. I will sit quietly over here until it's over.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:24 AM (wzUl9)
High or Higher, depending on how much has been toked...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:26 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Skip
** offers spare pair of earplugs & trident **
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 02, 2026 04:27 AM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:28 AM (Ia/+0)
What those smooth bump functions show about analyticity vs non-analyticity is a global vs local thing, and that has some "deep thoughts" implications in a lot of physics.
An analytic function "leaks out to infinity". The local tells you the global. That smooth bump function breaks that. for x < 0, it's just a flat line = 0. Nothing about it predicts that behavior at x = 0.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Skip at October 02, 2026 04:21 AM (Ia/+0)
They lied, Skip.
They lied.
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:29 AM (odBC9)
Posted by: m at October 02, 2026 04:31 AM (odBC9)
What those smooth bump functions show about analyticity vs non-analyticity is a global vs local thing, and that has some "deep thoughts" implications in a lot of physics.
An analytic function "leaks out to infinity". The local tells you the global. That smooth bump function breaks that. for x
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:28 AM (w6EFb)
Trigonometric functions like sine and cosine are considered analytic, but don't "leak out to infinity", but rather oscillate forever...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:32 AM (l3cgK)
I didn't really want to be up at 4:30 a.m but came downstairs in the middle of the night and ( stupidly ) left the living door open and who came in to jump up and purr in my ear and tell me that it's breakfast time? My furry friend. He is adorable but I'm too odd to have a toddler at my advanced age . Even with grandchildren , which I don't have yet, I guess you love them and enjoy being with them but eventually they go home.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:32 AM (JrHfD)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (JrHfD)
But whadda I know, I'm just a son of a Western Canadian lady who referred to a Phillips screwdriver as a "French" screwdriver.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (wzUl9)
What I mean by that is not that anything about the function blows up. It's that the behavior of the function *locally*, in a small region "leaks" out everywhere. The local tells you the global. That's the basic property of analytic functions.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 02, 2026 04:34 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 02, 2026 04:38 AM (l3cgK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 02, 2026 04:51 AM (JrHfD)
I've come to embrace the new reality because I cannot change it. Changing such fundamental material demands supernatural forces, and as much as I WANT Jesus to return and set things right if it is to happen in my mortal life it will be a stunning surprise, since things have been sliding downhill before any of us were made.
Posted by: He who questions all of it at October 02, 2026 04:54 AM (8ZS/E)
Posted by: Huxley Orwell at October 02, 2026 11:56 AM (j3Fsw)
Spooky Season Cafe
Point Reyes National Seashore
by Cynical Publius
+1 flaming katana. I think it's just covered in match phosphorous and there's a striker plate in the hilt but whatever, man. Speaking of magic: simple sleights of hand exposed. Bats are celebrating their 65 millionth birthday, some pointy-heads claim.
Science has finally caught up to Duncanthrax.
A huge genomic and fossil study suggests bats first evolved in Europe around 65 to 60 million years ago before spreading across the globe. The findings also indicate that flight and echolocation emerged near the beginning of bat evolution, potentially helping explain how bats became one of the most successful mammal groups on Earth.
... The results suggest that bats first evolved in Europe during the late Paleocene. Their descendants then moved into Africa. As bats continued to diversify, separate groups expanded into the Americas, Asia, and Australia. Over time, those migrations produced the major bat lineages found around the world today.Anthony Fauci immediately sampled the tissues of a million-year-old bat fossil to find a disease he could infect the world with, then "cure."
... The findings also provide new clues about the origins of two of bats' defining features: powered flight and echolocation. ... Researchers also analyzed the fossil bat Vielasia, which sits on the oldest branch of the bat family tree. That fossil suggests echolocation had already appeared close to the beginning of bat evolution. Taken together, the evidence indicates that both powered flight and echolocation emerged before modern bat groups began diversifying. Those abilities may have helped give bats their remarkable evolutionary success.
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— 𝕬𝖗𝖒𝖆𝖌𝖊𝖉𝖉𝖔𝖓🌪 (@Armagedon6972) September 28, 2026
Halloween in the 1930s. pic.twitter.com/bOTyaqtubg
— Historic Vids (@historyinmemes) October 23, 2023
Doggo didn’t know how to handle all the halloween cat decorations, so he just froze..🐈⬛🐕🐈⬛😅 pic.twitter.com/haNVVEuYTS
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) April 21, 2026
A tour of a 1950s home -- basically untouched for 70 years. Includes a tiki bar in the rumpus room. I think that's more of a 60s thing but whatever, man.
1950s home tour
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) September 30, 2026
[📹 homes_with_max] pic.twitter.com/Tf5IEzxneL
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM (8d6Vf)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 07:32 PM (Ia/+0)
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Ennui
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at October 01, 2026 07:36 PM (0aYVJ)
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Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:36 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 07:37 PM (vJrRc)
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Who on the what when?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Penguin Facts at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (MWfyi)
https://tinyurl.com/2568e98n
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (Y8DZL)
Because he wanted to make sure that he’d grew some.
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:40 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 07:40 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Your waiter at October 01, 2026 07:40 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 07:41 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:42 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Guy who relates everything to Star Trek at October 01, 2026 07:44 PM (MWfyi)
I called the others, since none o'youse did.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:42 PM (zYpTz)
_________
The In Crowd doesn't need noods.
*dons shades*
*lights cigarette*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:44 PM (eRlcH)
Garçon! My steak is burned and it smells of gasoline.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Mine's still got the marks where the jockey hit it!
Posted by: Al Czervik at October 01, 2026 07:44 PM (xxBSa)
Whops! Opsie!
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 07:44 PM (8d6Vf)
Not true!
You wouldn't believe some of the names I called 'em...
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 07:44 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:45 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
I'm too old for nooding.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:45 PM (ftFVW)
Judge William Sullivan denied a motion to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty of murdering her three children. It comes after Clancy's defense team argued that there was no evidence she killed her children. NBC News' Misty Marris reports.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 07:45 PM (88C+u)
whops!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 07:40 PM
Well played, Ace. Well played.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 07:47 PM (GfgtS)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 07:47 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 07:47 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at October 01, 2026 07:48 PM (OlzlW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 07:48 PM (QjqJb)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:48 PM (viF8m)
Grandpa had his hifi down there too. And a TV. And a stack of Playboys. Paradise indeed.
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 07:49 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 07:49 PM (GfgtS)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 07:49 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:48 PM
Ayuh. Trees are looking nice.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 07:50 PM (GfgtS)
Posted by: RI Red
The wheel of the year is turning.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:36 PM (ftFVW)
To everything, there is a season.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:50 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
But the witches in Salem won't.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:50 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 07:51 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 07:49 PM (GfgtS)
And where is this “Salem”?
Asking for a friend.
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 07:51 PM (8d6Vf)
Judge William Sullivan denied a motion to find Lindsay Clancy not guilty of murdering her three children
That's hardly a smacking. He needs to be disbarred.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 07:51 PM (vTZFs)
Hmmmmm. Didn't something else happen roughly 65M years ago? I can't quite place it. There's a big hole in my memory.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)
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Who on the what when?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)
I saw that. I was 10. It was cool. I was a huge KISS fan. But then I found much better bands. Aside from Ace, KISS sucks, and has sucked for a half century.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at October 01, 2026 07:53 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 07:54 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 07:54 PM (8d6Vf)
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:54 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 07:49 PM (GfgtS)
We're heading to Southie to visit Meta Girl in a few weeks. She disabused me of any notion of a visit to Salem.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 01, 2026 07:54 PM (vr4To)
Whops! Opsie!
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 07:44 PM (8d6Vf)
Heh. I am fascinated by how many people misspell "oops" as "opps." I guess consonants are free.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:55 PM (zYpTz)
You load 16 tons of number 9 coal and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt!
- Tennessee Ernie “Spoky” Ford
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 07:55 PM (QjqJb)
Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Very true ... but some people put waaaaay too much garlic in spaghetti sauce.
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (3ZUWJ)
That's what the folks from Innsmouth, MA wore when they had to travel outside their town...They thought it made them look "normal" to outsiders.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (QjqJb)
Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2026 08:00 PM (LHPAg)
And I hereby relinquish any and all rights.
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 08:00 PM (8d6Vf)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 07:52 PM (Riz8t)
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Keith Richards was born?
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 08:01 PM (JXBGz)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 08:01 PM (Ia/+0)
BTW, Ace: “Spoky”?
That was a song by The Classics III
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (Cqx++)
IV
Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2026 08:01 PM (LHPAg)
You load 16 tons of number 9 coal and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt!
- Tennessee Ernie “Spoky” Ford
__________
My parents came from a coal-mining company town. There was a company department store, providing credit but selling stuff at a premium. So a miner might actually end up in debt.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 08:02 PM (eRlcH)
192 Forget it, Dash...it's Reddit Town.
And AI trains on Reddit feeds.
Plan Accordingly
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:34 PM (rgGn5)
What would AI be like if it was trained at the HQ?...
Boobs, beer, guns...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 08:02 PM (l3cgK)
Go Sabres ...
Posted by: browndog says woof
I'm not holding my breath on a Penguins playoff run, but starting the season by decimating the putrid trash Flyers, 7-0, in Filthydelphia was nice.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 08:02 PM (EweRc)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 08:02 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 08:03 PM (9+0gc)
She was a sour girl the day that she met me . . .
Posted by: 88C+u
That's what you get from drinking STP.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 08:03 PM (Cqx++)
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Sporky was slated to be the replacement for Clippy. Unfortunately, Bill Gated pulled the cord.
Posted by: Heavy Meta at October 01, 2026 08:06 PM (vr4To)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 08:00 PM (MWfyi)
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I hardly ever went to concerts when young. Saw Chicago in the early 80s and The Moody Blues in the mid-80s.
in the late 80s (around 27) I was dating a 19-year-old young lady who wanted to go see KISS (I was not a fan).
All I remember is my eardrums were nearly blown out by the ridiculously LOUD ampage -- they apparently had handed out earplugs to early arrivals but ran out by the time we entered -- and my ears were ringing for three days afterwards.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 08:06 PM (JXBGz)
Did any one notice the child wandering deeper into the spoky/spooky forest? Look again!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:07 PM (QjqJb)
Shocking, I know.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 08:07 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)
So, so, so gonna do that with one of my Gerber Mk II's!
(spozing I ever draw it, opponent will likely poop and run away!)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 01, 2026 08:08 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 01, 2026 08:09 PM (VyBeY)
Shocking, I know.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 08:07 PM (zZu0s)
No, he’s just a very effusive personality!
- official spokesperson
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:10 PM (QjqJb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 01, 2026 08:11 PM (VyBeY)
I like the vintage house. I'd get vinyl records just to use that built-in.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 08:11 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 08:12 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 08:08 PM (MWfyi)
What happened to the guy wearing the sweatpants?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:12 PM (QjqJb)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at October 01, 2026 08:02 PM (EweRc)
Always nice to see Philthy lose bigly ...
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 01, 2026 08:13 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: Dark Lix at October 01, 2026 08:13 PM (Fv808)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit "
I dunno. Spoky, isn't it?
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 08:13 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
As an infant I lived in company housing with the folks and grands at the cement plant everyone in town worked at. Grandpa, Dad, all my uncles and most of my cousins worked there at one time or another. I worked summers there too during college. Made real $$ - I could afford tuition and room and board just working 3 months a year.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 08:15 PM (CI1Dh)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:17 PM (QjqJb)
Garçon! My steak is burned and it smells of gasoline.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
***
Its France. They call it benzene.
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit "
I dunno, but wondering about that kind of thing is why Happy Fun J Frame goes everywhere with me ... except when (in deep enough woods) I swap it out for Happy Fun 629 ...
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 01, 2026 08:18 PM (VyBeY)
Posted by: Diogenes at October 01, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)
And they use every part of it.
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 08:18 PM (8d6Vf)
whops!
Posted by: ace
Ah, didn't pay for the double O plan?
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:42 PM (ftFVW)
He only got the license to ill.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 08:18 PM (c+XN4)
Have a good night everyone
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Ripping off one of the pop-up ads.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:19 PM (QjqJb)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 01, 2026 08:20 PM (VyBeY)
Scroll down the article to find the place where you can enter your zip code.
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Al Czervik at October 01, 2026 08:21 PM (xxBSa)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:22 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 08:26 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:26 PM (QjqJb)
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As I was driving down the street - oy ya amigo andele,
singing do wa di di di boom, cha ka la ka, boom cha ka la ka, oy ya amigo adelante
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 08:29 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
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True Story: I found myself in Salem ... on Halloween night 1998 ... with a Witch.
Details: Had flown out of San Diego to Boston beginning of October '98 for a 3-month software installation, customization, and training gig; client was Liberty Mutual Insurance in Portsmouth, NH.
One of the Operators I was training was a nice older black woman who'd casually mentioned that she practiced witchcraft and occasionally put spells on people; fortunately, she liked me!
As Halloween weekend approached (it fell on a Saturday night that year), she asked me if I had plans. I said I'd never been to Lexington and Concord and was going to drive out there on Halloween Day. She was single and asked if I wanted company.
I said "Sure." On the way back to NH as night had fallen we were approaching Salem, and she asked if I wanted to go experience Salem on Halloween night; she wanted to visit some famous witch who lived there.
Always up for adventure, we popped into that town -- pretty wild! -- and knocked on the famous witch's door, but alas there was no answer.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 08:29 PM (JXBGz)
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at October 01, 2026 08:30 PM (Zli+D)
Heh. Many years ago, they were a customer. Been to the Portsmouth location many times.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
Tampa Bay 0
2nd period
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:22 PM (viF8m)
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Texas is playing the Rays in the MLB Playoffs tonight?
/
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 08:32 PM (JXBGz)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 08:33 PM (88C+u)
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw
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Think they pulled that entry point.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 08:33 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:31 PM (viF8m)
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I really enjoyed the experience -- good firm, and loved the rural living.
Being there in winter was rough as I was running a lot at night training for a marathon -- and I wasn't used to THE COLD!
Bought my first pair of running tights and gloves ....
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 08:35 PM (JXBGz)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 08:36 PM (+UcOf)
Scroll down the article to find the place where you can enter your zip code.
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)
Had to reload it a couple of times to get to the interactive part. In my zip code in rural South Georgia, there a 11 Mexicans: that might be the wait staff at a local Mexican restaurant, although I know at least one of them is Puerto Ricueña.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 08:36 PM (QjqJb)
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:20 PM (viF8m)
The data on Oregon, at least Western Oregon is incomplete.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 08:36 PM (rbvCR)
I just refreshed the page a couple tines and I still see it. You have to scroll all the way down. Annoying format with lots of pop ins but if you keep scrolling eventually you'll get to the bottom of the page.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:37 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: JackStraw
This, too, is the story of life.
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 08:38 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: JackStraw
Roughly 125 illegals in my county - mostly from Mexico. Doesn't surprise me really. It really is white bread hillbilly mostly. BUT, in the past 20 years or so - we have added about 50% of our population with refugees from IL, WI, MI and MN. Somewhat less from OH, FL.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 08:41 PM (CI1Dh)
Yea, it's only a partial list of about 5 million who gave the zip they were heading for. Still, they tend to congregate in like communities of illegals so it's probably a pretty good indicator that if you see some of a certain nationality there are more.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 08:43 PM (vE0+H)
Tren de Aragua, meet Lancaster, OH.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 08:45 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Should have sent them to Pickerington - THAT would have resulted in some panties being knotted up!
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 08:47 PM (CI1Dh)
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 08:47 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 08:48 PM (xxBSa)
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 08:49 PM (JXBGz)
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 08:47 PM (CI1Dh)
Ha! They're close enough.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 08:51 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Cosda at October 01, 2026 08:51 PM (NkrL+)
Pretty spoky info, Jack.
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 08:54 PM (8d6Vf)
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 08:54 PM (KC5Lt)
Having a virtue-rewarding rum and eggnog. Fixed a little Hyundai 4kW generator this afternoon.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 08:55 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 08:57 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m)
Barkeep, let up celebrate this frabjous day, and spare no expense! Break out those 45-Day Reserve ValuRites that are gathering dust on the top shelf!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 08:58 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Winston AKA Pops at October 01, 2026 08:58 PM (rFtAF)
That's really well-preserved though
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 07:37 PM (vJrRc)
A lot of that stuff looks more '60's than '50's. And that narrator sounds like he could prance across a quarter-section of new-fallen snow, and leave nary a footprint.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 08:59 PM (4znQE)
Anecdotally, I encounter more black Africans (maybe some Caribbean) than I do black Americans.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at October 01, 2026 09:00 PM (0aYVJ)
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw at
Providence ??? I don't think this is needed.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 01, 2026 09:00 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 07:58 PM (Cqx++)
Heh! Nice.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:02 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at October 01, 2026 09:02 PM (VyBeY)
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw
Someone should check Martha's Vineyard ... they're very welcoming of illegals up there ; -)
Posted by: Adriane the Meteorology Critic. . . at October 01, 2026 09:03 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 08:59 PM (4znQE)
Just like Legolas.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at October 01, 2026 09:04 PM (0aYVJ)
I don't know whether to be proud of you, or ask if I still even know you.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Ben Had at October 01, 2026 09:07 PM (10NPz)
Believe it or not, there are 4 zip codes for Martha's Vineyard because of course there are.
They have a handful of illegals, all South American. Those lawns aren't going to cut themselves.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:08 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 09:08 PM (l3cgK)
https://tinyurl.com/y5dux2vt
Posted by: JackStraw
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The article chart is not explicit what these numbers represent.
Is it the number of asylum seekers?
Is it the number of estimated illegals?
Or what?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:09 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 09:09 PM (Sco7b)
To The Devil A Daughter (1976)
It has Christopher Lee.
Might be the last good-to-average Hammer film.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at October 01, 2026 09:12 PM (s1VwS)
Never saw that in Colorado.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 09:12 PM (0aYVJ)
And then college tuitions, fully paid for, kept them from upgrading.
My inlaws circumstances exactly.
Posted by: From about That Time at October 01, 2026 09:13 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 09:13 PM (QjqJb)
I don't know whether to be proud of you, or ask if I still even know you.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 09:06 PM (0sNs1)
Hey! We already sacrificed one rib for her.
Posted by: RI Red at October 01, 2026 09:15 PM (Edxq2)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 09:15 PM (vNne8)
Yes.
It's a bit confusing but I was more interested in trends, where are they going and which countries. They do list some numbers when you zoom in on a specific area.
I'm looking at Nantucket.
162 Brazilian
48 El Salvador
12 Columbia
11 Mexico
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)
"What If Trump Dropped the Sharia Law Bomb?"
PJ Media:
https://tinyurl.com/2sy9v63k
Pinsker only analyzes it in terms of its short-term suitability as a midterm elections tactic, both rousing the Republican base, and baiting Democrats into reflexive opposition that would scare moderates.
However, it is also suitable from a long-term perspective, getting us moving in the direction we need to go. And the sooner the midterms are won with a mandate, the bill passed by Congress and signed by Trump, and the court fight started, the sooner it will be finished and the stage set for the next one.
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 09:18 PM (ke3zm)
162 Brazilian
48 El Salvador
12 Columbia
11 Mexico
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)
Do any of those young men have an anatomical peculiarity?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:19 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 09:20 PM (QjqJb)
162 Brazilian
48 El Salvador
12 Columbia
11 Mexico
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)
Dishwashers, line cooks, landscapers, roofers.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 09:25 PM (k5CNB)
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 09:25 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:25 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:26 PM (+UcOf)
162 Brazilian
48 El Salvador
12 Columbia
11 Mexico
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:17 PM (viF8m)
And if any of them arrested they will be listed as white.
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 09:26 PM (KC5Lt)
I don't mind him. He was always in Trump's corner.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 09:09 PM (Sco7b)
No. He was, is, and always will be in Hannity's corner.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 09:27 PM (k5CNB)
Scott might finally resolve Alien: Covenant's cliffhanger ending
For those who have been waiting with bated breath for a resolution to Alien: Covenant’s cliffhanger ending, here’s some good news. Ridley Scott just said that a third Alien prequel film is in the works.
I know the joy this news will bring the horde.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 09:27 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:19 PM
You mean that anatomical peculiarity which first emerged 345 million years ago, and evolution finally perfected in The Paolo?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 09:29 PM (0sNs1)
It's less his voice and more his 8th grade communication level that grates on me. He's a sloganeer.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 09:29 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s)
It's supermarket eggnog with a shot of rum in it. Tasty. In fact, it tastes like another. BRB
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:29 PM (4znQE)
It's less his voice and more his 8th grade communication level that grates on me. He's a sloganeer.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 09:29 PM (vNne
Got to admit he has a nice head of hair.
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 09:31 PM (KC5Lt)
Why didn't they show Pakistanis and other middle easterners on their charts?
Bigots.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:31 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: polynikes
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They've always been white.
Before segregation they were white.
After segregation they were white.
They are white, just darker than you.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:33 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Funsize at October 01, 2026 09:35 PM (3j87q)
He is mind-numbingly tedious.
And he has dumb hair, like Napolitano.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 09:35 PM (0aYVJ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:35 PM (RIvkX)
Muslims apparently don't like to give information to the feds. Go figure.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:36 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 09:36 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 09:36 PM (slH4t)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:33 PM
Alternatively, you're a whiter shade of pale.
Posted by: Procol Harum at October 01, 2026 09:37 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Time Is Running Out! at October 01, 2026 09:37 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
With stimulated wood paneling.
Posted by: Archie Bunker at October 01, 2026 09:39 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:35 PM (RIvkX)
I like that so-called '50's house, and would happily live in one like it. My kitchen cabinets are all varnished fir plywood, with the grain displayed, and counter tops are aqua-colored Formica, with metallic sprinkles in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:39 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 09:27 PM (Y8DZL)
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I loved Prometheus.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:39 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 09:40 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Tom Servo at October 01, 2026 09:36 PM (slH4t)
Funny. I am using Brave right now, and no problems, and no mgid crap, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:41 PM (4znQE)
One guy's bar was more "bowling alley" look
My dad's bar had a pachinko machine on it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:41 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Holdin' It Over Here at October 01, 2026 09:41 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:39 PM (RIvkX)
Symmetry demands there be a Conmetheus.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:42 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 09:43 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 09:43 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at October 01, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:42 PM (4znQE)
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Symmetry demands I hate it!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:44 PM (RIvkX)
I like that so-called '50's house, and would happily live in one like it. My kitchen cabinets are all varnished fir plywood, with the grain displayed, and counter tops are aqua-colored Formica, with metallic sprinkles in it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01
I love a good MidMod, and an atomic ranch is the best of the best!
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 09:46 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: Big Kale at October 01, 2026 09:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Funsize at October 01, 2026 09:47 PM (3j87q)
Posted by: Holdin' It Over Here
Sheeeeeeet. . . . I have 7 sibs - 5 sisters. We all made do with one bathroom and 3 small BRs. Mom and Dad had one of the BRs.
Posted by: Tonypete at October 01, 2026 09:47 PM (CI1Dh)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 09:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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I'm running Brave with no problems.
It's either your settings or you accidentally hit one of those annoying buttons. In nothing else, uninstall it and reinstall. Prolly take five minutes.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:49 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 09:49 PM (xxBSa)
Bradford, PA, U of Pitt campus looked like that in the Fall. What the area lacked in $ & influence (it had none) it made up in beauty, bordering in the Allegheny forest.
Halloween 1930s...the Irish & Scots wen't right in the head then either but no one would have touched their kids.
Had those metal cats with the glassy eyes in the yard. Nothing feared them. That's one well trained Lab. (Great dogs)
I swear that was my Aunt Mary's house. It was identical inside.
When my Uncle passed away, my one idiot cousin lived in the basement for years watching she didn't spend a cent on renovation. (She had some decent $.). Now that she's passed, too, he's still in the house and it's probably still untouched.
Slapshot is on TruTV..
Have a good evening!
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 09:50 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Tonypete
Yes, but you grew up in Jurassic era.
Posted by: Old Fossil at October 01, 2026 09:50 PM (Fn+3X)
I often wonder where the ghosts went after it was razed a decade or so ago.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)
I'm trying to put on a brave front.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Janet Weiss at October 01, 2026 09:51 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 09:46 PM (ZdaMQ)
My actual house here in Alberta is a converted one-room schoolhouse, built in 1915, and decommissioned as a school in 1952. At some point subsequent to that, the 3-acre school plot was sold to the owners of the quarter-section, who then converted it to a home..
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:51 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 09:49 PM (xxBSa)
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Was it frageelay?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:52 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett
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Musk showed a time lapse of himself asking, isn't it interesting, the more money one has the more hair on his head? He's a natural chrome dome.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:52 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Thanksgiving Treats at October 01, 2026 09:52 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:51 PM (RIvkX)
I used to go to a hole-in-the-wall Vietnamese place in The Mission that was spectacularly good, and stupidly cheap.
It's where I developed my taste for cat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 09:53 PM (k5CNB)
Posted by: Case at October 01, 2026 09:53 PM (9+0gc)
Posted by: Funsize at October 01, 2026 09:47 PM (3j87q)
The owners' suite on the Titanic had a sunken living room, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 09:53 PM (4znQE)
It's where I developed my taste for cat.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 09:53 PM (k5CNB)
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I'm literally outliving all the good places.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:54 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Tonypete
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School day mornings a riot? Did you have back yard help while waiting?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:57 PM (+UcOf)
I would also love some Art Deco stuff, and maybe even Art Nouveau, but those are kinda pricey. Mid-Century Modern is not so pricey, and quite available.
Current stuff is just.... boring.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 09:57 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 09:57 PM (xxBSa)
Posted by: Funsize
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'65 here. It has an intercom w/radio.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:59 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Straight Talk at October 01, 2026 09:59 PM (Fn+3X)
I often wonder where the ghosts went after it was razed a decade or so ago.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Sounding the Carnyx at October 01, 2026 09:50 PM (0aYVJ)
Must be a wandering among the cottonwoods now.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 10:00 PM (PY8/y)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at October 01, 2026 10:00 PM (BlaSb)
Posted by: Not Participating at October 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 09:54 PM (RIvkX)
If my favorite Dim Sum place is gone then there is no more reason to live!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 10:00 PM (k5CNB)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 09:57 PM (GYqb1)
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Were the plaid dishes from Appalachia? My grandmother had a set of these that Son #1 now has.
She, her sisters, daughter and others used to go to Hot Springs, Arkansas for "the baths." As a kid I always wondered why they only bathed twice a year. I didn't ask because they always got me gifts from there.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 10:01 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at October 01, 2026 10:01 PM (wxsGM)
But it will show off the drinkware and barware I collected on his behalf. Also, it has a beverage tower, and an ice maker, which means he will NOT be in my kitchen mixing drinks or annoying me during meal prep.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:02 PM (GYqb1)
ONT
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (/QHx4)
You want maple syrup for egg roll?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mary Clogginstein
Watching Trump speak in Oklahoma. He just cut off the remaining FART Tube subsidy. Ha Ha!
Posted by: Sink Or Swim VT! at October 01, 2026 10:04 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at October 01, 2026 10:00 PM (k5CNB)
Many of the Dim Sum places in Canada have downgraded the experience. No more ladies pushing carts around, loaded with mysterious goodies. Now you order off the menu. Which misses the entire point. Are you going to order steamed chicken feet off the menu? Nope, nope, nope. But you see them in a little bamboo basket, steaming hot, and smelling good, and you say, "eh, what the heck?"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 09:59 PM (+UcOf)
My dad built our state of the art house in 1965. It likewise has an intercom w/radio, which got an awful lot of use over the years. Dark wood paneling, linoleum floors, daylight basement with rec room, all that jazz. We had one bathroom, plus mom and dad had one in their bedroom, with a shower instead of a bathtub. We only had 5 kids, so it was fine.
It also had a laundry chute. I will never admit to shoving my little brother down that, but....
Aqua plumbing fixtures, lots of really fancy plastic laminate countertops, even plastic hippie beads on the bathroom window. We were so damned stylish.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 10:07 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at October 01, 2026 10:10 PM (OoT17)
France In Crisis as "Youths" Set Fire to Schools, Cars, and... People
France's intelligence agencies briefed a government crisis meeting on Thursday that a wave of student protests, sometimes violent, that has swept across the country was initiated by hard-left politicians, a person close to the prime minister said. The protests against teacher shortages and dilapidated school buildings erupted in the Paris region last month but have turned increasingly violent as they spread nationwide, with dozens injured and with police making hundreds of arrests. Student protesters started fires in at least two high schools, while teachers were inadvertently splashed with petrol at a third in the southern city of Marseille, officials said. At least one car was torched in Strasbourg in the east and riot police clashed with youths in Toulouse in the southwest.Inadvertently splashed with gas? Are you sure about that?
One of the thugs in France just used a flame thrower on an elderly woman.
— Inevitable West (@Inevitablewest) October 1, 2026
These aren't protests. Most of these have left school or are failing anyway.
This is a violent uprising attempt. pic.twitter.com/G713Mtt37m
Reports say over 350 high schools and about 30 university campuses were affected by the movement on Thursday alone. RFI reported 83 police and gendarmes were wounded today, with 119 students and school staffers injured since the start of unrest last week. Reuters reported the principal of Marseille's Victor Hugo high school was doused in gasoline and injured, while two other principals were injured in attacks in Rouen and Petit-Quevilly. Police used tear gas in several cities, with Reuters reporting students accusing authorities of heavy‑handed tactics. Meanwhile, authorities are warning of "urban violence" and attempted arson at multiple schools. The protests coincide with the government announcing a series of unpopular spending cuts in its 2027 budget two weeks ago and have become a political flashpoint at a sensitive moment for the French government. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told Reuters that, "in certain places, there were individuals acting as agitators -- people who moved from one school to another to stir up high school and other students and incite them to commit acts of violence." Education Minister Edouard Geffray called for schools to hold classes remotely if protesters were blocking their premises, posting on X: "Violence will not keep our students from their fundamental right to an education." Senior Envoy to Europe at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Simone Rodan-Benzaquen told Fox News Digital, "The students' grievances about missing teachers and deteriorating schools were real at first. But dousing a principal in gasoline and attacking firefighters are acts of extreme violence. What makes this politically significant is the effort to turn frustration over schools into a much broader confrontation with the government." The Associated Press reported the protests are quickly blowing up as a hot topic in the election campaign to replace President Emmanuel Macron next May. Far-left presidential hopeful Jean-Luc Mélenchon has decried the government response to the protests as repressive. Critics have accused his party, La France Insoumise, (LFI), of seeking to use the unrest to score points in the presidential campaign and of inciting violence. Rodan-Benzaquen says the LFI has "actively supported the mobilization. Activists circulate footage of clashes, party accounts amplify it and elected officials present themselves as the students' defenders." With an election next year, she said, "Mélenchon sees these mobilizations as a way to consolidate young voters and marginalize the moderate left. At a time of deep political, geopolitical and economic challenges, this is a very dangerous situation for France."
The immigrant mayor of Saint-Denis -- one of the most "sensitive zones" in France and a major site of the riots -- actually joined with the rioters, dancing with them. Third world people bring third world problems:
When you import the third world this is the result. pic.twitter.com/7st0sSDaYQ
— Chris Ripa (@CHRISsW0RLD) October 1, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 06:35 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Maryland Man still here at October 01, 2026 06:36 PM (+gK6I)
Imma gonna stop you right there France.
Once they start rioting you can throw them out of whatever colleges you pretend they are learning at.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:36 PM (uhVAy)
Trump has ordered the chairs removed for TSA agents.
