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THE MORNING RANT: Slippery Slopes – The Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) Will Not Prohibit Polyamory Among Its Clergy

When I left the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) a quarter-century ago, it was not specifically due to the assertively left-wing politics of the church. Rather, it was the realization that its clergy and leadership were not believers in the core tenets of the faith, and had substituted biblical teaching with political preaching. There was no longer a focus on Jesus’ divinity and resurrection, in large part because much (most?) of the clergy did not believe in it. The mission of the church had become left-wing politics, not heavenly salvation.

But because the Presbyterian Church of the 20th century (before its full political capture) was where I learned The Word as a child, and where I observed Christian role models showing me how to lead a life of Christian witness, I still monitor its heretical antics in the 21st century. I’m heartbroken by the actions of those wearing its vestments while desecrating its legacy, but I’m also fascinated as to the lengths they will go in mocking traditional Christian values while still calling themselves Christians. By the way, this is the church of U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (D – TX).

Although there were battles in the PCUSA about “gays in the pulpit” that went on for decades, it was only in 2011 that the church finally abandoned its previous doctrine regarding fidelity in a heterosexual marriage (or chastity if single) for clergy. Homosexuals were now welcome in the pulpit, and by 2014 the church was fully on board with gay marriage.

But what about fidelity in marriage?

The denomination’s biennial “General Assembly” conference is occurring this month, and there is a proposal to be voted on that would require clergy of any sexual orientation to only engage in monogamous sexual relationships. The proposal is not being well received, and will almost certainly not be passed.

“As Polyamory Gains Visibility, Monogamy Faces a Vote in the Presbyterian Church (USA)” [Religion News Service – 6/04/2026]

The overture has generated strong reactions online but has not yet earned broad support from PCUSA groups. A separate proposal asks for theological studies on gender and sexuality, life-giving relationships and the Christian vocation of family that would support the denomination’s commitment to inclusion of different familial realities. Together these overtures show that as polyamory gains visibility in broader culture; it may have policy implications, especially in theologically progressive denominations.

Polyamory is now a part of the inclusive tolerance of those wearing the skinsuit of the (formerly-respectable) Presbyterian Church (USA). Polygamous marriage will almost certainly become a church sacrament in the near future.

“Seminarian” James Talarico attended the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, which is more of a woke indoctrination camp than it is a place to learn about the Christian faith. As crazy as Talarico’s six genders and non-binary God may sound, that is what is being taught at this “Christian” seminary: “James Talarico Trained at Seminary that Teaches Social Justice Activism” [Washington Examiner – 3/13/2026]

Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother. If he can cut those apron strings, find some mates, and get elected to the U.S. Senate, he can perhaps become the first member of Congress with six spouses – one for each of the genders he learned about at his polyamorous-friendly seminary.

To be fair, the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary doesn’t explicitly state that there are just six genders, it leaves open the possibility that there are actually many more “gender expressions.”

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Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at the The American Spectator has been published. “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot; It would be a statistical anomaly not to have numerous record temperatures recorded each year” discusses how it is a statistical certainty that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year. It’s also statistically inevitable that there will be, on average, hundreds of all-time hottest temperatures ever recorded across the planet, each and every year.

In the United States, temperature records date back about 100 to 140 years, depending on location. It would be fair to say that approximately 120 years is the typical historical database for a location’s temperature data. For each station, there is a record-high temperature for each day of the year, and also a record-low temperature for each day of the year. With 365 record-high temperatures for each station, spread over 120 years, that means that each station should record about three record-high temperatures each year, with a normal distribution. If there are fewer than three record highs being recorded in a given year, that would actually be below average.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

My latest piece at The American Spectator: "Breaking News: Summer Is Hot; It Would Be a Statistical Anomaly Not to Have Numerous Record Temperatures Recorded Each Year"https://t.co/IZesYyFv6R
— Buck Throckmorton (@BuckThrockmort) June 19, 2026

[buck.throckmorton at protonmail dot com]

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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1 Moist Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (mYCqF)

2 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (mYCqF)

3 The Phillistines say its lunch time

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:02 AM (sgkY8)

4 Look. It's the New Age. At least half those 10 Commandments need to be retired.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:03 AM (ndZc7)

5 I see too many Christian churces flying the Marxist Flag in se Pa
Not surprised they have lost their morals

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:03 AM (sgkY8)

6 I left organized religion decades ago. I consider myself just a Christian and is the most important thing in my life.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 11:03 AM (GseMx)

7 When I left the Presbyterian Church (PCUSA) a quarter-century ago, it was not specifically due to the assertively left-wing politics of the church.

Try 56 years ago and yes, it specifically was.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (mYCqF)

8 So you can have multiple dead male hookers in your bed.

Sexy.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

9 Anything goes, man. Anything goes.

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (sOtuf)

10 "...he can perhaps become the first member of Congress with six spouses ."

That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

11 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

12 Blasphemy.

It's what's for dinner!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:06 AM (2YhKe)

13 That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

Isn't a spouse a husband or wife?

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (GseMx)

14 "Look. It's the New Age."

"New Age" is old paganism and heresies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (qFwJc)

15 We need John Calvin to come back and smack quite a few folks in the PCUSA upside the head.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (77rzZ)

16 that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year

In Oregon, the enviros like to announce in hot summers: "This will be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives".

They don't mention this claim in cooler summers.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (aD4fx)

17 Having been brought up in the Presbyterian church, I'm saddened that this once principled institution had succumbed to the Leftist drift that is inflicting every part of American life.
Again, the Left has taken over an institution, hollowed it out, perverted it's purpose, adorned itself in it's skin as a suit and demands that we all genuflect at it's new incarnation as if it's unchanged.
They have captured the media, entertainment, foundations, academia, NGO's, the medical fields and the non-profit universe.
And they are making deep inroads into sports as well.
Hopefully, we can regain control of some of these institutions, or at least create non-Leftist alternatives.
But it's going to be a war, one we must be willing to fight.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (MNCvZ)

18
That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

Not according to "This is Poly!" on the WE Channel.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (2YhKe)

19 I feel for you, Buck. With 70% of the Catholic Bishops being same-sex attracted, we are all going through a Babylonian Captivity, of sorts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)

20 Oh. So, not first, huh … ? Damn.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (ayRl+)

21 The DOJ is fighting conservative states over abortion drugs, because sure why not, that checks:

x.com/sbaprolife/status/
2067733158179614859

Ds love sue and settle. Do it all the time. But when the loser Rs are in charge? Sorry mate I'm afraid not.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (3uBP9)

22 back when I still cared, I was on okCupid. The "poly" recruiters were everywhere - all were women, or claimed to be. Some were probably dudes looking to build a gay cuddle puddle. But yes female perverts exist too, or just preening wannabe queen bees looking to show off how many men wanted to fuck them.
Anyway, seems like 19 June is a good day to talk about the relics of barbarism the Republican Party was founded to stamp out. (And now fails to do)

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (gKWVE)

23 Oh, won't you give me six sexes,
Gimme six sexes a-mister,
Gimme six sexes maybe more?
Gimme six sexes
Gimme six sexes a-mister,
And you'll see a-me ever more
For sure.

- James Talarico

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (ndZc7)

24 "Again, the Left has taken over an institution, hollowed it out, perverted it's purpose, adorned itself in it's skin as a suit and demands that we all genuflect at it's new incarnation as if it's unchanged."

Consider Israel. Started by Commies. Yet we're all supposed to think that they are the "chosen people?"

Please don't misunderstand me. They absolutely have a right to the land the Lord promised them. But they ain't saints.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (qFwJc)

25 James Talarico is a fag and his shit's all retarded.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

26 Whig and others on Linux,

Due to expiration of some older UEFI certificates, be sure that your firmware is updated before June 24. 2026.

https://tinyurl.com/3sj3pshb

- ZDNet

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (dK+Kv)

27
Please don't misunderstand me. They absolutely have a right to the land the Lord promised them. But they ain't saints.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (qFwJc)

HOW DARE YOU!!!!!

Posted by: Ben Shapiro at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (2YhKe)

28 I'm a pollyannaist!

Posted by: banana Dream - super optimistic at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (3uBP9)

29 Poly wanna throuple?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (ndZc7)

30 Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)

I'm not sure I have a dog in this fight anymore, but for what it is worth, I hear that younger Catholic priests are actually in it for the vocation, not because they are homos hiding out (or worse).
The older ones remain a problem, and yes they've borrowed into the higher bishoprics.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (gKWVE)

31 PCUSA is a joo-hating church.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (zT39e)

32 Most of the drive for polyamory is to make things easier for Muslims, so a Christian church embracing it is interesting.

Is this for non-Muslim African immigrants?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

33 All the mainline churches are heretics.

It's very sad, as they are leading people straight to hell.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 19, 2026 11:14 AM (XHO5P)

34 Churches became businesses instead of places of worship.

Money. It's a crime.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:14 AM (2YhKe)

35 I'm in a weird spot, I guess. I've been attending a Global Methodist denomination for about two and a half years now. Before that I'd seriously considered a church in the Anglican Church in North America - a theologically conservative offshoot of the main Anglican church (though it has its issues...not to the mother Anglican church's extent at least). And I'd walked from the Roman Catholic Church, intentionally or not, decades previously.

Been having my doubts on faith, but that may just be the rough road I've been walking the past few years. At least the congregation I'm with is great and the pastors aren't talking empty blather.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:14 AM (OUMaO)

36 I’ve seen several articles about how “climate change” is affecting the World Cup. Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

37 Buck bringing the heat with the Gaussian PDF! I thought maths wasn’t allowed heh!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (yz/88)

38 >>> Whig and others on Linux,

Due to expiration of some older UEFI certificates, be sure that your firmware is updated before June 24. 2026.

https://tinyurl.com/3sj3pshb

- ZDNet
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:12 AM (dK+Kv)

This applies to windows too and as as far as I can tell it is impossible for me to update. My pc vendor MSI will not release a firmware update, they say MS has to do something. And MS will not refresh keys, do anything at all without a firmware update. So I am screwed.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (3uBP9)

39 It is funny though if you see these poly groups if it is

One man he is rich and has status and the women look mostly normal

But if it is one woman its a landwhale with the saddest sack of men you could imagine

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (sKqQm)

40 Polyamory, This two for one. ... Two ladies....Two ladies.
Und he's the only man. Ja!, He likes it. , We like it.
---
Sounds like a rocking church.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (pMmVV)

41 In the book Koba the Dread, a history of the Stalinist era, itgoes through some of the KGB infiltration of the Catholic church.

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (sgkY8)

42 not because they are old greek homos

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (Kt19C)

43 So there are 6,7 genders?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (VGFZk)

44 So, a young priest is assigned to a parish and the first thing the Pastor says is "Will you hear my confession?"

The young priest agrees. The Pastor confesses that he is gay. The young priest is now trapped. The seal of the Confessional. He cannot now rat out his superior to anyone.

Young priests need to be taught to NEVER hear the confession of their superior.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (qFwJc)

45 I’ve seen several articles about how “climate change” is affecting the World Cup. Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

They're taking mandatory 'hydration breaks' each half at the outdoor stadiums, which I've never seen before.

And of course, they don't stop the clock.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (2YhKe)

46 James Talarico is a fag and his shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

This x a million

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (yz/88)

47 Episcopalians are in the same woke category right?

I never asked my father about it but he had them put Episcopal on his dog tags while the rest of his family was Catholic . He had a break somewhere. Anyway both my parents were believers but didn't attend church ( mother Lutheran) but had no problem with me going to Sunday school with friends and let me make my own path. I was baptized in a Southern Baptist church.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 11:17 AM (GseMx)

48 “They're taking mandatory 'hydration breaks' each half at the outdoor stadiums, which I've never seen before.”

That’s just a clever way to run 2 minutes extra ads during a broadcast.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:17 AM (VGFZk)

49 The main three denominations of the Presbyterian church have lost over half their membership over the last 25 years. The biggest one is Talarico's PCUSA who has lost 60% of their followers while the two more conservative ones have gained a bit.

PCUSA no longer stands for anything other than organized wokeism - they certainly are no longer a Christian sect, and their membership decline shows this. Talarico's very public membership will accelerate this shrinking. It is quite possible that in 10-15 years the PCUSA will essentially no longer exist.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:18 AM (GZYu7)

50 It is quite possible that in 10-15 years the PCUSA will essentially no longer exist.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:18 AM (GZYu7)

And Christianity will be better off because of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (2YhKe)

51 26 Whig and others on Linux,

Due to expiration of some older UEFI certificates, be sure that your firmware is updated before June 24. 2026.

https://tinyurl.com/3sj3pshb

- ZDNet
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
=====
Yep. I always have a problem with that. PITA if you are using Grub as a bootloader. FWIW, you have to disable Secure Boot in bios in order to install the new certificates or do some terminal mumbo jumbo editing.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

52 I should also note that the "woke" denominations are among the few churches still sponsoring Scouting units in 2026. Draw conclusions accordingly.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (OUMaO)

53 Pretty sure the PCUSA is the on the Clintoons belong to, so this is mildly surprising to me.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 11:20 AM (R+iUD)

54 “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot "

I think Buck just might be on to something!
~Roasting in AZ

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 19, 2026 11:20 AM (B0dAE)

55 ***how it is a statistical certainty that there will be, on average, thousands of record-high, daily temperatures recorded each year
--

Not to mention incorrectly place temperature stations and more egregiously, recorded temperatures and historical temperatures "adjusted" to their computer model.
In other words, tampering with data, it's lies not science.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:20 AM (pMmVV)

56 Sadly my story parallels yours, Buck, although I'm a Lutheran. My church is just as lost as yours is. I've been experiencing a renewal of faith over the last several years but I doubt that it will lead to a return to a physical church. There's just nowhere for me to go.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (TrISa)

57 PCUSA sounds like one of those 90s mail order magazines for computer hardware that was about 2" thick. I loved looking through them though.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:22 AM (3uBP9)

58 If you have about 100 years of weather records you'd expect about 3 or 4 daily temperature to be "highest ever" every year.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 11:22 AM (sKqQm)

59 What I learned yesterday:

"where higher-priced courtesans preened in bay windows on the piazza and men paid to be flogged by women known as 'posture molls.'"

Describing London in 1773. I guess the Limeys were pervs even in 1773.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:22 AM (ndZc7)

60 I was a member of the PCUSA for a while, I finally walked away in disgust when they not only meekly submitted to the Covid farce (shutting down for almost a year) but also learning that only a handful of members saw anything wrong with that.

As the saying goes, I shook the dust off my feet and never looked back-

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 11:23 AM (nuNhM)

61
Young priests need to be taught to NEVER hear the confession of their superior.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:16 AM (qFwJc)

_____________

The Pope has no human superior, but someone hears his confession.

Young priest should keep his head. Does his superior just have homosexual inclinations or has he engaged in homosexual acts? If the latter, how many times? Is he sorry to have done them? Will he amend his life and seek to sin no more? If not, he is perfectly free to withhold absolution.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:23 AM (O0L8i)

62 52 I should also note that the "woke" denominations are among the few churches still sponsoring Scouting units in 2026. Draw conclusions accordingly.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum
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‘give me a boy until he is ten, and I’ll give you the man’.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:26 AM (pMmVV)

63 I feel for you, Buck. With 70% of the Catholic Bishops being same-sex attracted, we are all going through a Babylonian Captivity, of sorts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (qFwJc)
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AS was noted elsewhere, there is a huge shift in the Catholic Church, the old gay priests are dying off, and we are seeing a huge number of new entrants who really want to be catholic. There is still the exodus of those who haven't really been following the church teachings much at all, let alone actually regularly attending mass. So the numbers remain flat, or perhaps even a bit down, but the number now more accurately reflects the number of practicing catholics. We still have our institutional issues, and a pope too caught up in politics, but we mostly ignore that and try to do our best, often with failure in the mix, to follow Christ and God's commands.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:26 AM (GZYu7)

64 PCUSA...CPUSA...PCPUSA?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (OUMaO)

65 Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

I was in traffic yesterday and started pondering molecular weight of gasses. O2 should mostly be 32. N2, 28. CO would be 26 so mostly should rise, which is nice for us, because it is poison.
CH4 is 16+ so, yeah, that rises too.
But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

66 Matthew 18:20.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (afJtY)

67 The Pope has no human superior, but someone hears his confession.

-
"I comforted the indefensible and attacked the righteous again this week."
- Pope Bob

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (ndZc7)

68 That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

That's "polyandry". I think "polyamory" is the umbrella term.

And "polywannacracker" is a greeting to a parrot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (1z8ji)

69 Sadly my story parallels yours, Buck, although I'm a Lutheran. My church is just as lost as yours is. I've been experiencing a renewal of faith over the last several years but I doubt that it will lead to a return to a physical church. There's just nowhere for me to go.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (TrISa)
==
I know the Missouri Synod is pretty much bible based, of course I am sure from location to location it differs.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (GZYu7)

70 I’m a preachers kid and because my dad is amazing in many ways I’ve had a hard time my whole adult life finding a church with which I’m satisfied…. But I’ve always been able to find a solid church no matter where we’ve lived… they’re out there but it takes some hunting sometimes….

My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/88)

71 Matthew 18:20.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (afJtY)

That.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (2YhKe)

72 >>>Rather, it was the realization that its clergy and leadership were not believers in the core tenets of the faith, and had substituted biblical teaching with political preaching.

>Meh. It's just an excuse to sleep around with the hotties in the congregation.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (9SpJJ)

73 They don't know how to count the immense numbers of people who have flocked to independent evangelical churches because they have no unifying corporate face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (pMmVV)

74 I was in traffic yesterday and started pondering molecular weight of gasses. O2 should mostly be 32. N2, 28. CO would be 26 so mostly should rise, which is nice for us, because it is poison.
CH4 is 16+ so, yeah, that rises too.
But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

Walter White, is that you?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (yz/88)

75
Also, a priest hearing Confession is acting alter Christus, so his earthly spot in the hierarchy is irrelevant.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:31 AM (O0L8i)

76 Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Thanks for the PSA Flounder btw.

I finally updated my primary system yesterday and had to go back and change the boot order in bios as the updated firmware flipped it to boot windows only as it usually does.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv)

77 >Meh. It's just an excuse to sleep around with the hotties in the congregation.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (9SpJJ)

SpongeBro was frequenting a Cowboy Church in a small town and sung in the choir.

He left when he found out the pastor was banging some of the married ladies in the congregation. I believe the pastor was married as well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (2YhKe)

78 2/3 of the PCUSA has walked out the door over the last 20 years. Membership was once 2.3 million; now it’s below 1 million and steadily falling at about 5% per year.

You may note that an actual majority walked away; it’s a good example of how the left takes over and destroys an institution. The leadership and the seminaries were taken over first; and they started pushing leftist ideology everywhere.

Why didn’t conservative members fight back? Some tried; some large congregations voted to leave completely and went to different denominations. But those stuck in a church that had become hopelessly leftist found that such a church wasn’t worth a big fight that was a guaranteed loss; there are other churches, other believers, far better to just walk away and leave with the wreckage of what they’ve done.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (nuNhM)

79 James Talarico is a fag and his shit's all retarded.
Posted by: Sponge
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**snort**

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (EneHm)

80 She's gone full super villain!

https://tinyurl.com/4bk7cm6s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (ndZc7)

81 as polyamory gains visibility in broader culture; it may have policy implications, especially in theologically progressive denominations.

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Uhhh, G-d handed down the policy in Genesis, and Jesus affirmed it in the New Testament.

If you're a Christian or a Jew, the policy is all set. No more implications. No need for any discussions.

They didn't say "therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh... unless some Communist rumpranger in rainbow vestments holds an election of other rumprangers and they say you and your soyfaced polycule should take turn plowing your boywife's inverted cock fronthole because Democrats like that."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (BI5O2)

82 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Heh. True enough from my observances. But then again, I like the old hymns with a church organ or even piano better anyway.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

83 She's gone full super villain!

https://tinyurl.com/4bk7cm6s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:32 AM (ndZc7)

And Barack is checking to see if the knife is about to enter his back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:33 AM (2YhKe)

84 People have actually been reported to their bishops by other clergy for saying that they would bless such a marriage, so it is a dangerous move to make for many clergy.

I was once asked to officiate a ceremony for one couple in a polycule and I really wanted to because I loved them dearly, but I wasn't willing to risk my career to do so, as there would be pictures on the internet and it would get out.

all of the people I know in polyamorous relationships are so incredibly intentional about communication, boundaries, respect and care.

However, I am not, at this time, willing to risk my career to do so. There are more important battles for me to risk my career for in the church. I have a few polycules in my current ministry and they know they are loved and welcome and cared for in our community, but they would not want me to risk my career for something they can have their friends do.

While I believe we need a radical rethinking of relationships and commitment in the church, we are very, very far away from having a conversation that will lead to open endorsement of polyamory in the ELCA.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 11:34 AM (ycI94)

85 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/8

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Party on Wayne!

Actually, our church has multiple music genres focused on specific masses. And regardless of the style of music the songs must be sound theologically or our music director won't use them. Some masses have 70's catholic folk music (terrible in almost all respects), choir based traditional hymms, chant, or contemporary christian "pop" played by a praise band. Pick your poison.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:34 AM (GZYu7)

86 I coveted my neighbor's wife in the kitchen, in the living room, in the laundry room, on the patio.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (9SpJJ)

87
Defense of Marriage Act - The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) was a United States federal law passed by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996. It banned federal recognition of same-sex marriage by limiting the definition of marriage to the union of one man and one woman, and it further allowed states to refuse to recognize same-sex marriages granted under the laws of other states.

👉Section 3 codified non-recognition of same-sex marriages for all federal purposes, including insurance benefits for government employees, social security survivors' benefits, immigration, bankruptcy, and the filing of joint tax returns. It also excluded same-sex spouses from the scope of laws protecting families of federal officers, laws evaluating financial aid eligibility, and federal ethics laws applicable to opposite-sex spouses.[1]: 23–24

Then that changed: June 26, 2015, Obergefell v. Hodges 👍

So, yes, let's be idiots & recognize polygamous marriage & other formerly unconventional relationships & that will go well towards breaking U.S. social & financial laws/systems listed ☝🏻 and more.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (NFX2v)

88 I coveted my neighbor's wife in the kitchen, in the living room, in the laundry room, on the patio.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (9SpJJ)

C'mon all you sinners. SWING!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (2YhKe)

89
The MSM is now in full and frantic denial. Those WC visitors can't possibly be enjoying America and Americans!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (O0L8i)

90 Why didn’t conservative members fight back? Some tried; some large congregations voted to leave completely and went to different denominations. But those stuck in a church that had become hopelessly leftist found that such a church wasn’t worth a big fight that was a guaranteed loss; there are other churches, other believers, far better to just walk away and leave with the wreckage of what they’ve done.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Hierarchical churches usually vest ownership of the properties of individual churches with the parent body. So often it means walking away from the church built locally with the blood, sweat, and tears of the founders because some perverts in the hierarchy want to suck every last dollar from the real estate when the church inevitably folds.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:36 AM (E4rtv)

91 68 That is polygamy. Polyamory is one woman with more than one "husband."
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 11:05 AM (qFwJc)

That's "polyandry". I think "polyamory" is the umbrella term.

And "polywannacracker" is a greeting to a parrot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Jimmy crack corn.

Break it down - poly = many or more than one. amory, relating to amorous. Many loves.
I'll take the ladies, others can make their own decision.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:36 AM (pMmVV)

92 "Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother."

Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

93 Compare and contrast.

https://tinyurl.com/yhw35y66

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (ndZc7)

94 The MSM is now in full and frantic denial. Those WC visitors can't possibly be enjoying America and Americans!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 11:35 AM (O0L8i)

I think this is an incredibly unexpected byproduct of the US hosting the World Cup.

The world is seeing what America REALLY is and what she has to offer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (2YhKe)

95 >Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother

This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.

Posted by: mr tmz at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (rJ48h)

96 Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

But it's not your ONLY banking option, now is it......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

97
This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.
Posted by: mr tmz at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (rJ48h)

He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

98 This applies to windows too and as as far as I can tell it is impossible for me to update. My pc vendor MSI will not release a firmware update, they say MS has to do something. And MS will not refresh keys, do anything at all without a firmware update. So I am screwed.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (3uBP9)

Yikes. Sorry for that.

The link alludes to the notion that Windows would have already updated certificates post-2023, which is what is suggested here. If, in fact, MSFT/MSI is EOLing these Windows PCs through this blame-shifting maneuver, I'd be pissed, especially in this HW sellers' market.

My MB is Gigabyte, my BIOS version was from 2019, but Gigabyte had a 2025 version, which I have updated to run. From the article, you merely need to update post-2023 to avoid the potential problems.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (dK+Kv)

99 In Oregon, the enviros like to announce in hot summers: "This will be the coolest summer for the rest of our lives".

They don't mention this claim in cooler summers.

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They also like to scare you with "near record highs". Near records highs are also called NOT record highs. Also, if you know how math, graphs and statistics work, if the hottest year in recorded history was back in the 1930's during the "Dust Bowl", then every year since has been on a downward slope from that point. In other words, it has been getting cooler...

This is why public schools prefer not to teach our kids anything; they might make these realizations themselves and blow up the narrative that is designed to keep you in fear, and them in power.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (THY4u)

100 SpongeBro was frequenting a Cowboy Church in a small town and sung in the choir.

He left when he found out the pastor was banging some of the married ladies in the congregation. I believe the pastor was married as well.
Posted by: Sponge
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Nasty. And a big problem in some of the non-denom churches where there is no real supervision of the ceo/preacher. And often charismatic leadership types are catnip for a certain sort of woman.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

101 I guess that whole 7th commandment doesn't mean anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:40 AM (afJtY)

102 >>> 65 Get this, in late June it’s hot in many parts of the United States. And it’s all due to SUVs.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 11:15 AM (VGFZk)

I was in traffic yesterday and started pondering molecular weight of gasses. O2 should mostly be 32. N2, 28. CO would be 26 so mostly should rise, which is nice for us, because it is poison.
CH4 is 16+ so, yeah, that rises too.
But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

Yes, please.

Posted by: plants everywhere at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (R+iUD)

103 I guess that whole 7th commandment doesn't mean anything.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:40 AM (afJtY)

When you're either a hypocrite or don't believe in the existence of your soul.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

104 56 Sadly my story parallels yours, Buck, although I'm a Lutheran. My church is just as lost as yours is. I've been experiencing a renewal of faith over the last several years but I doubt that it will lead to a return to a physical church. There's just nowhere for me to go.
Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (TrISa)

Start your own Lutheran congregation then.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (XtJbr)

105 But CO2 is 38, something like argon. Whatever carbon is being blown around the Earth's surface should mostly stay here and feed plants.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 11:28 AM (gKWVE)

But Freon is creating the hole in the ozone layer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (2YhKe)

106 Seems like old times.

https://tinyurl.com/y3akemzt

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (ndZc7)

107 95 >Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother

This is such a fucking lame criticism of Talarico.
Posted by: mr tmz at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (rJ48h)

Do you want to tell us about your joint checking account with mommy?

Posted by: we're here for you at June 19, 2026 11:41 AM (+aL9E)

108 My one rule of thumb: If the music portion of the service sounds like a rock concert… avoid YMMV

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 11:29 AM (yz/8

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Being raised in a Southern Baptist churches, both Mrs D and I fell away for awhile when we were travelling so much in the army. Spent most of the church time with the local protestant service in the chapel. Now in retirement, we have found a new church, but the band is modern and not very good. But they are enthusiastic and they have drawn a large youth group. I miss the old songs but I can adapt.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (2WIwB)

109 I always have a problem with that. PITA if you are using Grub as a bootloader. FWIW, you have to disable Secure Boot in bios in order to install the new certificates or do some terminal mumbo jumbo editing.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:19 AM (E4rtv)

My GRUB had an option to run the FW update program for Gigabyte (Qflash). It was relatively painless for me.

The article states that Windows could/would have already updated to post-2023 certificates. Since you dual-boot, I was wondering if that had happened.

Otherwise, I was able to update the firmware within Linux for my Intel B580, which was nice. For the MoBo, I had to get one from Gigabyte and use Qflash by hitting the hotkey on reboot to enter the flash utility.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (dK+Kv)

110 My MB is Gigabyte, my BIOS version was from 2019, but Gigabyte had a 2025 version, which I have updated to run. From the article, you merely need to update post-2023 to avoid the potential problems.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Yes. You can also do your own certificate if worst comes to worst but again, requires some knowledge of shims and how they work with grub bootloader. I don't think systemd or other more modern bootloaders have issues with it. And if absolutely necessary on modern systems, there is the crude UEFI bootloader.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

111 He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

In Talafreako's case, the implication is that his momma is supporting him, since he seems to have no job.

I figure Elric is helping support his mother.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji)

112 But they are enthusiastic and they have drawn a large youth group. I miss the old songs but I can adapt.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (2WIwB)

Also raised Southern Baptist. I have always preferred traditional hymns, as they are written and composed to be performed by the congregation, not musicians.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:43 AM (dK+Kv)

113 "Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother."

Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.

Posted by: Elric The Blade

There may also be practical reasons depending on circumstance. I was on dad's accounts for the last several years of his life, which made it possible for me to handle finances in his stead during his decline (and the period after his passing). Never used it for personal purposes (I'm sure Tallywhacker is being the paragon of responsibility...)

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 19, 2026 11:44 AM (OUMaO)

114 Thx Buck.
Not surprised that this came out during Pride Month ™ . Necrophilia and bestiality are next. That'll come out during Furry Month™

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (L9YhZ)

115 Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

But it's not your ONLY banking option, now is it......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)
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I only have one personal checking account. My mom has access to it. I also have a business checking account that I rarely use. I don't even remember who has signing authority on that one (beyond me, of course).

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

116

As long as they get rid of Cleveland Amory!!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (x0n13)

117 They don't know how to count the immense numbers of people who have flocked to independent evangelical churches because they have no unifying corporate face.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:30 AM (pMmVV)
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They are great at welcoming in new members, but they also have huge numbers who leave. Religious observance and feeling connected to a place enough to stay with it is not exactly a strong part of our culture right now.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (GZYu7)

118 I don't attend a church so I have no place commenting on their practices but their practices are why I don't attend a church.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:46 AM (afJtY)

119 It’s been fascinating, if frustrating, watching this turnaround. The presence of massive infidelity/promiscuity as a defining part of gay culture was once something the ruling class tried hard to pretending wasn’t there.

I recently read an Omni magazine factoid from November 1981 reporting on a mysterious “new” disease “claiming the lives of homosexual men… baffling epidemiologists at the Center for Disease Control… in New York City, San Francisco, and Los Angeles…”

Because “most of the victims don’t know one another” “the diseases are not believed to be infectious”. They suspect something like “Inhalant anesthetics… since many gays use them”.

It is impossible that none of the researchers knew that sex between gay men who did not know each other was common; it was so common that gay writers such as Armistead Maupin pretty much made their name writing about it. But the anonymous promiscuity of gay culture was one of those things virtuous people didn’t talk about, and, if truly virtuous, completely compartmentalized.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 11:46 AM (kYmoU)

120 This is a swinging congregation!

Hey, there's Yortuk and Georg over there, swinging with some foxes with big American breasts!

Posted by: Disco Stu at the PCUSA fellowship meeting at June 19, 2026 11:46 AM (wVcYX)

121 54 “ Breaking News: Summer Is Hot "

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This is just Hemispherist bigotry!

Posted by: Australia and New Zealand at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (PiwSw)

122 >>> 92 "Mr. Talarico is still a single man who shares a checking account with his mother."

Lotsa harping on that, but so what? I share a checking account with my mom. I don't even have the checkbook. She does.

There are so so so many other awful things about this Talafreako creep to hit him with. This financial choice ain't one of them.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:37 AM (iFTx/)

You have a JOB.

Posted by: plants everywhere at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (R+iUD)

123 There aren't that many combinations of what junk you are born with...
male genitalia
female genitalia
a bit of both (maybe 0.5%, 1/200. True Hermaphrodites are much less, 0.018%, less than 1/5000)
nothing (exceedingly rare).

There are NOT more than two genders, there are only two. The rest is either a combination (some degree of hermaphrodicity) or lack of gender.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (l3cgK)

124 Yes. You can also do your own certificate if worst comes to worst but again, requires some knowledge of shims and how they work with grub bootloader. I don't think systemd or other more modern bootloaders have issues with it. And if absolutely necessary on modern systems, there is the crude UEFI bootloader.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

I don't know when the mb was last changed in my desktop here, but I did it at least twice. Can one simply buy a new bios chip, or are they soldered into mb's now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (1z8ji)

125 SpongeBro was frequenting a Cowboy Church in a small town and sung in the choir.

He left when he found out the pastor was banging some of the married ladies in the congregation. I believe the pastor was married as well.
Posted by: Sponge
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Nasty. And a big problem in some of the non-denom churches where there is no real supervision of the ceo/preacher. And often charismatic leadership types are catnip for a certain sort of woman.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:39 AM (E4rtv)

lol

There is one of those (Cowboy churches) around here, and I had wondered about it, especially after hearing of another friend (who had a teenage daughter) who left another insular church, which had a reputation of grooming young girls for the congregation.

So gross.

Some of the people, for whom I later learned that frequent that church (Cowboy), I had wondered about, separately and earlier.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (dK+Kv)

126 For more conservative Protestant churches try the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod or the Presbyterian church in American ( PCA) which is NOT the PCUSA or the Global Methodist Church or the Anglican Church in NA . If some of these church are not near you, most places have independent Evangelical Free Churches or your corner Bible Fellowship church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (n3VHW)

127
Break it down - poly = many or more than one. amory, relating to amorous. Many loves.

The Polyamory of Dobie Gillis

www.imdb.com/title/tt0052490

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (Cqx++)

128 The article states that Windows could/would have already updated to post-2023 certificates. Since you dual-boot, I was wondering if that had happened.

Otherwise, I was able to update the firmware within Linux for my Intel B580, which was nice. For the MoBo, I had to get one from Gigabyte and use Qflash by hitting the hotkey on reboot to enter the flash utility.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

The machine I am on dual boots to Win 8.1 because it has the last usable non pro version of Dragon Dictate (won't run on 10) so I had the problem in 2024 when updating to the current version and this time, fortunately MSI had a bios update that resolved it again yesterday. MSI has a pretty good track record nowadays.

But I am getting tired of grub's idiosyncracies and don't plan to run a Linux sampler of distros on my main driver and with the Whispr based voice recognition and software to use it on Linux, am close to dumping Windows period on this machine.

Posted by: whig at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

129 Suggest leaving the Talarico's mother issue alone.

TikTox @ James Talarico
The Inspiring Story of James Talarico's Mom (as told to the View).

There are other ways to look at funding, i.e., FEC, Talarico, James - Candidate

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (NFX2v)

130 It's one thing to have a parent on YOUR account(s) and a different thing to be on your parent's account(s).

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (EneHm)

131 Been having my doubts on faith, but that may just be the rough road I've been walking the past few years. At least the congregation I'm with is great and the pastors aren't talking empty blather.
Posted by: Brother Tim
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Same here. Global Methodist. Small, but devoted congregation. Very hard to leave the UMC after a lifetime of membership.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (XeU6L)

132 My BIOS is from 2019. MSI makes the pc and makes the mobo separate. They have a new BIOS for the mobo from 2025. But they change the BIOS ID of the mobo on their pc offerings so that the newer 2025 mobo firmware cannot be applied. It will only accept the pc firmware update for the mobo that is from back in 2019. It's BS. But there's not a damn thing I can do except risk bricking my mobo by forcing a firmware flash using a secondary UEFI tool.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (3uBP9)

133
I only have one personal checking account. My mom has access to it. I also have a business checking account that I rarely use. I don't even remember who has signing authority on that one (beyond me, of course).
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:45 AM (iFTx/)

Making you NOT James Talarico.

Also, it would behoove you to know who has signing authority on your accounts.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

134 The rot in the Catholic church has spread to most catholic colleges too. They were big proponents of open borders.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (0nHVk)

135 Break it down - poly = many or more than one. amory, relating to amorous. Many loves.

Politics

Poli - many
Tics - blood sucking leeches

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (mYCqF)

136 How can you read the bible without concluding that God takes sexuality very seriously? Spiritual beings are condemned to death because of their deviancy.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (2ap+5)

137 It's just not hospitable.

The British Patriot
@TheBritLad
BREAKING: Bristol City Council has threatened local residents with eviction if they fly English flags while England are in the World Cup.
They say that flying the flag can causes health and safety issues.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

138 He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

In Talafreako's case, the implication is that his momma is supporting him, since he seems to have no job.

I figure Elric is helping support his mother.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM (1z8ji)
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I get the implication, but you can mooch off your parents -- or a sugar daddy or whoever -- without sharing a checking account. In fact, the way leeching is done in today's world is through digital apps (apple pay, cash app, doordash, etc).

If you want to hit this creep on the fact that he's a layabout leech, then go for it. But then say just that. The fact that he has a checking account with his mom standing alone doesn't move the needle. And I'll bet a lot of people have joint or shared accounts with parents.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (iFTx/)

139 I know one of those Cowboy Church guys. He beat his wife on Saturday and preached on Sunday.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (afJtY)

140 If some of these church are not near you, most places have independent Evangelical Free Churches or your corner Bible Fellowship church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:48 AM (n3VHW)

Last place I lived in Calgary was right around the corner from the Chinese Evangelical Free Church. Friend remarked, "Figures. If they had to pay, they wouldn't go."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (1z8ji)

141 I don't know when the mb was last changed in my desktop here, but I did it at least twice. Can one simply buy a new bios chip, or are they soldered into mb's now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:47 AM (1z8ji)

MoBo ROMs may be in a socket or may be soldered. In either case, I would think it to be exceedingly rare to purchase a new ROM chip and BIOS revision. Those are typically updated via software after downloading from MoBo manufacturers website, then following their precise instructions.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (dK+Kv)

142 Why are people picking on Polly Amory? She's a very nice lady who gives me some of her homegrown tomatoes sometimes.

What? Oh....

Never mind.

Posted by: Emily Litella at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (PiwSw)

143 Opened my checking account when I was 19, mom never got a peek.
No one else either.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (pMmVV)

144 Dig a little and you'll find that just about every climate change evangelist is in the pay of Big Thermometer.

Posted by: I knew it! at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (hgXkL)

145 @TheBritLad
BREAKING: Bristol City Council has threatened local residents with eviction if they fly English flags while England are in the World Cup.
They say that flying the flag can causes health and safety issues.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:50 AM (ndZc7)

The people should overthrow the city council. They are Nazis.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:51 AM (2YhKe)

146 I would note that at the time of the old testament the patriarchs had multiple wives, and this was not an uncommon thing in days of old. Of course, Christ put a new spin on that.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (GZYu7)

147
I have always preferred traditional hymns, as they are written and composed to be performed by the congregation, not musicians.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Old Rugged Cross has always been one of my lifetime favorites.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (QVmho)

148 Politics

Poli - many
Tics - blood sucking leeches
Posted by: rickb223

Excellent explanation.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (ndZc7)

149 And I'll bet a lot of people have joint or shared accounts with parents.

Yeah, the fact that people are having to explain why this is an attackable issue—and not doing a good job of it—makes it a likely boomerang issue. It’s not worth it, especially against a problem-rich politician like Talarico.

Really, the best attack against Talarico is to continue airing Talarico.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (kYmoU)

150 94. The world is seeing what America REALLY is and what she has to offer.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Absolutely.

But "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?"

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (NFX2v)

151 This has not been a particularly hot summer, at least so far. In fact, it's been one of the milder ones, at least in the Northeast.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (iFTx/)

152 What's up with you people and all your long-winded denomination names?

Posted by: African Methodist Episcopal Zionists at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (hgXkL)

153 I think every housewife in the 60's watched soap operas where someone was cheating on someone. And they sure were popular as every TV station showed one after another.
None of this is new. Really it's old. And they also read books that were even more trashy.

Posted by: Case at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (IY9No)

154 Hymns: fifth rate poems set to sixth rate music.

Posted by: So said C.S. Lewis at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (hgXkL)

155 Yeah, the fact that people are having to explain why this is an attackable issue—and not doing a good job of it—makes it a likely boomerang issue. It’s not worth it, especially against a problem-rich politician like Talarico.

Really, the best attack against Talarico is to continue airing Talarico.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 11:53 AM (kYmoU)

This is just one of many things Talarico is being attacked on.

If this was the ONLY thing, sure, make a big deal out of it. It's not. It's one of a lot he's being bashed about.

He's a heretic freakazoid momma's boy living off her income that wants to take power and tell you how to live your life.

That, in my opinion, is a Biden "big f*cking deal."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

156 Posted by: BifBewalski - at June 19, 2026 11:52 AM (QVmho

I usually try to give the background to the writer of the hymns in services . So many wonderful hymn stories.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 11:55 AM (n3VHW)

157 Toccata and fugue in D minor feels like holy music.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (2ap+5)

158 The Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is careful to follow the Bible and has thereby earned a reputation as politically conservative. Not all Presbyterian churches follow the PCUSA.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (ZVgZ4)

159 He's likely laundering money via mommy so they can't tie it to him.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 11:38 AM (2YhKe)

In Talafreako's case, the implication is that his momma is supporting him, since he seems to have no job.

I figure Elric is helping support his mother.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 11:42 AM

His parents fronted him $200,000 to buy a house.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (0N4FZ)

160 I go to a Bible church. The pastor preaches uncomfortable truths. No sex/ living together before marriage is a big one. Yet the young adults are flocking to the church... in Austin.

Posted by: lin-duh in Texas at June 19, 2026 11:56 AM (EneHm)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Waiting Room
George Tooker

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

2 Soggy Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (mYCqF)

3 "The Shitters"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

4 What are they waiting for?

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (VJX5o)

5 "Your arms are so bulgy!"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (2YhKe)

6 Kind of depressing.

Posted by: Tuna at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (lJ0H4)

7 What are they waiting for?
Posted by: huerfano

Their bowels to move?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (mYCqF)

8 Waiting room for what?

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

9 Why on earth would there be stalls in the waiting room? There's no doors on them, so no privacy whatsoever.

Seems silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

10 Umm okay. Seems kinda like a open changing room. But

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (1x/7y)

11 "Now serving number 37... number 37"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (jehhT)

12 What are they waiting for?'

Me!

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm)

13 Soggy Sponge!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (mYCqF)

"Sluggish. Like a wet sponge."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

14 Chick on far right has a mask on.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

15 Huh? While it does remind me of a Greyhound terminal at 0300, I don't get it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (ItpVy)

16 Oh, I see. Waiting for Death.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (VJX5o)

17 Oooh, damn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (2YhKe)

18 Well, he certainly captured the atmosphere of a BMV.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (CwhoI)

19 The Waiting Room

Yeah. Not understanding what's going on.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (mYCqF)

20 LOVE THIS!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (zT39e)

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ItpVy)

22 The guy on the left looks...suspicious.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

23 Glory holes.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (Kt19C)

24 Waiting for death, it looks like.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (ftFVW)

25 F*ckin Owebama........

I'd ban you to the barrel, but we don't want you here.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (2YhKe)

26 Waiting room to cross the River Styx.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (zT39e)

27 Waiting for death, it looks like.
Posted by: She Hobbit

And, as fate would have it, Death took a holiday.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (ItpVy)

28 The guy on the couch is not going to need his suitcase.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (VJX5o)

29 Methadone clinic waiting room?

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (TWeMF)

30 Lady with the magazine with the face on the cover confused me for a minute. Kinda freaky.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (ftFVW)

31 The chick with the guy in stall 117, I mean.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (77rzZ)

32 The man on the right is contemplating jihad.

The man on the left has x-ray glasses and is severely disappointed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (2YhKe)

33 Umm okay. Seems kinda like a open changing room. But
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN

It would have to be a men's changing room. Because no way in hell would it be an "open changing room" for women with men inside.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (mYCqF)

34 The guy on the couch is not going to need his suitcase.
Posted by: huerfano

He's done waiting.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (ftFVW)

35 The waiting is the hardest part.

Posted by: Tom Petty at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

36 Waiting room to cross the River Styx.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 09:33 AM (zT39e)

They'll be sailing away.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

37 Kind of strange to me, waiting for what?

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)

38 I was at the eyeball doctor's office yesterday. Sometimes it looks like this in the afternoon.

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (VJX5o)

39 The waiting is the hardest part.
Posted by: Tom Petty at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (0nHVk)

FREEEEEEE BALLLINNNNNNN!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (2YhKe)

40 It's cubicles with no doors

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)

41 Waiting room to cross the River Styx.

My favorite river!

Posted by: Some Beaver at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)

42 It would have to be a men's changing room. Because no way in hell would it be an "open changing room" for women with men inside.
Posted by: rickb223

So true, so true.

Posted by: It's Ma'am!!! at June 19, 2026 09:36 AM (ftFVW)

43
It would have to be a men's changing room. Because no way in hell would it be an "open changing room" for women with men inside.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:35 AM (mYCqF)

BIGOT!!!!!

Posted by: Your Local Tranny at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (2YhKe)

44 And over 100 room numbers there are a lot of them

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (sgkY8)

45 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

46 Code Blue in 114

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (6/7Fs)

47 The people all look diseased.
Don't think I'd hang this one
Thx CBD, have a great weekend

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (L9YhZ)

48 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

I've often wondered why you make an appointment to see a Dr.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

49 George tooker to the waiting room.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (3uBP9)

50 Biden at the Obama Library opening.

https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/ae/90/000090ae.jpeg

Posted by: huerfano at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (VJX5o)

51 The dude in 115 is either getting head or taking a leak.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (2YhKe)

52 Waiting on a friend.

Posted by: The Rolling Stones at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (0nHVk)

53 Alternate Title: CNN's Core Demographic

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (6/7Fs)

54 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more./i]

This is the "government-ization" of healthcare.

Curing people doesn't really matter. Its paperwork, billing codes, and schedules.

Posted by: Some Beaver at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (sKqQm)

55 Next!

Posted by: Death Panelist at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (Q+gd/)

56 FUN FACT: The chick in 116 just got roughly fondled by Donald Trump.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:40 AM (6/7Fs)

57 OK, this gives off definite Nineteen Eighty-Four vibes.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 19, 2026 09:40 AM (qRla/)

58 It’s not supposed to be an actual waiting room. It’s a pessimistic take on bureaucracy and how it dehumanizes people into numbers.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (mZ2ys)

59
And Did He Ever Return? - a limerick

There was a DMV clerk named Eileen
With that certain look. You know the one I mean.
I pulled a ticket for my wait
It read "seven-fifty-eight"
And Eileen yells, "Now serving seventeen!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (qgHp7)

60 The guy in 115 looks like he is being ....um ... taken care of by someone.

Posted by: dantesed at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (Oy/m2)

61 Hey, there goes Elvis! Yo, King!

Well, looks like I’m next. Good thing, too. I gotta do a photo shoot for GQ in about an hour and a half. Yeah, they’ve been after me for months. Doin’ some underwear deal.

Posted by: Beetlejuice at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (ycI94)

62 Is there a reason there are no black people in your Juneteenth painting post CBD?

Racist?

How DARE you not celebrate the opening of the Owebama King Negro Library.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (2YhKe)

63 58 It’s not supposed to be an actual waiting room. It’s a pessimistic take on bureaucracy and how it dehumanizes people into numbers.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:41 AM (mZ2ys)

----------

Would that be a metaphor or a simile?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (6/7Fs)

64 If I was a dr. I would hang this in the waiting room.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (3uBP9)

65 From AmericanArt.si.edu:

"George Tooker grew frustrated with the bureaucracy while trying to obtain building permits for a house he bought in New York. He painted several images that show “faceless” government workers and run-down people getting nowhere (Garver, George Tooker, 1985). The clinical interior of The Waiting Room evokes the conformity of the 1950s and emphasizes the pale, drawn expressions on the figures. The people stand in numbered boxes, evoking ideas of standardization that force people into predefined categories. The man on the left appears to be in charge of the “sorting,” creating a sinister view of government scrutiny."

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 19, 2026 09:42 AM (3ImbR)

66 Looking for a wide stance in one of these stalls.

Posted by: Larry Craig at June 19, 2026 09:43 AM (0nHVk)

67 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. There was conformity imposed by large corporations that needed a simplified workforce, and there was the conformity of everyone buying from the same Sears, Brooks Brothers, and Montgomery Wards array of clothing and housewares, but that was more a function of the war production moving to consumer goods in the only way it could: massive production of standard goods since that was what war production was all about.

Socially and politically, of course, there was also the issue of moving out of the wartime economy and regimentation, and of course the ever lasting confusion of "freedom of choice" being conflated with "freedom of choosing to be free of consequences" which is always with us.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (rbvCR)

68 Alternate title:

"The Room With Three-Quarters Privacy"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

69 That poor guy sitting down on the right still had hair when he first got in line.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (3uBP9)

70 I have a Montgomery Wards stick welder.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (2YhKe)

71 urinals?

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

72 The clinical interior of The Waiting Room evokes the conformity of the 1950s

Apparently the writer here hasn't experienced modern government bureaucracy which hasn't changed since the 50s and is now in way more parts of our lives

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

73 Apparently the writer here hasn't experienced modern government bureaucracy which hasn't changed since the 50s and is now in way more parts of our lives
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

Welcome to Owebamacare!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:46 AM (2YhKe)

74 67 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. There was conformity imposed by large corporations that needed a simplified workforce, and there was the conformity of everyone buying from the same Sears, Brooks Brothers, and Montgomery Wards array of clothing and housewares, but that was more a function of the war production moving to consumer goods in the only way it could: massive production of standard goods since that was what war production was all about.

Socially and politically, of course, there was also the issue of moving out of the wartime economy and regimentation, and of course the ever lasting confusion of "freedom of choice" being conflated with "freedom of choosing to be free of consequences" which is always with us.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (rbvCR)
——-

It’s mostly leftist bullshit because we didn’t tolerate commies and didn’t celebrate vile sexual perversion.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:47 AM (mZ2ys)

75
It’s mostly leftist bullshit because we didn’t tolerate commies and didn’t celebrate vile sexual perversion.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 19, 2026 09:47 AM (mZ2ys)

But it's PRIDE month!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

76 And one from the archives:

Cloven Hooves and Bureaucrats - a limerick

There once was a girl named McBee
Who died in two-thousand-and-three
Smell of sulfur, devilish ladies
She said, "Crap, I've gone to Hades!"
They said, "No ma'am, you're at the DMV!"

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

77 Alternate title:

"Wilbur Thought There'd Be a Better Selection of Rescue Families At The Human Pound

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (iJfKG)

78 The guy in 115 appears to be getting some "service."

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (QaH55)

79 Eh, a little weird?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

80 This is one of those midish 20th century paintings that leave me saying "So what". The style and colors are deliberately unattractive: dull and flat. He may be making a statement about crowded urban life but, again, so what.

Where the hell would you hang this thing? Unless it's a story illustration about the futility of existence, what was the point of creating it.

The final nail in its coffin was on his Wiki page. He's getting the National Medal of Art from George W. Bush which confirms my opinions about some arts councils and Bush. Those opinions are not complimentary.

Posted by: JTB at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

81 Cloven Hooves and Bureaucrats - a limerick

There once was a girl named McBee
Who died in two-thousand-and-three
Smell of sulfur, devilish ladies
She said, "Crap, I've gone to Hades!"
They said, "No ma'am, you're at the DMV!"
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

True story!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (2YhKe)

82 Don't like. It's too strange.

Posted by: Case at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)

83 Then again, I worked for years in a Herman Miller cubical. At one point they "densified" the floor, everyone had their cube reduced in size. Then they decided to not to hire new workers. After six months management decided they didn't like the empty desks, so they moved another unit that was slightly too large to those desks, leaving most of another floor empty.
Which they then moved people around to clear a whole floor out and rented it out to another agency until the other agency decided they hated our building as much as we did and relocated.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (rbvCR)

84 It’s mostly leftist bullshit because we didn’t tolerate commies and didn’t celebrate vile sexual perversion.

There is sort of a funny tension here.

Go listen to left of center reels/ticktoks/etc and it is full of complaints that housing, healthcare, etc are no longer affordable like they were in the past.

If you push them on what they mean by the past it is...the 1950s.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (sKqQm)

85 55 Next!

Posted by: Death Panelist

Is next...Death Vare!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (Riz8t)

86 When they call NEXT, does everyone move up one stall?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (6/7Fs)

87 >79 Eh, a little weird?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:49 AM (X8xt3)

A little fugazi if you ask me.
https://youtu.be/SGJFWirQ3ks?si=fHQXfse3mcp3z63a

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (GTqXr)

88 Guy on the left is going to sell you a ferret from under his coat.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (AqmFA)

89 Don't like. It's too strange.
Posted by: Case at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (IY9No)

You asked for it..........

https://youtu.be/nottxrPEW-o

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (2YhKe)

90 Alternate Title:

Free Colonoscopy Day at the Community Health Fair.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (qgHp7)

91 What's the point of Gay Surrealism if the pictures don't even have nekkid dudes?

Uh, which would appeal to, uh, some people.

Clears throat.
Slithers away.

Posted by: Pete in Texas at June 19, 2026 09:51 AM (p9rFX)

92 There is a repetition of colors, brown pink orange tan blue through out. The same shade. I wonder if that was another element of the message. I actually love orange and I think it needs to come back appliance and race car wise.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:52 AM (3uBP9)

93 'The Waiting Room' … ? Looks like the 'Stop 'n Frisk Room' …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:52 AM (ayRl+)

94 Looks like the peeps in Stall 118 gave up and went home.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 09:52 AM (6/7Fs)

95 Those look like bathroom stalls. Yikes.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 09:54 AM (kU0PQ)

96 Happy JuneKwanzaaa!

Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at June 19, 2026 09:55 AM (YM9Kp)

97 This is where y' go if you can't pass the "Papieren, bitte!" test …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (ayRl+)

98 Apparently the writer here hasn't experienced modern government bureaucracy which hasn't changed since the 50s and is now in way more parts of our lives
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:45 AM (sKqQm)

The standard government waiting room is one step below Walmart because at least Walmart has the clientele winnowing elements that clientele must have access to funds and at least have made their own choice to be there.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (rbvCR)

99 Also orange rooms and furniture are great. All these people would be happier if they were in an orange waiting room.

Posted by: banana Dream - basically a wes anderson palette at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (3uBP9)

100 Free Colonoscopy Day

********

Drat! I missed a golden opportunity for a Ben Dover sock.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

101 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. ...