Saying, and I paraphrase, "those fatties need to get fit"
Who will stop this Orange Monster?!!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 06:37 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Maryland Man still here at October 01, 2026 06:36 PM (+gK6I)
Sock off/
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:37 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)
When they find out they are Albigensian heretics?
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:37 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: man at October 01, 2026 06:37 PM (pfXMo)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (eRlcH)
Happy shiny people holding hands!
Posted by: R.E.M at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Gqar8)
—Disinformation Expert Ace
When a foreign army burns your cities it isn't crime, its pillaging.
The appropriate response is to kill those engaged and drive off the rest.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:39 PM (+gK6I)
well, if he stuck a feather in his cap, we could call him macaroni.
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2026 06:39 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: pookysgirl, recalling her Western Civ class at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (eRlcH)
Now they're in all the cities.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)
Saying, and I paraphrase, "those fatties need to get fit"
that is funny
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1wjle)
That one with the Lysol Flamethrower?
He'd be the first one.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (vNne8)
Saying, and I paraphrase, "those fatties need to get fit"
that is funny
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1wjle)
Overruled !
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (BHTo4)
The French aren't having enough kids, so it is obviously necessary to turn France into Algeria.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (u6/wt)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:39 PM (+gK6I)
Actually the Gazan chant sounds a lot like our college grads. It's the only thing they picked up on in their 4-12 years there.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (+UcOf)
Overruled !
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (+gK6I)
__________
Then have a big LAZ-Y-BOY sign over each chair.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:42 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 06:41 PM (BHTo4)
Wrong Preznent?
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Gqar8)
The appropriate response is to kill those engaged and drive off the rest.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (sKqQm)
And all their supporters, enablers and apologists.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Paul at October 01, 2026 06:42 PM (90kbM)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (Gqar
French Obama, to go with Canadian Obama.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:42 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:43 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Pawl at October 01, 2026 06:43 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 06:43 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:44 PM (sKqQm)
Paging Doctor Retard.
Doctor Retard, Please Pick Up The Courtesy Phone.
Thank You.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 06:44 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:45 PM (+gK6I)
Give em a little space to destroy. /s
Posted by: OneEyedJack at October 01, 2026 06:45 PM (zafwz)
Posted by: It's me donna
I completely missed this story. I was focused on putting up posts and didn't see any YouTube today.
Glad a commenter mentioned it in the last thread.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 06:45 PM (1wjle)
Welp, yesterday I was asking how exactly we know when the UK is gone, considering so many institutions are still standing -- the Royal Family, Lloyds of London, the Great British Baking Show, etc -- and today I think I see it in the video of that African mayor in France dancing around the flames. It will eventually be flames and destruction of age-old monuments in the capital cities while the elected leaders dance. The next day, government councils are disbanded and Islamic law begins.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 06:45 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:45 PM (eRlcH)
I completely missed this story. I was focused on putting up posts and didn't see any YouTube today.
Glad a commenter mentioned it in the last thread.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 06:45 PM (1wjle)
You missed it because the media is ignoring it...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:46 PM (+gK6I)
Sure, that checks.
It's obviously go time. This is not a random protest. It's an organized attack.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)
There is no "and when the sub-Saharans win: Wakanda!"
So it's either South Africa as France devolves and the natives retreat further into the countryside or a racial purge and the natives take their lands back.
No other option.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 06:47 PM (3cUTc)
The appropriate response is to kill those engaged and drive off the rest.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (sKqQm)
And all their supporters, enablers and apologists.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Sco7b)
the Byzantines had a good plan for this. They sent out to the mobs that the government was giving up and they should gather at the stadium to hear the results. Then they sent troops to block all the gates and sent archers to the top rows to start shooting. One path out was left for escape and many were crushed or trampled.
Enthusiasm for Rioting was limited after that.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:47 PM (uhVAy)
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and the crowd rushed to help put out the flames. _ Right?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:47 PM (+UcOf)
It's obviously go time. This is not a random protest. It's an organized attack.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 06:46 PM (viF8m)
Yes.. It's in multiple cities
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:47 PM (+gK6I)
If the Frog police and regular Frog Army don't have the balls to do what's necessary, there's a Legion of troops down in Marseille who probably would.
I mean, the Legion is basically a prison gang with machine guns and state-of-the-art military training. Plus some bitchin' dress uniforms.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 06:47 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:48 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 06:48 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 06:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 06:48 PM (ex18v)
Sure, that checks.
What if the issue is instead of teaching lil Muhammed to add they are teaching him how great it is to cut off his bits or to have two mommies (well, two mommies without one daddy as well)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:48 PM (sKqQm)
I mean, the Legion is basically a prison gang with machine guns and state-of-the-art military training. Plus some bitchin' dress uniforms.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Do they operate in country or only external?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Cqx++)
Had a friend in college with a little terrier that would get fired up and growl if you pet him against the grain. You could hold him, and literally rev him up by petting him...then you could let him go and ANYTHING he was pointed at was the outlet for the aggression you instilled in the little guy.
This is essentially the same thing.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 06:49 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:49 PM (jivel)
These images make my point.
Posted by: Bea Arthur's Dick at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (OGFx7)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Time is ticking.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (ex18v)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:49 PM (jivel)
They would only cover it if they could connect it to Trump
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (+gK6I)
https://tinyurl.com/3zpy638x
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:49 PM (jivel)
Yes the MSM is full Soviet mode now, where you learn the truth more by what they don't say than what they do say.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (uhVAy)
I wonder if the propaganda ministries in the USA will cover this mess. Nah, I don't wonder
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Can they blame it on Trump?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (Cqx++)
Eh... maybe. France might be one of the countries that stunts students into educational tracks and whatever track you're on determines what you're allowed to do for the rest of your life.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 06:51 PM (vJrRc)
Angle Reese wins defensive player of the year in the WNBA
Are me-bounds counted as defensive stats?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 06:51 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: deep thought at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Napoleon Bonaparte at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (GfgtS)
After all, Muslims are only 6% of Europe.
Of course, the way it works is that only 6% of Belgium is Muslim, but a quarter of the capital Brussels is, and about half the school kids in Brussels are Muslim.
Having a Muslim majority in ten years in your capital won't be a problem, obviously.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (u6/wt)
https://tinyurl.com/3zpy638x
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 06:50 PM (kX27y)
Shocking what a bully that white kid was.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (uhVAy)
By the way Candace followers seem to be turning in her. A blind person could see that coming
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:53 PM (+UcOf)
OMG, didn't include the video b/c it was so awful:
Basil the Great
@BasilTheGreat
·
2h
🚨WATCH 🎥In France a migrant protestor BURNS THE FACE OF A WOMAN in the street
Using a spray can he blows fire directly into her face
This is insanity
France needs to be put into martial law until they can deport these savages
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 06:53 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 06:53 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (dK+Kv)
Go to the head of the class.
Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2026 06:53 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at October 01, 2026 06:53 PM (IiS7N)
We've had an other jihadi hijack and attempt to crash a flight to Israel. Media says too soon to know how the pilot was stabbed.
And now the jihadis are burning down France. Because most of these jihadis don't even attend are not up to the standards of their 3rd world shit hole.
I wonder which random event the media will be unable to tell us the real cause why it happened will happen next?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 06:53 PM (viF8m)
Having a Muslim majority in ten years in your capital won't be a problem, obviously.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (u6/wt)
The rulers in most countries are a small fraction of the population. And you don't have to win a vote to gain power, it just can be handy.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 06:51 PM (vJrRc
That's what we were taught about French schools in my French language class.
Posted by: Emmie at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (OlzlW)
One thing about the French. If they actually do snap, it will not be tidy. We're talking shooting until the ammo runs out, electricity to the balls in cellars, burning buildings down with people locked inside.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (ex18v)
You know there will be attempts on the 7th.
These savages love an anniversary bombing.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 06:51 PM (vJrRc
They could be here where we pass illiterate kids to graduation and dump them out
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (+gK6I)
These are not people interested in a western education. They are not interested in any education. It is the sine qua non of muslim societies to keep people ignorant and within the clutches of the cult and its dictates. This is the deliberate inculcation of the masses, to be used as a weapon and leading edge against the infidels.
These people are never neutral, nor can they in any significant way adopt the concept of individual liberty and constitutional republics governed by a set of laws and a fair justice system.
Look around you to see what they have infected. The schools, the justice system and now removing their proxies and capturing the government for themselves.
Unless the muslim migration is stopped, it will destroy a country from the inside out. What they could not do with weapons, they are doing forced migration.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (9MWCZ)
These are the shock troops of the current French government.
France isn't going to do anything about it unless the military decides it is time for a reset...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (sKqQm)
By the way Candace followers seem to be turning in her. A blind person could see that coming
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:52 PM (jivel)
Now that she's a lesbian, Macron can no longer sue, she outranks him. He's a simp or gay, both lower on the totem pole.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:56 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Dis-moi en plus.
Posted by: le rasoir at October 01, 2026 06:56 PM (88C+u)
At this point, I am kind of thinking the only way out of this is a very bloody world war. One that stops people thinking about their benefits and starts them thinking about national survival.
France has always been the exemplar for this -- they riot regularly, but only over pensions and vacation days. Not over the destruction of their society. At least the Irish seem to have started figuring out that one.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 06:56 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:57 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Degenerate Gambler at October 01, 2026 06:58 PM (Fn+3X)
Unless the muslim migration is stopped, it will destroy a country from the inside out. What they could not do with weapons, they are doing forced migration.
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (9MWCZ)
The Muslims are bad, but the infection in France isn't Muslim in the slightest. This is all the 'elite' globalist mumbo jumbo that has all these ideas and seizes on various stupid Eco freak, Commie and Muslim tools to use.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:58 PM (uhVAy)
Kosher
@koshercockney
"Elon Musk makes predictions for Europe.
After what we’ve seen in France in the last few days and terrorist plots in the UK, the stabbings, the rapes. All covered up/downplayed by Politicians and MSM.
Will he be right?
[Elon]
"I think we're going to see widespread slaughter in Europe."
"You're clearly seeing a massive increase in the number of attacks."
"And the legacy media downplays these attacks. But the attacks, the terrorism, the killing of innocent people is rising. Every week, there's more."
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:58 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 06:58 PM (ex18v)
It’s less than 50%, and they spend more per student than any other city.
Where is all that money going?
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 06:58 PM (9MWCZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:59 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 06:59 PM (9MWCZ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:59 PM (jivel)
It’s less than 50%, and they spend more per student than any other city.
Where is all that money going?
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 06:58 PM (9MWCZ)
Two words .. Teachers Unions
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 06:59 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (eRlcH)
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Wait, wut?
Posted by: Rainbow Warrior at October 01, 2026 07:00 PM (RIvkX)
It says "Mardi, la jeune fille de 14 ans a été serrée à la gorge par un policier lors du blocus des élèves du lycée Leclerc-Navarre."
Which i think says she's 14, and something about her neck? If she's 14, maybe that Muhammed was onto something!!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar, considering Islam at October 01, 2026 07:00 PM (EAQrO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (eRlcH)
Well, snap or no snap they first have to decide if they want to repress things, then they would have to win if they did. With the overall Euro neglect of the troops they might find out that the sword they want to draw is rusted into the scabbard.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:00 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)
After all, Muslims are only 6% of Europe.
__________
The Bolsheviks were less than 5% of Russia.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:55 PM (sKqQm)
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Wait, wut?
Posted by: Zombie Salvador Allende at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (RIvkX)
Of course, the way it works is that only 6% of Belgium is Muslim, but a quarter of the capital Brussels is, and about half the school kids in Brussels are Muslim.
Having a Muslim majority in ten years in your capital won't be a problem, obviously.
Posted by: The ARC
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Oh, it's much worse. I don't know actual numbers, but most of the whites are old and past fertility. Most of the muzzies are young and still having kids.
In the fertile rang and kids, it is something like 30%. In 20 years it will be close to 50%. Gone.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: Ralph at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (8WZD4)
___________
Pluto Water? Castor oil?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Gasoline enema.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (ex18v)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 07:01 PM (9MWCZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (eRlcH)
That's my favorite form of persuasion ...
Posted by: Bryan Mills at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (oCio0)
Nothing to see here.
France is just being France—surrendering to anti-Semites.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: French Castle Guards at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
Time is ticking.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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It's time for them to go.
Many in the political class know this, however, until the media becomes an advocate for America the general population will remain unaware.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (+UcOf)
And just by coincidence, virtually every western leader decided at the same time it was a super good idea to import millions of 2 legged terriers.
Seriously, you don't have to be a tinfoil hat wearing crazy person to find it just a bit odd that the UK would arrest 3 jihadists in the act, strip search them for suicide vests, book them on suspicion of illegal explosives and terrorism and then release them.
People might be pissed at Republicans for not doing more but most of them don't want you dead. Democrats do. Vote.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (Sco7b)
Nothing to see here.
France is just being France—surrendering to anti-Semites.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (PVBkQ)
Like they weren't anti Semite themselves already.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:02 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 07:03 PM (vNne8)
This is like saying only 6% of my attic is on fire. The part with the cans of fuel oil (fertility.)
So no worries.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 07:04 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:04 PM (eRlcH)
Yes, Musk is right.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:04 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: The ARC
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The Ruling Class
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:04 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)
They? Churches just burn for no reason, like Notre Dame.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:04 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: French frogs at October 01, 2026 07:04 PM (Mx+TJ)
One thing about the French. If they actually do snap, it will not be tidy. We're talking shooting until the ammo runs out, electricity to the balls in cellars, burning buildings down with people locked inside.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (eRlcH)
Which reminds me, it's been awhile since I've watched The Battle of Algiers...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 07:05 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 07:05 PM (BHTo4)
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at October 01, 2026 07:05 PM (bX16E)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 01, 2026 07:06 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Vengeance
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Islam is a religion of Pieces, er Peace. Of the Grave.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)
🚨WATCH 🎥
In France a migrant protestor BURNS THE FACE OF A WOMAN in the street
Using a spray can he blows fire directly into her face
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:06 PM (+UcOf)
Quick, prep the social workers to go in and soothe the youths!
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:07 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 07:07 PM (UjdFS)
Those are trappings of civilization.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 07:08 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM (eRlcH)
That's my favorite form of persuasion ...
putting the resistance in french resistance
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2026 07:08 PM (oY6Yp)
Quick, prep the social workers to go in and soothe the youths!
Posted by: She Hobbit at October 01, 2026 07:07 PM (ftFVW)
If you shoot them enough, there's none to complain.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:08 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:54 PM
I thought you said "to the bulls", of which I would disapprove.
Posted by: David F. at October 01, 2026 07:09 PM (0sNs1)
She does. That's why he and Obama get along so well.
Posted by: Ian S. at October 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Cw4E2)
Using a spray can he blows fire directly into her face
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:06 PM (+UcOf)
he's probably a professor.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:09 PM (uhVAy)
I'm not really feeling much sorrow for Europeans as they have destroyed the food and energy supplies and exported their industries, wealth and entrepreneurs.
It seems that the Globalists are leaving the Muslim hordes with no power, food, work or skills in a land that has cold winters.
Eventually the white hard hats aren't going to be around to keep the infrastructure running. When the power goes out and the water stops flowing we get to see a live example of the 72-hour principle.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:09 PM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)
Eventually the white hard hats aren't going to be around to keep the infrastructure running. When the power goes out and the water stops flowing we get to see a live example of the 72-hour principle.
This is the story of Zimbabwe
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oldcat
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or, If you shoot enough of them, there's none to complain.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (+UcOf)
Let's also take note of the deleterious effects the French language has on intelligence and cognition.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 07:06 PM (RIvkX)
__________
Just as you can't say anything in Italian without your hands moving, you can't say anything in French without becoming surly.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (eRlcH)
The FLN responded by adopting the slogan: "The Suitcase or the Bullet", and kicked all the French out.
I've mused that that makes for an interesting precedent.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at October 01, 2026 07:11 PM (u6/wt)
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Trump is at 96%, but the one's here keep breeding.
_ like rabbits
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:11 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Plus ce change and whatnot at October 01, 2026 07:12 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (eRlcH)
its all those letters you don't pronounce at the end of words. You feel cheated of those syllables.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)
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But what about my beautiful oak doors?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 07:12 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 07:13 PM (UjdFS)
You feel cheated of those syllables.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)
_________
You become resentful, then you lash out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:13 PM (eRlcH)
In France a migrant protestor BURNS THE FACE OF A WOMAN in the street
WATCH? How about Hell No.
Instead of videoing this snuff film, put down the phone and beat the ass of the retard setting someone's face on fire.
If getting a video is more important than human life, then you deserve to be eaten by this Muslim Judgement upon your land.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:13 PM (PVBkQ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM
Ce n'est pas vrai, monsieur !
Posted by: Quebecois at October 01, 2026 07:14 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:14 PM (PVBkQ)
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Is it too late to change that high school name to "Emmanuel Macron" if not "St. George Floyd"?
/only half-joking
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 07:15 PM (0S2LD)
The revolution did that. (i think)
- the rural ones think they are safe at a distance
- the working class think the muzzies will be just a different set of assholes running things
- the ruling class think the muzzies will be a more controllable set of servant class
- and most of them are only worried about their pensions.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 07:16 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)
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Do they work?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 07:16 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: browndog says woof at October 01, 2026 07:17 PM (oCio0)
Posted by: Stale baguettes aren't the best clubs at October 01, 2026 07:17 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)
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Do they work?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 07:16 PM (FZ29D)
I think they get 3 months paid vacation a year.
Posted by: Even the missiles are lazy at October 01, 2026 07:18 PM (TbWk/)
And here we are perseverating on the IRGC having a primitive nuke.
Who saw that the easiest way to obtaining your desired tools of Armageddon was through immigration?
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM (PVBkQ)
youtu.be/Pn0WdJx-Wkw
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM (zZu0s)
They got beaned.
Posted by: And became real weenies at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)
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Do they work?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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UK nukes are ours, we maintain them.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 07:20 PM (MWfyi)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 07:19 PM
They're no longer the wurst, that's for sure.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 07:21 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 07:21 PM (Y8DZL)
Prosecutor should call that murder. He got punched, was disoriented and fell off the railing trying to get away. It was caused by the punch and fall. Murder.
(of course it will never happen.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 07:21 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2026 07:21 PM (3rR55)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2026 07:23 PM (3rR55)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 07:10 PM (viF8m)
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I'm surprised neither or both (nor DogEater) haven't sent some on pallets to Iran.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 07:23 PM (JXBGz)
Eventually the white hard hats aren't going to be around to keep the infrastructure running. When the power goes out and the water stops flowing we get to see a live example of the 72-hour principle.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:09 PM (PVBkQ)
Nuke plants are fragile.
Posted by: Eromero at October 01, 2026 07:23 PM (LHPAg)
So this is once again a Red-Green Alliance between the far left communists and Islamists."
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The "Cordon Sanitaire" keeping the RN from power is crumbling. Even Sarkozy sees the writing on the wall. Macron's term ends in 2027 and the Left isn't happy.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 07:24 PM (rj6Yv)
they're trying really hard to demonize these high school students for no reason. I've seen a kick aimed at a riot cop and a dumpster on fire since the beginning, images they're looping... All the rest was police charging at kids.
15 years ago there was a blockade in front of my high school. I remember the tear gas, but not such police violence. And it was already over the top to throw tear gas at high school students.
Since the country is not "on fire and blood", you'd have to be blind to dare say it's not largely disproportionate. These are high schoolers, for crying out loud, and they're not protesting to mess around; on the contrary, they're protesting to work (to have teachers, like seriously lol).
I really can't understand how people can go about living their lives as if nothing's wrong while they violently attack high school students as if they were dangerous individuals.
There are days when I wonder why there's so much violence against law enforcement. But not today.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 07:24 PM (EAQrO)
France has nearly 300 nukes. The UK has slightly fewer.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Do they work?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Do ours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 07:25 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: sven at October 01, 2026 07:26 PM (Int1s)
Do ours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 07:25 PM (Cqx++)
_________
One way to find out...
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:26 PM (eRlcH)
1) I don't believe this either. Does anyone?
2) Even if it were true, you don't get to say "Oops" when someone gets hurt due to you flinging gasoline around and setting shit on fire.
Posted by: Dude With a Rainbow Beard at October 01, 2026 07:26 PM (qlLNh)
They will not, they will shoot the people bothered by them first.
Posted by: sven at October 01, 2026 07:26 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: JackStraw
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Do they work?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
Do ours?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 07:25 PM
I tried to find out.
Posted by: zombie Lindsay Graham (R-Hades) at October 01, 2026 07:28 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 07:28 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at October 01, 2026 07:28 PM (QaH55)
Their secret police used to not be there to be trifled with, the problem is they started hiring from the "newer better French" and consequently they no longer can be trusted.
Posted by: sven at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM (Int1s)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 07:12 PM (uhVAy)
I am not fluent in any language other than English, but I do like the strict rules of some, German and Spanish, por ejemplo.
French and Gaelic baffle me. Just pronounce the vowels and consonants you feel like.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, call BR549 at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM (0aYVJ)
Wow. That's a lot of failure to understand the situation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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This year we conducted an underground nuke explosion in NV.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM (+UcOf)
Yes, and it gets far worse. Consider:
• France's nukes are already significantly backing up surrounding country's failed electrical generation
• winter is Europe's "peak electrical season" they were struggling this summer.
• EU's hero Zelenskyy has been blowing up Europe's diesel supply. Russia has stopped exporting and there are cries from within the US Senate to stop diesel exports from the US to reduce fuel prices domestically.
When France fails, it takes down a lot of its neighbors.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:32 PM (rgGn5)
Wow. That's a lot of failure to understand the situation.
In a perverse way, you kinda gotta admire their dedication.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 07:33 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM
Forget it, Dash...it's Reddit Town.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at October 01, 2026 07:33 PM (GfgtS)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 07:20 PM (MWfyi)
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The RC drew 800,000 people to a procession and an outdoor Mass. Not a single injury or fatality. That's a sign of strength and determination. The Left and their Islamist confederates are on notice.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 07:34 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:34 PM (rgGn5)
Wow. That's a lot of failure to understand the situation.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
Oh, I think they understand the situation well. Masses of migrants burning shit looks bad, and the right wing is gaining more and more power. Any deflection to something else, especially white French high school kids being "oppressed" by overbearing police, will help their cause. Bonus points if they weaken the police prior to losing power to the right.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 07:35 PM (EAQrO)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:31 PM
That's kind of what I said.
Posted by: Strother Martin at October 01, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
If getting a video is more important than human life, then you deserve to be eaten by this Muslim Judgement upon your land.
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 07:13 PM (PVBkQ)
That's one of the things that infuriated me about the 2004 tsunami. There was this one cellphone video of a guy trying to pull an elderly woman up out of the rushing water into a stilt house as she's screaming in terror. The guy filming (and about 6-7 other young people, all holding phones) is standing about 10 feet away from this guy struggling to rescue this poor woman while he's live-posting to his instagram. His grip slips and she's washed away just before the video ends, almost certainly to her horrible death.
If there was any justice in the world, the rescuer would have walked over, grabbed the kid by the dick and tossed him in after her.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 07:37 PM (y9nCu)
His grip slips and she's washed away just before the video ends, almost certainly to her horrible death.
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"Yeah, but I'm gonna get eyeballs and clicks!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 01, 2026 07:38 PM (KGj36)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at October 01, 2026 07:41 PM (zYpTz)
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 07:34 PM (rj6Yv)
The usual counter is how many people turned out to protest School Bussing in Long Island, Massachusetts, and (before that) the South.
The magic spell "you're racist!" was cast and we are where we are.
Posted by: MLK was a Republican you know at October 01, 2026 07:41 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 07:42 PM (BHTo4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 07:45 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 09:41 PM (hzuYO)
It says "Mardi, la jeune fille de 14 ans a été serrée à la gorge par un policier lors du blocus des élèves du lycée Leclerc-Navarre."
Which i think says she's 14, and something about her neck? If she's 14, maybe that Muhammed was onto something!!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar, considering Islam at October 01, 2026 07:00 PM (EAQrO)
Remember what happened to those "boys" in Citizen Vigilante who raped and beat that 14 year old girl? Yes, that IS the solution. It's coming.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 01, 2026 10:05 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Road Warrior at October 02, 2026 07:52 AM (wHUXH)
Posted by: melodicmetal1 at October 02, 2026 09:44 AM (61TgR)
Quick Hits
Trump is asking the Supreme Court to pretty please with sugar on top let him stop using taxpayer money to pay for federal prisoners' "gender transitions."
The Trump Justice Department on Monday asked the Supreme Court to a Bureau of Prisons policy that cuts off federally-funded medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates to go forward. The department's emergency appeal follows a federal district court order last month that continued to prohibit the bureau from enforcing its new rules against an inmate who is or will be diagnosed with gender dysphoria, according to CBS News. The judge overseeing a challenge to the policy, U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth, ordered the Trump administration to continue providing medical care to a class of transgender inmates. A group of inmates diagnosed with gender dysphoria filed a lawsuit last year after President Trump issued an executive order at the start of his second term that prohibited the use of federal funds for medical procedures or treatments for transgender inmates within the federal prison system.
The Supreme Court hands Trump a temporary win -- temporary because they're overturning a lawless lower court's preliminary injunction, and not ruling on the ultimate merits yet -- and okays Trump's deportation of illegals to safe third countries when their actual country of origin refuses to accept them back. You know an immigrant is a real All-Star Doctor/Engineer/Space Explorer when his home country refuse to take him back.
The Trump administration has used this as a solution for migrants from places like Cuba and Venezuela that refuse to allow illegal aliens to be returned. Other countries like India and China allow some repatriation but at a slow pace. So in those cases the Trump administration has been deporting people instead to a number of countries in Central and South America and some in Africa and Asia. A well-known example of this policy is the handling of Mahmoud Khalil who is likely to be deported to either Algeria or Syria once his lawsuits against various parties end.Another big Trump win for sovereignty: restoring the "public charge" doctrine, which says that immigrants who are likely to require citizens to support them should not be allowed to enter the country.
The Trump administration is now trying to stem the flow of immigrants who are, or who are likely to become, public charges. It froze all immigrant visa applications abroad in August 2026 to retrain its consular officers on the new philosophy of not streamlining the issuance of tourist visas to impoverished refugees claiming to be headed to Disney. Only now are some select embassies gradually beginning to process cases again. Before the new training and rules, visa officers and DHS officials processing deportations were limited in considering what benefits could count against the "public charge" rule to cash welfare payments meant to cover basic living expenses and long-term institutional care paid for by the federal government. The new Trump rules, which are certain to be challenged in court, allow visa officers overseas and DHS domestically to conduct case-by-case reviews that consider an applicant's age, health, family status, assets, financial resources, education, skills and whether the person has previously received means-tested taxpayer-funded benefits. The new rules will potentially affect millions of people, and deter many more from even applying. (Notably, the public charge test exempts some refugees, asylees, and those in humanitarian categories, meaning those truly in need should have help available to them.) After decades of back-and-forth on the issue, the practical impact of these new rules is that it will become easier to deny visas, admission, or permanent residence to applicants who are likely to depend on government assistance.Did you vote for this? Because I sure did. UK's Labour government is unpopular because it continues allowing unlimited mass migration from barbaric countries without vetting. They cannot win an election with the current population. Therefore, they've decided to allow in even more migrants from barbaric countries. This was always the plan. This was always the plan. This is The Plan in America, too -- though Trump has, for now, stopped it. If the people do not like their government, then the government should fire the people, and elect another.
The designation was put into motion less than a week after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which raised concerns about rising left-wing violence in the U.S... The administration said the move to target Antifa would allow the government to go after funding sources, with the president saying they are "looking at the funders of these groups." The Center Square previously reported that a foundation funded by billionaire George Soros has given $80 million to groups tied to "extremist violence," including Antifa. ... The U.S. State Department officially designated four foreign Antifa groups as foreign terrorist organizations last November, nearly two months after Trump designated Antifa a domestic terror organization. The designations paved the way for the State Department to target individuals or groups by cutting off or freezing their access to global financial systems to curb potential attacks. The State Department identified four European-based organizations, which either claimed or have been accused of carrying out a series of violent attacks in a handful of countries. ... In a historical first, nine individuals were convicted by a federal jury on domestic terrorism charges connected to Antifa in March. The group was accused of being a part of the North Texas Antifa Cell, and was found guilty of rioting, using weapons and explosives, providing material support to terrorists, obstruction, and attempted murder, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas announced. The group was convicted of the attempted murder of an Alvarado, Texas, police officer and correctional officers at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center occurring on July 4, 2025. One Antifa member was sentenced to 100 years in prison following a guilty verdict in a plot to target an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Texas. Several others also received lengthy prison sentences for the same attack. ... As part of the Trump administration's commitment to fight the scourge of political violence, Rubio vowed to "dismantle" the terror networks "brick by brick." Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent also took part in the summit, focusing on targeting the financial network funding the movement. "We are examining where tax-exempt status has been exploited, where charitable entities have become financial conduits for foreign influence, and how those entrusted with stewardship of these organizations have instead enabled violence," said Bessent.
A Florida judge unethically made 900 donations to Democrats and is allowed to retire before being impeached and stripped of her pension.
A Florida judge who retired rather than face disciplinary action will keep her partially taxpayer-funded pension. Diana Tennis, a former judge on Florida's 9th Circuit Court, retired on September 4, 2026, to avoid being suspended and fined for making more than 900 political donations totaling $29,000 since 2016 -- all to Democratic candidates and groups. Tennis' term was originally set to end on Jan. 5, 2027. The state Judicial Qualifications Commission found that Tennis' admitted actions violated the Florida Code of Judicial Conduct, which prohibits sitting judges from making political donations, but since she didn't violate a law, she gets to keep her pension, which is partially funded by taxpayers. The Code of Judicial Conduct is not a criminal code, but establishes standards for ethical conduct of judges, and specifically states that judges may not "solicit funds for, pay an assessment to or make a contribution to a political organization or candidate, or purchase tickets for political party dinners or other functions."
Steve McGuireOf course: Genocidal Whore Ana Kasparian claims the Muslim attempt to crash a plane full of Israelis was, get this, actually a Jewish False Flag.
@sfmcguire79
Nikole Hannah-Jones says she had to block out memories to live with the education choices she made for her daughter and she doesn't know what she's arguing for anymore: "And I was like, damn, you really--to make this work for yourself, mentally I just forgot. I had just pushed a lot of that out of my memory, I think, to be able to live with the choices we were trying to make." "The stakes were so high for me personally. I feel like the stakes are so high when it comes to the issue of integration and equality that I couldn't admit to her that, yes, you did bear a cost. And I don't know that we made the right choice. I don't know what the right choice would be." "And so what am I arguing for? I don't know anymore."
Ana Kasparian thinks that the hijacking of the Israeli flight is 'fishy' and intimates it was a false flag. She is upset that she even has to cover the story period:
— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) October 1, 2026
"Okay. God help me. Let's get to this next story because we have to talk about it.
This is a still developing… pic.twitter.com/PyEU4Pdgfa
"This is a devolping story and I don't trust the Israelis. I wouldn't trust the Israelis with anything. Any narrative coming out of Israel, I don't I just I can't take it at face value. Sorry" "Immediately jumping to the conclusion that the copilot is a jihadi. Doesn't make sense to me. Citation, please." "Just yesterday, Netanyahu was saying that the Iranians are going to carry out some sort of attack against Israel ahead of the Israeli elections. Everyone was saying, oh, here comes the false flag. Now, look, I'm not saying that this is a false flag. I don't know yet. I don't know yet. I think it's fishy."Alex Jones was sued into bankruptcy for his casual resort to "false flag" claims. All media outlets condemned. But leftists can spin antisemitic false flag conspiracy theories all day long without anyone in the media saying Boo.