It was really about social standing, as it always is. It was the wealthier / creative types saying "I'm too refined and discerning for this junky mass culture. That's for the plebs, those unthinking monkeys."

It's a strange position for the people who claim to be against kings.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 09:56 AM (Riz8t)

102 >>This is the "government-ization" of healthcare.

It got worse. It turned out that the sub-waiting room was a wait to have the IV needle inserted into my arm. After that, I was taken back to "sub wait" to wait even more before actually, finally, being escorted to the CT room.

Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (J4Dwc)

103 During pride month and on Juneteenf this is the painting we get? I see no pride and no diversity. For shame, sir. For shame.

Good day to you!!

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (VGFZk)

104 @ 51 The dude in 115 is either getting head or taking a leak.
__________________________

Or, both … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ayRl+)

105 The standard government waiting room is one step below Walmart because at least Walmart has the clientele winnowing elements that clientele must have access to funds

You might think so, but no.

Posted by: "Teens" going on a shopping spree at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t)

106 The Guardian: Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines
Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional...only about 40% of recruits opted to get vaccinated...About 46% of adults were vaccinated against influenza in the 2025-26 cold season, according to the CDC...

What part of military readiness would even begin to question mandatory vaccination? Even if you only wanted them to focus on being “lethal” like Hogshead you got to think a flu going around would harm performance.

I would bet money he got the vaccine himself. It’s just about fucking over everyone below him—as is the MAGA way.

all the twatwaffles who rallied against the COVID vaccinations still go it. Marjorie Trailer Queen basically admitted as much when seh claimed "hippo" regulations meant reports couldn't ask her her vaccination status.

Getting a yearly vaccine with virtually no side effects for most people is an absurd overreaching mandate? F outta here with that nonsense.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

107 same orange in three stalls. same pink in three stalls. seems like same fabric too.
who designed the numbering system? 87 to 118? dumb.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

108 >>> I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. There was conformity imposed by large corporations that needed a simplified workforce, and there was the conformity of everyone buying from the same Sears, Brooks Brothers, and Montgomery Wards array of clothing and housewares, but that was more a function of the war production moving to consumer goods in the only way it could: massive production of standard goods since that was what war production was all about.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:44 AM (rbvCR)

I am always told about office parties before my time and how they were at every company, regardless of big or small, basically bacchanalian orgies before modern hr. I was told this all stopped around the 80s. I didn't start working corporate until the 90s and it was all 100% buttoned down by then. So I can't even imagine what they were expecting for less conformity.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 09:59 AM (3uBP9)

109 I had to go to Walmart to return something recently. They have the same line for returns and money orders/transfers

As I was waiting in line I noticed most of the people in front of me were hispanic looking and not carrying return items.

Each person was transferring money to Latin America. And it was comical because the tiny Muslim woman working the register could barely speak English and the hispanic customers could also barely speak English so there was a lot of handwaving and trying to show her a code on their phones.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:59 AM (sKqQm)

110 92 mcclaren.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (R11M+)

111 Pro Tip:

That's not a ferret!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

112 I never did figure out why the 50's were demonized as the time of conformity, worse than the 40's or the early 60's. ...

—

The funny thing is conformity never went away.

The “liberated 60s” had just as much conformity. Everyone looked the same just a different look than the 50s.

Watch a group of teenagers today. They all have the same clothes, same haircut.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (VGFZk)

113 all the twatwaffles who rallied against the COVID vaccinations still go it.

I'm a pure blood as our all of my immediate family members.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)

114 Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (VGFZk

Well, if it's any help for Pride month, Tooker was a gay man

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (OYsYV)

115 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

Also one of the most notable differences between free and non-free societies is how easy it is to leave. This isn't the Berlin Wall certainly but...give them time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)

116 I’ve never had a flu shot and oddly never had the flu.

Odd how that works.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (VGFZk)

117 Marjorie Trailer Queen basically admitted as much

The left's brief love affair with her ended when they found out she wouldn't be useful I suppose.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:02 AM (sKqQm)

118 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

He should buy diamonds and carry them...internally as he crosses the border. That's how it's done.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:02 AM (Riz8t)

119 "Seinfield! Party of four!"

/Chinese maitre d'

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:02 AM (qgHp7)

120 Stall numbers not in correct numerical sequence. Would not hang.

Posted by: Halfhand at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (QzF8x)

121 During pride month and on Juneteenf this is the painting we get? I see no pride and no diversity. For shame, sir. For shame.

Good day to you!!
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 09:57 AM (VGFZk)

I can look for pictures of happy negros celebrating that someone else has struck away their chains if you like.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (rbvCR)

122 The flu shot's actual effectiveness is something like 7% in a good year.

If we really wanted to do something about the flu you could just ban travel from China since it is the world's flu reservoir.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)

123 The flu shot's actual effectiveness is something like 7% in a good year.

Source?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)

124 What happens if you don’t pay the exit tax? Unless you ever go back Canada can’t do shit to you.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (VGFZk)

125 I'm a pure blood as our all of my immediate family members.
>>>>>Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)

Yeah, you and the other Hitler Youth.

Posted by: Same Old at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (RKiXg)

126 I’ve never had a flu shot and oddly never had the flu.

Odd how that works.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (VGFZk)

Never gotten the flu shot. Had the flu once, about ten years ago, and it was not fun, but I kicked it a few days. I have a pretty robust immune system.

Never had the clot shot either. Got the' rona, but, aside from some fatigue, it was not as bad as when I had the flu.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (PSEDc)

127 About them 'vaxxinations' … I've already notified my docs that I no longer accept 'vaxxination' injections but a blood draw is perfectly okay - as is injection of a needed non-mRNA med. Never got 'the shot' - never will. BTW: "PureBloods" are valued quite highly at blood donation centers these days. Wonder why? Pay me. No, pay me more.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (ayRl+)

128 >>> Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

It would seem there is this strange, absolutely mysterious, covariance between that time of the year when flu vaccines are offered and when cases of the flu increase. Throughout all history and in all places on earth.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (3uBP9)

129 "All cubicles on each side need to contain the same color."

/Rubik's cubicle

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

130 Never gotten a flu shot.

Never will.

Now they want to make it an mRNA shot.

F*ck off.

They will get their population control whether you want it or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

131 What happens if you don’t pay the exit tax? Unless you ever go back Canada can’t do shit to you.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (VGFZk)

Better change banks before you leave.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

132 The 50's and 80's are easily the two best decades of the last 100 years.

It was a time of great prosperity, hopefulness and relative internal tranquility.

The the 30's and 90's weren't bad either.

The last 25 years though, fongool.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 10:06 AM (XV/Pl)

133 A tombstone for Obamaism.

What it resembles most, I’d argue, is a mausoleum, the Obamausoleum, if you will. The tower is clad in New Hampshire granite, rises in a faceted, asymmetrical mass with almost no windows, and looms over a grassy public park. It even has words carved near the top, giving the whole thing the unmistakable air of the world’s largest headstone. But what it marks — unintentionally — is the final resting place of Obamaism: a politics after politics, a monument to the fantasy that if enough institutions speak pleasant bromides in a reassuring voice, if politicians act like noble characters from The West Wing, some ineffable thing called “the arc of the moral universe” will bend and everyone wins. Who needs culture war when you can have culture peace?...

What he offered instead was the thin gruel of himself: Obama as symbol, Obama as cultural ascendance, Obama as proof that America had already become better simply by recognizing him.

https://tinyurl.com/39jrjfsk

Posted by: Archimedes at June 19, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)

134 108 late '90s machine building in elk grove. the friday requirement was to have a beer or drink in your hand while working or go home. interesting commutes home.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:06 AM (R11M+)

135 The flu shot's actual effectiveness is something like 7% in a good year.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (sKqQm)

Absolutely incorrect. It's not a great vaccine because flu shifts its antigens every year, but a good year is better than 50% effectiveness. This year it's about 33%.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (PLxDd)

136 I didn’t get the clot shot either. Got the Chyna virus twice. First time was a couple of days of a beaches and bad couch. Second time was the same time frame just not as severe. I’ve probably had it several more time but never got diagnosed.

They shut down the world for years over essentially a bad cold.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (VGFZk)

137 Alternate title:

"George Hesitated Before Entering The Pre-Surgical Admissions Stall For Transexual Phenotype #115 Surgery. Did He Really Want a Set Of Cow's Teats Instead Of A Penis?"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (iJfKG)

138 Owebama is a Marxist piece of shit and one of the worst things to ever happen to this country.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)

139 125 I'm a pure blood as our all of my immediate family members.
>>>>>Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:00 AM (sKqQm)

You're Lucius Malfoy??? Squeeeee!

Posted by: Harry Potter superfan at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (PiwSw)

140 The patients were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (hgXkL)

141 A creepy sort of painting -- Hopper-like, but not. The silvery glasses of the man at far left suggest he has something to hide. Demon eyes, perhaps.

Not to mention the place is not that clean. See the discarded paper on the floor.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (wzUl9)

142 116 i don't have a parachute and have never stepped off of an airplane.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (R11M+)

143 1 "Now serving number 37... number 37"
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026

***
And your number is 232.

And it's 4:45 pm on a Friday before a long weekend.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)

144 They will get their population control whether you want it or not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:05 AM (2YhKe)

Stick around for my Sunday piece.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (PLxDd)

145 Stick around for my Sunday piece.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:09 AM (PLxDd)

WOOT!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:10 AM (2YhKe)

146 None of the vaxxes are about safety or health. It’s about money for Pfizer, Merck and the rest of them.

It’s hilarious how the “we hate billionaires and corporations” people are all in on forcing people to give billions of dollars to those very same entities.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:10 AM (VGFZk)

147 Looks AI to me.

Posted by: sTevo at June 19, 2026 10:11 AM (/Sq4/)

148 The 50's and 80's are easily the two best decades of the last 100 years.

It was a time of great prosperity, hopefulness and relative internal tranquility. . . .

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026

***
I loved much about the '80s. The early '60s up to about 1967 were great too . . . and you could argue that the first three years of the decade were really just the '50s extended a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

149 Looks AI to me.
Posted by: sTevo at June 19, 2026 10:11 AM (/Sq4/)

Don't activate Skynet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 10:12 AM (2YhKe)

150 But it's PRIDE month!
Posted by: Sponge
----

And, June 19 is Juneteenth National Independence Day, a federal holiday in the United States.

No mail today.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:13 AM (XeU6L)

151 80s through mid 00s was generally a really good period of time.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:13 AM (VGFZk)

152 Had a CT scan the other day. In the waiting room, at about 45 minutes past the scheduled time of my appointment, the door opened and my name was called. Finally, I thought, only to be lead to the "sub waiting room" where i was told to have a seat and...wait some more.
Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:37 AM (J4Dwc)

I've often wondered why you make an appointment to see a Dr.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:38 AM (2YhKe)

When I had my appointment to get my biopsy results the doctor was very late but we expected that as the nurse who took my wife and me to the exam room informed us that they were having issues getting pathology results for some patients. They had ours but they'd been on the phone for 45 minutes trying to get them for the patient before us.

I wasn't sure why they didn't see us and then go back to that poor bastard but I cut them some slack.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 10:14 AM (ExV1e)

153 Absolutely incorrect. It's not a great vaccine because flu shifts its antigens every year, but a good year is better than 50% effectiveness. This year it's about 33%

The CDC keeps publishing those numbers and yet the number of per capita flu deaths hasn't significantly declined after the mass introduction of the vaccine.

So the best and most objective metric we have shows minimal improvement

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

154 Unless you ever go back Canada can’t do shit to you.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:04 AM (VGFZk)

They have tax treaties with a lot of countries including us.

If you don't pay it,the IRS will not only assist the CRA in collecting their debt, but it will also obviate the double taxation protections, and you will be *double-taxed.*

Given that Canada's exit tax is on unrealized gains at 50%, you'd effectively be forfeiting your entire net worth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (BI5O2)

155 It’s bad enough Biden made up a bullshit holiday. But calling it Independence Day was just sticking our noses in it.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (VGFZk)

156 Transexual Phenotype #115 Surgery. Did He Really Want a Set Of Cow's Teats Instead Of A Penis?"

Posted by: naturalfake

*************

Heh! You misspelled 'peenotype'

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)

157 Waiting room for what?

It’s awfully hot and smoky…

Posted by: Joe the Georgian at June 19, 2026 10:16 AM (kYmoU)

158 I’ve never had a flu shot and oddly never had the flu.

Odd how that works.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (VGFZk)

I got the flu shot every year in the Navy (required) and got sick every year. Got out and didn't get the shot. Then I got the actual flu. Started getting the shot again every year. Then covid happened and I didn't trust the medicos to not try and give me a two-fer so I stopped again.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 10:16 AM (ExV1e)

159 So the best and most objective metric we have shows minimal improvement
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:15 AM (sKqQm)

Shut up science denier!!!
- Pfizer

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:17 AM (VGFZk)

160 And the fundamental problem with the flu vaccine is clear.

They try to identify the variant that will be common in the US, but the virus mutates from then until you encounter it - flu like illnesses mutate quickly which is why they are so hard to vaccinate against

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:17 AM (sKqQm)

161 Absolutely incorrect. It's not a great vaccine because flu shifts its antigens every year, but a good year is better than 50% effectiveness. This year it's about 33%.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 19, 2026 10:07 AM (PLxDd)

The CDC says last year was 36%. 2024 was 56%.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:17 AM (rbvCR)

162 Does anyone truly believe a word coming out of the CDC? Really?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:18 AM (VGFZk)

163 I got one of this automated speeding tickets. It's civil, so doesn't count to my driving record. If I don't pay they threaten they can hit my credit rating. I don't know what else they can do though.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 19, 2026 10:19 AM (gKWVE)

164 The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama
---
You nasty, racist pile of soggy donkey shit:
You haven't--and can't--read a single book Thomas Jefferson read.

You are a foreign-born, anti-American faggot and have--and never will--earn the right to criticize any of the Founders.

You are an embarrassing stain upon the history of America.
Even Benedict Arnold once fought for this county--you never have.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 10:20 AM (73/SM)

165 I had 'The Holy COHHHH-vid!' twice: First for a week when it arrived on our shores, and next year for 2 or 3 days. After that, nichts. Don't need no steenking 'vaxxinAYshuh' … my body does for me what it was designed to do in the Self-Defence department.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:21 AM (ayRl+)

166 The CDC says last year was 36%. 2024 was 56%.

I get the flu shot most years and agonize over it each time, for reasons similar to Different Nic’s. Numbers like these are part of the reason: the last time it topped 50% was also the last year they would have more easily pumped the numbers.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:21 AM (kYmoU)

167 Juneteenth was declared a National Holiday in 2021.

Local Headline today:

"Juneteenth Eats: The history behind traditional foods eaten on the holiday"

Yeah, right. Five whole years of history and tradition.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (qgHp7)

168 83 Then again, I worked for years in a Herman Miller cubical. At one point they "densified" the floor, everyone had their cube reduced in size. Then they decided to not to hire new workers. After six months management decided they didn't like the empty desks, so they moved another unit that was slightly too large to those desks, leaving most of another floor empty.
Which they then moved people around to clear a whole floor out and rented it out to another agency until the other agency decided they hated our building as much as we did and relocated.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 09:50 AM (rbvCR)

And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
And they all get put in boxes
Little boxes all the same

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (6wpGE)

169 weather.gov lists today not as 6/19 but as juneteenth.
thanks to the horde for king negro and many other borrowings.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (R11M+)

170 I will point out that the CDC website says that the the Flu Vaccination has exceeded 50% effectiveness only four years in the last sixteen. No stats listed for 2020

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (rbvCR)

171 Is that what Gaylord's library looks like on the inside?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (OoF9t)

172 A note on the flu vaccine - as long as you get the real vaccine and not some mRNA it is fairly safe. It is just unlikely to help you much either.

Honestly the best thing you can do is spend as little time locked indoors with sick people as possible though if you have kids in a public school you are out of luck

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

173 I got a red light ticket. Same thing it’s civil not criminal because it can’t determine who was driving. But the letter I got claimed non payment would lead to a credit hit, collection agencies, etc.

Fine was $125, I wasn’t going to gamble on my credit getting destroyed over it and paid the stupid thing. Also didn’t affect insurance rates, so there’s no incentive to fight it in court. $125 isn’t worth wasting 1/2 a day dealing with a court appearance.

Like everything else it’s just a money grab by the govt.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:24 AM (VGFZk)

174 106

Marjorie Trailer Queen

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

LOL

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (6wpGE)

175 "The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

The Declaration was about Anti-Tyranny. Then Obama was elected.

Posted by: davidt at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (Q+gd/)

176 155 It’s bad enough Biden made up a bullshit holiday. But calling it Independence Day was just sticking our noses in it.
Posted by: Heroq

Look on the bright side...in a few years, there's a good chance Dems win the culture war, and Juneteenth gets replaced by whatever "Queer Liberation" day REALLY brings equality and liberty to the US, or something...

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (ycI94)

177 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Strange art. Don't like it.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 10:25 AM (2WIwB)

178 Marjorie Trailer Queen

Stealing that.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 19, 2026 10:26 AM (NGvkg)

179 JOOOOONTEENPH!!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 19, 2026 10:27 AM (Kt19C)

180 Juneteenth is a Marxist holiday and isn't going away

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (sgkY8)

181 106

Marjorie Trailer Queen

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (ycI94)

LOL
Posted by: m

Normally, I edit Reddit posts a bit to fit as share as possible, but I'd never seen that name for her before and thought it was amusing enough to share.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (ycI94)

182 163 i saw the blinky flash and knew i'd been had; more than 6mph over the posted by a "park." so i goosed the beast out of frustration and netted a second one after crossing the canal bridge. two in under a minute. stay off irving park.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (R11M+)

183 Psst: remember all the talk about how y' needed an 'N-95' mask like the docs wear when they do surgery? Hidden Secret: The PORE SIZE of the N-95 is THREE Orders of Magnitude LARGER than the Covid virion. That's 1,000 TIMES larger. But yeah, go get an N-95. BTW: Docs wear 'em so their saliva, etc don't go into the patient who's having the operation - not the other way around.

AND: If The Holy COHHHHvid was so effing dangerous, how come we had masks all over shopping center parking lots? Shoulda be red-bag hazardous med-waste, yes? But nooo …

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:28 AM (ayRl+)

184 Trailer Queen is now pushing for govt run health care. Because she’s oh so conservative guys. Lol

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:29 AM (VGFZk)

185 A note on the flu vaccine - as long as you get the real vaccine and not some mRNA it is fairly safe. It is just unlikely to help you much either.

Honestly the best thing you can do is spend as little time locked indoors with sick people as possible though if you have kids in a public school you are out of luck
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (sKqQm)

you can wash out your sinuses regularly, which helps prevent. There is a UV lamp at 222 nm that will kill airborne and surface viruses and won't give you skin cancer and cataracts like the old Mercury lamps would, and that seems promising.
Vitamin D seems to help as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 10:29 AM (rbvCR)

186 This young French woman is about to go to prison for describing an actual rape committed by a migrant, on television news.

Her crime? "Hate speech."

https://tinyurl.com/mvr9xvv6

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 10:30 AM (+p5yX)

187 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes

**********

Try cubicle 115.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 10:30 AM (qgHp7)

188 Odd looking painting today. I wonder what prompted the artist to spend money on supplies and invest his time in such a piece.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 10:31 AM (+p5yX)

189 Is t it odd how the answer to everything is more drugs more vaccines more money spent on “health care”

The answer is never eat better and take a walk every day. Why? Because eating better and walking everyday will make you healthy but nobody in the health care industrial complex gets paid.

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (VGFZk)

190 Vitamin D seems to help as well.

Daiquiri? Daydream? Dry Martini?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (kYmoU)

191 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (ayRl+)

192 168 ticky tacky

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (R11M+)

193 171 you think they're waiting to get in?

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)

194 There was no flu in 2020, remember?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at June 19, 2026 10:34 AM (bkuEU)

195 171 Is that what Gaylord's library looks like on the inside?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 10:23 AM (OoF9t)

heh

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (6wpGE)

196 Vit D deficiency is common in the US especially in the northern parts and especially for people with darker skin.

It will weaken your immune system overall.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

197 talking heads

Posted by: doug at June 19, 2026 10:36 AM (Hy+R4)

198 Men were better men when they wore hats.

Posted by: Eromero at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (LHPAg)

199 >>> Vitamin D seems to help as well.

Daiquiri? Daydream? Dry Martini?
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (kYmoU)

I get plenty of D!

Posted by: Kamala at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (3uBP9)

200 The Waiting Room, 1959
George Tooker
Smithsonian American Art Museum

Could have been an inspiration for E. Jean Carroll.

I'm neither denouncing myself nor would I hang today's art selection though I like the painter's chutzpah.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (NFX2v)

201 191 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Sheryl Crow All I wanna do?

This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club either. This is L.A.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)

202 Waiting to be born again
Wanting, the saddest kind of pain
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away
Nothing is what I feel
Waiting for the drugs to make it real
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away
Waiting to be disciplined
Aching for your nails across my skin
Waiting for the day when I will crawl
Waiting for the day when I will crawl away

Posted by: Porcupine Tree at June 19, 2026 10:38 AM (T6aVk)

203 Luigi Mangione Defense Abandons Controversial Courtroom Tactic

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I guess he's going with the but-he's-dreamy defense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 10:38 AM (ndZc7)

204

This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club either. This is L.A.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)

Nobody walks in L.A.

Posted by: Missing Persons at June 19, 2026 10:39 AM (T6aVk)

205 190 vitamin a helps too.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:39 AM (R11M+)

206 191 it's from a song i hope to never hear again.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:40 AM (R11M+)

207 Life During Wartime

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at June 19, 2026 10:40 AM (JH34D)

208 What an odd painting

Posted by: 496 at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (sOtuf)

209 Gal in 114 looks like she is having, what my ex-wife used to call, "The Ultimate".

Posted by: javems at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (zFsEm)

210 Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?

Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (VGFZk)

211 198: especially when bald.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (T6aVk)

212 Perv in 119! Perv in 119!

Posted by: Weasel at June 19, 2026 10:41 AM (GNqmQ)

213 120 Stall numbers not in correct numerical sequence. Would not hang.
Posted by: Halfhand at June 19, 2026 10:03 AM (QzF8x)

Yes, they are!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:42 AM (6wpGE)

214 Weasel, all ready for the MoMe?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 10:42 AM (afJtY)

215 Obama has no clue importation of slaves was banned in 1808 , less than 20 years after the Constitution was ratified.

Also that white people weren't the only ones to own slaves or that the 3/5 compromise was about a census count.

Or that the US imported 10x less slaves than South America and just Brazil alone.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (GseMx)

216 107
who designed the numbering system? 87 to 118?
Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

nuh-uh!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (6wpGE)

217 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Too easy, but it serves to shove the ugly picture above from my brain.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (xkNPX)

218 Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 10:42 AM (afJtY)
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100%!

Posted by: Weasel at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (GNqmQ)

219 From Obama:
"It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren court interpreted it in the same way that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties."

"... it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf. And that hasn't shifted."

It's that last bit that he finds unacceptable.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:44 AM (XeU6L)

220 Only in America can a black man be elected President twice and still have him and his wife continue to whine they are oppressed and the country is racist.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (GseMx)

221 talking heads at the park west in '79. had balcony tix, but ten bucks to usher put us front row.
they only had the "'77" album at that point.
entire record is awesome. went downhill from there.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)

222 Those folks are waiting in line for an ATM because unbelievably my bank isn't open today.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (9SpJJ)

223 or that the 3/5 compromise was about a census count.

It was, specifically, an anti-slavery measure. Long ago I thought politicians were ignorant about this fact. I am coming more and more to the conclusion that they’re just pro-slavery—for all of us.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (kYmoU)

224 191 "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Talking Heads

Wikipedia, In David Bowman's book This Must Be the Place: The Adventures of Talking Heads in the Twentieth Century (2001), Byrne is quoted as describing the genesis of the song:

David wrote nine of the album's eleven tracks. Two numbers came out of jamming. The first would be called "Life During Wartime." David's lyrics describe a Walker Percy-ish post-apocalyptic landscape where a revolutionary hides out in a deserted cemetery, surviving on peanut butter. "I wrote this in my loft on Seventh and Avenue A," David later said, "I was thinking about Baader-Meinhof. Patty Hearst. Tompkins Square. This is a song about living in Alphabet City."[8]

Record World called it "a brilliant futuristic treatise on urban guerilla warfare."[9]

yada yada

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (NFX2v)

225 189 Is t it odd how the answer to everything is more drugs more vaccines more money spent on “health care”

The answer is never eat better and take a walk every day. Why? Because eating better and walking everyday will make you healthy but nobody in the health care industrial complex gets paid.
Posted by: Heroq at June 19, 2026 10:32 AM (VGFZk)

A “health care industrial complex” consists of: gyms, produce markets, etc. Because to engage in health care, you first must have health for which to care.

I have never gone to a hospital, seen a doc, and told him “I’M HEALTHY!!!”

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (T6aVk)

226 188 Odd looking painting today. I wonder what prompted the artist to spend money on supplies and invest his time in such a piece.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 19, 2026 10:31 AM (+p5yX)

To make people ask, "Waiting for what?"

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:46 AM (6wpGE)

227 Those folks are waiting in line for an ATM because unbelievably my bank isn't open today.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 10:45 AM (9SpJJ)

Reminded me of the comedian doing a bit on ATMs and being frustrated with the person ahead of him.

' what are you doing? Getting a car loan ? '

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:46 AM (GseMx)

228 Or that the US imported 10x less slaves than South America and just Brazil alone.
Posted by: polynikes
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Remarkably, slavery elsewhere was brought to an end without a needless war that resulted in 600,000 lives, and consequences that exist to this day.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:47 AM (XeU6L)

229 >>> "This ain't no party / This ain't no disco / This ain't no fooling around … " — quick: Where's that lyric from and who did it?
Posted by: Dr_No

Sheryl Crow All I wanna do?

This ain't no disco. It ain't no country club either. This is L.A.
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at June 19, 2026 10:37 AM (ycI94)

Talking Crow greatest hits:

Every Day Is a Once In a Lifetime
My Favorite Mistake is Burning Down the House
Girlfriend is Better If It Makes You Happy
Life During Wartime Is All I Wanna Do
Home, This Must Be the Place

Posted by: banana Dream at June 19, 2026 10:47 AM (3uBP9)

230 Remarkably, slavery elsewhere was brought to an end without a needless war that resulted in 600,000 lives lost[\i], and consequences that exist to this day.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

231

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

232 It's MoMe Eve.

Posted by: Celebrate responsibly at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (hgXkL)

233 crap.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

234 216 107
who designed the numbering system? 87 to 118?
Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 09:58 AM (R11M+)

nuh-uh!
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (6wpGE)
They’re jersey numbers for some kind of ghey yurpean kickball team.

Posted by: Eromero at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (LHPAg)

235 Have a wonder time at NoVaMoMe 2026! Great weather, good company, safe travels.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (NFX2v)

236 The Waiting Room
George Tooker

So that's where George Took her...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)

237 George Tooker

Tooker? I didn't even know 'er.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (6wpGE)

238 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:48 AM (XeU6L)

Well Brazil didn't end it until 1888.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (GseMx)

239 236 The Waiting Room
George Tooker

So that's where George Took her...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (l3cgK)

237 George Tooker

Tooker? I didn't even know 'er.
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:50 AM (6wpGE)

Great minds, same track, all that.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:51 AM (6wpGE)

240 To make people ask, "Waiting for what?"

Get in line if you want a chance at being admitted to the next available line. If you're lucky, it'll be the line for a cabbage.

Posted by: t-bird at June 19, 2026 10:51 AM (xkNPX)

241 88 thru 117 are in the backrooms.
boy says good monster.
obsession was ok, but send help was way better.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:51 AM (R11M+)

242 Got my morning coffee, best thing I can say.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:52 AM (pMmVV)

243 I like the color palette in the painting.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:52 AM (GseMx)

244 Today's art made me flash back to the Portland Military Induction Center, 1970 where about 250 dudes of all stripes were lined up in a line around the room, wearing nothing but shorts. All for the physical. Most were draftees. A few volunteers. And me. A high school kid getting a physical for a ROTC scholarship.
It was...illuminating.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 10:53 AM (2WIwB)

245 Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq

I see that Anderson Cooper is hosting a pre 4th of July bash on CNN on July 3. I'm sure it'll be must see TV.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 10:53 AM (ndZc7)

246 Posted by: Diogenes at June 19, 2026 10:53 AM (2WIwB)

Short arm inspection

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (GseMx)

247 purple cabbage looks cool.
being "cabbaged" is when someone is talking too much at you.
mom's basic simple slaw is amazing.

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (R11M+)

248 Person in 114 might be hanging from a coat hook.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (6wpGE)

249 The Waiting Room

Would hang in Obama's concrete mausoleum.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 10:54 AM (pMmVV)

250 > Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq
+++

Isn't there a Black National Anthem?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 19, 2026 10:55 AM (hgXkL)

251 Short arm inspection
Posted by: polynikes
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'Lean over and spread your cheeks'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 10:55 AM (XeU6L)

252 The Left don't want blacks to celebrate any holidays they consider white Christian based.

Too bad for them there are more blacks leaving the Democrat plantation everyday.

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:56 AM (GseMx)

253 196 Vit D deficiency is common in the US especially in the northern parts and especially for people with darker skin.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

I would think that darker skin would absorb more rays from the sun.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:56 AM (6wpGE)

254 ... like, not reflect them.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 10:57 AM (6wpGE)

255 But they don't go outside for very much time in the Winter.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 10:57 AM (qFwJc)

256 #"it's not the weather"

Posted by: cmeat at June 19, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)

257 Just did my first video tour of the two houses today. First one looks darn good! The rear sliding doors onto the deck, which I hated, are not only double-paned vinyl windows, but they also have blinds *between* the panes, controlled by switches on the inside. Good-looking property.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)

258 Late to the morning threads, but wanted to say that I agree with this take on Fauci and COVID:

115 My take on Fauci/COVID:

Fauci had for a while wanted to make a general coronavirus vaccine as he saw this as a major success for his career. Because GoF research had been banned in the US he sent money through his flunkie Daszak to do the research in China.

China then did its normal low level of quality control and had the frankenvirus they made escape. They intentionally spread it to Europe and the US, used it to clamp down on Hong Kong protests, and worked with the Dems here to amplify fear as a weapon against Trump but this was opportunistic not an intentional release.

When Fauci found out about COVID he knew immediately it was his virus, which is why he went right away into cover your ass mode. Now remember his goal in all this was a COVID vaccine - so he went to his partners who told him their vaccine was just about ready to go anyway but they lied - faking both the effectiveness and safety tests.

Which led to the Biden junta which in turn worked with Fauci to cover up the origins of the virus and the ineffectiveness and danger of the clot shot.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 19, 2026 10:58 AM (yWXyf)

259 >>> 115 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

Also one of the most notable differences between free and non-free societies is how easy it is to leave. This isn't the Berlin Wall certainly but...give them time.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:01 AM (sKqQm)

FYI the *US* also has an exit tax. iirc not as harsh as the People's Democratic Republic of Canadia version but still pretty severe, and it may have been put in place during the Bush Jr admin.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (R+iUD)

260 Obama: When American foreign policy lives up to our highest ideals, when we champion human rights and democracy and the sound stewardship of our planet, when we take the lead in eradicating disease and feeding the hungry and educating children, when we encourage cooperation between nations, instead of trying to dominate and bully and squeeze every advantage just because we can, and most of all, when we show through our example here at home that even a country as big and diverse as ours can make democracy work, it turns out all nations, including ours, become more prosperous and secure, and the world gets a little bit brighter

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Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (ndZc7)

261 Time to come up with a new term for "black body radiation."

Posted by: Your Physics textbook at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (hgXkL)

262 Vit D deficiency is common in the US especially in the northern parts and especially for people with darker skin.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:35 AM (sKqQm)

Speaking of gaslighting, I laugh at the Coopertone commercial where the main actor is a young black girl. ( yes I know black people can get effects from the sun too but YKWIM)

Posted by: polynikes at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (GseMx)

263 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (mYCqF)

264 Posted by: Your Physics textbook

Um, math?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 11:01 AM (6wpGE)

265 261 Time to come up with a new term for "black body radiation."

Posted by: Your Physics textbook at June 19, 2026 10:59 AM (hgXkL)

Full Melanin Radiation?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (l3cgK)

266 250 > Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq
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I wonder if black folk, who have worked and studied and are part of the American way, find it annoying to be lumped in with that deviant sub culture created by LBJ.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 11:04 AM (pMmVV)

267 I'm confused. So is today a celebratory day or a day of mourning?

I don't see any advertising for tickets to any major rap or hip-hop venues or festivals.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (9SpJJ)

268 267 I'm confused. So is today a celebratory day or a day of mourning?

I don't see any advertising for tickets to any major rap or hip-hop venues or festivals.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 11:07 AM (9SpJJ)

We're in Gay Pride Month, so I guess Black Homo Freedom?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:08 AM (l3cgK)

269 210 Do blacks no longer celebrate July 4 now that they have their own “Independence Day”? Did any celebrate in the first place?
Posted by: Heroq

Maybe like Philly with its unusual celebrations catering to youth and visitors, but definitely celebrations of Independence Day with lots of music & fireworks nevertheless.

One large difference over the last several years is the resurgence of the Black National Anthem. (Time, 2026, A History of the Newly Resurgent 'Black National Anthem')

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)

270 I'm a pollyannaist!

Posted by: banana Dream - super optimistic at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (3uBP9)

271 270 I'm a pollyannaist!

Posted by: banana Dream - super optimistic at June 19, 2026 11:11 AM (3uBP9)

anyone a polyestherist?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (l3cgK)

272
One large difference over the last several years is the resurgence of the Black National Anthem. (Time, 2026, A History of the Newly Resurgent 'Black National Anthem')

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 11:09 AM (NFX2v)

is that the one the South African President sang, whose lyrics translate to Kill Whitey?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 11:21 AM (l3cgK)

The Morning Report — 6/ 19 /26

Good morning kids. Today of course is one of the most significant and powerful of American holidays where we commemorate and celebrate the profound impact of TImmy and Lassie, Lost In Space and Petticoat Junction to our history, heritage and society. So in that vein I want to wish you and yours a very joyous and blessed June's Teeth!

And continuing on to some other minor items. Of course the MOU or memorandum of understanding between the US and Iran concerning the cessation of current hostilities. President Trump stated unequivocally that this was "unconditional surrender.":

President Trump shockingly claimed that the controversial memorandum of understanding with Iran “probably” amounts to unconditional surrender from Tehran as he grapples with a GOP revolt over the preliminary deal.
Back in March, during the early days of Operation Epic Fury, Trump publicly insisted that he would not cut a deal with Iran unless it agreed to an unconditional surrender.
“Well, but really it probably is unconditional surrender,” Trump told Axios reporter Mark Caputo, per a preview clip of their interview.Typically, unconditional surrender has meant that the losing side agrees to all demands.

Given the situation on the ground in Iran, the President might actually be correct except not in the way he thinks. WIth the Iranian government that has spilled oceans of blood and pursued nuclear weapons with only its word and pinky-swears that it will cease both, still essentially intact despite the rubble bouncing, perhaps it is we who have surrendered to them?

As CBD and I discussed on the latest episode of the podcast linked here and in the sidebar, yes it is a good thing that we at least degraded their ability to build nukes and export terror in the short term, what lies ahead leaves much room for doubt as to our and the world's long-term safety and security from Iran and really ISLAM's quest for the subjugation of he world.

Elsewhere here's something that's completely unsurprising and yet it horrifies and disgusts beyond belief, as it should.

At the end of her final day in office as director of national intelligence, former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard today released a slew of formerly classified papers, documents, and email communications that prove that Anthony Fauci had not only approved extensive funding to the Wuhan lab in China that was the source of the Covid virus, he lied about his actions to Congress and to the public.

In the last analysis, when you add up the number of deaths both as a result of the virus as well as the vaccines along with the suffering of those who survived the disease, Anthony Fauci can be regarded as one of the greatest mass murderers in recent memory if not of all time. All because globalists and Democrats as well as the Red Chinese feared a Donald Trump presidency, or it was simply a Chi-Com test of a bioweapon they prematurely released, perhaps saving it for a future date or as cover for aninvasion of Taiwan. Either way, next to Islam theRed Chinese are an existential threat to our survival as they too seek global domination.

Lots of other abominations, infamies and depredations in the links, so with that I bid you all,

Have a great weekend,

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY

Under both federal law and North Carolina law, no person can be tried, convicted, or sentenced while mentally incompetent.
Iryna Zarutska’s Alleged Killer Could Walk Free. Here’s Why.
At the end of her final day in office as director of national intelligence, former Democrat Tulsi Gabbard today released a slew of formerly classified papers, documents, and email communications that prove that Anthony Fauci had not only approved extensive funding to the Wuhan lab in China that was the source of the Covid virus, he lied about his actions to Congress and to the public.
Anthony Fauci: Not only a liar from day one, evidence now proves he financed the creation of Covid

THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

Making the MOU a full deal makes a world where America loses its global foothold.
Why Trump Signed The Agreement With Iran
Unfortunately, the resolve he displayed on the battlefield appears to have dissipated at the negotiating table.
The Art of the Cave: Trump’s Iran MOU Sparks Rare Bipartisan Rebuke
Iran’s Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said Thursday that he authorized a memorandum of understanding between Iran and the United States despite his own reservations after receiving assurances from senior Iranian officials that the agreement would protect Tehran’s interests.
Iran Supreme Leader Backs Trump Peace Agreement
Typically, unconditional surrender has meant that the losing side agrees to all demands.
Trump claims Iran deal ‘probably is unconditional surrender’ (But who surrendered to whom Mr. President? - jjs)
Fred Fleitz: Trump’s Iran deal turns military victory into strategic leverage—ending the war on American terms while keeping maximum pressure on Tehran to comply.
Trump’s Iran Deal: Pragmatic Victory, Not Appeasement
A clear win for the Mullahs.
Iranians ‘Shocked’ That the Americans Made this Bad Deal

* * * * *
Quantus polled 1,000 likely voters on June 16 and 17, with 43 percent saying they “strongly approve” and 13 percent saying they “somewhat approve” of the MOU.
Poll: Strong Majority of U.S. Voters Approve of Trump’s Iran Deal
ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS, HEZBOLLAH . . . AND LEFTISTS. . . The U.N... AND HISTORY
The IDF will remain in southern Lebanon “as long as Israel’s security needs demand it.”
Netanyahu: Israel to Hold South Lebanon Buffer Zone Until Hezbollah Terror Threat Cleared
“The United States is committed to PEACE, and we encourage everyone in the Middle East Region to maintain their commitment to allowing our negotiations to beautifully unfold,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We expect a complete Ceasefire on all fronts, including Lebanon, Hezbollah, and Israel.”
Trump Seeks Ceasefire on All Fronts as Israel Holds Ground in Lebanon
CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Congress should use this opportunity to restore the distinction between foreign intelligence collection and domestic surveillance.
FISA has gone off the rails—it's time for Congress to rein it in
Someone needs to turn this story into a romantic comedy screenplay immediately.
The SPLC Hits An All New Low With Cringe Sex Scandal
The Southern Poverty Law Center continues to lose credibility.
DoorDash Drops Southern Poverty Law Center as ‘Gatekeeper’ of Employee Donations
People have been doxxed, swatted, lost their jobs because of this hate map. The fact that the SPLC has no remorse over it is disturbing.
When A Hate Group Tries To Destroy You: Moms For Liberty Stands Against The SPLC
Four East Haven, Connecticut, police officers were turned into federal felons by the Obama Justice Department for simply doing their jobs.
Trump Should Pardon 4 Cops Politically Persecuted By Obama’s DOJ
Simply put, society-wide disgust with ghetto culture and its values must intensify.
Two Americas: Black Rednecks and Karmelo Anthony — and Civilization
Nearly twice as many Democrats reported being somewhat or very ashamed to be American compared to overall poll respondents. Out of all U.S. adult citizens polled, 12 percent say they are “somewhat ashamed” and 8 percent say they are “very ashamed.”
Poll: Nearly 4 in 10 Democrats ‘Ashamed’ to Be American (and yet millions of criminal diseased wetbacks jump our borders? - jjs)
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
The Obama administration gave Abraham Alvarez deportation relief in 2014 through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program since he didn’t “leave the country when his B2 visa expired in 2001.”
Mexican Illegal Alien Allegedly Behind Foiled White House UFC Terror Scheme
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2026/06/18/exclusive-trump-delivers-13-straight-months-of-zero-illegal-alien-releases-at-u-s-mexico-border/
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Delivers 13 Straight Months of Zero Illegal Alien Releases at U.S.-Mexico Border
“I can fight with Democrats all day long. There’s a whole bunch of things we could fight about, but not this. This is just good government, like do the right thing governors.”
Transportation Sec Duffy prioritizes saving American lives on highways
Institutional memories of a bygone era.
How “Sanctuary” Policies Significantly Hamper Local Law Enforcement
The case highlights the dangers presented by migrants who illegally enter the U.S. repeatedly, and the sanctuary laws in places like New York City that make it harder to enforce immigration law against criminal aliens.
Illegal Alien Sentenced for Rape and Robbery of Dead Man on Subway.
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SIMOLEON SWINDLE
The case highlights vulnerabilities in Medicaid oversight and raises questions about the political connections of those involved. Siddiqui’s ties to Democrat officials, including hosting fundraisers and meeting with New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, are likely to draw scrutiny as the case unfolds.
Pakistani Democrat Donor Charged Over $38 Million Medicaid Fraud.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Rogue judges are pushing America toward a constitutional crisis by forgoing their sworn duty to apply the law in an objective manner.
Rogue Judges Are Crippling The Constitution One Egregious Ruling At A Time

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
The Michigan Senate’s Democrat majority did not vote on the resolution, but referred it to another committee. The Michigan governor candidate, Sen. Nesbitt, posted a video on X explaining the events of the day, captioning the video, “[t]he State of Michigan will never recognize, endorse, or enforce Sharia law.”
Governor Candidate Vows To Keep Sharia Law Out Of Swing State With Large Muslim Population
A UK inquiry into child exploitation exposes institutional failure on a vast scale, amid allegations involving networks of Pakistani-Muslim men and repeated missed warnings.
Britain’s Greatest Betrayal: The Rape Gang Inquiry Report
World Hijab Day leftists are silent.
Taliban Open Fire on Women Protesting the Islamic Dress Code
In the southeastern portion of present-day Nigeria, Biafra still exists. While the world’s attention has been focused elsewhere, Biafra's drive for independence is once again gathering steam. Nigeria has always been a hybrid, artificial state, created when the British arbitrarily stitched together the Muslim north and the Christian south. Muslims did what Muslims tend to do in such situations: they began waging jihad.
These People Are Putting Their Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor on the Line for Freedom
“We ought not to fight them unless we determine to fight them forever.” -John Adams
America Has Been Fighting Islamic Attacks for 242 Years
"Never pay tribute and destroy everything belonging to them." I Jizz you, You Jizz me, Jizzya for eternity - jjs)
The Truth About the “First Muslim Country to Recognize America”
OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Broadway Democrats has a long history of supporting candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party and socialist groups
‘Not a Close Call’: Left-Wing Group Declines To Endorse Socialist in Tight House Race Over ‘Point-Blank’ Refusal To Condemn Hamas
A federal judge has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release a Palestinian green card-holder, convicted decades ago of throwing a Molotov cocktail at the homes of Israeli Armed Forces, whom officials accused of lying on his immigration paperwork to cover up his criminal past.
Judge Orders ICE to Release Immigrant Convicted of Hurling Molotov Cocktail at Israeli Forces
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
“What can I do for the 800 people watching MS NOW?” Hanks quipped in the now-viral exchange.
Tom Hanks viciously roasts MS NOW’s ratings while appearing live on-air with reporter
But apparently writing a Bible verse on his baseball cap will actually cause gay people to be abused and even incite gays to kill themselves — so says The New York Times’ subsidiary, The Athletic.
NY Times Says Christian MLB Players Wearing Bible Verses Will Cause Mass ‘Abuse’ Of Gay People

* * * * *
‘I’m not going to be able to help with this one,” wrote Claude AI based on ideology
AI Censorship Is Already Here. Anthropic AI Model Refuses Service to ‘Climate Deniers.’
what if none of the scare stories are true.
Data Center Critics Have Water On The Brain

THE ECONOMY, STUPID
It’s not expensive houses, or even high real estate interest rates, at the root of Americans’ woes.
An ugly housing market signals deeper problems
Digital advertising, social media, crypto, prediction markets are targeted by governor
Sitz-Pritzker Adds $800 Million a Year in New Taxes to Already High-Tax Illinois
CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
Had the defense succeeded, it could have significantly altered the stakes of the case.
Luigi Mangione Defense Abandons Controversial Courtroom Tactic
Maybe both.
Should cops be feared or respected?
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
A charter in Jacksonville offers a model of classical education.
Piety and Patriotism in a Public School
“We are reaching a crisis point.”
The End of History
The preservation of liberty begins with the education of a free people.
The Liberation of the American Mind
SECOND AMENDMENT
The Supreme Court ruled in Hemani v. United States that a regular marijuana user could not be prosecuted under 18 USC 922(g)(3), in a 9-0 decision authored by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch. In a concurring opinion, Brown-Jackson and Sotomayor argued that the high court’s ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen should be vacated.
Liberal Justices Join Unanimous SCOTUS Ruling Favoring Pro-Gun Groups — But They Couldn’t Leave Well Enough Alone
This ruling could set a significant precedent for cases involving firearm ownership among drug users. Despite ruling in Hemani’s favor, the Supreme Court emphasized that its decision did not extend beyond Hemani’s case. As such, it does not address whether the federal government can bar firearm possession by addicts, felons, alcoholics, or other potentially dangerous individuals.
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Marijuana User Banned from Owning Firearms.
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
On top of chasing away all the Normal People in Los Angeles by making life intolerable for everyone but the very rich and the fentanyl addicts, this is another step in how Democrats ensure they will never again lose their monopolistic political power in these failing blue cities.
Los Angeles City Council Prepares to Allow Noncitizens to Vote
President Trump’s warning underscores ongoing concerns within the administration, and the MAGA movement more broadly, about election integrity and the potential for mail-in ballot fraud. Given the overwhelming nationwide support for mandatory voter ID, an all-mail voting system could be seen as circumventing the public will. The President signed an executive order reforming mail-in ballots earlier this year, which has since become the target of a far-left lawfare campaign, underscoring the importance of weakening election integrity laws to the Democrats and their allies.
Trump Calls Out GOP-Led State Moving to Expand Mail-In Voting.
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
The GOP will never learn.
Georgia House GOP Say No to Redistricting Efforts Before Special Session
The House candidate's campaign claims calling Mendoza a millionaire is 'verifiably factually inaccurate' despite reporting exactly that in her original financial filing
Arizona Democrat JoAnna Mendoza Now Claims She's Not a Millionaire After All, Drops Her Net Worth by 93 Percent in Updated Disclosure
The Texas Senate candidate has compared rejecting money in politics to Jesus rejecting tests from the Devil
James Talarico, Who Says His 'Faith' Requires Him To Oppose Super PACs, Is Using His Campaign Website To Give Them Direction—And They’re Taking It
POLITICS
The group wants to abolish the Senate, destroy constitutional checks and balances, and eliminate the “carceral forces of the capitalist state.”
The Democratic Socialists of America Just Adopted a Radical New Platform
Polling reveals two truths: First, New Yorkers of color aren’t keen on what the DSA wants to do to us. Second, support for the DSA is not being driven by the working-class blacks and Hispanics it claims to represent. Its “movement” in NY-13 is being fueled disproportionately by people it usually calls “gentrifiers” — newer, wealthier and whiter voters whose priorities differ sharply from those of longtime residents. (Sharptone's white interlopers!-jjs)
Darializa Avila Chevalier and the far-left DSA are snubbing the minorities they claim to represent
Speaker Jon Burns looked pretty shameless in announcing Republicans won’t take up redistricting in special session.
Exclusive: Redistricting Initiative Calls On ‘Pathetic’ Georgia GOP To Redraw Affirmative Action Map
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
President Donald Trump has been vocal about his opposition to the White South Africans being persecuted. In May 2025, Trump forced the President of the Republic of South Africa to watch videos of the country’s leaders calling for the genocide of white farmers.
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Yanks South Africa’s AIDS Funding After Government Failed To Protect White Farmers
Following the Secretary of War’s announcement, NATO members now face increased pressure to meet their defense commitments or risk losing American military support, a shift that could significantly alter the alliance’s structure. If U.S. demands are met, NATO members will spend five percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on defense, including 3.5 percent on core defense capabilities and 1.5 percent on related infrastructure.
Hegseth Slams NATO as ‘Paper Tiger,’ Demands Reform Within Six Months.
The Cuban regime claims it holds no political prisoners. The problem is that it does. More specifically, human rights groups say that it currently holds nearly 1,300 or more, and those are just the ones we know about. It's a historic record.
While each and every one of them deserves advocacy and attention, there's one who needs urgent attention, and numerous international groups, and our own State Department are speaking out. He is Jonathan Muir Burgos, the 16-year-old son of Elier Muir Ávila, an evangelical pastor of the Tiempo de Cosecha Independent Church in the town of Morón. He is also, perhaps, Cuba's youngest political prisoner or, at least, one of the youngest.
Cuba Falling: Free the Kid Already
"The two tier system privileges non native people over native British people. We want equality under the law," a Robinson supporter said.
One arrested as far-left protesters clash with supporters at Tommy Robinson debate at Oxford Union
On the birthday of Enoch Powell, his “Rivers of Blood” warning is revived amid UK immigration tensions, recent violent incidents, and renewed calls for “remigration.”
Rivers of Blood: Remembering Enoch Powell, Belfast, and Henry Nowak
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Around 200 radiological items — including samples of uranium and thorium — were found in a locked cabinet within a large complex at Hunters Point.
‘Rogue Employee’ Linked to Unauthorized Radiological Cache at US Navy Shipyard
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
Naomi Wolf: A tale of two institutions. Healing or horrors?
Medical Purgatory
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Free markets permit ambitious people like Elon Musk to bet on a better future and sort the winners from the losers.
How SpaceX Became The Dutch East India Company Of The Space Age
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
The case has raised serious questions about the effectiveness of child protection services and the oversight of homosexual adoptive parents. “Whole life” orders in Britain are reserved largely for repeat murderers and the most heinous crimes, with most “lifers” being eligble for parole after serving a minimum term of between 12 and 25 years. Notably, Varley’s partner, McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, was sentenced to only 25 years for sexual abuse, child cruelty, and allowing the death of a child.
Gay Former Teacher Given Rare Whole-Life Term for Sadistic Murder of Adopted Baby.
In recent years, much has been made of the classic Monty Python “Loretta” scene from the 1979 film Life of Brian.
Monty Python's 'Loretta': Then and Now
Promoting the transgender contagion under the guise of acceptance.
High School ‘Pride Month’ Display Features Vials of Testosterone
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
For years conservatives warned that multiculturalism and free speech are on a collision course. If a society starts treating every culture as equal and beyond criticism, then eventually you have to police speech — and apparently, Europe has decided to do just that.
We’re At The ‘Free Speech Is Bad Actually’ Stage Of Multiculturalism Now
When a biography of J.K. Rowling struggles for promotion, it raises a sharper question than culture-war noise: who gets to decide which stories are allowed to be told?
Harry Potter Taught a Generation to Question Authority. So Why Can’t We Talk About J. K. Rowling?
Christian Toto:'Toy Story 5' shows a very different side of masculine Pixar character
What Have They Done to Buzz Lightyear?
More men are opting out of fatherhood.
The Great Unfathering: American Dads Are Disappearing
It’s simply true that, when Barack Obama enters the fray, these same whiners hit the Off switch for the outrage and the grievances they so eagerly and reflexively dish out for DJT.
Praise for the Obama Center ego monument highlights Trump haters’ hypocrisy (resembles Godzilla's Urinal - jjs)
HITHER & YON
Evelyn Waugh, known for his biting satire, was in reality a stranger in his own time, deeply conservative and disillusioned with modernity.
A Stranger In The Modern Age

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1 Hi.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 07:28 AM (qFwJc)

2 Good morning horde! Happy Friday!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 07:29 AM (jehhT)

4 Good morning JJ and horde
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 07:31 AM (sgkY8)

5 I hope the the people celebrating Juneteenth take a moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which they are gathered today.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:32 AM (vFG9F)

6 howdy all

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 19, 2026 07:33 AM (CWTWj)

7 Iryna Zarutska’s Alleged Killer Could Walk Free. Here’s Why.

Black man killed a white woman. Why wouldn't he?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)

8 Poll: Nearly 4 in 10 Democrats ‘Ashamed’ to Be American

If only it were possible for them to renounce their citizenship, go elsewhere, and be free of that taint.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 07:35 AM (ExV1e)

9 Thank you, JJ, and Gut Shabbes!]/i]

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2026 07:35 AM (VyBeY)

10 close tags in the nic FTW! Woohoo!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2026 07:36 AM (VyBeY)

11 Raise your hand if you think the evil Dr Fow Chee will ever see the inside of a courtroom, much less a prison cell

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 07:36 AM (3W18h)

12
Read the comments.

Seems Barky liked Mc Cain and Romney in the day, or so he say.

Posted by: Auspex at June 19, 2026 07:40 AM (Y8DZL)

13 Around 200 radiological items — including samples of uranium and thorium — were found in a locked cabinet within a large complex at Hunters Point.

What, precisely, is meant by "samples of uranium and thorium"? You can buy both uranium and thorium on Amazon.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 19, 2026 07:41 AM (ExV1e)

14 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 19, 2026 07:43 AM (Gq9/0)

15 "All of us are insane so we can all do whatever we want to all of you with no consequences" is a big giant magic loophole.

Oh and happy Juneteenth, nyukkas.

Posted by: Taq, Rickrolled by Jesus at June 19, 2026 07:43 AM (IhL8c)

16 Global Domination does not come at the tip of a spear, but at the tip of a penis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 19, 2026 07:46 AM (9SpJJ)

17 Illegal Alien Sentenced for Rape and Robbery of Dead Man on Subway.

He raped AND robbed a dead man? Or committed rape and later robbed a dead man on the subway?

::: reads the article :::

Um, yeah, he raped the dead guy then robbed him...on the subway...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 07:46 AM (l3cgK)

18 We’ve all known for years that Fauci himself financed the creation of the Covid virus; now there’s proof. Actually there always was proof, now it’s public.

I wonder if Trump knew that Tulsi was going to do this; it may be the reason she waited until her last day in office to reveal it. Supporting Fauci was the one great failure of his first term.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 07:46 AM (nuNhM)

19 Mmmm _ June Lockhart - babe.

Wasn't she the one that said that she never wanted a role where anyone could ask "who'd she sleep with" to get it?

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 07:46 AM (j10i6)

20

As to Juneteenth, In the immortal parlance of Mel Brooks "Schv.....tzes, Luz'm Gayne."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2026 07:47 AM (x0n13)

21
Dear Virginians Your Presidential Vote No Longer Counts AT. ALL.

https://x.com/Tironianae/status/2066941461820502229

Please stay at home and soak your heads.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 07:47 AM (iJfKG)

22 There used to be Mental Hospitals for the criminally insane.

What! Does North Caroline not have one?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 07:48 AM (qFwJc)

23 Mornin’, again, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 07:48 AM (77rzZ)

24 19 Mmmm _ June Lockhart - babe.

Wasn't she the one that said that she never wanted a role where anyone could ask "who'd she sleep with" to get it?

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 07:46 AM (j10i6)

Wow, she died last year at the age of 100...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 07:48 AM (l3cgK)

25 She's the one that said "Who do I have to fuck to get off this show?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 07:49 AM (qFwJc)

26 Hast du gesehn in dein leben?

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 07:50 AM (3W18h)

27 Wow, she died last year at the age of 100...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 07:48 AM (l3cgK)

We'll I meant when she was young...

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 07:50 AM (j10i6)

28 Gotta tell ya, I feel marginalized by Juneteenth.

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 07:50 AM (3W18h)

29 She's the one that said "Who do I have to fuck to get off this show?"

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 07:49 AM (qFwJc)

Missed it by this much >..<

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 07:51 AM (j10i6)

30 phonetically spelled

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 07:52 AM (3W18h)

31 "What Have They Done to Buzz Lightyear?"

Well, it was already fake so making it gay was easy peasy.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

32 I always thought June Lockhart was hot as well as cute. My second mother-in-law looked something like her, so . . .

She grew up in the biz; she was the daughter of Gene Lockhart, a long-time character actor.

Between her Lassie and Lost in Space gigs, she had a standout guest role on an early Man From U.N.C.L.E. as the "innocent" character who helps Solo defeat, or really reach a detente with, Ricardo Montalban's chief of the secret police in a mythical Eastern European country.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 07:52 AM (wzUl9)

33 What! Does North Caroline not have one?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 07:48 AM (qFwJc)

They have one it’s called the Legislature.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 07:52 AM (nuNhM)

34 Remember that time June met the carrot?

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:53 AM (vFG9F)

35 Trump Calls Out GOP-Led State Moving to Expand Mail-In Voting

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Mail-in ballots, except for a very strictly defined set of circumstances, is patently absurd. Everyone knows it's a vehicle for mass fraud. Which is why it will never go away at this point. The GOP is worthless. Absolutely worthless. No, they're less than worthless.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 19, 2026 07:53 AM (qBdHI)

36 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at June 19, 2026 07:54 AM (53oGX)

37 Remember that time June met the carrot?

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I saw her on a Q and A forum once and she was hysterical talking about that gawd-awful episode. Yes, I loved Lost in Space as a kid and have all seasons on DVD. That episode is one of the last ones and to say it's bad doesn't begin to describe how awful it was.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 19, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

38 31 "What Have They Done to Buzz Lightyear?"

Well, it was already fake so making it gay was easy peasy.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:52 AM (vFG9F)

https://tinyurl.com/5279yz43

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 07:56 AM (l3cgK)

39 37 Posted by: Lady in Black at June 19, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

The carrot actor would go on to play Cyrano Jones in the classic Trek episode "Trouble With Tribbles."

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2026 07:58 AM (x0n13)

40 I saw the story yesterday about the GA GOP not taking up redistricting. Of course not! I have rapidly dwindling reasons for ever voting for these worthless pukes anymore.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 19, 2026 07:58 AM (qBdHI)

41
June Lockhart was a rock band groupie in her later years.

Posted by: Auspex at June 19, 2026 07:59 AM (Y8DZL)

42 I have contradictory thoughts… the Iran deal stinks and yet Trump has accomplished something positive… just not as good as he might’ve

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:00 AM (+gA9j)

43 So talks were supposed to start today in Geneva. Iran has already walked out, talks canceled until further notice.

This is what a party does when they want to make it clear that they are in complete control of the negotiations, and that the other side is desperate to do anything to placate them and get a deal at any cost. Pretty standard tactic in high level negotiations.

The proper countermove for the other party is to immediately cancel all talks. The weak surrender move is to work to find ways to make the walkouts happy. I guess we’ll see which happens over the weekend.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:01 AM (nuNhM)

44 Judge Orders ICE to Release Immigrant Convicted of Hurling Molotov Cocktail at Israeli Forces

Extradite the "judge" to Israel.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 19, 2026 08:02 AM (R+iUD)

45 Trust the science.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:05 AM (viF8m)

46 The proper countermove for the other party is to immediately cancel all talks. The weak surrender move is to work to find ways to make the walkouts happy.

Or, you could send couple of strikes into some high value targets and just say nothing. The door's still open.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2026 08:05 AM (3Ope8)

47 > So talks were supposed to start today in Geneva. Iran has already walked out, talks canceled until further notice.
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The IRGC also purportedly closed Hormuz again. They also fired on at least one commercial vessel last night or yesterday afternoon. After the "MOU" was allegedly signed.

Israel stepped up attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon earlier that day as well. That, right there, is not going to sit well with Iran. Or Trump.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 08:08 AM (jehhT)

48 43 So talks were supposed to start today in Geneva. Iran has already walked out, talks canceled until further notice.

This is what a party does when they want to make it clear that they are in complete control of the negotiations, and that the other side is desperate to do anything to placate them and get a deal at any cost. Pretty standard tactic in high level negotiations.

The proper countermove for the other party is to immediately cancel all talks. The weak surrender move is to work to find ways to make the walkouts happy. I guess we’ll see which happens over the weekend.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:01 AM (nuNhM)

No, the proper move is to kill a few more Iranian mullahs and leaders, BIRM...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:08 AM (l3cgK)

49 If you want a laugh, here's June Lockhart describing the infamous vegetable episode. FF to the 3:00 mark:

https://tinyurl.com/fbws8sb9

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 19, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

50 Enough. Give Qom the Dresden treatment.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:10 AM (77rzZ)

51 "This is what a party does when they want to make it clear that they are in complete control of the negotiations"

Not really - often this temporary tactic is commonly used to test the other sides resolve, not to show you are running the joint. If you were really running the joint, the deal would perfect for you all along because you dictated the deal already - you're running the joint after all.

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 08:10 AM (j10i6)

52
Or, you could send couple of strikes into some high value targets and just say nothing. The door's still open.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2026 08:05 AM (3Ope

Yes, exactly. So it will be interesting, to say the least, to see which path is chosen over the next 72 hours. The Iranians have placed their bets now; are they right?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:10 AM (nuNhM)

53 I remember long befor the Covid scandal that Fauci predicted the whole plot, and all to bring down President Trump

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 08:13 AM (sgkY8)

54 >>Not really - often this temporary tactic is commonly used to test the other sides resolve, not to show you are running the joint. If you were really running the joint, the deal would perfect for you all along because you dictated the deal already - you're running the joint after all.

I think what it shows is that there is an internal power struggle going on in Iran. The one legged supreme leader put out a statement endorsing the MOU and political leadership. The IRGC appears to have a different agenda.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:14 AM (viF8m)

55 50 Enough. Give Qom the Dresden treatment.
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:10 AM (77rzZ)

Qom Shot with a MOAB down the magic wishing well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)

56 This was always going to be Trump's problem. Right or wrong, once he went into Iran, there was no path he could take without enraging basically all of his supporters.

The younger supporters didn't want the war at all, period, end of story. So they're angry on Day One. The older ones want total war and a Persian suzerainty, which they are not getting, and so they're angry now - and no matter what happened, the GOP was going to find a reason to attack him.

This wasn't a political risk, but a certainty. I'm sure he knew that when he pulled the trigger, but now he's gonna have to deal with the fallout.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 08:16 AM (BI5O2)

57 Iran has made it clear what they want - they demand that Trump force Israel to stop all operations in Lebanon and allow Hezbollah to continue its activities unimpeded.

Vance spent most of the day yesterday publicly attacking Israel for not doing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:18 AM (nuNhM)

58 55 50 Enough. Give Qom the Dresden treatment.
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:10 AM (77rzZ)

Qom Shot with a MOAB down the magic wishing well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 19, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)

https://youtu.be/ynIHsHYaig0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:19 AM (l3cgK)

59 56> Trump v. Iran = Guaranteed political Shit Show

• Trump is not running for re-election.
• The can has been kicked
• Diversity is directly proportional to guarantee of Shit Show.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 08:19 AM (a4flb)

60 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

61 Happy Barack Owebama Day! Because it's no longer about black people. Its about KING NEGRO!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)

62 57 Iran has made it clear what they want - they demand that Trump force Israel to stop all operations in Lebanon and allow Hezbollah to continue its activities unimpeded.

Vance spent most of the day yesterday publicly attacking Israel for not doing that.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:18 AM (nuNhM)

Fk Iran's mullahs' wishes. If they want Israel to stop targeting the Hezzies in Lebanon, make the Hezzies LEAVE Lebanon...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:21 AM (l3cgK)

63 It was a good time to come to the store at 7:30 a.m on "Happy George Floyd" Day. Not too many customers , but there was a tall good looking man old enough to be son in the line behind me.And spouse is driving, so I see masses of corn flowers by the side of the road interspersed with
orange lillies. It's a nice color combination .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:22 AM (78f+T)

64 perhaps it is we who have surrendered to them?

Yes. Because Trump is a stupid poopyhead and we're just as stupid for electing him.

What have we done?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

65 61 Happy Barack Owebama Day! Because it's no longer about black people. Its about KING NEGRO!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:20 AM (2YhKe)

Obama's elf!
Don't want to be...
Obama's elf, anymore...

https://youtu.be/A_B5UrI7nAI

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:23 AM (l3cgK)

66 Given the situation on the ground in Iran, the President might actually be correct except not in the way he thinks. WIth the Iranian government that has spilled oceans of blood and pursued nuclear weapons with only its word and pinky-swears that it will cease both, still essentially intact despite the rubble bouncing, perhaps it is we who have surrendered to them?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:27 AM

Yes, it would be ideal if the Islamic regime was gone. But you're letting perfect be the enemy of good enough.

A key point of the MOU was that Iran agreed to open the Straights of Horuz for 60 days. This is going to let the remaining tankers flee the region. This removes pressure on oil prices.

Pres. Trump has actually declawed the Iranian regime. It doesn't matter what the Iranians say to save face.

We've sunk the Iranian navy (they're reduced to speedboats mounting machine guns) and destroyed their air force. We've crippled their SSM and drone capability (if they still had a bunch, don't you think that they'd launch more than a couple SSM and a handful of drones?). We have destroyed much of their weapons production industry. We have starved them of revenue.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 19, 2026 08:23 AM (ksbjf)

67
This wasn't a political risk, but a certainty. I'm sure he knew that when he pulled the trigger, but now he's gonna have to deal with the fallout.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 08:16 AM (BI5O2)

Vizzini: “Ha-ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia"…”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:23 AM (nuNhM)

68 Fauci should be hanged by the neck until dead in the public forum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

69 Good morning Horde thx JJ. Happy Friday and hope all have a great weekend
Between Georgia GOP fighting about redistricting with the governor and Utah expanding mail-in ballots is it any surprise the Republicans always manage to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 08:24 AM (L9YhZ)

70 The collection and loading facilities on Kharg island need to be severely crippled. FAFO, and Kharg can be destroyed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2026 08:25 AM (3Ope8)

71 68 Fauci should be hanged by the neck until dead in the public forum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

Same goes for quite a long list of traitors to this country and its Constitution...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:25 AM (l3cgK)

72 70 The collection and loading facilities on Kharg island need to be severely crippled. FAFO, and Kharg can be destroyed.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2026 08:25 AM (3Ope

Kharg Island sounds like a place were Klingons get their Gagh...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:26 AM (l3cgK)

73 60 FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge

I gotta say, I'm doubting you on this😉I hope you have a lovely day and the First Lady as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:27 AM (qTzgr)

74 It is part of Trump’s fundamental makeup to look for and want a deal. In this situation with Iran, what is usually one of his unique strengths has become a weakness. He doesn’t seem to understand that even trying to make a deal with these people makes them believe you’re weak. In their minds they’ve already won…

A better approach IMHO would’ve been a perpetual naval blockade and semi-regular bombing of any targets that pop out of their gopher holes. This would slowly strangle their economy with minimal to zero risk for our service personnel. It would also be better politically as he’s taking flak from all sides on this “deal”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:27 AM (yz/88)

75 71 68 Fauci should be hanged by the neck until dead in the public forum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:24 AM (2YhKe)

Same goes for quite a long list of traitors to this country and its Constitution...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:25 AM (l3cgK)

Case in point: "Rogue Judges Are Crippling The Constitution One Egregious Ruling At A Time"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:28 AM (l3cgK)

76 > Iran has made it clear what they want - they demand that Trump force Israel to stop all operations in Lebanon and allow Hezbollah to continue its activities unimpeded.

Vance spent most of the day yesterday publicly attacking Israel for not doing that.
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Iran was supposed to reign in Hezbollah... were they given a chance before Israel struck? Or did Hezbollah just say fuck it... and went and did stupid shit?

Vance chastising Israel leans towards the first. Trump and Netanyahu have an on/off relationship when it comes to stuff like this. Reportedly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 08:28 AM (jehhT)

77 Morning all.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 08:28 AM (mYCqF)

78 I have contradictory thoughts… the Iran deal stinks and yet Trump has accomplished something positive… just not as good as he might’ve

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:00 AM (+gA9j)
-

Trump wounded a wild suicidal animal.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 08:29 AM (y1wyK)

79 Governor Candidate Vows To Keep Sharia Law Out Of Swing State With Large Muslim Population

Good. If they want Sharia law, they can go back to the Sharia Shitholes they came from.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:29 AM (l3cgK)

80
A better approach IMHO would’ve been a perpetual naval blockade and semi-regular bombing of any targets that pop out of their gopher holes. This would slowly strangle their economy with minimal to zero risk for our service personnel. It would also be better politically as he’s taking flak from all sides on this “deal”
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:27 AM (yz/8

He was going to take flak from all sides no matter the outcome. This is a tar-baby. Again, I'm sure he knew this, but he decided it was worth it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 19, 2026 08:30 AM (BI5O2)

81 Fen, Sponge is always first. Even when he’s not.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ)

82
I gotta say, I'm doubting you on this😉I hope you have a lovely day and the First Lady as well.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:27 AM (qTzgr)

She took our daughter home yesterday and is coming back today. I'm supposed to tow the camper out to the property in NE Tx this afternoon, but it's pouring rain now and that's heading due east. We will see how that goes as the day progresses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:30 AM (2YhKe)

83 " I Jizz you, You Jizz me, Jizzya for eternity - jjs)

Um...ew...

Definitely happens at the Castro Street Fair...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:31 AM (l3cgK)

84 perhaps it is we who have surrendered to them?
****

Yes. Because Trump is a stupid poopyhead and we're just as stupid for electing him.

What have we done?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:22 AM (2YhKe)

Yes, it would have been so much better to not have destroyed the Iranian navy, air force, and blow-up a $h!t-load of SSM and drones. It would have been so much better to have not degraded Iran's military capability. We should just vote for Democrats -- they know how to treat Iran.
/s

I will come later after the manic-depressives have vented. Their thought process seems to go:

1) The media are a bunch of Commies and liars.
2) Believe Iranian propaganda disseminated by the media
3) Scream "All is lost! We have been defeated!"

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 19, 2026 08:31 AM (ksbjf)

85 PDTS could just cut the Israelis loose on Hezbollah and cite 10/7 and the gay ayatollah's failure to negotiate in good faith under the MoU as the rationale.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 19, 2026 08:32 AM (3Ope8)

86 We've sunk the Iranian navy (they're reduced to speedboats mounting machine guns) and destroyed their air force.“

Here’s the problem that we apparently didn’t anticipate; their big ship navy was just for pride, but not necessary to stop movement through the straits. All they need for that is lots of drones and speedboats, of which they still have approximately 1500, according to reports. If we send in A-10’s or Apache helicopters to hunt them, they are shot down by manpads or drones fired from the bluffs overlooking the straits, which we cannot clear.

And their air force was always just an obsolete pile of junk. All of the things that an Air Force traditionally would have done are now done by drones and missiles.

Iran adapted to our tactics the way that Ukraine adapted to Russia’s, and we grudgingly must admit they did a good job of it. We’ve been forced to admit that we do not have the power to open the straits up without a much greater commitment of force.
Which we are not willing to do.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:33 AM (nuNhM)

87 I will come later after the manic-depressives have vented. Their thought process seems to go:

1) The media are a bunch of Commies and liars.
2) Believe Iranian propaganda disseminated by the media
3) Scream "All is lost! We have been defeated!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 19, 2026 08:31 AM (ksbjf)

Don't forget, Marco Rubio is a stupid poopyhead too and Trump failed miserably as president not hiring The Horde to handle his foreign policy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:33 AM (2YhKe)

88 Maybe this is why Trump and Vance were criticizing Israel. Note who sent the message, the IRGC.

>>@sentdefender

>>Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, warning all vessels to not attempt to cross, following Israel’s refusal to withdraw from and strikes this morning on Southern Lebanon, with the following message being broadcast on maritime frequencies near the Strait by the IRGC:

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

89 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:30 AM (2YhKe)

May she have travelling blessings and hopefully eventually the weather will clear up too

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:35 AM (qTzgr)

90 @sentdefender

>>Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, warning all vessels to not attempt to cross, following Israel’s refusal to withdraw from and strikes this morning on Southern Lebanon, with the following message being broadcast on maritime frequencies near the Strait by the IRGC:
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

Guess we'll need to bomb the shit out of them again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

91 Is SCOTUS done for the session? Some election integrity rulings were teased.

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 08:36 AM (3W18h)

92 May she have travelling blessings and hopefully eventually the weather will clear up too
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:35 AM (qTzgr)

Thank you very much.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:36 AM (2YhKe)

93 - Was Iran the only target in this affair?

I don't think so? Recent statements by people like Carney ( what's his background again ) and others about their precious, rules based order,...
It's possible that,,, naw, that's just wacko thinking.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 19, 2026 08:36 AM (XZCs7)

94 81 Fen, Sponge is always first. Even when he’s not.

That's true!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:36 AM (qTzgr)

95 Fen, Sponge is always first. Even when he’s not.

That's true!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:36 AM (qTzgr)

#Winning

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:37 AM (2YhKe)

96 "Maybe this is why Trump and Vance were criticizing Israel. Note who sent the message, the IRGC."

This might be a good cop/bad cop strategy worked out ahead of time...but there is indeed an ongoing power struggle in Iran that makes getting anything done tough to do...

Posted by: Boswell at June 19, 2026 08:38 AM (j10i6)

97 I have to unpack some groceries now. Be nice to your disagreeing political compatriots, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 08:38 AM (qTzgr)

98 I Jizz you, You Jizz me, Jizzya for eternity - jjs)

Um...ew...

Definitely happens at the Castro Street Fair...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Meh. The real one is Folsom. I avoid all street fairs.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 19, 2026 08:39 AM (DZ9Lv)

99 > Iran adapted to our tactics the way that Ukraine adapted to Russia’s, and we grudgingly must admit they did a good job of it. We’ve been forced to admit that we do not have the power to open the straits up without a much greater commitment of force.
Which we are not willing to do.
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Commercial shipping has a say in whether Hormuz is open or closed too. Their criteria is not the same as Iran's or ours. This is something that we, and the media can't seem to get straight. Their aversion to risk is very, very high. The mere mention of mines, or drones from Iran sends the commercial shipping industry into fits of uncontrolled sobbing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 08:39 AM (jehhT)

100 my take on Iran. Trump thought the Persians would finally rise up and burn down al the Mullah's buildings & Mosques.
Nope. Islam still rules there.

Posted by: Esperman at June 19, 2026 08:39 AM (lXuCG)

101 > I have to unpack some groceries now. Be nice to your disagreeing political compatriots, folks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke
----

what'd ya get

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 08:40 AM (3W18h)

102 CO law that goes into effect July 1:

House Bill 26-1322, “Civil Actions for Conversion Therapy Survivors,” allows someone injured by a licensed mental health professional’s efforts to change sexual orientation or gender identity to bring a cause of action for claims of injury. It allows the survivor, the survivor’s representative or the estate to recover economic, noneconomic and exemplary damages.

Other than suicide, I don't know what harms might be claimed. ("They hurt my feelings"?) In a blue state court system I suspect that merely alleging harm will be deemed to prove harm.

This comes after the CO supreme court ordered a lower court judge to order Children's Hospital to provide gender bending hormones to minors.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 08:40 AM (qgHp7)

103 Belated greetings and good morning, one and all. The day got started with a trip to the gym, then went to the mechanic for some quick work and now I am about to absorb my second cup of coffee.

Hopefully, you guys are having a peaceful day today.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 19, 2026 08:40 AM (/k3in)

104 Harpo Marx was called Harpo for a reason......

https://youtu.be/GArbUV_yv2k

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:41 AM (2YhKe)

105 None of you guys are Henry Kissinger or Victoria Nuland, you have no experience or expertise in the field of foreign affairs pertaining to Iran. You haven’t served in the military or you don’t have a vagina n ovaries so you cannot speak related subjects. So please let’s get on with talking about boobies and movies.

Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 08:41 AM (1+Mqc)

106 66> Open the SoH for 60 days...

The Commentariat is focused on the wrong object - the MoU's alleged first order effects.

The real issue is to destroy China's BRI and promote IMEC 2.0 which requires the building of infrastructure away from Safe Passage As A Service subscription model that Iran is seeking.

It takes time, the MoU is to speak to High Context cultures like the Persians. Low Context cultures are reading someone else's mail and eisegeting their own conclusions.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 08:42 AM (a4flb)

107 None of you guys are Henry Kissinger or Victoria Nuland, you have no experience or expertise in the field of foreign affairs pertaining to Iran. You haven’t served in the military or you don’t have a vagina n ovaries so you cannot speak related subjects. So please let’s get on with talking about boobies and movies.
Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 08:41 AM (1+Mqc)

Heh.

Douche.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (2YhKe)

108 And the rain has started.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (mYCqF)

109 So please let’s get on with talking about boobies and movies.
Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 08:41 AM (1+Mqc)

Well, boobies anyway. But no Prometheus… just boobies…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (+gA9j)

110 Guess we'll need to bomb the shit out of them again.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:35 AM (2YhKe)

You’re right, that’s what should happen. The stakes are now out in the open - Iran is gambling that Trump wants this deal so badly they he will now use the full financial might of the US to force Israel to stand down and leave Lebanon to Hezbollah.

What do you think will happen? Because Trump now has to choose one path or the other. Doing nothing would be the worst choice of all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (nuNhM)

111 And the rain has started.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (mYCqF)

Told ya it was coming your way......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (2YhKe)

112 I understand the threat and despise the Mullah's as much as anyone, but the real enemy is domestic. Mahdani and the Dem congress hate this country as much as Teheran.

Lets second guess Trump until November, and allow the Dems to take back power, then you will see real terror

Posted by: Jonah at June 19, 2026 08:46 AM (YCxFk)

113 >>This might be a good cop/bad cop strategy worked out ahead of time...but there is indeed an ongoing power struggle in Iran that makes getting anything done tough to do...

Maybe. Or maybe it's just the natural progression of two countries with similar and still different goals.

Trump obviously has an affinity for Israel. No president in history has done more to support them, particularly now when they are pretty alone in the world. On the other hand America First is not just a slogan for Trump. He puts the goals of the US before anything else. Netanyahu does the same with Israel.

Seems obvious that Trump can bomb Iran into oblivion. Seems equally obvious he doesn't want to if he can avoid it because the fallout is something he and the rest of the world will have to deal with.

What we don't know because there is almost no real information about it is what is actually going on with the Iranian leadership. We know when Trump blows his nose but we have no idea about the various factions jockeying for power in Iran. They don't have much real military power left but they can still cause local trouble for a while.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:47 AM (viF8m)

114
What do you think will happen? Because Trump now has to choose one path or the other. Doing nothing would be the worst choice of all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (nuNhM)

It's just amazing that after a decade of Trump, you're still not willing to give him one iota of the benefit of the doubt. Not one ounce.

We will see. But no patience will he be granted. Not a bit. But we will see.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:47 AM (2YhKe)

115 My take on Fauci/COVID:

Fauci had for a while wanted to make a general coronavirus vaccine as he saw this as a major success for his career. Because GoF research had been banned in the US he sent money through his flunkie Daszak to do the research in China.

China then did its normal low level of quality control and had the frankenvirus they made escape. They intentionally spread it to Europe and the US, used it to clamp down on Hong Kong protests, and worked with the Dems here to amplify fear as a weapon against Trump but this was opportunistic not an intentional release.

When Fauci found out about COVID he knew immediately it was his virus, which is why he went right away into cover your ass mode. Now remember his goal in all this was a COVID vaccine - so he went to his partners who told him their vaccine was just about ready to go anyway but they lied - faking both the effectiveness and safety tests.

Which led to the Biden junta which in turn worked with Fauci to cover up the origins of the virus and the ineffectiveness and danger of the clot shot.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

116 109 So please let’s get on with talking about boobies and movies.
Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 08:41 AM (1+Mqc)

Well, boobies anyway. But no Prometheus… just boobies…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:45 AM (+gA9j)

Prometheus with boobies...tranny Prometheus...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 08:48 AM (l3cgK)

117 Conversion Therapy Survivors

********

Survivors? Who knew counseling would entail lethal techniques.

The Rack?
Drawing and quartering?
Literally Mengele!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 08:49 AM (qgHp7)

118 Conversion Therapy Survivors

********

It's like they're admitting what they've done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:49 AM (2YhKe)

119 Every time a Cabinet member resigns or such, we have to spend valuable Senate Floor time to confirm their replacements. Donald decided to give good women a shot at high level power, and 3 have resigned in less than two years. Tulsi, Bondi, and Noem. some was health etc... but this takes up about 6 weeks of Floor time

Posted by: Jonah at June 19, 2026 08:49 AM (YCxFk)

120 my take on Iran. Trump thought the Persians would finally rise up and burn down al the Mullah's buildings & Mosques.
Nope. Islam still rules there.
Posted by: Esperman at June 19, 2026 08:39 AM (lXuCG)

Unfortunately, they're mostly a nation of whipped dogs.

Like the English.

They wear their chains, even when they're cut. free.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 08:49 AM (iJfKG)

121 Is there a word to describe the feeling you have when you're vindicated against a tsunami of public opinion to the contrary, but nobody gives a shit?

Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at June 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ERYKL)

122 Told ya it was coming your way......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Been watching the radar.
It's 8:45 PM looking outside right now.
There we go. Lights started flickering.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 08:50 AM (mYCqF)

123 86> Drones close SoH...
99> Commercial Shipping incompatible with Droning.

Uncertainty + Time = SoH irrelevant due to markets always finding a way no matter what government policy.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 08:50 AM (a4flb)

124 Been watching the radar.
It's 8:45 PM looking outside right now.
There we go. Lights started flickering.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 08:50 AM (mYCqF)

I'm supposed to tow the RV this afternoon. I really need it to dissipate.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:51 AM (2YhKe)

125 Here’s the problem that we apparently didn’t anticipate; their big ship navy was just for pride, but not necessary to stop movement through the straits. All they need for that is lots of drones and speedboats, of which they still have approximately 1500, according to reports. If we send in A-10’s or Apache helicopters to hunt them, they are shot down by manpads or drones fired from the bluffs overlooking the straits, which we cannot clear.

I argued with Somalia we could solve the problem but taking a few battleships out of mothballs and having them sail up and down the cost destroying every port and oceanside village that pirates have come out of via shelling - I'd argue the same thing here.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)

126 119 Bondi and Noem were fired. Only Tulsi resigned.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 08:51 AM (77rzZ)

127 The IRGC has to have the cover of the gayatollah in these negotiations. Why? Because the IRGC is a designated terrorist group as passed into law by Congress in 2024. Under this law the IRGC cannot be removed from that list for 4 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:52 AM (afJtY)

128 "Supporting Fauci was the one great failure of his first term."

The Left and MSM had put us all into panic state. Trump couldn't move on Fauci without it destroying his Presidency. He did do things to push it down onto the States.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 19, 2026 08:53 AM (dtajH)

129 If the Strait is closed guess who else isn't getting oil sold?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:54 AM (viF8m)

130 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes.

I see there is a movement afoot to boycott the 4th.

I loathed Obama and Biden with the heat of a thousand suns, but never, not once, when July 4th came around, did I not want to raise the flag, read the Declaration and watch 1776.

We are not the same.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 19, 2026 08:54 AM (qRla/)

131 “1) The media are a bunch of Commies and liars.”

That’s true, always has been and always will be.

“2) Believe Iranian propaganda disseminated by the media.”

We learned in the last couple of the days that this claim was actually a political op being spearheaded by VP Vance, and the so-called “propaganda” was in fact the literal truth. A very Obama-Hillary tactic to pull.

3) Scream "All is lost! We have been defeated!"
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at June 19, 2026 08:31 AM (ksbjf

Most American voters only care about cheap gas and don’t give a flip about foreign affairs, so politically it will probably be fine. Unless Iran is not content with just winning, but demands that the US publicly humiliates itself even more, by now turning against Israel.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:54 AM (nuNhM)

132 "Supporting Fauci was the one great failure of his first term."

The Left and MSM had put us all into panic state. Trump couldn't move on Fauci without it destroying his Presidency. He did do things to push it down onto the States.
Posted by: Ignoramus at June 19, 2026 08:53 AM (dtajH)

I don't think anyone really understood how evil that little f*cker was. And he had the cover of the leftwing media putting pressure as well. Trump would've been politically screwed if he fired Fauci and he knew it.

Politics is a shitty game.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:55 AM (2YhKe)

133
>>Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGC-N) has once again closed the Strait of Hormuz, warning all vessels to not attempt to cross, following Israel’s refusal to withdraw from and strikes this morning on Southern Lebanon, with the following message being broadcast on maritime frequencies near the Strait by the IRGC:
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)

I don't see how Israel can be bound to the terms of a deal to which she wasn't a signatory

Posted by: Josephistan at June 19, 2026 08:55 AM (y9ksN)

134 So many British girls were fundamentally violated. Muslims went medieval on them.

And then the Police coerced them into saying it never happened.

How do these girls carry that Betrayal? Note that there's a huge class aspect to this Betrayal.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 19, 2026 08:56 AM (dtajH)

135 Good morning dear morons and happy birthday JJ

Inflight to Denver talking to you courtesy of Starlink

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 08:56 AM (zT39e)

136 I don't think anyone really understood how evil that little f*cker was. And he had the cover of the leftwing media putting pressure as well.

Watching atheist Karens buy and use Fauci votive candles was surprising to say the least

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 08:56 AM (sKqQm)

137 I loathed Obama and Biden with the heat of a thousand suns, but never, not once, when July 4th came around, did I not want to raise the flag, read the Declaration and watch 1776.

We are not the same.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 19, 2026 08:54 AM (qRla/)

This is a major difference between right and left.

Not once, in the history of ever, did I wish I was born in a different country. Not. One. Time. Ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:56 AM (2YhKe)

138 The mere mention of the name Fauci causes my blood to boil…. That guy, scarf lady and Francis Collins ruined a lot of lives with their covid bullshit. It’s infuriating… Mike Pence makes my shit list as well

That whole covid panic totally disrupted my life in very negative ways

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 08:57 AM (yz/88)

139
I don't see how Israel can be bound to the terms of a deal to which she wasn't a signatory
Posted by: Josephistan at June 19, 2026 08:55 AM (y9ksN)

Ah, but there's US money on the line.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

140 Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸

Posted by: redridinghood at June 19, 2026 08:57 AM (NpAcC)

141 “Well, but really it probably is unconditional surrender,” Trump told Axios reporter Mark Caputo, per a preview clip of their interview.Typically, unconditional surrender has meant that the losing side agrees to all demands.
====

Yeah, we said that here yesterday but Noooooo!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 08:58 AM (zT39e)

142 Is there a word to describe the feeling you have when you're vindicated against a tsunami of public opinion to the contrary, but nobody gives a shit?
Posted by: Tinfoil Dispenser at June 19, 2026 08:50 AM (ERYKL

"Reality."

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at June 19, 2026 08:58 AM (qRla/)

143 So many British girls were fundamentally violated. Muslims went medieval on them.

Islam comes to a region to conquer it. Those girls were taught a lesson about who really rules their towns.

This should have led to a mass uprising with Starmer and the rest of the British leadership publicly hung but Britain has been cowed.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 08:58 AM (sKqQm)

144 Iran has publicly claimed ownership of hezbollah so by firing on Israel, Iran has already breached the MoU.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:58 AM (afJtY)

145 131> Turning Against Israel

I'm sure that Hal Lindsey Graham and Genesis 12:3 Contingent of the GOP will not allow that to happen.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 08:58 AM (a4flb)

146 "The House candidate's campaign claims calling Mendoza a millionaire is 'verifiably factually inaccurate' despite reporting exactly that in her original financial filing
"Arizona Democrat JoAnna Mendoza Now Claims She's Not a Millionaire After All, Drops Her Net Worth by 93 Percent in Updated Disclosure"

Whatever her assets truly are today, if elected she will be worth 10 times that amount after a couple terms as a Congrescritter. She won't officially report it, however. Leftists can and do learn from experience. They learn better ways to lie and cheat.

Posted by: Gref at June 19, 2026 08:59 AM (5rh/l)

147 “ great are your purposes and mighty are your deeds. Your eyes are open to the ways of all mankind; you reward each person according to their conduct and as their deeds deserve.”

Jeremiah 32:19

Posted by: Marcus T at June 19, 2026 08:59 AM (OlBv0)

148 I argued with Somalia we could solve the problem but taking a few battleships out of mothballs and having them sail up and down the cost destroying every port and oceanside village that pirates have come out of via shelling - I'd argue the same thing here.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 08:51 AM (sKqQm)

I’ve been arguing in favor of that for the last 3 months. But I don’t have an Admiral’s rank, so how can I dare to propose good tactics?

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 08:59 AM (nuNhM)

149
This looks like a Fun House Mirror version of the games North Vietnam used to play in their negotiations.

They constantly walked away from the Paris? talks.

And each time only came back after getting exactly they wanted.

And...BONUS! The Viet Cong were helped by all the hippie, traitorous infused college demonstrations. We also have that but they don't seem to be a popular thing...I'm guessing due to the presence of blue-haired stick-whales instead of cute hippie chicks.

Soooo, if Trump actually meant what he said yesterday about dropping bombs. This would be a good time to show they know where big wigs from the IRGC are hiding.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 08:59 AM (iJfKG)

150 >>I don't see how Israel can be bound to the terms of a deal to which she wasn't a signatory

They can't. Thus the rub between Trump and Netanyahu.

Iran has given up all pretense that Hezbollah isn't their creature by demanding it. Netanyahu wants to go after them militarily and Trump wanted to starve them.

Kind of funny that 5 minutes ago the woke right was saying Trump is Netanyahu's puppet and now they are raging at Trump for criticizing him. It's almost like they just want to hammer Trump.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

151 Read another sickening report at Zero Hedge on the Rape report.

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:00 AM (sgkY8)

152 I don't see how Israel can be bound to the terms of a deal to which she wasn't a signatory
Posted by: Josephistan at June 19, 2026 08:55 AM (y9ksN)
====

Yeah, right?

Posted by: Czechoslovakia at June 19, 2026 09:01 AM (zT39e)

153
National Review has sent me about 100 e-mails begging me to resubscribe. I have not yielded to their entreaties. It is not difficult to do so.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 09:02 AM (O0L8i)

154 I guess Trump said something mean about the PM of Italy and all the pants-wetters are wetting their pants.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 19, 2026 09:02 AM (73/SM)

155 Scenes from Coming Attractions.

Fauci has his Biden pardon but he can be made to testify before Congress. He can't plead the Fifth because he's been pardoned, so he'll have to truthfully answer what he's asked. Surfer Girl Tulsi is turning over the receipts before she leaves, so the interrogator will already know the answers.

If Fauci lies, it's a perjury trap.

Developing ...

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 19, 2026 09:02 AM (dtajH)

156 TGIF, all!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:02 AM (X8xt3)

157 Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 08:47 AM (sKqQm)

*********

That sequence fits pretty well with my thoughts about how it went down. The quest for an mRNA vaccine model had been building for a couple decades (it's right there in ModeRNA's name), and garden variety coronavirus was as good a target as any. mRNA based cancer therapy is another potential target, yet to be in general use. The biggest issue with using mRNA to deliver the antigen is that the dose is dependent on the individual's cellular machinery, and may promote over-stimulation of the immune response.

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:03 AM (qgHp7)

158 Mr. Scary........

https://youtu.be/-ezyI2kUbfc

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:04 AM (2YhKe)

159 >>I argued with Somalia we could solve the problem but taking a few battleships out of mothballs and having them sail up and down the cost destroying every port and oceanside village that pirates have come out of via shelling - I'd argue the same thing here.

Take out their airports so that they can't be relocated to America, too?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:05 AM (X8xt3)

160 144 Iran has publicly claimed ownership of hezbollah so by firing on Israel, Iran has already breached the MoU.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 08:58 AM (afJtY)

I know, and agree. I am not writing to lay blame or second guess; only to point out that a very important choice is now before this country, and circumstances dictate that a choice MUST be made. We will all know very soon what that choice is.

Neither choice is very good, but one is much worse than the other.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 09:05 AM (nuNhM)

161 mRNA based cancer therapy is another potential target, yet to be in general use. The biggest issue with using mRNA to deliver the antigen is that the dose is dependent on the individual's cellular machinery, and may promote over-stimulation of the immune response.
Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:03 AM (qgHp7)

It's not like the inventor said don't use it as a 'vaccine' or anything.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:06 AM (2YhKe)

162 > Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸
---------
That's pretty much everyday here...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 09:06 AM (jehhT)

163 157> mRNA potential cancer therapy

Biden's gaffe of "Elect me and I'll cure cancer" was based on believing the Moderna hype.

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 09:07 AM (a4flb)

164 Read another sickening report at Zero Hedge on the Rape report.
Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 09:00 AM

NOPE!

I can't read one more ounce on that. Nuke UK. It's the only way to be sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:07 AM (2YhKe)

165
Flood Watch!!!

It's raining
It's pouring
The Old Man is snoring

Very lightning heavy downpour El Nino pushed our way.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:07 AM (iJfKG)

166 >>I don't think anyone really understood how evil that little f*cker was. And he had the cover of the leftwing media putting pressure as well. Trump would've been politically screwed if he fired Fauci and he knew it.

Politics is a shitty game.

THIS
(Though I'm pretty sure RFK knew as he's been watching people like him and Bill Gates for many years)

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)

167 I think Trump wanted 60 days of quiet so Iran's leadership could calm down from fighting mode to realize how f*cked they are.

Posted by: Ignoramus at June 19, 2026 09:07 AM (dtajH)

168 >>That's pretty much everyday here...
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Heh, indeed!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:08 AM (X8xt3)

169
8sigh*

stick-whales = stink=whales

AC's really been reveling in its inner a-hole lately

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:09 AM (iJfKG)

170 THIS
(Though I'm pretty sure RFK knew as he's been watching people like him and Bill Gates for many years)
Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:07 AM (X8xt3)

RFK Jr literally wrote the book on Fauci.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 09:09 AM (nuNhM)

171 I'm supposed to tow the RV this afternoon. I really need it to dissipate.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

It's supposed to clear me by 11:00 am.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:10 AM (mYCqF)

172 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 19, 2026 09:10 AM (hgXkL)

173 The Dem Socialists had a big rally in Brooklyn last night. Bernie and others gave speeches denouncing the old Dem party as not being radical enough. I live in NYS so the fighting between leftist factions will be unpleasant , but it will be fun to watch

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 19, 2026 09:10 AM (L9YhZ)

174

It's supposed to clear me by 11:00 am.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:10 AM (mYCqF)

I'm more worried about the swamp the yard turns into where I need to put it when I arrive.

I will address that later when I get the box plow an possibly a tiller for the Ford tractor that's out there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

175 91 Is SCOTUS done for the session? Some election integrity rulings were teased.
Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 08:36 AM (3W18h

Mayhap one of the 3 leftards is dragging out their dissent again in hopes of an assassination

Posted by: Polka will never die at June 19, 2026 09:11 AM (TYCeo)

176 Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at June 19, 2026 09:10 AM (hgXkL)

In NTX, full.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:11 AM (2YhKe)

177 @107 Sponge- a douche huh? For what? You feel that was directed at you? Those are the rules. The appeal to authority game. I’m just holding everyone to that standard. You are very emotional.

Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 09:11 AM (1+Mqc)

178 You are very emotional.
Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 09:11 AM (1+Mqc)

Heh.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:12 AM (2YhKe)

179 Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸

**********

For olive us or just the elites?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 19, 2026 09:15 AM (qgHp7)

180 heh

Posted by: JROD at June 19, 2026 09:15 AM (1+Mqc)

181
Finally!

Another great reason to celebrate June 19th!

https://tinyurl.com/f5k67zay

America! Fuck, yeah!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:16 AM (iJfKG)

182 I'm more worried about the swamp the yard turns into where I need to put it when I arrive.

I will address that later when I get the box plow an possibly a tiller for the Ford tractor that's out there.
Posted by: Sponge

Yeah. That's always a bitch. I need to have rock/gravel brought in. But it's about $6k to go from the gate to the garage.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:18 AM (mYCqF)

183 Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸

**********

For olive us or just the elites?
Posted by: muldoon

You are just trying to stir people up.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:19 AM (mYCqF)

184 >>Birdbath status?

Heh, yesterday I had a squirrel and crow circling the birdbath over the treats I had left for the crows on it (the crow won). Then a bunny hopped by in the background as a young spotted towhee very loudly rooted around the dry leaves under the nearby hedge for bugs.
Busy!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:19 AM (X8xt3)

185 IMHO, the MOU is okay. It cannot be all sticks. There must be some carrots.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 09:20 AM (qFwJc)

186
https://tinyurl.com/f5k67zay

America! Fuck, yeah!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:16 AM (iJfKG)

Back when traitors were actually executed for their crimes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:21 AM (2YhKe)

187 >>RFK Jr literally wrote the book on Fauci.

Exactly!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:21 AM (X8xt3)

188
You are just trying to stir people up.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:19 AM (mYCqF)

Better than being shaken.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:21 AM (2YhKe)

189 Finally!

Another great reason to celebrate June 19th!

https://tinyurl.com/f5k67zay

America! Fuck, yeah!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:16 AM (iJfKG)

Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸

Wow. A third great reason to celebrate June 19th!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

190 Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸

**********

For olive us or just the elites?
Posted by: muldoon

You are just trying to stir people up.
Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:19 AM (mYCqF)

Don't gin up trouble!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:22 AM (iJfKG)

191 >>Wow. A third great reason to celebrate June 19th!

4. At 2 pm the biennial Newport to Bermuda Race starts.

Always fun to watch the start.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 09:24 AM (viF8m)

192 OTD 1953

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg BZZZZT

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 09:24 AM (3W18h)

193 189 Finally!

Another great reason to celebrate June 19th!

https://tinyurl.com/f5k67zay

America! Fuck, yeah!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:16 AM (iJfKG)

Today Is National Martini Day. 🍸

Wow. A third great reason to celebrate June 19th!
Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

What's the other two ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 09:24 AM (FtULh)

194 The very dry humor of these martini puns is amusing.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 09:24 AM (77rzZ)

195 4. At 2 pm the biennial Newport to Bermuda Race starts.

Always fun to watch the start.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 09:24 AM (viF8m)

Watch out for the triangle!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:24 AM (2YhKe)

196 >> The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

Just think of how arrogant, and self ingratiating you have to be to make that statement. He destroyed race relations, constantly undermined the Bill of Rights, attempted to install socialism and used the auspices of our government to falsely and illegally undermine the opposition political candidate.

Absolutely none of that has anything to do with our declaration other than it reads like the “train of abuses”. Obama embodied the corrupt, subversive, deviant and anti liberty forces that helped define our founding and set us on the road to our constitution and our democratic republic.

He doesn’t like the constitution because it, purposely puts constraints and the subversion he wants to achieve. But once again the Founders were smarter than this effeminate, divisive, corrupt, destructive, lying piece of garbage jackass.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 19, 2026 09:25 AM (xit6L)

197 and it's Lou Gehrig's birthday

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 09:26 AM (3W18h)

198 The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

What an asshole.

ALWAYS stoking the racial embers to create fire.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:26 AM (2YhKe)

199 198 The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

The Founders did no such thing.. You and your ilk are the ones who have bastardized it...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 19, 2026 09:28 AM (FtULh)

200 Gad Saad is thinking of leaving the Canuck Reich because it is getting less and less safe to live there if you are Jewish.

The Reich has an exit tax and he has commented it would take him 10 years to re-earn the money taken from him. How much is the Reich's exit tax?

Also one of the most notable differences between free and non-free societies is how easy it is to leave. This isn't the Berlin Wall certainly but...give them time.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:29 AM (sKqQm)

201
The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

The guy's but a termite always trying to undermine the edifice of the USA.

Nothing else.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 19, 2026 09:29 AM (iJfKG)

202 >>What an asshole.

>>ALWAYS stoking the racial embers to create fire.

He got worse. In part of his speech yesterday he effusively praised the rioters who have been rioting against Trump and his team.

Most anti-American president we've ever had.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 19, 2026 09:29 AM (viF8m)

203 Owebama hates the founders because they created The Constitution, which puts limits on what government is allowed to do.

He said such. He told us who he was. He was still elected to 2 terms and America has yet to recover.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:29 AM (2YhKe)

204 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (2YhKe)

205 Art up

Posted by: rickb223 at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (mYCqF)

206 >> What an asshole.

He will be remembered as the biggest asshole ever. The mask is off everything he was trying to do. He betrayed the trust and goodwill the American people put in him when he was elected. He’s been fully exposed and that’s why he’s running around saying desperate things like that.

You see, it’s the system of our government that is faulty, not the socialist, divisive garbage he’s pushing. It’s not his fault, it’s the founders. They won’t let him destroy the republic.

F that arrogant little moms jeans wearing douche.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 19, 2026 09:30 AM (xit6L)

207 Does ObamaCare cover treatments for black fatigue?

Posted by: one hour sober at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (J4Dwc)

208 Slavery has existed everywhere from before recorded history until the 1800s when a group of "right wing Christian zealots forced their morality on others" via the Royal Navy and other western militaries.

The complaints of the likes of Obama are comical. So in inventing modern representative government the founders failed because they also didn't end 50 millennia of slavery at the same time?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 09:31 AM (sKqQm)

209 >>The founders fell terribly short of the Declaration’s promise.” - Obama

WOW.

Our founding documents -- the founders of our great nation -- have disappointed TFG, you guys!!

We must disband these united states, we must completely rewrite, restart, reimagine who we are and here we are going because OBAMA IS DISAPPOINTED!

You cannot satire this arrogant POS, can you?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (X8xt3)

210 Juneteenth ain't on our company calendar but of course the feds are off & getting paid.

Posted by: Bob at June 19, 2026 09:32 AM (hWhmF)

211 Haven't seen much of Vance since the election, maybe more in the last week than the prior year and a half combined.

What was he doing out there?
Running PR for Juenteenth, or the 250th?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 09:34 AM (/lPRQ)

212 49 If you want a laugh, here's June Lockhart describing the infamous vegetable episode. FF to the 3:00 mark:

https://tinyurl.com/fbws8sb9
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 19, 2026 08:08 AM (qBdHI)

Ha, that was great, thanks for linking!

Posted by: Inogame at June 19, 2026 09:39 AM (53oGX)

213 211 Haven't seen much of Vance since the election, maybe more in the last week than the prior year and a half combined.

What was he doing out there?
Running PR for Juenteenth, or the 250th?

----

Looks like he's simping for the groypers.

Posted by: Tippi Hedren at June 19, 2026 09:48 AM (8JR9p)

214 JJ, I sure hope this comment of yours was intentional and not accidental. The meter and 'lyrics' keep exact pace with the lines of George Harrison's 'Sue Me, Sue You Blues' - but with a differents: "I Jizz you / You Jizz me / Jizzya for eternity …". (coda: 'we're gonna play the / screw you, screw me blues ….

Posted by: Dr_No at June 19, 2026 09:48 AM (ayRl+)

215 'Morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

BBC, More than 50 Iranian military bases damaged in US strikes since start of war, satellite images show, 8 days ago

Bits and pieces below. (Reading all suggested.)
"Iran's ability to defend itself stems less from its conventional forces, such as its air force, than from its capacity to conduct counterstrikes via missiles or drones," said Zev Faintuch from the security firm Global Guardian."

"Iran will be constrained by the amount of resources that they can deploy to rebuilding, because they will also have to address basic economic conditions."

At the outset of the war, President Trump hinted that one of his goals was to enable anti-government protesters to overthrow the clerical regime - though this has since been downplayed.

"These attacks were therefore almost certainly primarily aimed at increasing the likelihood of bringing about the conditions for regime overthrow which was an Israeli, and to a lesser extent, US goal," Lewis Smart, a principal analyst with Janes said.

"Such a move would be necessary to help aid any government overthrow from below and comes off the back

Continued -

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:27 AM (NFX2v)

216 of the December 2025 - January 2026 protests and riots that were brutally suppressed by Iran's internal security forces."

It seems a regime change is still what is most desirable to the Iranian Americans, and likely Iranians who've migrated to other nations since the 'Fall of Iran" in 1979.

Gamann Org: Analytical Report on “Iranians’ Political Preferences in 2024” August 20, 2025

US News: #86 in overall ratings.
"Iran, once the heart of the great Persian Empire, sits in southwestern Asia, bordered to its east by Afghanistan and to its west by Iraq. Iran has one of the largest economies in the Middle East and one of the largest populations, with about 86 million people. While Iran experienced secular reforms and a glimpse of democracy in the mid-20th century, today it is governed by an authoritarian regime."

This administration, greatly aided by Israel, has given the Iranian people a decent opportunity and THEY have to determine the structure of their government and use aid wisely to rebuild so more aid will come.

And then, imho, the administration needs to pivot towards some other nations & draw a wide red line regarding military support.

More 🙄

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:27 AM (NFX2v)

217 More recycling against the administration:

NPR, 'No One Wants To Look Like Trump's Poodle': NATO Allies Gear Up For Brussels Summit, July 10, 2028

The Hill, George Will is right: Vote the GOP out, 06/27/18
In part, "Conservative columnist George Will, with whom I have usually disagreed in recent decades, recently wrote a brilliant and important column in The Washington Post chastising Republicans he labeled “the president’s poodles” and calling on voters to back Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections."
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Hachette Learning, Volume 35 2025/2026:
The 119th Congress
President Trump’s poodle?
This article argues that for the first part of President Trump’s second term Congress has been a compliant ‘poodle’, willing to do its master’s bidding, but that could all change after 2026

Today, The Washington Post, Opinion Column, George Wills, 'Perhaps Trump's poodles in Congress will finally rouse themselves...'

Because they've got nothing else.

Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 19, 2026 10:27 AM (NFX2v)

218 In New England news, MA had a ballot initiative to lower taxes slightly.

The State Supreme court just ruled that is unconstitutional and will not appear on the ballot

This is following on their recent decision not allowing the State Auditor to audit the state legislature after a ballot initiative specifically gave her this power

But every weekend in MA people still turn out to "protect their democracy from Trump"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 19, 2026 10:43 AM (sKqQm)

219 The bugger part of anything Middle East is we are really fighting the British, MI6, and CIA. The City of London makes their money on interest and monetizing risk; they make their money on forever wars and drug trades. Way more cash than US defense contractors make.

Posted by: Danimal28 at June 19, 2026 10:57 AM (mNOhh)

220 Happy COVID lockdown collateral death day!

It wasn't just cancer patients not getting appropriate care

https://archive.ph/yEBX6

Posted by: In memory of at June 19, 2026 11:31 AM (yQQMn)

Daily Tech News 19 June 2026

Top Story

Apple CEO Tim Cook says prices are going to increase so that the company can maintain its 1000% markup on commodity components. (Tom's Hardware)

Apple is, right now, only achieving a 500% markup on memory.

> Tech News

Microsoft's latest version of Outlook takes just 10 seconds to take you from a notification to reading the corresponding email. (Windows Latest)

One small problem: It used to be instantaneous.
Valve's new Steam Controller is a runaway success. (The Verge)

This being The Verge, that's not how they frame the story.
Amazon employees are facing extermination for fighting against datacenter construction. (The Verge)

If I were a doctor and fighting to abolish medicine, I wouldn't expect to retain my board certification for long.
Nope, too stupid. (WCCFTech)

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (y1wyK)

2 w00t

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

3 I need to go walking in the sun later. Right now, gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over and prep the shoulder roast.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (y1wyK)

4 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (quqLE)

5 G'Day and
TGIF

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (Ia/+0)

6 >>>(Jump to bottom of comments)

Like, to the dregs.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (6wpGE)

7 3 I need to go walking in the sun later. Right now, gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 04:32 AM (y1wyK)

What's the under/over on that?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)

8 Andy Burnham, mayor of Manchester, won a parliamentary by-election with 55% of the vote, ten percentage points more than the winning Labour candidate obtained in that seat in the 2024 general election. It seems voters are desperate to push Starmer out of power.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 19, 2026 04:46 AM (ZVw6f)

9 Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

That's fun!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

10 *poke*

^Starts filling bucket with cold water^

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (quqLE)

11 Amazon employees are facing extermination for fighting against datacenter construction. (The Verge)

headline:

LOL extermination

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:51 AM (6wpGE)

12 I should get moving, wish could go back to bed

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:53 AM (Ia/+0)

13 subhead of the Verge article:

After speaking up for regulation on data centers, Seattle activists say they were called into meetings with HR.

whodathunkit

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

14
Speaking of the Sun, today, June 19th, is the shortest of two local maxima of the apparent solar day. These occur close to the solstices, with the Dec. one being the longest.