Why did Abdul El-Sayed delete this tweet from 2019? pic.twitter.com/xBmpoPBH6D
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 30, 2026
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:24 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 05:24 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:24 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at October 01, 2026 05:24 PM (hG5L0)
Never, no matter how tempting, hit the "Make the Front Page Blank" button.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)
Remember she claims to be an unbiased journalist.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 05:26 PM (I43vL)
if any guest or cobloggers ever make this blunder, it's caused by including a question mark in a tag instead of a forward slash. It's an easy mistake to make, the ? is right over the / on the key.
Just search the page (find in page) for a question mark and you'll find the problem in like two seconds.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:27 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 05:28 PM (0sNs1)
This is The Plan in America, too -- though Trump has, for now, stopped it.
He is a speed bump. He is The Mule slowing but not stopping The Foundation.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 05:28 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
Yes, the leaves are starting to turn a little.
The wind is a little crisper.
The smell of pumpkin spice in the air.
And, for the next two months, I get to listen to all of the acorns, pine combs, and branches land on the roof above me.
*Thud*THUD*thud*THuD*BAM*thud*
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:29 PM (6ydKt)
Everything went white...like that time you got stuck in the snowbank. It's understandable.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM (vNne8)
Yes, the leaves are starting to turn a little.
The wind is a little crisper.
The smell of pumpkin spice in the air.
And, for the next two months, I get to listen to all of the acorns, pine combs, and branches land on the roof above me.
*Thud*THUD*thud*THuD*BAM*thud*
nice!
Great time of year.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM (1wjle)
Retards
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
Wait, this is the first time I'm picturing ace as a ninny.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM (6ydKt)
*Thud*THUD*thud*THuD*BAM*thud*
Posted by: SpeakingOf
Gives us a call
Posted by: We be Chainsaws n Chit at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM (ZHRuH)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
******
Personally I like it when the format gets wonky, Ace.
Unique place here you've created.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM (hzuYO)
lol. how do you remember that? I barely remember that.
Is everything I say recorded forever to be used against me?
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM (1wjle)
"Peggy Flanagan up 1 point in Minnesota Senate poll over Michele Tafoya"
Excerpt:
"Matt Towery, a pollster with InsiderAdvantage, called the survey results “unusual” for a race in a blue-leaning state, noting outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) waning approval ratings and a widespread fraud scandal in the state as possible contributing factors to this close race.
“Tafoya does extremely well with men and Flanagan is losing every age group other than the youngest of voters, who in the poll have a significant ‘enthusiasm about voting’ gap versus other age groups who are more enthusiastic,” Towery said in a statement. "
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (rj6Yv)
The security arrangements for Charlie Kirk at Utah State were atrocious.
Anyone think this was wink-wink nudge-nudge deliberate "incompetence" by the Lefties in charge of security?
I am not usually a conspiracy theorist, but I can't rule it out.
Further, who knows if that was 10th time each of those guys had been subjected to security lapses before some assassin finally accepted the offered opportunity?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (HlyYF)
But they get real, real quiet when the question is:
Why don't/can't they go back to their home country?
See, we're all just supposed to assume they are all poor, peasant farmers who fled cartel gang wars with nothing but their Bible and the clothes on their back.
And not cartel members themselves with "kill on sight" orders from the other cartels they were fighting.
You know, like Maryland Dad.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Robert at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (sCpL+)
Do female prisoners get boob jobs to feel affirmation?
Anything not medically necessary should be off the table for prisoners. This is so stupid.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (l3cgK)
After the uprising of the 17th of June
The Secretary of the Writers' Union
Had leaflets distributed on the Stalinallee
Which stated that the people
Had squandered the confidence of the government
And could only win it back
By redoubled work. Would it not in that case
Be simpler for the government
To dissolve the people
And elect another?
Posted by: Zombie Bertolt Brecht at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (IiS7N)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 01, 2026 05:33 PM (ECToT)
It painted a picture of a young Wicket, stuffed head first into a snowbank, with his little legs flailing around while he had a panic attack.
That kind of thing sticks with you.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:33 PM (vNne8)
The Trump Justice Department on Monday asked the Supreme Court to a Bureau of Prisons policy that cuts off federally-funded medical interventions and social accommodations for transgender inmates to go forward"
We used to wonder if we reached peak insanity. Nope.
Stop using money to fund the impossible for the insane. You're never switching genders. No matter what you believe you wish for.
Why not turn them into cats or dogs?
Insane.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 05:34 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM (1wjle)
I bought a bottle of pumpkin spice scented Fabulso.
Posted by: Robert at October 01, 2026 05:34 PM (sCpL+)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 01, 2026 05:35 PM (dY410)
Never, no matter how tempting, hit the "Make the Front Page Blank" button.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:25 PM
Dang, if I could buy that button on Amazon I would use it on the NYT, WaPo, etc.
The average American would be much more informed after I used that button for a month or two!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (HlyYF)
You wake up with a penis and decide you'd rather be spending your sentence in a women's prison? Okay chief, time to COMMIT to this bit. The surgeon will see you now. You will see your 'nads never again.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)
This is what I voted for. Yes. Yes.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (OkYzo)
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Ya think?
Posted by: Diana Moon Glampers, Handicapper General at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (XeU6L)
"Congress never intended for the public charge ground to be weaponized against immigrants and their family members who merely use supplemental or temporary amounts of public assistance to which they are lawfully entitled,” they told the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. “Yet that is exactly what Defendants now seek to do through the final rule challenged here.”
Even a cursory glance of American history would tell you that the public charge was ABSOLUTELY about keeping immigrants out. Mostly brown ones.
It’s going to take decades to recover from this dumpster fire administration.
Legal immigrants should not be blocked from citizenship pathways.
And illegal immigrants are human beings too
All because MAGA considers immigrants who rely on any public assistance programs to be a net drain on society. It’s completely hypocritical because many MAGA cultists from “red states” also rely on public assistance.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (EAQrO)
Posted by: ace at
Blanked the blog.
I hope it was good for you too,. Ace,
Posted by: The blog at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (JrHfD)
The lead singer sure has gone in for a different look.
Compare the two pictures on her wikipedia page:
https://tinyurl.com/mrxyynua
Posted by: far cry at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (LSV6F)
October 12th is "indigenous Peoples Day".
Expect the dems to be especially obnoxious on that day.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 05:38 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 05:38 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:29 PM (1wjle)
I blame the busty lesbos.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 05:38 PM (c+XN4)
Posted by: We be Chainsaws n Chit at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM (ZHRuH)
It was trimmed back last year as high as we could get.
These drops are from way high up.
A tall pine is the main culprit.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:38 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 01, 2026 05:39 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: Cave Johnson at October 01, 2026 05:33 PM
I'm not able to do so, for some reason.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 01, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:39 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM
It was probably caused by all of our MAGA racism on this site.
I saw an author recently won an award for her book on how white paint is racist.
Surely an award-winning Lefty author couldn't be full of sh*t or anything like that, right?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:39 PM (HlyYF)
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Like... waking up with a hangover, not knowing what you did, or didn't do, the night before.
But there are signs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 05:39 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: ballistic
Anesthesia may or may not be available.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (rj6Yv)
Compare the two pictures on her wikipedia page:
https://tinyurl.com/mrxyynua
Yeah it's not good. I also don't see the other girl in recent appearances.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (1wjle)
All because MAGA considers immigrants who rely on any public assistance programs to be a net drain on society. It’s completely hypocritical because many MAGA cultists from “red states” also rely on public assistance.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (EAQrO)
Those "cultists" are Americans ass hole
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Halfhand at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (NdsRs)
Just search the page (find in page) for a question mark and you'll find the problem in like two seconds.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:27 PM (1wjle)
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Now I'm tempted to do that on purpose for the Sunday Morning Book Thread and see who notices....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM
Ace is gonna be on us like white on rice on a paper plate looking through a glass of milk in the middle of a snowstorm.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (I43vL)
That was fun.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM
Bob from NSA says, "Yes."
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM (HlyYF)
The average American would be much more informed after I used that button for a month or two!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (HlyYF)
I could see husbands using that on Amazon just to keep their wives from maxing out the credit cards on Amazon.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (rj6Yv)
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I prefer them medium well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM (FZ29D)
>>Mahmoud Khalil who is likely to be deported to either Algeria or Syria once his lawsuits against various parties end.
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what the FUCK?? I suppose he can start a new round of lawsuits once he loses the current ones "against various parties."
What is this, just start a lawsuit and buy time?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (1wjle)
You wake up with a penis and decide you'd rather be spending your sentence in a women's prison? Okay chief, time to COMMIT to this bit. The surgeon will see you now. You will see your 'nads never again.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (oqH4h)
No balls, glove or bat...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at October 01, 2026 05:39 PM (0sNs1)
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Can't imagine why.
Posted by: Usenet alt.ensign.wesley.die.die.die at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (IiS7N)
What is this, just start a lawsuit and buy time?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM (mmrXZ)
Si..
Posted by: Maryland Man still here at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Alabama Hillbilly at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (w+jhU)
This is why I only eat White American Cheese.
The taste of privilege.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (EAQrO)
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Imagine how much of a fart-huffing cultist retard one would have to be to type this sentence unironically.
The stupid, it burns.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM (vNne8)
https://youtu.be/uy8ERGh3UZ0?si=u3xuqdwf3s5wW9S1
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (1wjle)
Now EweToob is gonna start up again with ads in Spanish for me...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM (l3cgK)
The taste of privilege.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM (vNne
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The dirty little secret of a lot of cheeses is that they are all white.
But they are colored during the manufacturing process because people expect it.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 05:44 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: ace "
I'm still waiting for the apology.
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (MWfyi)
Only two groups can effectively claim ownership of the US. Clovis Man (who is no longer with us), or the current residents. All other parties were place holders in a line for "Taylor Swift" tickets.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (dIske)
Or, at the very least White Adjacent.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM
I know a few husbands that would save money if their wife's credit card got stolen!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (HlyYF)
What is this, just start a lawsuit and buy time?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:41 PM (mmrXZ)
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Yep, this is what the left does because no matter how inane the claim or heinous the crime committed, if you're a member of the protected class of lowlife shitstains "they" want to keep here, there will be a damn conga line of leftoid attorneys at your door ready to take your case pro bono.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (oqH4h)
I may be wrong, but I think it was a bit more than "casual". The little I saw, he made it whole central topic of his show for a period, and it involved many details (kinda Cavernesque, with the technique candice later adopted.) And it was about a bunch of dead kids.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (UWnRS)
Anything not medically necessary should be off the table for prisoners. This is so stupid.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (l3cgK)
They should, and they should get time off for great racks.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (c+XN4)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:45 PM (Ia/+0)
And illegal immigrants are human beings too
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Yeah. So? We pick up this human being and send them back to their country of origin, to live among other human beings governed by human beings. I mean... do we have a disagreement?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:46 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (EAQrO)
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Imagine how much of a fart-huffing cultist retard one would have to be to type this sentence unironically.
The stupid, it burns.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM (oqH4h)
I still wonder if some of those are parodies ? They can't be that dumb
Posted by: Maryland Man still here at October 01, 2026 05:46 PM (+gK6I)
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what the FUCK?? I suppose he can start a new round of lawsuits once he loses the current ones "against various parties."
What is this, just start a lawsuit and buy time?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
They're still fighting to deport Maryland Man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
The government continues to push for removal to Liberia and has argued (including in a late-September 2026 filing to the Fourth Circuit) that protective rulings and his litigation have delayed removal. Aspects of the detention/release protections and related orders are under appeal or active briefing in the Fourth Circuit. The core civil/habeas case remains ongoing.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:46 PM (EAQrO)
Muzzies in Fance cheering a fireman on fire.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 05:46 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 05:46 PM (MWfyi)
But I thought AuntiFa was only an idea...
/sarc
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:47 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at October 01, 2026 05:47 PM (IhL8c)
"Congress never intended for the public charge ground to be weaponized against immigrants and their family members who merely use supplemental or temporary a--
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I don't need to read beyond the word "temporary."
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:47 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 05:47 PM (Cqx++)
This is why I only eat White American Cheese.
The taste of privilege.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM
If we could beam just 60 seconds of the AOS comments section directly into her brain, I am pretty sure we could induce a Scanners-like explosion in that brief period of time.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (HlyYF)
Representação de IA sobre o acontecimento com o voo Flydubai 🇮🇱🙏🏻
https://tinyurl.com/5n73nbtn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (+UcOf)
Much less getting those nasty pine combs thru your hair! Lots of sap I imagine.
Posted by: Boswell at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (j10i6)
Then airdrop the miscreant into his natural country if his own government says "Nah, the US is the world's human land fill where we get to dump our fetid refuse"
So take a bunch of shipping containers bundle them up and place them in Greenland—inconveniently distanced from civilization a/o ports. That is the miscreant's new home if the illegal alien can't go to his origin.
I bet lots of immigrants can be "housed" in shipping containers strategically placed about northern Greenland
Posted by: Community Notes at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (/TiS1)
Friend of mine got divorced a few years ago. He related to me the unfound savings he realized simply from Pharmacies and the like.
Apparently, his ex was spending upwards of $2500 a month at various Pharmacies and CVS type places. makeup, bath essentials, etc.
He showed up to a local group ride on like an 8k bike and when I asked how he was enjoying Divorce he was just beaming about his FREE bike.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: The Flock at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (zoAvR)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (MWfyi)
That was fun.
Posted by: Stateless
Scrolling and blinking, oh my!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 05:47 PM (Cqx++)
Didn't we have gifs for a while? Or was that on the backup blog?
Posted by: far cry at October 01, 2026 05:49 PM (LSV6F)
https://youtu.be/uy8ERGh3UZ0?si=u3xuqdwf3s5wW9S1
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:42 PM (1wjle)
That's a lot to take in.
Schoolgirl Debbie Harry Mexican with some Pixies and Courtney Love/Hole vibes in spots and I can't understand a word she's singing.
It's new and unusual, but I'll have to see if I can warm up to it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM (6ydKt)
QThestorm NESARA GESARA Global
@QThestormN5c
NEWS : migrants have burnt down Saint Patrick's burial site in IRELAND
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:37 PM (EAQrO)
So the argument is, "Hey, we already have 10 million hillbilly deadbeats on welfare, what's your problem with inviting in 10 million deadbeats from Anywhereistan every three years?"
This sort of insane thinking is why it's very difficult to restore any sanity to half the nation.
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM (vNne8)
and steel can't be melted by fire...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:51 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Maryland Man still here at October 01, 2026 05:46 PM (+gK6I)
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Nah, most the transmissions intercepted by the AoS liaison are actually pretty tame as far as Reddit goes. That place is such a ludicrous gonzo leftwing echo chamber it beggars disbelief.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:51 PM (oqH4h)
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And Jews dutifully read NYT and nod in agreement, while filling out their mail in ballot filled with all Democrat choices.
I’m done caring about them. If they want to commit suicide have at it.
Posted by: Sorry not sorry at October 01, 2026 05:52 PM (Zo3x0)
Even a cursory glance of American history would tell you that the public charge was ABSOLUTELY about keeping immigrants out. Mostly brown ones.
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This is telling right here.
We (the Right) need a serious push to explain that charity from government is theft. It is not theirs to give.
If these people want to help brown people, let them send their own money.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:52 PM (UWnRS)
I meant "casual" in the sense of "thoughtless," "pulled out of one's ass with no evidence and little thought"
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:52 PM (1wjle)
Notre Damn will be burned up again or become a Mosque
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)
Friend of mine got divorced a few years ago. He related to me the unfound savings he realized simply from Pharmacies and the like.
Apparently, his ex was spending upwards of $2500 a month at various Pharmacies and CVS type places. makeup, bath essentials, etc.
He showed up to a local group ride on like an 8k bike and when I asked how he was enjoying Divorce he was just beaming about his FREE bike.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM
Guy 1: "Damn, my wife gets 50% of my income in the divorce settlement."
Guy 2: "Then why are you grinning?"
Guy 1: "She used to get 95% of my income!"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:53 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 05:31 PM (1wjle)
Says one of the main dudes who practically invented blogging....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 05:53 PM (aKiSo)
They're still fighting to deport Maryland Man Kilmar Abrego Garcia.
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Good lord, I don't know what all the habeas and Circuit language means but this is INSANE.
I think this is where we are, per wikipedia: "the judge dismissed the criminal case against him in May 2026. In August 2026, the Justice Department appealed the dismissal."
Damn it to hell, so what? No one denies that he entered the US illegally in 2016. Why is he here?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:53 PM (mmrXZ)
There are definitely some dedicated trolls in every online community.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:53 PM (vNne8)
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This is telling right here.
We (the Right) need a serious push to explain that charity from government is theft. It is not theirs to give.
If these people want to help brown people, let them send their own money.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:52 PM (UWnRS)
Pretty damning, as per usual, that they think only brown people can be public charges.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 05:54 PM (c+XN4)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 05:54 PM (jivel)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:54 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Maryland Man still here
Perhaps a majority in a lot of Reddit are now bots or paid comment mills from abroad repeating whatever tweets they are supposed to message. Lot of it on X and other social media.
The truth is that web searching flatlined about the rise of social media and bots took over most social media platforms.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:54 PM (E4rtv)
QThestorm NESARA GESARA Global
@QThestormN5c
NEWS : migrants have burnt down Saint Patrick's burial site in IRELAND
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM (E4rtv)
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Of all the instances where Nothing Will Happen, Nothing Will Happen the most over this.
Ireland is a beautiful place populated by the descendants of people too stupid to have fled for the new world over the last couple hundred years. A country full of absolute cucks and leftoid harridans.
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:54 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Kirk Lazarus, now a Cheddar at October 01, 2026 05:55 PM (1wjle)
QThestorm NESARA GESARA Global
@QThestormN5c
NEWS : migrants have burnt down Saint Patrick's burial site in IRELAND
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:50 PM
There used to be no snakes in Ireland.
But now they are being overrun with the two-legged kind!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:55 PM (HlyYF)
Guy 2: "Then why are you grinning?"
Guy 1: "She used to get 95% of my income!"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:53 PM (HlyYF)
LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:55 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: bob
Unlike the Left (like the Young Turks, Hasan Piker, etc) who only rarely talk about Jews and Israel, and then only in moderate, well reasoned tones without any hint of supporting violence or extremist views or conspiracy theories.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 05:55 PM (EAQrO)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (FZ29D)
Don't you dare, Perf. I started reading a book and have something to say.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at October 01, 2026 05:55 PM (zoAvR)
This is why I only eat White American Cheese.
The taste of privilege.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:43 PM
If we could beam just 60 seconds of the AOS comments section directly into her brain, I am pretty sure we could induce a Scanners-like explosion in that brief period of time.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:48 PM (HlyYF)
Hi, PI!
Are white clothes raciss? White cars? Should white sports uniforms be banned? White light? The people who spew this insanity are waterheads.
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 05:56 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
More like they recognized they are buying allies for the political cold war against us and perhaps hot civil war to come. So they use our tax money to subsidize their supporters. Or really in reality, borrowed money increasing which results in inflation, stagnation in the economy, etc. All to drive us to Revolution.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)
They asked because Judge Cannon of the same state of Florida barred the release and put a gag order on even speaking about Vol. 2 of Jack Smith's hit job against Trump because Smith was illegally hired in the first place and they don't want to violate Cannon's gag order.
Jack Smith was obviously part of the conspiracy.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 05:57 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 05:56 PM (5rh/l)
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Cocaine is rayciss!
No yellow!
Posted by: Hunter Biden at October 01, 2026 05:57 PM (oqH4h)
All I want is France coverage, but we know how that'll be covered.
Pike is alive and receiving life-saving treatment.
She slept better than me yesterday.
Lucky witch.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 05:57 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: garrett
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Hats off to Ace and the COBs for policing this place. Paul and Sid are annoying, but I peruse the comments at Instapundit and Powerline occasionally and they're overrun with trolls.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (JzUSu)
Posted by: ace
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The Humpty Dumpty defense. "When I use a word, it means exactly what I intend it to mean. Neither more, nor less."
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (jivel)
Woman finds her husband crying in the living room and asks what's wrong.
Him: "It's been 20 years since we got married."
Her: "You remembered! But why are you crying?"
Him: "Well, remember how your Dad caught us together and said either marry you or go to prison? I'd be getting out of prison today."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (l3cgK)
Once you try Wakanda's "Chocolate Rainbow Surprise" cheese you'll never go back.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: ballistic
Um, they are literally burning down migrant housing. UK suspended sending migrants to Northern Ireland because of it. And truly massive rallies are forming against more of the foreign invaders there. They have a better chance to make it than supine UK. The security service and police are weaker and so is the central government.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric the Blade at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (dY410)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:56 PM (E4rtv)
Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, raise the black flag, and shout Hippity Hoppity....
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (aKiSo)
I hear they might be looking to bring the SR-71 Blackbird back into service and could use some good engineers.
Think you would enjoy that work as a 12-month long side hustle?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: garrett
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Hats off to Ace and the COBs for policing this place. Paul and Sid are annoying, but I peruse the comments at Instapundit and Powerline occasionally and they're overrun with trolls.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 01, 2026 05:58 PM (JzUSu)
Might as well throw in Breitbart too.
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (Gqar8)
If these people want to help brown people, let them send their own money.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus)
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I'm always singing that song. You want Black people to get reparations? Then step up, DNC, and charge every non-Black person who wants to be a registered Democrat $10/year. You're the ones who enslaved Black people to begin with, you should be the ones to pay anyway.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (mmrXZ)
Notre Damn will be burned up again or become a Mosque
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:52 PM (Ia/+0)
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France is still sticking it to the UK. The French have an "Escort Policy" relative to Channel crossings by migrants. Most times they will not interfere. When a migrant boat successfully launches and enters deep water, French maritime vessels will often shadow or escort the dinghy rather than intercepting it. They claim to do this because attempting to board or force an overcrowded, flimsy rubber boat to turn around carries a high risk of capsizing the vessel and causing mass drownings. The truth is likely a "goodbye and good riddance" policy. "Just keep going that way and you'll find the UK. Can't miss it."
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 06:01 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 06:01 PM (HlyYF)
I saw an author recently won an award for her book on how white paint is racist.
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When the Burning Times come, this person will be a luxury item.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 06:01 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: ballistic
Um, they are literally burning down migrant housing. UK suspended sending migrants to Northern Ireland because of it. And truly massive rallies are forming against more of the foreign invaders there. They have a better chance to make it than supine UK. The security service and police are weaker and so is the central government.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)
Well the burnings were in North Ireland, still part of the UK. Though I had heard some rumblings of some of the non-England parts of Britain talking about 'independence' probably to extort money.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (E4rtv)
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The efficiency with which they targeted housing while using demonstrations to draw off the police was highly professional. Proof that both sides have maintained their militias and their training.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: bob
The Humpty Dance > The Chewbacca Defense > The Humpty Defense
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 01, 2026 06:02 PM (EAQrO)
But the left still has her on a pedestal
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
They were. Just a bit strange that day re: Trump's security.
It was claimed a coincidence that the First Lady, the Vice President, and the Governor were all hosting or attending separate events across the battleground state on the same day as Trump's rally. ALL had extensive security details provided by USSS & PA State Police. Harris also had security from the Philadelphia police force. (Biden had his own security at the Delaware beach and residences that same day.)
There's much more but that's enough for now.
Kirk, otoh, I think they were in LaLa land & didn't think it could happen away from the big Blue cities & doing one to one debates, etc.
Posted by: L - No nic... at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: tubal
dunno, the commentary at Zero Hedge can be more insightful, erudite and polite than any site.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Oldcat
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My theory is that they became so full of hate for England that it depleted their senses. Same with Canada -- they are uberwhelmed. The see the entire world though that lens and then take the opposite position of whatever they think is good for their enemy/.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 06:04 PM (UWnRS)
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Every mosque in the USA should be searched for weapons cache and other illicit material; furthermore, the US should give aide and assistance to help our Southern neighbors do the same.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:05 PM (+UcOf)
CNN is covering a Trump rally. Lol.
FoxNews - muslim terror and Iran
CBC - pipelines.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:05 PM (Sco7b)
The difference we were right.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 06:05 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (SwyyQ)
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Well, ours are turning out to be real.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:06 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (SwyyQ)
Our theories are of the "liberace was gay" variety.
Theirs are of the "liberace was a secret space shark laser joo who was astrally married to the king of Neptune so obviously we should nationalize all the aquariums" variety.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 06:06 PM (aKiSo)
Friend of mine got divorced a few years ago. He related to me the unfound savings he realized simply from Pharmacies and the like.
Apparently, his ex was spending upwards of $2500 a month at various Pharmacies and CVS type places. makeup, bath essentials, etc.
He showed up to a local group ride on like an 8k bike and when I asked how he was enjoying Divorce he was just beaming about his FREE bike.
Posted by: garrett
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Amazed at the amount of 'extra' money available after my divorce.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:07 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Auspex
Except here....right? https://tinyurl.com/yjd5yv5u
Right?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 01, 2026 06:07 PM (EAQrO)
and steel can't be melted by fire...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:51 PM (l3cgK)
"I don't trust the Israelis"
The co-pilot was Omani, the takeoff was in an Arab state and the emergency landing was in another Arab state. The perfect conditions for a false flag operation.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:07 PM (uhVAy)
That's why I refer to them as first generation colonizers.
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 06:08 PM (SwyyQ)
Posted by: Auspex
Except here....right? https://tinyurl.com/yjd5yv5u
Right?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at October 01, 2026 06:07 PM (EAQrO)
Thank you.
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:08 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 06:04 PM (Y8DZL)
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Have they stopped blaming Israel for everything? Because that was pretty much the most common argument. Oh, and imminent war with Iran, which I guess they finally got right.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s)
More than 60 million American children under age 18 have been automatically enrolled in Trump Accounts, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said Thursday in an announcement exclusively provided to CNBC.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:08 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 06:04 PM (UWnRS)
Could be, but they need to take a look around. What would Wales be if it got independent? Hilly, poor, does it even have a port? They can't even afford all the vowels they need NOW.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)
That's why I refer to them as first generation colonizers.
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 06:08 PM (SwyyQ)
Have a book that claimed Clovis came from peeps taking kayaks or other craft through the ice pack in the Atlantic to the East coast and spread from there. Not sure if it was sensible or crank.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:12 PM (Gqar8)
chocolate-covered crunchy frog > spring surprise > chocolate rainbow surprise
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2026 06:12 PM (oY6Yp)
Chapek's short, turbulent time in the top job was marked by his clash with Bob Iger, his predecessor-turned-successor. Chapek said he felt like he'd been left with a "tattoo of a legacy" of Iger, who was Disney's top exec from 2005 until Chapek took over in February 2020, and served again from November 2022 to March of this year.
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2026 06:12 PM (EKMrJ)
Posted by: Oldcat
I think it is a bit more than that--basically Northern Ireland relied on UK for protection from being overwhelmed by the South. Now both Ireland and Northern Ireland face invaders from the detritus of the Third World and Muslims within them that aim to establish Islam in the West. Scotland polling is now sharply against immigration and Wales has had enough as well. These are societies that were recovering their identities after being crushed first and then bought off by English prosperity. But that prosperity is waning and nationalism is likely to rise as the England itself begins to buckle economically from excessive government spending, stultifying levels of taxation, and migrants eating up house and home.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)
Right?
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
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Admiral, you have undone yourself.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:13 PM (+UcOf)
Dear "Perfesser" This is completely off topic, but I have a suggestion for a book thread . How about "comfort books" as opposed to "comfort foods" or books we have enjoyed very much and read again and again because they nourish our spirit or make us laugh, or we just feel good about reading them more than once .
I am thinking of this, because I am reading some selections of James Herriot " All creatures great and small" etc. He had such engaging descriptions of his work and his appreciation for ( and sometimes exasperation ) for the animsls and their people . Reading t takes me out of 21st century politics and to a simpler England.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 06:13 PM (JrHfD)
Have they stopped blaming Israel for everything? Because that was pretty much the most common argument. Oh, and imminent war with Iran, which I guess they finally got right.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:08 PM (ZOv7s
I like them for the varied news items.
But avoid the comments.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:13 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:09 PM (uhVAy)
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Several things are true at once. It is true that the separatist parties in Britain (Scotland and Wales) are globalists who want to join the EU for the gravy train and perks for the local ruling class. Both countries are tiny enough that all of the parties would get cool toys.
But it is also true that London is crushing them with taxes and flooding them with migrants and they do want that to stop. The tension is between the goal - self-government - and the likelihood that the people pushing it will just exchange London for Brussels.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
More than 70 firefighters from the Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service (NIFRS) battled the blaze overnight and successfully protected the adjacent church and prevented the fire from spreading to nearby areas. Down Cathedral and Saint Patrick's actual tomb were not burned or damaged.
No suspects, identities, or specific motives have been confirmed regarding who started the convent fire. Social media claims blaming migrants are unverified rumors. 🤪
Don't be meanies. /jk
Posted by: Catherine OLeary, immigrant watch at October 01, 2026 06:14 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:01 PM (uhVAy)
Most recently heard from an English source that the North Ireland assembly, the Stormont, is about to collapse with the failure of "power sharing" agreed on to end the Troubles.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:14 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 06:03 PM (SwyyQ)
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You know, that topic would make a really interesting dissertation. We've hit full tilt "Bizarro World." It used to be that the Left didn't trust the institutions or government in general. "Down with the man." The Right was too trusting (it turns out)....and took way too much at face value. Now, as the smoke clears we learn that overall the government cannot and should not be trusted. The Left, however, has left the discussion altogether and only pays attention to how Government benefits them and promotes their narrative as they have infiltrated the institutions at every level. Therefore, the Government can be trusted, and must have final say in all matters. Everything that does NOT benefit them through government MUST be a conspiracy theory.
If I were going for a PhD in Political Science. That would be the basis of a solid thesis.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Oldcat
I think the Welsh would be fine separated from England, so would a lot of other parts of the UK. And there is actually precedence in how Jersey and Guernsey as well as the Isle of Man are governed--they are not part of the UK but accept protection from external invaders from the UK.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:12 PM (E4rtv)
I don't know if these separatist groups are grass roots based or the loony Euro upper crust elites. In the UK odds are the latter.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (uhVAy)
"Net" nothing. They're a gross drain on society.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (E4rtv)
Might want to check the fine print there...
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:16 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 06:16 PM (ex18v)
Posted by: bob
The Humpty Dance > The Chewbacca Defense > The Humpty Defense
safety dance > the humpty dance > the chewbacca defense > the humpty defense
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2026 06:16 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I suppose we could offer to put them in with gorilla or chimpanzee troupes...
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 06:16 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 06:04 PM (UWnRS)
The English dropped the Scots on the Irish as their new oppressor class, and the Scots were forcibly deported from their ancestral lands and had no where else to go.
The English have been playing this game for a long, long time.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (dIske)
Conservatism seeks to maintain institutions.
Monsters have thoroughly ruined our institutions regardless.
Conservatism still seeks to maintain those ruined institutions as is.
I, therefore, am no longer conservative.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (aKiSo)
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Thanks for the suggestion! I think I'll save that for a November thread....
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (FZ29D)
I hear they might be looking to bring the SR-71 Blackbird back into service and could use some good engineers.
Think you would enjoy that work as a 12-month long side hustle?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:59 PM (HlyYF)
Yeah, if I could get full pay reporting to work about 10 AM, leaving about 4 PM, with a one hour lucnh break followed by one hour of nap time!