Anyway, the apparent solar day, the time between successive high noons, will be about 13.1 seconds longer than 24 hours. The apparent solar day will then continue to decrease reaching the yearly minimum around the Autumn equinox.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 04:56 AM (w6EFb)

15 East bound and down, see you when I get there

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

16 Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

There's a very Petticoat Junction moment in there.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

17 Microsoft's latest version of Outlook takes just 10 seconds to take you from a notification to reading the corresponding email.

Vibe coding, across the universe
We keep slowing workflows
Because we're so diverse!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:03 AM (O7YUW)

18 What's the under/over on that?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
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Assuming you're referring to thermometer prob temps, chicken thighs 79C/174F, meat till 48C/188F on low heat, rest for 30-45 minutes and then sear.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:07 AM (y1wyK)

19 18 What's the under/over on that?

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:33 AM (6wpGE)
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Assuming you're referring to thermometer prob temps, chicken thighs 79C/174F, meat till 48C/188F on low heat, rest for 30-45 minutes and then sear.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:07 AM (y1wyK)

I was making a joke about your typo:

... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)

20
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 19, 2026 05:10 AM (AMvSw)

21 Verge article:

Seattle officially enacted a one-year moratorium on large-scale data centers

... where the author has omitted the word "new," leaving a mess in her wake

-->Seattle officially enacted a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:13 AM (6wpGE)

22 Yesterday, on the board someone was talking about a bllack man they admired -as opposed to Barack Obama. They mentioned George Washington Carver . He was a man of faith and
perseverance. Here's a devotional on Proverbs 3;1-6. and it is a devotional appropriate for interested Christians and Jews:

https://tinyurl.com/musw576v

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:16 AM (n3VHW)

23 I was making a joke about your typo:

... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
-

How typecal of me!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:18 AM (y1wyK)

24 Disclaimer: Nothing! Absolutely nothing!

Rejoinder: Stupid! You're so stupid!

(clarification: Just carrying on Kuni's line in the movie UHF from the "Wheel of Fish" segment. Love that movie...)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:19 AM (O7YUW)

25 LOL extermination
Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:51 AM (6wpGE)

If the traps don't work, seal it up and fog the place.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2026 05:22 AM (Ot/FD)

26 23 I was making a joke about your typo:

... gotta take the lemon pesto chicken out of the over ...

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:08 AM (6wpGE)
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How typecal of me!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:18 AM (y1wyK)

And of me.

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

27 9 Smash Mouth - Walkin' On The Sun

That's fun!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

Less fun is Black Hole Sun...
https://youtu.be/3mbBbFH9fAg

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 05:25 AM (l3cgK)

28 Biden"s dog,

You seem to cook a LOT! Plus it always sounds delicious. How many folks do you feed?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 19, 2026 05:30 AM (3AwA+)

29 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (RIvkX)

30 Evening and morning, all! 'Tis Friday at last, the consummation devoutly to be wished! And a holiday for some, so there's that.

I made the mistake of looking at the current weather conditions on the CBS outlet's website. The temp is 81, heat index is 94 effin' degrees at 4:30 am. Gawd I want out of here --!!!

The day has started off poorly on another front. I forgot to set up my coffee water and grounds last night, so I had to do that just now and am waiting until I can pour a cup. It's minor, but it's a harbinger of worse things, I'll bet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

31 Ever get the feeling that all those "land acknowledgement statements" are ultimately just a flex?

"We recognize that this used to be yours but it's ours now and we put a big ugly boondoggle of steel and concrete on it. "

"So.... give it back?"

"Lol no."

Posted by: Warai-otoko at June 19, 2026 05:35 AM (Ot/FD)

32 Wolfus,

Something like this?

https://tinyurl.com/52n6frj2

Posted by: pawn at June 19, 2026 05:35 AM (+rSJz)

33 G'morning, all!

Morning downpours should be here within the next 30 minutes.

So...another day of no morning walk.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:36 AM (iMotb)

34 Oh, that's right. We're almost at the longest day of the year.

Just what I need. More hot sunlight. (Grump, grump, grump)

On the good front, the furry thugs are doing well. Big black Stirling woke me by kicking me as he leapt over me -- three times, and all at his usual time of 3:45 am -- but they are both healthy, and waiting for me to feed them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

35 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)

I am sorry about the temps and other aspects of NOLA are so uncomfortable I am praying that rough places are made smooth and that God opens just the right house and location for you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:37 AM (OYsYV)

36 The day has started off poorly on another front. I forgot to set up my coffee water and grounds last night, so I had to do that just now and am waiting until I can pour a cup. It's minor, but it's a harbinger of worse things, I'll bet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:31 AM (wzUl9)
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I had to make my own coffee this morning. Yuk.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:38 AM (RIvkX)

37 Wolfus,

Something like this?

https://tinyurl.com/52n6frj2
Posted by: pawn at June 19, 2026

***
Pawn!! That happens to be the *exact* home I put the offer in on last month!!

I loved it the moment I saw it . . . until the inspection revealed it would need close to $30K of serious work, including termite repair to the garage, newer electrics, and a new A/C system. The sellers were not willing to do all that or any part of it, and did not counteroffer lowering their price.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:40 AM (wzUl9)

38 Smashmouth song lyrics say "25 years ago" while it was released 29 years ago. Great album BTW. "Disconnect the Dots" is a great tune as well as "Heave-Ho."

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (S8cdb)

39 From the unfortunate names dept. The head of the ccofCICP,
Assadollah Badamchian

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (0beLq)

40 I am sorry about the temps and other aspects of NOLA are so uncomfortable I am praying that rough places are made smooth and that God opens just the right house and location for you.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026

***
Thanks, Fen. I have to concentrate on the things I can control, and let God do the rest.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

41 Woman's book on vocabulary becomes best seller after 40 years. Sunny Skyz site

https://tinyurl.com/yeyvsthp

I am thankful that Tik Tok is responsible for at least one good thing.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (OYsYV)

42 On the plus side, the changing out of fuel injectors ion the Volvo wagon started out very well yesterday.

On the minus side, due to age and brittleness, part of the plastic end flange on two of them broke into tiny pieces, falling down the injector ports and next to the intake valves.

On the plus side, I was able to extract the easily visible small chinks without any further disassembly.

On the minus side, the borescope showed two of the intake valves still had small chinks of plastic sitting next to them, requiring removal of the intake manifold.

On the plus side, the manifold came off rather easily, and I was able to remove the remaining chunks from both intake ports, including a larger piece that wasn't visible until the intake was off.

On the minus side, I don't have a new intake gasket, and the new one won't arrive till tomorrow afternoon.

And so on......

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (iMotb)

43 Wolfus you would love our weather. The sun hasn't come out but 10 minutes the last 6 days.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (RIvkX)

44 You seem to cook a LOT! Plus it always sounds delicious. How many folks do you feed?

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 19, 2026 05:30 AM (3AwA+)
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Tonight, the Sabbath, we and our pups and grndpups are a dozen. Often, we're 16-20, depending on who can come.

Mrs. BD does the bulk of everything. I handle sashimi, some of the chicken, and most grilling.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (y1wyK)

45 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9

That sounds like a positive approach.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:42 AM (OYsYV)

46 Wolfus you would love our weather. The sun hasn't come out but 10 minutes the last 6 days.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026

***
Yes! If I could just move to SF in, say, 1955 . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:44 AM (wzUl9)

47 VIA, what year and model is your Volvo? I had a 264, a '75 I think, for a brief time in the winter of '85. It was a fun car to drive until a fuel line broke and the car burned up.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

48 And so on......
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice
****

I have had more than my share of house remodels go that way.

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 05:46 AM (quqLE)

49 BD,

Sounds like a lot of fun (and love).

Posted by: Brunnhilde at June 19, 2026 05:49 AM (3AwA+)

50 I got a (semi urgent) prompt doctor appointment (primary care) with a huge organization. Per Murphy’s law, they gave me a prompt time on the only day in the next two months that I was scheduled out of town for family get-together. So, contacting huge organization for a change is durn near impossible. Plus the huge organization is abusive to primary care docs, and I don’t want to mess up his productivity statistics.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 19, 2026 05:49 AM (1FEc1)

51 Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:36 AM (iMotb)

Sorry. I know that you enjoy your walks. I enjoy mine as well . Yesterday I saw a morning glory plant as well as some tiny weed with a flower the size of a top of my fingernail with some shade of purple. When I came back to look for it I couldn't find it again .

When the weather is too cold or too hot go to the
market and get a small cart and bring a bag and walk up and down the aisles for about half an hour or so . Eventually I find something I need, but the store security overhead may think I'm nuts. 😉. I don't belong to a gym, so at least it's exercise.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:49 AM (OYsYV)

52 "VIA, what year and model is your Volvo?"

This one is the 2006 V-70, 2.5T with 280,000 miles on it. And we are the original owners.

The other is the 2009 S-60, 2.5T with full Polestar tune, hi-flow induction and exhaust, and other fun modifications. And about 190,000 original miles.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at June 19, 2026 05:51 AM (iMotb)

53 We have a pretty small family Shabbat is usually not more than 5-6.

SiL's family in Sydney is huge, so many aunts and uncles and cousins Shabbat was packed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 05:51 AM (RIvkX)

54 @31/Warai-otoko: "Ever get the feeling that all those "land acknowledgement statements" are ultimately just a flex?"

I think it's an intentional strife-and-conflict generator to pit one group of citizens against another, and keep people fighting amongst themselves.

With news coming out about how much tax revenues are filtered directly to fraud, were the people not divided, their ire would rightfully turn on the politicians stealing so much from us to line their pockets. Divide-and-conquer continues to be the best defensive strategy for the leviathan.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 05:55 AM (O7YUW)

55 This is a lovely psalm read by David Suchet/-Psalm 132:

https://tinyurl.com/yzc4mvc2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:55 AM (OYsYV)

56 Second cup of coffee. In a few minutes I'll change and stretch, and hit the workout trail: slower and shorter, thanks to the heat. More walking than trotting, in other words. I'll bring water with me, of course.

My new Casio watch with stopwatch function works quite well: a button press gives a bright dial light that lets me see the elapsed time easily. My older Casio illuminates only the left half of the dial, the minutes elapsed. I need to see the seconds to know how I'm doing. There is a vast difference between 10:05 and 10:50.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

57 When the weather is too cold or too hot go to the
market and get a small cart and bring a bag and walk up and down the aisles for about half an hour or so . Eventually I find something I need, but the store security overhead may think I'm nuts. 😉. I don't belong to a gym, so at least it's exercise.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026

***
That's a great idea. Go early before the crowds flock to the store. (Even then, with Walmart anyway, the employees jam the aisles picking out stuff for delivery and pickup.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9)

58 SanFranpsycho, I have been reading about the lighting of the candles for Shabbat .

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (0beLq)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (wzUl9

Our closest store opens at 6:00 so yes, I get there early.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 05:59 AM (n3VHW)

60 @Wolfus: Keep a towel with you in bed. Next time Stirling wakes you up, see if you can grab him by the scruff of the neck and then wrap him up tightly in the towel, lay back down and hold him (now prevented from moving) against you while you lay still and pretend to go back to sleep (you won't be able to due to the kitty's struggling) but it should make the point to him that waking you is a BAD idea.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

61 SanFranpsycho, I have been reading about the lighting of the candles for Shabbat .
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 05:57 AM (0beLq)
=====

How nice. The prayers are Boy F's longest utterances so I look forward to hearing them every week.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 06:01 AM (RIvkX)

62 I like late night shopping to search out interesting markdowns and exercise. Annoyingly, the stores in my area have been cutting back their hours. First, Vons/Albertsons, one of the two 400 pound gorillas of the region, starting closing at 10 PM at all but one location that was expected to close last year due to a merger. The other player in that proposed merger was Kroger, whose Ralphs chain is the other 400 pound gorilla in these parts. Nearly all of their stores used to be open until 1 AM. Added bonus for my gym, open 24 hours on weekdays, is in the same plaza as one of those Ralphs. They're gradually adding more store to the close at midnight list.

I miss when supermarkets in a section of town would take turns staying open 24/7, as a form of community service. I can distinctly remember being horribly bored and awake on a summer night and going over at 2 AM to find a book to read. Back then, there used to be a good chance of finding something decent, like John Steakley's 'Armor'. A few years later, I'd have my own car and could go down to Hollywood for the big 24 hour newsstand and bookstore at the corner of Hollywood and Cahuenga.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 19, 2026 06:07 AM (/0z9K)

63 @56/Wolfus: Casio 3488 on my wrist. Good watch, decent price.

Only two minor quips I have with it:

a) The glass isn't glass, it's some sort of hardened plastic so it does get scratched

b) It gains a second or two every week.

That last one is easy enough to deal with. It has a good "set seconds to zero" function. You push the button in time set mode, and the seconds are reset to zero. If Seconds was at 29 or less when you did it, the minute stays the same. If at 30 or above, it bumps the minute forward by one. Makes it real easy to get the time set accurately right to the second against the accurate time.

I'd definitely buy another one of these if this one ever breaks.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:08 AM (O7YUW)

64 Tommy's, which was like In'n'Out with just a handful of locations then, was ahead of the curve in being open 24/7. So a triple chili burger was a requirement for the outing.

Posted by: Epobirs at June 19, 2026 06:09 AM (/0z9K)

65 Wolfus: Keep a towel with you in bed. Next time Stirling wakes you up, see if you can grab him by the scruff of the neck and then wrap him up tightly in the towel, lay back down and hold him (now prevented from moving) against you while you lay still and pretend to go back to sleep (you won't be able to due to the kitty's struggling) but it should make the point to him that waking you is a BAD idea.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026

***
Good idea, G & R. But he is gone so fast, leaping across me and the bed, that I'm not sure I can catch him.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 06:09 AM (wzUl9)

66 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 19, 2026 06:12 AM (sAmhv)

67 ONT reminds me: The blood alcohol level that traditionally sufficed to allow me to dance, now exceeds the blood alcohol level that puts me to sleep.

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 19, 2026 06:14 AM (1FEc1)

68 It's Friday, it's Friday! Happy, happy Friday!

*twirl*

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 19, 2026 06:14 AM (PzBTm)

69 Morning Horde! Gonna go donate plasma later today. Wolfus, have you considered Oklahoma?

Posted by: RandomDave at June 19, 2026 06:15 AM (aJQbY)

70 Tomorrow is the great NoVaMoMe . A good time will be had by all.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:16 AM (0beLq)

71 I'm back

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:16 AM (sgkY8)

72 Wish I could go

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:17 AM (sgkY8)

73 Another new product idea:
You know those little puck shaped urinal deodorant thingies? Offer them in the shape of the Obummer center!

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 19, 2026 06:20 AM (1FEc1)

74 Welcome back Rosasharn

Salty has been worried about you

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 19, 2026 06:20 AM (RIvkX)

75
Apple CEO Tim Cook says prices are going to increase so that the company can maintain its 1000% markup on commodity components.

Apple cultists will pay for a 2000% markup. Because Apple is a cult.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:21 AM (O0L8i)

76 Apple bought rights to F-1, and after 29 years of following it they can have it, I am not paying

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 06:23 AM (sgkY8)

77 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 19, 2026 06:23 AM (whRlH)

78 75
Apple CEO Tim Cook says prices are going to increase so that the company can maintain its 1000% markup on commodity components.

Apple cultists will pay for a 2000% markup. Because Apple is a cult.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:21 AM (O0L8i)

https://youtu.be/7xxgRUyzgs0

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:25 AM (l3cgK)

79 {{{Rosasharn}}}

Huzzah!! You are back and twirling. Life is good.

I hope and pray you and yours are doing well.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 19, 2026 06:26 AM (whRlH)

80
Whoa, doggies! I forgot, it's Juneteenth. Not all that many years ago, it was a genial, good-natured holiday in Texas. Now it's a federal Bash Whitey day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:26 AM (O0L8i)

81 Hadrian the Seventh

Apple is not a cult. The seven active Apple computers I have at home, and the 4 others in reserve, told me to say that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 19, 2026 06:28 AM (whRlH)

82 80
Whoa, doggies! I forgot, it's Juneteenth. Not all that many years ago, it was a genial, good-natured holiday in Texas. Now it's a federal Bash Whitey day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 06:26 AM (O0L8i)

How should I punish my white side? I mean, for reparations, I took a $100 bill from my right pocket and put it in my left pocket, given I have white AND black ancestors...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:29 AM (l3cgK)

83 June 19th. The day after the 18th and before the 20th.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 06:29 AM (afJtY)

84 81 Hadrian the Seventh

Apple is not a cult. The seven active Apple computers I have at home, and the 4 others in reserve, told me to say that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 19, 2026 06:28 AM (whRlH)

Siri-ously!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 06:29 AM (l3cgK)

85 im (in Kalifornia)

No. Not Siri. She seems to be the only woman I can tell to shut up, and it works. First thing I do in Settings is to disable and lock down the Siri off button.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 19, 2026 06:32 AM (whRlH)

86 Slowly, slowly, the wheel turns
Water rises and churns
Sky and clouds dance
Leaving little to chance
As trees grow tall and green
Wonder comes on the scene

fin

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 06:33 AM (jdHgm)

87 Hi San Fran and Salty! Gee, it's nice to be missed. Shucks. *kicks dirt*

Wolfus still looking to move out of the land of humidity and hurricanes? Good luck. Move to the Midwest - land of tornadoes and feet of snow...

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 19, 2026 06:41 AM (PzBTm)

88 Have a fantastic day, everyone.

May there be zephers, crepuscular rays, and a cloud dappled sky to make you smile.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 19, 2026 06:42 AM (whRlH)

89 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 06:47 AM (77rzZ)

90 Did I drive everyone off?

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 06:54 AM (77rzZ)

91 5 more school days including today, and then all of mamma's little darlings can be entertained by their respective mothers for a couple of months.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:55 AM (O7YUW)

92 I guess so. Oh well, I’ll talk to myself, then.

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 06:56 AM (77rzZ)

93 I’m at work on Juneteenth. Does that make me a bad person?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 19, 2026 06:56 AM (lvmU5)

94 @90/Bulg: Nah, just hit a lull in the conversation. I'm about to pack my stuff up and head off to work.

Have a good day everyone.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:56 AM (O7YUW)

95 Here's a funny British joke about Starmer I heard yesterday.

When we had an empire, we had an emperor.

When we had a kingdom, we had a king.

Now, we're a country.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 19, 2026 06:56 AM (l26NL)

96

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 19, 2026 06:57 AM (fpQMF)

97
Now The Atlantic is saying, "Don't believe those videos about Europeans enjoying themselves in the US!"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 07:00 AM (O0L8i)

98 Hadrian, do you use a pressure washer in your kennel?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:02 AM (afJtY)

99 Morning peeps. Looks like a full day for me; got acres of grass to mow and a cat that needs a vet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 07:04 AM (jehhT)

100
Hadrian, do you use a pressure washer in your kennel?
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:02 AM (afJtY)

Once a year in the fall, we move everyone out for the day and pressure wash the walls and floor. The problem is, everyone has to be moved out while it's done.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 07:05 AM (O0L8i)

101 99 Morning peeps. Looks like a full day for me; got acres of grass to mow and a cat that needs a vet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 19, 2026 07:04 AM (jehhT)

My cats hate going to the vet...whenever they go they get poked in their asses with thermometers and sometimes get their vaccines...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 07:05 AM (l3cgK)

102
Right now, there are only four dogs in the kennel and two of them are elderly. It's possible that next year we'll be down to three dogs (Diana, Ruth and Puff), who will all be house girls.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 07:06 AM (O0L8i)

103 80, 82> Juneteenth, Texas holiday.

John Cornyn was the original co-sponsor to S.475 with Ed Markey, Cory Booker, Tina Smith who made Juneteenth a federal holiday

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 07:08 AM (a4flb)

104 102 Hadrian, what about The Big Dummy?

Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 07:08 AM (77rzZ)

105
Ha! Whoever goes around claiming 100 was caught napping! I snagged it. Me!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 07:08 AM (O0L8i)

106 Twirl is good.

Posted by: Don Black at June 19, 2026 07:10 AM (3W18h)

107 mornin yall

"Minor league baseball’s York Revolution in Pennsylvania declined to play its Pride Night game Thursday after players refused to wear uniforms that featured a rainbow design, team officials said"

Good. I hope the players to them to stick it in their rears.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

108 91 5 more school days including today, and then all of mamma's little darlings can be entertained by their respective mothers for a couple of months.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:55 AM (O7YUW)

......
That's crazy! School here has been out for about a month!

Posted by: Molly k. at June 19, 2026 07:10 AM (j/yko)

109
Hadrian, what about The Big Dummy?
Posted by: Bulg at June 19, 2026 07:08 AM (77rzZ)

In December after the Orlando shows, The Big Dummy will return to his home in Ohio. As of May 31st, he's the #2 Borzoi in the US in Breed and All-Breed competition.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 07:12 AM (O0L8i)

110 Hadrian - are you no longer showing dogs? Refresh my memory - Borzois? Some sort of sight hound?

Posted by: Rosasharn at June 19, 2026 07:13 AM (PzBTm)

111 "Other Pride Night events are still set to go on as scheduled at the ballpark free of charge. They include music, fan batting practice and other on-the-field activities"

But no baseball game. They are more concerned about the fags than the game.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:13 AM (vFG9F)

112 Thank you, Rosasharn! That twirl made the day a little better!

G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 19, 2026 07:14 AM (VyBeY)

113 @93

>>I’m at work on Juneteenth. Does that make me a bad person

That makes you a getting s*** done person.

When I was a younger man, I would routinely work any and every holiday, having a day off is good but double time and half is double time and a half.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 19, 2026 07:14 AM (XV/Pl)

114 Hadrian, I'm looking to buy a pressure washer but not sure how much psi I need.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:14 AM (afJtY)

115 I seem to remember Juneteenth becoming a holiday in the wake of the George Floyd hysterics. There was no discussion or debate about it and I'll bet to this day most Americans have no idea what Juneteenth was, only that it's a black thing.

I was born and raised in Texas and I had never heard of it or was taught about it.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 19, 2026 07:16 AM (l26NL)

116 I hope the the people celebrating Juneteenth take a moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which they are gathered today.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:19 AM (vFG9F)

117 Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 19, 2026 06:55 AM (O7YUW)

Only two more days here/ Monday and Tuesday.
A nice thing about the end of school here is the some of kids write little notes with pictures thanking spouse, and sorry if this sounds mercenary- some gift cards and money and not the collected amount of about 25 lbs of chocolates which is nice gesture as well-that gets at Christmas.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 07:21 AM (78f+T)

118 Ben Had, most gas powered pressure washers will do the job, don't mess with the electric ones. More pressure is always better, you can always back off.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:21 AM (vFG9F)

119 Even my cheap Harbor Freight pressure washer will take a layer off the pavers on our back porch if I'm not careful.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:23 AM (vFG9F)

120 fd, thank you. How much maintenance do they require?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:23 AM (afJtY)

121 Hadrian, I'm looking to buy a pressure washer but not sure how much psi I need.
Posted by: Ben Had

What surfaces do you need washed?

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 19, 2026 07:23 AM (bIH8o)

122
Hadrian, I'm looking to buy a pressure washer but not sure how much psi I need.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:14 AM (afJtY)

Depends where you're cleaning. We have three. One is a 600 psi Ryobi battery-powered one, the second is a 1200 psi electric and the third is a 3000 psi gas-powered one. The 600 is for mats, the 1200 is for walls and the 3000 is for concrete.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 19, 2026 07:23 AM (O0L8i)

123 - @107. fd

Just watched an officer Tatum vid.
Texas Rangers - no pride night. Going to have a faith and family night.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 19, 2026 07:24 AM (XZCs7)

124 fd, which brand do you have?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:25 AM (afJtY)

125 93> Work on June 19th,

Part of our Nation's Cultural Enrichment of the Black Community is that our nation received two more day added to the calendar where people are paid not to work.,

MLK Day circa 1983 and Juneteenth circa 2021

Posted by: Community Notes at June 19, 2026 07:26 AM (a4flb)

126 Wolfus still looking to move out of the land of humidity and hurricanes? Good luck. Move to the Midwest - land of tornadoes and feet of snow...
Posted by: Rosasharn at June 19, 2026

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Morning, Rosasharn,

I can handle snow; I lived in Denver and loved it for four years. As for tornadoes I'll have a basement to cower in; and the landspouts are over quickly and affect only a narrow band for each storm instead of almost statewide rain and flooding.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

127 So I keep thinking of today as Saturday because spouse is off,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 19, 2026 07:27 AM (qTzgr)

128 Mr Aspirin Factory, the wooden walls and the metal above it. The walls are 18 foot.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 19, 2026 07:28 AM (afJtY)

129 Nood JJ

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 19, 2026 07:28 AM (qFwJc)

130 "How much maintenance do they require?
Posted by: Ben Had"

Not much. The biggest problem I have is mud daubers plug up the nozzles after it sits for a while.

I don't know the brand other than Harbor Freight. Maybe it's "Predator"? It always starts on the first or second pull, and I have had it for maybe 10 years.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:29 AM (vFG9F)

131 I seem to remember Juneteenth becoming a holiday in the wake of the George Floyd hysterics. There was no discussion or debate about it and I'll bet to this day most Americans have no idea what Juneteenth was, only that it's a black thing.

I was born and raised in Texas and I had never heard of it or was taught about it.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 19, 2026

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I was raised next door in Lousy-ana, and I certainly never heard of it until this century -- maybe not even this decade. My long-time employer used to give us Good Friday off. They took that away and gave us this "holiday." Gah.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 19, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

132 If you don't use the pressure washer often, drain the gas tank after use. I don't put much gas in when I use it. Ideally it will run out just as I finish.

Posted by: fd at June 19, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

133 Microsoft's latest version of Outlook takes just 10 seconds to take you from a notification to reading the corresponding email. (Windows Latest)

One small problem: It used to be instantaneous.

Copilot isn't as fast reading your email and copying it down as you are.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:08 AM (kU0PQ)

134 And, yes, that WCCFTech article is stupid. Almost like they don't understand how sanctions are supposed to work, nor the reason we imposed them.

Posted by: GWB at June 19, 2026 10:12 AM (kU0PQ)

135 We are gonna live to see MS crash and burn.

The amount of bullshit daily at work related to win 11 bugs is off the charts. There is talk of rebuidling our tools for linux, and I have seen other companies totaly swap over.

Just more woke/dot-indian enshittification.

Posted by: heya at June 19, 2026 11:00 AM (R3qyJ)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - June 18, 2026 [Doof]

Howdy Hordelings! Welcome to the Thursday ONT! Open thread, as always. Light on content again - does anyone notice? What's on YOUR mind tonight?

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More stuff the left hates

Yes, That’s An American Flag Made from 295 Corvettes

Over 250 Corvettes descended upon Detroit’s Belle Isle on Flag Day last Sunday to form a giant American flag and raise money for four veterans’ charities.
Obviously, there was a need for Corvettes in red, white, and blue, and those made up the majority of the flag, but some other colors formed the flag pole on which Old Glory flew. While as many as 450 Vettes were hoped for, a count of the flag showed 295, which is still impressive.
The event was known as—and T-shirts proclaimed it—“Corvettes on the Island.” It was organized by Larry and Verna Courtney of Michigan Corvette Events, a Michigan-based nonprofit that supports food pantries and veterans groups. The Courtneys are well known in Corvette circles for enthusiast-driven events including Corvettes on Woodward, Corvettes on the Island at Belle Isle, and leadership roles in the National Corvette Caravan.
“This homegrown Michigan effort is built by the Corvette community itself with owners expected from across the country for an ambitious Flag Day tribute celebrating America 250, and honoring veterans,” read a release on the event.

Very cool.

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When ya gotta go

$13,000 Autonomous Robot Toilet Comes to the Side of Your Bed

For decades, maybe centuries, the phrase “going to the toilet” has been a part of our everyday lingo, regardless of language or culture, but, like many other things, AI may just make it obsolete. Because, with the help of advanced technology, the toilet can now come to you, wherever you are.
At this year’s Shanghai International Aged Care, Assistive Devices, and Rehabilitation Medical Expo, Chinese accessibility technology brand Yueban unveiled its revolutionary Xiaoban smart toilet, which can essentially be described as an AI-powered autonomous robot toilet designed primarily for individuals with disabilities, semi-disabilities, or mobility impairments.

Read the whole thing. It's kind of a cool idea.

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I don't see much diference - do you?

Both buildings cost
$847,000,000
Both are in Chicago
Trump built one
Obama built the other pic.twitter.com/LK2GzfQTwl
— Fletch17 (@RealFletch17) June 18, 2026

Cringe alert

NEW: Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/x8Dp541DGp
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2026

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DJ Doof - Easy Theme Edition

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by humidity

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1 Hello!

Posted by: Mrs. IS ROTH at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (g4Qpi)

2 Let them eat cake

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (51ygH)

3 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (+9wcF)

4 Tonight’s the night we hit the heights!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

5 Let the cartoooooons… begin!

Posted by: mindful webworker - mostly at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (9bb3y)

6 Good evening, Horde. Blustery day here.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (kpS4V)

7 Read the content.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (qFwJc)

8 $13,000 Autonomous Robot Toilet Comes to the Side of Your Bed
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I'm not spending $13K so that the robot can report my bowel movements to the Chinese.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gnNyN)

9 Thanks for the ont.

Read the whole thing. It's kind of a cool idea.

Maybe for people with mobility disabilities. I do not want/need to take a dump in the kitchen.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (G3T/K)

10 When's the Supergirl not-watching party?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

11
People pretending to vibe to that undanceable music.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (XJ22o)

12 Trump gets more bang for the buck!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (ZVgZ4)

13 $13,000 Autonomous Robot Toilet Comes to the Side of Your Bed

Tim Roth in Rob Roy might like this handy device.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (0aYVJ)

14 Obama's "library" looks like a screaming tombstone.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)

15 Evening, Doof, and ONT Horde. Better go turn the steak.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (1z8ji)

16 So the autonomous toilet comes when you're full of shit. It would never leave my side!

Thanks for all you do Doof

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (bWjRF)

17 When's the Supergirl not-watching party?
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

I was so excited I forgot it was coming out!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (G3T/K)

18 I'm not spending $13K so that the robot can report my bowel movements to the Chinese.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gnNyN)

Yeah... bowel movements.

Posted by: oyster farmer at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (gKWVE)

19 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (sAmhv)

20 Tom Hanks makes fun of old MSNBC:

A-list actor Tom Hanks took a surprise shot at MS NOW while attending the ceremonial opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago on Thursday.
Hanks, 69, found himself face to face with a reporter from the network shortly after arriving.
MS NOW Senior National and Political Correspondent Jacob Soboroff was streaming live and approached Hanks.
‘Great to see you,’ Soboroff said, eagerly attempting to get Hanks’ attention.
The actor appeared busy, but eventually acknowledged Soboroff after some light pestering.
He broke the silence with a quip: ‘What can I do for the 800 people watching MS NOW?’ – a nod to the network’s waning viewership.
‘Oh, come on. We’re live on MS NOW,’ Soboroff said, putting his hand on Hanks’ shoulder before offering a smile.
‘All right – add a zero to it,’ Hanks said in a dead-pan tone.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM (O7XEN)

21 For decades, maybe centuries, the phrase “going to the toilet” has been a part of our everyday lingo, regardless of language or culture, but, like many other things, AI may just make it obsolete. Because, with the help of advanced technology, the toilet can now come to you, wherever you are.

I really don't see the need.

Posted by: Amber Heard at June 18, 2026 10:06 PM (Riz8t)

22 Even if Milley All-Cock is a *checks notes* 'Gay Icon.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:06 PM (G3T/K)

23 I might play those vidyas later, but for now it's Iron Maiden, Killers blasting through my speakers. Old school.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:06 PM (0aYVJ)

24 What's on YOUR mind tonight?
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I've been reading Agatha Christie's "Death on the Nile." 140 pages into it and no one is dead yet. She's spending her sweet time setting up all the possible murderers, each of whom has a motivation to kill the victim.

The victim is sort of clueless. Not someone who deserves to die, but rather self-absorbed and doesn't see how her behavior affects those around her.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:07 PM (gnNyN)

25 Thanks for the Thursday Night ONT, Doof!

You post whatever content you like, and we will be happy with it. Promise!

That Obama library opening looks like a Charlie Foxtrot. And I didn't even watch the video!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 18, 2026 10:07 PM (D/6p1)

26 Obama's "library" looks like a screaming tombstone.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)

Like one of those giant termite mounds in Africa. And both filled with parasites.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:07 PM (1z8ji)

27 Perfect pic: Trump towers over the gay Kenyan.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

28 In case you missed this earlier

Obama monolith, a proper christening

https://bit.ly/appropriate-use

© Mindful Webworks, sorta

Posted by: mindful webworker - predictably surprising at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (9bb3y)

29 *looks at street sign*

Dez nuts?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (2WIwB)

30 It appears that Nut Swamp Road is real and spectacular and in New Jersey.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (R+iUD)

31 Doof, I am AT LEAST medium whelmed and expect to raise that level as the evening progresses! Thanks for the ONT!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (Jr+re)

32 You should see the dancers in 1972 trying to dance to Hot Butter’s “Popcorn”:

https://is.gd/U3hf9f

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (ZVgZ4)

33 The Barry Library looks like a waste bin.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (oq9dX)

34 Bush is now playing the minstrel at these Democrat shindigs. Next time they should make him wear a gimp suit.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (gKWVE)

35 the phrase “going to the toilet”

I never say that. Sounds kind of British TBH
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Hittin' the head
Seeing a man about a horse
Visiting the field office
Gotta piss
Micturating on the Dude's rug

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

36 I saw Autonomous Toilet open for Alice in Chains at the Saddledome in 2007.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (1z8ji)

37 33 The Barry Library looks like a waste bin.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:09 PM (oq9dX)
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*touches nose*

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (hkB4p)

38 Obama's "library" looks like a screaming tombstone.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:04 PM (kpS4V)

Like one of those giant termite mounds in Africa. And both filled with parasites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Someone said it earlier. German flak tower.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (HErCE)

39 My Best Friend - Jefferson Airplane Surrealistic Pillow 1966

https://youtu.be/Ezhl0R1DQbg

Posted by: mindful webworker - added value at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (9bb3y)

40 Nut Swamp Road is real and spectacular

Extra-vinegary.

Posted by: Eric Cartman at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (gKWVE)

41 Heh, Bill Clinton eyeballing the jiggling negress in that video.

Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)

42 Obama monolith, a proper christening

https://bit.ly/appropriate-use

© Mindful Webworks, sorta
Posted by: mindful webworker - predictably surprising at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (9bb3y)

Aw, I was hoping to see someone peeing on it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (1Ff7Z)

43 Perfect pic: Trump towers over the gay Kenyan.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:08 PM (1Ff7Z)

That's an absolutely amazing meme picture.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (1z8ji)

44 Autonomous Toilet sounds like one of the berserk machines from that cheesy flick Runaway.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (R+iUD)

45
It's hideous.

WTH

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)

46 Thunderstorms still going crazy here. The animals are displeased.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (Wmg4n)

47 Sorry I'm late, a rather unruly, and obviously confused, rattlesnake was attempting to rape my garden hose.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)

48 BO's giant trash can building feels like a prank

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (tcsrY)

49 German flak tower - Obola Library

https://tinyurl.com/3sbfars5

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (HErCE)

50 I'm not spending $13K so that the robot can report my bowel movements to the Chinese.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:03 PM (gnNyN)

Yeah... bowel movements.
Posted by: oyster farmer at June 18, 2026 10:05 PM

***

My dog ate a bunch of Scrabble tiles.
He had horrible vowel movements.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (2WIwB)

51 I want a toilet that comes to my bed. I don't need any AI thing though. I could probably just buy/reprogram an old roomba and tape a bucket to it so I can hang my dick over and piss in it, and then send it over to the regular toilet til morning when I have to get up anyway.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (BI5O2)

52 “My Best Frirnd’s Girl”

Lotsa memories with that one.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

53 Sorry I'm late, a rather unruly, and obviously confused, rattlesnake was attempting to rape my garden hose.
Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (PMi3m)
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Was the garden hose coiled provocatively?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (gnNyN)

54
Like one of those giant termite mounds in Africa. And both filled with parasites.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I wonder how filled the library will be in a couple months?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (Cqx++)

55 It appears that Nut Swamp Road is real and spectacular and in New Jersey.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket
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Is that the road CBD lives on? 🤣😂

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (VCgbV)

56 I went to high school in a better looking building than that.
As a matter of fact it was way better looking than that.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (IY9No)

57 I wasted so much energy defending that chimp GW Bush.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 10:15 PM (YwEeS)

58 >>> 41 Heh, Bill Clinton eyeballing the jiggling negress in that video.
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:11 PM (Q+gd/)

https://youtu.be/Hfne8fq38G8

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:15 PM (R+iUD)

59 *waves to lin-duh and Helena*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:15 PM (Rln0i)

60 European futball fans are going KRAA-A-Z-EE over their latest discovery... Ranch Dressing!

I'm not lying.

It's a cultural phenomenon! So much so that TSA is putting out ubiquitous special warnings, inspired by the ranch dressing craze. "Pack it in your checked luggage. Don't carry aboard a plain unless there is 3 & 1/2 oz or less."

These soccer fans are making me take a new look at things I was barely aware of. Buc-ee's!; ranch dressing!; Outdoor World stores... with in-door rifle ranges!

Too funny!

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (RCjYY)

61 My bench press girl?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (Cqx++)

62 I know I've seen a building like the Obama Library somewhere before. It's one of those things lurking in the back of my brain that just isn't popping out voluntarily, but I'll remember one of these days a grab a photo.

For some reason, I want to say it looks like one of those large Kiln buildings that you find at some of the larger Cement works.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

63 I just saw the McMaster thing on the sidebar, which is another data point to add to the puzzle. Anyone else get the sense that as Trump's second term trundles along, insiders who have been waiting for a decade for MAGA to fizzle out like the Tea Party are starting to realize they miscalculated? And if they don't start dropping dimes, then dimes will drop on them.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (Sy6m/)

64 Isn't 'negress' spelled 'nigress'?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (Rln0i)

65 The building picture is just awesome.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (2WIwB)

66 54

The same number as at the Clinton Library in Little Rock.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:18 PM (RCjYY)

67 What's on my mind tonight? I'm in charge of the kitchen and security for a party for our Priest's 60th anniversary of him being ordained tomorrow afternoon.

The Bishop will be here along with 500 guests and their assorted sportos, motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, wasteoids, dweebies, dickheads and camp-followers.

I'm tempted to simply open up a couple cases of wine and kegs of beer and some chips and tell them 'go for it'.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 10:18 PM (ItpVy)

68 Biden was at obama Library of Doom ceremony!! lol.

I'm sure he was amazed at the idea of black people and libraries being in the same vicinity.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:18 PM (Sco7b)

69 Isn't 'negress' spelled 'nigress'?

She was black???
I didn't notice...

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB)

70 Ranch dressing looks like the stuff Platner fertilizes his oyster farm with.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:19 PM (1z8ji)

71 44 Autonomous Toilet sounds like one of the berserk machines from that cheesy flick Runaway.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:12 PM (R+iUD)
----

A rogue commode passing the Turing Test and seeking revenge on the humans who dumped on it is the kind of retro 80's Dickian horror I'm up for. Would not buy the popcorn bucket tho.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:20 PM (kpS4V)

72
Ranch dressing is gross.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)

73 Re: the 0bama monolith

A bunch of people sat in a conference room, looked at the architect's renderings of the proposed structure, and decided 'That looks great! Let's build it!'

Inexplicable.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (FJ/Rv)

74 Welp.

The stage is now set for a murder to take place.

Chekov's gun has fired once and has now been reset to go off again later.

On that note, it's time to go to bed.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (gnNyN)

75 62 I know I've seen a building like the Obama Library somewhere before. It's one of those things lurking in the back of my brain that just isn't popping out voluntarily, but I'll remember one of these days a grab a photo.

For some reason, I want to say it looks like one of those large Kiln buildings that you find at some of the larger Cement works.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM (dIske)

It looks like the top of those Star Wars walking machines.

I love that building so much.
It's unintentionally perfect.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

76 I like ranch dressing, but still do not understand why some folks go crazy over it.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (Rln0i)

77 Screw everything. I hate everything right now.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

78 Is the $847 million for both a legit figure? Is that documented?

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

79 I doubt Bill Clinton much cares either, since he's only going to be seeing the top of her head

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

80 Concrete butt plug.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (bl07w)

81
Actually the building is as *ucked up as Obama.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)

82 A rogue commode passing the Turing Test and seeking revenge on the humans who dumped on it is the kind of retro 80's Dickian horror I'm up for. Would not buy the popcorn bucket tho.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

But if you push this switch it dispenses melted butter!

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (VHUov)

83 Thanks for the great ONT Doof....looking forward to the gathering this weekend....

Posted by: The Grateful at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

84 35

syphon the python

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (RCjYY)

85 78 Is the $847 million for both a legit figure? Is that documented?
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

I'm sure it is much more than that.

For a library for a man who couldn't be bothered to read the daily briefings. Let alone, a book.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (bl07w)

86 Screw everything. I hate everything right now.
Posted by: Bulg
___

Sounds like someone needs a hug.

{{{Bulg}}}

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (Rln0i)

87 How in the world did Kristin Gillibrand's son raise $30M the day after he graduated college!? He's 22.

"Gillibrand's son graduated from undergrad on Sunday. Today it's reported that he's received $30 million in venture capital funding to launch a derivatives exchange. His mom sat on the Senate Agriculture committee—which has jurisdiction over derivates—until this past year"

https://tinyurl.com/ye8uwcca

Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (SHHm+)

88 77 Screw everything. I hate everything right now.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

I gave up booze.

Now on days like that, I just go to bed early. Don't know if that'll work for you.

But I hope you'll feel better Bulg.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (Sco7b)

89 The amazed Euros remind me of some Canadians at a company retreat some years back. Completely astonished at, then enamored of, salsa on scrambled eggs. It was a big deal, they were telling everyone.

Posted by: She Hobbit at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (ftFVW)

90 Except, I don’t hate ranch dressing.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (77rzZ)

91 I doubt Bill Clinton much cares either, since he's only going to be seeing the top of her head
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:22 PM (gKWVE)

Dammit, I am just typing and deleting all over the place tonight.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (G3T/K)

92 I thought it was a Presidential "center" not a "library"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (tcsrY)

93 4 Tonight’s the night we hit the heights!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

https://youtu.be/aFTTB6gOAJA

Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:24 PM (PMi3m)

94 SMH!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (R+iUD)

95
Blue cheese vinaigrette is great.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)

96 Obama monolith, a proper christening
https://bit.ly/appropriate-use

Aw, I was hoping to see someone peeing on it.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Just the post-peeing wasn't good enough for you?

You know Who to blame.

[[For the naive, the uninitiated, and post-LP generation, it's a riff on the Who's Next album cover.]]

Posted by: mindful webworker - explaining the joke always adds to the humor... right? at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (9bb3y)

97 Friends is the music theme I see.

youtu.be/sZ3BKCe27WM

From one of my favorite 'he should have been bigger' rock acts.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (sAmhv)

98 "Gillibrand's son graduated from undergrad on Sunday. Today it's reported that he's received $30 million in venture capital funding to launch a derivatives exchange. His mom sat on the Senate Agriculture committee—which has jurisdiction over derivates—until this past year"

https://tinyurl.com/ye8uwcca

Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (SHHm+)

One hopes it will be an integrated derivatives exchange, with DEI hiring in full effect.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (1z8ji)

99 Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton celebrate
......

Where's the lightning strike when you need it?
Or at least a drive-by.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (oq9dX)

100 *kirsten

Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (SHHm+)

101 >>> 87 How in the world did Kristin Gillibrand's son raise $30M the day after he graduated college!? He's 22.

"Gillibrand's son graduated from undergrad on Sunday. Today it's reported that he's received $30 million in venture capital funding to launch a derivatives exchange. His mom sat on the Senate Agriculture committee—which has jurisdiction over derivates—until this past year"

https://tinyurl.com/ye8uwcca

Posted by: Ann at June 18, 2026 10:23 PM (SHHm+)

It's a Festivus Miracle!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (R+iUD)

102 Screw everything. I hate everything right now.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

A shame you're not here. You'd love my 7 iron. Put one 3 feet from the pen from 140 yards out.
Of course I two putted but let's not think on that.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (2WIwB)

103 ...
Micturating on the Dude's rug
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

??!!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (0CU3H)

104 Back at ya, SMH and Stateless. Thank you both.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (77rzZ)

105 $13,000 Autonomous Robot Toilet Comes to the Side of Your Bed
====

That is a lot of depends.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (/lPRQ)

106 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.

Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)

107 My kitty is full of purrs and wants lots of ear scritches.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (R+iUD)

108 I thought it was a Presidential "center" not a "library"
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport
.......

The Soetoro Center

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (oq9dX)

109 So... it's a bedpan with a brain?

Oh, I can't see ANY way this could go wrong. Nope. Not a bit.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (kU0PQ)

110 "NEW: Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. pic.twitter.com/x8Dp541DGp

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2026"

Talk about people with one foot on a banana peel, old Bill, Joe and GW don't look to hale and hearty.

Don't go buing any green bananas guys ...

Posted by: browndog says woof at June 18, 2026 10:28 PM (3sXRv)

111 The Theodore Roosevelt Library in North Dakota is opening on July 4th:

https://www.trlibrary.com/

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:29 PM (kpS4V)

112 Tonight's ONT brought to you by humidity
===

88 degrees and 73% humidity right now.
In the shade.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)

113 102 Diogenes, golf, and its attendant clubs, scare the heck out of me.

Let me just have my good walk, unspoiled.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

114 Obama's Turd

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (u/oMr)

115 Autonomous toilets, no. I'm telling you, singularities in your colon. Just a basic quantum black hole up in there and you don't have to worry about pooping anymore. It's a great idea whose time has come.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (3uBP9)

116 The park surrounding the Obama flak tower will end up being popular with the suicide crowd. Like that forest in Japan.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (gm9Sb)

117 Micturating on the Dude's rug
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:10 PM (0aYVJ)

??!!
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 10:26 PM (0CU3H)

IYKYK

It tied the room together, man.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (0aYVJ)

118 $13,000 Autonomous Robot Toilet Comes to the Side of Your Bed
====
That is a lot of depends.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Not sleeping in your own shit? Priceless.

Posted by: for everything else, there's CrapperCard at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (VHUov)

119 Was the garden hose coiled provocatively?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 10:14 PM (gnNyN)

Considering I have never been interested in PVC tubing, I don’thave the requisite life experience to judge the allure of its coils.

Posted by: tankdemon at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (PMi3m)

120
Cicero,

It's racist because it's not brown. The horror.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:31 PM (/QHx4)

121 Diogenes, golf, and its attendant clubs, scare the heck out of me.

Let me just have my good walk, unspoiled.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:30 PM (77rzZ)

No problems, buddy.
You can drive the cart.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

122 Tcn's response was recommended as a comment of the week.
--------
I'd forgotten this meme earlier today about the Obama Flak Tower.

https://is.gd/7VRrd4

Moving to Tokyo?

https://is.gd/CjBTkH
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (qx7Zg)

"Check the balls out on that collie,
Falalalala.
Now we know why he's so jolly,
Falalalalalalalala."
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (bl07w)

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (qx7Zg)

123 Where's the lightning strike when you need it?
Or at least a drive-by.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:25 PM (oq9dX)

Find a lightning rod salesman. They are around, I bought them from one. Get him to sell Barky on the crying need for lightning rods to protect his legacy monument. Install four of them, with beautiful big braided copper ground straps going to copper-clad steel ground stakes. Soon, the local hood rats steal as much of the copper as they can manage to drag down; leaving ungrounded lightning rods securely bolted to the roof. Buy popcorn.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (1z8ji)

124 4 Tonight’s the night we hit the heights!
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:02 PM (ZVgZ4)

Fun memory of cartoon afternoons!
I decided on "Overture, Curtain, Lights!" as the title for
granddaughter's theater Tee quilt I'm entering in the Quilt Show.

Posted by: sal at June 18, 2026 10:32 PM (f+FmA)

125
Elsa, the Swedish bikini team member touring the US for the World Cup is now in Arizona following the old Route 66. She had a flat tire, and was amazed at how nice they were and how fast they fixed it.

It's "@elsathora" at X

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

126 It surprises me not at all the George W Bush showed up at the opening ceremonies for the Obama Carbuncle Upon The Land.

I'm ashamed that I ever defended that miserable avatar of the Deep State.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (u/oMr)

127 Doof Enterprises, LLC rates this ONT as medium whelming.

We could have told you we'd be whelmed.

Posted by: Fortunetellers' Local #632 at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

128 Obama's "library" looks like a screaming tombstone.

Looks like someone tossed an old tower PC off their 3rd floor deck and then went out and stood it up at the curb for trash pickup.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (/lPRQ)

129 127 Doof Enterprises, LLC rates this ONT as medium whelming.

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I was feeling mighty gruntled until I read this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (u/oMr)

130 121. Driving the cart would probably be pretty fun!

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

131 Doof Enterprises, LLC rates this ONT as medium whelming.

We could have told you we'd be whelmed.
Posted by: Fortunetellers' Local #632 at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (VHUov)

Dwarf fortune tellers local #7 rates the content as large whelming.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (qx7Zg)

132
Waited in an hours long line in Illinois to see that piece of shit.

Should've stayed home and took a nap.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:35 PM (/QHx4)

133 I think we are all missing, in the discussion of the Obama Flakturm, the opportunity to use the term "Schwerbelastungskörper" instead. And I must insist that we not miss this unusual, and unexpected gift of the moment -- the Zeitgeschenk, if one may coin a phrase.

Schwerbelastungskörper. ""heavy load-exerting body." Let it trip over your tongue, and conjure up images of squat concrete construction, stories high, the very basis that Speer proposed to be the foundation of the remaking of Berlin as a truly international city.
Eighty years later, we see again this urge to reach to the skies via poorly dimensioned concrete blocks.

Schwerbelastungskörper. A poetry of concept encompassed by a single word, an Alexandrian verse in prestressed cement, a cyclopean exclamation point, a brutal modernist menhir erected and aimed at eternity.

Schwerbelastungskörper.

So, anyways . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 10:35 PM (rbvCR)

134 Elsa, the Swedish bikini team member touring the US for the World Cup is now in Arizona following the old Route 66. She had a flat tire, and was amazed at how nice they were and how fast they fixed it.

It's "@elsathora" at X
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:33 PM (w6EFb)

And Miguel said to Juan, "Caramba! They did all thees for you?"

And Juan said, "Not for me, but for my seester, si!"

Posted by: just the punchline at June 18, 2026 10:36 PM (1z8ji)

135 Driving the cart would probably be pretty fun!
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:34 PM (77rzZ)

I don't walk anymore. Not because I can't. But all that stinking exercise wears off the liquor too quickly.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

136 The 0bamalith looks like a WW2 tank obstacle, just scaled up for size

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:37 PM (FJ/Rv)

137 More nutty technology - for men and women.

https://youtu.be/_clWM3lNies?t=30

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:38 PM (qx7Zg)

138 Facon Parts -

Happened to RockAuto open browsing for 2001 S-10 Blazer so checked out what they had for Falcon. Not sure if I got the right data, but they got a lot of stuff. Even drums with four holes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:38 PM (/lPRQ)

139 The 0bamalith looks like a WW2 tank obstacle, just scaled up for size
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:37 PM (FJ/Rv)

Obamalith.

I like this one. *yoink*

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 10:39 PM (0aYVJ)

140 Ungruntled is one's state of being before becoming gruntled.

Disgruntled is one's state of being once the gruntlement wears off.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:39 PM (1z8ji)

141 Obama ordered that building through the Soviet construction catalog. Thanks for the ONT, Disco.

Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:39 PM (41CYW)

142 Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
--

Is that a circle of jerks or a circle jerk?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:41 PM (51ygH)

143 Elsa, the Swedish bikini team member touring the US for the World Cup is now in Arizona following the old Route 66. She had a flat tire, and was amazed at how nice they were and how fast they fixed it.
.......

"First guy to fix my tire gets a signed 8x10 glossy." - Elsa

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:41 PM (oq9dX)

144
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM (/QHx4)

145 So, no fans for Obama's East German chic of a building?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM (sAmhv)

146 I'm from the Midwest.

When I first saw it, I expected to see CARGILL in big letters.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM (RCjYY)

147 A design advisory committee assisted in the selection of the architects. Members of the committee included sculptor Don Gummer (the husband of actress Meryl Streep); Ed Schlossberg of ESI Design (husband of Caroline Kennedy, the former U.S. ambassador to Japan); Fred Eychaner, a Chicago radio station owner and Democratic financier; and Architectural Digest magazine editor Margaret Russell

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (FJ/Rv)

148 106 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.

Posted by: davidt
---

You missed the statue that neighbors built for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (51ygH)

149 When I first saw it, I expected to see CARGILL in big letters.

----------

In Germany it would say TODT

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (u/oMr)

150
mnw,

So true, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (/QHx4)

151 Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton celebrate the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago
--

Is that a circle of jerks or a circle jerk?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:41 PM (51ygH)

The Four Sta-Puft Marshmallow Men.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:43 PM (qx7Zg)

152 145 So, no fans for Obama's East German chic of a building?
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Thinking it should be called the Ministry of....?

Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:44 PM (41CYW)

153 Will there be any books in the JEF’s “library”?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:44 PM (ZVgZ4)

154 Elsa, the Swedish bikini team member touring the US for the World Cup is now in Arizona following the old Route 66. She had a flat tire, and was amazed at how nice they were and how fast they fixed it.
It's "@elsathora" at X
Posted by: publius

@elsathora
Finally made it to Walmart
CHEESE IN A CAN?
And yes that’s an American flag bikini and cowboy hat for 4th of July weekend

I guess we'll all* have to check for pictures in a couple weeks.

* - maybe not the 'ettes, but definitely Bulg.

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

155 The design of the tower museum building has drawn significant critique.[61] According to Edward Keegan, although unusual in shape, the tower design is conventional and traditional in the sense that its purpose is as a "treasure box museum", "solid and protective structures that express their architectural seriousness through the decoration of mostly unwindowed facades.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 10:45 PM (FJ/Rv)

156 Walked 18 holes of golf the other day. I was ok the first 12. From 13 on, the pull hooks took over and I could not keep that ball anywhere near the fairway. I got very tired. A little reminder that I'm a frumpy middle aged guy who's out of shape.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 10:45 PM (sAmhv)

157 24 -- Perfesser -- I love a well done "because he/she needed killing". The wait to discover who kills the jerk out of a big pool of could be killers. The straw that breaks the camel's back.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (DK5Sh)

158 Well, that dinner was yummy. Grilled cheap steak, baked potato, and cremini mushroom sauteed in butter.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (1z8ji)

159
Treasure box, lmao

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)

160 Will there be any books in the JEF’s “library”?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
-------
No. Just "Let me be clear" playing continously on audio loop.

Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (41CYW)

161 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)

It fits. Classless, ugly, and of no value. Fits Ozero to a T.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

162 Will there be any books in the JEF’s “library”?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
-------
No. Just "Let me be clear" playing continously on audio loop.
Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (41CYW)

It's the iPod gift to Queen Elizabeth, Mark II. Audio and Video.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (qx7Zg)

163 It fits. Classless, ugly, and of no value. Fits Ozero to a T.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

City of Chicago should be insulted that he dumped such an ugly turd on them. But they are too stupid to be insulted.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (1z8ji)

164 So, no fans for Obama's East German chic of a building?
Posted by: Puddleglum
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Thinking it should be called the Ministry of....?
Posted by: scampydog

.....of Despond, if naming it for the look of the building.

.....of Smarm, if naming it for Obama.

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (VHUov)

165 Again, think of it as Barry's monument to the great love of his life, Mooch.

Inspired by great love, like the Taj Mahal.
Except inspired by Mooch.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (Sco7b)

166 Kindltot,
You comment on Schwerbelastungskörper is now sitting in inboxes on three continents.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:48 PM (2WIwB)

167 I don't think that thing can be burned. How can you burn concrete? Maybe in time it can erode.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:49 PM (IY9No)

168 Inspired by great love, like the Taj Mahal.
Except inspired by Mooch.

--------

Where's the penis?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 10:49 PM (u/oMr)

169 The best Cars song the Cars didn't record:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTZ6fWKLgtM

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (DZ9Lv)

170

It's probably plywood with a thin coating of concrete.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)

171 That building... commie style - asking, " What does society owe you?"

Posted by: scampydog at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (41CYW)

172 Wife: Does it look like I've gained weight?

Husband: Of course not, Darling! Clearly, the room has gotten smaller, that's all.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 10:51 PM (qx7Zg)

173 Evening, folken,

Just finished watching a Bette Davis noir-type thriller from 1951, Another Man's Poison, in which she stars with her then-husband Gary Merrill. Nice twisty murder flick based on a stage play. Never a dull moment.

Tomorrow I'm taking vid tours of two more houses. One is a two-story place with hardwood floors, 3 BR/1.5 BA, a big living room and big dining room, basement, and garage, bedrooms upstairs. Unfortunately it's right up at the ceiling of my price range; I don't know if I can spring for it.

The other is a small 2 BR /1 BA with a rear patio and deck, all the floors done, a basement and a 2-car garage. Much better price than the other. But I hate the big glass patio door/window at the back, which will get sunlight a good part of the day in summer and leak heat in the winter. Every apartment or condo or house I've seen in the South has one, and I hate them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

174
A German guy, "Freddy" and friends are also amazed at the US:

"x.com/FreddyLA7"

They stopped at the Johnson Space Center in Houston and got some kind of VIP tour indeed. Their tour guide was an astronaut, Anne McClain. They let Freddy and his pals go inside the Orion capsule from Artemis II, and also a video call to the ISS.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

175 George Bush fits right in with the rest of Democrats.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (ZVgZ4)

176 I don’t want a toilet within 30 ft of my bed. What tf is wrong with you people? Just get a bedpan and a CNA and shit yourself.

Jeebus. Ugh. Gross.

Go to the bathroom to evacuate.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (A5RD0)

177
I'm sure they'd let Elsa climb in and on and ride anything she wanted to.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

178 nurse!

concur.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:53 PM (Rln0i)

179 48 BO's giant trash can building feels like a prank
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

It's hard to believe that OBummer's people okayed that thing. It's butt ugly. Maybe they hate Chicago.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (0Htd1)

180 If the autonomous toilets deliver to Chicago, it's going to be tough to reprogram them not to shovel that monument away

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (gKWVE)

181 I don't think that thing can be burned. How can you burn concrete?
Posted by: Case

Ahem.

ClF3. That is all.

.....that's not all? Okay.

https://is.gd/JhATuK

"There’s a report from the early 1950s (in this PDF) of a one-ton spill of the stuff. It burned its way through a foot of concrete floor and chewed up another meter of sand and gravel beneath, completing a day that I'm sure no one involved ever forgot."

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (VHUov)

182 I went to high school in a better looking building than that.
As a matter of fact it was way better looking than that.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026

***
Hill House is better looking than that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:54 PM (wzUl9)

183 Maybe the Obamalith will suddenly transform into a giant robot like in "Intergalactic".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (kpS4V)

184 Find a lightning rod salesman. They are around, I bought them from one. Get him to sell Barky on the crying need for lightning rods to protect his legacy monument. Install four of them, with beautiful big braided copper ground straps going to copper-clad steel ground stakes. Soon, the local hood rats steal as much of the copper as they can manage to drag down; leaving ungrounded lightning rods securely bolted to the roof. Buy popcorn.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
=======
Remind me never to piss you off.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (E4rtv)

185 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

Hope you find something, Wolfus. When is your apartment lease up in NO?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

186
Is the Trump hotel that close to the Tower of Shit?

Is the photo manipulated?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:55 PM (/QHx4)

187 Have you seen the concrete rat warrens the commies put up for apartments behind the Iron Curtain? That concrete aged incredibly fast. What’s the over/under on the JEF’s rat nest doing the same?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:56 PM (ZVgZ4)

188 57 I wasted so much energy defending that chimp GW Bush.
Posted by: steevy

I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

189 I dimly remember a lightning rod salesman story from lit class, Melville?

Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)

190 170

It's probably plywood with a thin coating of concrete.

Posted by: four seasons

Heh. In a few years, it will need lots of rolls of duct tape to keep from falling apart.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (E4rtv)

191 144
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.

Posted by: four seasons

Ooooo. I’ll bring lawn chairs and marshmallows.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (A5RD0)

192
nerdygirl,

Don't feel bad. We didn't have another choice.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (/QHx4)

193 I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?
Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:56 PM (0Htd1)

The choices weren't exactly overflowing.

Technically, you voted for Palin. McCain was just there.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (Sco7b)

194 183 Maybe the Obamalith will suddenly transform into a giant robot like in "Intergalactic".

--------

Word is that if you touch it, you get a sudden urge to clobber a tapir with a femur.

Posted by: Arthur C. Clarke at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (u/oMr)

195 No way the two buildings are anywhere near each other. The JEF’s rat nest would pull the whole neighborhood’s RE values down. No way Trump would allow that to happen.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (ZVgZ4)

196 Maybe the area youth gangs can spice it up with different colors of spray paint. Will take lots of paint though. But for now it's a big blank canvas.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (IY9No)

197 Treasure box, lmao

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:46 PM (/QHx4)

Treasure box...

Something, something, something...

...your mom!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (g5Xj2)

198 It's probably plywood with a thin coating of concrete.

Posted by: four seasons

Like that 'stucco' sleezy developers screwed home buyers with.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (/lPRQ)

199 But now you mention it, I does kinda look like a giant septic tank set upright, the old concrete kind, before they bury it. That would make teh doors on the place when place on its side, the effluent entry or cleanout plug.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (E4rtv)

200 76 I like ranch dressing, but still do not understand why some folks go crazy over it.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

Garlic.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (0Htd1)

201
Just wanted to make sure. That was NOT the actual capsule used by Artemis II (Integrity), but a training/testing mockup. Still not something the general public gets to crawl around much.

The real capsule is down at KSC, in the MPPF facility undergoing post flight analysis and all that stuff. No, they wouldn't let the public near the real thing, might mess something up.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (w6EFb)

202 I dimly remember a lightning rod salesman story from lit class, Melville?
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)

Isn't that how Dracula was killed in a movie, being struck by lightning? Was it Frank Langella?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (1Ff7Z)

203 I wonder how safe people are going to feel going there in a month.

Would a young Jesse Jackson feel comfortable?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 10:59 PM (Sco7b)

204 I dimly remember a lightning rod salesman story from lit class, Melville?
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)

Bradbury: “Something Wicked This Way Comes”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (ZVgZ4)

205
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.

Posted by: four seasons

Fountainhead

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (Cqx++)

206 2/3 of the ingredients in ranch dressing are illegal in Europe.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (A5RD0)

207 You don't need to destroy the Obamastrosity. Wait until it's 10F or lower. Cut the power, and block the sewer lines. Start all the taps, and seal the doors on the way out.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)

208
Is Jesse Jackson still alive?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)

209 "Gillibrand's son graduated from undergrad on Sunday. Today it's reported that he's received $30 million in venture capital funding to launch a derivatives exchange. His mom sat on the Senate Agriculture committee—which has jurisdiction over derivates—until this past year"

I hate politicians.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (0Htd1)

210 >>Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton…

"…wretched hive of scum and villainy…"

Posted by: mindful webworker - target-rich opportunity missed at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (9bb3y)

211 It's a kinder, gentler communism!

Posted by: George "Ivan" Bush at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (ceJ0R)

212 207 You don't need to destroy the Obamastrosity. Wait until it's 10F or lower. Cut the power, and block the sewer lines. Start all the taps, and seal the doors on the way out.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

*snort*

Ewwwww

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (A5RD0)

213 >> Is Jesse Jackson still alive?

He's dead, Jim.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 11:02 PM (w6EFb)

214 208
Is Jesse Jackson still alive?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:01 PM (/QHx4)

Apparently not. He died in February.

But still looks better than Al Sharpton.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (Sco7b)

215 Jesse Jackson is pining for the fiords.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (ZVgZ4)

216
Lol Stateless

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (/QHx4)

217 "Tomorrow I'm taking vid tours of two more houses. One is a two-story place with hardwood floors, 3 BR/1.5 BA, a big living room and big dining room, basement, and garage, bedrooms upstairs"

A.word of warning. After you turn 29, stairs are no longer your friends.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2026 11:03 PM (g5Xj2)

218 You don't need to destroy the Obamastrosity. Wait until it's 10F or lower. Cut the power, and block the sewer lines. Start all the taps, and seal the doors on the way out.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (qx7Zg)

This is spot on and deliciously wicked!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 11:05 PM (2WIwB)

219
We bought one of those staircase chair things for the in-laws.

It was great for them.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:07 PM (/QHx4)

220 I wasted so much energy defending that chimp GW Bush.
Posted by: steevy

I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Pfft. LBJ was my CiC, for a while.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (XeU6L)

221 Good evening, Horde. It keeps threatening to rain but not quite yet....

One interview today went badly (not discourteously, just a bad fit for reasons that weren't obvious prior), one went great ("You're the only one to cover all the points I wanted in the answer"). So long as this one or the good one last week don't disappear into the aether....

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (aJQbY)

222 I hate politicians.
Posted by: nerdygirl

As Twain put it, "Congress is our native criminal class".

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (E4rtv)

223 I always figured the Obama building was some kind of gay butt-stuff reference

Posted by: Otto Penn at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (TWeMF)

224 I dimly remember a lightning rod salesman story from lit class, Melville?
Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:57 PM (Q+gd/)

I thought Twain had a story where the lightning rod salesman convinced him to buy so many lightning rods that he first despaired, and then mounted them all over his roof. Then a thunderhead came by and took up the challenge and invited all its friends and they spent the afternoon taking shots at the house until dispirited and exhausted the had to move on, leaving the house, and its now twisted and blackened lightning rods in place, with the added benefit that there hadn't been a single rumble of thunder heard in the county for 20 years since.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:09 PM (rbvCR)

225 170 It's probably plywood with a thin coating of concrete.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:50 PM (/QHx4)

The technical term is "tofu dregs." The Brave Search AI summary from this afternoon:

"The term is Tofu-dreg construction (or Tofu-dreg project), derived from the Chinese phrase dòufuzhā gōngchéng ( 豆腐渣工程 ), which translates to "tofu dregs project." This slang describes poorly constructed buildings that are prone to structural failure due to substandard materials, such as concrete mixed with insufficient cement or excessive water to cut costs.

"The term was coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in the late 1990s to criticize corruption and corner-cutting in China’s rapid infrastructure boom. While historically associated with a lack of regulation and bribery, recent standards (such as GB/T 51408-2021 for earthquake-prone areas) have significantly improved construction quality in response to public outcry and past collapses."

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 11:10 PM (Sy6m/)

226 Commies love concrete.

Posted by: P.J. O'Rourke at June 18, 2026 11:12 PM (u/oMr)

227 Hope you find something, Wolfus. When is your apartment lease up in NO?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026

***
Not until next May. I'll break it if I need to; two months' rent as a fee and I'm done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

228 2/3 of the ingredients in ranch dressing are illegal in Europe.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 11:00 PM (A5RD0)

And more than 100k people die from the heat each year in Europe because they are too poor to afford A/C.

I'll take salad dressing made from hydrocarbons any day!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 11:12 PM (PLxDd)

229 >>> Light on content again - does anyone notice?

>No. The AOS chat room is open for business.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:13 PM (9SpJJ)

230
Cynical Publius
@CynicalPublius
·
7h
The reason the legacy media is desperately fawning over the opening of the Obama Jawas Sandcrawler and the cavalcade of Deep State former President/former First Lady villains is because they think they can turn around the fact that America completely rejected everything these evil hooligans stand for.

They don't realize it's too late.

America's eyes are open and they are not going to close.

Amen, and thank you Lord.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 11:13 PM (Rln0i)

231 A shame you're not here. You'd love my 7 iron. Put one 3 feet from the pen from 140 yards out.
Posted by: Diogenes

I love my 7 iron. Sank my only albatross & ace with it!

Posted by: Pikov Andropov at June 18, 2026 11:13 PM (y7zkd)

232 Regarding the Obama Flak Tower...

Soviet Russia called, they said, You're trying too hard!

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:14 PM (aJQbY)

233 "The term is Tofu-dreg construction (or Tofu-dreg project), derived from the Chinese phrase dòufuzhā gōngchéng ( 豆腐渣工程 ), which translates to "tofu dregs project." This slang describes poorly constructed buildings that are prone to structural failure due to substandard materials, such as concrete mixed with insufficient cement or excessive water to cut costs.
Posted by: SciVo

Even the purveyors of Yang Poon have to deal with Yang Poon? Is it Yang Poon all the way down?

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

234 Lots of excitement here at Chez Webworks last night. I was already in bed when something very loud and nasty buzzed past me. It was a big fat horsefly, which ended up hanging around a bedside lamp. We closed the bedroom doors so it couldn't get away, took a swat at it and missed, it buzzed through the room and… went silent.

Searching around, moving things to try to flush it out didn't work. Reluctantly, we opened the doors, turned out the lights, and went to sleep, trusting our angels to protect us.

In the morning, I heard it buzzing behind the curtains at the window. MiladyJo, mighty hunter, gooshed it. (Her track record of successful kills has her invited on many a safari. Like that karate guy catching a fly with chopsticks.)

A stain on the curtain was a small price to pay for genetic management victory.

I hate horseflies. I'll always remember one buzzing me in the shallow end of the swimming pool, and I ducked under the water and swam all the way to the far end, popped my head out, and there it was, still buzzing me. Nasty things. Glad they don't seem to be as prominent hereabouts as they were in my yout'.

Gonna wander away now. Back later with more exciting tales.

Posted by: mindful webworker - or not at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (9bb3y)

235 "Tomorrow I'm taking vid tours of two more houses. One is a two-story place with hardwood floors, 3 BR/1.5 BA, a big living room and big dining room, basement, and garage, bedrooms upstairs"

A.word of warning. After you turn 29, stairs are no longer your friends.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 18, 2026

***
I'm in good condition, and don't plan to be hauling any furniture up or down stairs on my own. I'm more concerned with cooling the upper rooms in summer. Window units would be my friends there.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)

236 I love waxing poetic. I just let my brain off the hook and blather. I feel sorry for my wife and other people around me.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (rbvCR)

237 163 It fits. Classless, ugly, and of no value. Fits Ozero to a T.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 10:47 PM (1Ff7Z)

So, an homage to Michelle.

Posted by: nerdygirl at June 18, 2026 11:16 PM (0Htd1)

238 161 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.
Posted by: davidt
--

Chicago is a good place for it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:16 PM (51ygH)

239
The Obama shit tower is indicative of his presidency.

Another example of something he *ucked up.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:17 PM (/QHx4)

240 Regarding the Obama Flak Tower...

Soviet Russia called, they said, You're trying too hard!
Posted by: RandomDave
......

The concrete cap on Chernobyl looks better.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 11:17 PM (oq9dX)

241 Even the purveyors of Yang Poon have to deal with Yang Poon? Is it Yang Poon all the way down?
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (VHUov)

Oh, they have it even worse. We get the good stuff, the Export-Quality yang poon.

It sounds like a joke. They're not laughing.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 11:18 PM (Sy6m/)

242 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:15 PM (wzUl9)

Good luck. I hope the search goes well.

My projects are done for the night. Snowflake is in. She sleeps with Ralphy and I in my room and I put her out about 4am.

I'm becoming well trained.

Good night all.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:18 PM (Sco7b)

243 There shouldn't be any rain tomorrow morning, so I'll get up and work out, then hit the grocery before my 9 am and 10 am video tours. Busy morning for sure.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:18 PM (wzUl9)

244 Thanks for the ONT, Doof! Hope you & fam are doing ok.

Stairlift, I has one... main bath is upstairs and hubby couldn't manage it any more. Money well spent-- he used it for 4 years. It's there if I ever need it. Weight limit on ours is 300#, cost in 2021 was $4k installed. (Had to have a dedicated 15A circuit which was not a problem) Has its own battery backup, supposedly good for ~20 trips if power goes out but we never needed it that much.

Very handy for taking heavy things up/down too! LOL. Installer said one of his customers used theirs to haul bags of mortar mix & boxes of tile when they did some bathroom work.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:19 PM (rdVOm)

245 During Barack's first term, his wife wore an outfit in public that included a linked metal belt that was about 1 foot from top to bottom. I was pretty much convinced she was certain that if 'She' wore it would suddenly be the essence of fashion. One description I remember was it looking like she was wearing a steel belted radial tire, inside out. It did NOT become the height of fashion.

I wonder if the Chicago Butt Plug is something similar. Our former president might be convinced that now that he built it, everyone else will emulate it, 'proving' that he is still leading, or something.

Posted by: JB1000 at June 18, 2026 11:21 PM (ldXrC)

246
JQ,

They are a great invention. In-laws were able to live in their home for many years with it.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:21 PM (/QHx4)

247 >Former presidents Barack Obama, Joe Biden, George Bush and Bill Clinton…

"…wretched hive of scum and villainy…"
Posted by: mindful webworker -

You're bad mouthing hives of scum!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 11:23 PM (B0dAE)

248 Wolfus, we only get snow once or twice a year, but have you considered NW Arkansas? I would show you around if you'd like to see the area. Plus, there are colleges all over the place if you'd like to teach a course now and then.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 11:25 PM (FMtrg)

249 Very handy for taking heavy things up/down too! LOL. Installer said one of his customers used theirs to haul bags of mortar mix & boxes of tile when they did some bathroom work.

Posted by: JQ
---

Main bath up.
If I'm stuck here much longer I'm getting a winch from Harbor Freight, installing runners and hooking a leveled pallet to it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:25 PM (51ygH)

250
Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone.

We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:25 PM (/QHx4)

251 They are a great invention. In-laws were able to live in their home for many years with it.

Posted by: four seasons

Definitely a life-changer! Hubby actually cried happy tears-- it had been months since he'd had a real shower-- just sponge baths by the heater and washing his hair in the sink!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:26 PM (rdVOm)

252 Hey, If you're old and think you ought to exercise, lie down on the floor. Then get up. hahahahaha.

really, you'd be surprised at all the muscles used to get up off the floor. owe.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:27 PM (51ygH)

253 Main bath up.
If I'm stuck here much longer I'm getting a winch from Harbor Freight, installing runners and hooking a leveled pallet to it.

Posted by: Braenyard

Heh. We considered same. But had some $ in the bank and decided to go for the 'non-redneck' setup. Still cheaper than adding a bath!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)

254 Well just saved money, a kit I had in cart because it was on sale is now back to regular price. Kit deleted from cart.

Now what else can I buy?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:31 PM (2GVsD)

255
JQ,

We lived two miles from the in-laws. We had the stair issue at our house also.

They wanted to stay in their house so it was a win-win situation for all of us.

They were so happy to continue to live in their house.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (/QHx4)

256 Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone.

We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons

After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf."

Was the truck driver at least stung hundreds of times?

Posted by: mikeski's an optimist at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

257 You have nothing to fear from a One World Government!

Posted by: George Bush at June 18, 2026 11:34 PM (ceJ0R)

258
64 Isn't 'negress' spelled 'nigress'?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:16 PM

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No, the word has no "i" in it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 11:36 PM (mS8PE)

259

mikeski

It's high tourist season at Yellowstone. I bet they weren't happy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)

260 I'm in good condition, and don't plan to be hauling any furniture up or down stairs on my own. I'm more concerned with cooling the upper rooms in summer. Window units would be my friends there.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Mini-splits.
So easy a caveman could do it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)

261 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 11:38 PM (RIvkX)

262 256 Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone.

We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons

After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf."

Was the truck driver at least stung hundreds of times?
Posted by: mikeski's an optimist at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

Okay.

"Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone. ICE said, 'We didn't set that sting up, but we'll take it.'"

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 11:39 PM (Sy6m/)

263 Slow reverbed guitars overdubbed many times.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (CHHv1)

264 It's high tourist season at Yellowstone. I bet they weren't happy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:37 PM (/QHx4)

I'll bet the seller and the buyer of the bees are pissed, too.

The plight of the fumbled bees!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (1z8ji)

265 Read today on Cowboy State Daily that a truck hauling bee hives crashed in Yellowstone.

We have to get rid of the idiot truck drivers.
Posted by: four seasons

After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf."

Was the truck driver at least stung hundreds of times?
Posted by: mikeski's an optimist at June 18, 2026 11:33 PM (VHUov)

Probably not. They were too busy with lifeboats to hex the driver.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (qx7Zg)

266

76 I like ranch dressing, but still do not understand why some folks go crazy over it.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:21 PM

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Europeans supposedly go crazy over it. They go crazy over Walmart too.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 11:40 PM (mS8PE)

267 I wasted so much energy defending that chimp GW Bush.
Posted by: steevy

I voted for McCain, and Romney. How do you think I feel?
Posted by: nerdygirl
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Pfft. LBJ was my CiC, for a while.
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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What are you doing up this late?

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 11:42 PM (DZ9Lv)

268
AOP,

I'm sure they lost lots of money.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

269 Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:08 PM (aJQbY)
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I'll remember for morning prayer and for Rodrigo too

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 11:44 PM (RIvkX)

270 I'm sure they lost lots of money.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

No honey, no money. Or something like that.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 11:45 PM (1Ff7Z)

271
If anyone is interested in what goes on in Wyoming, Cowboy State Daily is a great site.

Lots of discussions about data centers.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:46 PM (/QHx4)

272 I'm sure they lost lots of money.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:43 PM (/QHx4)

The lawsuit will be a hummer.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:47 PM (1z8ji)

273 >>>Maybe the Obamalith will suddenly transform into a giant robot like in "Intergalactic".

Look out! MegaMichelle has gone from suck to blow.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 11:47 PM (dK+Kv)

274 Apparently Melville did do a story titled “The Lightning-Rod Man” which I was unaware of. But Bradbury has a similar character at the beginning of “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. He doesn’t make it to the end (he is killed by the Dark Carnival) but he does warn the two boys, the main characters, that a storm is coming into their lives.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

275 Look out! MegaMichelle has gone from suck to blow.

Wouldn't that be MegaMike? And would add new meaning to Windy City.

Unlike 2001, everyone who encounters the Obamalith becomes dumber, more primitive.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:49 PM (2GVsD)

276
lol AOP

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:49 PM (/QHx4)

277 The JEF stiffed his contractors such that they will have to go broke. Same MO as when he was President.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:50 PM (ZVgZ4)

278 Thanks, San Franpsycho! I continue to pray that God shows me the path from here, and that he close off the 'wrong' paths with big flashing 'no go here' signs

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 11:51 PM (aJQbY)

279 258
64 Isn't 'negress' spelled 'nigress'?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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Thinking about those Richard Pryor clips the other night, and him getting darker and more angry over time and how stuff takes its toll on a human and how external evil influences corrupt natural love and interaction. I remembered conversation about your squad that had a nic for you, it was cool, and you liked it but later on, in retrospect you didn't like it anymore.
That's what propagandists do. They take things that bring people together and tear it, distort it and use it as a wedge to corrupt relationships which rips on the fabric of society and bring joy to their dark hearts.
Dad worked with a fellow whose nic name was Bo. Dad, why do yall call him Bo. _ Because he's a Bohunk. He'd had that nic since he was 10 and wore it happy. But today they'd rip it up.

It's a sad thing what we've allowed them to do to us.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:52 PM (51ygH)

280 Except contractors can place liens on the property until repaid IIRC.

It may have Gaylord's name on it, but Manny&Moe Heating&Air has ownership until he pays up.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)

281
There should be No Go Here signs around the Obama shit tower.

No truth here, only lies.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)

282 After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf"

Me too. I was expecting something about a buzzkill. Didn't get it.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at June 18, 2026 11:54 PM (JH34D)

283 It may have Gaylord's name on it, but Manny&Moe Heating&Air has ownership until he pays up.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:52 PM (2GVsD)

They should put Trump's name on it.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (1Ff7Z)

284 Within five years it will be the Gaylord Memorial Section Eight Tower.

In ten years, it will be a looted and fire gutted shell.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (2GVsD)

285 Add to tonight's theme:

https://youtu.be/QGu0m08Etm8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (ebJJx)

286 Still cheaper than adding a bath!

Posted by: JQ
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It's outrageous.
People, you want your children/grandchildren to be rich? Tell them to be plumbers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:55 PM (51ygH)

287 It may have Gaylord's name on it, but Manny&Moe Heating&Air has ownership until he pays up.
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So, Manny&Moe slap a lien on it, and then... suck it up until the place is sold? Don't see how that helps them *now*

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

288
144
I wonder how long it will be before the unpaid contractors try to burn it down.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 10:42 PM

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Maybe all they have to do is wait. I'm wondering what happens to the concrete this winter, on days when rain is followed by freezing temperatures.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 11:57 PM (mS8PE)

289 Within five years it will be the Gaylord Memorial Section Eight Tower.

It will be the projects that George and Weezie Jefferson escaped from.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:58 PM (aWft4)

290

Husband and I are old.

About everyday we decide we aren't going to read the news anymore.

But we keep reading the news.

It's like reading about a train wreck, you can't look away, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 11:58 PM (/QHx4)

291 When dealing with the legal system, there is no such thing as instant gratification.

All they can hope at this point is slap the lien on and then reach a negotiated settlement with Gaylord's handlers to make them go away and release the lien.

A lien is legal leverage.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 11:58 PM (2GVsD)

292 Mamas, don't let you babies grow up to be plumbers...

Posted by: W. Jennings at June 18, 2026 11:59 PM (aWft4)

293 So, Manny&Moe slap a lien on it, and then... suck it up until the place is sold? Don't see how that helps them *now*
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 11:56 PM (rdVOm)

They could seize any revenue it generates. That buck and a half could come in handy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:00 AM (1z8ji)

294 IF we are lucky the 'rebar' is chicken coop wire.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:00 AM (2GVsD)

295 Sure the bookless Obama library is an abomination. But its state-of-the-art gloryholes in the men's rooms show that America is still number 1 in gayness. Second to none in unequivocal, uncompromising faggotry. Even the natural born queers or Canada aren't fit to wear our buttplugs.

Posted by: We're No. 1 at June 19, 2026 12:00 AM (9CpDM)

296 After the first line, I was expecting a punny punchline and "Posted by: Hour of the Wolf"

Me too. I was expecting something about a buzzkill. Didn't get it.
Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at June 18, 2026 11:54 PM (JH34D)

Well, they say most accidents occur close to home. I expect those hives have moved on. Winnie the Pooh and Yogi Bear are hoping for locally sourced honey.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (qx7Zg)

297

Semi-Literate,

We lived many years in Illinois. Brutal winters.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (/QHx4)

298 I don't read the news anymore. I've already seen it.
_Andy Rooney

Andy, you should have lived longer, you'd be aghast.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (51ygH)

299 Wasn't it Hillary Clinton who had the habit of walking out on restaurant bills and not paying her staff?

What is it about paying with the big Leftards anyway?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (aWft4)

300
Speaking of presidential structures falling to shyte, it seems the Flag Blue finish is peeling off the bottom of the new reflecting pool in DC. Yeesh.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:01 AM (XJ22o)

301 Except contractors can place liens on the property until repaid IIRC.

It may have Gaylord's name on it, but Manny&Moe Heating&Air has ownership until he pays up.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Federal contracts have the Miller Act which prohibits mechanics liens of federal property by contractors. It also requires the BC get a payment and performance bond. The subs who aren't paid have to duke it out with the bond company.
States usually have a "Mini" Miller Act.

Any private interest can require this too.
A MINIMAL contractor would advertise such as well.

The Obamalisk ? One would think they had enough sense to require a payment bond. A money pit that deep there are probably lot of disputes.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:02 AM (/lPRQ)

302 Speaking of presidential structures falling to shyte, it seems the Flag Blue finish is peeling off the bottom of the new reflecting pool in DC. Yeesh.

If you believe the media.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:02 AM (2GVsD)

303 Was there a Federal contract to build Gaylord's flak tower and bathhouse?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)

304 Maybe all they have to do is wait. I'm wondering what happens to the concrete this winter, on days when rain is followed by freezing temperatures.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

A whole lot of spalling and a popping going on.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:04 AM (/lPRQ)

305 Why is it that my underwear gets crusty after only two weeks of continuous wear? I have to remove them with a hacksaw, and that smarts.

Posted by: zombie andy rooney at June 19, 2026 12:04 AM (9CpDM)

306 --------

Maybe all they have to do is wait. I'm wondering what happens to the concrete this winter, on days when rain is followed by freezing temperatures.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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Spalling

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:04 AM (51ygH)

307 I don't read the news anymore. I've already seen it.
_Andy Rooney

Andy, you should have lived longer, you'd be aghast.
Posted by: Braenyard

Did you ever wonder why some women have testicles?

Posted by: zombie Andy Rooney in 2026 at June 19, 2026 12:05 AM (VHUov)

308

zombie,

only wear them for a week. It works for me.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:05 AM (/QHx4)

309 A whole lot of spalling and a popping going on.

You saying there are already five coats of paint and two layers of sheetrock covering the interior walls?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:05 AM (2GVsD)

310 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.

Posted by: davidt at June 18, 2026 10:27 PM (Q+gd/)

No, obama is just a tasteless asshole. He probably loves that design. He probably gets as exited over it as he does when he rubs big mike's dick.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

311 Hey Horde, just got home from my neighbors house, they became grandparents for the first time today.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:06 AM (0nHVk)

312 Robert the Cat (TM) has a video series?

https://youtube.com/shorts/RGmoSJN1GpQ

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (qx7Zg)

313 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.

The Brutalism School just called, "Bro, that's just too brutal."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (2GVsD)

314
If you believe the media.
Posted by: Anna Puma

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It looked like a dicey story to me, but it seems to check out. There's video.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (XJ22o)

315
No, obama is just a tasteless asshole. He probably loves that design. He probably gets as exited over it as he does when he rubs big mike's dick.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Yup, check out the interior decor.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)

316

Berserker,

Ewww, I think I'm going to barf.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (/QHx4)

317 Since I can make Deep Fake videos, even in real time. Still don't buy it.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (2GVsD)

318

Debby,

That is awesome. There is nothing like having grandchildren.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (/QHx4)

319 A whole lot of spalling and a popping going on.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher
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Was going to bid on this house but the brick was unusual. Checked it out, it was spalling. Never seen it or knew the word. No cheap fix. It's a brick by brick deal. I'm utilitarian, if it could be sprayed with stucco or concrete I'd take it.
It's in a primo neighborhood and the price is less than the land value. sad trombone

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (51ygH)

320 Was there a Federal contract to build Gaylord's flak tower and bathhouse?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:03 AM (2GVsD)

It's a slur on Nazi flak towers to compare Obama's Maosoleum to them. The flak towers are kind of elegant, considering their purpose, and alt least possess symmetry.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (1z8ji)

321 To bring a smile upon people's faces, Tanya the Evil on Communism.

https://youtu.be/uKB-xFRkYQY

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:09 AM (2GVsD)

322 Liked that English Beat tune- early '80s. And then there's Mick and the boys waiting, and waiting...

https://youtu.be/MKLVmBOOqVU?

Posted by: Rex B at June 19, 2026 12:10 AM (rgnea)

323 Why is it that my underwear gets crusty after only two weeks of continuous wear? I have to remove them with a hacksaw, and that smarts.
Posted by: zombie andy rooney
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You need more fabric softener in your diet.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 12:10 AM (XeU6L)

324 I wonder how many of the contractors have ties to the Mafia. With enough connections, the discussions with Obama could get, interesting.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:11 AM (qx7Zg)

325 "treasure box museum"

more like jackoff in a box museum

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (HZniy)

326 Yup, check out the interior decor.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 19, 2026 12:08 AM (/lPRQ)

Filled with Herms?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (1Ff7Z)

327
Since I can make Deep Fake videos, even in real time. Still don't buy it.
Posted by: Anna Puma

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We shall see.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (XJ22o)

328

That tower of shit is disgusting.

I don't get how anyone is proud of that piece of shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)

329 Gaylord's asymmetrical Tower of Ego makes the AEMSS mast installed on USS Arthur Radford look beautiful and aesthetic in comparison.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:13 AM (2GVsD)

330 I was just talking to an old friend about Andy Rooney today. We both agreed that even though we both watched 60 Minutes back in the day, neither of us have watched a minute of it since Andy Rooney died. Must be 20 years at least, don’t feel like looking it up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:13 AM (nuNhM)

331

Drink Like Vikings,

I wonder if there is a "special" room for queers?

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)

332 Treasure box museum?

Why am I thinking of Russian nesting dolls, by the time you get to the center there is nothing there.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (2GVsD)

333 The obama library looks like the office building of a sewage treatment plant.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (snZF9)

334 I wonder if there is a "special" room for queers?

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:15 AM (/QHx4)

There is, it starts at the front door.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

335 Urk. I prefer to wonder about other things. Like boobs, for instance.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (HZniy)

336 The obama library looks like the office building of a sewage treatment plant.

Closet Cases of the Nerd Kind? Have some mashed potatoes and singing mailboxes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (2GVsD)

337 We shall see.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:12 AM (XJ22o)

I am going to guess that Trump got the warrantee written into the original contract, though.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (rbvCR)

338 Drink

#321

You may like.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:18 AM (2GVsD)

339 Got the front brakes done on the '68 Wildcat. All that remains is to replace the flew hose to the rear axle, and bleed the system. Greased the front end, and discovered that the strut rod outer rubber bushings are mostly gone. I will see if I can find some rubber donuts here to replace them.

And I have muffler and tailpipes to do while it is on the hoist, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:20 AM (1z8ji)

340

I would like my front end to be greased.

It's been a long drought, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (/QHx4)

341 Barack's brutalist concrete penis is his patented fuck you to all of his predecessors, same as it has always been.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (0nHVk)

342 Urk. I prefer to wonder about other things. Like boobs, for instance.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:17 AM (HZniy)

I doubt the Maosoleum would be prime hunting ground for those.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (1z8ji)

343 Kv)

274 Apparently Melville did do a story titled “The Lightning-Rod Man” which I was unaware of. But Bradbury has a similar character at the beginning of “Something Wicked This Way Comes”. He doesn’t make it to the end (he is killed by the Dark Carnival) but he does warn the two boys, the main characters, that a storm is coming into their lives.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

In the film he wakes up from his electric chair and electrocute the Dust Witch as it all falls apart. Tom Fury, played by character actor Royal Dano. Not many know his name, but you’ll know his face.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (nuNhM)

344 Obama library looks like a genital wart.

Posted by: I wonder where he got the idea at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (hD90I)

345 It actually looks like the Meidum pyramid. Basically the core of a collapsed pyramid. Fitting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (snZF9)

346 The obama library looks like the office building of a sewage treatment plant.
Posted by: Berserker

A sewage treatment plant at least has a useful purpose, and is a cornerstone of civilized society. That peckerwood's pillbox is a waste of good concrete.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:22 AM (HZniy)

347 The ruins of the pyramid look better.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)

348 The obama library looks like the office building of a sewage treatment plant.
Posted by: Berserker

Fitting for Shit Midas.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 19, 2026 12:23 AM (dK+Kv)

349 Barack's brutalist concrete penis is his patented fuck you to all of his predecessors, same as it has always been.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:21 AM (0nHVk)

Yeah but I don't think it worked as planned. We get to laugh at it and call him an asshole.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:24 AM (snZF9)

350 303 Was there a Federal contract to build Gaylord's flak tower and bathhouse?

Posted by: Anna Puma
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Presidential libraries are usually privately funded.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:24 AM (51ygH)

351 The ruins of the pyramid look better.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:23 AM (2GVsD)

Yeah, they actually do.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 19, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

352 It looks like a shitty spaceship. I expect that race of space tards from TNG to walk out of it talking about how they look for stuff to make it go.

Posted by: MAKE.IT.GO. at June 19, 2026 12:25 AM (9CpDM)

353 Has anyone checked to make sure the thing wasn't built using all gray LEGO bricks?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)

354

Anna,

I was thinking about Legos earlier. Also TEMU shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:27 AM (/QHx4)

355 Hi, Debby!

Ahhhhh... sundown. Finally! It was only 85 today, but supposed to be 95 tomorrow-- need to cool the house overnight. Got windows open and fans running. Feels better already.

Got the yard mowed & watered, and pulled a few weeds today. Trimmed one rose bush (it's a start!) and cleaned out the 'bulb bed' of dried foliage.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

356 346 The obama library looks like the office building of a sewage treatment plant.
Posted by: Berserker

A sewage treatment plant at least has a useful purpose, and is a cornerstone of civilized society. That peckerwood's pillbox is a waste of good concrete.

Not to be redundant, but stating the obvious about what it purpose for which they were very clear:

“It is designed to tell the story of our collective power" OBAMA/Library'26
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg&t=118s

The OBAMA Library is a BORG Collective which even sports a BORG cube and tentacle like walkways which will assimilate all who dare trespass near it.

The very EPITOME of DEEP STATE double think on full display LUSTING for the day when SUSAN RICE (Benghazi was a youtube video) can lead the final purge upon the those who would think different -- Normal People.

She will be defeated as before because:
Resistance is NOT FUTILE
Impedance is REAL.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (wJXon)

357 How long until pidgeons cake Gaylord's monument in shit?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (HZniy)

358 Has anyone checked to make sure the thing wasn't built using all gray LEGO bricks?
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:26 AM (2GVsD)

Are you thinking that King Kong assembled it from Legos, while yelling Leggo My Eggo?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (qx7Zg)

359 345 It actually looks like the Meidum pyramid. Basically the core of a collapsed pyramid. Fitting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meidum

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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The Meidum pyramid is symmetrical.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:29 AM (51ygH)

360 Oh Bers I totally agree.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:30 AM (0nHVk)

361
313 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us. Just like that bizzaro presidential portrait.

The Brutalism School just called, "Bro, that's just too brutal."
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:07 AM (2GVsD)

There’s a certain variety of “intellectual” who thinks “good” is anything different from what’s been done before - even if it’s the most gawdawful monstrosity ever seen.

It’s never occurs to them that it’s pretty damned easy to make a gawdawful monstrosity.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 19, 2026 12:30 AM (nuNhM)

362 Got the yard mowed & watered, and pulled a few weeds today. Trimmed one rose bush (it's a start!) and cleaned out the 'bulb bed' of dried foliage.
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

If it's a nice day tomorrow, I will get on the riding mower, and do that part of the yard closest to the house and the outbuildings. It's grown enough since the last mow that it's looking shaggy again.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)

363

Seven year old grandson spent the day with us.

He wanted to make money so we had him clean up the dogshit in the yard.

He was so happy, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 12:31 AM (/QHx4)

364
I am going to guess that Trump got the warrantee written into the original contract, though.
Posted by: Kindltot

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Good lord, I was looking around for info and now Nick Sortor says someone's etched 8647 onto the bottom of the pool! Has video! There could be some destruction going on. Gee, would anyone do that?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:31 AM (XJ22o)

365 Good lord, I was looking around for info and now Nick Sortor says someone's etched 8647 onto the bottom of the pool! Has video! There could be some destruction going on. Gee, would anyone do that?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:31 AM (XJ22o)

Faithless employees of the contractor? Repaint the pond liner with their blood.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:33 AM (1z8ji)

366 If it's a nice day tomorrow, I will get on the riding mower, and do that part of the yard closest to the house and the outbuildings. It's grown enough since the last mow that it's looking shaggy again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Riding mowers FTW!

Grass isn't really a problem, now that it's hot & dry.. the damned chicory sends up tall, ugly spikes that make my yard look ratty within a few days of watering. At least there's not much to sweep up after a mow these days. LOL

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

367 Wildcat, had to look that up. Nice, Buick's answer to the 442 I suppose. GM was more of an American company back then, pitting each division against the other. Who would make the best or fastest or most popular type of competition. That morphed into the same car with a different shell. What a pity.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:37 AM (51ygH)

368 If it's a nice day tomorrow, I will get on the riding mower, and do that part of the yard closest to the house and the outbuildings. It's grown enough since the last mow that it's looking shaggy again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Riding mowers FTW!

Grass isn't really a problem, now that it's hot & dry.. the damned chicory sends up tall, ugly spikes that make my yard look ratty within a few days of watering. At least there's not much to sweep up after a mow these days. LOL
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

If your lawn looks Shaggy, perhaps you should hire Scooby Goat to clean it up.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 19, 2026 12:38 AM (qx7Zg)

369 Grass isn't really a problem, now that it's hot & dry.. the damned chicory sends up tall, ugly spikes that make my yard look ratty within a few days of watering. At least there's not much to sweep up after a mow these days. LOL
Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:36 AM (rdVOm)

I don't rake or bag the clippings, just mow over the most conspicuous windrows to scatter them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:38 AM (1z8ji)

370 Drumpf is such an idiot

None of the "Trump Towers" are suitable for flak guns, or could withstand heavy bombardment.

Posted by: Obama and Luftwaffe Flakabteilung fan voting Platner at June 19, 2026 12:41 AM (6VErX)

371 Wildcat, had to look that up. Nice, Buick's answer to the 442 I suppose. GM was more of an American company back then, pitting each division against the other. Who would make the best or fastest or most popular type of competition. That morphed into the same car with a different shell. What a pity.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:37 AM (51ygH)

It's a pretty car. Big, red 2-door hardtop fastback with a white interior. 430 V8. I would call it a "dude muscle car". Not really very sporty or competition oriented.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:41 AM (1z8ji)

372 Cut today, also. Then pulled the little Ryobi sawzall, attached the Diablo blade and topped China berry trees in the side yard.
They grow like weeds but very good at hiding the window rattler.

This summer's going to be a killer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:42 AM (51ygH)

373 other. Who would make the best or fastest or most popular type of competition. That morphed into the same car with a different shell. What a pity.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Then, they killed Olds altogether.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 12:42 AM (XeU6L)

374 Then, they killed Olds altogether.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 19, 2026 12:42 AM (XeU6L)

And Pontiac. But well after the muscle car era had run its course.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (1z8ji)

375 There was only one flaw in Tanya's masterclass in trolling the Commies as shown in this video

https://youtu.be/23kUulN2sYQ

She failed to destroy the bridges and rail lines. That would have seriously screwed up the Russian timetables for war.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (2GVsD)

376 I don't rake or bag the clippings, just mow over the most conspicuous windrows to scatter them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I can sometimes get away with that, but not *usually*.

The tow-behind sweeper is a honey, (especially in autumn!) and gets the clippings up easily. We have weekly yard waste pickup 10 months of the year, and I have 4 large containers... I make good use of them!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (rdVOm)

377 It's a pretty car. Big, red 2-door hardtop fastback with a white interior. 430 V8. I would call it a "dude muscle car". Not really very sporty or competition oriented.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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It looked like women would love to ride in it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:45 AM (51ygH)

378 Hi JQ, Cheers!

When I finally move from here remind me to bring the craw, it is a lobster claw crusher that may be the original Swiss army knife. It is very helpful for arthritic hands opening any type of booze bottle, I'd be lost without it. My hubs always called it the craw and so it shall be.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 19, 2026 12:45 AM (0nHVk)

379
Anyway, I'm happy to jump in on the Ob-scenity. I can just imagine an architect right now saying to a client, "We're thinking of a Bruta--"

Yeah, no.

And Michelle using the occasion to continue scolding us for not accepting people just because "they're not exactly like us." I don't know how she worked it into the occasion of a library opening. But doesn't that idiot know that the story of the hour is foreigners delighted to discover that that's a big lie?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:46 AM (XJ22o)

380
Of late, I've gotten quite fascinated with the Younger Dryas, the Impact Hypothesis, which is quite controversial, more so than you'd expect. And I learn stuff I didn't know that I'm ashamed I didn't know.

SC here has very few natural lakes. The big ones are all man-made. But it has a few natural and shallow ones. One is White Pond, a shallow (2m) body of water of about 66 acres. It's a little over 30K years old, and contains a fantastic record in the form of sediments.

And it has a big flashing red Younger Dryas story to tell. Christopher Moore, University of SC, studies that, and found a big platinum spike in that sediment which has been dated right at the start of the Younger Dryas.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)

381 My hubs always called it the craw and so it shall be.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

LOL! Not the Craw... The Craw!!!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (rdVOm)

382 Got a problem with Pick up. When pushed into a right angle curve, like an intersection it shutters. Don't know what it could be. Wheel bearings?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (51ygH)

383 If the blue in the reflecting pool is already flaking off, the contractor should be drowned in it.

Posted by: He Has Failed Trump For The Last Time at June 19, 2026 12:48 AM (lZt8q)

384 Got a problem with Pick up. When pushed into a right angle curve, like an intersection it shutters. Don't know what it could be. Wheel bearings?

Posted by: Braenyard

Brakes?

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

385 If I were a tagger living in Chicago, I'd hit that stupid library with a bunch of "vote here" graffiti.

Posted by: Rex B at June 19, 2026 12:50 AM (rgnea)

386 "shutters" Braenyard?

Please describe more fully.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:51 AM (rdVOm)

387 Got a problem with Pick up. When pushed into a right angle curve, like an intersection it shutters. Don't know what it could be. Wheel bearings?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (51ygH)

Does this manifest as a noise, or as a vibration you feel. Two wheel drive, or 4X4? If you have a limited-slip rear axle that is locking up prematurely, you might feel/hear a rear end shudder from that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (1z8ji)

388
If the blue in the reflecting pool is already flaking off, the contractor should be drowned in it.
Posted by: He Has Failed Trump For The Last Time

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Trump has shown his ability to build. He can show his ability to raise hell and sue.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (XJ22o)

389 Speaking of Ranch, blessed be its name, my wife and me are having a little debate:

I think you could sub out water for Ranch when waterboarding. My wife says no, it'd just be fatal. But I think she's just not taking into account technique, skill, execution.

Posted by: Hidden Valley Interrogation at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (lZt8q)

390 And it has a big flashing red Younger Dryas story to tell. Christopher Moore, University of SC, studies that, and found a big platinum spike in that sediment which has been dated right at the start of the Younger Dryas.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:47 AM (w6EFb)

You can also look at the "south carolina bays" which are argued to be wind erosion sites that left elliptical basins that all point towards Michigan. Or they could be secondary impact sites from a bolide that hit around Michigan

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 12:53 AM (rbvCR)

391 -addendum for Braenyard: If you have a 4X4, and it has been inadvertently left in 4WD while on pavement, a shudder while turning is to be expected. This is caused by the driveline "winding up", as the front and rear wheels are cutting dissimilar arcs, while locked together by the drive line.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 12:56 AM (1z8ji)

392 Put a flap over the port for the cuttings to exit, going slow it gives the leaves an extra spin around the blades. The balance goes around the base of the trees. ( raise the flap for that )

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 12:56 AM (51ygH)

393 They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us.
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As the kids these days say.... "you just played yo self"

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 12:57 AM (vE0+H)

394 *yields the floor to AOP for Braenyard's truck issue*

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

395 It's the purple hair and nose ring of buildings. They are children.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (vE0+H)

396
Yes, the Carolina Bay formations are quite intriquing and part of the whole impact idea.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)

397 sorry, just "carolina bays"

There are similar ones in Nebraska

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (rbvCR)

398 Yes, the Carolina Bay formations are quite intriquing and part of the whole impact idea.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 12:59 AM (w6EFb)

Have they been accurately age-dated, too?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:00 AM (1z8ji)

399
Another site of recent interest is the "Perkins site" in Louisiana. Look that up if interested.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:01 AM (w6EFb)

400 It's a simple F-150, I feel it more than hear. I don't push it, let it coast. I think if I pushed it hard it would be heard. I feel it in the steering wheel too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (51ygH)

401 It's the purple hair and nose ring of buildings. They are children.
Posted by: ...

What's with the writing on it? "...Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep..." or what?

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm)

402
There are wide dating ranges for the things.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

403 402
There are wide dating ranges for the things.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:03 AM (w6EFb)

Half your age plus seven.

Posted by: Or, $20, same as in town at June 19, 2026 01:04 AM (lZt8q)

404 It's a simple F-150, I feel it more than hear. I don't push it, let it coast. I think if I pushed it hard it would be heard. I feel it in the steering wheel too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (51ygH)

Is i felt equally with right turns and left? A wheel bearing, or tire with a belt separation should be more noticeable when on the outside of a turn, and that wheel is loaded more. Don't overlook something simple, like loose lug nuts!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:05 AM (1z8ji)

405
They must have chosen the ugliest building design on purpose, just to fuck with us.
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As the kids these days say.... "you just played yo self"
Posted by: ...

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Heh, kind of in Joe Biden's face. Everyone knows his "library" will be a small gallery at U Delaware at best.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:07 AM (XJ22o)

406 It rained this week. Put Sara Ann wrap over the right side of the windshield, covered all the molding from vent at the wiper to 3" over the roof. It helped.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:08 AM (51ygH)

407
What's with the writing on it? "...Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep..." or what?
Posted by: JQ

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Good evening, my dear! As with the rest of the building, you have to WORK to discern its message. That's the magic of O!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:09 AM (XJ22o)

408 Heh, kind of in Joe Biden's face. Everyone knows his "library" will be a small gallery at U Delaware at best.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:07 AM (XJ22o)

It'll be stocked exclusively with pop-up books, and all the pop-ups will be penises.

Posted by: President Joe at June 19, 2026 01:10 AM (lZt8q)

409

Lol

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:11 AM (/QHx4)

410 It rained this week. Put Sara Ann wrap over the right side of the windshield, covered all the molding from vent at the wiper to 3" over the roof. It helped.

Posted by: Braenyard

Leaky windshield seal?

Hubby's old (but not collectible) T-Bird leaked at top of windshield and he didn't want to take it to glass shop.. we used clear silicone across the top rubber and weighted it with patio blocks. No more leak! Redneck fix, we knew the car wouldn't last much longer...

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

411 Read about the Perkins impact crater. Interesting stuff.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (1z8ji)

412 I've got a spinner for those nuts. Wait! Discount tire owes me a rotation and balance. That will fix that. I'll ask the fellow what he thinks about the wheel bearings too. Yeah, the shutter is equal lft. rt. turn opportunity. It's got 180K probably the bearings.

Those bearing have to be pressed don't they?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (51ygH)

413 Hiya, Blondie! How are you? How goes the garden?

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (rdVOm)

414 Well, quarter past eleven here. Time for me to hit the sack. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:14 AM (1z8ji)

415 Braenyard, are you *sure* it's the windshield/cowl that's leaking? If only on passenger side, could be heater core.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:15 AM (rdVOm)

416 There is a group or individual who is/are working up the orientation of the Carolina bays and the Nebraska rainwater basins.
There is a lot of modelling, and discussion on ballistic arcs and discussion of impacts. They also pull together information on the ages shown on the basins

https://cintos.org/SaginawManifold/Timing/index.html

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 01:16 AM (rbvCR)

417

Sleep well AOP

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:17 AM (/QHx4)

418 Read the whole thing?

Make me.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:17 AM (pKv0r)

419
Don't hold me to this exactly, but I think the best dating for the Younger Drays onset is 12,900 ya. Some dating of the Carolina Bays puts right at that. But that is disputed.

There's also a "radiant" of these things. The long axis of the ellipses seems to all point at a spot near Saginaw Bay.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

420 'Night AOP

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:18 AM (rdVOm)

421 408 Heh, kind of in Joe Biden's face. Everyone knows his "library" will be a small gallery at U Delaware at best.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:07 AM (XJ22o)

It'll be stocked exclusively with pop-up books, and all the pop-ups will be penises.
Posted by: President Joe at June 19, 2026 01:10 AM (lZt8q)

Such disgusting insolence.