It's good the aero research division in NASA looked at resurrecting an SR-71 rather than building an equivalent X-plane as a platform for mach 2-3 work. That would take years and years to design and build nowadays. NASA isn't the only part of FedGov finding uses for retired planes. Turns out the Air Force is using some retired F-117 Stealth Fighters for classified flight test work.
Take care!
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (5rh/l)
What the French Government should do is send in thousands of Goats and the riot will end in a matter of minutes...
Just Sayin ..........
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (5U1m0)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 06:18 PM (aKiSo)
Rum, sodomy and the lash.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 01, 2026 06:18 PM (EoLWc)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Trading even the UK for the EU is a true devil's bargain. The plot in the "Mouse that Roared" novels to attack the USA to get their own Marshall plan made more logical sense.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:19 PM (uhVAy)
What the French Government should do is send in thousands of Goats and the riot will end in a matter of minutes...
Just Sayin ..........
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (5U1m0)
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I wonder if this is the result of the Pope's wildly successful visit and 800,000 people participating in a public Mass.
Trying to make a show of force.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:19 PM (ZOv7s)
Thanks for considering it. 🙂
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 06:19 PM (JrHfD)
But it is also true that London is crushing them with taxes and flooding them with migrants and they do want that to stop. The tension is between the goal - self-government - and the likelihood that the people pushing it will just exchange London for Brussels.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Possibly. The existing Scottish and Welsh independence movements are of the left because the right until recently in those places had no wishes to be ruled by the left so they supported the central government which was moderate right.
Now that whole scheme under Labour and the late Tory government caused such a backlash that Wales nearly put Reform as the majority in the Welsh Assembly and something similar is happening in Scotland. If Nigel tries to do the same shit as the Tories did on immigration, they are likely to go to Restore next who is unequivocal that the illegals have to go back.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig
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"crushed"
I'm gonna stop you right there. They were not crushed. They were conquered and assimilated and allowed to keep a lot of their own. They are still alive. Same with most of the lands England conquered. If you want to see crushed, look at Uyghurs, or Tibet, or the dozens of cultures that used to be in Russia. Or the hundreds of cultures wiped out completely by the turks and arabs.
They were not crushed.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 06:20 PM (UWnRS)
But avoid the comments.
Posted by: Stateless
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Avoid its monetary articles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:20 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 05:32 PM (l3cgK)
And the necessary medical treatment for trannies is a course of hot lead injections.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 06:20 PM (4znQE)
An Indianapolis woman has been charged after allegedly pulling a gun out on children’s store employees because they said her kid couldn’t play with the store’s toys.
https://t.ly/IXUUF
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:21 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (dIske)
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Old & Busted: Southern Democrat and Republican voters flipped in the 1960s and 1970s.
New Hotness: Conspiracy Theory Democrat and Republican observers flipped in the 2010s and 2020s.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 06:21 PM (0S2LD)
I have a PHD in Stand-Up Philosophy (i.e. Bullshitting and Lying)......
Just like all these Libs who claim they have a PHD in something that is worthless in the Real World....
Anyone.... Dr. Jill .... Anyone .... Bueller....
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 06:21 PM (5U1m0)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:22 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:20 PM (E4rtv)
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Wales is generally pro-socialism, in part because the mines were closed and so they're all on welfare now.
However, they are also independent, and Brexit succeeded because the of the Welsh coming in heavily for it. Completely blindsided the Establishment. So yes, I can see Wales wanting social funding but wanting migrants out even more.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:22 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:22 PM (Gqar
Not been there for a few decades.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:22 PM (uhVAy)
What the French Government should do is send in thousands of Goats and the riot will end in a matter of minutes...
Just Sayin ..........
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (5U1m0)
NOT A BAAAAAAAAAAAAHD IDEA>>>>
Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 01, 2026 06:23 PM (11eQX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:13 PM (ZOv7s)
Trading even the UK for the EU is a true devil's bargain. The plot in the "Mouse that Roared" novels to attack the USA to get their own Marshall plan made more logical sense.
Posted by: Oldcat
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The middle ground is associate like Norway.
Scotland gets a big share of the Brent Oilfields if they go independent and ironically UK would have no base for its nuclear subs and lose a lot of its training grounds in Scotland if they did.
And that is what you might see in a Europe, implosion of the great central states built up over centuries since Westphalia or you might see the return of kings/dictators/etc as multi ethnic empires have a short life span before implosion.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:23 PM (E4rtv)
Episode #4
Title: Ireland Full of Sh*t, Yo
Description: Kanye West travels to Dublin, Ireland. Looks around. "I don't see know Black Irish, yo."
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 06:23 PM (dIske)
No, that probably would take me back to the 18th century . James Herriot was a vet after WWll and since he was married to a woman he probably didn't engage in sodomy and probably didn't beat Royal Navy men with a lash . He does mention having drinks though.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 06:24 PM (JrHfD)
... how does one even use that much in a month...
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 06:24 PM (vJrRc)
The "false flag" bullshit is doing wonders for my junk email folder. I ended up on the email distro list for Black Scout Survival (I think I bought some stuff there a few years ago, overpriced tactical Gucci shit), and the tactical bearded 'roid ranger douchebag who runs the place put out a video talking about "another false flag" op to his email list. I never clicked on any of the marketing emails so I didn't see that apparently, this guy's been on the "Joo/Illuminati/Trilateral Commission false flag" thing for awhile now. On his company's yootoob feed, which strikes me as supremely stupid, business-wise.
Fuck. I hate when I get suckered like that.
Unsubbed. Fuck off, assmunch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 06:24 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:11 PM (uhVAy)
That is the Solutrean hypothesis, which on the original telling is not a good timeline, but a later crossing is starting to look more reasonable. The problem is the surviving genetics in the Amerinds which currently show Asian/Siberian genetics, though there is some hints of Australasian genetics in the mix
It is now pretty certain that Clovis was not first, but that raises the question of how the first got here if not via the Beringia land bridge.
The genetics are still an issue though. Jennifer Raff has written about it, and does admit that there are some issues that are not explained by "via Beringia" but also says that is the only hypothesis they have that fits most of the data they have to date.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:24 PM (rbvCR)
Deport all shitstains who are on the dole.
Posted by: four seasons
Now you're getting personal!
Posted by: Indigent Shitstain at October 01, 2026 06:25 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Halfhand at October 01, 2026 05:40 PM (NdsRs)
Strap a Temu parachute on them, fly over their home country, aand kick them out the door. No static line, let them figure out where the ripcord handle is at.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 06:25 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 06:15 PM (dIske)
Conservatism seeks to maintain institutions.
Monsters have thoroughly ruined our institutions regardless.
Conservatism still seeks to maintain those ruined institutions as is.
I, therefore, am no longer conservative.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (aKiSo)
I'm more of an originalist...well, not of some things, like slavery, but of other things like limited Gov't and protected rights.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 06:26 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 06:26 PM (ex18v)
Unsubbed. Fuck off, assmunch.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 06:24 PM (y9nCu)
Oh Hay. The rumor that Dolphinese has been cracked, and that dolphins have lots of words for humans and most of them are derogatory is also a false report.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:26 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: tubal
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Nowdays, I am disinterested in anyone's published opinion of an event. Give me the facts and I will make a determination.
I do listen or read VDH occasionally.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:27 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:27 PM (rbvCR)
However, they are also independent, and Brexit succeeded because the of the Welsh coming in heavily for it. Completely blindsided the Establishment. So yes, I can see Wales wanting social funding but wanting migrants out even more.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Been there and the left there is a remnant of what it was in the heyday of Labour. Labour was utterly destroyed not only in the Assembly but also in local elections and the leftist Cymru party is facing a crisis as it threatens to split the movement from the leftist uni youths foolishly craving foreigners versus the older leaders of the party just getting settled into reviving Welsh culture and language only to have UK swamp it with migrants.
That is why Reform did well there almost destroying the few remnants of Torys in the Assembly and local government. The area due to coal mining extraction disliked the Tories anyway and BoJo doing the nasty immigration import on the sly has pretty much gutted that party. Reform does not have that particular historical problem nor does Restore.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:28 PM (E4rtv)
Monica Showalter and Andrea Widburg, and a couple of others are still good. A few odd ones show up now and then
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 06:28 PM (jivel)
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They were not crushed.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 06:20 PM (UWnRS)
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Um, their languages were suppressed (Welsh nearly became extinct) and their religion was forcibly changed. Wales became Protestant because London said so and hunted down the priests. The Welsh never accepted that and waged a quiet faith insurrection of non-conformism.
The triumph of this was the disestablishment of the Church of England in Wales in an act passed in 1914 which took effect in 1920.
The reason the English didn't try harder was that they simply didn't care about it that much.
And of course the Scots got hammered after the '45, which is how so many ended up over here. Some to think of it, same for the Welsh.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)
See if little Jerktavious wants to do a B and E so bad to join his little gang that he's willing to risk going to prison and his name coming up and he gets a new pair of tits zipped in. Or one. Or three. Who knows? It's up to the wheeeeel!
I mean, if we spendin money on these shits, let's spend some fuckin money and make a show of it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 06:29 PM (aKiSo)
An Indianapolis woman has been charged after allegedly pulling a gun out on children’s store employees because they said her kid couldn’t play with the store’s toys.
https://t.ly/IXUUF
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 06:21 PM (Cqx++)
*Makes educated guess before opening link*
*Copy/Paste/Go*
Right again!
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 06:29 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar8)
I would say I'm a pretty avid reader, but some books I've tossed across the room I disliked them so much. They did not comfort me and I do not find them comfortable .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 06:30 PM (JrHfD)
It is now pretty certain that Clovis was not first, but that raises the question of how the first got here if not via the Beringia land bridge.
The genetics are still an issue though. Jennifer Raff has written about it, and does admit that there are some issues that are not explained by "via Beringia" but also says that is the only hypothesis they have that fits most of the data they have to date.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:24 PM (rbvCR)
Yes, there would still have to be a route coming from Asia as well to the Genetics, but the two groups could spread and meet. And it is just as possible for people back then to live like Eskimos do on the ice do now there and use boats to go right down the coast to the Pacific NW and avoid the glaciers entirely.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)
Monsters have thoroughly ruined our institutions regardless.
Conservatism still seeks to maintain those ruined institutions as is.
I, therefore, am no longer conservative.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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I agree actually. Happened in the first Trump term when the masks were fully ripped off of Conservative Inc. And far too many claiming Reagan conservatism were in no such way implementing it. Like Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell. Then Scotus in 2020 and the ridiculous shampeachments plus Jan 6.
I had to admit when I turned on the TV for the dismal proceedings where I knew the GOP was going to cave, I laughed when I saw that Shaman dude presiding over the Senate podium.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:31 PM (E4rtv)
I would say I'm a pretty avid reader, but some books I've tossed across the room I disliked them so much. They did not comfort me and I do not find them comfortable .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 06:30 PM (JrHfD)
Yeah, the book on the 100 BC to 300 AD Rome Parthian wars that blamed them on US Imperialism got that treatment. One of the few books I have tossed out.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)
Just Sayin ..........
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (5U1m0)
NOT A BAAAAAAAAAAAAHD IDEA>>>>
Posted by: Mike Hunt at October 01, 2026 06:23 PM (11eQX)
BAAAAHHHHHCK IT ON UP BABY
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 06:32 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:32 PM (Sco7b)
Airline guy may have been 'radicalized.'
So not his fault I guess.
No France.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 06:32 PM (Sco7b)
Radicalized by...who? Any answer??
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (uhVAy)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (Gqar8)
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
All institutions not specifically right wing become leftist. Cato for example. Heritage was drifting that way. The Olens Foundation had a set expiration date which passed in order to prevent that.
Latest is that the Rockefeller Foundations are playing games with Chicoms financing projects there, and supporting the Greens here in attacking petroleum, nat gas, and other resources being used.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 06:34 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 06:35 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar
I know someone with a dino coprolite that's said to be over 65 million years old...he doesn't hold it in his hand...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 06:35 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 06:35 PM (dK+Kv)
Turns out the Air Force is using some retired F-117 Stealth Fighters for classified flight test work.
Take care!
Posted by: Gref at October 01, 2026 06:17 PM (5rh/l)
The Zoomies pulled the F-117s out of storage a few years back to fly with their aggressor squadrons in training. The idea being to simulate operating against lesser stealth aircraft like the SU-57 and J-20. Not sure if they're still using them in that training role, but they were definitely flying them about 2 years ago. I saw several flying out of the ANG facility here at the shared Fresno airport, they were here for about a week, and they'd circle my shop when they were coming in to land.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 06:35 PM (y9nCu)
Did she have a brief bout with sanity when someone followed her into her fancy apartment building or something like that and she realized crime is a real problem not just muh raycissms?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 06:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 06:36 PM (zZu0s)
Yeah, the book on the 100 BC to 300 AD Rome Parthian wars that blamed them on US Imperialism got that treatment. One of the few books I have tossed out.
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:31 PM (uhVAy)
that's quite the anachronism...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 06:36 PM (l3cgK)
*Copy/Paste/Go*
Right again!
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Actually, in a small way, hoping for a little diversity. Nope.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 06:37 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Oldcat at October 01, 2026 06:30 PM (uhVAy)
There has been an argument for a Southern Route across the Pacific, but that proposes a chain of islands exposed by the lower sea levels, which for some reason did not get settlers to the existing islands, or something to make the ocean around Antarctica much less terrible than it is today. There is a proposal that the Drake Passage was completely iced over, and that broke up the Antarctic current allowing kayak type hunters to skirt the ice from Tasmania, but no one actually is willing to support that idea.
Posted by: Kindltot at October 01, 2026 06:38 PM (rbvCR)
Some to think of it, same for the Welsh.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 06:28 PM (ZOv7s)
The Welsh came over here to steal from the US Strategic Vowel Reserve. F'kin thieves.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 06:39 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: tubal at October 01, 2026 06:29 PM (Gqar
Where the fuck did I put my spearhead? Goddammit...
Posted by: Clovis Man Gonna Get Yelled At Again at October 01, 2026 06:40 PM (sCpL+)
Retards
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM (oqH4h)
See? White liberal. I really think there is something to this theory.
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 07:34 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: Goatweed at October 01, 2026 08:05 PM (jK3NL)
Iran Urges Americans to Vote for Democrats
The case for Democrat collusion with Iran is far, far more extensive than the completely-fake Hillary campaign contrivance of "RUSSIAN COLLUSION."And the mad theocrats of Iran are making their support of the Democrat Party explicit.
Iran publishes propaganda letter urging US voters to punish Trump in midterm elections Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps put out a 25-page letter addressed to Americans urging them to oppose President Donald Trump during the upcoming midterm elections. The IRGC, which as repeatedly tried to sway the Nov. 3 US elections, claimed that the president and his support of Israel were the cause of the war -- as they urged voters to reject both in the voting booth. "America's national security and the lives of its service members are entrusted to someone who is not only an inveterate liar but is also an insanely avaricious man whose only motivation in life is the accumulation of greater wealth," IRGC spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said in the regime's latest attack on Trump. The letter accuses Trump of concealing the "peaceful nature" of Iran's nuclear program despite allegations from the International Atomic Energy Agency watchdog that Tehran was enriching its uranium beyond what's needed for a power plant. The US and Israel have defended the war in Iran primarily as a means to prevent the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons. The IRGC also lashed out against the US government designating the security force as a terrorist group, claiming there was not "a single verifiable instance where the IRGC has committed an act of violence against civilians."UK Prime Minister and Pallid Cuck Andy Burnham even admits his Islamic friends are behind the thwarted attack on the air field base used by US personnel.
The British government believes Iran "played a part" in the incident over the weekend at the RAF Fairford air base in England, which has been used by U.S. warplanes carrying out strikes on Iran, U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday. Burnham's remarks to the BBC were the first confirmation by the British government of its assessment of the incident, which saw five men -- all British nationals in their mid-20s -- arrested near RAF Fairford early Sunday morning on suspicion of preparing a terrorist act. They were all released on bail the following day, however, even though the police had the right to hold them for up to 14 days under U.K. counterterrorism laws. Their quick release drew criticism from President Trump and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. But it also prompted questions in the U.K. as to whether the authorities had overreacted.The Bee, fully accurate as usual:
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:21 PM (ZOv7s)
I tried to post early just to give someone else a chance. Well played.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
Come and join the Nazi party!
Posted by: The Producers at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (IiS7N)
I tried to post early just to give someone else a chance. Well played.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
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Trump has no response to this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (U/fqy)
and communist China.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
and communist China.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (1wjle)
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"Yeah...Democrats..."
-Elaine Chao, Mrs. Mitch McConnell
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (U/fqy)
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That dude sounds totally legit and not at all like a bad translation from AI-generated Goatfuckese.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (iFTx/)
Congratulations . Sponge is always first and I'm probably at below 15 when this is posted
. Hooray !!!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (JrHfD)
It is almost comical how obvious this is...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 01, 2026 04:25 PM (ThT1a)
I tried to post early just to give someone else a chance. Well played.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
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Trump has no response to this.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (U/fqy)
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Even if he did, Judge Assface would issue a TRO
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:25 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:25 PM (RIvkX)
It is almost comical how obvious this is...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 04:24 PM (sKqQm)
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So massive that they win 67 Senate seats and can actually remove Trump from office in a conviction.
And there's no way Democrats even get a majority in the Senate.
It's honestly more likely that they think that we have a parliamentary system and that Trump will be removed as prime minister if Democrats take the House of Commons.
Because they're actually inbred retards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:25 PM (U/fqy)
So wtf did happen at Fairford? Rubio made some deliberately vague remarks about a "foreign" element, and some people say they were garden-variety fuel thieves who were out to steal some diesel. When do we find out?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:26 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (Oy/m2)
"""THE""" """BLADE""" """IS""" """FIRST"""
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)
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Do you use a Chris Berman voice for that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (eRlcH)
So wtf did happen at Fairford? Rubio made some deliberately vague remarks about a "foreign" element, and some people say they were garden-variety fuel thieves who were out to steal some diesel. When do we find out?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:26 PM (mmrXZ)
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February 27, 2029.
3:13 pm.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (ThT1a)
I tried to post early just to give someone else a chance. Well played.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (1wjle)
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["Firstbump," but in a manly way, not in a gay Talacreepo dickbump]
The Blade has to leave now, so the field will be wide open
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Russia, Russia, Russia at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (2Ez/1)
- Communists
- Socialists
- Fascists
- muslim isalmofascists
- Iranians terrorists
- baby murderers
- illegal aliens
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (rkCBr)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)
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Do you use a Chris Berman voice for that?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (eRlcH)
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Inside joke on the use of quotes ("") from the last thread
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (0S2LD)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (+fdRY)
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: that guy that hasn't read all the comments at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (4NO2D)
- Communists
- Socialists
- Fascists
- muslim isalmofascists
- Iranians terrorists
- baby murderers
- illegal aliens
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (rkCBr)
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The illegal aliens are being deported and increasingly scared to show themselves in public.
If 6-7% of illegals vote, as one 2008 study suggested, and Trump gets that down to 5% while deporting a bunch who where here and voted in 2024, well...That changes American politics a good bit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM
Bob Dole isn't sure what Bob Dole thinks about that.
Posted by: But Bob Dole will let you know at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (2Ez/1)
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM (rkCBr)
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- Aborticomaniacs (pre-natal baby murderers)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (eRlcH)
I would think that would be their most effective "attack". Drug addiction kills families, resources, and cultures.
Plus the IRGC gets the massive drug trade profits to fund drones programs, nukes, etc.
I would make it a national security threat and bomb the incoming boats - like Trump, who does NOT play tiddly-winks.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
You forgot goat-fucking.
Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM (ThT1a)
"Corporate needs you to find the difference between these two pictures"
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (+fdRY)
No true Under-29er is going to read a 25 page letter.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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lol that occurred to me, too! IRGC might as well have released it in Gregorian chant.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (mmrXZ)
I would think that would be their most effective "attack". Drug addiction kills families, resources, and cultures.
Plus the IRGC gets the massive drug trade profits to fund drones programs, nukes, etc.
I would make it a national security threat and bomb the incoming boats - like Trump, who does NOT play tiddly-winks.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (HlyYF)
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I believe their main conduit for that was Venezuela.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Pudinhead at October 01, 2026 04:32 PM (KGj36)
lol that occurred to me, too! IRGC might as well have released it in Gregorian chant.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (mmrXZ)
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TL;DR. Vote Republican.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:32 PM (eRlcH)
- Communists
- Socialists
- Fascists
- muslim isalmofascists
- Iranians terrorists
- baby murderers
- illegal aliens
I’m sure I’ve forgotten a few.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:28 PM
Your list is basically, enemies of America, PLUS those who would kill innocent American babies.
I am sensing a common strand for "things supported by Democrats".
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:33 PM (HlyYF)
The IRGC is being represented by Lindsay Clancy's attorney.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at October 01, 2026 04:33 PM (ExV1e)
But he never got the chants.
Posted by: Oof at October 01, 2026 04:33 PM (2Ez/1)
When do we find out?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:26 PM (mmrXZ)
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February 27, 2029.
3:13 pm.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Darn it, that's what I thought.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:34 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM (eRlcH)
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-krytarchists
-gynofascists
-the Elks
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:34 PM (RIvkX)
But he never got the chants.
Posted by: Oof
That goes to the grandson.
Well done.
Posted by: MkY at October 01, 2026 04:34 PM (ZHRuH)
Yoo-hoo!
Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at October 01, 2026 04:35 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:35 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)
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Q> Can you summarize in the briefest possible way and number of words possible the 25-page letter Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) put out addressed to Americans urging them to oppose President Donald Trump during the upcoming midterm elections?
A> [After "thinking" for 80 seconds:] "IRGC claims Iran won the US-Israel war, calls Trump a liar motivated by greed, and urges Americans to vote out him/his allies in midterms for peaceful coexistence."
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:35 PM (0S2LD)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM
So our drug boat strikes and our decapitation of Venezuelan leadership was a two-fer regarding our enemies?
I sure do like it when governments operate efficiently!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (HlyYF)
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2,000 years of fucking their first cousins.
But all cultures are equal....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (3cUTc)
When queried about this, TheJamesMadison is reported to have said "Trump has no response to this."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (rkCBr)
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)
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Yet there are entire city councils in American cities composed entirely of these inbred retards.
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:30 PM
So our drug boat strikes and our decapitation of Venezuelan leadership was a two-fer regarding our enemies?
I sure do like it when governments operate efficiently!
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (HlyYF)
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Venezuela was a thorn in our side for a few reasons, but most of the drug boats were going to Europe.
Now, the drug boats have stopped, there are more governments in South and Central America at war with the cartels, and we effectively own the Venezuela oil reserves.
Oh, and we murdered a few dozen elite Cuban military personnel in like 2 minutes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (U/fqy)
When queried about this, TheJamesMadison is reported to have said "Trump has no response to this."
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (0sNs1)
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He really doesn't.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: rhomboid at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (jJdaW)
Turkeys vote Yes for Thanksgiving!!!
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: A. Hitchcock at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:29 PM (0sNs1)
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A> "Hate America First and Vote for Homicidal-Suicidal Death Cults!"
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (0S2LD)
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM
Bob Dole isn't sure what Bob Dole thinks about that.
Posted by: But Bob Dole will let you know
Neither does Bob Ehrlich.
-- Bob Ehrlich
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (77rzZ)
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2,000 years of fucking their first cousins.
But all cultures are equal....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (3cUTc)
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This is simply false. Iran has an ancient and sophisticated civilization. It was hijacked in 1979 by whackos with a big assist from Jimmy Carter.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (ZOv7s)
Sounds reasonable.
Posted by: El Sayed, Piker, Mamdani Dem Coalition at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (OkYzo)
and sid's ass is the best tasting ass
Posted by: Paul at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (eKHEZ)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (eRlcH)
How stoned do you have to be to write a 25 page letter to Democrats?
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (ZOv7s)
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The IRGC are inbred retards.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (4NO2D)
And, please remember to vote DEMOCRAT.
That just might work.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM (dIske)
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Trump's people need to do a short spot showing Iranians screaming DEATH TO AMERICA, taking our Embassy, and then close it with "These people also want you to vote Democrat. Don't do it."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:40 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:40 PM (rkCBr)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 04:40 PM (hzuYO)
I'm confused now. Should I post "First" "Sponge!" Or "Blade" when commenting now?
On topic? Whattya mean "be on topic"?
Posted by: Robert at October 01, 2026 04:41 PM (dpXJq)
Posted by: I gotta ask at October 01, 2026 04:41 PM (2Ez/1)
The Blade is referring to himself in the third person. That's disturbing.
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM
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The Ricky Henderson of AoSHQ
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:41 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM
Jimmy Carter deserves a lot of blame for that. Demanding the Shah treat the Mullahs nicely and give them a voice. I can still hear my dad saying "That damned peanut farmer just got us into deep shit".
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 04:41 PM (OkYzo)
Do they want more Trump? Cause this is how you get more Trump.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 04:41 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 01, 2026 04:41 PM (VQ7/I)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 04:42 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Robert
"Bulg" will entertain bids on licensing rights.
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (77rzZ)
Now, the drug boats have stopped, there are more governments in South and Central America at war with the cartels, and we effectively own the Venezuela oil reserves.
Oh, and we murdered a few dozen elite Cuban military personnel in like 2 minutes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:37 PM
To steal a line from the Orange Man:
"WINNING!"
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Jimmy at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (4NO2D)
Still mad Bangladesh won the war with Pakistan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)
There's no way I'm reading 25 pages of this Islamic garbage.
But neither will anyone else, so that's nice.
Though I'm tempted. There's probably some gem in there about how in the Democrat America, you can buttfuck a dog, so long as it's two villages away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (BI5O2)
Still mad Bangladesh won the war with Pakistan.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)
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He's just mad that brat summer didn't lead to Kamala winning.
She was winning all the polls in September, and polls are never wrong.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM (ZOv7s)
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That's a major over-simplification. The Shah was a corrupt piece of shit. His family still is. Carter didn't hand over Iran. He just implied indifference...which IMO is why I champion sovereign nations over globalism and police state foreign policy.
I don't think we should have been propping up the Shah in the first place. And, yes, that's a gamble. But, reverse the players and tell me you'd appreciate some other nation influencing your leadership and government.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (4NO2D)
But I didn't even post anything yet!
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (jJdaW)
Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (4NO2D)
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Simpsons did it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: George Costanza at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:27 PM
Bob Dole isn't sure what Bob Dole thinks about that.
Posted by: But Bob Dole will let you know
Jimmy doesn't like misunderstandings.
Posted by: Jimmy at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (jivel)
When asked Sen Chuck Shumear said " This is good because it will help struggling Americans suffering from high gas prices. He also said once the Democrats were in office they would Impeach Trump again just to waste time so Trump cannot do anymore harm to the children of the world.
CNN believes this is legal for Iran to give money to the American people because it hurts Trump and we must get rid of Trump and elect Kami Harris as the next POTUS to restore peace and prosperity by raising taxes.
He also said that there are Bad Nukes and Mostly Peaceful Nukes, and he believes that Iran will have mostly peaceful Nukes. Killing only a couple hundred thousand Israelis' then millions.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at October 01, 2026 04:45 PM (pe38Z)
That's right! Civilians are people and everyone the IRGC committed violence against were either kuffar or apostates and therefore neither people nor unallowed targets for Islamic enforcement activities.
Posted by: Babs Bunny at October 01, 2026 04:45 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM
It was the Cold War. Support was predicated on denying Russia any warm water bases.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:45 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 04:45 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (jivel)
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I put $20 on Whatley winning in NC.
He was at 5 cents.
A win means about $400. Cashing out when it inevitably goes to 50/50 because of poll herding late October means about $200.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:36 PM (rkCBr)
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DShKs mounted on the beds of F-350s would be an awesome sight to behold at NJ county fairs.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (rj6Yv)
Q> Can you summarize in the briefest possible way and number of words possible the 25-page letter Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) put out addressed to Americans urging them to oppose President Donald Trump during the upcoming midterm elections?
A> [After "thinking" for 80 seconds:] "IRGC claims Iran won the US-Israel war, calls Trump a liar motivated by greed, and urges Americans to vote out him/his allies in midterms for peaceful coexistence."
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:35 PM (0S2LD)
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A> "Hate America First and Vote for Homicidal-Suicidal Death Cults!"
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:38 PM
How many tokens does a subscription to Chat ShainAI require?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The Pint-Sized Slasher at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (7Q0e+)
Remember, when the media say a race is "too close to call," it means the Democrat is going to be stomped like a bug.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Ignore them all at October 01, 2026 04:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Frank Herbert himself couldn't come up with a science fiction phantasmagoria like ISIS could.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 04:47 PM (88C+u)
I don't think we should have been propping up the Shah in the first place. And, yes, that's a gamble. But, reverse the players and tell me you'd appreciate some other nation influencing your leadership and government.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)
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I really appreciate hearing a differing point of view.
My main objection is this minimizes the geopolitical importance of Iran.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:47 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM (5U1m0)
Collins always outperforms, for some odd reason.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM (vNne
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She has that independent image, her constituent services are really good, and she will knife anyone in the back behind closed doors in the state to retain power.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM
With this crowd, you might make more money by licensing "Bulge" instead.
I asked Ace if I could license "boobs", "bewbs", and all of the other permutations if I cut him in for 50% of the profits.
He turned down my offer. He said he didn't want to bankrupt any of our Top 10 Commentors.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM (5U1m0)
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Senate was never in question.
House would be something. Fingers crossed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Jackson K. at October 01, 2026 04:48 PM
I'll do you one better Senate Rs+2, House Rs+8.
Posted by: toby928(c) lays down his marker at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: The Paolo at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (2Ez/1)
I don't think we should have been propping up the Shah in the first place. And, yes, that's a gamble. But, reverse the players and tell me you'd appreciate some other nation influencing your leadership and government.
Posted by: Orson at October 01, 2026 04:44 PM (dIske)
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Yes, it's a pithy but correct summary. The Shad was the only viable leader outside of the Reds and the Mullahs, so pick your poison. But Carter, being an idiot, thought their was some Thomas Jefferson character in there or something. He showed America had no resolve and then proved it when our Marines surrendered the embassy and then he did jack shit other than order a half-assed rescue mission.
All Middle East states are corrupt. It's how their societies are structured. That isn't going to change until they want it to, the US tried for 20 years to make that happen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Paul at October 01, 2026 04:39 PM (eKHEZ)
Keep your ears safe, everyone . Vote for Republicans!
Posted by: Van Gogh at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (JrHfD)
Social unrest erupted across hundreds of French high schools and dozens of universities Thursday, forcing Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu to convene an emergency meeting to address the "urban violence."
Corporate media describes the rioters as "French students" or "high school students," while alternative media outlets such as Remix News and Visegrád24 claim the rioters are migrant kids.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (Cqx++)
>>@SecScottBessent
>>Iran loaded ZERO crude oil onto tankers in September. The Trump Administration is cutting off the Iranian regime’s most critical source of revenue.
Operation Economic Outcast is severing the economic lifelines that have allowed Tehran to finance its terrorist agenda
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (VQ7/I)
> Americans on both sides of the aisle don't like being told what to do by a foreign Nation.
Oh come on now...one side of the aisle has Israel's wang in its mouth while the other side is half-heartedly cupping the balls while complaining about it, but making no attempt to unhand them.
No need to ask. Already on it. Also the New York Post is a far right wing disinformation rag, and only a complete dipshit fascist would find anything they publish credible.
Iran was for all intents and purposes contained in terms of US interests. This mess is 100% the idiotic decision of a dangerously demented toxic narcissist who got played like a fiddle by the Israeli government.
They just need to add “will only discuss future agreements with one Barack Hussein Obama” and Trump would throw the biggest fit in his entire pathetic life.
Is it terrible that as an international observer I have found Iran to be the moral authority and a better trustworthy source of information than the current US administration?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (EAQrO)
Trump calls me all the time when we are in the majority. He expects stuff. I'm scared to take his calls, but you can't duck a call from the President. Can you?
Posted by: John Thune at October 01, 2026 04:50 PM (N3b7w)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at October 01, 2026 04:49 PM (EAQrO)
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"Iran controls the strait, they just let all the ships through because they're very nice."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:50 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM
That almost sounds like getting money for nothing.
Do you also get your chicks for free?
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 04:50 PM (HlyYF)
There's no way I'm reading 25 pages of this Islamic garbage.
But neither will anyone else, so that's nice.
Though I'm tempted. There's probably some gem in there about how in the Democrat America, you can buttfuck a dog, so long as it's two villages away.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM
Dude. There are at least two AI summaries posted in the comments above yours for your edification and delectation.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:50 PM (0sNs1)
As one wag on X said, I didn't know they had safaris in France:
https://tinyurl.com/4492hxzn
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 04:51 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (eRlcH)
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I'm just remembering the epic gaslighting of two years ago when Harris had this huge lead in ALL the polls and then it vanished.
And the polls aren't detecting any trends, they are being de-faked so that the pollsters remain viable, which they've done for the last 30 years at least. It's gotten much, much worse, but they always and everywhere skew Dem.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:51 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: You can DO that? at October 01, 2026 04:51 PM (2Ez/1)
@SteveMehlNews
CHRISTA PIKE:
I just spoke with a doctor well-versed in toxicology and poisonous drugs. They tell me the first big sign that this process was going wrong was the burning in Pike's arm. Likely points to the IV being placed incorrectly.
Here's what was said about long-term (1/2)
The doctor tells me Pike may suffer from a flurry of long-term effects. This includes skin necrosis, permanent scarring, functional impairment, compartment syndrome, chronic neuropathic pain and pigmentation change at the injection site.
Won't know for a couple days. (2/2)
Robert's solution: Bullet.
Posted by: Robert at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (dpXJq)
Good times. Good times.
Posted by: Sharkman at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (c3dRb)
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (W2Pud)
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (Oy/m2)
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No.
It's retarded.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison
Yes, it's terrible. But not in the way you think it is.
Posted by: Oddbob at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (vTZFs)
Posted by: Francesca Hong at October 01, 2026 04:52 PM (2Ez/1)
And the polls aren't detecting any trends, they are being de-faked so that the pollsters remain viable, which they've done for the last 30 years at least. It's gotten much, much worse, but they always and everywhere skew Dem.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:51 PM (ZOv7s)
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But the polling firms fixed the problems.
Remember, the worst polls now are 100% accurate because the best final polls from 2024 were 60% accurate.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (U/fqy)
I hope that one of them is death.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (4NO2D)
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What an unbelievably juvenile worldview.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (RIvkX)
The Soviets and Chinese have always been careful not to stir up nationalistic backlash by supporting the Dems, are the Iranians that dumb, or have things changed.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (UWnRS)
*throws flag*
That’s largely counter factual as it relates to the Zoroastrians, who by the way are maybe, maybe 40,000 strong. Before the revolution They were largely western educated and embraced much of western society and democratic ideals. They also got steamrolled during the revolution. They are now marginalized and would love to see the Islamists fail.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (0sNs1)
All Middle East states are corrupt. It's how their societies are structured. That isn't going to change until they want it to, the US tried for 20 years to make that happen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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The Marines did not surrender. They were told to stand down.
Carter not only gave tacit approval he facilitated the change.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (+UcOf)
Reminds me that Osama Bin Laden actually made and distributed videos endorsing Kerry for President back in 2004 just before the election. Either he wanted Bush in office to continue the war, or he was monumentally stupid enough to think that his endorsement of Kerry would be enough to remove Bush from office.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:54 PM (4NO2D)
Much like the burning during urination.
Posted by: Kramer at October 01, 2026 04:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Another wave of the Islamic takeover.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:21 PM (ZOv7s)
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At least they haven't been bought and paid for by the ChiComms for several decades now.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
/The Clinton Crime Syndicate
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (0S2LD)
Iran was for all intents and purposes contained in terms of US interests.
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Except for that nuclear weapon that got out somehow.
Posted by: 2028 or thereabouts at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 04:51 PM (kX27y)
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The visit of Pope Leo gives reason for hope. They filled the main arena to the rafters to recall all the great French saints and apparently Louis XI in full crusader gear brought the house down.
Then 800,000 people converged on Paris for an open air Mass. The secular French are rattled, Muslims getting nervous. The tide is turning...
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (ZOv7s)
We supported the Shah's father, Shah Sr., during WWII to deny the Nazis who were also courting him.
The people who really screwed the pooch in Iran, the same people who helped cut up the Middle East after WWI, were the Brits. We seem to have a habit of cleaning up their messes.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 04:56 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 04:56 PM (jivel)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 04:56 PM (88C+u)
Tennessee taxpayers are paying to keep the bitch alive.
Disgusting use of hard working people's money.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 04:56 PM (/QHx4)
What about us?
Posted by: "youths" and "teens" at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (2Ez/1)
I put $20 on Whatley winning in NC.
He was at 5 cents.
A win means about $400. Cashing out when it inevitably goes to 50/50 because of poll herding late October means about $200.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:46 PM (U/fqy)
I never knew you were a professional gambler. Pro gamblers win more than they lose, or they leave the industry. They find where the odds don't match up with reality at that moment. Excellent and timely bet.
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (Uvvcx)
Carter not only gave tacit approval he facilitated the change.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (+UcOf)
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Yes, they were ordered to surrender. That's on Carter, not them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (ZOv7s)
I read today that one of the guys arrested called 999 (911) to report the group. He called even before the lady farmer who saw them called 999.
wtf.
I also read that the cans in the vans were empty.
Which is why some people are saying it's a fuel theft ring.
All speculation.
But it's a very confusing set of circumstances that's being reported.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (6ydKt)
They just need to add “will only discuss future agreements with one Barack Hussein Obama” and Trump would throw the biggest fit in his entire pathetic life.
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Fuck, I wish they would!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (mmrXZ)
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Failed prediction 10,034 that Trump will have a melt-down.
But the next prediction?
Guaranteed he's going to lose his shit, you watch!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: John Thune
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Question is, can you duck a bat to the knees?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (+UcOf)
Not to mention the numerous Hezbollah assets roaming around South and Latin America, most notably Venezuela, and helping run drugs and gangs into the US.
Totes contained.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (viF8m)
Not John Thune.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (RIvkX)
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Thune was busy being bent-over by Chuck U. Schumer in that infamous Hart Senate Office Building Room 216.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (0S2LD)
He justified his refusal to back immoral or brutal dictators because of his Christianity. I think he was just a moron and a coward. You always have to ask about consequences and he refused that part.
So he gave away the Canal, he let CCP get the seat, and talked about our obligation to spread morality, even if it killed half the world. He was GWB before GWB, trying to democratize the world thinking all people want freedom.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: Jumping On The Bandwagon! at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: Marcus T
Please, read Greek, Roman, and Byzantine history. The Zoroastrian Persians, and their muzzie successors, hated Christianity.
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 04:56 PM (88C+u)
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Yeah, no Persia, no Second Temple, etc.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Lucy Van Pelt at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (2Ez/1)
"...Pike may suffer from a flurry of long-term effects. This includes skin necrosis, permanent scarring, functional impairment, compartment syndrome, chronic neuropathic pain and pigmentation change at the injection site."
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Blame the all-girl execution squad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (Uvvcx)
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The political betting markets exist right now as a pool to steal money from white progressives who make up the bulk of the betting.
It's probably one major reason that polling has gotten so bad recently.
Polls show something impossible, like Wang winning by 20 in WI, driving up the odds, and then she loses, and those who bet against her cash out.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (4NO2D)
Of course they want Democrats, that way they can get more planes full of money
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 04:56 PM
Them Greek homos didn't invent anything. They stole it all from us!
Posted by: Rev. Al S. at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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Did she live? Is the murdering bitch alive?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Ia/+0)
That's hilarious.
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (oqH4h)
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Larry Sabato's much ballyhooed "crystal ball" has no better than a 50/50 on close, contested races.
His entire mythos of 98% is built on races that were never close.
Cook Political Report is only slightly better.
Because he moves most contested, close races to "toss-up" at the end so those don't count against him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM (3cUTc)
But the next prediction?
Guaranteed he's going to lose his shit, you watch!
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (3cUTc)
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I was assured that we'd all be dead now after Trump got us into World War III in 2017.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (0S2LD)
Posted by: 88C+u
Only because Jehovah allowed them to have such influence.
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (EKMrJ)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:59 PM
as of this morning, yes.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 05:01 PM (4NO2D)
… of course, there still is “need to know”
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2026 05:01 PM (EKMrJ)
Being naïve however, is something totally different. Or call it a lack of common sense. Whatever.
And, as we have seen, with Trump I, even smart people can be naïve in areas they've no experience with. Just look at his first cabinet... and where they are now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (RORbl)
I know her guards were female because she requested that they be, but I haven't heard about the actual executioners being women.
There was at least one man involved.
Brave AI:
The physician who has supervised recent executions in Tennessee, including the botched attempts on Tony Carruthers and Christa Pike, is Dr. Mark Walton Fowler.
Identity: Dr. Fowler is a 68-year-old physician from Union City, Tennessee, who serves as a contractor for the state’s prison system.
Role: Under Tennessee’s lethal injection protocol, Fowler is tasked with establishing a central line if standard IV access fails and declaring the time of death.
Controversy: His involvement has sparked significant ethical debate and legal challenges after he failed to establish IV access for Tony Carruthers in May 2026 and oversaw the failed execution of Christa Pike on September 30, 2026.
Qualifications: Legal records and depositions revealed that Fowler had not placed a central line in over a decade and had no current hospital privileges.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM
You're far, far more likely to get hit by a penguin or AtC in that location than a bat.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (0sNs1)
Oh, and not unrelated, they're now trying to jail Nathan Cofnas.
Some Belgian do-goody group is getting up a criminal case.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (mmrXZ)
Not to mention giving away the Panama Canal.
I mean, why would we care who controls one of the most strategic waterways in the world? One we built?
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 05:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:03 PM (Ia/+0)
Mondale / Ferraro?
Really?
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:03 PM (vNne8)
Judge denies Lindsay Clancy's long-shot bid for not guilty finding in children's deaths
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (EKMrJ)
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So help me, I first read that as "Lindsay Graham"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 05:03 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Old Lady Rodham at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (2Ez/1)
You mean like Yazdgird I, et al? The enmity was largely political and not religious. Was there persecution? Yes there was. But you have to remember most of that started with Constantine’s conversion. The Sassanian rulers saw that as a threat to their power. That’s a lot different than the muslims, who saw and still see it as their religious duty to wipe out unbelievers.
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (eRlcH)
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I just got a great idea for the next blockbuster SuperHero movie and franchise!
/Where's "Pitch Guy" when you need him?
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (0S2LD)
Fairfax County school Superintendent makes more than President Trump
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (Uvvcx)
… polls have become a method of voter suppression by demoralizing the other side
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2026 05:04 PM (EKMrJ)
Posted by: Bulg at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (77rzZ)
It's complicated.
Shah Yazdegird hosted a synod AD 410 for the eastern Christians, like Constantine had done at Nicaea. It happened that the shah didn't convert afterward.
Yazdegird II was a heinous persecutor, mostly in Armenia (he thought Armenians were Aryans).
Somewhere around here the Iranians invited thousands of Monophysite exiles from Justin I.
Khusro II and I think also the first one were pro-Christian, siding more with the Nestorians here. The second Khusro married a Christian for his queen and sponsored church and cathedral construction.
The "antiChristian" stuff from the Sasanians tended to be aimed at fellow Iranians, in which they included Armenians; or just because they hated them Greek homos.
Posted by: 88C+u at October 01, 2026 05:05 PM (88C+u)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 05:05 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:58 PM (U/fqy)
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Brexit was an eye-opener because it showed the extent to which the prediction market had been manipulated to make it seem inevitable.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 05:05 PM (ZOv7s)
Which is why some people are saying it's a fuel theft ring.
All speculation.
But it's a very confusing set of circumstances that's being reported.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Not really. Diesel plus a certain fertilizer is a potent explosive. OKC bombing was done with a Uhaul full of it. And guess what you can steal from farms--fertilizer and diesel most usually.
I would not be surprised that MI-5 assets were involved either promising this or that component but the farm lady blew the sting operation early by calling the cops.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)
Being naïve however, is something totally different. Or call it a lack of common sense. Whatever.
....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 05:02 PM (RORbl)
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Wrote my grad school thesis on this topic. Not naivete, it was the messianism in his personality, the belief that only he alone was capable.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 05:06 PM (RIvkX)
Lloyds revenue too low?
Ring up the Iran mullahs who'll oblige with a terror attack.
She really hates the Brit royalty and their leaders.
I tend to agree.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 05:06 PM (3cUTc)
… of course, there still is “need to know”
Posted by: SMOD at October 01, 2026 05:01 PM
I would feed him a little "canary trap" info, just to test him.
If that info does show up in the hands of bad actors, I would then use him as a conduit of disinformation.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:06 PM (HlyYF)
Posted by: Ryder at October 01, 2026 05:06 PM (4NO2D)
Posted by: Braenyard
You don't. You close the distance on the inside of the swing with a palm strike to the jaw and take the bat away.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at October 01, 2026 05:07 PM (nEUC6)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 05:07 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 05:07 PM (viF8m)
"Yup, we fucked it up. Too bad, so sad, but there's no use crying over spilled murderers. We're all praying that she... I dunno. Something or other. Except for carving a pentagram into a young girl's tits and then smashing her skull in with a rock. But we're like 110% sure that won't happen again. We think. Fingers crossed."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:05 PM (E4rtv)
Trump and Rubio knew about it beforehand so something big was up. I
The farmer lady says there were 8 - 10 guys and some got away or they didn't arrest them.
It's a really strange story so far.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:08 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 05:08 PM (wvJdC)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 05:08 PM (viF8m)
True Story per secret service:
Jimmy Carter wanted to be seen as the "normal guy" so he had empty suitcases there for him to carry to make it look like he didn't depend on staff.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 05:08 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 05:09 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 05:03 PM (viF8m)
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Sadly, it's idiots like Carter (and I have a TDS friend who's similarly retarded) who make Christianity & Christians look weak and behave naively and almost suicidally.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 05:09 PM (0S2LD)
The Marines did not surrender. They were told to stand down.
Carter not only gave tacit approval he facilitated the change.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:53 PM (+UcOf)
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Yes, they were ordered to surrender. That's on Carter, not them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:57 PM (ZOv7s)
On the other hand, the Marines made up for a lot of the shame imposed on them by President Peanut by being total dicks to the Iranians.
At one point, the Marines were held in a building that only had one bathroom and sink. The Iranians had to use that same sink to prepare meals and clean dishes. Being filthy mohammedans, the Iranian guards would dump their dishes in the sink and leave them, because doing their own dishes was beneath them. The Marines began taking a lot more trips to the bathroom, where they would piss all over the Iranians' dishes.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 05:09 PM (y9nCu)
I was assured that we'd all be dead now after Trump got us into World War III in 2017.
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (0S2LD)
Al Gore promised us that the seas would rise and swallow the coasts, causing massive deaths. In 1999. I just checked, I'm still alive. And the beaches in Puget Sound remain. *whew!* That was close!
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 01, 2026 05:09 PM (Uvvcx)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Call it what you want, I call it stupid.
People can be really smart at a technical field and still be really dumb. Look at all the idiot (science) nobel prize winners.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:10 PM (UWnRS)
Not John Thune.
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Seating arrangement was most interesting.
Johnson was seated next to VP Vance directly across the table from Trump. Viewed from above Trump was seated at the space between Vance and Johnson.
Jensen Huang was seated to Trump's right and Elon Musk on his left. Amodei was 3rd to last on Trump's side of the table.
Sam Altman was absent.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 05:10 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Everything the modern world is manipulated. State Street, Vanguard, and Black Rock manipulate economic markets. City of London manipulates shipping insurance markets, OPEC used to manipulate the oil market but that is now falling to Saudis, Russia, and perhaps the US now. Our universities are manipulated by foreign cash, and its students are manipulated by their profs and staff. Our Congress is manipulated by donors not voters, our courts, by secret collaborations, payoffs by spouses, and other means like those associated with Eisen. Media is certainly manipulated to produce disinformation and lies by omission.
Even our entertainment is manipulated by faceless execs and investors at oligopoly firms. Organized Religion is not being spared either.
I think the question is more who isn't being manipulated than who is?
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:11 PM (E4rtv)
"Yup, we fucked it up. Too bad, so sad, but there's no use crying over spilled murderers. We're all praying that she... I dunno. Something or other. Except for carving a pentagram into a young girl's tits and then smashing her skull in with a rock. But we're like 110% sure that won't happen again. We think. Fingers crossed."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 05:07 PM (BI5O2)
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Make Firing Squads Great Again!
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 05:11 PM (0S2LD)
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (wvJdC)
One of my routes into Tyler takes me past a retard who has a 'freako sign in front of they/them's house.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at October 01, 2026 05:11 PM (+fdRY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 04:55 PM (ZOv7s)
You mentioned that the other day. I'm still not convinced they have the balls to deal with their Muslims. Easy to turn out for the Pope. The photos I see today of all the immigrant students burning down schools and attacking their teachers aren't encouraging........
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 05:12 PM (kX27y)
People can be really smart at a technical field and still be really dumb. Look at all the idiot (science) nobel prize winners.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:10 PM (UWnRS)
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D&D has your back: high intelligence, low wisdom.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 05:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Well, Jimmah is still kicking ass over Joey and McConnell for the Hospice marathon record
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 05:12 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: good enough for Hammurabi at October 01, 2026 05:13 PM (88C+u)
Blame the all-girl execution squad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Didn't Muammar Gaddafi have one of those?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Cqx++)
Posted by: LeftCoast Dawg at October 01, 2026 05:09 PM
Yoo-hoo!
Posted by: The Ice Age predicted by Time magazine in 1975 at October 01, 2026 05:13 PM (2Ez/1)
We are sending her to Canada where she can run and play and be free.
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 05:14 PM (MWfyi)
The farmer lady says there were 8 - 10 guys and some got away or they didn't arrest them.
It's a really strange story so far.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Reports are also that Netanyahu called Burnham personally warning him of an impending attack.
So Security Services certainly knew about it beforehand, the question is whether they were involved or waiting to swoop in at the right moment. UK is basically a surveillance state right now.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Posted by: People's Hippo Voice a
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I watch them sometimes, and I still can't tell if they are all just AI. Do those people exist? (they have 3 or more heads. The elderly woman, the one who has bad haircut, and a guy I think. but they all look kinda AI.)
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at October 01, 2026 05:14 PM (UWnRS)
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 05:12 PM (kX27y)
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There is no instant easy way out of this, but the decline is reversing. Faith is returning to France, and the nation is waking up to its past and coming to understand that they have overcome situations like this before.
Adult conversions are increasing exponentially - and this is kind of important - becoming really popular in the French Army, especially the officer corps.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 05:14 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Such global appeal at October 01, 2026 05:15 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 05:06 PM (RIvkX)
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Good point -- the age old Messianic Complex.
* Bono (Paul Hewson) of U2 has entered the chat *
Posted by: ShainS at October 01, 2026 05:15 PM (0S2LD)
"you're not here for the hunting, are you?" as the rape bear says in the punchline.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 05:15 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 05:09 PM (y9nCu)
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Being raised by a crazy Marine Sgt and perfect Southern gentleman, they probably did more than that to Iranians. Their code of honor is between them on all they did and you could not pry it out of them.
My father was hands down one of the craziest, funniest, fun, intelligent, generous, hard working and kind men I have ever known. Plus a hero to me in how he dealt with life after a bad accident when I was barely 16yrs. He wore his humor like armor.
I will leave it to your imagination of what they both did and thought of doing to these bastids. Plotting daily. Probably wanted to do some stuff to Carter at the time as well...
My father's platoon at Camp Pendleton had a plan, if they lived after WWII and the Pacific Theater, to meet and kill their drill instructor, for example. My father was far from a murderer. However, he said they were serious.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 05:15 PM (hzuYO)
I am a pretty disciplined guy, but I don't have THAT much discipline.
If I had listened to crowds screaming "Death to America" for months, and then watched them breech the walls, I am pretty sure I would have started firing into the breech.
Not only for my protection, but for the protection of the "American soil" I was guarding.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:16 PM (HlyYF)
He gave a lawful order to execute her, it was botched, so give the guys/gals another chance and let 'em walk in her room and start hitting power buttons.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:16 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 05:17 PM (c+XN4)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:14 PM (E4rtv)
They've had CC cameras everywhere for three decades at least.
They are the most surveilled society in history.
The East Germans would've sold left nuts to get what the UK has today.
Orwell has rolled over in his grave and farted in their general direction.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Understatement of the century. Enoch Powell predicted rivers of blood if the West imported people from abroad and the evil pols and the rest of the ruling class despised their nation's common people so much that they did it anyway and would do it again.
This is an indictment of the entire Western ruling class of since Post WWII and certainly of those in the since 1990's when communism fell so the ruling class felt safe in turning on the taps of massive immigration for diversity ostensibly but in reality to control and debase the native population.
I hate those glib f*ckers and want to see them hoisted on lampposts across Europe for their crimes against humanity and their citizens. Guilty Men indeed.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:19 PM (E4rtv)
Blame the all-girl execution squad.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
Didn't Muammar Gaddafi have one of those?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at October 01, 2026 05:13 PM (Cqx++)
*******
Read they stuck her 9 times! And! When they removed one needle it was bent?! That alone is odd because, unless it was a butterfly needle, the needles mostly used have plastic sheaths that you leave in the arm.
This is very retarded. I want to see a tox screen of what she got. Was the med diluted? Was she given something to reverse the medicine? Maybe Clancy jurors were on the team.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 05:20 PM (hzuYO)
They are the most surveilled society in history.
The East Germans would've sold left nuts to get what the UK has today.
Orwell has rolled over in his grave and farted in their general direction.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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And GHCQ spies on the rest of comms and Euroland as well. It will end badly for them when the system crashes and likely the Royal Family as well.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:21 PM (E4rtv)
I really don't understand why the governor can't just give an order to unplug the machines keeping Pike alive.
BEEP! BEEP!
Posted by: Pike at October 01, 2026 05:22 PM (Cqx++)
Pike needed a dose of lead.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 05:22 PM (OkYzo)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 05:23 PM (vNne8)
I'm thinking of taking a break on that for a bit. Other stuff is going on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at October 01, 2026 05:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at October 01, 2026 05:26 PM (HlyYF)
Not only for my protection, but for the protection of the "American soil" I was guarding.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
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You would have been called down for disobeying orders.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 05:26 PM (+UcOf)
Tennessee halted the execution of Tony Carruthers. A physician failed to place a central line in his chest. In a letter to the governor, dozens of doctors and nurses from across the state said the execution was horrifyingly botched and should never happen again.
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If Christa Pike survives, and is able, she'll likely be sprung from prison after serving her time. There's no recourse for an execution "do over." She's served her time and, if able, would be freed.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 05:26 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (iFTx/)
"""THE""" """BLADE"""NEEDS""" """TO"""GET"""LAID"""
Posted by: Yoko Ono at October 01, 2026 05:27 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: bob (
Heinlein in a Moon is a Harsh Mistress had his Adam Selene. And there are advantages to using AI generated personalities like Amelia in the UK. They cannot be tortured, brought down by doxxing, suddenly be bribed, threatened, imprisoned, etc. But they give voice to the voiceless who would otherwise face consequences, particularly now in the UK.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
You are wrong as a matter of law. Doesn't work that way.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 05:28 PM (E4rtv)
"you're not here for the hunting, are you?" as the rape bear says in the punchline.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 05:15 PM (3cUTc)
There's a degeneracy, promiscuity and sluttery epidemic. But continued female denial and narcissism will insist it's rape. OMG I can't be slut even though I let the entire Tappa Kegga Bru frat run a train on me!
Posted by: Seriously gross at October 01, 2026 05:29 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat
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And the hand held sonograph/heat machine that locate the vein.
Surely they had one of those.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 05:30 PM (+UcOf)
Pike's head should be on a Pike and paraded through town.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 05:34 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
You are wrong as a matter of law. Doesn't work that way.
Posted by: whig
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It apparently does in TN. I seem to recall this happening before. Maybe/maybe not in TN... but it has happened.
YMMV
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 05:36 PM (RORbl)
The Muskily Heterosexual James Talarico: Despite My Transparently Disingenuous Claims to Have Moderated on the Trans Issue, I Have Not Changed My Position At All
There's always the question with shifty, dishonest left-wing politicians. You know they're lying, but who are they lying to?
When they claim to be moderate, are they lying to the moderates? Or are they lying to the leftist base? Lately some left-wing influencers have complained of Talarico seemingly walking back his earlier gonzo support of All Things Tranny --- "God is nonbinary," "there are six genders," "I love trans children," I have a favorite drag queen and I want to tell you all about "her." David Strom notes that Talarico recently attempted to give himself wiggle room on trannies playing in girls sports, saying he would oppose that IF it presented a safety issue. But here's the thing: He won't say if it poses a safety issue and the trans lobby has spent ten years insisting there is absolutely no safety issue at all, because trans girls are girls and if some actual girls wind up with permanent brain damage and hearing loss, oh well, no one lives forever. Nevertheless, trans activists were alarmed by this and demanded to know: Does he still believe that Trans Woman Are Women, for all purposes, no exceptions? Talarico clarifies: When I say I'm moderating, I'm lying to the moderates. My positions on trans issues haven't changed a bit and I am all in on trans children.🚨WATCH
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) September 29, 2026
James Talarico — who fought to allow the gender mutilation of children and to let men compete in girls' sports — says his far-Left agenda hasn't changed.
TALARICO: “The way I fought for trans kids in the legislature is how I will fight for them in the US Senate.” pic.twitter.com/D3odeXDw7e
TEXAS SENATE RACE: James Talarico’s (CIS) minister Rev. Babs Miller admits that Talarico has confided that his flip flops on gender, trans surgery for kids, and other far-left issues are only temporary. Talarico is merely lying to get elected. pic.twitter.com/e0DQCVYnoM
— @amuse (@amuse) September 16, 2026
Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico's pastor was recently recorded saying some shocking things about Christian doctrines, expressing skepticism about the virgin birth of Jesus and even questioning his very existence. "We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed," the Rev. Babs Miller of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was caught saying on camera. Miller voiced some of the same types of "progressive Christian" beliefs that Talarico has been criticized for by believers in orthodox Christianity. She was recorded on video while suggesting a pick-and-choose approach to belief. When asked, "Do we really believe that a virgin gave birth to a baby?" she replied, "No." "Part of what we encourage here is for people to think for themselves, and take what makes sense. It's kind of like what they say in a 12-step program: take what you want and leave the rest. And I know that would greatly offend some of your relatives who want to hold onto these archaic rules ... Mary and the virgin birth comes out of the pagan belief," Miller said. "We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed, any more than we have of knowing that the original Buddha ever existed. And whether or not Jesus existed doesn't really matter to me. The fact remains that that message that was delivered by someone named Jesus supposedly and it could have all been made up for all I know," she continued.If you're a Christian, of course this is a heresy, because it absolutely foundational to Christianity to believe that Christ existed and died to redeem the world. That is the absolute rock-bottom, bare minimum belief. If you don't believe that, you're certainly not a "Christian," and could not possibly be a genuine Christian pastor. It's also a bizarre claim, historically: While people may doubt the divine nature of Christ, it seems impossible that this colossal historical figure could have just been made up entirely given the huge number of writings about him and the fact that within 200-300 years, his teachings had become the dominant religion throughout much of the western and near-eastern world. And of course if she doesn't believe Christ actually existed, she of course does not believe Christ actually died to redeem man's sins.
"Jesus was political. Jesus was put on that cross, not to save us; Jesus was put on that cross because Rome hated Him and they thought He was a threat to their domination of that area. And so they killed Him. He didn't die to save our sins," she told an undercover journalist posing as a prospective new member. "That makes a whole lot more sense to me than to say that some God would kill his Son for us. That doesn't make sense. How does that make up for all the things I can do? No, it doesn't," she added.Little wonder, then, that Talarico shimself identifies not as a Christian but as a "Christian who hates Christianity." That's a quote. It's on tape.
"I always think of myself as a Christian who hates Christianity, right?" the Austin Democrat said in exclusively unearthed audio.Naturally, left-wing pagan outlet Politico is outraged that someone would question the religious bona-fides of a Marxist running as a fake Christian to con the rubes. Mark it, folks -- this is the first time Politico has ever been outraged about someone questioning a Christian's (or "Christian's") religious beliefs. And likely the last time, too.
How dare a political party rebut the religious claims of candidates of another political party! That's not fair! (Unless you're attacking actual Christians for "regressive believes," naturally.)
A slate of Democrats are running for Congress leaning on their Christian bona fides. Republicans are trying to portray them as wolves in sheep's clothing. In Texas, Republicans are running ads blasting seminarian James Talarico for saying he's "a Christian who hates Christianity." In Iowa, they are going after a pair of clergy in key House races as "PINOS" -- "pastors in name only," because they "don't profess the true gospel of Jesus Christ." In Kansas, Republicans pan megachurch pastor Adam Hamilton as "too woke and too weak." "His sermons are essentially a carbon copy of the Democrat National Committee platform," said Brent Robertson, chief of staff to Hamilton's opponent, Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), pointing to a past sermon in which Hamilton urged followers to reduce their carbon footprint. The closing arguments on these Democrats -- as evidenced by the most recent ads -- shows a concerted effort to turn their preaching against them to paint them as fake, corrupt or even blasphemous. In Texas, MAGA Inc. is on air painting Talarico as a "liberal weirdo," clipping Talarico's controversial statements, like "Jesus Christ Himself was a radical feminist" and "God is non-binary." The Trump-aligned No Going Back PAC is on air in Iowa's 2nd District hitting Presbyterian minister and Democrat Lindsay James as inauthentic: "When the cameras are on, Lindsay James goes into a character, a caring pastor who says what you want to hear, but when there's no spotlight, Lindsay James shows just how radical she can be." And in Kansas, GOP Sen. Roger Marshall's campaign is on air slamming Hamilton as a "slimy," "millionaire megachurch CEO," saying he "used faith to fatten his wallet" and "asked churchgoers to pony up for God, then use church resources for his own campaign." "The swamp's got enough money changers," the ad says. The attacks are coming precisely because these candidates have proven to be formidable candidates in purple to red areas, using their faith backgrounds to bolster themselves against GOP accusations that they're out of their state's mainstream.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:21 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: MkY at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (ZHRuH)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: CTHillary at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (GMWTj)
Boob bait for the bubbas.
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (xhfG9)
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He's gonna tie with men, guys.
totally.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (aLYxy)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (JrHfD)
hitting Presbyterian minister and Democrat Lindsay James
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Are all you Democrats named Lindsay?