Posted by: The Left at June 19, 2026 01:19 AM (pKv0r)

422

Kinda difficult to make a cow do anything.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:20 AM (/QHx4)

423 What's with the writing on it? "...Look upon my works, ye mighty, and weep..." or what?

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:02 AM (rdVOm

Looks hypnotic to me.

There is so much I could say or analyze but I think for the most part the whole thing is meant to both invite and defy analysis, and to pale any critic. The structure is criticism itself.

In other words, so far up its own ass it is essentially a mold of the inside of his asshole, on full display.

It is what a woman thinks a man would build, through the eyes of an alien who wanted to say something about humanity without committing to saying anything at all because nothing matters.

I could go on and on (as I do) but like I said, it is clearly designed to dwarf critique. As if that was the chief goal beyond the projection of some kind of gay male fantasy of how normal masculine power should appear. And entirely... entirely godless.

But not even demonic either. It is a rejection of creation. A design without form, meant to project nothing... but in its nothingness you are to absorb the massive overinflated ego begging you to worship it and only it.

That's my take.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 01:20 AM (vE0+H)

424 GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL IRAN! Score Iran 1 dump/netanhayu O!

Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:20 AM (TcJWQ)

425 She failed to destroy the bridges and rail lines. That would have seriously screwed up the Russian timetables for war.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 19, 2026 12:44 AM (2GVsD)

We know how to do that.

Posted by: Col Ellington, Maj Eisley in the Frisbees at June 19, 2026 01:22 AM (pKv0r)

426
Fuck off asshole.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:22 AM (/QHx4)

427 Half your age plus seven.
Posted by: Or, $20, same as in town at

Seven come eleven

Baby need a new pair of shoes

Posted by: Hunter B. at June 19, 2026 01:23 AM (6VErX)

428 I've got a spinner for those nuts. Wait! Discount tire owes me a rotation and balance. That will fix that. I'll ask the fellow what he thinks about the wheel bearings too. Yeah, the shutter is equal lft. rt. turn opportunity. It's got 180K probably the bearings.

Those bearing have to be pressed don't they?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:13 AM (51ygH)

Classic test for wheel bearing: jack up the wheel in question, place a hand on the bumper or some part of the frame, and give the wheel a good spin. If the bearing is bad, your hand will feel a rumble being telegraphed through the frame. It is a surprisingly sensitive test.

Assuming NOT a 4X4, the bearing cups are pressed into the hub of the brake drum or rotor, and the cones with rollers set in the cups; inner cone backed up by the spindle should that the grease seal rides on, and the outer cone by the spindle nut and washer. A wheel bearing change is pretty easy. You need no special tools; a hammer and small brass drift will knock the cups out of the hub. Look for a Youtube video.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:23 AM (1z8ji)

429 424: soccer sucks. The ultimate sign is when every score is treated like the walk off grand slam in the seventh game of the WS.

Posted by: It is patriotic for America to suck at soccer at June 19, 2026 01:24 AM (pKv0r)

430 Classic test for wheel bearing: jack up the wheel in question, place a hand on the bumper or some part of the frame, and give the wheel a good spin. If the bearing is bad, your hand will feel a rumble being telegraphed through the frame. It is a surprisingly sensitive test.

Assuming NOT a 4X4, the bearing cups are pressed into the hub of the brake drum or rotor, and the cones with rollers set in the cups; inner cone backed up by the spindle should that the grease seal rides on, and the outer cone by the spindle nut and washer. A wheel bearing change is pretty easy. You need no special tools; a hammer and small brass drift will knock the cups out of the hub. Look for a Youtube video.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 19, 2026 01:23 AM (1z8ji)

Wish I would have known this for my truck.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:25 AM (pKv0r)

431 malcolm X in iran and child supposed to vote in action like were paid you know not large black people too! Ask mitt romney. Commen and guatamala down the mility? what bloomber of fred hampton because the left in jan. 2025! Take america.

Posted by: raimondo on tap at June 19, 2026 01:25 AM (6VErX)

432 Yeah, I have a new heater core which is on the opposite side of the cab. The carpet gets wet at the driver door sill I'm pretty sure that's it. The wet goes back to the suicide area. Going to caulk the back window too. Expounding on your idea I'm gathering up bondo, JB Weld, molding tool, caulk and clear silicone caulk. Going to pull that molding and fill every void there. May purchase some Great Stuff too.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:26 AM (51ygH)

433
Hiya, Blondie! How are you? How goes the garden?
Posted by: JQ

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Grooaannnn. Someone brought my mother a Peace Lily at Easter. I was staying at her place at the time, so I kept it watered -- not overwatered, just watered. I left for a while, with my sister and niece in charge. THEY LET IT WILT LIKE BOILED SPINACH. I felt awful for the plant, cut away all the sticks and stalks, and got this superstitious idea that all plants are happier in the ground.

Knowing my red thumb, I asked the gardener to plant it. He did. It withered down to nubs. I asked him to dig it up and put it back in a pot. He did -- I think. I don't think that's the lily that's in the pot but I can't tell because it's just nubs.

That poor friend who gave it to my mother. If he comes to visit again, I'm going to buy another lily and pretend it's his.

So, not exactly blue bells and cockleshells all in a pretty row.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:26 AM (XJ22o)

434 Good evening, my dear! As with the rest of the building, you have to WORK to discern its message. That's the magic of O!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:09 AM (XJ22o)

Where is the 1961 foot gold statue of Him with His HOT, BEAUTIFUL SMILE that turns to face the sun as it rises, moves along the ecliptic, and sets?

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:27 AM (pKv0r)

435 the bearing cups are pressed into the hub of the brake drum or rotor, and the cones with rollers set in the cups; inner cone backed up by the spindle should that the grease seal rides on, and the outer cone by the spindle nut and washer. A wheel bearing change is pretty easy. You need no special tools; a hammer and small brass drift will knock the cups out of the hub. Look for a Youtube video.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

You have learned much, Grasshopper

Posted by: Blind Mechanic Miklos of Shaolin at June 19, 2026 01:27 AM (6VErX)

436 Someone should tell trolls not to post while drunk or stoned.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:28 AM (pKv0r)

437 Thanks a bunch.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:28 AM (51ygH)

438 *drifts back in, briefly*

Obama's gravestone has had much more attention tonight than it deserves. Let it be forgotten from tomorrow.

Alternative viewing, when the comments slow down:

The perky and amusing blue-eyed Dr. Becky: Something stole this galaxy's spin 12 billion years ago (19:20)
https://youtu.be/ofv50rnh-oo

7 Days of Science: Deep-Sea Explorers Found Something We’ve Never Seen Before (11:46) —spoiler: it's a whale graveyard, but has bones going back millions of years!
https://youtu.be/55suVAg204o

Speaking of whales, the bow-tie History Guy tells a tale of survival of some whalers Marooned in the Arctic (15:07)
https://youtu.be/rSfUSh99p6w

KeroNgb once again finds the DUMBEST Students In The USA! UNREAL! (10:5

Can't do 18/3.
https://youtu.be/pDEm4DmcTiY

Cowboy Kent Rollins is doing recipes and historic stories for USA250: The Best Mac & Cheese You've Never Made
~(And the Surprising Story Behind It) (14:25) —spoiler, the story is Tom Jefferson's slave cook, a great bio.
https://youtu.be/aUCN6ifOUyM

But, your best time-per-entertainment value is this funny one from Heaven's IT Guy: The Correct Religion? (1:33)
https://youtu.be/sxeJMJlStqE

Posted by: mindful webworker - youtube or not youtube, what was the question? at June 19, 2026 01:30 AM (9bb3y)

439 Dear Train: if you need San Francisco to save you, you are in a world of extreme hurt.

Time to get back at it in the land of sucky music…

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 19, 2026 01:31 AM (pKv0r)

440 438 *drifts back in, briefly*

Obama's gravestone has had much more attention tonight than it deserves. Let it be forgotten from tomorrow.

Such disgusting insolence.

Posted by: The Left at June 19, 2026 01:32 AM (pKv0r)

441
That's my take.
Posted by: ...

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Brilliant!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:32 AM (XJ22o)

442 >> They also pull together information on the ages shown on the basins

Those guys favor a much older dating of the impact that produced those, I see.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:34 AM (w6EFb)

443 So, not exactly blue bells and cockleshells all in a pretty row.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Aww, sorry the gift-plant is doing so poorly! Peace Lily? (Spathyphyllum I assume) generally does well indoors & doesn't like direct sun... Yeah, does need water from time to time, LOL.

I like your idea of secretly replacing it. They're easy to find. Even HDepot carries those here.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

444
Fascinating. They found an elliptical impact crater on Mars that informs them of what to expect and look for.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:39 AM (w6EFb)

445 Thanks Blondie, and with that I bid you goodnight.

Posted by: ... at June 19, 2026 01:40 AM (vE0+H)

446 Dump: Munich 1938 was a worse deal!

Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:42 AM (TcJWQ)

447 NI Tulsi Gabbard
@DNIGabbard
3h
Today, on my final day as Director of National Intelligence, I’m releasing never-before-seen communications and documents exposing how Dr. Fauci provided millions in US taxpayer dollars to fund dangerous gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab, worked with politicized elements within the Intelligence Community to suppress the truth about his actions and hide the virus’ lab-leak origins, and lied to Congress while under oath in 2024. It’s time you know the truth

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:42 AM (51ygH)

448
Fauci should be hung.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:44 AM (/QHx4)

449 @447 Tulsi is my Aloha Sweetie!

Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:45 AM (TcJWQ)

450 Saw the surgeon today. Agreed my heart was strong enough, and the EKG last week was positive enough, that I can submit my body to surgery. A CT scan first, and if that's okay, under the knife for a serious belly hernia repair. Take care of this before something else starts going haywire.

Oboy, can't wait to sample that great hospital coffee again.😒

A dollop of Quicksilver to say sayonara
https://youtu.be/bmhT_KUAR6g

G'nite, amigos.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - hooray for modern medicine, I guess, at June 19, 2026 01:46 AM (9bb3y)

451
449,

She doesn't have a dick.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:47 AM (/QHx4)

452 US reversed Obama designation of U.S. Pacific Command, or USPACOM to (INDOPACOM) in 2018, back to its original designation, U.S. Pacific Command, or USPACOM.

USPACOM area of responsibility is from the western shore of the US to the eastern shore of India.

The Pentagon said the decision was intended to restore the command’s historical identity and military heritage rather than to signal any change in mission, geographic scope, or strategic priorities.

Just a little nick to let Xi know, it's ours.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 01:51 AM (51ygH)

453 @451 Thats ok I am not gay like you.

Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:51 AM (TcJWQ)

454
I like your idea of secretly replacing it. They're easy to find. Even HDepot carries those here.
Posted by: JQ

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

My plan: secretly replace it, and meanwhile see if I can coax those nubs to grow.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 01:56 AM (XJ22o)

455 My plan: secretly replace it, and meanwhile see if I can coax those nubs to grow.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

I like your plan!

The "nubs" are now potted, yes? My advice (take it or leave it, as always...) submerge the pot/nubs in water until it stops floating. Remove from water & let drain. Place by north-facing window and observe for several days, watching for new growth. Only water again if soil is "bone dry."

Good luck!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

456 Posted by: raimondo at June 19, 2026 01:51 AM (TcJWQ)

Gee, rainman... thought your side was totally OK with teh ghey? Why would you use it as an insult?

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:05 AM (rdVOm)

457 Because he is stupid. Like, amazingly stupid. I know it's retardo three words in.

Posted by: Reforger at June 19, 2026 02:08 AM (wjnjX)

458 Iranian Hardliner Calls for Assassinating Trump on U.S. Soil.

Brati, a supporter of Saeed Jalili the only member of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) who voted against the agreement has called for the assassination of U.S. President Donald Trump inside the United States.

In his remarks, Brati described the second point of the MOU, which emphasizes mutual respect for national sovereignty, territorial integrity, and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs, as treason.

He added: We do not respect America’s sovereignty. We must kill Trump on American soil.
----

Doesn't sound like the Mutual Understanding is all that mutual.
That's OK. the longer this goes the more brain dead Americans will hear or see these idiots and be moved to side with Trump.
Then one day,when the time is right, we'll bash the crap out of them.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:09 AM (51ygH)

459 Man, this is getting interesting. That link above, putting that Saginaw impact at ~780Kya, mid-Pleistocene, also corresponds to the date of the last magnetic pole reversal.

It's also close to another curious shift in the ice-age cycle timings. Before about 1 Mya, that cycle was dominated by the 41K yr obliquity cycle. After that, it shifted to the 100K yr eccentricity cycle. This is a mystery still, as the obliquity cycle should have much stronger effects.

There are various proposed mechanisms.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 02:11 AM (w6EFb)

460 Fauci should be hung.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 01:44 AM (/QHx4)

And hanged, too.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 19, 2026 02:11 AM (g5Xj2)

461 Vance going to Switzerland to help lead talks/negotiations connected to an Iran agreement
---------------------

@Osint613
4h
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has cancelled his trip to Switzerland, according to a spokesman.

"As the Vice President said at his press conference, the plans for the upcoming technical talks have not been finalized, and the U.S. delegation has been prepared to depart at the first available opportunity.

But the logistics of these negotiations have never been simple or predictable. As of now the Vice President is not departing tonight. We will let you know as soon as we have a concrete update about next steps.”
--

Iran's going to make a bo bo sooner than I thought.
They just can't hold their water.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:15 AM (51ygH)

462 There's also a "radiant" of these things. The long axis of the ellipses seems to all point at a spot near Saginaw Bay.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 19, 2026 01:18 AM (w6EFb)

The straight on lines seem to go to different areas, like Indiana or michigan, but the Cintos site argues that if you take ballistics into consideration, with the Earth turning under the secondary projectiles in flight, it seems to focus back on Saginaw bay

Fun stuff.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 19, 2026 02:16 AM (rbvCR)

463
The "nubs" are now potted, yes? My advice (take it or leave it, as always...) submerge the pot/nubs in water until it stops floating. Remove from water & let drain. Place by north-facing window and observe for several days, watching for new growth. Only water again if soil is "bone dry."

Good luck!
Posted by: JQ

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

None other than my dastardly niece and sister are at my mother's place once again, responsible for the plant! I'm going to email this to them and demand that they do it, and send me photographic evidence.

Thanks!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 02:17 AM (XJ22o)

464
Iran's going to make a bo bo sooner than I thought.
They just can't hold their water.

Posted by: Braenyard

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

Heeere, leopard! Come here, boy. Now, change your spots.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 02:19 AM (XJ22o)

465
What a clusterfuck.

If we had bombed them we would be done with them.

Posted by: four seasons at June 19, 2026 02:22 AM (/QHx4)

466 None other than my dastardly niece and sister are at my mother's place once again, responsible for the plant! I'm going to email this to them and demand that they do it, and send me photographic evidence.

Thanks!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

You're welcome!

But, if they are responsible for the plant's demise... why would you expect them to be able to handle its possible revival?

Sorry. *shrugs* Again, I wish you good luck!

(buy another one, just in case! LOL)

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

467 If we had bombed them we would be done with them.

Posted by: four seasons
---

Patience, let them run their play. Run it straight into the trap.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:30 AM (51ygH)

468 But, if they are responsible for the plant's demise... why would you expect them to be able to handle its possible revival?

Sorry. *shrugs* Again, I wish you good luck!

(buy another one, just in case! LOL)

Posted by: JQ

--Your talking 'bout my cousins.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 02:31 AM (51ygH)

469 Both buildings cost $847,000,000. Both are in Chicago. Trump built one. Obama built the other.

What year was Trump's built? Between 2005 and 2009...so almost 20 years ago. Not that you couldn't do many times better with the same money that the Obama monstrosity...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 02:31 AM (l3cgK)

470
But, if they are responsible for the plant's demise... why would you expect them to be able to handle its possible revival?

Posted by: JQ

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

Because I gave them a good thrashing. And now that I know they can be lazy, I'm going to insist on daily updates with photographic evidence.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 19, 2026 02:41 AM (XJ22o)

471 Gardening isn't for everyone, LOL. The weeds mock us. The weather mocks us. The birds and vermin mock our attempts at growing food.

The insects destroy and the soil fails us... We are utterly insane to attempt to defy nature, in our quest to grow either beauty or sustenance.

And, yet? We persist. Sometimes, we achieve. *That* is what makes the fight so rewarding!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:42 AM (rdVOm)

472 There are various proposed mechanisms.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Don't go giving Darleen no ideas

Posted by: Miklos is bruised in several places already at June 19, 2026 02:49 AM (6VErX)

473 Good night, horde. I love you! Thanks for being here!

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:49 AM (rdVOm)

474 Blondie, here's some info on your plant:

almanac.com/plant/peace-lilies

Yes, I said wait until soil was bone-dry, but that's just for right after the 'deep soak'. To avoid root-rot.

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

475 Ok, really g'night...

Posted by: JQ at June 19, 2026 02:54 AM (rdVOm)

476 Tomorrow, I start another campaign against the damned prairie dogs infesting the field behind my place. Once again, they have violated the border, driving a tunnel under the fence and into the garden. Most of our cultivation is in raised beds. Two of them were built with hardware cloth under the base, but one was not. Of course, that tunnel heads right there.
They shall pay for their violation of my sovereign territory.
Carbon monoxide has its uses.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 19, 2026 02:56 AM (RW118)

477 I think you could sub out water for Ranch when waterboarding. My wife says no, it'd just be fatal. But I think she's just not taking into account technique, skill, execution.
Posted by: Hidden Valley Interrogation at June 19, 2026 12:52 AM (lZt8q

If you include execution, I think it would have be fatal.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 02:59 AM (ZVgZ4)

478 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Finally made it here tonight - started work on yet another stocking, this time for an as-yet-unborn grandson. Right now, he is in a test tube; DD#3 and hubby are doing IVF, and they are getting close to having their first embryo implanted. Prayers for a successful procedure and pregnancy would be greatly appreciated!

Hopefully I will get to meet this one; they have to wait a year between pregnancies, so I might never get to meet the granddaughter that they will be trying for after that. However, she already has a stocking; I just have to add her name and make a label to go inside of it.

Hope everyone had a blessed day; I may be a bit scarce while I try to get this stocking finished!

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 03:00 AM (SRRAx)

479 Ok, really g'night...
Posted by: JQ

And Patsy Cline Sweet Dreams to you

Posted by: Miklos eyelids become heavy at June 19, 2026 03:01 AM (6VErX)

480 Hot Chick

https://tinyurl.com/mwwr6pve

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:04 AM (51ygH)

481 Has anyone commented on how much Obama's library looks like the Jawa vehicle from the original Star Wars movie? 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 03:08 AM (SRRAx)

482 Back soon

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 03:09 AM (Ia/+0)

483 The official phrase is “hanged by the neck until dead”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 19, 2026 03:09 AM (ZVgZ4)

484 Has anyone commented on how much Obama's library looks like the Jawa vehicle from the original Star Wars movie?
****

That was one of the first memes.

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 03:11 AM (quqLE)

485 They shall pay for their violation of my sovereign territory.
Carbon monoxide has its uses.

Posted by: buddhaha
---

Excuses: 17 hornet, .22, .22 mag, .30-30, .223, .30-06, .303; just all kinds of excuses.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 19, 2026 03:17 AM (51ygH)

486 481 Has anyone commented on how much Obama's library looks like the Jawa vehicle from the original Star Wars movie? 😂😂😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 19, 2026 03:08 AM (SRRAx)

He's not the bot you're looking for...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 19, 2026 03:20 AM (l3cgK)

487 Now that the time has come and gone
Grab a chair and go sit on the lawn
Remember the cooler for the beer
And always know what should be clear
Celebrate the best place on this earth
And the price paid for what it is worth

fin

Posted by: clarence at June 19, 2026 03:22 AM (quqLE)

488 fin
Posted by: clarence

d'Accord

Posted by: Le Mikleuse at June 19, 2026 03:26 AM (6VErX)

489 Junk Emperor Obamatine: "Now witness the chop shop power of this fully equipped and operational sandcrawler. Scavenge at will, commander."

J.D. Rubio: "I am both appalled and relieved that your ambition is so.. third world. If Chicago PD SWAT can't handle you, the Illinois NG can. I'm out of here."

Posted by: SciVo at June 19, 2026 03:28 AM (Sy6m/)

490 The Soviets would be proud of their Students who designed that abortion building

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0)

491 I think every day this week been awake very early

Posted by: Skip at June 19, 2026 03:42 AM (Ia/+0)

492 Pixy's up! At

https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:16 AM (6wpGE)

493 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at June 19, 2026 04:30 AM (6wpGE)

Thursday Night Cafe

The cliffs of Na Pali coast, Hawaii
Ben Milbrath

A.B.H. Always Be Hearding. Always Be Herding.

Favorite dog sleeping positions.

Have you packed your dog?

Berner Oberland.

Juvenile wolf is forced to babysit her newborn siblings.

Baby yak is a real cutie.

Baby foxes.

Bullet fired into snow keeps on spinning like a top.

German photographer Christian Vieler captures the hilarious moments when dogs try to catch treats mid-air.

[📹 vieler. photography]pic.twitter.com/AIu0hYtcti
— Massimo (@Rainmaker1973) June 17, 2026

An old man has spent years caring for this ray ever since she was little.
He feeds and nurtures her, and she treats him like her human grandpa, approaching him affectionately like a massive ocean companion. ❤️ pic.twitter.com/Gg1sVkH0ke
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 18, 2026

This is one of the most beautiful sights a cat can see in its life. 😂 pic.twitter.com/434zp6dpii
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) June 17, 2026

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1 Cool!

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:46 PM (fEeZA)

2 Get out! I'm first!

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:46 PM (fEeZA)

3 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Another lovely picture!

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (NFX2v)

5 No Scotland no party!

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (fEeZA)

6 Amazing those vertical cliffs stand like they do

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:49 PM (Ia/+0)

7 Heidi, the better half of Cannibal Bob Heidi?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:49 PM (0beLq)

8
*notes Café table is uneven*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (O0L8i)

9 Spent the day volunteering at the pet clinic. Freakin' porcupine left 434 quills in a sweet doggy. I am not a fan of porcupines.

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (fEeZA)

10 Foul! The baby Yak link won't work for me.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (0beLq)

11 Freddy the German is in OKC right now. Wearing ostrich skin boots and Wranglers.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (l26NL)

12 Mohammed Manai scores in his own net to make it 5 - 0.
LOL

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (gKWVE)

13 7 Heidi, the better half of Cannibal Bob Heidi?

The one and only. He's reading a book as I type. All is well!

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (fEeZA)

14 Ben Had, hugs to you11

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (fEeZA)

15 I figured Ben Had would be perturbed by the faulty link. As was I.

Posted by: SnailRacer at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (TmhzQ)

16 Heidi, hugs right back to you both. How wonderful it is to see you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (0beLq)

17 Two videos of wolves, no yak? 🤨

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (NFX2v)

18 Canada 6-nil now.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:54 PM (l26NL)

19 All Right, Heidi and SnailRacer at the same time. Damn, this is like a birthday present

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:55 PM (0beLq)

20 Heidi and Cannibal Bob?

Happy happy joy joy joy! Hugs to you both!

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (M6PPV)

21 I hope after the match Canada refuses to shake their hands

Posted by: gKWVE knows where Muslim hands have been at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (gKWVE)

22 Thanks ace. People are really retarded.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (G3T/K)

23 There is something off about that bullet video. Fired into a hard surface and no deformation?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:58 PM (G3T/K)

24 *passes a matchbook to H7 to put under the short table leg*

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:58 PM (VyBeY)

25 Spent the day volunteering at the pet clinic. Freakin' porcupine left 434 quills in a sweet doggy. I am not a fan of porcupines.
Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (fEeZA)
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OUCH!

Is the dog OK?

I'm sure it was not fun for the poor pooch...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (gnNyN)

26 Hawaii is not big on animal, is it. Mostly birds and whatever animals were brought in ?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (GD0B3)

27
Good news or bad news depending on your POV. The universe is back to accelerating expansion again. There was a big paper that came out a while back questioning some of the results of those supernovae used as standard candles, which concluded the expansion was not accelerating.

Well, that has been refuted, with flaws found in their flaw-finding.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (w6EFb)

28 22 Thanks ace. People are really retarded.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Gee thanks mister.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)

29 Nurse!!! You wonderful person! Lovely to see you and Ben Had. Mostly lurking these days. Although we have our own Ace of Spades Murder of Crows that we are working on befriending. God shuffles the cards and we keep playing the hand he deals. I hope all is well in your worlds.

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (fEeZA)

30 WHY IS CANNIBAL BOB NOT COMMENTING? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM, HEIDI?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (2UnvF)

31 Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (0beLq)

Hope you are well hon, always

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (vE0+H)

32 twitter is up and down. the cafe is short because of this. Links should work... eventually.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (1wjle)

33 That last one looks like a scene from Riddick.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (GseMx)

34 Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (NFX2v)

35 27
Good news or bad news depending on your POV. The universe is back to accelerating expansion again. There was a big paper that came out a while back questioning some of the results of those supernovae used as standard candles, which concluded the expansion was not accelerating.

Well, that has been refuted, with flaws found in their flaw-finding.
Posted by: publius
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Put under the Universe is still inscrutable. Man theorizes, the Universe laughs.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)

36 What kind of dog do you use to herd penguins?

Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

37 It's a trick question. No dog will herd penguins. You use Leopard Seals to herd penguins.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (vFG9F)

38 Man it's hard to read the news lately. The Left have literally lost their minds.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (GseMx)

39 i fixed the baby yak.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (1wjle)

40 On one of the Caribbean islands there is a bay called Pig Bay. Because at one time there were a lot of pigs grazing in that area, but the locals liked to bar-b-q. No more left.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (GD0B3)

41 >> There is something off about that bullet video. Fired into a hard surface and no deformation?

*Some of those videos* are real. I remember a previous one in ice. Mythbusters managed to recreate it. The bullet has to hit hard ice at just the right angle.

Forward momentum can be stopped but the angular momentum remains. It depends on low friction due to the high impact pressure melting the ice, and then vaporizing giving it a nice little low friction bearing effect.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

42 ..., I am well and hope the very same for the both of you.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (0beLq)

43 Wow, another story of Pricks and MiniDick's private Statsi, the American Fork PD, has hit wider media - they just had to settle a lawsuit stemming from an incident when their 'finest' rolled into the Target parking lot looking for a crook. So they immediately order a white guy with a soda and shopping bag to stop. Told him to get on his knees, he complies and raises his hands. Then one of the thugs in blue does a running tackle from behind, driving the guy's face into the parking lot. Then the thugs Tase the guy and claim he was resisting arrest.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (2GVsD)

44 Foul! The baby Yak link won't work for me.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM

It the same link as the one above.

Is there NO limit to the perfidiousness of Big Penguin?

(Rhetorical question; the answer is a resounding NO!)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)

45 Gee thanks mister.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (E4rtv)

It is an overly broad subset, but it covers all the bases. Some dolphins get caught in the net, sure.

Rapey bastards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (G3T/K)

46 Had a cat when we lived in an apartment as an early couple. Outside was some sort of berrying bush and the birds would swarm it right outside a large picture window. Our cat went nuts chattering and demonstrating all predatory behaviors of a cat when the birdies swarmed the bush. She would thwack at them fruitlessly against the window for their impertinence.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (E4rtv)

47 Perfessor Squirrel, the doggie is OK. Back story is she had 7 pups 8 days ago. Her owner passed away 10 days ago. It's like the worst country music song ever. While she was recovering, we brushed her out and she got the best nap in weeks. She is a beauty with a sweet disposition. Hopefully, she and her pups will find homes.

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (fEeZA)

48 Well, that has been refuted, with flaws found in their flaw-finding.
Posted by: publius
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Put under the Universe is still inscrutable. Man theorizes, the Universe laughs.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:01 PM (E4rtv)

We had this discussion previously. The answer Astrophysicists should always end with is .....'but we really don't know for sure'.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (GseMx)

49 It is an overly broad subset, but it covers all the bases. Some dolphins get caught in the net, sure.

Rapey bastards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Dammit, I was looking for a gubmint crazy check out of it. Hmph.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (E4rtv)

50 Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (1wjle)

You could do a year of empty open cafes for me. Or just rerun the old ones. But then I have an idea how thankless a task link assembly is.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (vE0+H)

51 Then the thugs Tase the guy and claim he was resisting arrest.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (2GVsD)

Are they auditioning for the next supertroopers movie?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (G3T/K)

52 33 That last one looks like a scene from Riddick.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (GseMx)

Storm wall like that makes me feel very small.

That one is terrifically beautiful.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (zYpTz)

53 Thanks YouTube

Now I have an audio drama of Record of Lodoss War playing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

54 The Na Pali coast is a beautiful place.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (viF8m)

55 Look at the yak. Don't talk back.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (Cqx++)

56
Forward momentum can be stopped but the angular momentum remains. It depends on low friction due to the high impact pressure melting the ice, and then vaporizing giving it a nice little low friction bearing effect.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (w6EFb)

____________

*stops listening*
*watches bodycam videos*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (O0L8i)

57 8
*notes Café table is uneven*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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STick a matchbook under the corner leg.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:05 PM (51ygH)

58 38 Man it's hard to read the news lately. The Left have literally lost their minds.
Posted by: polynikes
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Would be a tragedy if they actually had a brain instead of sharing it with the borg.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:06 PM (E4rtv)

59 Aetius

They should or the next Star Wars as Stormtroopers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 08:06 PM (2GVsD)

60
When the Nancy Grace Roman telescope gets up there at starts observations, I'm sure it will find all sorts of unexpected, mind-blowing twists on everything.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:06 PM (w6EFb)

61 Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:02 PM (GD0B3)

Eh, the pigs were probably invasive.
It used to be common for ships on their way to Malabar or wherever to stop on an empty island, drop off a herd of goats or chickens or whatever to graze around, and pick up the extra protein when the ships returned.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE)

62 Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:03 PM (0beLq)

Things are awesome here. I've had to dump a couple ancestral family members for finally just going too fucking far after dancing on the line for years and years but honestly it's been a looong time coming and is just a relief.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (vE0+H)

63 Check out this absolutely gorgeous cake the French made for PDT celebrating our 250th:

https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (3ImbR)

64 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I can report that today's excursion to the local library book sale was successful.

So much so that my boss said if she'd been there (she was mad I didn't tell her about it, but I thought she knew), she would have fought me 100% for a few of my selections.

I figure I'll read them and give them to her. She can probably get more use of them than I can.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)

65 49 It is an overly broad subset, but it covers all the bases. Some dolphins get caught in the net, sure.

Posted by: Aetius451AD
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I can see you like cruelty canned tuna.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv)

66 But then I have an idea how thankless a task link assembly is.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM (vE0+H)

I just thanked the guy!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (G3T/K)

67 30 WHY IS CANNIBAL BOB NOT COMMENTING? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH HIM, HEIDI?

Bob just yelled "DUKE!!!" He's alive and well, lurking and swearing at trolls. He sends a manly hug to you.

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (fEeZA)

68
Man it's hard to read the news lately. The Left have literally lost their minds.
Posted by: polynikes

___________

What! Calling for Musk to be guillotined is the very height of civility.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (O0L8i)

69 ace, thank you for including a Yak in the Cafe

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (0beLq)

70 50 Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 08:00 PM (1wjle)

You could do a year of empty open cafes for me. Or just rerun the old ones. But then I have an idea how thankless a task link assembly is.
Posted by: ...
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Ai to the rescue. Can you imagine vibe coding Minxy? What could possibly go wrong?

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (E4rtv)

71 "The universe is back to accelerating expansion again. "

I knew my belt was getting tighter.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (vFG9F)

72 You could do a year of empty open cafes for me. Or just rerun the old ones.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:04 PM

We could certainly revisit the greatest Café of all time periodically:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=400207

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (0sNs1)

73
He's alive and well, lurking and swearing at trolls. He sends a manly hug to you.

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (fEeZA)

___________

Tell him to get his ass back here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)

74 Obama is one ignorant mofo or at least his speech writer is. So many inaccuracies in his grand opening of the Jussie Smollett Subway memorial speech just so he could put down America again.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (GseMx)

75 I see where Switzerland beat "BIH" 4-0. Bosnia and Herzegovina.

I know that only because I googled "BIH."

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (RCjYY)

76 I can see you like cruelty canned tuna.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv)

To be honest I tried a new canned tuna to make tuna fish Tuesday. Like safe catch wild elite crazy gold star tuna and it was delicious.

Onions, mustard, mayo, dill relish. It was really good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (G3T/K)

77 Hey you guys! Should I drop something about the MOU ? Just to see what kind of trash crawls out of the woodwork?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)

78 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (G3T/K)

Yeah but you're a good dude so it doesn't count

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (vE0+H)

79 Things are awesome here. I've had to dump a couple ancestral family members for finally just going too fucking far after dancing on the line for years and years but honestly it's been a looong time coming and is just a relief.
Posted by: ...
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Sorry to hear that.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (E4rtv)

80 I see where Switzerland beat "BIH" 4-0. Bosnia and Herzegovina.

==

what round are we on ?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:11 PM (GD0B3)

81 To be honest I tried a new canned tuna to make tuna fish Tuesday. Like safe catch wild elite crazy gold star tuna and it was delicious.

Onions, mustard, mayo, dill relish. It was really good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I generally put the 'canned' stuff on salads or do ahi tuna steaks on the indoor grill.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)

82 Yeah but you're a good dude so it doesn't count
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (vE0+H)

Fuck, I knew i should have typed 'I just thanked the little gay furry jackass!'

Thought it was too much.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (G3T/K)

83
The "Nancy Grace" space telescope is just unfortunate, but funny.

Nancy Grace Roman went by "Nancy Grace", using both names, and so here we are. The "Roman telescope" may be better.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (w6EFb)

84 runner. No. We can flog that horse later. Let me buy you a drink instead.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (0beLq)

85 78 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (G3T/K)

Yeah but you're a good dude so it doesn't count
Posted by: ...
======
That is only when he is on his work phone. At home I hear he is a right bastard when posting.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (E4rtv)

86 I think it's 36 or something ? We are a month away from the finals. Round 16 falls around Independence day.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (GD0B3)

87 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (G3T/K)

Mustard and dill relish? WTF

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (GseMx)

88 I generally put the 'canned' stuff on salads or do ahi tuna steaks on the indoor grill.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:11 PM (E4rtv)

This was sandwich vector. Delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (G3T/K)

89
Tell him to get his ass back here.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)

Another yell, "HADRIAN!" Good thing we have plenty of land between us and the neighbors! A manly hug to you as well!

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (fEeZA)

90 We could certainly revisit the greatest Café of all time periodically:

https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=400207
Posted by: Duncanthrax
======
That idea seems a little batty to me.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (E4rtv)

91 No. We can flog that horse later. Let me buy you a drink instead.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:12 PM (0beLq)

lol, Ben Had. Iced tea ? Got any ?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (GD0B3)

92 Tornado warnings are going off. When my kids were little we called them tomato warnings.

Looking at the radar, it's about to get windy and rainy.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

93 Mustard and dill relish? WTF
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (GseMx)

How my mom taught me to make tuna fish. I like tang.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (G3T/K)

94 Stone cold foxes > baby foxes

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (2WIwB)

95 This was sandwich vector. Delicious.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Just kidding but it sounds like it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (E4rtv)

96 Heidi, the better half of Cannibal Bob Heidi?

The one and only. He's reading a book as I type.
Posted by: Heidi

"To Serve Man," presumably.

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 08:15 PM (VHUov)

97 runner, I do. Lemon or no?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:15 PM (0beLq)

98 Ben Had, absolutely lemon.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (GD0B3)

99 How my mom taught me to make tuna fish. I like tang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:14 PM (G3T/K)

Damn mom defense is bullet proof. I can't rag on you now.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (GseMx)

100 fd, you have a safe place if needed?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (0beLq)

101 I have some serious questions about this game. Were the refs in on it? Who's paying the refs? WHO?

Posted by: Tarlson at June 18, 2026 08:17 PM (gKWVE)

102
Smoke alarms all went off last night. They stayed on for about 5 minutes while we ran around looking around and turning things off. Tonight they went off again, though not all of them and for less than a minute.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:17 PM (O0L8i)

103 Is it just me or has there been a dearth of otters here lately?

Just asking.
For a friend.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 08:17 PM (2WIwB)

104 Heidi, the better half of Cannibal Bob Heidi?

The one and only. He's reading a book as I type.
Posted by: Heidi

"To Serve Man," presumably.
Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 08:15 PM (VHUov)

A favorite to be sure! Right now it's something about first aid and the benefits of putting a hot iron on flesh wounds.

Posted by: Heidi at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (fEeZA)

105 103 Is it just me or has there been a dearth of otters here lately?

Just asking.
For a friend.
Posted by: Diogenes
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You otter do something about that.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (E4rtv)

106 Critical Drinker analyses a blast from the past....

The rise and fall of Anita Sarkeesian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtX20UarGig

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (gnNyN)

107 76 I can see you like cruelty canned tuna.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (E4rtv)

To be honest I tried a new canned tuna to make tuna fish Tuesday. Like safe catch wild elite crazy gold star tuna and it was delicious.

Onions, mustard, mayo, dill relish. It was really good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:09 PM (G3T/K)

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Did you find that canned tuna at CostCo? Sounds like the 6 pack I recently bought from there. It too was quite good as tuna salad.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (cWLG3)

108 ace, thank you for including a Yak in the Cafe
Posted by: Ben Had

One of my sons attended the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, CO. There's a restaurant there that serves yak.

Best yak I've ever had. Only yak I've ever had.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)

109 You otter do something about that.
Posted by: whig

Stoatally.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (gKWVE)

110 Stoatally.
Posted by: gKWVE
======
Diogenes has come too far to weasel out now.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)

111
How my mom taught me to make tuna fish. I like tang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Astronaut tuna.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (Cqx++)

112 77 Hey you guys! Should I drop something about the MOU ? Just to see what kind of trash crawls out of the woodwork?
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 PM (GD0B3)

Nah, man, let it go for a bit, will ya?

Have a drink and look at some puppies with the rest of us.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

113 It's 7:20 and 91 degrees right now. I think most of my summer activities this summer are going to start no later than 7am and end before 12.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (GseMx)

114 Thanks YouTube

Now I have an audio drama of Record of Lodoss War playing.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Considering the source of that show, that means you're literally listening to a bunch of nerds playing D&D?

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (VHUov)

115 Damn mom defense is bullet proof. I can't rag on you now.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:16 PM (GseMx)

In your defense, mom usually used sweet relish. One, I am trying to lock down sugar. Two, I always found it cut the hangings too much (depending on the relish.) I figured i would try the dill relish, see how it turned out.

By itself, it probably makes the tuna too tangy, but on a sweetish/white bread? Just right.

I am also using this sweet Vidalia onion spread, so I did not want things to be too sweet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (G3T/K)

116 109 You otter do something about that.
Posted by: whig

Stoatally.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (gKWVE)

---
Beset by a sort of weasel.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (cWLG3)

117 >>>A.B.H. Always Be Hearding.

Would you like to see my diploma from the School of Learing?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (syz1S)

118 "fd, you have a safe place if needed?
Posted by: Ben Had"

Safe enough, I hope. I think it's just going to be straight line wind.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:22 PM (vFG9F)

119 For those who want to see a Yak fight...

https://youtu.be/J3S-Vz7QNTk

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 08:23 PM (qx7Zg)

120
How my mom taught me to make tuna fish. I like tang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Astronaut tuna.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot

____________

Tang is so vile that dying of thirst becomes attractive in comparison.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:23 PM (O0L8i)

121 We are having some weather. Confirmed tornado in Bay Minette, Al.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 08:23 PM (Wmg4n)

122 Stoatally.
Posted by: gKWVE
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Diogenes has come too far to weasel out now.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:20 PM (E4rtv)

The only weaseling I am aware of is on the golf course with some of the Geezers who's most effective club is a pencil with an eraser.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 08:24 PM (2WIwB)

123 Did you find that canned tuna at CostCo? Sounds like the 6 pack I recently bought from there. It too was quite good as tuna salad.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:18 PM (cWLG3)

This was from Publix.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:25 PM (G3T/K)

124 Berner Oberland...just heaven. Ready to book the next trip....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 18, 2026 08:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

125 Check out this absolutely gorgeous cake the French made for PDT celebrating our 250th:"

Sadly, most MSM consumers will never see it...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:25 PM (XuXeR)

126 Luigi Mangione bizarrely withdraws ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense claim 1 day after filing it

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:26 PM (O7XEN)

127 Has anyone ever tried putting a diced boiled egg into tuna fish? I am betting it would be good.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)

128 I did try searching for a video of Yaks with Yakety Sax as the background music. EweTube wasn't very helpful.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (qx7Zg)

129 The cat is thinking " Look at that target rich environment and I'm stuck in here"

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (Nu1m3)

130 Luigi Mangione bizarrely withdraws ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense claim 1 day after filing it
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:26 PM (O7XEN)

A lot of people online (including his fan club) were going nuts over it. Maybe his stream of conjugal visits was being threatened?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (G3T/K)

131 I think most of my summer activities this summer are going to start no later than 7am and end before 12"

I get up around 0600. First nap in the AM...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (XuXeR)

132
Luigi Mangione bizarrely withdraws ‘extreme emotional disturbance’ defense claim 1 day after filing it

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:26 PM (O7XEN)

__________

Nuts claim nuts, says Mangione.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (O0L8i)

133 It's fun to see a little Horde reunion. I've missed SnailRacer and Heidi and Cannibal Bob.

{{{hugs}}}

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:28 PM (FMtrg)

134 South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by [Gov. Kristi] Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.

Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)

135 Well, show's over. The local weather guy seems disappointed.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (vFG9F)

136 Has anyone ever tried putting a diced boiled egg into tuna fish? I am betting it would be good."

Sounds difficult. How do you get the tuna to swallow it?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

137 Sounds difficult. How do you get the tuna to swallow it?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (XuXeR)

Once you have it in the boat, it's at your mercy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:30 PM (G3T/K)

138 127 Has anyone ever tried putting a diced boiled egg into tuna fish? I am betting it would be good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)

Yes; I think it's good.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:30 PM (FMtrg)

139 Well, this is bullshit.

Not Gaetti
@notgaetti
I can't believe I actually need to explain this to another grownup, but for starters, crosses and bible verses are overt religious symbols while pride hats aren't.

Honestly, I think a lot of people fundamentally misunderstand the point of pride night: by wearing the hat, you're not abandoning your own religious convictions and you're not trying to convert anyone to a particular lifestyle or belief system; you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks by saying that it's okay to be yourself and that a person isn't inherently worthless just because of who they are. It's really not asking a lot, is it?

And if you aren't lucky enough to have gay friends in your life, you should get some because (a) you'll have more visibility into the shit they deal with on the regular and (b) their weddings are always 10x more fun.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)

140 South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by [Gov. Kristi] Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)

Dear Lord.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (G3T/K)

141 A friend puts diced granny Smith apples in their tuna

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0beLq)

142 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)

I have before when I make cold tuna and elbow Mac salad.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (GseMx)

143 127 Has anyone ever tried putting a diced boiled egg into tuna fish? I am betting it would be good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:27 PM (G3T/K)

Yes; I think it's good.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:30 PM (FMtrg)
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Yep. That's how my mom made tuna salad. It's delicious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:32 PM (gnNyN)

144 A friend puts diced granny Smith apples in their tuna
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0beLq

My mom tried that once for me in the tuna Mac salad . Me no likey.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:32 PM (GseMx)

145 you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks"

And who would that be, dearie?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)

146 you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks by saying that it's okay to be yourself and that a person isn't inherently worthless just because of who they are

No, the players are being forced to wear this shit. This isn't a nice voluntary display you commie bitch.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (G3T/K)

147 Save dah Earf~!

@ABC7 45m
We are hearing from the Lineage company for the first time since a massive fire involving solar panels broke out at their cold storage facility in Boyle Heights.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (diia5)

148 A friend puts diced granny Smith apples in their tuna
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (0beLq)

Hmm, in place of relish?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (G3T/K)

149 "Nuts claim nuts, says Mangione.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh"

This obvious murderer is getting FAR too consideration. Like that Gigolo Beach dude. They should be immediately non-existed.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (vFG9F)

150
All the gay friends we have don't make a point of telling us they're gay. Let alone making us celebrate it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (O0L8i)

151 South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by [Gov. Kristi] Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)

Whoops! Whoopsie!

Posted by: Noem's Willie Horton moment at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (TbWk/)

152 Aetius, along with the relish.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (0beLq)

153 you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks"

And who would that be, dearie?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)

ace. And like minded ewoks.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (G3T/K)

154 Once you have it in the boat, it's at your mercy."

Not until it's bled and dead. I've seen boated fish cause...problems.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (XuXeR)

155 Has anyone ever tried putting a diced boiled egg into tuna fish? I am betting it would be good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone

Yes, of course. Do need to add a tiny bit of olive oil, SnP, garlic powder, green onion, and some hot pickled peppers on the side, but yeah.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (diia5)

156 I want congrandulate the NY Knicks Basketball Team for winning the Championship.

I am a big fan of the Knicks especially Giancarlo Stanton and Aron Judge.

Posted by: Kathey Hochol, NY Governor at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (KmLJe)

157 Boyle Heights.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (diia5)

More like Charbroyle Heights now.

Posted by: gKWVE, here all night at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (gKWVE)

158 or hit it with some soy and wasabi. Either or.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (diia5)

159 ace. And like minded ewoks"

I've got the t shirt...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (XuXeR)

160 The Na Pali coast is a beautiful place.
Posted by: JackStraw
**********
Absolute truth....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (IQ6Gq)

161 We are hearing from the Lineage company for the first time since a massive fire involving solar panels broke out at their cold storage facility in Boyle Heights.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:34 PM (diia5)

That's some renewable irony right there.

Posted by: Sustainable and highly carboniferous at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (TbWk/)

162 "It's really not asking a lot, is it?"

I am not obligated to accept your reality.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (vFG9F)

163 You know what a good bug-out food is? Those pouches of tuna, chicken, salmon; with various flavors, like lemon, buffalo, etc. They store small, and despite having the mandated best by date, they could last indefinitely. The packaging is very strong. Kind of like canned stuff, as long as it's not pull-top cans.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (0aYVJ)

164 Albacore tuna, black olives , garlic powder and black pepper

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:37 PM (0beLq)

165 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)

I'd like to hear Not Gaetti's explanation for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence being featured by sports teams.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (FMtrg)

166 156,

Eric Clapner approves....

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (XuXeR)

167 South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by [Gov. Kristi] Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)

He was 19 when he stabbed and killed a guy. I can't imagine he was a model prisoner for 30 years. The commutation records are sealed so no one knows why she did it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (GseMx)

168 This was sandwich vector. Delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (G3T/K
-------
A guy I work with puts grape jelly on his tuna sandwiches. Absolutely disgusting

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)

169 That story is like an exercise in whiplash.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (G3T/K)

170 158 or hit it with some soy and wasabi. Either or.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:36 PM (diia5)

-
To kick it up a notch!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (cWLG3)

171 Thai style: fry up some micro-planed garlic and ginger, add soy, olive oil with one drop of sesame oil, and shredded mint.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (diia5)

172 How do solar panels burn? They are glass and aluminum. That would be a pretty hot fire.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

173 168 This was sandwich vector. Delicious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM (G3T/K
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A guy I work with puts grape jelly on his tuna sandwiches. Absolutely disgusting
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)
---
Did he chew tobacco? That kills your taste buds.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (cWLG3)

174 A guy I work with puts grape jelly on his tuna sandwiches. Absolutely disgusting
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)

Thats a foul!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:40 PM (G3T/K)

175
In the 1965 World Series, Sandy Koufax declined to pitch Game 1 because it was Yom Kippur.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:41 PM (O0L8i)

176 How do solar panels burn? They are glass and aluminum. That would be a pretty hot fire.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:39 PM (vFG9F)

There's more in the sandwich than glass and aluminum, right?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:41 PM (G3T/K)

177 How do solar panels burn? They are glass and aluminum. That would be a pretty hot fire.
Posted by: fd

The dry brush underneath cooked them hot enough to get the wiring going, I assume.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 08:42 PM (diia5)

178 you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks"

And who would that be, dearie?
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:33 PM (XuXeR)

ace. And like minded ewoks.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (G3T/K)

Can we watch this person force Chewbacca into Pride Uniform?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (qx7Zg)

179 "There's more in the sandwich than glass and aluminum, right?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone"

Nothing that would burn. Maybe the wiring.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

180 guy I work with puts grape jelly on his tuna sandwiches. Absolutely disgusting
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 08:38 PM (P+gfg)

Thats a foul!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:40 PM (G3T/K)

I do add thousand islands dressing to my tuna sub from Jersey Mikes.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (GseMx)

181
Andrew McCarthy tried to get some shots of the yesterday's daylight lunar occultation of Venus, but seeing conditions were terrible there in AZ at the time. Eastern Brazil was also in the path, and could see it near sunset and somebody down there posted some images in reply here:

https://t.ly/F90KL

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (w6EFb)

182 They are glass and aluminum"

That's the cover and mount. The rest is flammable.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (XuXeR)

183 It looks like Mark Milk and some other dude were plying the guy's 14 year old niece with cocaine, with the intent to diddle her.
The family are Lakota but I find hard to believe the family wanted this absolute asshole back in their lives.
Guessing some other Lakota influencers and AWFLs got into Noem's ear and claimed that the original sentence was rayciss, and not because Milk was just an asshole.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:43 PM (gKWVE)

184 Every time I see the words "solar panel" I think of the retard in BIRDEMIC trying to pronounce it.

Sol Pahls

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (0aYVJ)

185 Damn these lefties can't present a logical argument. How are most attorneys lefties?

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (GseMx)

186 Well I did it, went over to the dark side and installed FireFox. Brave font, for me is difficult, here I have a wide selections of fonts. We'll see how it goes.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (51ygH)

187 Jeez, try looking up anything on solar panels. Its like ads and presentations anywhere. I want to know what's in them Bing, not buy them!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:44 PM (G3T/K)

188 >>>>>162 "It's really not asking a lot, is it?"
I am not obligated to accept your reality.
Posted by: fd
********
It's more that we don't need to accept their fantasy as being real.

Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 08:45 PM (RtPE1)

189
Don't care for tuna myself. Never have.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:45 PM (O0L8i)

190 "The rest is flammable.
Posted by: man"

I've broken old panels up and it seems like it would take some doing to get one to burn.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:46 PM (vFG9F)

191 Nah, man, let it go for a bit, will ya?

Have a drink and look at some puppies with the rest of us.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:21 PM (zYpTz)

Ok, just because I like you, I will explain where this is at. The beauty of this site is that it is open, and people constantly, for as long as I've been here (a very long time) veer off to whatever topic in the comments, from serious to silly, to rambunctious, to downright xrated, without an old hag, in the visage of a moderator standing over them dictating the rules on what to opine. General rules are kinda simple, as I understand them, don't be an asshoe to others, as much as you can. Some silly fisticuffs are ok, but stay within the lines. Lately, either because they are new, drunk, bored, high, ill manner, or stupid, some commenters got into a nasty habit of humping my leg, or other peoples' leg, in the form of a complaint about a topic one choses to drop. They don't fucking own the threads, and if you don't like the topic or commentary, skip the fucking post. As I do. Easy peasy. But no, they just have to harp, and harp and harp. What can I say, their parents did not teach them how to behave in public.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:46 PM (GD0B3)

192 /okay the other dude is charged with aiding the coverup, so I don't know what his prior history with the nonce was. dealer?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (gKWVE)

193 139 Well, this is bullshit.

Not Gaetti
@notgaetti

Honestly, I think a lot of people fundamentally misunderstand the point of pride night: by wearing the hat, you're not abandoning your own religious convictions and you're not trying to convert anyone to a particular lifestyle or belief system; you're simply showing support for a historically marginalized group of folks by saying that it's okay to be yourself and that a person isn't inherently worthless just because of who they are. It's really not asking a lot, is it?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 08:31 PM (ndZc7)
_______________________________

The perfect rebuttal:

Hi there. Am I straight or gay? You don't know? You want to know why you don't know? Because I don't feel the need to announce to the rest of the world what my sexual preferences happen to be. I don't have parades exclaiming it from the rooftops. My business. Not yours, unless I feel like sharing.

Oh, and watch your stereotyping. I've been to a gay wedding, and they bitched about everything right down to Minister's hairstyle.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (dIske)

194 Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (GD0B3)

195 The Na Pali coast is a beautiful place.
Posted by: JackStraw

I was hiking it with the wife and 2 daughters. We were up very high and very near a sheer cliff to the sea. We came around a bend, and there was a woman looking very upset and saying "My husband is an idiot". She asked me to talk with him. He was hanging onto some vines, and making motions like he was going to go near the edge. I asked him what was going on, and he pointed to his hat, RIGHT at the edge of the cliff. It was his lucky hat and had been blown off his head.

I persuaded him that maybe a hat was a stupid reason to lose your life.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:48 PM (Riz8t)

196 I want to know what's in them Bing, not buy them!
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Easy answer, Chinesium.
Ancient Chinese secret.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (E4rtv)

197
The dry brush underneath cooked them hot enough to get the wiring going, I assume.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

They were in a storage facility.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (Cqx++)

198 Gays are a lot like weed in that they get a lot of very strong positive propaganda.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (G3T/K)

199 63 Check out this absolutely gorgeous cake the French made for PDT celebrating our 250th:

https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 18, 2026 08:07 PM (3ImbR)

Wow.

Posted by: javems at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (zFsEm)

200 Jeez, try looking up anything on solar panels. Its like ads and presentations anywhere. I want to know what's in them Bing, not buy them!"

The interwebz is advertising.

I've broken old panels up and it seems like it would take some doing to get one to burn."

Sure, the actual semiconductor sheet won't, but most today are encased in some plastic compounds with opaque backing material, plus wiring. That material and insulation will burn quite nicely

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (XuXeR)

201 Guessing some other Lakota influencers and AWFLs got into Noem's ear and claimed that the original sentence was rayciss, and not because Milk was just an asshole.

And none of them will ever pay a price for what they did.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (Riz8t)

202 187 Jeez, try looking up anything on solar panels. Its like ads and presentations anywhere. I want to know what's in them Bing, not buy them!