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (enkoP)
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"Real Christians hate all Christian beliefs and find ways to justify believing any current day progressive narrative by generalized 'Jesus was a nice' guy logic."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (1wjle)
On the one hand, I'm told trannies are an insignificant number of the population. On the other, protecting and kowtowing to them must be our Number One priority.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:25 PM (eRlcH)
Not only will I finish early today, but I'll finish many of tomorrow's posts early today.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:25 PM (1wjle)
I'm a muslim who hates islam.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:26 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Bob Dole at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (0256r)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:26 PM (enkoP)
Nice knowing you.
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (xhfG9)
Not only will I finish early today, but I'll finish many of tomorrow's posts early today.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:25 PM (1wjle)
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Don't get comfortable. I have some chores for you.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (eRlcH)
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It turns out you can just say things.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (enkoP)
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Yeah, pretty much.
BTW, this may come across as old-fashioned, but a Reverend named 'Babs' has no business being near a pulpit.
The fact that Babs doesn't believe Jesus exists makes her dumber than a demon.
Because even the demons believe, and tremble.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (X7pZH)
They'll literally jerk each other off over "but Cornyn would have won by more/it didn't have to be this close" bromides.
Erick Erickson is probably jerking off right now over his advanced copy of the David French article praising his principled stand for morality.
French is thumb-deep in his own hole over Erickson's "I'll aways defend Christians like Talarico over sinners like Paxton" article.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: ace
I don't bang through them. I savor them...
Posted by: James L. at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (ZHRuH)
well it's always possible there'll be big breaking news tomorrow but that's okay, I've got five posts done for tomorrow, not all of them.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (1wjle)
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She was recorded on video while suggesting a pick-and-choose approach to belief. When asked, "Do we really believe that a virgin gave birth to a baby?" she replied, "No."
*Dog Cocks Head To One Side Look*
But a man can get pregnant and give birth?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (6ydKt)
I’m sorry for my sins, Lord Jesus. Please forgive those who mock you. They know not what they do.
Not really.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (W2Pud)
Sure, the left as a whole is constantly pushing tranny shit on us. But Talacreepo's obsession with "loving" trans kids crosses political talking points into downright prurient arousal.
Odds this loathsome creep masterbates to fantasies of pre-teen trannies finger popping his asshole?
I would say "very high."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (iFTx/)
"Heterosexual who hates Heterosexuals"
"Male who hates males"
"White that hates whites"
"Texan who hates Texans"
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (OkYzo)
They'll literally jerk each other off over "but Cornyn would have won by more/it didn't have to be this close" bromides.
Erick Erickson is probably jerking off right now over his advanced copy of the David French article praising his principled stand for morality.
French is thumb-deep in his own hole over Erickson's "I'll aways defend Christians like Talarico over sinners like Paxton" article.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (3cUTc)
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And no one will be able to deny the counterfactual that a black woman would have done better because black turnout crashed.
Sure, it wouldn't have been enough to actually win the election, but no one with a voice big enough will go that far in analysis.
Black girl magic.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (1wjle)
You really should have stopped at the first word for maximum believabity.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:29 PM (1wjle)
A little something to brighten your day:
"Schumer says he'll seek 6th straight term as Senate Democratic leader regardless of midterm results."
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 03:29 PM (Y8DZL)
Not really.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (W2Pud)
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Amen.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:29 PM (X7pZH)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2026 03:29 PM (89+KF)
I don't doubt for one minute that he is "all in" on trans children. Dude is a straight up creep. He's in it for the kink.
I wouldn't leave my kids anywhere near him or his "church."
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:29 PM (GYqb1)
"We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed," the Rev. Babs Miller of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was caught saying on camera.
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I'd laugh this to scorn, but there's probably some German or Dutch RC bishop saying the same thing right now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (VQ7/I)
I'm concerned that you're going to burn out your commenters. They have jobs (I think).
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (Riz8t)
And he is up in every single published poll so far. Granted most of those polls have him up within the MOE so they can later claim they were still putting out good polls, but he is up in every poll I have seen so far.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)
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Even muslims believe that, you fucking hopeless retard.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:31 PM (enkoP)
OT but that chick that the State of Tennessee fucked up in executing is apparently on a ventilator and they're waiting for the drugs to clear out of her system before they proceed with...something.
And I'm thinking...if you just turn off the ventilator...
Posted by: Robert at October 01, 2026 03:31 PM (dpXJq)
It's a blasphemous heresy to snare, deceive and drag souls down to hell.
Which explains why Erick Erickson is defending Talarico because, and I quote, "Paxton is attacking Talarico's religion."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:31 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:31 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Skip at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Ia/+0)
I didn't know it was possible to wake up from a coma!
Posted by: Kramer at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (1wjle)
French is thumb-deep in his own hole over Erickson's "I'll aways defend Christians like Talarico over sinners like Paxton" article.
I can confirm all of this. With video
Posted by: The Lincoln Project at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (OkYzo)
Not really.
Posted by: nurse ratched at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (W2Pud)
I think they do know. I'm constantly amazed at people who create Jesus in their own image. I doubt He is amused.
O Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, I adore Thee profoundly, and I offer Thee the most Precious Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ, present in all the tabernacles of the world, in reparation for the outrages, sacrileges, and indifference by which He is grievously offended. And by the infinite merits of the most Sacred Heart of Jesus, and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, I beg the conversion of poor sinners.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (GYqb1)
really?
What an absolute cucked asshole.
Posted by: Kramer at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM (jivel)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM (/QHx4)
"Schumer says he'll seek 6th straight term as Senate Democratic leader regardless of midterm results."
Geez, dude, read the room. Everyone, and by everyone I mean your own supporters, want you gone.
I think the only reason he's running is that he's trying to prevent a takeover by the Maoists, but if anything, he's hurting the effort.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM (Riz8t)
Should be interesting, not, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM (/QHx4)
Do they all get leg chairs?
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)
And probably a bunch you haven't seen IYKWIM
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (enkoP)
As I've written before, they've killed a church and are wearing its skin.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (l3cgK)
Should be interesting, not, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM (/QHx4)
They should have one called The Cannons.
Posted by: far cry at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (LSV6F)
*holds blank papers*
*looks into camera seriously*
"Embattled Republican candidate Ken Paxton took another wild swing at James Talarico's mainstream Christianity today..."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:31 PM (xhfG9)
========
"Cornyn would have won by 11, and we wouldn't have had to spend so much in the state because he wasn't so controversial."
-people who spent $100 million for him to lose his primary
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (U/fqy)
I think it's the accepted viewpoint among most people here . I wouldn't mind "Babs" if she were actually a Christian, and not a lesbian.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 03:35 PM (JrHfD)
"Schumer says he'll seek 6th straight term as Senate Democratic leader regardless of midterm results."
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I bet his brain scan shows almost no activity.
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 03:35 PM (TN0g+)
really?
What an absolute cucked asshole.
Posted by: Kramer at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (1wjle)
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Erick Erickson hates the friend/enemy distinction so much that he will attack mercilessly those enemies (the "alt-right") who attack his friends (his friends across the aisle).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:35 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 01, 2026 03:35 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (dGbkw)
I will now.
Larry O'Connor used to complain that every three months, Erick Erickson would try to kiss up to the left wing by throwing conservatives under the bus, claiming our "tone" and "rhetoric" was too hostile or whatever.
And Larry O'Connor was like: "Motherfucker, every week we have to do damage control at Breitbart for you, because you once again said something like 'I'm going to shoot a census worker through the door with my shotgun' or 'women are whores' or some bullshit. And then you come at us in the weeks in between saying that we have to be nicer, pretending that your mouth is so pure sugar wouldn't melt in it?"
I've always hated him. He's such a stupid, useless oxygen thief and Judas.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (3cUTc)
Because even the demons believe, and tremble.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (X7pZH)
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Excellent point.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (eGzf1)
"We have no way of knowing if Jesus really existed," the Rev. Babs Miller of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was caught saying on camera.
__________
I'd laugh this to scorn, but there's probably some German or Dutch RC bishop saying the same thing right now.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (eRlcH)
The Jesus Seminar in the 1970's went through the Gospels and voted on whether or not Jesus really said what He said. They got rid of about 2/3 of it. Of course they claimed to have a rigorous method of determining what was true and what was added later, as if they could possibly know. These fools were real VII thinkers, at the forefront of destroying Catholicism from the inside out.
Luckily, nobody still believes any of their crap.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (GYqb1)
What do you mean "we", Kemosabe? You've spent nothing.
The good news is that when he wins, he'll owe you f***-all. You're about to become utterly irrelevant.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)
They're not even on the same surface. There's no line you can draw between these perpetual malcontents and coherent human thought where you could even try to find a midpoint to call "moderate".
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: John Thune at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (89+KF)
see my post 67.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (1wjle)
...
She was recorded on video while suggesting a pick-and-choose approach to belief. When asked, "Do we really believe that a virgin gave birth to a baby?" she replied, "No."
*Dog Cocks Head To One Side Look*
But a man can get pregnant and give birth?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (6ydKt)
I misunderstood that at first, seeing a noun instead of a verb...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)
=======
Herding towards the inevitable has started:
https://x.com/ElectionTime_/status/
2105286037945655778
@ElectionTime_
·
Sep 30
🚨NEW TEXAS POLL: Ken Paxton retakes his lead against James Talarico for the Texas Senate race, according to a major new poll commissioned by his campaign.
Texas - 2026 Senate
🟥Ken Paxton 48% (+3)
🟦James Talarico 45%
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Sucking dick like a VIKING at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (TbWk/)
"Schumer says he'll seek 6th straight term as Senate Democratic leader regardless of midterm results."
-----
I bet his brain scan shows almost no activity.
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 03:35 PM (TN0g+)
Maybe he should open up a hamburger stand.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (GYqb1)
Unfair!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (odBC9)
I expect that moniker would infer the Freako was more manly than he could possibly be.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (GYqb1)
Texas - 2026 Senate
🟥Ken Paxton 48% (+3)
🟦James Talarico 45%
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (U/fqy)
That's a Paxton campaign internal poll they released.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (/OKHJ)
What do you mean "we", Kemosabe? You've spent nothing.
The good news is that when he wins, he'll owe you f***-all. You're about to become utterly irrelevant.
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Riz8t)
==
Thune through the RSCC has invested a few tens of millions in the last few weeks into the Texas Senate race in favor of Paxton.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (0U5gm)
Not so fast. There is still a chance that Fiercely Heterosexual Senator Corey Booker may get behind Talarico and come to Texas so the two of them can go on a whistle-stop tour of every bathhouse in Texas, giving stemwinders, and speeches too. Who knows how much pull them may have, as they tug James' future constituents into the voting booths?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (0vB2I)
And I said, "but you think he was a liar."
Can't pin her down on that. Something about how a bunch of zealous people attributed claims to him after the fact. I say "just not the great teachings, those were really his, right?".
Then I ask her what this "great guy" was executed for, and if He was innocent of those charges, and that's usually when she loses her shit.
Unfortunately - once you really believe Jesus was "great guy" you are either in it, or you are in total abject dissonance.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (jivel)
Presbyterian USA (PCUSA) is no doubt this clown's church's denomination that we parted with in 2014. There was a main vote to allow gheys in the pulpit and this denomination's numbers have gone down rapido.
They might as well become unitarians and shut up with their rainbows and weirdness.
I do hope this freak loses.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (GYqb1)
___
*snort*
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (X7pZH)
Posted by: BruceWayne at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (YZ0Fo)
Unfair!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
---------------
I see we're going to disappoint ace once again.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (eGzf1)
see my post 67.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:36 PM (1wjle)
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Did you see his big investigative report recently?
About the alt-right racists taking over the Republican Party?
It's election season, and he uses his editorial capacity to pursue that? Almost like he's a Democrat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Muad'dib at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (sjdRT)
This is the problem right here.
Posted by: A pastrix is inherently heretical at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Defenestratus at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (WYStd)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (enkoP)
Unfair!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
=========
In my defense, I'm an illiterate asshole and have no idea what I post around these parts because I just tip in till da read lins geau a way.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Sucking dick like a VIKING at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (TbWk/)
They're so manly that they even only have sex with other men...
::: insert ICE T here :::
https://youtu.be/alw9xTCUQFQ
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (l3cgK)
About the alt-right racists taking over the Republican Party?
It's election season, and he uses his editorial capacity to pursue that? Almost like he's a Democrat.
I did not see it. I try to maintain an Erick-Erickson-free zone when I can manage it, which is almost all of the time, because he's a fat ugly non-entity.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (/QHx4)
"Heterosexual who hates Heterosexuals"
"Male who hates males"
"White that hates whites"
"Texan who hates Texans"
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (OkYzo)
I have been contemplating the possibility that self-loathing is standard for white liberals in general, and the comedic stereotype about Jews is just a particularized case of white liberals. I can't find any flaws in it.
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (ke3zm)
So is his "pastor."
Their only goal is to lead people astray from the Truth about Jesus Christ.
"They are men of depraved minds, who, as far as the faith is concerned, are rejected. But they will not get very far because...their folly will be clear to everyone."
-- 2 Timothy 3:8-9
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: far cry at October 01, 2026 03:34 PM (LSV6F)
There's a band called Cannons:
https://youtu.be/u4HQevc9JE0
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)
from CBD's Morning Rant:
"So this evil bitch is in the hospital, perhaps with brain damage, which will be used by her lawyers as a reason to prevent any further attempts to give her what she so richly deserves."
And I wonder: "Which WILL be used by her lawyers"? Or might be.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (odBC9)
Paxton said the Trumpalalooza in Texas hurt him
The polls are so bad Trump has to campaign in Kansas
Posted by: Paul at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (FJC9j)
🟥Ken Paxton 48% (+3)
🟦James Talarico 45%
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (U/fqy)
Good news!
Now my big fear is that if I vote for Paxton he loses by four.
Cursed, I may be.
Posted by: Robert at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (dpXJq)
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They are lying to that mussy group of people who vote but pay no attention to politics until the commercials start to roll.
He who has the best commercial wins their vote.
_Dan Crenshaw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (+UcOf)
Webster's 1828, "Reverend": Worthy of reverence; entitled to respect mingled with fear and affection
In what way is Babs worthy of reverence? Because of her Stunning and Brave take that Jesus didn't even exist? Even the most staunch opponents to Christianity acknowledge that He really walked this earth.
Her every other error stems from this one.
Babs's content-free paganism deserves anathema, not so-called "reverence."
Posted by: Smallish Bees at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (8Q86n)
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (/OKHJ)
========
And I'm sure they're having the same problems reaching white working class voters that every other pollster is out there having.
The issue that led to massive misses in the Texas GOP primary polling as well as things like the WI Democrat primary for governor that showed Wang up by 20 when she lost by 0.5%.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
Why would he look at it? Is he a homo?
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Y8DZL)
Pontius Pilate would like a word with you, Babs.
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Oy/m2)
"Patrix" sounds like a type pasta. LOL.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 03:43 PM (JrHfD)
The FNM confirms they have found Talarico's Canadian girlfriend
but
shortly thereafter a right wing podcaster finds she was named Joe Smith at birth
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 03:43 PM (sKqQm)
Unfair!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
We won't complain! Who are the people who complain about what ace posts? Bad people!
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:43 PM (odBC9)
That's a Paxton campaign internal poll they released.
Posted by: Mark1971 at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (/OKHJ)
They probably polled actual voters
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:43 PM (+gK6I)
About the alt-right racists taking over the Republican Party?
It's election season, and he uses his editorial capacity to pursue that? Almost like he's a Democrat.
I did not see it. I try to maintain an Erick-Erickson-free zone when I can manage it, which is almost all of the time, because he's a fat ugly non-entity.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (1wjle)
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Rush Limbaugh's successor! Just ask him.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (enkoP)
They're playing a completely different game.
There's no way you can lose a game of "The Jesus I made up inside my head is better than the Jesus you made up inside your head". I mean technically everyone loses. But you know what I mean.
It's just intellectual laziness coupled with spiritual emptiness.
Might as well say you think the Bhaghavad Gita is great except there's too much crap about avatars of Vishnu and not enough puppies. Once you just start making crap up, you've left the realms of discourse and entered the hallowed halls of just plain shootin' the shit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (0vB2I)
ewww
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (odBC9)
Remind and take your Republican friends to VOTE!
Posted by: redridinghood at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (NpAcC)
---
So, tomorrow will be another, National Enquirer day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (FuJQi)
and sid's ass is the best tasting ass
Posted by: Paul at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (FJC9j)
Don't trust a guy who has the same first and last name. It's stupid and too cute by half. I don't go by "Elric Elric The Elric."
The same first and last name is just as weird and gay as that insanely stupid "Drake 'Drake Maye' Maye" meme.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 03:41 PM (ke3zm)
They hate everyone else. They do not know themselves.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (enkoP)
Unfair!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
Polls are for strippers.
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (eRlcH)
I hear he and Rosario Dawson had steamy passionate sex just last night.
Of course in both cases it was with another man.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)
There is no question he existed.. Some question whether he was the Son Of God
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 03:45 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
No Relation
Posted by: Babs Bunny at October 01, 2026 03:45 PM (vJrRc)
I'm a Republican who can't stand Republicans.
Well, not *all* republicans.
Mostly the ones in the Senate.
Posted by: Smallish Bees at October 01, 2026 03:45 PM (8Q86n)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 03:45 PM (0U5gm)
=======
The instant they close.
East Texas will have been counting for an hour and will report the second west Texas closes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:46 PM (U/fqy)
The Bible is clear on this point. Pontius Pilate called Jesus innocent several times. Pilate decided to do the politically expedient thing to kill Jesus because of public pressure. Pilate could have put down a rebellion, but that would make him look bad to Tiberius.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 03:46 PM (mkw2N)
Ace,
You have the absolute best commenters on the web.
Thanks for this wonderful place.
If you run for President you have my vote. I will try to vote many times. It's a thing now.
😀😀
💋
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:46 PM (/QHx4)
This is spot on but I like to pretend it's something else because I don't understand why I would even talk to someone doing the thing you're talking about. But obviously I know.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:46 PM (enkoP)
Unfair!
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (1wjle)
---------------
I see we're going to disappoint ace once again.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (eGzf1)
No matter WHAT we do.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:46 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (FuJQi)
Ace,
You have the absolute best commenters on the web.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:46 PM (/QHx4)
========
Except for Todd.
Fucking Todd...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (+UcOf)
A few years after the crucifixion the Romans went to war against the Jews devasting the land so our record are more limited then they would otherwise be.
But one of the Roman writers of the time, ironically a Roman collaborating Jew himself, mentions Jesus in passing.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)
About the alt-right racists taking over the Republican Party?
It's election season, and he uses his editorial capacity to pursue that? Almost like he's a Democrat.
---
AI slop where he got several facts wrong.
My favorite part is how it amplifies the tenuous main attack of Ossoff against Morris--that Morris is a white supremacist cause something something some guy in his staff somewhere wrote something that some people may not like.
But not because Erickson is a Democrat who wants Democrats to win.
Oh no.
He's a principled conservative conserving conservativism from the fake conservatives who are all white supremacists, Nazis and Christian nationalists and you know that because they don't agree with Erick.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (VQ7/I)
He's referring to his record in the state legislature, which is radical as hell. His causes were no-hopers, which freed him up to say what he really thought, and it was appalling.
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:48 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (enkoP)
They're playing a completely different game.
There's no way you can lose a game of "The Jesus I made up inside my head is better than the Jesus you made up inside your head". I mean technically everyone loses. But you know what I mean.
It's just intellectual laziness coupled with spiritual emptiness.
Might as well say you think the Bhaghavad Gita is great except there's too much crap about avatars of Vishnu and not enough puppies. Once you just start making crap up, you've left the realms of discourse and entered the hallowed halls of just plain shootin' the shit.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (aKiSo)
Really good stuff, Warai-otoko.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:48 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 03:48 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:49 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 03:49 PM (mkw2N)
that's pretty funny
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:49 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (U/fqy)
Of the eight billion or so people who were alive at Rush's passing, that fucking shit blimp is in the lower 5% or so on the list of "who is Rush Limbaugh's successor".
Most dogs, several species of tree, and the leftover Panda Express in my fridge that I will eventually throw out all would rank higher than him on that list if you were to expand it to non-primates.
That man is Limbaugh's Successor only in the sense in which a socially awkward fart is my lunch's successor.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (aKiSo)
Posted by: Anna Puma at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (FuJQi)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)
Josephus was an ass-kisser, but he did leave a pretty good description of things at the time.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (GYqb1)
Fox news has a new podcast called The Girls.
Should be interesting, not, lol.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM
———
Why not call the show, The Sweater Puppies”?
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (X3rKN)
mostly I just detest Nikki Sux and Vince Spiel
I could tolerate Mick Mars in a real band
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 01, 2026 03:51 PM (jrgJz)
mostly I just detest Nikki Sux and Vince Spiel
shots fired
Posted by: Kerrang! Magazine's Gossip Editor at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (1wjle)
You have the absolute best commenters on the web.
Thanks for this wonderful place.
If you run for President you have my vote. I will try to vote many times. It's a thing now.
See! Now THAT'S how you make flag rank!
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Riz8t)
Nope, they're not going to change on the trans agenda. Evan Barker, the ex-lefty (not a righty) who exposed the DSA assured an interviewer of that recently.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (1wjle)
Oh, so you "like" "jokes" with "quotation marks"?
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:48 PM (enkoP)
That's what all the freshmen taking Psych 101 would have you believe. And then they grow up.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (eRlcH)
I do, that made me laugh. They're the most comical punctuation.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: "Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing" at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:50 PM (1wjle)
_________
"6-7"
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:53 PM (/QHx4)
Nope, they're not going to change on the trans agenda. Evan Barker, the ex-lefty (not a righty) who exposed the DSA assured an interviewer of that recently.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (mmrXZ)
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In 2032, when Democrats are looking at a long term 20-30 seat minority in the House, they'll still be pushing open borders and transgenderism even though the few intelligent campaign consultants will be telling them that they have to have a message that will appeal to votes in Vance+5-15 districts to have a shot a majority.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:53 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:53 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:53 PM (enkoP)
I do, that made me laugh. They're the most comical punctuation.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (1wjle)
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Nothing compared to the tilde.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (U/fqy)
You have the absolute best commenters on the web.
Thanks for this wonderful place.
If you run for President you have my vote. I will try to vote many times. It's a thing now.
thank you. And breitbart agreed about the best commenters. He literally tried to buy you. He had the sketchy idea for a merger. He just waned the commenters, though he'd pay me for them.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: The Interrobang at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (aLYxy)
He's a deranged fag. Trumpet it from the rooftops.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: "Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing" at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (eGzf1)
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What was that, Be-lok-e?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (U/fqy) .
Ahem...
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (U/fqy)
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paying the Danetilde never works out.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (eGzf1)
First off, he's had this terrible reputation for two millennia and it wasn't entirely his fault what went down, victim of unfortunate circumstances mostly.
Then two-thousand years late people start pronouncing his name wrong and turn it into mat exercises for women.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (6ydKt)
I do, that made me laugh. They're the most comical punctuation.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:52 PM (1wjle)
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Nothing compared to the tilde.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (U/fqy)
I was once given the tilde...didn't make me happy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (l3cgK)
But that shit that Talarico's church spews?
That is creepy, offensive, gross, skin-crawling stuff to me.
It's like watching a maggot infested rotting zombie eat a bowl of worms and vomit.
And the people sit there and nod along, smiling and proud of themselves?
Pure demonic fuel.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (vNne
I'd like to vote for garrett.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: ace
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ace was gonna pimp us out....
Posted by: lin-duh at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Ry49J)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (1wjle)
How much was it for just me?
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: ace
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ace was gonna pimp us out....
Posted by: lin-duh at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Ry49J)
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And then Brietbart died.
Coincidence?!
There are no coincidences! Wake up, sheeple!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (1wjle)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (4znQE
Way ahead of you.
Posted by: Islam at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Max Power at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (SwyyQ)
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ace was gonna pimp us out....
Posted by: lin-duh at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (Ry49J)
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And then Brietbart died.
Coincidence?!
There are no coincidences! Wake up, sheeple!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (U/fqy)
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I ain't got no problem getting pimped out. Depends on the vig, though. Everyone has their price ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (odBC9)
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Bob Dole is voting for The Blade. This message approved by Bob Dole.
Posted by: Bob Dole at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (0256r)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (vNne
Ace, who is threadwinner in this thread?
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (eGzf1)
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (1wjle)
But he had heard of me....
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (/QHx4)
Talarico or Becerra?
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: ace
Do we get anything?! Free shirts??
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: ace
Do we get anything?! Free shirts??
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (Oy/m2)
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There are shirts?!
Might I suggest a classy golf polo?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)
Has it ever crossed your mind that the the pollsters might be, get this, lying to you? They are all Marxists, and have an agenda.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: Al Czervik at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (w+jhU)
Might I suggest a classy golf polo?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (U/fqy)
Shirts are coming.
#twoweeks
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (xhfG9)
Talarico or Becerra?
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 03:58 PM (UjdFS)
I don't know why you feel the need to limit it to two choices.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (jivel)
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We have no way of knowing that Babs is a fake prophet but the Bible sure describes people like her accurately.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (I43vL)
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Blackburn was losing polls through summer of 2018.
She won by 11.
Polling has not gotten better since.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (ubCxQ)
Posted by: lin-duh at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (Ry49J)
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (5eFk1)
Posted by: Babs at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (enkoP)
It is quite astonishing and heretical . I expect they just attend because they are a social group who shares political views and enjoy getting together with other vaguely religious people . Does anyone know what the attendance is at this particular church? . An actual church could be devout and caring and actual Christians and be small in number, but unless it's known as "the" socially progressive church to attend in their area I expect the membership is not huge.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: TheITGuy2 at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (v9ncW)
Posted by: Hal Dall MD at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (5eFk1)
Take that, Babs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Bob Dole
You know, Jimmy has been watching you.
Posted by: Jimmy at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (UjdFS)
a UK Iranian National
__________
I think I see the problem.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (eRlcH)
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*nods sagaciously*
The UK part. Britons hate their country.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (RIvkX)
I hear he and Rosario Dawson had steamy passionate sex just last night.
Of course in both cases it was with another man.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)
Didn't he get engaged to a Rosario look-alike? He definitely has a type, which makes me wonder if he could actually be secretly straight.
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (ke3zm)
Is this guy really ahead in the polls ... in *Texas*?
Posted by: Defenestratus
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How many years ago were people saying the same thing about some Democrat in California?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (xg/DD)
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 04:01 PM (oqH4h)
We have established that he at least pretends to like turkey legs.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (6ydKt)
he said he didn't want you.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)
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Ace is writing lyrics for Brit bands.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Bob (NSA) at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (ZHRuH)
Posted by: Vengeance at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (jlI90)
I am immensely proud to comment here.
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (xg/DD)
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We need the dues.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (eRlcH)
Also getting tired of all the 'foreign' names in the news.....I feel like parts of this country are already overrun, am I a racist???
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OC Scanner 🇺🇸 🇺🇸
@OC_Scanner
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1h
#BREAKING 🚨
#SantaAna / #California
Santa Ana Police Detectives have arrested Hanh Nguyen (75) of Anaheim on Charges of Animal Cruelty and Animal Abandonment for running over her 9 month old puppy in Santa Ana.
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (kX27y)
Is this guy really ahead in the polls ... in *Texas*?
Posted by: Defenestratus
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How many years ago were people saying the same thing about some Democrat in California?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (mmrXZ)
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Texas has gotten much more red since Beto lost to Cruz by 3 in 2018.
Paxton won statewide when he was in the news and actively being impeached by the state house.
The border counties went hard right because of Biden in the last few years.
Yeah, no, this Trump+14 state is not going to suddenly award the federal race to this dumpster fire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:04 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 04:02 PM (ke3zm)
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She was probably selected by a focus group.
Posted by: Blake - semi lurker in marginal standing at October 01, 2026 04:04 PM (eGzf1)
But that shit that Talarico's church spews?
That is creepy, offensive, gross, skin-crawling stuff to me.
It's like watching a maggot infested rotting zombie eat a bowl of worms and vomit.
And the people sit there and nod along, smiling and proud of themselves?
Pure demonic fuel.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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That is because they are all worshipping the same idol--themselves rather than the Lord. Because they are all comfortable with consulting their own moral sense rather than derive it from some moldy oldy religious text and their religious celebrations are really their own sordid ceremonies worshipping themselves as good and gracious.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:04 PM (E4rtv)
he said he didn't want you.
Posted by: ace at October 01, 2026 03:56 PM (1wjle)
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Ace is writing lyrics for Brit bands.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (rj6Yv)
Ooh! Maybe!
How much was it for just me? (7)
He said he didn't want you. (7)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 04:05 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (xg/DD)
So this is why ace is always going on about #Pride
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:05 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:05 PM (eRlcH)
>>Christa Pike appears to still be alive
Yes, because apparently you cannot administer appropriate drugs to efficiently execute anyone.
You're gramps in hospice care and your dog can get the good stuff.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at October 01, 2026 04:06 PM (XV/Pl)
Mr. Bob Dobbolina.
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:54 PM (xhfG9)
He really makes me sick with his fraudulent behavior.
Posted by: Del the Funky Homo Sapien at October 01, 2026 04:06 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
You don't have.
J.B. Pritzker
Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at October 01, 2026 04:06 PM (FxH7T)
But that shit that Talarico's church spews?
That is creepy, offensive, gross, skin-crawling stuff to me.
It's like watching a maggot infested rotting zombie eat a bowl of worms and vomit.
And the people sit there and nod along, smiling and proud of themselves?
Pure demonic fuel.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:55 PM (3cUTc)
*******
It is a mockery. I stood up to them at a meeting of 200 people in 2014. After being a member for 20yrs when it was normal and before they went completely woke. The head guy cut my mic when I asked how they stood on abortion.
At a break, when I needed to pee, he came over and knelt next to me. Which blocked my escape. I did not change from his bs and know I was being proper or my son, next to me, would have elbowed me. At the end of his propaganda he called me a Calvinist. I didn't know how to respond to this and said, "Well, I guess so!" Ha!
They mock God and His Word openly. I stood my ground and said, later, that I never thought I'd have to defend my faith in my own church.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 04:06 PM (hzuYO)
Old and busted: Sola Scriptura
New and shiny: Sine Scriptura
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:05 PM (eRlcH)
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Secant tangent cosine sine
3.14159
Udical, radical, udv
slipstick, slidrule, MIT
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:06 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Archimedes at October 01, 2026 04:07 PM (Riz8t)
Look at Jon Tester as the poster child. Won 3 elections in Montana by wearing a plaid shirt in ads while having a 100% left wing voting record.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 04:07 PM (6lPOA)
She probably had the dog who she was trying to fatten up to serve in her restaurant. The dog did not fatten up.
Beware of eating in foreign restaurants.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 04:07 PM (/QHx4)
Yeah, no, this Trump+14 state is not going to suddenly award the federal race to this dumpster fire.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I'm concerned (no, really, legit!) about this lefty plot to flip Texas. I think one reason they throw so much attention and money at it is they're forcing people to visualize it. It becomes more plausible as it stays in people's minds.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:08 PM (mmrXZ)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 01, 2026 04:08 PM (HM8cG)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:53 PM (enkoP)
Truth. They literally don't even care about feminism, let alone the Alphabet People. Most will have whiplash, but I hope that we can prepare everyone here well enough to see that everything they say is just an act in pursuit of power. They believe *nothing*.
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 04:08 PM (ke3zm)
Look at Jon Tester as the poster child. Won 3 elections in Montana by wearing a plaid shirt in ads while having a 100% left wing voting record.