Posted by: Aetius451AD w
---

Search engines are corrupted. Try using one of the offered AI's. They are crappy but will get you closer. If you're not adverse join Grok, it's the best.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (51ygH)

203 "They were in a storage facility.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

Now that makes sense because they are probably packed in cardboard and crates on pallets.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (vFG9F)

204 172 How do solar panels burn? They are glass and aluminum. That would be a pretty hot fire.
Posted by: fd
=====
Electrical fire usually starts it by arcing and there are a lot of semi nasty trace elements added to the special doping sauce to maximize solar output.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:51 PM (E4rtv)

205 Wouldn't it be input? Absorption?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:52 PM (G3T/K)

206
And Griffith Observatory got a video of it here:

https://t.ly/LncG3

And looking around, some one got a shot of Venus about to disappear behind the darkened disc of the Moon with a cell phone camera. In broad daylight, which impressed me. But camera tech is getting way beyond my knowledge.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 08:52 PM (w6EFb)

207 167 South Dakota man whose life sentence was commuted by [Gov. Kristi] Noem now implicated in his niece’s death
tinyurl.com/4v96f8x7
Mark Milk was serving a life sentence before the commutation.
Posted by: some dogs just need putting down at June 18, 2026 08:29 PM (gKWVE)

The should strap his dairy-air to the electric chair.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2026 08:52 PM (4ZxBh)

208 Solar array caused fire and then ammonia leak from the cold storage refrigeration units made it much worse reading a story bout the fire.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

209 I might be able to use a torch to set fire to a broken corner on a solar panel but it would not burn long without some help.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:54 PM (vFG9F)

210 203 "They were in a storage facility.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

Now that makes sense because they are probably packed in cardboard and crates on pallets.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (vFG9F)
__________________________

Whenever I see a fire at one of those "alternative energy" facilities (like this one, or GM's EV plant) the first thing into my head is, I hope the fire marshal looks closely for accellerants. The markets for AE are tanking, and the insurance payoff is the usual way to cut costs. If you can take down the assembly plant (like GM) at the same time, all the better. It kicks in the downtime payouts to cover salaries.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (dIske)

211 >>>>>I persuaded him that maybe a hat was a stupid reason to lose your life.
Posted by: Archimedes
______
Indiana Jones would have got that hat!

Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (RtPE1)

212 I saw on the News the "Obama: I Love Me" Center opened today and showed Hilderbeast and BJ sitting in the Crowd.

Clinton was sleeping while "Chocolate Jesus" was telling everyone how great he is....

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (jzqpX)

213 203 "They were in a storage facility.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr."

Now that makes sense because they are probably packed in cardboard and crates on pallets.
Posted by: fd

They were on top of a cold storage facility (refrigeration units) not in them. Solar arrays are prone to fires coming from either overheating/shorting inverters or in some cases, the panels themselves shorting out.

Not ideal to put on your roof for those reasons.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (E4rtv)

214 Climate change is...(checks notes)...causing Mayan pyramids to collapse. No, that's really what they say, because apparently before SUVs, it never rained in the Yucatan. (please ignore the steaming tropical jungle)

https://tinyurl.com/328juxfy

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:56 PM (Riz8t)

215 >>I persuaded him that maybe a hat was a stupid reason to lose your life.

I saw it from a boat. I'm more of a sea level guy than a heights guy.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:56 PM (viF8m)

216 I persuaded him that maybe a hat was a stupid reason to lose your life.
Posted by: Archimedes
______
Indiana Jones would have got that hat!
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 08:55 PM (RtPE1)

Why not get down on hands and knees to get it? Or just go full prone?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 08:57 PM (G3T/K)

217 Whenever I see a fire at one of those "alternative energy" facilities (like this one, or GM's EV plant) the first thing into my head is, I hope the fire marshal looks closely for accellerants. The markets for AE are tanking, and the insurance payoff is the usual way to cut costs. If you can take down the assembly plant (like GM) at the same time, all the better. It kicks in the downtime payouts to cover salaries.
Posted by: Orson

Lithium ion tech right now provides enough electrical fires from malfunctioning cells to account for it. Lithium battery fires are generally just left to burn themselves out if big enough and some really toxic shit comes off from such fires.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

218 Hey people it's the Kamster here.....

Why did NYC name a basketball team after a shave cut ???

I mean come on the Nicks ???

Should be something more known for NYC !!!

Posted by: Kami Harris at June 18, 2026 08:58 PM (T6FAi)

219 Why not get down on hands and knees to get it? Or just go full prone?

It was at the bottom of an inclined area, at the edge of which was the cliff. I've done some climbing in my day, and that was NOT a wise place to be, particularly if your safety rope is a handful of vines.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (Riz8t)

220 194 Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (GD0B3)

I get it. It was just a light-hearted suggestion on my part. I like you, too, runner.

*fistbump

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (zYpTz)

221 Electrical fire usually starts it by arcing and there are a lot of semi nasty trace elements added to the special doping sauce to maximize solar output"

The other issue is the how the panel is designed - manufacturers do some interesting things to maximize cell surface area in a given panel...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (XuXeR)

222 whatever topic in the comments, from serious to silly, to rambunctious, to downright xrated, without an old hag, in the visage of a moderator standing over them dictating the rules on what to opine.

General rules are kinda simple, as I understand them, don't be an asshoe to others, as much as you can. Some silly fisticuffs are ok, but stay within the lines. Lately, either because they are new, drunk, bored, high, ill manner, or stupid, some commenters got into a nasty habit of humping my leg, or other peoples' leg, in the form of a complaint about a topic one choses to drop.
...

Posted by: runner
---

ace said, innumerable times; all threads, including his own, are open threads unless dedicated, such as the Saturday's Dog or Flower threads.

PERIOD

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (51ygH)

223 In the near future we'll have some pretty cool animal videos. The dogs of Chicagoland, howling in fear as the Obama Center/Library/flak tower is seen in moonlight. Ugliest building in North America.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (gm9Sb)

224 Paul knows all too well about fucking dogs.

Buzz off, asshole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 18, 2026 09:01 PM (4ZxBh)

225 Brave AI summary
Solar cell array fires are extremely rare, with studies indicating an incidence rate of less than 1 in 10,000 installations (or 0.01%). The solar panels themselves are rarely the source of ignition, as their primary materials (glass, aluminum, silicon) are non-flammable; instead, fires are typically caused by electrical faults in the system's balance of components.

Primary Causes
Improper Installation: This is the leading cause, often involving loose connections, poorly crimped connectors, or damaged wire insulation that creates high-resistance "hot joints" or electrical arcs.

DC Arc Faults: Electrical arcing in high-voltage direct current (DC) lines can generate intense heat sufficient to ignite nearby combustible materials, such as roof insulation or accumulated debris.
Equipment Failure: Faults frequently originate in DC isolators (especially older rooftop units prone to water ingress and corrosion), inverters, or junction boxes rather than the modules themselves.

External Factors: In commercial settings, fires may be fueled by other hazards, such as leaking ammonia in cold storage facilities, which can ignite upon contact with electrical faults.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:01 PM (E4rtv)

226 Archimedes, that was in Michoacan so on the opposite side of Mexico City than the Yucatan. They are Purepecha there, not Maya.
What did intrigue me is the offhand claim that the region was Nahua at, what, AD 900. So they're saying it got ... what. Abandoned? - before the Purepecha moved in, and built their capital in the area (Tzintzuntzan).
There was a lot of population movement we just don't know about from the place and time.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 09:01 PM (gKWVE)

227 The other issue is the how the panel is designed - manufacturers do some interesting things to maximize cell surface area in a given panel...
Posted by: man

Don't doubt it. And the flexible types of portable solar arrays are more flammable than the stationary design types. Because, well, plastic and vinyls are used to make them flexible.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:03 PM (E4rtv)

228 Beautiful pic up top. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:04 PM (77rzZ)

229 some cases, the panels themselves shorting out."

There are some manufacturers using a powdered aluminum structure encased in clear plastics to connect the cells. Yeah, it's cheap. And that'll burn. (Not saying that's this case, tho)

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:04 PM (XuXeR)

230 Oh, and watch your stereotyping. I've been to a gay wedding, and they bitched about everything right down to Minister's hairstyle.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 08:47 PM (dIske)

Well, for a bunch of queens, that IS a good time.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 09:05 PM (zYpTz)

231 And, Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:05 PM (77rzZ)

232 https://tinyurl.com/veu932fe

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (n5tGW)

233 Dash, hahahaha

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (0beLq)

234 And the flexible types of portable solar arrays are more flammable than the stationary design types. Because, well, plastic and vinyls are used to make them flexible."

I saw a Jackery (sp?) setup burn at a campsite a couple of years ago. A lot of plastic...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (XuXeR)

235
What a day of stupid news. I skimmed the ones ace covered, nearly lost my mind, and stumbled into X, where I found out that

1 - the LA City Council has voted to allow non-citizens to vote in muni elections. And they didn't specify LEGAL non-citizens because this being the DSA, there is no difference. Nithya Raman being on the City Council she voted... in favor.

2 - Cali's billionaire tax initiative got enough signatures to go on the November ballot

3- (California, strike 3) The California Public Utilities Commission is forcing providers into its unconstitutional Supplier Diversity Program. Harmeet Dhillon seems to be writing sternly-worded letters.

And I didn't get to the latest frauds. The DOJ can't even keep up with this shyte. Are we going to have a Civil War?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (XJ22o)

236 Climate change is...(checks notes)...causing Mayan pyramids to collapse. No, that's really what they say, because apparently before SUVs, it never rained in the Yucatan. (please ignore the steaming tropical jungle)

https://tinyurl.com/328juxfy
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 08:56 PM (Riz8t)

They figure that drought (and the Aztecs and the Spanish at the end) caused the collapse of the Mayan civilization.
Drought is always a problem in Central America, there is little surface water and the cenotes will go dry in a drought.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (rbvCR)

237 Obama's hair turning grey could give him a second career in rice marketing. Maybe add a chef's hat and he could get some action from the Cream of Wheat people.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:07 PM (gm9Sb)

238 There was a lot of population movement we just don't know about from the place and time."

If only there was a way to record things. Maybe by making repeatable marks on some surface?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:08 PM (XuXeR)

239 Obama's hair turning grey could give him a second career in rice marketing. Maybe add a chef's hat and he could get some action from the Cream of Wheat people.

All I know is I ain't goin' near that "man". He probably got the AIDS.

Posted by: Aunt Jemima at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (Riz8t)

240 I'd forgotten this meme earlier today about the Obama Flak Tower.

https://is.gd/7VRrd4

Moving to Tokyo?

https://is.gd/CjBTkH

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (qx7Zg)

241 Yes the wiring, inverters, and batteries are a much bigger hazard than the solar panels.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:10 PM (vFG9F)

242
"Extreme weather events due to climate change". God, this stuff makes me sick.

Go back to the Younger-Dryas, and a little before if you want to talk about extreme weather events. The Lake Bonneville Flood and the others. Now those were extreme events.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 09:10 PM (w6EFb)

243 Obama's hair turning grey could give him a second career in rice marketing. Maybe add a chef's hat and he could get some action from the Cream of Wheat people.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:07 PM (gm9Sb)

Uncle Obama's Rice?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:10 PM (qx7Zg)

244 Here's a test from Starlink.
Does it work?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:12 PM (qJaUg)

245 him a second career in rice marketing. Maybe add a chef's hat and he could get some action from the Cream of Wheat people.

Posted by: bill in arkansas,
---

Don't put that guy near my food.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:12 PM (51ygH)

246 ace said, innumerable times; all threads, including his own, are open threads unless dedicated, such as the Saturday's Dog or Flower threads.

PERIOD

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 08:59 PM (51ygH)
----
I've always seen the Cafe and ONT as wide open threads. More than once, we've seen spillover from an earlier thread show up here because people still wanted to talk about it.

I've never had a problem with that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:13 PM (gnNyN)

247 "Here's a test from Starlink.
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

Yes. It's amazingly easy to setup, isn't it?

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:13 PM (vFG9F)

248 247 "Here's a test from Starlink.
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty"

Yes. It's amazingly easy to setup, isn't it?
+++
Indeed.
I think this Elon Musk guy might just be going places.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (qJaUg)

249 I've never had a problem with that.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:13 PM (gnNyN)

On this- or any thread- you can always just scroll right by people. See the name, move along.

You know, unless they piss you off.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (G3T/K)

250 And I didn't get to the latest frauds. The DOJ can't even keep up with this shyte. Are we going to have a Civil War?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 09:06 PM (XJ22o)

I don't expect we'll ever recoup any of that, and we'll never see as many arrests and convictions as we'd like. Our best case scenario is to stop it before it ever gets funded. I would start with eliminating federal grants entirely, then moving to add staff to verify and monitor every Mohammed and Maria claiming to be providing any Medicare/Medicaid service whatsoever.

The pumped-up staff would be less expensive than the robbery going on right now.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 09:15 PM (zYpTz)

251 Indeed.
I think this Elon Musk guy might just be going places.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (qJaUg)

He's going to have to bear down if he wants to make something of himself. Too unfocused.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:15 PM (G3T/K)

252 So...
Over250 comments and still no otters.
I am not amused!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

253 Over250 comments and still no otters.
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

Are your fingers broken? The internet is right there!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (G3T/K)

254 Here's a test from Starlink.
Does it work?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:12 PM (qJaUg)

The signal got through.

You can't stop the signal, Mal.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:17 PM (qx7Zg)

255
And how old does something have to be to be "ancient". That seems to be subjective, but for monuments and megaliths, the date needs to be in the BC range for me to think of it as "ancient".

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 09:17 PM (w6EFb)

256 I think this Elon Musk guy might just be going places.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (qJaUg)

He's going to have to bear down if he wants to make something of himself. Too unfocused.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:15 PM
+++

Cut him some slack.
(whispers) He's an African American, ya know.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (qJaUg)

257 I saw a Jackery (sp?) setup burn at a campsite a couple of years ago. A lot of plastic...
Posted by: man
========
And that is where the move to newer sodium ion batteries will be good. They are a bit heavier but less dangerous in runaway reactions. We get enough wildfires started the normal way.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (E4rtv)

258 240 I'd forgotten this meme earlier today about the Obama Flak Tower.

https://is.gd/7VRrd4

Moving to Tokyo?

https://is.gd/CjBTkH
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (qx7Zg)

"Check the balls out on that collie,
Falalalala.
Now we know why he's so jolly,
Falalalalalalalala."

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (bl07w)

259 On this- or any thread- you can always just scroll right by people. See the name, move along.

You know, unless they piss you off.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:14 PM (G3T/K)
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Yeah, I'm not proud of what I said. He just got on my last nerve for some reason.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (gnNyN)

260 Over250 comments and still no otters.
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

I suppose you otter search. Hopefully the otters haven't decided to go surfing.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (qx7Zg)

261 Over250 comments and still no otters.
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

Are your fingers broken? The internet is right there!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (G3T/K)

I'm low.on internet fluid.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB)

262 Hawaii is not big on animal, is it. Mostly birds and whatever animals were brought in ?
Posted by: runner

Feral pigs, goats, and rats took care of most of the native wildlife. All brought in by Hawaiians but most people blame Haole.

Those little Hawaiian roaster dogs?
Those they fess up to.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (/lPRQ)

263 He just got on my last nerve for some reason.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (gnNyN)

He works at it. Or maybe it's talent. Some people are like that.

Regardless, he means to get people's goat.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (G3T/K)

264 I'm low.on internet fluid.
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:19 PM (2WIwB)

There's a refill bottle on the shelf next to the blinker fluid.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (bl07w)

265 Over250 comments and still no otters.
I am not amused!
Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:16 PM (2WIwB)

I suppose you otter search. Hopefully the otters haven't decided to go surfing.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (qx7Zg)
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Two of my coworkers posted otter pics on Microsoft Teams today. I immediately thought of this place.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (gnNyN)

266 Is this about us?

Posted by: Wild chickens in Hawaii at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (qJaUg)

267 "Check the balls out on that collie,
Falalalala.
Now we know why he's so jolly,
Falalalalalalalala."
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:18 PM (bl07w)

Doof. Trex. Make this a comment of the week so tcn has to explain context.

Please.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (G3T/K)

268 Regardless, he means to get people's goat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (G3T/K)

The only reason he would want that goat is to fuck it. I'd be wary.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (bl07w)

269 "And how old does something have to be to be "ancient"?

I have some ancient t-shirts. 29+.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (vFG9F)

270 Musk is hiring but it is a boring job. Might do someone here some use though.
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The Boring Company
@boringcompany
·
2h
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)

271 Doof. Trex. Make this a comment of the week so tcn has to explain context.

Please.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (G3T/K)

Did you look at the meme? That's one big, intact, male dog peeing on Obama's disaster.

And every kid I know sings that song like that when mom's out of the room....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (bl07w)

272 262 Native Hawaiians dearly love and respect their native animal, the Spamster. Often trapped or killed by ritual spear throwing, it has provided nourishment for many centuries, especially when served on the bread of Hawaiian Kings.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gm9Sb)

273 Regardless, he means to get people's goat.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (G3T/K)
----
Honestly, I pity him.

He is so empty and dead inside that the only way he can feel emotion is to bring people down to his level, instead of allowing people (or God) to raise him up.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)

274 The Boring Company
@boringcompany
·
2h
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)

Considering how well the janitor at SpaceX made out this past week, any job with Musk is a possible windfall.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (bl07w)

275 I noticed that the roosters on Kauai don't know how to crow. They get the cockle doodle out but the doo just falls off.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (vFG9F)

276 Oops,

Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial
·
35m
🇮🇱 BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah

The IRGC are no longer travelling to Switzerland tomorrow for the MOU meeting and instead are threatening to attack Israel.
----
And apparently neither is Vance.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (E4rtv)

277 The only reason he would want that goat is to fuck it. I'd be wary.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:21 PM (bl07w)

Lol. Hordemind. I was going to add 'what he wants to do eith that goat, I'll leave to your imagination...'

Honestly, I am usually fine with most of the commenters that seem to drive people crazy. Y5, Burt, Harry. Moomoo.

Now BSG annoyed the fuck out of me with that 'and god bless poor bingo' for a full fucking month.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (G3T/K)

278 Honestly, I pity him.

He is so empty and dead inside that the only way he can feel emotion is to bring people down to his level, instead of allowing people (or God) to raise him up.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)

Some people were dropped on their heads as babies.... Some were obnoxious naturally.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:25 PM (bl07w)

279 There's a refill bottle on the shelf next to the blinker fluid.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:20 PM (bl07w)

Ahhh.
Right!
There it is, near the compass points.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:26 PM (2WIwB)

280 276 Oops,

Tousi TV
@TousiTVOfficial
·
35m
🇮🇱 BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah

The IRGC are no longer travelling to Switzerland tomorrow for the MOU meeting and instead are threatening to attack Israel.
----
And apparently neither is Vance.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:24 PM (E4rtv)

That didn't take long.

Fuckin' middle east.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:26 PM (bl07w)

281 Everyone who had the IRGC backsliding before Friday on your BINGO card, collect your winnings!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (gnNyN)

282 Ancient Rome lasted until the 400s.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (qFwJc)

283 >>> 280
==
That didn't take long.

Fuckin' middle east.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:26 PM (bl07w)

They're mad about OMG RUSSIA and KEEEV trying to steal their spotlight.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (R+iUD)

284 BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah
====

Who shot first?
Oh, they never stopped.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)

285 279 A quickee oil change shop in this area sells novelty cans of blinker fluid.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (gm9Sb)

286 Everyone who had the IRGC backsliding before Friday on your BINGO card, collect your winnings!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (gnNyN)

Shucks. It lasted longer than the 4 hours I guessed.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (qx7Zg)

287 Next to the muffler bearings.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (qFwJc)

288 Check out this absolutely gorgeous cake the French made for PDT celebrating our 250th:

https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu

Posted by: IrishEi ?!

Truly gorgeous !!! but also, hopefully, delicious ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (3ZUWJ)

289 Ancient Rome lasted until the 400s.
Posted by: no one of any consequence

East Rome until about 1400.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (/lPRQ)

290 He is so empty and dead inside that the only way he can feel emotion is to bring people down to his level, instead of allowing people (or God) to raise him up.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)

Respectfully disagree. I think people work out frustrations on the interwebs. Or they get to drinking. We've seen it dozens of times over the years.

And online is not all there is. Was it Y5 or burt who hosted a mome out in Vegas and people said he was charming and personable?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (G3T/K)

291 Considering how well the janitor at SpaceX made out this past week, any job with Musk is a possible windfall.
Posted by: tcn in AK
======
Yep. Boring cheaper subterranean tunnels are useful for all sorts of civil engineering projects from sewers to subways.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (E4rtv)

292 And online is not all there is. Was it Y5 or burt who hosted a mome out in Vegas and people said he was charming and personable?
Posted by: Aetius451AD
===
Y5,

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (E4rtv)

293 Welp, I finally got to drive Elinor home today. She is a 1961 Ford Falcon, 2-door sedan, lovely teal with extra chrome trim, bench seats big enough to make babies in, and just about the most stylish vehicle you could imagine.

She's kinda a hot mess, but at least now she runs well enough to drive home on the highway.

Needs work on the steering column, the brakes, exhaust system is kinda loud, she needs interior door panels and armrests, and she currently has no way to work the windshield wipers. I think she has reduced compression somewhere but we haven't found it yet.

I would say she's aged about as well as I have.

But damn, she's a beauty. Turns heads. And all that chrome makes me look good.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (bl07w)

294 Finally got home.

Yay Supremes!

Crack heads & meth heads step up and get your guns !

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (HErCE)

295 Now BSG annoyed the fuck out of me with that 'and god bless poor bingo' for a full fucking month.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Didn't he have a thing for Winona Ryder or some other starlet.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)

296 East Rome until about 1400.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:29 PM (/lPRQ)

Because Constantine decided: what if I built a Capitol city on the most defensible spot on earth?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (G3T/K)

297 BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah
====

Who shot first?
Oh, they never stopped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)

Han shot first. Everybody knows that - except George Lucas.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (qx7Zg)

298 Honestly, I am usually fine with most of the commenters that seem to drive people crazy. Y5, Burt, Harry. Moomoo.

-----

Most of them are fine. Except moomoo. He sucks. Also, he's back under a new nic, of course. Right on his biennial schedule... we'll be stuck with him for 5-6 months before he goes for a deliberate banning after the November election.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (BI5O2)

299
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (bl07w)

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

Oooohh, fun!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia in Cafe Blackpill at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (XJ22o)

300 Check out this absolutely gorgeous cake the French made for PDT celebrating our 250th:

https://tinyurl.com/bdecj7yu

Posted by: IrishEi ?!

Truly gorgeous !!! but also, hopefully, delicious ...
Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 09:28 PM (3ZUWJ)

***

Lafayette would approve.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (2WIwB)

301 293 Welp, I finally got to drive Elinor home today. She is a 1961 Ford Falcon, 2-door sedan, lovely teal with extra chrome trim, bench seats big enough to make babies in, and just about the most stylish vehicle you could imagine.

She's kinda a hot mess, but at least now she runs well enough to drive home on the highway.

Needs work on the steering column, the brakes, exhaust system is kinda loud, she needs interior door panels and armrests, and she currently has no way to work the windshield wipers. I think she has reduced compression somewhere but we haven't found it yet.

I would say she's aged about as well as I have.

But damn, she's a beauty. Turns heads. And all that chrome makes me look good.
Posted by: tcn in AK
======
Cool, pix or it didn't happen, lol.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (E4rtv)

302 Didn't he have a thing for Winona Ryder or some other starlet.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)

Yeah, big time for Winonna. When we had the discussion about the gay dude who broke up with her because of her gigantic jugs, I figured he'd come out of the woodwork.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (G3T/K)

303 Who shot first?
Oh, they never stopped.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 09:27 PM (/lPRQ)

Han Solo. Of course.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (bl07w)

304
BREAKING: Clashes have erupted between Israel and Hezbollah

The IRGC are no longer travelling to Switzerland tomorrow for the MOU meeting and instead are threatening to attack Israel.
----
And apparently neither is Vance.
Posted by: whig

Is the ink dry?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:32 PM (Cqx++)

305 And how old does something have to be to be "ancient"?

We had college interns in at work this week. I'm wearing underwear older than they are.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:34 PM (HErCE)

306 Missed my bet. Vahidi finally crawled out from whatever Rick he was under.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 09:34 PM (0beLq)

307
Then there's "Antiquity". Classical Antiquity. Late Antiquity and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (w6EFb)

308 300 Had to check out the cake. Dad was a baker and was most proud of his cake decorating (that wedding cake money never hit the cash register). That cake is, as Dad would say, some fine sugar work.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (gm9Sb)

309 https://cdn.___tree.co/images/oGsXkmTy.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/Gik-k05q.jpg

Not sure if this works, but these are Elinor.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)

310 Is the ink dry?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot
======
That is the problem with that damn online docusign, the ink is never even there.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:37 PM (E4rtv)

311 I wonder if PDT will finally declare victory.

And then nuke Tehran.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 09:38 PM (XsRjm)

312 Not sure if this works, but these are Elinor.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)

Beautiful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:38 PM (G3T/K)

313 But damn, she's a beauty. Turns heads. And all that chrome makes me look good.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:30 PM (bl07w)

***

My church is having a Father's Day car show on Sunday. I'm entering my 2005 BMW 330ci. Only has 50k miles on it. I've been detailing since Monday. Dang! It's looking pretty good!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:38 PM (2WIwB)

314

https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/oGsXkmTy.jpg

https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/Gik-k05q.jpg

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:39 PM (Cqx++)

315 313 I went to the car wash and it rained.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at June 18, 2026 09:39 PM (gm9Sb)

316 Not sure if this works, but these are Elinor.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:35 PM (bl07w)
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Neat! I can see how that would be a fun car to tool around in.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:39 PM (gnNyN)

317 That idea seems a little batty to me.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 08:13 PM

More capriney, as it is the GOAT of Café Threads to date?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 09:40 PM (0sNs1)

318 Missed my bet. Vahidi finally crawled out from whatever Rick he was under.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 09:34 PM (0beLq

*pulls up pants*
Somebody called me???

Posted by: Rick at June 18, 2026 09:40 PM (2WIwB)

319 Nope, didn't work. Huh.

https://cdn.___tree.co/images/qHROPwaO.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/k0vvMh-w.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/aTSW-_t7.jpg
https://cdn.___tree.co/images/G7DMY1bg.jpg

Try those?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:41 PM (bl07w)

320 Fuuuuuuck.

No idea how to post pics.

Sorry.

Elinor is beauty.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:41 PM (bl07w)

321 More capriney, as it is the GOAT of Café Threads to date?
Posted by: Duncanthrax
======
Now you are just trying to get my goat.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:42 PM (E4rtv)

322 Nope, didn't work. Huh.

Works if you know the secret handshake. Or follow Bertram's example at #214.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 09:42 PM (vTZFs)

323 2h
TBC is hiring exceptional mechanical, electrical, civil, software, and field engineers in Bastrop, Las Vegas and Nashville.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:22 PM (E4rtv)
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One of the largest companies in the world and when you apply for a job you talk to the owner. Try that GM.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:42 PM (51ygH)

324 Replace lower case IMG with upper case IMG

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (Cqx++)

325 #twoweeks

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (gKWVE)

326 One of the largest companies in the world and when you apply for a job you talk to the owner. Try that GM.

Posted by: Braenyard
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I don't see Musk hiring the Two Bobs to come and ask his employees, "Just what do you do here?"

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

327 Pity is filtering out the (___) portion. Replace the underscore with those letters (no parentheses) and it works.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:44 PM (G3T/K)

328 307 There are multiple divisions of antiquity as far as I’m concerned.

This tripartite division of history into “Ancient,” “Medieval,” and “Modern,” is far too simplistic, in my reckoning. New terms are needed.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)

329 Damn. Pity is a bitch sometimes.
I
M
G

Are the letters.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:44 PM (G3T/K)

330 Pixy not Pity.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:45 PM (G3T/K)

331 I learned to drive in a 1963 Ford Falcon Station Wagon, three on a tree, very like a queen. Elinor is a three speed automatic, even more regal. Apparently it cost nearly $190 to upgrade to automatic in 1961. Just a fortune. So she obviously belonged to royalty.

I think I have a serious project with her. If any of you know about any old Falcon in any junkyard anywhere, do let me know. I can send you a list of needed parts.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:45 PM (bl07w)

332 Replace lower case IMG with upper case IMG
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 09:43 PM (Cqx++)

Hmmm, some dark sorcery at work here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 09:46 PM (G3T/K)

333 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel, wasn't addressing anything that went down today. It was a general statement acknowledging park of runner's statement. Some authorities have taken a high hand lately.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:46 PM (51ygH)

334 I think I have a serious project with her. If any of you know about any old Falcon in any junkyard anywhere, do let me know. I can send you a list of needed parts.
Posted by: tcn in AK

AOP is the obvious starting place. You may get a visitor soon from Alberta.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:46 PM (E4rtv)

335 3https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/qHROPwaO.jpg
https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/k0vvMh-w.jpg
https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/aTSW-_t7.jpg
https://cdn.IMGtree.co/images/G7DMY1bg.jpg

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:47 PM (bl07w)

336 TCN,

And I will ask around from my neighbor and a guy down the street (he restores motocycles but has done a car or two) about any sources for Ford Falcon parts.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:47 PM (E4rtv)

337 I have decided that it is time for a martini.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:47 PM (2WIwB)

338 I think I have a serious project with her. If any of you know about any old Falcon in any junkyard anywhere, do let me know. I can send you a list of needed parts.

Posted by: tcn in AK
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Talk to AOP, he's almost in your neighborhood.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:48 PM (51ygH)

339 I thought you could do it if you put IMG in all caps but let's see

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:50 PM (vE0+H)

340 Oh gosh rmpl I guess

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:51 PM (vE0+H)

341 =====
I don't see Musk hiring the Two Bobs to come and ask his employees, "Just what do you do here?"

Posted by: whig
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I like his inquiry. What was your most difficult achievement and how did you accomplish it?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:51 PM (51ygH)

342 Talk to AOP, he's almost in your neighborhood.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:48 PM (51ygH)

My thought is that there are probably more extant Falcons in the south than the north. Things do tend to return to nature up here a little faster. I did find one here, it is a station wagon, and it's missing the engine, but some parts were worth scavenging. I may have to just upgrade some systems, like instead of the vacuum driven wipers, put in electric driven ones. That wouldn't break my heart.

And I suspect that the drum brakes may be irreplaceable at this point. I guess I would prefer to use rotors, since the parts are more readily available.

For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:52 PM (bl07w)

343 I like his inquiry. What was your most difficult achievement and how did you accomplish it?

Posted by: Braenyard
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I think Musk would ask something pertinent and technical to the job and not hire consultants.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv)

344 It's dusty in here, even with the laughter.

https://youtube.com/shorts/snAqK7Iewoo

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (qx7Zg)

345 cdn.___tree.co refused to connect.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (51ygH)

346 Oddly enough, a lot of Falcon parts were made in Argentina. They bought a production line when Ford discontinued it and kept producing them. They were a later year, I think. However you might be able to find parts down there. It was a standard government issue car there for a while.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR)

347 Evening, Ace and Cafe Horde! The steak is on the grill.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 09:57 PM (1z8ji)

348 Here TCN. They take US Dollars!

https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/partes-para-ford-falcon

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 PM (rbvCR)

349 343 I like his inquiry. What was your most difficult achievement and how did you accomplish it?

Posted by: Braenyard
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I think Musk would ask something pertinent and technical to the job and not hire consultants.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:53 PM (E4rtv)

Before I took Elon's buyout from federal service, he required all employees to list 5 things they accomplished every week. This was a no brainer for most of us, since at USACE, we work for a living, but I suspect it may have been difficult for some other federal employees.

WTF are you doing for work if you are not accomplishing 5 things in a week?

Who knows.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (bl07w)

350 I knew a guy at a previous job who was a prodigy with Autodesk, especially Civil 3D. He wanted to teach us how to streamline things in a very productive way. The team in charge of Such Things said "naw." Basically, stay in your lane.

A few weeks later he had been hired by Tesla, and Elon even read this guy's resume and initialed it.

It was a stupid move by my previous company, and I was out the door myself less than a year later.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (0aYVJ)

351 Bertram Cabot: Tiny Url will convert IMGs. Here ya go:

https://tinyurl.com/bddxcp4b

https://tinyurl.com/v97bxjde

Posted by: IrishEi ?! at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (3ImbR)

352 At NYP: "Dramatic moment swarm of police descend on Carlos Mencia’s Encino mansion"

They have a search warrant for his cache of stolen jokes.

There are mansions in Encino?

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:58 PM (Jr5Lq)

353 Oddly enough, a lot of Falcon parts were made in Argentina. They bought a production line when Ford discontinued it and kept producing them. They were a later year, I think. However you might be able to find parts down there. It was a standard government issue car there for a while.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:55 PM (rbvCR)

Cop cars and taxicabs. Kept building those things til the 90s down there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:59 PM (BI5O2)

354 348 Here TCN. They take US Dollars!

https://listado.mercadolibre.com.ar/partes-para-ford-falcon
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 PM (rbvCR)

Holy frijoles!

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:59 PM (bl07w)

355
For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.
Posted by: tcn in AK
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Just checked ebay, quite a few original parts on there from various years.

And very important, vintage and new reprint Ford service manuals for the Falcon.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 09:59 PM (E4rtv)

356 I may have to just upgrade some systems, like instead of the vacuum driven wipers, put in electric driven ones. That wouldn't break my heart.

And I suspect that the drum brakes may be irreplaceable at this point. I guess I would prefer to use rotors, since the parts are more readily available.

For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.

Posted by: tcn in AK
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Unless your a purist and it's not too expensive go for the up grades. I remember Falcon windshield wipers, washer squirters were extra. Buddy bought a foot pump from JC Whitney to wash his windshield.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 10:00 PM (51ygH)

357 No ducks.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 10:00 PM (oq9dX)

358 And I suspect that the drum brakes may be irreplaceable at this point. I guess I would prefer to use rotors, since the parts are more readily available.

For now, I'm putting about 10 coats of wax on her and saying loving things in her ear.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 09:52 PM (bl07w)

Does your Falcon have 4-lug or 5-lug wheels? Many of the early ones were 4-lugs, as were a few 6 cylinder Mustangs. I am spitballing here, but I think 5-lug wheels and better drum brakes from an early 5-lug Mustang should be a bolt-in swap. Change out the entire rear axle for the one out of the Mustang, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:00 PM (1z8ji)

359 ONT is nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 10:01 PM (G3T/K)

Russia Sets Blaze to a 1000-Year-Old Ukrainian Monestary with a Missile, So Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Attack at... Moscow

That escalated quickly. That really took a jump.

CBS:

Ukraine hit a major Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia's all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks retaliation for a strike that damaged a historic monastery in Kyiv this week, and he said "Moscow will burn" if the Russian attacks continue.

"We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it," Zelenskiy said in a voice message sent to reporters on a WhatsApp group. "But if Ukraine burns, your Moscow will burn."

I was wondering why Ukraine would launch such a provocative attack at Moscow, especially since they seem to actually be winning this war now. Russia's spring offensive resulted in a net loss of territory and a lot of loss of men and materiel. Ukraine is now pummeling Russian trucks and bridges with drone attacks. Attacking logistics seems to me -- and unlike a woke white woman, I'm not an expert -- a second-order priority in war, so the fact that Ukraine is now devoting so many drones and artillery to blowing up Russia's capacity to move food, fuel, and ammunition suggests to me they have their first-order priorities reasonably secured.

(I don't mean to say logistics aren't important. I've heard the adage "Amateurs think about strategy, professionals think about logistics." I just mean that if Russia were pinning down and killing Ukrainian soldiers and tanks, the first order priority would be attacking those enemy forces to spare the men. If Ukraine can spare so many drones to blow up locomotives and trucks, I assume they are not being killed by the hundreds at the moment.)

Putin will use -- or will try to use -- a nuke rather than lose. Why give him a justification for using one?

But I guess they felt they had to respond in kind to the frequent missile and drone attacks on Kyiv.

"The main thing is that the people of Russia begin to feel that it is one man, Putin, who is waging this war, while ordinary people pay the price for everything," he said.

The attack came hours after Zelenskyy said he had held "an important coordination call" with President Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron that may "bring about significant change."

Some video of the dueling strikes:

How Ukrainian priests and firefighters raced to save sacred relics after a Russian drone strike set Kyiv�s historic Dormition Cathedral ablaze. 🔗 https://t.co/zSyV9jNJ4Y pic.twitter.com/QyAKjnPQMf
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) June 18, 2026

Smoke and flames rise from the Dormition Cathedral in the Orthodox complex of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital pic.twitter.com/wvRvRpOzI2
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 15, 2026

🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Ukraine sets Moscow refinery ablaze in biggest attack in years

Ukraine launches its largest drone attack on Moscow in years, sparking fires in and around the capital, hitting a major oil refinery and forcing evacuations at the country's largest airport, according to� pic.twitter.com/BiOS5bKUgQ
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 18, 2026

The moment a storage tank at the Moscow oil refinery was hit: the blast blew the tank's lid off. https://t.co/ibupq8ofJc pic.twitter.com/cptsVVywYP
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) June 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:50 PM

Comments

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1 Putin has been fucking with US interests for some time now, and at this point I don't care if the war is brought home to him.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

2 I should care....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (FtULh)

3 Mom always said
Don't fly drones around the house

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (Ia/+0)

4 Were the Ukes using the monastary to house missiles and other military equipment like the muzzies do?...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (l3cgK)

5 >>>1 Putin has been fucking with US interests for some time now, and at this point I don't care if the war is brought home to him.

I think he's actually going to lose but he can't lose because if he loses he'll be purged. So what is he going to do? I think he'll fire a nuke before he accepts that he's lost.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)

6 Lotsa stuff blowed up real good.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (3uBP9)

7 Another Bag of burning Dog Shit left on the White House Doorstep by Blo Jiden for Trump to step in....

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (geT9b)

8 Russia deserves a hit back

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (Ia/+0)

9 >>>4 Were the Ukes using the monastary to house missiles and other military equipment like the muzzies do?...

Doubt it.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)

10 I just mean that if Russia were pinning down and killing Ukrainian soldiers and tanks, the first order priority would be attacking those enemy forces to spare the men.
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If you cut off their fuel supplies, their whole army grinds to a halt. No ammo, no reinforcement, not operational mobility.

I'm guessing they are getting better targeting and advice from DoW than the blue-hairs who led Biden's military.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)

11 What, were these guys mad about Iran getting all the attention?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (R+iUD)

12 Putin has been lobbing missiles into civilian-only areas for a long time. This isn't some new thing. As he loses on the front he starts hitting cities.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (1wjle)

13 "We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it, and our partners know it," Zelenskiy said

Can confirm. We were hoping to skip the whole "war" scenario.

Posted by: NATO Bioweapons Labs at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (wn0/z)

14 9 >>>4 Were the Ukes using the monastary to house missiles and other military equipment like the muzzies do?...

Doubt it.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)

I do to. That was more of a rhetorical question. Putin is a Godless Commie Dictator, so bombing monasteries and churches wouldn't bother him.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (l3cgK)

15 >>>If you cut off their fuel supplies, their whole army grinds to a halt. No ammo, no reinforcement, not operational mobility.

i know. They're cutting the front off from the near-rear and cutting Crimea off from resupply.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)

16 Dang

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (znREB)

17
They're all just drunken Slavs, but Pooty-Poot started it, and did so stupidly. I have no sympathy for the fucker.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (KlGB0)

18 Zelenskyy, you've outlawed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, so STFU.

Posted by: logorof at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (jo6FO)

19 A smart military blog should recognize that logistics is the key to warfare.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (PZDXa)

20 "Can they both lose?"

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (FJ/Rv)

21 This is just like the Canada vs. Qatar SOCCER game that was just being talked about. I don't care who wins.

I'm curious, however. Did any of the Ukrainian Monks have a Totenkopf tattoo...because, you know ....Ukrainians.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (dIske)

22 Ukraine could end the war quickly by striking and destroying Russia's vodka distilleries.

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (NpJ0Q)

23 Russia firing a nuke means the taboo is over. It means we've entered the "For All Time" timeline. Every government that has a 51/49 split between the good guys and the bad guys nukes the bad guys as soon as they get a nuke.
Maybe President DeSantis decides he doesn't like Denver. Boom. The mullahs have a problem with the libs in Tehran and Tabriz? Boom, boom. Hanoi got a beef with Saigon. Boom!

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (gKWVE)

24 >>> 10 I just mean that if Russia were pinning down and killing Ukrainian soldiers and tanks, the first order priority would be attacking those enemy forces to spare the men.
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If you cut off their fuel supplies, their whole army grinds to a halt. No ammo, no reinforcement, not operational mobility.

I'm guessing they are getting better targeting and advice from DoW than the blue-hairs who led Biden's military.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (ZOv7s)

Is this about me?

Posted by: Admiral Levine at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (R+iUD)

25 Anybody here deeply invested in the Russia/Ukraine dustup anymore?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar8)

26 >>.19 A smart military blog should recognize that logistics is the key to warfare.

I do, I mentioned the famous quote. I just mean they're on the offensive, not the defensive. They're hollowing out the front and Crimea. They couldn't do this if they were being pressed at the front.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)

27 I'm guessing they are getting better targeting and advice from DoW than the blue-hairs who led Biden's military.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Last I heard we had pulled back and it was the British that were giving Ukrainians targeting info.

But refineries are pretty big targets to hit and the Ukrainians could have used Google Earth to find them.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)

28 i know. They're cutting the front off from the near-rear and cutting Crimea off from resupply.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (1wjle)
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I stopped paying attention more than a year ago when it became clear that both sides have their paid shills chirping away and all the tanks in all the armies have all be destroyed twice. Back then Ukraine was on the ropes, but the DoW guys may have done deeper level analysis and told the Ukes to stop fighting over territory and focus on logistical hubs.

Neither side can win and ultimately neither side will win, so now it's just about forcing a cease-fire.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

29
Talk about flipping your lid.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (w6EFb)

30 Anybody here deeply invested in the Russia/Ukraine dustup anymore?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar

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Nope.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (ZOv7s)

31 Zelinskyy is ahole
Pootin is ahole

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (znREB)

32 Maybe, some country, (not the US), should loan a couple of nukes to Ukraine. That would even things out with Russia. MAD. Nothing like leveling the playing field.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (w3u3d)

33 This is still going on?

Could you imagine things with Iran going on 4 years? I'd just want every American journalist dead at that point.

Well, more than now.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (Sco7b)

34 tubal it would be easy to forget except these occasionally dust ups

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)

35 22 Ukraine could end the war quickly by striking and destroying Russia's vodka distilleries.

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (NpJ0Q)

Чувак!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (l3cgK)

36 I do, I mentioned the famous quote. I just mean they're on the offensive, not the defensive. They're hollowing out the front and Crimea. They couldn't do this if they were being pressed at the front.
Posted by: ace
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The post was fine. The whole war is complex as it is the biggest and longest war in Euroland since WWI and II. Think it has already lasted longer than WWI.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)

37 Laura Loomer (whom everyone says is crazy) has noted that back in the bad woke days, American companies were deplatforming OG Maga. Which then included her. The main outfits who were allowing (actual) conservatives access to social media were the Russian outfits: RT, VKontakt, shit like that.
Which led some on the Right, not just Loomer, to ponder if Putin might have a point.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (gKWVE)

38 Those russian missiles are almost as bad as muslim migrants for damaging churches and cathedrals.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (A8nNw)

39 >>> 31 Zelinskyy is ahole
Pootin is ahole
by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (znREB)

vmom deport deport deport Johnson is right!

Also a trendsetter, the Euros are *finally* catching up to her.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (R+iUD)

40 32 Maybe, some country, (not the US), should loan a couple of nukes to Ukraine. That would even things out with Russia. MAD. Nothing like leveling the playing field.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat

UK might be stupid enough to do it. Starmer would rather see UK nuked than loses his PM ship.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)

41 34 tubal it would be easy to forget except these occasionally dust ups
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (Ia/+0)

Oh, I suppose so. We do love to see ‘splodey stuff. Internet is Great for that.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (Gqar8)

42 Last I heard we had pulled back and it was the British that were giving Ukrainians targeting info.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
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When I last followed event, Russia had air supremecy and Uke drone operators were being sent up the front.

My completely ignorant speculation was that Trump thought Putin would do a deal with him. Remember that big show where all the leaders gathered in Washington to broker peace and it fell through?

I can see Trump telling Hegseth to send his meanest bastards over to Kiev and make Putin suffer.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)

43 Putin has been fucking with US interests for some time now, and at this point I don't care if the war is brought home to him.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

People should be reminded that the US installed the current Ukrainian regime. The regime which spent what, a decade, shelling the ethnic Russians in the SE who weren't onboard with the coup? The US that turned down Putin's repeated overtures of friendship for decades.

The US isn't the good guys in this story.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)

44 38 Those russian missiles are almost as bad as muslim migrants for damaging churches and cathedrals.
Posted by: bob

Guided versus unguided weapons of mass destruction. Overall, I think the Muzzies have the Russian beat in destroying a civilization.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (E4rtv)

45 25

I guess I am, to some extent. I don't want Russia to expand into what used to be called "the captive nations" again.

You do know Russia is looking at the Baltic states too, right? This should be discouraged!

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RCjYY)

46 Putin will use -- or will try to use -- a nuke rather than lose. Why give him a justification for using one?

I don't think it will go that far, or hope not.

Putin is going to have to dig in where the front is and give up on certain objectives, certainly.

Zelensky and the Ukes have really gotten their crap together after Trump put the fear of God in them last year. Their drone production and deployment have only gotten better and better.

But, in the end, Russia still has them outnumbered and has much more productive capacity to win a war of attrition.

It's going to end.
The only question seems to be where on the map will Putin be satisfied enough to call it quits and sue for peace?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (6ydKt)

47 Russian arms cannot be permitted to acquire territory in Europe. But maybe just a little this one time.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)

48 Don't really know what to think about this war anymore.

I always viewed at as Russia with its hand on Ukraine's head as Ukraine punched and flailed about, perhaps I got the order mixed up or perhaps they take turns.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (fK2qh)

49 "Attacking logistics seems to me -- and unlike a woke white woman, I'm not an expert -- a second-order priority in war"

I'm told ball bearing factories make excellent targets.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (w/O5Q)

50 >>> 47 Russian arms cannot be permitted to acquire territory in Europe. But maybe just a little this one time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)

Hey, that's what *I* said!

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (R+iUD)

51 Maybe, some country, (not the US), should loan a couple of nukes to Ukraine. That would even things out with Russia. MAD. Nothing like leveling the playing field.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (w3u3d)
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There was a reason we got those nukes away from Ukraine back in the day, because those guys WILL use them on each other. Never break up a fight between Slavs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (ZOv7s)

52
I have my doubts about Pooty going nuke. After the shit performance of their weapons, and the ChiCom shit they bought, the last thing he needs is to try nuking Kiev only to end up with a dud warhead.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (KlGB0)

53 Not in the mood to do Europe a solid right now. Let them figure it out for a change.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (Gqar8)

54 43 Putin has been fucking with US interests for some time now, and at this point I don't care if the war is brought home to him.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 06:52 PM (gKWVE)

People should be reminded that the US installed the current Ukrainian regime. The regime which spent what, a decade, shelling the ethnic Russians in the SE who weren't onboard with the coup? The US that turned down Putin's repeated overtures of friendship for decades.

The US isn't the good guys in this story.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)

The Russians were supplying arms to separatists. The Crimean plebiscite was the excuse for Russia to illegally annex Crimea and its Black Sea ports. That doesn't excuse our involvement and false promises to Ukraine.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)

55 Turns out the refinery tank with the flying lid was the result of a misfire/malfunctioning Rooskie surface-to-air missile. Complete self-own by Red air defense.

Posted by: Bert G at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (VARTN)

56 ..and I still believe, after everything that's happened over the past year, that Putin wishes he'd taken the deal in Alaska.

His position, and his global allies postions, has only steadily deteriorated since then.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)

57 54 Not in the mood to do Europe a solid right now. Let them figure it out for a change.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (Gqar

A solid, you say?

Posted by: Amber Heard at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (l3cgK)

58 A drone strike on Lenin's tomb would make for a great popcorn moment.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (5yDGQ)

59

Can we send Scott Pelley over there to jut his manly and virile chin out at them?

Yes!

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (et1vG)

60 The US isn't the good guys in this story.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)

Not saying "we" were. I remember the bad woke days.
I am however saying that Putin has been meddling in other places other than the Donbass (where I agree, an argument exists).
So if he had any moral high ground, and again I am agreeing it was a level ground between him and the Ukraine like eight years ago, he has lost it in the past year. Fuck him in particular.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (gKWVE)

61 I can see Trump telling Hegseth to send his meanest bastards over to Kiev and make Putin suffer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Mebbe on EW tips but I think the Ukrainians actually, like the Israelis, are doing more themselves because the US has departed. We always had more stupid ideas about calibrating responses since Vietnam. Both Israel and Ukraine fight better unleashed.

Russian oil and industrial plants should have been targets all along with fixed military assets like bases with planes or boats.

Our biggest strike on Russia is dropping the oil prices--the Ruskis were having liquidity issues last time oil was in the 60's and 70's.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (E4rtv)

62 Little Z-man will never seriously talk peace. Peace would blow the great grift he has now.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (xvV+O)

63 Funny joke I saw: When Britain was and empire it had an emperor, when it was a kingdom it had a king. Now it's a country.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)

64 Russian arms cannot be permitted to acquire territory in Europe. But maybe just a little this one time.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (RIvkX)
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The core problem is that there are no fixed boundaries in Eastern Europe. They're lines on a map written in pencil.

Not a vital American interest.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (ZOv7s)

65 >>> 42 Last I heard we had pulled back and it was the British that were giving Ukrainians targeting info.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:59 PM (E4rtv)
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When I last followed event, Russia had air supremecy and Uke drone operators were being sent up the front.

My completely ignorant speculation was that Trump thought Putin would do a deal with him. Remember that big show where all the leaders gathered in Washington to broker peace and it fell through?

I can see Trump telling Hegseth to send his meanest bastards over to Kiev and make Putin suffer.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ZOv7s)

>>> 57 ..and I still believe, after everything that's happened over the past year, that Putin wishes he'd taken the deal in Alaska.

His position, and his global allies postions, has only steadily deteriorated since then.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:05 PM (6ydKt)

Why, I'm beginning to think this Trump fellow might have some idea what he's doing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:07 PM (R+iUD)

66 UK might be stupid enough to do it. Starmer would rather see UK nuked than loses his PM ship.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (E4rtv)

LOL. UK ain't got the guts. Besides, if Russia attacked the UK in this case, NATO would kick in and the US would be happy to turn most of Russia into a sheet of glass. Even the US lefties say Putin is evil.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:07 PM (w3u3d)

67 There was a reason we got those nukes away from Ukraine back in the day, because those guys WILL use them on each other. Never break up a fight between Slavs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

By now, we (the public) don't know if the Ukes could have made a crude one by now. They have nuclear power plants after all and the older graphite type IRRC that can be used as enriching. Delivery system would be their weakness.

Ukraine is fighting an existential war, Russia, a war of choice.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)

68 off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (l3cgK)

69 Boy, both are desperate to stay on the world stage and keeping the media spotlight on themselves.

The Ukes should have had some drones deploy their flag over Moskva. Really rub it in Putin's face.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (2GVsD)

70 I do, I mentioned the famous quote. I just mean they're on the offensive, not the defensive. They're hollowing out the front and Crimea. They couldn't do this if they were being pressed at the front.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)
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Ukraine has been carrying out these drone attacks against vital Russian infrastructure for years now, though they've become more frequent recently. The rate of change in territorial control has been extremely slow for the past three-and-a-half years, though the Russians have usually had the better of it.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (PZDXa)

71 Trump should offer Russia Crimea with overland access in exchange for eliminating the Kaliningrad Enclave and evacuating Transnistria, which goes to Ukraine in compensation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:10 PM (ZOv7s)

72 Rodrigo, if you're here, prayers on tomorrow's surgery.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (qx7Zg)

73 Were the Ukes using the monastary to house missiles and other military equipment like the muzzies do?...

Doubt it.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (1wjle)

Why? Because they're such good guys? The same ones who have suspended all elections? The same coke riddled track suited che Guevara who, with his wife, has suspiciously been living large on our tax dollars? All while feeding his people into a meat grinder? Those guys?

Do not get me wrong, Russian side is no better but it was always Soviets vs the Ukazis here.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (G3T/K)

74 Drone history.

Over a decade ago someone tried to land a drone with some radioactive material on the Japanese Prime Minister's residence.

Oh if the Ukes got some glowing clicking powder, yeah they would use it to dose something besides Putin's tea.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)

75 70 I do, I mentioned the famous quote. I just mean they're on the offensive, not the defensive. They're hollowing out the front and Crimea. They couldn't do this if they were being pressed at the front.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (1wjle)
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Ukraine has been carrying out these drone attacks against vital Russian infrastructure for years now, though they've become more frequent recently. The rate of change in territorial control has been extremely slow for the past three-and-a-half years, though the Russians have usually had the better of it.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:09 PM (PZDXa)

This should have been easy for the Ruskies, but now, more then 4 years later, it quite the continuing embarrassment. How many ships and generals have the Ruskies lost the last four years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)

76 Ukraine is fighting an existential war, Russia, a war of choice.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
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They've sold it that way, but it's not. Russia knows it cannot hold ethnically hostile terrain. It's a retarded border dispute between two irate drunken cousins.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

77 Even the US lefties say Putin is evil.
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That's what makes me think Putin is just on this.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (xvV+O)

78 Funny joke I saw: When Britain was and empire it had an emperor, when it was a kingdom it had a king. Now it's a country.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)

Heh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (G3T/K)

79 Why, I'm beginning to think this Trump fellow might have some idea what he's doing.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:07 PM (R+iUD)

He's a risk-taker.

Problem is, it takes months & years to see whether his risks pay off.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (6ydKt)

80 There was a reason we got those nukes away from Ukraine back in the day, because those guys WILL use them on each other. Never break up a fight between Slavs.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:04 PM (ZOv7s)

Ukraine gave up their nukes because Clinton promised the US would protect them from the Russians. So Obama sat back while Russia overran Crimea in 2014.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (w3u3d)

81 74 Drone history.