Obviously I wore the wrong cowboy hat during the primary.
Posted by: John Cornyn, (D-efeated) at October 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:08 PM (mmrXZ)
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Blexas has been a thing for like a decade, and in that time, Texas has gone further to the right even with explosive growth in population from other states.
Texas will probably go Democrat at some point.
But it's a generation away and not 2026 with a weird freak like Talarico carrying the standard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:09 PM (U/fqy)
Knowing they landed in Saudi Arabia, can't blame them for being suspicious of everything after what happened:
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Suprvirat
@MostlyKohli
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6h
I'm gonna tell my kids, this is what humanity looks like 🚨
- When the plane landed, a man came to take Captain Smit Machchhar
- All four Israeli heroes didn't let him go
- They wanted him to be handed over only to the police and officials
- They didn't trust anyone else
- When that man started arguing, they said “We're guarding our pilot”
- Doctor Shota asked that man for paracetamol because Smit's head was aching
- Smit was thinking he wouldn't survive but the doctor kept motivating him and telling him that everything would be fine
- When the officials came, they finally handed him over to them
- While going back, Smit kept staring at them
- One of the passengers felt that he was proudly watching them because they stood by him
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 04:09 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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California rarely if ever had a GOP majority in the Assembly from the 60's onward and Richard Nixon lost the governorship to Brown I in 1962. California and Texas are not alike in culture and voting even back in the 1960's and people need to quit applying analogies where they don't fit.
California was always a state of liberal GOP 'progressive" members going back to Hiram Johnson and I cannot think of a prominent conservative governor outside of Reagan and that 'conservative' governor signed one of the most broad abortion bills every passed before Roe v. Wade.
Texas had a very different history, barely voting for Eisenhower, then moving to Kennedy and Johnson, then Nixon winning comfortably and gradually lost to the Democrats like most of the solid south. But they were by and large conservative Democrats that had lost all power in the Dem caucus and national party by the time after Carter.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:10 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:09 PM (RIvkX)
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SF confirmed to be about 150 years old and Groucho Marx.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:10 PM (U/fqy)
Without the cheat or the R dumping the race last minute, it ain't happening.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:10 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: what the cat drug in at October 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jrgJz)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:10 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Babs at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM (enkoP)
That would be a waste of good compost.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (4znQE)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (BEOIm)
I ain't got no problem getting pimped out. Depends on the vig, though. Everyone has their price ....
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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A true lawyer speaks
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (+UcOf)
"I just got here from California and I think Talarico is just what Texas needs!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:10 PM (eRlcH)
=
"I hate Democrats with a fire in me unrivaled by the hottest pits of hell."
-the next five immigrants to Texas from California
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (U/fqy)
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Suprvirat
@MostlyKohli
·
6h
I'm gonna tell my kids, this is what humanity looks like 🚨
- When the plane landed, a man came to take Captain Smit Machchhar
- All four Israeli heroes didn't let him go
- They wanted him to be handed over only to the police and officials
- They didn't trust anyone else
- When that man started arguing, they said “We're guarding our pilot”
- Doctor Shota asked that man for paracetamol because Smit's head was aching
- Smit was thinking he wouldn't survive but the doctor kept motivating him and telling him that everything would be fine
- When the officials came, they finally handed him over to them
- While going back, Smit kept staring at them
- One of the passengers felt that he was proudly watching them because they stood by him
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 04:09 PM (kX27y)
Wow.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Lady in Black at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (qBdHI)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (enkoP)
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Gotta have the next great white hope lined up when Buttigieg and then Ossoff fail to get any traction anywhere at the national stage.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (U/fqy)
"I hate Democrats with a fire in me unrivaled by the hottest pits of hell."
-the next five immigrants to Texas from California
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (U/fqy)
___________
Just like Colorado.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (eRlcH)
"I just got here from California and I think Talarico is just what Texas needs!"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Yup, that boy's gonna carry Austin.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at October 01, 2026 04:08 PM (HM8cG)
Me too! Only my penetrative unit is organically grown and permanently attached since birth...
Posted by: Don't question my identity, bigot! at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Leupold at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (5Yriw)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (bNf8H)
"I hate Democrats with a fire in me unrivaled by the hottest pits of hell."
-the next five immigrants to Texas from California
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (U/fqy)
___________
Just like Colorado.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (eRlcH)
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The immigration into Colorado is materially different from the immigration created by the Great Migration in 2020.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:11 PM (enkoP)
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Gotta have the next great white hope lined up when Buttigieg and then Ossoff fail to get any traction anywhere at the national stage.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (U/fqy)
_________
"Those guys are fags"
-- Pete Bootyjuice
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (xg/DD)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (+UcOf)
Texas will probably go Democrat at some point.
But it's a generation away and not 2026 with a weird freak like Talarico carrying the standard.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I actually think elections are not going to matter in the near future for a variety of reasons.
The ruling class is going to be broken by the swirling global fiscal crisis which often is accompanied by war and what comes after is whoever's guess.
I think Trump is trying to make sure that the Right survives the economic crash coming when the global markets go down. We are going to be back to having to make and market stuff ourselves rather than hiring it out or bringing in cheap labor from abroad.
I think Japan's new leader is also battening down the hatches--note today's immigration crackdown with massive hikes in fees for immigrants.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:14 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:12 PM (+UcOf)
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The only reason Talarico won the primary was because Austin progressives (hate black women and don't think they are worthy of elected office) voted for him like North Koreans voting for Kim Jong Un.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:14 PM (U/fqy)
By the way, I'd never let a trannie pilot a plane either.
Both examples are mentally ill.
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
ETV Bharat
Dubai-Tel Aviv Flight: 'Captain Smit Machchhar Is A Hero'; Modi, Netanyahu, Trump Hail Indian Pilot For Averting Flydubai Hijack Attempt
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 04:14 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (xg/DD)
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Heh.
It's kid size.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:14 PM (U/fqy)
I've seen other posts saying the same thing. Paki with a UK passport.
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Sameer Sharma
@sameersharmaa
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2h
Fly Dubai pilot is a Pakistani with European passport.
Another feather headed into the cap of the Toxic neighbor.
Confirmation awaited.
Posted by: beckster at October 01, 2026 04:15 PM (kX27y)
Posted by: SciVo at October 01, 2026 04:15 PM (ke3zm)
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 04:16 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Vote by mail, massive illegal influx, and druggies wanting cheap dope is what drove Colorado into the gutter.
Urban shitholes are what drives Democrat capture of states and the Democrats seal their victory by cheat by mail voting. And notably all three run amuck in urban areas controlled by Dems.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:16 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:13 PM (+UcOf)
Not sure of Princeton, but he was a commie and a professor.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (jJdaW)
So, the government can't even execute somebody properly?
Posted by: wth at October 01, 2026 04:15 PM (UjdFS)
___________
Should be privatized.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (eRlcH)
By the way, I'd never let a trannie pilot a plane either.
Both examples are mentally ill.
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)
Well, AirDubai is owned by the government of a muzzie country...
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (4znQE)
Does October 1st have some signifence?
We live two blocks from the the middle school.
There are fire trucks blowing their horns, the students are hooting and hollering and loud music is blasting.
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (/QHx4)
Texas will probably go Democrat at some point.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Yup.
With any luck, some MCGA wackadoo will have gotten elected at that point.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (mmrXZ)
Wow. Amazing story of the courage of heroes, strength, and just the right people on that plane at the right time.
God was in the cockpit with them.
Prayers the pilot lives.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (hzuYO)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at October 01, 2026 04:17 PM (VQ7/I)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I think it was Notre Dame where he taught. Tells you how far that institution has fallen.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I think it was Notre Dame where he taught. Tells you how far that institution has fallen.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
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Touchdown Jesus is disappointed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (2Ez/1)
🚨NEW TEXAS POLL: Ken Paxton retakes his lead against James Talarico for the Texas Senate race, according to a major new poll commissioned by his campaign.
Texas - 2026 Senate
🟥Ken Paxton 48% (+3)
🟦James Talarico 45%
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM
That is a poll that the paxton campaign commissioned. Those don't count for either side IMO.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (I43vL)
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 04:19 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 04:19 PM (jivel)
That is a poll that the paxton campaign commissioned. Those don't count for either side IMO.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (I43vL)
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You know what really doesn't count?
Media polls whose summer polling is off by a dozen points every cycle.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:19 PM (U/fqy)
I think Japan's new leader is also battening down the hatches--note today's immigration crackdown with massive hikes in fees for immigrants.
Posted by: whig
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It's not that depressing, we're at the beginning of the 4th industrial revolution - birthing is always a bit painful.
As far as Japan goes Takaichi Sanae said, they say Japan is stagnant, we are simply marking time while the western world destroys itself.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:19 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: Braenyard
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I think it was Notre Dame where he taught. Tells you how far that institution has fallen.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
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Touchdown Jesus is disappointed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:18 PM (U/fqy)
I've ridden on a bus past the touchdown Jesus and it's hilarious.
Posted by: m at October 01, 2026 04:19 PM (odBC9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Justice ACB taught law there. Tells you something about the law school as well.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (JrHfD)
Somewhat close to blasphemy of the Holy Spirit, I think.
Posted by: toby928(c) at October 01, 2026 04:21 PM (4NO2D)
As far as Japan goes Takaichi Sanae said, they say Japan is stagnant, we are simply marking time while the western world destroys itself.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:19 PM (+UcOf)
___________
40 years ago, I was told Japan was going to eat America's lunch.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 04:21 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Leupold at October 01, 2026 04:21 PM (5Yriw)
That race shouldnt be even close.
Posted by: Leupold at October 01, 2026 04:21 PM (5Yriw)
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What tells you the race is close?
Polling.
Paxton is going to win by 9, like Cruz in 2024 over Allred.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 04:22 PM (U/fqy)
As far as Japan goes Takaichi Sanae said, they say Japan is stagnant, we are simply marking time while the western world destroys itself.
Posted by: Braenyard
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I think the issue is China to the East rolling the dice before they fall into internal disorder and the rising Muslim threat of taking over the West. Would leave us isolated if we don't have Fortress America.
And in a world of ICBMs, endless drones, etc. it will require pivoting toward US foreign policy around the turn of the century. Small army and marine corp, big air force, space force, and navy.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 04:20 PM (JrHfD)
Professor of what? Social studies?
Posted by: dantesed at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (/QHx4)
No they are by definition apostates and frauds.
To be a Christian has a very finite and specific meaning. It is based on an immutable set of beliefs that every Christian sect maintains as its basis. We mostly disagree on practice. No credible Christian sect disagrees as to whether Christ lived. Nor do they question His divinity.
“ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.””
Revelation 21:8
Posted by: Marcus T at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (rkCBr)
That race shouldnt be even close.
Posted by: Leupold
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You contradict yourself.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:23 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: lin-duh at October 01, 2026 04:00 PM
And Horse Trailers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at October 01, 2026 04:24 PM (0sNs1)
To be a Christian has a very finite and specific meaning. It is based on an immutable set of beliefs that every Christian sect maintains as its basis. We mostly disagree on practice. No credible Christian sect disagrees as to whether Christ lived. Nor do they question His divinity.
“ But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.””
Revelation 21:8
Posted by: Marcus T
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Hey, yo
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 04:25 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: toby928(c)
She is lying. Josephus mentions Jesus, so does Tacitus after the fact. Then you also have the disciples who went to their deaths willingly as martyrs. They would not have done that for a fake religion.
She is full of shit and making up her own religion is why she wants to cast doubt on Christ. In her demented view, we are all Christ without all that judgment on sinning rather than we should all try to emulate Christ as best that we can and the Bible tells us exactly how to do that.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:26 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: From about That Time at October 01, 2026 04:31 PM (sl73Y)
The AoSHQ is filled with collegial, collaborative, and respectful posters
Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at October 01, 2026 04:03 PM (xg/DD)
How dare you. Take that shit back.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at October 01, 2026 04:43 PM (y9nCu)
She is full of shit and making up her own religion is why she wants to cast doubt on Christ. In her demented view, we are all Christ without all that judgment on sinning rather than we should all try to emulate Christ as best that we can and the Bible tells us exactly how to do that.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 04:26 PM (E4rtv)
This is the heart of progressive Christianity and the "deconstruction movement," which is tearing down the tenets of the Christian faith to make it "palatable" to the masses. Exactly what you wrote above. This teachers obviously did not read Matthew 18:6 and take it to heart. Someone is fashioning a lot of millstones up in heaven, in preparation for the judgment.
Posted by: moki at October 01, 2026 04:51 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Yellow at October 01, 2026 05:00 PM (47/pr)
Source at FlyDubai: The Omani Co-Pilot Was a "Religious Extremist" (Non-Amish Division), "We Hired the Services of a Terrorist"
Via Ed Morrissey, "We may never know the motive" once again becomes "We knew the motive all along because of course."
But the media will never get tired of playing this game.According to GB News and Israeli media, FlyDubai's so-far-unnamed terrorist pilot offered plenty of clues to warn the airline about assigning him to a Tel Aviv route. The pilot was already known as a "religious extremist" who prayed ostentatiously and refused physical contact with females, even to shake hands. A FlyDubai employee offered an anonymous condemnation of his employer as betraying the UAE by assigning an Omani to the route:"If you see something, say something" was the vague advice offered by Bush for about a year after 9/11. He was very careful not to say what somethings we should consider worth saying something about. But then the leftist NGOs and Islamist advocacy groups began fighting back against even this vague caution, and the rule soon became "Ignore all behavior of Muslims, o matter how strange or alarming, or else you're a bigot who will be cancelled out of your job." And here we are.
News anchor Yosef Yisrael said the source detailed how the pilot "was someone characterised by very strange behaviour, especially around religious observances that were out of step with his surroundings". He added: "For instance, he used to pray a lot, and would not shake hands with women." The source also claimed that usually only Emiratis fly to Israel - and accused the airline of betraying his country. "There is no other way to put it, we hired the services of a terrorist and nearly caused the deaths of 180 people," the source said.
Via Twitchy: CBS says the FlyDubai terror pilot's motive may never be known (Inshallah). Just as Beyamin Netanyahu announces the co-pilot who stabbed his captain and attempted to crash the plane full of Israelis underwent Islamic radicalization...
“He underwent Islamist radical indoctrination,” Prime Minister Netanyahu reveals about the FlyDubai flight 1073 terrorist. pic.twitter.com/IC72aYIH03
— Israel War Room (@IsraelWarRoom) October 1, 2026
They also aver that he "allegedly" stabbed his co-pilot. Um, who else was in the cockpit?
CBS News
@CBSNews Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
Related: Stephen Greene wants to know why we haven't executed "Workplace Violence-Doer" Nidal Hassan yet.
One day after a FlyDubai co-pilot made a violent attempt to crash the passenger aircraft and was subdued by passengers and other crew members, questions about his identity and motive continued to swirl Thursday. The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the flight captain and attempted to crash the aircraft, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. The captain was able to fight off the co-pilot long enough to unlock the cockpit door. Passengers then overpowered the co-pilot, and two off-duty pilots who were on the flight managed to gain control of the aircraft and make an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. There were 174 people aboard the plane. No passengers were seriously injured in the incident. The pilot sustained stab wounds in the attack. Saudi authorities said two crew members were hospitalized with unspecified injuries, and the co-pilot remained in custody on Thursday. The co-pilot of the flight has not yet been publicly identified. An Omani official confirmed to CBS News that the attacker was born in Oman and currently holds Omani citizenship, but the Omani government has not publicly confirmed his nationality. The co-pilot's motive in the alleged attack remains unknown. Netanyahu speculated to CBS News on Wednesday that the incident looked "like a suicide attempt," referring to witnesses who said the co-pilot had tried to jam the plane's equipment instead of stabilizing the aircraft. After passengers subdued the co-pilot, he shouted for someone to kill him, Netanyahu told Fox News on Thursday. In the same interview with Fox, Netanyahu said "personal information" gathered during ongoing questioning had led Israel to the conclusion that the co-pilot "underwent Islamist radical indoctrination." He did not offer more information. Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Wednesday called the incident "an attempted jihadist terror attack," and referred to the co-pilot as a "terrorist." An Israeli security official told CBS News that authorities were investigating the possibility the incident could have been an attempted Sept. 11-style terror attack, and whether the attacker was working alone. Netanyahu has warned in recent days of unspecified, escalating security threats to Israel and its interests amid its ongoing operations against Iran-allied Hamas in the Gaza Strip and Hezbollah in Lebanon.
It seems impossible that it's been almost exactly 17 years since U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan shouted "Allahu Akbar!" and opened fire on soldiers at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Center in Killeen, Texas. By the time Department of the Army police officer Kimberly D. Munley and Sgt. Mark Todd exchanged gunshots with Hasan and disabled him; he had killed 14 people -- including an unborn baby -- and wounded 32 more. Before going down, Hasan shot Munley three times, in the right hand, left thigh, and left knee. She survived, but never fully recovered from her injuries. Hasan's attack lasted about 10 minutes because of all the many absurdities about modern life; soldiers are generally not allowed to carry firearms on base. It is the height of outrageous absurdity that the Obama administration described the jihadi terrorist attack as an act of mere "workplace violence." Hasan, the son of naturalized Palestinian immigrants, was reportedly radicalized online by Imam Anwar al-Awlaki -- under the watchful eye of the FBI. The Bureau cleared him shortly before what a Senate report called "the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil since Sept. 11, 2001." Obama's Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. said, "I'm concerned that this increased speculation could cause a backlash against some of our Muslim soldiers... Our diversity, not only in our Army, but in our country, is a strength. And as horrific as this tragedy was, if our diversity becomes a casualty, I think that's worse." Fourteen dead in an Islamic terror attack, and all Casey could do was praise our precious diversity. But the absurdities continue. It took four years to complete Hasan's court-martial and sentence him to death. Thirteen years later, he remains on death row.Give the order, Mr. President. A society which refuses to execute those who mass-murder us is telling potential mass-murderers that we agree with them, that we deserve to be murdered. They hear the message loud and clear -- we agree that we are degenerate infidels who should be put to the sword.
But here's the part that really gets me and ought to have you blood boiling, too -- and it comes courtesy of Homeland Security two days ago: The Supreme Court removed the last remaining legal obstacle to Hasan's long-awaited execution in October 2024 -- two years ago -- when the court declined to hear his appeal. That was under Presidentish Joe Biden. It should come as no surprise that Biden did not take the final executive step. Under U.S. military law (UCMJ), a death sentence cannot be carried out until the President personally approves it -- and President Donald Trump has yet to do so. "Once a prisoner's case reaches final judgment, their sentence becomes ripe for presidential review of the adjudged death sentence pursuant to Article 57 of the UCMJ. In accordance with Article 57, the President is the only authority who can approve a sentence of death," Line of Departure explained earlier this year. "At the point of review, the President may approve, commute, or remit a Service member's death sentence. If the President approves a death sentence, the process for carrying it out begins." War Secretary Pete Hegseth asked Trump to give his approval, but the Commander-in-Chief has yet to grant it.
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 02:23 PM (ZLygy)
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at October 01, 2026 02:23 PM (I43vL)
Anna Kaspersian - "Citation please."
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 02:23 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 01, 2026 02:23 PM (wfWhf)
I guess he preferred animals and little boys...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:24 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at October 01, 2026 02:24 PM (q+ZCx)
Those dirty Jehovah's Witnesses again.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 02:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 02:25 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 02:25 PM (Sco7b)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:26 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Playtime Petting Zoo at October 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:26 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:27 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2026 02:27 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 02:27 PM (ZLygy)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 02:28 PM (RORbl)
Those dirty Jehovah's Witnesses again.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 02:25 PM (dK+Kv)
Round up all the Quakers!
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:28 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: J. Swift at October 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wOcsm)
Well done, all of them.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 02:29 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: J. Swift at October 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wOcsm)
That one of the easiest "Where's Waldo"....
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:29 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Boss Moss at October 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wfWhf)
All these clowns denying the motive was terrorism are gonna look stupid when the guy himself claims "yea, it was terrorism, you stupid infidel."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (wOcsm)
Posted by: J. Swift at October 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wOcsm)
Except if you DO say something, you're immediately branded a racists.
At least three different neighbors of the Pulse Nightclub shooter said afterward that they saw him moving large bags full of long, heavy somethings, but they were terrified to report it because doing so made them look racist.
They literally watched him prepare and didn't speak up because Karen McWinemom would use social pressure to kick them out of society and try to get them fired from their jobs.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (GYqb1)
Is there something that precipitated this, or just Muslims being.....Muslim extremists.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (wOcsm)
Your hash is like a woke orgasm: Wocasm...LOL
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (l3cgK)
One wonders if they did this on purpose.
Posted by: Mister Scott
Easy Peasey yes. Someone in the back office on assignments is dirty--either a pro IranianFundamentalist sympathizer or someone got paid.
Kind of goes to my argument in the last thread. We have opened the gates and the terrorists are all around us. We either become warriors and win or we die.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: ballistic at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (oqH4h)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (mkw2N)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:26 PM
The French have a long history of striking, burning a few tires, and then going back to work, or life, or a glass of wine. I wonder how they feel about this crew not following the rules of engagement with this process.
Posted by: Piper at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)
Um, who else was in the cockpit?
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Well, has anyone seen OJ Simpson lately?
Posted by: Another Anon at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (4h45B)
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Oman and Iran are not exactly enemies right now. They share an awful lot of ideology. Iran's attacks on Oman were mostly limited to US bases, not Omani infrastructure as compared to Iranian attacks on other Gulf Nations.
I would not be at all surprised if this guy "did it for Iran."
Posted by: Martini Farmer at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (RORbl)
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (mkw2N)
Yes, altercations between pilots OFTEN lead to stabbing and attempted hijacking of the airplane...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 02:25 PM (0U5gm)
Well duh.
The police are trained not to shoot brown people.
White people they can gun down with glee. (See also: formerly great Britain.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (N1DT3)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (RIvkX)
Betcha he was screaming, "Allahu Akbar" as he attacked the pilot. I wonder if Bibi will release that recording.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (mkw2N)
And maybe he was a double secret white supremacist boogaloo boy just trying to make peaceful muslims look bad...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (sKqQm)
The cure comes in bacon flavor and works 100% of the time...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)
I thought the cure was lead...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (l3cgK)
And this crappy writing is from a news organization? Crappy writing.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (z4p3l)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (eRlcH)
Meh, they've been making similiar claims about obvious jihadi terrorism since the anthrax mailings in 2001...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (wOcsm)
Posted by: weew at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (9TspW)
And this crappy writing is from a news organization? Crappy writing.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (z4p3l)
I'm visualizing whirled peas and swirled peas...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (l3cgK)
That's some grade a irony
Posted by: 2009Refugee at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (4HoLg)
One could almost feel bad for them.
Then one would remember that they are French.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Terrorista Fashionista at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 02:33 PM (eRlcH
...refusing to call this what it is and respond accordingly.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (ZLygy)
All these clowns denying the motive was terrorism are gonna look stupid when the guy himself claims "yea, it was terrorism, you stupid infidel."
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:30 PM (iFTx/)
He may not be able to talk after what the passengers did...they let him live, but no idea in what condition...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (tOcjL)
Good news. They discovered fire.
France Burns: Islamo-Marxist Unrest as Migrant Youths Set Schools on Fire, Douse Teachers in Gasoline, Hunt Police, and Hundreds Are Arrested
The Marseille incident was among the most serious episodes reported during the unrest, with Reuters confirming that attackers doused a headteacher with gasoline and that a fire-service vehicle was also burned. Regional authorities said the principal, deputy principal, general secretary, and a team leader at Victor-Hugo were assaulted during the disturbances
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (Sco7b)
Weirdo faggots.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (jivel)
Um, who else was in the cockpit?
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Well, has anyone seen OJ Simpson lately?
Posted by: Another Anon at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (4h45B)
You see, once again the juice are to blame.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (BHTo4)
France Burns: Islamo-Marxist Unrest as Migrant Youths Set Schools on Fire, Douse Teachers in Gasoline, Hunt Police, and Hundreds Are Arrested
Mostly peaceful yet fiery you bigots
Posted by: The FNM at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)
Um, who else was in the cockpit?
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Well, has anyone seen OJ Simpson lately?
Posted by: Another Anon at October 01, 2026 02:32 PM (4h45B)
You see, once again the juice are to blame.
Posted by: it puts the lotion in the basket at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (BHTo4)
OJ Simpson, NOT a Jew...
Posted by: Adam Sandler at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (l3cgK)
Well, I saw a hot girl in a hijab on the subway this morning. I'm saying something.
It was sad because other than the repressive hijab, she looked like a normal pretty girl. Starbucks coffee. Playing some game on her iphone. Smiling and seemed happy.
Nice body too. This was another example of fairly revealing clothing under a hijab. The Blade, he would have made his move, but he avoids girls in hijabs. Their lunatic jihadist brothers might try to cut his head off.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Winston Churchill, who had familiarity with that world, noted that the Germans are either at your feet or your throat. Same could be said of his attitude toward Muslims--as a young military officer, he spent time in India, Afghanistan, and the Sudan.
In Sudan, he was in one of the last successful calvary charges in there which was retribution for what happened to General "Chinese" Gordon and other Brits being slaughtered.
It is endemic to the Muslim culture apart from a few pacifist type sects (that were not so pacifist in the past) like the Sufis. Non Muslims rate zero in their book and culture.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (E4rtv)
Scaffold takes a few hours to build and rope is cheap.
If you really went to go low tech though you can just get a chair and tree
Posted by: The FNM at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)
Weirdo faggots.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (enkoP)
1984 did predict this...
Posted by: Nova Local at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (tOcjL)
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This is shocking. This should have been a Day One action let alone a Year 2 action.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: fd at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (wOcsm)
2105726220466073786
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Um....
Did someone murder the black turnout machine that Democrats have been using?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: democrat raping mutilating the children they do not kill at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (QB6+C)
Posted by: Microsoft at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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That would be sad, if that happened who would post First! here.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (DbmIv)
Well, I saw a hot girl in a hijab on the subway this morning. I'm saying something.
It was sad because other than the repressive hijab, she looked like a normal pretty girl. Starbucks coffee. Playing some game on her iphone. Smiling and seemed happy.
Nice body too. This was another example of fairly revealing clothing under a hijab. The Blade, he would have made his move, but he avoids girls in hijabs. Their lunatic jihadist brothers might try to cut his head off.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
both of them
Posted by: Adam Sandler at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (viF8m)
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There are no moslem "extremists".
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (TN0g+)
@CBSNews
Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
Ahhh, the ol’ ‘swirling questions’ routine.
All these unanswered, unknowable, questions just swirling around in the wind like snow flurries in March.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (6ydKt)
Go ahead man, you explain it to me. Why are the most extreme dem precincts down 35% compared to the white precincts?
Looks like stopping USAID from passing around "walking around money" is having an impact
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)
That said he needs to be executed asap to meet his afterlife punishment.
Posted by: polynikes at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (KC5Lt)
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (X3rKN)
Posted by: Zombie Adolph Hitler at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (wVcYX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (U/fqy)
Was the machine named USAID?
Because if it was, I have an idea...
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung at October 01, 2026 02:39 PM (gLYp7)
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 02:39 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: weew at October 01, 2026 02:34 PM (9TspW)
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This is a racist memory. Your memory is a racist and should be re-educated.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 02:39 PM (RIvkX)
CBS News: The real question is why an Amish pilot, who is forbidden from driving cars was flying a plane in the first place.
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 02:39 PM (OkYzo)
They flirted with "of course our base is rayciss and won't vote for a black woman" and decided that uh...just dumb luck that millions of their voters disappeared.
If the supposed "blue wave" that is coming doesn't at least take back the house they are really going to be in a bind explaining it as anything other then "Trump stopped us from doing vote fraud"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)
Go ahead man, you explain it to me. Why are the most extreme dem precincts down 35% compared to the white precincts?
Looks like stopping USAID from passing around "walking around money" is having an impact
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:38 PM (sKqQm)
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OH did go through a voter roll cleanup last year, taking out 300,000 ineligible voters.
That could be part of it.
But, damn...it is looking like turnout in general (seeing similar results in VA and NC) is going to be down, but concentrated in blue areas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:41 PM (U/fqy)
The Nelson Mandela school in Nantes, Fwahnce, has been burnt.
Time for self-care and reflection on the injustice of western civilization.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 01, 2026 02:41 PM (U/Byj)
2105726220466073786
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Um....
Did someone murder the black turnout machine that Democrats have been using?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (U/fqy)
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I always thought the black "turnout" machine was more the black "fraudout" machine. Fraud takes money.
There is every indication that the Democraps have much less money to spend on fraud than they previously did.
If that's true, the results in November could be shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
Did someone murder the black turnout machine that Democrats have been using?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Two things, ballot harvesting risk has gone up as prosecutions for election fraud have ramped up publicly (Broken Windows thesis applied to elections), and DSA candidates of mixed AWFLs, Troons, Gays, foreigners like Al Sayed, and Limp dicked Bernie Bros are not providing much for the Dems to go on. My guess is that black males are the ones tuning out. I'd imagine black females will still turnout.
Dems haven't gotten together on Gimmedat messaging this fall, only falling back on negative OrangeMan bad shit which is not particularly motivational.
And of course, money is at issue--takes a lot of money to buy gift cards and distribute them via ballot harvesters in exchange for blank ballots.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:42 PM (E4rtv)
They flirted with "of course our base is rayciss and won't vote for a black woman" and decided that uh...just dumb luck that millions of their voters disappeared.
If the supposed "blue wave" that is coming doesn't at least take back the house they are really going to be in a bind explaining it as anything other then "Trump stopped us from doing vote fraud"
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:40 PM (sKqQm)
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They're already using the same excuses now for lack of performance in the early vote (comparatively to previous elections like 2022 and 2020) as a bunch of Democrats suddenly decided to change their voting habits.
They're not going to vote by mail anymore because covid is over and Trump said something about USPS and mail in ballots (that's a new one).
So, we'll see if there's a comparable uptick in in person early voting from Democrats.
But there wasn't in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:42 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
There is another general strike on, so the police are distracted.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at October 01, 2026 02:42 PM (0U5gm)
Things the left has told me that they were 100% absolutely certain of and had scientific proof
The clot shot stops the spread of COVID
COVID came from a wet market in China
After gay marriage no one is ever going to call for other weird sex fetishes to be normalized
Oil will be exhausted by 2010
Global warming will also kill us all by 2010
and I could go on but I think I see a pattern here
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:42 PM (sKqQm)
One can only hope that the entire building was ringed by a tire and then the tire was set aflame.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:42 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 01, 2026 02:43 PM (lfNXu)
Vote for Democrats and we can forget about all the fatwa stuff against your grandmother, infid...comra... you know what I mean, friendly friend.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Y8DZL)
Time for self-care and reflection on the injustice of western civilization.
Posted by: rhomboid at October 01, 2026 02:41 PM (U/Byj)
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A campus of Patrice Lumumba University?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at October 01, 2026 02:43 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM
The lynchings is what keeps them from voting. -The Squad
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (OkYzo)
Time for self-care and reflection on the injustice of western civilization.
Posted by: rhomboid
Here comes necklacing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (ZLygy)
I always thought the black "turnout" machine was more the black "fraudout" machine. Fraud takes money.
There is every indication that the Democraps have much less money to spend on fraud than they previously did.
If that's true, the results in November could be shocking.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)
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Another explanation for doing things like "Nebraska Senate is totally in play, guys!" polling beyond juicing betting site odds is to gin up fundraising.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: The FNM at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)
Le Madam Guillotine is always thirsty.
La or le?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)
But, damn...it is looking like turnout in general (seeing similar results in VA and NC) is going to be down, but concentrated in blue areas.
Normal dem off year turn out was around 30-35M. If they go back to that you get a red wave even if we see normal pre-Trump off year turn out
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM
The lynchings is what keeps them from voting. -The Squad
Posted by: Frank Barone at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (OkYzo)
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They heard that ICE is going to be at the polling places, so they're too scared to vote by mail.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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That would be sad, if that happened who would post First! here.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:37 PM (E4rtv)
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Some fearless intrepid will proudly pick up the torch!
Although, I don't plan on losing my head any time soon. Don't mess with Muslim girls or Albanians. It's good advice.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Genie With A Dildo at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (w+jhU)
IIRC, he did not appeal and wanted a speedy execution.
Big difference you are perceiving is in the disposition of the criminal, not the State.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (vNne8)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Now, also some early figures today on Georgia. Drop there too. Dems swear that these voters will turnout via Early Voting but that remains to be seen. Last I saw, GOP and Dems were both ready to vote at 71% engaged as well. New generic poll by Harvard is Dem+3.
Probably have about two more weeks of dropping ridiculous pro Dem polling until suddenly they have to get serious.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
The worser ones spew Latin.
Posted by: Cesar Romero, The Latin From Manhattan at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (Fn+3X)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: The FNM at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)
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Surely that would be racist.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (FZ29D)
Posted by: ...
Wanting a properly conducted trial that ends in a conviction and a quick execution, instead of demanding a torturous lynching and insisting that all women need to be punished is not "defending"
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (vJrRc)
But, damn...it is looking like turnout in general (seeing similar results in VA and NC) is going to be down, but concentrated in blue areas.
Normal dem off year turn out was around 30-35M. If they go back to that you get a red wave even if we see normal pre-Trump off year turn out
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (sKqQm)
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I want part of it to be immigrants (legal and illegal) who have been voting are now too afraid to vote because ICE is going to murder them and send the body to some third party country in Africa.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (U/fqy)
OH did go through a voter roll cleanup last year, taking out 300,000 ineligible voters.
That could be part of it.
But, damn...it is looking like turnout in general (seeing similar results in VA and NC) is going to be down, but concentrated in blue areas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:41 PM (U/fqy)
Low turnout and in blue areas would be very bad for us...where do you see turnout is better in blue vs red areas in VA and NC right now?
Posted by: Nova Local at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 02:31 PM (GYqb1)
tcn
I read somewhere gasoline is $10/gal in Alaska. Is this true?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (t2LBR)
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 01, 2026 02:43 PM (lfNXu)
Dead men tell no tales.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (dK+Kv)
Probably have about two more weeks of dropping ridiculous pro Dem polling until suddenly they have to get serious.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (E4rtv)
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Morning Consult, which has a consistent Dem+4-5 bias, released their generic congressional poll this morning. That was D+3.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (U/fqy)
Don't look like Joan of Arc. More like people from Somalia.
https://tinyurl.com/495bwwbk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (JrHfD)
I've seen this exchange several times in various forums:
L: Trump is trying to suppress the vote by having ICE near polling places!!! This is illegal!!!
R: Why would a citizen be concerned if ICE is nearby?
L: What kind of racist is only worried about citizen voters? Why do you hate hispanic people?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)
Big difference you are perceiving is in the disposition of the criminal, not the State.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (vNne
Thanks for clarifying. I'd often wondered about how his sentence got carried out so quickly.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 01, 2026 02:47 PM (lfNXu)
If you really went to go low tech though you can just get a chair and tree
****
Chair? Tie a snatch block to a heavy limb and haul him up. Tie off the rope and walk away.
Posted by: clarence at October 01, 2026 02:47 PM (vCaJx)
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I hadn't, but the Wikipedia entry into that flight is decent.
Posted by: Crusader at October 01, 2026 02:48 PM (TN0g+)
DNC has been cash poor. The turnout machine depends very much on paying vote collectors to buy ballots, fill them out for Democrats, and turn them in.
Posted by: bonhomme at October 01, 2026 02:48 PM (mkw2N)
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35m
Partisan balance of congressional aired ad spending Per AdImpact
2022: 🔴 Republicans +2
2024: 🔵 Democrats +10
2026: 🔴 Republicans +20
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Ad spend doesn't win elections, but that's...striking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:49 PM (U/fqy)
They're not going to vote by mail anymore because covid is over and Trump said something about USPS and mail in ballots (that's a new one).
So, we'll see if there's a comparable uptick in in person early voting from Democrats.
But there wasn't in 2024.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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A lot of the really high Democrat polling results were from claiming abnormally high 18-29 year old voting in this election.
As Seth Keshel says, could happen, probably not which is why he argues that Tararico has a 1 percent or so chance of an upset but that is only if GOP and leaners often claiming to be independents, don't vote in that election.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)
Don't look like Joan of Arc. More like people from Somalia.
https://tinyurl.com/495bwwbk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (JrHfD)
FFS, there's like one white person in the entire batch of pictures. Europe is screwed.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 01, 2026 02:49 PM (lfNXu)
That reminds me...
The left: These people are true refugees trying to flee violence in their home countries, they aren't just coming here to leech off the system. Its like the Jews in WWII!
Also the left: How dare Trump send these refugees to other countries just because those countries don't have endemic violence...how are they going to get welfare there?!?
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:49 PM (sKqQm)
That's not to say that they weren't super fucking eager to get it done.
Because, there was a lot more to that story than Tim McVeigh.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (vNne8)
String him up to a sturdy tree branch.
Slap the horse on the ass and wait ten minutes.
Job done, it’s Saloon time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (JzUSu)
Don't look like Joan of Arc. More like people from Somalia.
https://tinyurl.com/495bwwbk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (JrHfD)
I think I've spotted the problem.
Posted by: Bo French at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (wVcYX)
And USAID has been gutted and ActBlue is a hollow shell of what it was, soon won't be at all.
What a coincidence.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hermann Goering at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (Fn+3X)
As Seth Keshel says, could happen, probably not which is why he argues that Tararico has a 1 percent or so chance of an upset but that is only if GOP and leaners often claiming to be independents, don't vote in that election.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:49 PM (E4rtv)
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Main in requests in Ohio (roughly 20% of Ohio will vote by mail, vote by mail is pretty well entrenched int he state), for 18-25 year olds are back down to 2022 numbers from 2024 highs:
https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2105694945281446229
The youth will once again have low turnout like every election. Someone should tell pollsters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Some indications of Red GOTV spending in Ohio is working. LatinXprof or some such is following mail ballot requests in various key counties in Ohio. Hamilton is showing a GOP surge into mail ballots, but not Dems which are decreasing.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)
Because, there was a lot more to that story than Tim McVeigh.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (vNne
That was my takeaway from the beginning. No execution, fed or state, ever takes place with the speed that one did.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (lfNXu)
2024 about 14%
2022 about 10%
2020 about 17%
2018 about 12%
2016 about 19%
Overall they don't show up for off year elections.
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Some indications of Red GOTV spending in Ohio is working. LatinXprof or some such is following mail ballot requests in various key counties in Ohio. Hamilton is showing a GOP surge into mail ballots, but not Dems which are decreasing.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (E4rtv)
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I keep linking his posts!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Don Dokken at October 01, 2026 02:51 PM (TN0g+)
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 02:52 PM (xhfG9)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 02:45 PM (vJrRc)
Then I probably wasn't talking about you.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 02:52 PM (enkoP)
Time for self-care and reflection on the injustice of western civilization.
Posted by: rhomboid
Here comes necklacing.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (ZLygy)
https://youtu.be/_9Tg-JsMS-E
Posted by: ZZ Top at October 01, 2026 02:52 PM (l3cgK)
I am amazed at the money they throw away, begging the wrong audience for financial support.
It's crazy. He's not getting donations from the viewers of Toussi TV and the like.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:53 PM (vNne8)
Can't figure out where the polling numbers are coming from.
I don't answer anything on the phone from sources I don't know and don't talk to freaks with clipboards on the street.
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Y8DZL)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 02:53 PM (jivel)
Posted by: four seasons at October 01, 2026 02:53 PM (/QHx4)
Posted by: One legged man at an ass kicking contest at October 01, 2026 02:53 PM (MQYOv)
It's crazy. He's not getting donations from the viewers of Toussi TV and the like.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:53 PM (vNne
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Campaigns with too much money and too little sense just say, "Buy ad space in the top 1000 political internet spaces, no matter what."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 02:54 PM (U/fqy)
String him up to a sturdy tree branch.
Slap the horse on the ass and wait ten minutes.
Job done, it’s Saloon time.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (6ydKt)
Wasn't that a country song a few years back? Something about beer for my horses, whiskey for my men....great video along with it....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 01, 2026 02:54 PM (t2LBR)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
The solution is Israeli type vetting of flight staff and passengers more than physical barriers. The barriers make matters worse if the problem is a struggle in the cockpit which has happened now several times like the French depressed pilot that flew his plane into a mountain a few years back. Locked the other pilot out.
And the almost ignored the attempted attack by a suicidal Fed Ex employee riding along on the pilots. He attacked both pilots and an engineer on board with a hammer and tried to bludgeon them so he could fly the plane into something.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:54 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Auspex
Good practice when you are on the lam.
Posted by: Fugitive From Board of Mental Health at October 01, 2026 02:54 PM (Fn+3X)
This is the reason that they get elected and Vote to put is 40 Trillion in Debt.
Posted by: garrett at October 01, 2026 02:55 PM (vNne8)
We love Europe! The wife and I like to visit and spend our ill gotten fortune on river barges while we sip wine and laugh at them poors huddled on shore getting raped by the muslims and arrested by the gendarmes. Muffy really likes when the turn the water cannons loose on the inbreds.
Posted by: William & Muffy Mcmasters, Harvard Nepo Babies at October 01, 2026 02:55 PM (w+jhU)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 01, 2026 02:54 PM (t2LBR)
If it’s country, I wouldn’t doubt it, but my country music knowledge base is far too empty to know for sure.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 02:56 PM (6ydKt)
MSM insists the rumors that this was a turd (as most knew from the start), can't be known even as MSM prefers the turd just disappear (with the next news cycle), so they can pretend the shit never happened.
Posted by: illiniwek at October 01, 2026 02:57 PM (vbXSk)
Last time I was in Europe the thing that most stood out is that there were three groups of young women I saw:
Northern/Central/Western European in microshorts, jogging, biking, and in general out and about without kids
Eastern Europeans dressed conservatively with baby carriages
Groups of Muslims in hijabs/burkas with baby carriages.
Since the native Euro-chicks aren't going to have kids they better pray the Poles/Romanians/Serbs/etc outbreed the jihadis...
Posted by: 18-1 at October 01, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)
Can't figure out where the polling numbers are coming from.
I don't answer anything on the phone from sources I don't know and don't talk to freaks with clipboards on the street.
Posted by: Auspex
All of the honest pollsters are admitting that non response by pro Trump voters is seriously affecting results and that the calling model is dead but the augmented texting and then having the respondents contact the pollsters is creating selection bias issues in who responds to that sort of poll.
So you get pollsters trying weighting responses which means one weirdo GOP Rino voting for Talarico because Paxton bad gets weighted multiple times in the sample as a representative of GOP voters. All because he is the one that responded to the text invitation.
Massie found out how good that type of polling was.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 02:58 PM (E4rtv)
Mostly peaceful yet fiery you bigots
Posted by: The FNM at October 01, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)
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But there's this, too:
PARIS (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people packed Paris’ iconic Champs-Élysées avenue to attend an open-air Mass with Pope Leo XIV on Saturday, a sign of the Catholic Church’s enduring appeal in the once staunchly Catholic but officially secular country.
The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people attended — about 200,000 more than the number who had registered in advance. The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.
The American pope greeted the flag-waving, cheering throngs from his popemobile during a 2-kilometer (1.2-mile) parade along the grand boulevard leading to the Place de la Concorde for Mass, essentially the heart of Paris and a symbol of the French republic.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 02:59 PM (rj6Yv)
I read somewhere gasoline is $10/gal in Alaska. Is this true?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (t2LBR)
Not on the highway system. It's been flirting with $5 for months.
It's a bit different in the villages. You can probably pay $10 in Nome or Dillingham. It's more like $15 in the inland villages that don't get gas barged out to them.
But that's always been expensive. It isn't any worse now than it was under Biden.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 02:59 PM (GYqb1)
Don't look like Joan of Arc. More like people from Somalia.
https://tinyurl.com/495bwwbk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (JrHfD)
I think I've spotted the problem.
Posted by: Bo French at October 01, 2026 02:50 PM (wVcYX)
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They look older than "high school students." Unless they're all retarded and are still in high school in their 20s.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
[already enormous hat brim gets larger as you watch]
Posted by: Johnny Paycheck at October 01, 2026 03:00 PM (7Q0e+)
What about the hero co-pilot. Last night he was reported fighting for his life.
Any new information?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:00 PM (+UcOf)
I was talking about this exact thing earlier today. In my area, i see:
White women walking dogs.
Muslim women pushing strollers.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider, preparing for The Reckoning at October 01, 2026 03:00 PM (9MI7D)
Posted by: JackStraw
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"Hi, I'm the booking coordinator for Tucker Carlson. You seem to have some important information. Would you be interested in appearing on his show? Let's chat!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:01 PM (3cUTc)
Maybe they had their own brothers and other male relatives join in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 03:01 PM (JrHfD)
Aren't they aware this monster is a White Sox fan?
Posted by: Auspex at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (Y8DZL)
I hope they reach the people in power.
Average Jacques always suffer.
Posted by: Stateless - Ralphy 105 years old - puppy at heart at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (Sco7b)
Don't look like Joan of Arc. More like people from Somalia.
https://tinyurl.com/495bwwbk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (JrHfD)[/]i
Lol, the dipshit kicking the tear gas canister loses his shoe in the process.
Posted by: far cry at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (LSV6F)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 01, 2026 02:54 PM (t2LBR)
https://youtu.be/o1JOFhfoAD4
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: far cry at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (LSV6F)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Donors like the warm and fuzzy of seeing ads as tangible evidence. Consultants like them because they don't have to deal with smelly volunteers for nickels when they get dollars in kickbacks for ads.
And I think candidates with ego issues like seeing themselves on air to be honest. And most of them end up having ego issues if they don't at first have them before entering office.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
Just watched Tousi and he has lots of video from the "mostly peaceful" protests... Lots of flags that are not French and chants of "We are all Gazans." But media there is just like the coverage of the Dubai airlines hijack/ murder attempt... Just students...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:03 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 01, 2026 03:04 PM (2UnvF)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)
The Vatican estimated that 800,000 people attended — about 200,000 more than the number who had registered in advance. The turnout testified to the church’s lasting influence in France despite declining attendance and secularizing trends that have emptied churches across Europe.
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I think that deep down there's a yearning for the Lord, especially among the young. But then we have the Church and secular governments saying, "Let's don't be beastly to the Muzzies."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:04 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
Known scam where they throw away id papers before arriving and often claim to be kids so they get schooling (and young female victims). Happens in the US too. I think one dude was near 40 or so when the law arrested him for some criminal act regarding sexual crimes.
And the stupid caring professions in teaching, medicine, etc. and even the cops play along with that shit until something happens horribly bad which is easily forseeable.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:05 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Donors like the warm and fuzzy of seeing ads as tangible evidence. Consultants like them because they don't have to deal with smelly volunteers for nickels when they get dollars in kickbacks for ads.
And I think candidates with ego issues like seeing themselves on air to be honest. And most of them end up having ego issues if they don't at first have them before entering office.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:02 PM (E4rtv)
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I would add that I think demented retards like Talacreepo truly believe they're so right, and so on the side of history, that there mere sight of them in some generic shitty ad will turn the reddest voter blue.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
ah. the old rendition ploy. haven't seen that one in a while.
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: It's me donna
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Eh, on X, you saw a video of the immigrant French mayor getting down with the burners and looters and having a gay ole time.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:04 PM (6ydKt)
They gypped us again this year. $1200. By statute, it should have been about $3600. But since our lousy previous governor decided he could raid the dividend for government spending, it gets cut for pet projects.
There is a growing movement here to lynch the bastards in Juneau who keep doing this. By law, that money is not for them to spend. They do it anyway.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (GYqb1)
They look older than "high school students." Unless they're all retarded and are still in high school in their 20s.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Steady on there, boyo. I spent some of the happiest years of my life in the third grade.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (eRlcH)
Temu Obama isn't even close to the face of the party.
The only Dems getting headlines are white or muslim.
None of their policies or promises are aimed at blacks.
I'll bet, though, that all the polls have them turning out at Presidential election levels.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (3cUTc)
I read somewhere gasoline is $10/gal in Alaska. Is this true?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's phone) at October 01, 2026 02:46 PM (t2LBR)
Not on the highway system. It's been flirting with $5 for months.
It's a bit different in the villages. You can probably pay $10 in Nome or Dillingham. It's more like $15 in the inland villages that don't get gas barged out to them.
But that's always been expensive. It isn't any worse now than it was under Biden.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 02:59 PM (GYqb1)
$6.26 when I tanked up a few days ago in Sandy Eggo...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)
I would add that I think demented retards like Talacreepo truly believe they're so right, and so on the side of history, that there mere sight of them in some generic shitty ad will turn the reddest voter blue.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:06 PM (iFTx/)
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I think everyone involved in his campaign, including Talarico himself, knows that it's a lost cause, has known since before the primary, and the campaign is just a vehicle for generational wealth with those connected because rich California progressives will throw tens of millions of dollars at him no matter how often the next great hope of Texas Democrat politics loses by margins larger than Hochul wins in New York.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:08 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:08 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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Guy reminds me of Joel Osteen, but even queerer and greedier if possible. I can see a nexus though in prosperity gospel and DSA claims.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:08 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (E4rtv)
And a Member of their Parliament. From what I could see it was youths and left wing anarchists mixed in with a large group of "migrant" types...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:09 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:59 PM (iFTx/)
Just watched Tousi and he has lots of video from the "mostly peaceful" protests... Lots of flags that are not French and chants of "We are all Gazans." But media there is just like the coverage of the Dubai airlines hijack/ murder attempt... Just students...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:03 PM (+gK6I)
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I suspect they're the same 20-something loser layabouts that always show up at these rent-a-mob events.
You can almost smell the foul body odor from the pics.
None of this is organic. It's all an astroturf op funded by demonic creeps like Soros.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:08 PM (l3cgK)
Yeah, they pay more in Anchorage because of taxes, just like CA.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:09 PM (GYqb1)
Temu Obama isn't even close to the face of the party.
The only Dems getting headlines are white or muslim.
None of their policies or promises are aimed at blacks.
I'll bet, though, that all the polls have them turning out at Presidential election levels.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (3cUTc)
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Democrats have been desperate to recreate the Obama numbers ever since he left office.
Turnout just keeps receding, though.
When Talarico loses Texas by 9 and Crockett says, "I would have beaten that cracker Paxton, and you all know it," Democrats will be desperate to believe it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:09 PM (U/fqy)
That's why the media won't show them.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)
I have a feeling his military purge will turn out to be critically important in the coming years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 03:10 PM (BI5O2)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (VyD10)
I have a feeling his military purge will turn out to be critically important in the coming years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 03:10 PM (BI5O2)
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Bessent is more important.
His work has done more to cripple Iran than the military.
Bessent is at the forefront of debanking illegals in America.
Bessent is a straight up killer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 03:10 PM (viF8m)
I looked and couldn't find it among the top stories...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (+gK6I)
"Sylvane Le Goff, 68, who lives in the Paris region, came with her 10- and 12-year-old grandchildren to “give them unforgettable memories.” Le Goff, who was raised Catholic but is not practicing, said she wanted to open her grandchildren’s minds.
“It’s not only about seeing the pope but it also is about his message of peace and unity, values I’d like to share with them,” she said.
Leo has clearly been impressed by the numbers and enthusiasm, especially at a Friday night vigil that kept the 71-year-old pope out until nearly 11 p.m. after a packed first day.
"Some 80,000 young people filled the national stadium for an extravaganza of fireworks and a theatrical retelling of French Catholic history.
“Thank you for your courage! Thank you for your presence,” Leo said to raucous cheers, speaking off the cuff in French. “Thank you for your faith. You are the saints of France!”"
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (6lPOA)
...the country is proud of Captain Machchhar and is praying for his speedy recovery, renewed strength and good health."
_ PM Modi
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (+UcOf)
When Talarico loses Texas by 9 and Crockett says, "I would have beaten that cracker Paxton, and you all know it," Democrats will be desperate to believe it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:09 PM (U/fqy)
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Paxton is toast. The midterm convention was a disaster. His poll numbers are plunging. That's what the local news stations say.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:12 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: anachronda at October 01, 2026 03:12 PM (oY6Yp)
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:12 PM (eRlcH)
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"20% of voters in Texas won't have voted in 2024."
It'll be 2%.
"Talarico will tie with white men."
He'll lose white men by at least 30.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:13 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Altaria Pilgram - My president has convictions. at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM (VyD10)
I was recess duty for my kid when he was in elementary school. The other lady walked over to me and said she thought it was lovely that "this school has such a diverse population!" I took one look and said, "They all look like Alaskans to me." She was mightily offended. I don't think she knew my kid was the Mayan Indian.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:13 PM (GYqb1)
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (GYqb1)
That sucks.
Didn’t know all the details.
You all are probably going to be pissed again if you don’t get a higher amount in the next check with the price of oil since February being so high.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at October 01, 2026 03:14 PM (6ydKt)
Talarico will tie with white men.
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White men, the normal ones at least, wouldn't want Talarico standing next to them at a bar.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:14 PM (eRlcH)
Posted by: Genie With A Dildo
Achmed, before we take off, Ima need you to eat this BLT sammich.
Posted by: rickb223 at October 01, 2026 03:14 PM (nZ6VT)
His work has done more to cripple Iran than the military.
Bessent is at the forefront of debanking illegals in America.
Bessent is a straight up killer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:11 PM
I'm not talking about Iran. I'm thinking of a future war, where ideological composition of the officer corps and rank and file will be much more important.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 03:15 PM (BI5O2)
Talarico will tie with white men.
_________
White men, the normal ones at least, wouldn't want Talarico standing next to them at a bar.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at October 01, 2026 03:14 PM (eRlcH)
=
White men are the second largest demo in almost any election in America (first would be white women).
And they're very Republican.
Getting that wrong in a poll, throws off the poll so much that you should just dismiss the poll as a whole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:15 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at October 01, 2026 03:15 PM (BI5O2)
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I'm also talking about the future of driving out illegal immigrants.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:16 PM (U/fqy)
Its always been fraud. 105% of registered ghetto residents voting for Obama. If you have ever lived in or near a ghetto you know you couldn't get more than 75% of them to show up for $20 and free weed. 25% would forget or be sleeping
Posted by: Azjaeger at October 01, 2026 03:16 PM (3/XaG)
Mass migration, aka The Great Replacement, has been a bedrock principle of the left. There used to be a paper authored by some drone at the UN online that was easily found.
It's not a conspiracy theory, it's an actual conspiracy and the US was part of it until Trump came along and stopped it. But it goes on apace throughout Europe even when it makes zero sense to normal people because they refuse to accept the obvious, the globalist left wants to replace them with 3rd world trash beholden to the government.
We dodged an enormous bullet.
Posted by: JackStraw at October 01, 2026 03:17 PM (viF8m)
Its always been fraud. 105% of registered ghetto residents voting for Obama. If you have ever lived in or near a ghetto you know you couldn't get more than 75% of them to show up for $20 and free weed. 25% would forget or be sleeping
Posted by: Azjaeger at October 01, 2026 03:16 PM (3/XaG)
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If Trump could blunt it in just 18 months with a DOJ actually behind him, imagine what he can do with another 2 years leading up to 2028.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:17 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 03:17 PM (6lPOA)
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:18 PM (rj6Yv)
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Don't I know it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (U/fqy)
Texas Democrat Confuses The Communist Manifesto For Mein Kampf In Embarrassing Fundraising Pitch
Katy Padilla Stout, the Democratic nominee for Texas' 23rd congressional district, wrote in her X post that her Republican opponent, YouTuber Brandon Herrera, "defends owning a copy of Mein Kampf." She included an ActBlue donation link at the end of the post as well as a picture of Herrera holding a book.
The book was the Communist Manifesto. It said as much on the cover.
https://tinyurl.com/yn3fnzvu
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (JrHfD)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:07 PM (3cUTc
And almost entirely male, non
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (enkoP)
students staged new protests against understaffing, onerous schedules and overheated classrooms
Posted by: From about That Time at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: The Omani Terrorist at October 01, 2026 03:18 PM (ittVa)
Not totally.. I got one today that said the Republicans are in so much dodo Mississippi is in play...
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 01, 2026 03:20 PM (2UnvF)
@CBSNews
Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
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It's a complete mystery.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:20 PM (X7pZH)
https://tinyurl.com/yn3fnzvu
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Yes but facts are not persuasive.
Posted by: blaster at October 01, 2026 03:21 PM (xhfG9)
students staged new protests against understaffing, onerous schedules and overheated classrooms
Posted by: From about That Time at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (sl73Y)
All while waving flags from other countries and chanting "We are all Gazans."
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:21 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (iFTx/)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (Q/FnY)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:20 PM (X7pZH)
If only it was spelled out clearly somewhere, like five times a day or in a book.
Posted by: ... at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (enkoP)
Posted by: Duke Lowell at October 01, 2026 03:20 PM (2UnvF)
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Nah.
Herding to a Paxton win will already be done by then in polling, and the race will be called within 30 seconds of the western part of the state closing.
The hard one is going to be having to delay on calling NC for Cooper (fingers cross that Whatley pulls it off, I have some hope), NH, and MI.
We all know that feeling. We've built ourselves up for an election night to go our way, but the states we expect to win easily take too long to call, and you get that sinking feeling, while the states you thought would be close get called really quickly against you.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (U/fqy)
Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (Q/FnY)
Agreed
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (+gK6I)
Posted by: It's me donna
If SC is in play then every red state is in play. I’m waiting for a “shock poll shows Wyoming may go blue” headline.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (6lPOA)
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:22 PM (rj6Yv)
They'll literally jerk each other off over "but Cornyn would have won by more/it didn't have to be this close" bromides.
Erick Erickson is probably jerking off right now over his advanced copy of the David French article praising his principled stand for morality.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (3cUTc)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (jivel)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 03:23 PM (6lPOA)
Posted by: whig at October
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Vote in the primary [we must, we must - seriously] then receive a mailbox (on the street and in your phone) full of glossies for their candidate.
Which is fucking stupid. If you voted in the primary you are not going to vote for the opposing party. Money could be better spent elsewhere.
If they must spent money on primary voters, wait until early voting begins an urge their loyalists to the polls.
_geez louise
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (+UcOf)
Getting that wrong in a poll, throws off the poll so much that you should just dismiss the poll as a whole.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at October 01, 2026 03:15 PM (U/fqy)
Nobody tells pollsters that they are Trump voters. Why put yourself in a position where someone will attack you for your opinion? Of course they don't get the polls correct.
My MIL used to tell pollsters that her husband hadn't told her yet how she was going to vote. That usually shut 'em up.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (GYqb1)
It was American for the most part. It was “diverse” but maybe 65-70% white. Today it’s what 30% if that.
Only took 1 generation for the replacement.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 03:26 PM (6lPOA)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
Yes but facts are not persuasive.
Posted by: blaster
Hererra's reply that "if you want a candidate that can read vote for me" is probably more persuasive
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 03:26 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 01, 2026 03:26 PM (8T+WD)
100%
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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Saudi's paid 'la familia' a pot of money for that religion of peace crap. Bought him a ticket to hell. Watch him and Clinton today; a pair of toadys.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:27 PM (+UcOf)
My MIL used to tell pollsters that her husband hadn't told her yet how she was going to vote. That usually shut 'em up.
Posted by: tcn in AK at October 01, 2026 03:24 PM (GYqb1)
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Or, even worse, the MSM will doxx them. I sense a huge "Silent Majority" wave coming this election. By their relentless attacks on DJT, the MSM has made this midterm cycle a national referendum on the direction of the country.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: From about That
Give then a month, they'll be complaining about the classrooms being to cold.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at October 01, 2026 03:28 PM (vJrRc)
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez at October 01, 2026 03:29 PM (6lPOA)
Only took 1 generation for the replacement.
Posted by: Sandy Cocazio Ortez
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Their women are having 3 or 4 babies, nice big family.
Our women (pooky's girl excepted) are having none.
None
Are we shaming them? NO
Are we promoting no babies? YES
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (+UcOf)
Texas Democrat Confuses The Communist Manifesto For Mein Kampf In Embarrassing Fundraising Pitch
Katy Padilla Stout, the Democratic nominee for Texas' 23rd congressional district, wrote in her X post that her Republican opponent, YouTuber Brandon Herrera, "defends owning a copy of Mein Kampf." She included an ActBlue donation link at the end of the post as well as a picture of Herrera holding a book.
The book was the Communist Manifesto. It said as much on the cover.
https://tinyurl.com/yn3fnzvu
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (iFTx/)
TBH, followers of "The Communist Manifesto" have killed more than followers of "Mein Kampf"...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:30 PM (l3cgK)
@CBSNews
Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
___
It's a complete mystery.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at October 01, 2026 03:20 PM (X7pZH)
Maybe he was on his period...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at October 01, 2026 03:31 PM (l3cgK)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (8T+WD)
Posted by: Elric The Blade at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (iFTx/)
The little one or the big one?
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (hmYU4)
Posted by: It's me donna at October 01, 2026 03:19 PM (+gK6I)
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The gaslighting will intensify from now until November 3. When the MSM exhausts its supplies of half-truths, innuendos, and meaningless minutiae, they will happily execute a full barrage of out-and-out lying.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: FeatherBlade
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Steam radiators, windows cracked open a bit to regulate the temp, constant sniffles all winter. Suck it up buttercup.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:33 PM (+UcOf)
... but the Omani government has not publicly confirmed his nationality. Since when as CBS needed any government confirmation - or any confirmation at all - about anything in a story they chose to rant about?
Posted by: NeighSayer at October 01, 2026 03:35 PM (XHIt1)
Questions about the motive of the co-pilot who tried to crash a packed flight from Dubai to Israel continue to swirl.
___
It's a complete mystery.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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Sane one's on the ground are looking into how he or who booked him on that flight. Oman has no diplomatic relations with Israel which is the key to allowing a foreign pilot to operate there.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
I think the time of the grifter Right is about done. All they do is shuck and jive for their Democrats like a modern day Step n Fetchit in a minstrel show. No one in the GOP outside GOPe assholes like Cornyn and his Democrat staffers give a shit about them.
Posted by: whig at October 01, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:37 PM (+UcOf)
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For that matter, even commercial pilots carry passports when aboard international flights.
Posted by: mrp at October 01, 2026 03:39 PM (rj6Yv)
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They are lying to that mussy group of people who vote but pay no attention to politics until the commercials start to roll.
He who has the best commercial wins their vote.
_Dan Crenshaw
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at October 01, 2026 03:40 PM (+UcOf)
Posted by: The FNM at October 01, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)
Le Madam Guillotine is always thirsty.
La or le?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at October 01, 2026 02:44 PM (zZu0s)
Joseph Ignace Guillotin was the doctor and Deputy of Paris during the French Revolution who imposed the machine that was called after him la guillotine, feminine noun, as a more “equitable” means of execution.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at October 01, 2026 03:57 PM (QjqJb)
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