Over a decade ago someone tried to land a drone with some radioactive material on the Japanese Prime Minister's residence.

Oh if the Ukes got some glowing clicking powder, yeah they would use it to dose something besides Putin's tea.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (2GVsD)

So much droning...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:12 PM (l3cgK)

82
Yes Boomer Cold Warriors ... maybe we just don't send our kids there. Its just so nutty it might work.

Of course, you can volunteer.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:03 PM (ANWza)

Did we start drafting 12 year olds when I wasn't looking?

Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)

83 How many ships and generals have the Ruskies lost the last four years?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)
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I think Russia's shipyards and maintainers are about as dangerous to the Russian Navy as Ukrainian munitions.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (ZOv7s)

84 76 Ukraine is fighting an existential war, Russia, a war of choice.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:08 PM (E4rtv)
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They've sold it that way, but it's not. Russia knows it cannot hold ethnically hostile terrain. It's a retarded border dispute between two irate drunken cousins.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (ZOv7s)

Are they inbred cousins?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (l3cgK)

85 I'm at the point where I want Putin and Lil' Z fight with swords to determine who wins the war. To make it interesting, each leader is limited to boxing shorts during the fight.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)

86 69 Boy, both are desperate to stay on the world stage and keeping the media spotlight on themselves.

The Ukes should have had some drones deploy their flag over Moskva. Really rub it in Putin's face.
Posted by: Anna Puma
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If it burns or bleeds, it leads (traditional media quote). Ukraine is using asymmetric tactics to hurt Russian logistics and longer and longer range drones are part of that. Cheaper than missiles and every missile that Putin fires, he is in the same shape the US is--they are more expensive than what Ukraine will use to retaliate. And the joy is gone from the Soviet periphery about sending their boys into the meat grinder for money.

Territorial gains by the Russians in Donestk primarily have been less at times than the Battle of the Somme for the Allies.

Both Zelensky and Putin should have a cease fire but it may be that both are riding the tiger internally that will eat them if they stop.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)

87 The post was fine. The whole war is complex as it is the biggest and longest war in Euroland since WWI and II. Think it has already lasted longer than WWI.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (E4rtv)
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Longer than the entirety of WWI and also longer than the period from the onset of Operation Barbarossa to Victory over Japan. We'll see if Russia can keep going for another two years, to make it longer than the entirety of WWII.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:14 PM (PZDXa)

88 We could just stay out of it. You know ... not offer up a few of our own kids. Granted - the opportunity costs would be awful for folks like Raytheon.

Just a thought.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (iZIzw)

89 I'm at the point where I want Putin and Lil' Z fight with swords to determine who wins the war. To make it interesting, each leader is limited to boxing shorts during the fight.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)

Odd fantasy you have there...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (G3T/K)

90 Even the US lefties say Putin is evil.
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Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (xvV+O)
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Lefties change sides in an instant. Clinton and the "reset" button, Uranium One sales to RUSSIA RUSSIA RUSSIA.

Then the heel turn and lying about Trump. It's just so tiresome.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (ZOv7s)

91 This should have been easy for the Ruskies, but now, more then 4 years later, it quite the continuing embarrassment. How many ships and generals have the Ruskies lost the last four years?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:11 PM (l3cgK)

They were fighting a 2020s war with 1980s equipment and tactics.

It bit them in the ass .

They're getting it together with drones, etc., now, but it really has cost them not realizing what time it is.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (6ydKt)

92 26 >>.19 A smart military blog should recognize that logistics is the key to warfare.

Was watching a documentary about Eisenhower once, and after he graduated West Point during WWI his commanders refused to send him into combat because they thought he was brilliant and didn't want to risk losing him. Turns out they were right because we won WWII with logistics, and a side of nukes. Another tidbit was that at the time he became the first four-star general who'd never been in combat, but I'm sure that's changed by now with gay trannies getting a star for cross dressing.

Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 07:16 PM (8l8nW)

93 Rodrigo Borgia - if you're here good luck with your surgery tomorrow. I hope it is a resounding success

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:16 PM (KJYe0)

94 Both Zelensky and Putin should have a cease fire but it may be that both are riding the tiger internally that will eat them if they stop.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:14 PM (E4rtv)
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Putin is the moderate alternative in Russia. If he goes down, it's carpet bombing and tactical nukes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:16 PM (ZOv7s)

95 Some Qatari badly fouled a Canook and likely sent him to the hospital and out of the cup. The BC crowd is baying for blood. I think they're right.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:17 PM (l26NL)

96 89 I'm at the point where I want Putin and Lil' Z fight with swords to determine who wins the war. To make it interesting, each leader is limited to boxing shorts during the fight.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)

Odd fantasy you have there...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (G3T/K)

That mirrors a quote from "All Quiet on the Western Front", where the protagonist fantasized/wished the Kaiser and the leader of the Allies would duke it out in a coliseum and club each other to determine the winner...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:17 PM (l3cgK)

97 >>>Anybody here deeply invested in the Russia/Ukraine dustup anymore?

Posted by: tubal

>It wasn't so long ago that all of the bandwagon yipsters were waving the Ukraine flag in support of this farce. Meanwhile, NATO is still shitting the bed.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 07:17 PM (9SpJJ)

98 Russia - Opposed to GloboHomo and Wokism in general. But their boss is a bastard.I think he’s pining for the Politburo.

Ukraine - Well, we egged them on to act. Their boss is a bastard. A penis piano playing comic.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:18 PM (Gqar8)

99 They've sold it that way, but it's not. Russia knows it cannot hold ethnically hostile terrain. It's a retarded border dispute between two irate drunken cousins.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Not sure the Ukrainians see it your way--at a certain point, it becomes like France and Germany in 1916-17--both have lost so much and hurt their populace that neither have the will to stop the war. Sunk cost avoidance. Ukraine refuses to recognize Russian control of its occupied regions and Russia refuses to not try at least to conquer every last bit of the two oblasts it claimed at the get go.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:18 PM (E4rtv)

100 Now red card for the Qatari. He's gone. Canada is already up 3-0. This won't help the Qatari cause.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:18 PM (l26NL)

101 We have enough of our own problems to deal with. About tired of being the world's policemen. We need to close our borders to foreigners and get rid of these illegals. Maybe Russia and the Ukes can use them.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 07:19 PM (IY9No)

102 Russians will nuke London before they let go of Kaliningrad. Or Crimea. I keep looking at the map, and Russia still has the 20%+ of Ukraine it had a year ago. I do not see any significant moves from either side, other than the drone nuisance, fires , hits on refineries.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:19 PM (GD0B3)

103 Does the USA have any holy sites?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

104 The whole business just seems odd to me. And all the stories smell like bullshit.

So, supposedly Ukraines drone tech is so cutting edge and so dominant that they are selling it to all sorts of countries. So where is that money going? How much of the capacity and tech was given to them by us?

This has always felt like a proxy war (except with us in the seat of Societs/china in vietnam.)

But the whole thing, all of it, just reeks of deception to me. Hard to articulate why.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (G3T/K)

105 Holy cow, Qatar is down to NINE players. They must be really dirty.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (l26NL)

106 They were fighting a 2020s war with 1980s equipment and tactics.

It bit them in the ass .

They're getting it together with drones, etc., now, but it really has cost them not realizing what time it is.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (6ydKt)
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No, it's nothing like that. Russia has constraints on its force generation that most people don't know about. Absent a state of war, conscripts cannot be used in combat, and so Russia was using "contract" (volunteers) instead. When the initial invasion took place, Russia actually was outnumbered overall, but had surprise and momentum, so they made huge gains.

Ukraine mobilized its reserves, and was able to overwhelm the quick-moving tank-heavy Russian columns. The Russians fell back, trading ground for high Ukrainian losses. Attrition followed, and then Ukraine launched a summer offensive that failed utterly. Then Ukraine attacked into Russia.

So a mini-mobilization happened, and that's when Russia began a strong press. And that's when I stopped caring.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

107 Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)

18. 17 if Mom and Dad sign the papers.

We can argue about this. Combat is not a football game. Not the Modern American Way. Its mostly teens with an NCO trying to direct the circus.

Insult my ass. Its what it is.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (iZIzw)

108 I'm at the point where I want Putin and Lil' Z fight with swords to determine who wins the war. To make it interesting, each leader is limited to boxing shorts during the fight.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (qx7Zg)

Odd fantasy you have there...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:15 PM (G3T/K)

I want the victor to bleed for his country. No armor protection, but not naked. None of the 'ettes deserve that punishment.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (qx7Zg)

109 Does the USA have any holy sites?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The Alamo.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)

110 103 Does the USA have any holy sites?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
The location of the Stonewall Riots for the gays?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (l3cgK)

111 Russia has disproportionately used its own ethnic minorities as conscripts. Mostly from the 'Stans, as well as convicts of course.

Russia has been wise enough not to send Great Rus draftees into the meat grinder. Not too many Muscovites and Saint Petersburg boys in harm's way, from what I've read.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (RCjYY)

112 105 Holy cow, Qatar is down to NINE players. They must be really dirty.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (l26NL)

Just imagine how the camels feel...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (l3cgK)

113 Putin is the moderate alternative in Russia. If he goes down, it's carpet bombing and tactical nukes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Predicting succession in authoritarian regimes is a mugs game, we don't know the players and we don't know the rules. Same as what comes after Xi.

One of my old profs in grad school was a top Kremlinologist at the time and I talked to him after the Sov Union disintegrated. He mentioned that all of his study on the regime top men left him adrift in the new Commonwealth era. Incremental and piecemeal changes became wholesale regime replacement.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)

114 Did we start drafting 12 year olds when I wasn't looking?

Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)

Agreed. Adam Baldwin had a great line in Leverage that mentioned him happily dropping a helicopter full of pissed-off 19-year-olds to open a can of whoop-ass.

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (Wt5PA)

115 But the whole thing, all of it, just reeks of deception to me. Hard to articulate why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (G3T/K)
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That's why I'm not interested in it. Accurate info is impossible to find, everyone commenting on it is on the take, and it's really just a horrible situation with no upsides for anyone. These are two Eastern Orthodox nations massacring each other for clods of dirt.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (ZOv7s)

116 25 Anybody here deeply invested in the Russia/Ukraine dustup anymore?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:58 PM (Gqar

No, because the comic actor has no sense of realpolitik, so a diplomatic solution is impossible. Might as well just ignore it and wait and see who wins the attrition warfare and forces an unconditional surrender, then.

When the other country is bigger, you can't just ignore their express interests in their co-ethnics and harrumph over yesterday's borders. There's a certain kind of brittle ego that would rather see the entire country burn around him than take the 'L' and accept that history books will write his name with the loss of territory, and Zelensky seems to be one.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (Sy6m/)

117 Does the USA have any holy sites?

==

Fort Knox!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (GD0B3)

118 The US isn't the good guys in this story.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (ExV1e)

That is a fact. Kiev was the new Berlin.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (wjnjX)

119 Impressive oil tank explosion with the lid flying off.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (jehhT)

120 63 Funny joke I saw: When Britain was and empire it had an emperor, when it was a kingdom it had a king. Now it's a country.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (l26NL)

So now it has...oh! Oh, I get it!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 07:23 PM (zYpTz)

121 A minor point: the "1000-year-old monastery" was destroyed in the Second World War.

Reconstruction of the monastery was completed in 2000.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (aD4fx)

122 Did anyone notice that Wikipedia has Iran is the victor of the 2026 Iran War?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
"Result Iranian victory"

Not only are the mullahs crowing about their "victory," Wikipedia is too.

Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)

123 Howdy - I asked in an earlier thread (serious question) you didn't happen to grow up in VT did you?

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (gEnkT)

124 121 A minor point: the "1000-year-old monastery" was destroyed in the Second World War.

Reconstruction of the monastery was completed in 2000.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (aD4fx)

Ship of Theseus meets Monastary of Kiev...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (l3cgK)

125 Predicting succession in authoritarian regimes is a mugs game, we don't know the players and we don't know the rules. Same as what comes after Xi.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (E4rtv)
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This isn't neo-Kremlinology, it's a historical fact. In Russia, nice guys finish last. Anyone strong enough to take down Putin is not going to be an enlightened fan of democracy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)

126
Another tidbit was that at the time he became the first four-star general who'd never been in combat, but I'm sure that's changed by now with gay trannies getting a star for cross dressing.
Posted by: the dandy

Every police chief in America has four stars.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (Cqx++)

127 Tanya the Evil on why killing Commies is fun

https://youtu.be/uKB-xFRkYQY

If Z gets any ideas, not my problem

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

128 Does the USA have any holy sites?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The Alamo.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:21 PM (l26NL)

Arlington National Cemetery.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 07:25 PM (G3T/K)

129 Holy cow, Qatar is down to NINE players. They must be really dirty.

Posted by: Blutarski

What I saw of that tackle injury looked like a broken lower leg. Could've been the shin guard, but the player looked pretty shocked.

Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (yFLFB)

130 122 Did anyone notice that Wikipedia has Iran is the victor of the 2026 Iran War?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
"Result Iranian victory"

Not only are the mullahs crowing about their "victory," Wikipedia is too.

Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)

Like that boxer that got into a scuffle with Mike Tyson doing an interview, with bruises and a black eye, saying he hit Mike Tyson and Tyson ran off like a pussy...Mike showed no damage...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (l3cgK)

131 Britain never had an emperor. Victoria was empress of India.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)

132 Willowed:
he's a great guy and respected successful executive nearing retirement. He just won our annual clay pigeon shoot and picked up a nice new double barrel.... that sob. I catch a whiff of it second hand and I'm heading for Taco Bell and the couch. Amazing. Imagine what that dude would have done staying sober.
Posted by: Checkdown

Why do you assume sober he would have done any better? While you get munchie-couchlock, maybe he loves what he's doing even more. Maybe sober he would've just sat around commenting on AoS all day....

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (DZ9Lv)

133 ***"We don't want this war, we never did, and everyone knows it,
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Liar, your masters in USA did everything possible to provoke Russia and you jumped on it thinking it would be quick and you would be a star. Instead you are buttfucked asshole.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (51ygH)

134 102 Russians will nuke London before they let go of Kaliningrad. Or Crimea. I keep looking at the map, and Russia still has the 20%+ of Ukraine it had a year ago. I do not see any significant moves from either side, other than the drone nuisance, fires , hits on refineries.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:19 PM (GD0B3)

People seem to miss the point. Russia cannot nuke the UK. Invokes Nato obligations. The US will defend the UK, despite some of its current leanings politically.

Russia knows it can't survive a nuke war with the US. There are people in control in Russia who want to survive.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (w3u3d)

135 Did we start drafting 12 year olds when I wasn't looking?

Don't insult our troops by calling them children, they are warriors. Adults. Volunteers.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:13 PM (KlGB0)
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He said "kids." One of my kids just mustered out.

And no, I didn't want her going to Ukraine.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

136 127 Tanya the Evil on why killing Commies is fun

https://youtu.be/uKB-xFRkYQY

If Z gets any ideas, not my problem

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:25 PM (2GVsD)

I've read it. Pretty good.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (l3cgK)

137 Howdy - I asked in an earlier thread (serious question) you didn't happen to grow up in VT did you?
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (gEnkT)

Not by a long shot. The Ohio Valley. Southern Indiana / Kentucky / Tennessee.

Which is odd. Because there are no pro sports here. So some people get really pissy about IU / UK / UL / WV.

Its odd what people fixate on. Some fixate on the GOP. Some on Church. All looks about the same to me.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (iZIzw)

138 This has always felt like a proxy war (except with us in the seat of Societs/china in vietnam.)

But the whole thing, all of it, just reeks of deception to me. Hard to articulate why.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone
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Possibly. We provide arms quite openly and advisors too before allegedly Trump pulled them back in exasperation due to Zelinksy refusing to accept status quo in Crimea and where Russia has currently occupied in the Donetsk.

But you had British, French, Canadians, and others less willing to be spotlighted as advisors and the Brits gave Ukraine its longer range tactical missiles (Storm something) among other things.

Euroland is all in on Ukraine, since Trump II, we have been a lot less publicly involved. Behind the scenes, who knows.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (E4rtv)

139 Does the USA have any holy sites?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)
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Lots of them, if you are Catholic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:28 PM (ZOv7s)

140 What I saw of that tackle injury looked like a broken lower leg. Could've been the shin guard, but the player looked pretty shocked.
Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter

They'd gone to a hydration break and I switched over to Beat Bobby Flay. When I came back the poor guy was already on the stretcher. That's soccer.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (l26NL)

141 He said "kids." One of my kids just mustered out.

And like I said ... for some ? War is just Football on a bigger scale.

If there are bullets flying ? By God they want to see their team on the field.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (iZIzw)

142 Hope Donald keeps Administrative State and our materiel out of this escalation. Let Zelensky's bunk buddies Starmer and Boris dig him out.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (51ygH)

143 131 Britain never had an emperor. Victoria was empress of India.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)

I beg to differ. Edward VII, George V and George VI held the title Emperor of India.
George VI gave it up.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (w3u3d)

144 People seem to miss the point. Russia cannot nuke the UK. Invokes Nato obligations. The US will defend the UK, despite some of its current leanings politically.

Russia knows it can't survive a nuke war with the US. There are people in control in Russia who want to survive.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (w3u3d)

..which shows how improbable it would be for Russia to let go of Crimea, see ?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:29 PM (GD0B3)

145 I got Pooky a shirt with Tanya The Evil saying, "It's not a war crime if you win."

Posted by: pookysgirl, wrestling Lil Pooky for the keyboard at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (Wt5PA)

146 Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (iZIzw
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Thanks. I knew a guy in VT who went by Howdy. Went to west point, retired military now. That's all

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (aJ8q5)

147 This isn't neo-Kremlinology, it's a historical fact. In Russia, nice guys finish last. Anyone strong enough to take down Putin is not going to be an enlightened fan of democracy.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Usually it is a committee until they sort out who is who after the body is cold. But a hot war requires a decisionmaker right off. And there we would be guessing as to what they plan and how they plan to do it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (E4rtv)

148 Howdy == Scogg

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (GD0B3)

149 Zelenskyy operates as a proxy manager whose primary function is to secure continuous foreign funding and military hardware. His constant appeals to the U.S. and NATO are designed to keep Western taxpayers locked into subsidizing Ukraine's government, economy, and military.

From this viewpoint, his leadership prolongs a conflict that serves Western defense contractors while shielding his own administration from domestic political accountability and economic collapse.

And, he was a rat bastard for O&Joe.

Can you tell how I feel about him? 🤷‍♀️

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (NFX2v)

150 Does the USA have any holy sites?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

Grand Old Opry?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (KlGB0)

151 Before I forget, William IV , (Victoria's uncle) held that title as well.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (w3u3d)

152 Did anyone notice that Wikipedia has Iran is the victor of the 2026 Iran War?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
"Result Iranian victory"

Not only are the mullahs crowing about their "victory," Wikipedia is too.
Posted by: Richmeister, the Office Scribe at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (cWLG3)
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Those goal posts have moved into an entirely different continent.

What has Iran gained? Nothing. It's going to get to trade oil again. Without an air force. Or a Navy. Most of its leaders are dead and the Supreme Gay Leader is in a coma.

Their missiles are gone, their radars are gone, and their nuclear materials are in a deep hole, impossible to extract without drawing Arc Light strikes. Such winning!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

153 Runner - you could be right. He doesn't sound much like the guy I knew but I hadda ask

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:32 PM (n96oa)

154 The guy to take over after Putin will have an KGB/FSB background. Naryshkin most likely.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (GD0B3)

155 Canada up 4-0 with twenty minutes plus stoppage time left. Yeesh.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (l26NL)

156 Howdy == Scogg

You don't like the message. So you shoot the messenger.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)

157 And Naryshkin is more insular than Putin.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (GD0B3)

158 Jim and Pooky's Girl

Well rejoice, there is going to be a season two of The Saga of Tanya the Evil anime.

Lt Col. Tanya in charge of Kampfgruppe Salamander.

And she is still too young to drink.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

159 131 Britain never had an emperor. Victoria was empress of India.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:26 PM (gKWVE)

Chuckie may play Empress with Camila...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (l3cgK)

160 Not by a long shot. The Ohio Valley. Southern Indiana / Kentucky / Tennessee.

Which is odd. Because there are no pro sports here.

Say what?

Posted by: The Colts and The Titans at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (ceJ0R)

161 ..which shows how improbable it would be for Russia to let go of Crimea, see ?
Posted by: runner

Ukraine or more to the point Zelinsky is probably figuring he will be shot while escaping if he gives Crimea and the rest of the occupied Russian areas in order for peace. Russia too wants what it can't have--control again over Ukrainian politics--they pissed in their cornflakes too much for that to happen in the remainder. So here we are, both sides killing each other, slaughtering their young males, and wasting their treasuries.

Iran-Iraq war all over again except Russia won what it sought in territory but demands Ukraine accept it. Don't think that is in the cards so the war goes on.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (E4rtv)

162 USA is a holy site anointed by Pilgrims when they landed. Invaders should tread lightly and leave in peace while they can.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (51ygH)

163 As a public service to this Smart Military Blog, I want to expand a bit on how badly Iran got hammered. There is a belief that Iran can use the truce to rearm and re-quip - that they can recover from their losses.

This is false. Iran lost a generation's worth of military equipment. It will not come back easily. If you think we have supply constraints, imagine being a country with no intact production facilities and no foreign countries willing or able to meet your needs. Russia is kind of busy. So is China.

So the first trivial obstacle is finding a country willing to run its factories at full tilt just to serve Iran's needs.

The second is getting it there.

The third is keeping us from blowing it up the instant it arrives.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

164 You don't like the message. So you shoot the messenger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)

You have no message, just trash, and no one likes trash. It stinks.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (GD0B3)

165 I remember the Scogg Dog days. He ran afoul of a couple of people, but I don't remember if he was banned or just went away. Lot of details elude me.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (Gqar8)

166 Bluto

Based on your awesome performance in the "best lines from movies" thread, I'd be curious to know what your own favorite films are.

If not here, then another movie-related thread.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (RCjYY)

167 After Callahan’s advice on carrying a match gun the next best screen clip is Senator Thompson in character, “This business could get out of hand and we’ll be lucky to get out alive.”

But the mullahs _______ ________ and ____ _______ _______ like the rest of us.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (AVBLL)

168 158 Jim and Pooky's Girl

Well rejoice, there is going to be a season two of The Saga of Tanya the Evil anime.

Lt Col. Tanya in charge of Kampfgruppe Salamander.

And she is still too young to drink.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:34 PM (2GVsD)

I'm interested in finding out why and how she was written out of history...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (l3cgK)

169 165 I remember the Scogg Dog days. He ran afoul of a couple of people, but I don't remember if he was banned or just went away.
Posted by: tubal
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Little bit of both over the years.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (E4rtv)

170 You don't like the message. So you shoot the messenger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)
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But is it true?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (ZOv7s)

171 You don't like the message. So you shoot the messenger.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:33 PM (iZIzw)
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We shoot the messenger because you're a cynical, condescending asshole.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (gnNyN)

172 USA is a holy site anointed by Pilgrims when they landed.

Great oats. The cardboard container was pretty fly. Personally, I liked sneaking a bit of apple into the pan.

But other than that ? The dirt does not seem magic.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (iZIzw)

173 Fuck Ukraine. I probably should be more charitable, but their cheerleaders are ALMOST as obnoxious as Pali fans, but I don't have to put up with Palestinian supporters on right-wing sites.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (yZOfl)

174 Canada now up 5-nil. Lots of time for more.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (l26NL)

175 167 After Callahan’s advice on carrying a match gun the next best screen clip is Senator Thompson in character, “This business could get out of hand and we’ll be lucky to get out alive.”

But the mullahs _______ ________ and ____ _______ _______ like the rest of us.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 07:36 PM (AVBLL)

Ooh, ooh, I know this one!
molest boys and rape cute sheep...

Posted by: Ahmed at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (l3cgK)

176 11 What, were these guys mad about Iran getting all the attention?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Bingo. BBC and about a thousand more: 'Zelensky fears Trump's Iran war could hurt Ukraine'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (NFX2v)

177 Does the USA have any holy sites?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 07:20 PM (Cqx++)

Sandy Fluke.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (vE0+H)

178 @161 I have a hard time believing the massive casualty numbers that are being reported, even though they are reported by the top people - Trump, etc. They would have no male population left if that was the pace ! It's all drones now.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (GD0B3)

179 The more I read about that war, the less I know as to who is winning.

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (yFfLy)

180 Before I forget, William IV , (Victoria's uncle) held that title as well.
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 07:31 PM (w3u3d)
************************

The title Empress of India was created for Queen Victoria in 1876, at the behest of Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, with an Imperial Durbar held in Delhi on January 1 1877.

Posted by: My Ridiculously Circuitous Plan at June 18, 2026 07:38 PM (PZDXa)

181 174 Canada now up 5-nil. Lots of time for more.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 07:37 PM (l26NL)

Canada was heavily favored to win.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:39 PM (l3cgK)

182
I didn't think so and looked it up: William IV never held the title. He was King of Hanover during his reign, but never Emperor of India.

That was first granted to Victoria in 1876, thanks to the efforts of Disraeli. I think there was some controversy in that, but it was big time strategery in addition to cheering up Victoria.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (w6EFb)

183 If Russia nukes Ukraine lifting that taboo can we nuke Seattle, Portland and Los Angeles since putting American boots on the ground is out of the question?

Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (m4E4U)

184 General Baby Gap and Putin are both asshoe.

I want them borh to lose, but I also don't want a nuke creating a migration of millions of other assholes fleeing imaginary fallout straight to the welfare offices of the West.

And bombing thousand year olf Christian relics is just tacky.

Posted by: Sifty at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (k6go2)

185 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

The oil must flow !

😀

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (GD0B3)

186 USA is a holy site anointed by Pilgrims when they landed. Invaders should tread lightly and leave in peace while they can.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:35 PM (51ygH)
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Dude, they were the third guys to get here. A bunch of Calvinist fanatics so obnoxious that even *the Dutch* could stand them and kicked them out.

The dudes banned Christmas.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

187 183.

It moved.

Posted by: Sifty at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (k6go2)

188 179 The more I read about that war, the less I know as to who is winning.
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No one is. Putin won't mobilize enough forces to defeat Ukraine because he doesn't want to irritate his people into some kind of color revolution. The Ukrainians don't have the manpower to retake what they lost.

So everything is just dumb shit for show - the equivalent of German 'V-Weapons' in 1944.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (yZOfl)

189 But Lloyd, you gotta admit, the MOU is a POS and reads real bad.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)

190 Jim

At the opening of the movie in 1966 when the Doktor is interviewed. Look at the center piece of the stained glass. That looks like Tanya.

I don't think she was written out, just not mentioned yet. Perhaps a second movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)

191 186

The dudes banned Christmas.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

Only the fun aspect.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (Gqar8)

192 188 179 The more I read about that war, the less I know as to who is winning.
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No one is. Putin won't mobilize enough forces to defeat Ukraine because he doesn't want to irritate his people into some kind of color revolution. The Ukrainians don't have the manpower to retake what they lost.

So everything is just dumb shit for show - the equivalent of German 'V-Weapons' in 1944.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (yZOfl)

Drones are a hell lot more accurate that V1s and V2s were...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:42 PM (l3cgK)

193 If you only come here to blow off steam that's not great. Makes me wonder what is going on at those particular times.

You like to look at things. When you see it, you won't unsee it.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 07:42 PM (vE0+H)

194 We shoot the messenger because you're a cynical, condescending asshole.

Sometimes the cynical, condescending asshole is right. Well - most times he's proven right. Especially if he's not trying to sell you anything and just keeps being right.

Human History proves that guy right time and time again.

I am cynical. And thus an asshole. Most people in real life find me far from condescending. They find me real.

I find that "troll" and "condescending" all mean the same here. Its just "shut up".

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:42 PM (iZIzw)

195
If you'd said "troops" instead of "kids" i wouldn't have had a problem with that. I'd even agree with most of the message. Using "kids" was an attempt to pull at heartstrings like a filthy 60s hippie.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 07:43 PM (KlGB0)

196 189 Are you still bitching about the Iran MOU? Don't you have something more productive to do? You've been on this for a solid 24 hours now, at least.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:43 PM (yZOfl)

197 190 Jim

At the opening of the movie in 1966 when the Doktor is interviewed. Look at the center piece of the stained glass. That looks like Tanya.

I don't think she was written out, just not mentioned yet. Perhaps a second movie?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (2GVsD)

In the Manga, taking place after the war, she isn't mentioned in any of the history books, despite her major influences in Europe, Africa, and Russia. I mean, for Pete's sake, what did she do in Moscow! Yet, in the snipped from a post-war future, she's not there, and her British rival is much older and, as I recall, somewhat of a keeper of the history (with Tanya absent).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (l3cgK)

198 snippet not snipped.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (l3cgK)

199 192 "Drones are a hell lot more accurate that V1s and V2s were..."

No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)

200 The oil must flow !

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (GD0B3)
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Indeed, and now it is, prices are falling and Iran is going to...do what? They're getting some money, but all their shit is broken. Israel is going to continue to hunt down their leadership for fun and profit. Their proxy in Lebanon is SOL in terms of resupply.

By the way, that's the part that confuses people. Israel repeatedly hammered Iran's proxies, only to see them pop up a few years later with even more toys. But those toys came from Iran, which was able to crank them out at will. Those factors are now rubble. The pipeline of precursor/dual use parts has also dried up. The US has shown it can and will search ships on the high seas. The Shadow Fleet is terrified.

Put simply: there is nothing left worth bombing, so let the oil flow.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)

201 178 @161 I have a hard time believing the massive casualty numbers that are being reported, even though they are reported by the top people - Trump, etc. They would have no male population left if that was the pace ! It's all drones now.
Posted by: runner

I find it easy to believe. Putin is using up young men (usually not ethnic Russians) from the periphery of the empire as cannon fodder for money as he ran out of prisoners long ago. And now apparently is bringing in Norks to fight for him which has been officially confirmed now for the last year or so.

Ukraine, supposedly around 6-10 percent of its male population are dead or no longer able to fight with another 15 percent of males who have went awol or abroad to escape.

Putin doesn't really care that he is depleting his ethnics and the Ukrainians are apparently doing drones, mines, and other defenses along with importing people from the Third World. Neither side cares much about civilian deaths of their opponents. So the slaughter goes on.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:45 PM (E4rtv)

202 194

Shut up.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:45 PM (RCjYY)

203 Are you still bitching about the Iran MOU? Don't you have something more productive to do? You've been on this for a solid 24 hours now, at least.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:43 PM (yZOfl)

Kindly fuck off, this is an open thread and you are not a denmother, and no one asked your opinion, go back to your computer games, easier on your low IQ gray matter than serious conversation.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:45 PM (GD0B3)

204 NOOD

CAFE

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 07:46 PM (R+iUD)

205 You mean Drake and not that vengeance driven animal Mary Sue?

Or maybe since the Empire lost they had to go through De-Tanyazation?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 07:46 PM (2GVsD)

206 But Lloyd, you gotta admit, the MOU is a POS and reads real bad.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:41 PM (GD0B3)
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Nope, I'm fine with it. It's a starting point, nothing more and Iran has to comply with it or we keep slapping them in the nuts.

I'm loving this. No boots on the ground, no stupid, unrealistic strategic goals, just pragmatic bitch-slapping.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)

207 I hope Canada runs up the score on those assholes. Let's see if Qatar can notch up another red card.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)

208
I thought Ukraine was slowly losing the war. I discounted statements and videos to the contrary as Ukrainian and Ukrainian-aligned propaganda. Looks like the Ukrainians are hitting Moscow because they want to knock Putin's dick down, make him look useless and illegitimate. I guess he has to do something.

What a stinking mess. What a waste It didn't have to be this way. The Western deep state provoked it and made it happen. Putin was not going to be our friend, but we had the option of not making him into an enemy.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (AnW6a)

209 199 192 "Drones are a hell lot more accurate that V1s and V2s were..."

No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)

So drones will be off by tens of miles from their targets?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (l3cgK)

210 201 - Whig, the Nork soldiers were mostly used when the Ukrainians were on part of Russia (Kursk Oblast, iirc). Now the Norks are used as "guest labor" because they are more controllable and have far less downside than Tajiks who end up doing terror attacks. A lot of Russian factories have North Korean workers now.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (yZOfl)

211 179 The more I read about that war, the less I know as to who is winning.
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha
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There are only lesser degrees of losing in this case.
Sort of like World War I.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (E4rtv)

212 Does the USA have any holy sites?

Mount Rushmore,

Gettysburg,
Independence Hall ...

Golden Gate, Hoover Damn

St. John's Church of the Divine & Lady of Angels Cathedral ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (3ZUWJ)

213 Using "kids" was an attempt to pull at heartstrings like a filthy 60s hippie.

In the 60s ... we had a draft. Amazing how American Attitudes changed. Imagine that. Kids - yeah, just out of high school - shipped off because they got a letter in the mail.

Nobody got drafted when I joined. As they constantly reminded us. We all joined of free will.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (iZIzw)

214 199 192 "Drones are a hell lot more accurate that V1s and V2s were..."

No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)

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How are they not more accurate? Even the cheapo DJI-class drones are piloted by remote operators into their targets, like driving a webcam into a doorway.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (cWLG3)

215 Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 07:27 PM (iZIzw
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Thanks. I knew a guy in VT who went by Howdy. Went to west point, retired military now. That's all
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:30 PM (aJ8q5)

Achieved the rank of Captain, then went on to demonic possession?

Posted by: The spirit of Howdy will leave you! at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (TbWk/)

216 Okay, miles off target for the V2.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (l3cgK)

217 203 Well if I am not your mother, then neither are you mine. I'm telling you you are tedious and clearly no one really cares about your views on Iran.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (yZOfl)

218 Nope, I'm fine with it. It's a starting point, nothing more and Iran has to comply with it or we keep slapping them in the nuts.

I'm loving this. No boots on the ground, no stupid, unrealistic strategic goals, just pragmatic bitch-slapping.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)

I figure it won't go far , Trump signed it in the middle of dinner between dirty plates, so just a way to get out of kind of a flat line.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:48 PM (GD0B3)

219 211 179 The more I read about that war, the less I know as to who is winning.
Posted by: DinsdalePiranha
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There are only lesser degrees of losing in this case.
Sort of like World War I.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:47 PM (E4rtv)

Pyrrhic victory...

Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus at June 18, 2026 07:50 PM (l3cgK)

220 201 - Whig, the Nork soldiers were mostly used when the Ukrainians were on part of Russia (Kursk Oblast, iirc). Now the Norks are used as "guest labor" because they are more controllable and have far less downside than Tajiks who end up doing terror attacks. A lot of Russian factories have North Korean workers now.
Posted by: the lower depths

I'll take your word for it. For awhile, some were saying it was a myth that Norks were fighting with the Russians but when you see decorations etc. of Norks soldiers on official media, that kinda blows that story out of the water. I can see Norks being used in the factories,etc. as well.

I read sit reps about once a month or so from trusted sources and you get a bit of a picture, then the war morphs again usually via some new tactic. Frankly it is boring and stupid as reading World War I month by month situation reports.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv)

221 201

The Ukrainians "importing people from the Third World" is news to me. I don't say it's not true.

As for Putin, I imagine he's concerned that Russia is being ostracized. The folks who can't go to Western unis any more are a population subset I'm sure he'd rather not alienate.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (RCjYY)

222 No, they are not. That's why you need drone swarms. I imagine the number changes over time, but it was something like 2-5 drones to hit a target a few months ago.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:44 PM (yZOfl)

Drones are very accurate. Remotely driven, even the larger winged units.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (0aYVJ)

223 209, 214

The problem is twofold:

1. Drones have to get to the right target. This is not as easy as armchair generals think. Look up "Latvian Defense Minister resigns" and you'll find stories from last month about Ukranian drones hitting some fuel facility in Latvia. Clearly that was not their intended target, but they were horribly off course and probably saw what they thought was a Russian facility.

2. If a drone even slightly misses a target, it's the equivalent of a V-1 or V-2 being miles off target. The payload is simply that much lower.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (yZOfl)

224 >And bombing thousand year olf Christian relics is just tacky.
Posted by: Sifty
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It was a warning, letting Zelly know that he's ready to kick it up a serious notch. (A pissed of Rooskie)

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (51ygH)

225 Pyrrhic victory...
Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus
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Yep.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (E4rtv)

226 Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv)

There was some article complaining that the Norks were clogging up the wireless bandwidth downloading pron vids...

Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (l3cgK)

227 geesh. off sock

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:52 PM (l3cgK)

228 NOOD cafe

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (l3cgK)

229 Drones are very accurate. Remotely driven, even the larger winged units.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed
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Why do they keep landing in the Balkans?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (51ygH)

230 229 Drones are very accurate. Remotely driven, even the larger winged units.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed
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Why do they keep landing in the Balkans?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (51ygH)

They're homesick?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 07:54 PM (l3cgK)

231 How are they not more accurate? Even the cheapo DJI-class drones are piloted by remote operators into their targets, like driving a webcam into a doorway.
Posted by: Chairman LMAO

I think jamming and other EW tactics are the unseen variable. I could see Russian EW operators causing the drones to hit Latvian targets while chortling about it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:54 PM (E4rtv)

232 There was some article complaining that the Norks were clogging up the wireless bandwidth downloading pron vids...
Posted by: Pyrrhus of Epirus
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LOL, second world problems (Russia is not a first world country).

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:55 PM (E4rtv)

233 229 Drones are very accurate. Remotely driven, even the larger winged units.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed
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Why do they keep landing in the Balkans?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 07:53 PM (51ygH)

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Jamming is still a thing. Also if using Starlink, jamming and dropped signals are a thing. There are a lot of fly-by-wire drones in the field too (the wires being fibre optic strands).

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (cWLG3)

234 226 Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 07:51 PM (E4rtv)

There was some article complaining that the Norks were clogging up the wireless bandwidth downloading pron vids...
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And this is the problem with a lot of "news" reporting on the war. We thankfully are spared most of the pro-Russian crap unless you go looking for it on RT or X, but there's a lot of stuff clearly written for the NAFO crowd here in the West.

"Russian soldiers are all convicts"
"They have to use computer chips from washing machines in their missiles"
"Norks are all shocked at life outside their country and just download porn all day"

I don't have any great insider sources, but my general rule is that if it sounds like Victoria Nuland wrote it for Bill Kristol to jerk off to, then I just discard it as pro-Ukrainian fan fic.

Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (yZOfl)

235 I don't have any great insider sources, but my general rule is that if it sounds like Victoria Nuland wrote it for Bill Kristol to jerk off to, then I just discard it as pro-Ukrainian fan fic.
Posted by: the lower depths at June 18, 2026 07:56 PM (yZOfl)

Solid

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 07:59 PM (vE0+H)

236 This is a fake story. The Russians used Iskander-M, Iskander-K Kh-101 and Zircon missiles exclusively for the 14/15 June strikes on Kiev. No drones. These missiles all have 400 kg (900 pound) class explosive warheads. There would be nothing left of the entire Pechersk Lavra had just one of these missiles hit the Dormition.

The Dormition was obviously struck by an end of flight Patriot, which has a warhead weight of about 10 kg. The Dormition is a flimsy wood construction building, as is much of the rest of the Pechersk Lavra. Had it suffered the explosion of a 400 kg warhead, the whole area would have been leveled.

The Sevastopol Dome, a large stone structure (about the size of the Jefferson Memorial) housing the 19 Century 'Defense of Sevastopol' panorama, was obliterated by a Ukrainian drone with only a 70 kg warhead on June 10, 2026. Compare the damage of the two strikes and you will realize that the Russian missiles were not involve

You should also know that the Ukrainian government seized the Pechersk Lavra from the UOC-MP in 2023, giving it to Zelenskiy's new, state sponsored Ukrainian church. The Russians are furious about this theft of Moscow Patriarchy property.

Posted by: 10x25mm at June 18, 2026 08:08 PM (szIrk)

237 From what I've read the Russian Orthodox patriarch treats this as a holy war against (one of the Ukrainian church factions, who knows which, or maybe all of 'em). Defrocks Russiann Orthodox priests who pray for peace instead of absolute victory.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 08:35 PM (aJQbY)

238 Not since the German V1 and V2 were autonomous weapons so accurate.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 08:42 PM (/lPRQ)

239 Why this year's long low-level warfare? Almost like endless war serves the purposes of arms manufacturing companies.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 18, 2026 08:50 PM (R86kT)

240 I'm surprised that monastery survived WW2, since Kiev was fought over several times. I don't think either side of that front gave a shit about the Russian Orthodox Church.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at June 18, 2026 08:54 PM (vU0j9)

241 Unless this is fake, the now famous explosion of the roof-tossing oil silo in Moscow, Russia, was probably caused by a Russian air defense missile.

https://x.com/Tendar/status/2067703555532718563

Posted by: SMOD at June 19, 2026 09:11 AM (O7XEN)

242 Russia and it's people deserve all the bad things that are happening to them. You allow a madman to rebuild the USSR. Enjoy your misery.

Posted by: RD Scott at June 19, 2026 10:22 AM (Vxy3z)

CNN: There's a Big Patriotism Gap Between the Normies and the Mentally Ill Communists

Really?

Townhall.com
@townhallcom
🚨CNN STUNNED as bombshell poll reveals that Democrats HATE America!
- Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans
- Only 29% of Democrats are extremely proud to be an American, compared to 90% of Republicans
- Only 24% of Democrats want to celebrate America as a priority on July 4th, compared to 65% of Republicans

More quotes from the report from Overton:

Overton
@overton_news
23h
WHOA: CNN's own data analyst proves how Democrats have become the party of the unpatriotic.

He uses "whoa" in the same nontraditional way the last reporters used "shockingly."

Meanwhile, Republican admiration for America has stayed exactly the same for 25 years.
CNN: "Look at how we have an increasing polarization on this issue."
"Will display the flag on July 4th, the American flag."
"Back in July 2001, look at this. You had 68% of Republicans, 65% of Democrats saying that they would in fact display the flag on July 4th."
"You come over to this side of the screen, Republicans are basically where they were 25 years ago..."
"But look at that Democratic percentage. Absolutely PLUMMETING!"
"Just 27% of Democrats say they will in fact display the flag on July 4th."
"What about this idea, are you proud to be an American?"
"Extremely or very proud to be an American."
"Again, look at this divide, a growing divide on this question."
"Back in January of 2001, 90% of Republicans, 85% of Democrats."
"You come over to this side of the screen in 2026, look at this!"
"Again, the Democrat percentage absolutely plummets to just 29% of Democrats say they're extremely or very proud to be an American."
"That Republican percentage, the EXACT same. 90 and 90."

🚨CNN STUNNED as bombshell poll reveals that Democrats HATE America!

- Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans

- Only 29% of Democrats are extremely proud to be an American, compared to 90% of Republicans

- Only 24% of� pic.twitter.com/mQSLNBUKNl
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) June 17, 2026

Remember when the media assured us that Democrats had �reclaimed patriotism� because they waved some American flags at the 2024 DNC https://t.co/mpLh12MsQF pic.twitter.com/C8iFDy0CcK
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 18, 2026

New poll reveals just 29% of Democrats are proud to be American vs 90% of Republicans

This should tell you everything you need to know. pic.twitter.com/47Xj0hAuHM
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 17, 2026

Big Dick Mike confirms:

Michelle Obama: "Dreamers aren't Americans too. They are America. They are the beating heart of this country. They are us and we are them..."

A "dreamer" was just arrested for plotting a terrorist attack at the White House UFC fight. pic.twitter.com/xBNxvtrObk
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 06:03 PM

Comments

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1 *sigh*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)

2 1 *sigh*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)

I miss Vaginal Biomes.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (Gqar8)

3 I see anyone wearing or displaying an American flag and I'm 100% sure he isn't a Democrat.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (9uxYx)

4 They have made their entire identity, how they experience the world to be what media and communists tell them.

Just unreal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:06 PM (G3T/K)

5 LOL, no sh$t, CNN!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (4KUe5)

6 Next breaking news story at CNN will be how the sun sets in the west.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (X+Nnd)

7 The Obamas are the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (s6tef)

8 I'm betting huge swaths are foreign born.

Immigrants, even legal ones, don't look at our country anymore than a parasite would.

There was an era where immiigrants really did embrace America but that's long gone.

99% of the time when someone comes over here, it's about money and nothing else.

I'm actually optimistic AI sidelines a lot of immigrants from coming over here.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (ouUlY)

9 3 I see anyone wearing or displaying an American flag and I'm 100% sure he isn't a Democrat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
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Exception for old baby boomers and vets.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (E4rtv)

10
SMH,

You are right.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (/QHx4)

11 2 1 *sigh*
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)

I miss Vaginal Biomes.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (Gqar

That was the original name of the Lilith Fair concert tours.

Posted by: Lilith Fair Facts at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (n9eFH)

12 Willowed:
Bessent is a genius. The US will unfreeze 6 billion of IRGC funds. The money can only be spent on American made products of which Bessent will approve. No monies will go directly to the IRGC.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (0beLq)

Tell me that's really true. Lie if you must.

If it is, it means Iran can only spend its dollars at the Great Satan Company Store.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (9uxYx)

13 The National divorce is long overdue.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (X+Nnd)

14 What's a CNN?

Posted by: Most people at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (lJDV9)

15 Heck, they’ve been using the US flag pin as a scarlet letter - the bad guy in movies wears one!
They mock Republicans who wear one.

They have identified that the biggest terror threat is from (Christian) NATIONALISTS.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (4KUe5)

16 I guess CNN viewers weren't among the 150 million to watch or stream the UFC White House fun.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (Sco7b)

17 It's way past time to deport Democrats.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (jehhT)

18 They hate it but THEY. JUST. WON'T. LEAVE.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 06:10 PM (n5tGW)

19 Cicero, no lie it is true.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:10 PM (0beLq)

20 She's a bitch, but Stephanie Ruhle is cute

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Giz+5)

21 I'll say this, when Obama won two elections comfortably, I found myself questioning how patriotic I was in a country I didn't really recognize anymore.

I didn't hate the USA, just missed what it once was.

We're a vastly different country than we were even 20 years ago.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (ouUlY)

22
Stateless,

They wouldn't know fun even if it bit them in the ass.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (/QHx4)

23 At AP: "Iran will invite IAEA to inspect nuclear sites after deal, Trump envoy Witkoff tells US lawmakers"

Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

24 Oh, and I wonder what the percentages were among CNN's 700,000 trapped viewers and MS Now's 1.7 angry victimhood cult.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Sco7b)

25 99% of the time when someone comes over here, it's about money and nothing else.

—

It’s not THAT bad. I think a majority do. But I know a few immigrants who are cool and are very appreciative of America. Oddly none of them are Europeans. The Euro immigrants I know all loathe everything about their adopted country.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (X+Nnd)

26 I guess CNN viewers weren't among the 150 million to watch or stream the UFC White House fun.
___

To be fair, I didn't either.

And I do not watch CNN.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (s6tef)

27 >>> He uses "whoa" in the same nontraditional way the last reporters used "shockingly."

Woah

Posted by: Keanu Reeves at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (3uBP9)

28 Silver lining to this is a lot of Dems feel this way because of Trump. Once he’s gone I suspect that 29% turns more to 50 or 60.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (X+Nnd)

29 At AP: "Iran will invite IAEA to inspect nuclear sites after deal, Trump envoy Witkoff tells US lawmakers"

Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)

Heh. They'd better bring a shovel.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (9uxYx)

30 They wouldn't know fun even if it bit them in the ass.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (/QHx4)

I think them and ass-play are well acquainted.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (Sco7b)

31 I was 10 during the Bicentennial. Cody Wyoming. John Wayne was grand marshal at our parade. The patriotism was real.

Hell, I recall seeing little segments on one of the major networks leading up to Independence Day, "200 years ago today, such and such happened." It was really cool, even for a 10 year old kid.

Now? I am seeing very little.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:12 PM (0aYVJ)

32 There are 194 other countries. They should pick the one they like better.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 06:13 PM (n5tGW)

33 I call this "The Berkeleyization of America."

Berkeley, CA has alway hated America. (Well, at least since the mid-'60s --before that it was a normal town.) So if you lve around that area, you're used to that attitude -- the absololte loathing of the United states, and the longing for a non-existent and impsssible communist Noble Savage utopia-land where everybody's vegan and Native Americans make free love with Muslim transsexuals.

his attitude is thus northing new -- it just metasticized from Berkeley out to rest of the national body.

Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:13 PM (Av6i5)

34 7 The Obamas are the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (s6tef)

Truly. First black president, had so much potential to do great things, and chose to be a deep state commie tyrant and re-invigorate hatreds that had nearly disappeared.

He did this.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 06:14 PM (zYpTz)

35 “The beating heart of America “ are foreigners who were dragged her by their parents.

Huh. Like, they didn’t choose to be here, they are stranded here because they came here when they were so young they don’t remember their homeland.

Could there be a person who has less agency over their homeland?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:14 PM (4KUe5)

36 This is why I wish National Divorce was much closer to the Overton Window. If we could talk about it openly and seriously, I think there's a strong possibility that it would be the Democrats - not us - to initiate it, and it would make the process 90% easier.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (BI5O2)

37 Great Satan Company Store.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (9uxYx)

This should be on a t-shirt.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (zYpTz)

38 Pug - I bet Cody was lit

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (TUwfQ)

39 Deport the Democrats to save our Democracy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (4T3aT)

40 Michelle Obama: "Dreamers aren't Americans too. They are America. They are the beating heart of this country. They are us and we are them..."

DUDE!!!!

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (Sco7b)

41 Democrats will, no doubt, say they are not proud to be Americans (now) "because of Truuuuummmp !!!"

IOW: "See what you made me do? (smashes dish over head of frightened spouse). Now clean it up!"

Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 06:16 PM (5FPX4)

42 Willowed:
Bessent is a genius. The US will unfreeze 6 billion of IRGC funds. The money can only be spent on American made products of which Bessent will approve. No monies will go directly to the IRGC.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (0beLq)

Tell me that's really true. Lie if you must.

If it is, it means Iran can only spend its dollars at the Great Satan Company Store.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (9uxYx)

Time to sell Iran John Deere tractors with the Right-to-Repair turned off.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 06:16 PM (qx7Zg)

43 I don’t wait for Independence Day. We fly Old Glory 24/7/365. And if you don’t like it, suck my patriotic girl dick.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:17 PM (9zFad)

44 I miss Vaginal Biomes.
Posted by: tubal

They were great. I saw them open for Caravan on the "In The Land Of Grey And Pink" tour.

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 06:17 PM (VHUov)

45 >Truly. First black president, had so much potential to
----

mulatto
first mulatto president

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 06:17 PM (FJ/Rv)

46 Truly. First black president, had so much potential to do great things, and chose to be a deep state commie tyrant and re-invigorate hatreds that had nearly disappeared.

He did this.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 18, 2026 06:14 PM (zYpTz)

Well, he is a fag and his shit is all retarded.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (9zFad)

47 I have neighbors or who are bigly yuugely big Democrats. They have every campaign sign on their lawn every election. It’s THAT house.

But, every 4th of July they have a big bbq at their house, one of those everyone on the block is invited type of thing. The yard house is decorated red and white and blue. It’s a lot of fun.

Granted they are boomers so that’s part of it I suppose. They’re from an era where you could be left wing and still appreciate America for what it is.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (X+Nnd)

48 I don’t wait for Independence Day. We fly Old Glory 24/7/365. And if you don’t like it, suck my patriotic girl dick.
Posted by: tcn in AK

But you're in AK, you only need a spotlight on it half the year!

Granted, 24/7 in the other half.....

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (VHUov)

49 I guess this explains why The Rick Wilson flies the Stars and Bars.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 06:18 PM (9kF3q)

50 On the bright side, Democrats aren't lying as much as they used to.

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 06:19 PM (wn0/z)

51 First of all, I'm shocked that CNN actually shared these results.

Secondly, you can apply this logic to a bunch of diferent things. Masculinity for one; which plays voluminously into how Democrats cannot relate to the Masculine voter. They hold the same polarized opinion on Religion, unless it is the "protected religion". They have a similar polarization on generic "competition" (sporting events, capitalism, school grades).

In short, the patriotism of the Right versus the void on the Left is but a microcosm of society as a whole.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:19 PM (dIske)

52 For the second time in her life Mooch is proud of her country.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (vE0+H)

53 Obama was the 45th President raised by his white biological mother. He was the first person to be the 45th!!

Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (Av6i5)

54 Unexpectedly!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (R+iUD)

55
It’s not THAT bad. I think a majority do. But I know a few immigrants who are cool and are very appreciative of America. Oddly none of them are Europeans. The Euro immigrants I know all loathe everything about their adopted country.
Posted by: Heroq
==

I dont really see it.

Do I think they like it here? Absolutely?

Do they revere our Constitution, our history, the Founding Fathers, etc? Nope.

Would they send their young to die for it? Definitely not.

It's looked at more like a fun place to vacation that's safe and better where they came from. Transactional.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:20 PM (ouUlY)

56 >>> 7 The Obamas are the worst thing that has ever happened to this country.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (s6tef)

January 6th! INSURRECTION!! REEEEE!!!

Posted by: This... is XiNN at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (R+iUD)

57 zombie, Barky was # 44

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (0beLq)

58 The left is populated with soul sucking misery and zero forgiveness or redemption. And they freely choose that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:22 PM (9zFad)

59 On an anecdotal note, I drive through a local small town in these parts a couple times a week. Yesterday, I noticed just about every other house had American flags up. Some houses were decorated with plywood painted bald eagles. There was even one house where they had a cut-out of Uncle Sam flexing which I want for my place, but with both hands flipping the bird.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:22 PM (dIske)

60 They are the beating heart of this country
-------

In which case let me be the first to say.....

Kali Ma!! Kali Ma!!

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:23 PM (vE0+H)

61 57 zombie, Barky was # 44
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (0beLq)

Hard to keep track while counting all 57 states.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 06:23 PM (9zFad)

62 Another point on Iran.

Overall, I don't see how the war can be viewed as a loss. Even if the MOU is bad (which I do not think it is.)

1. They shot their wad. They can threaten to close the strait, or send missiles, but that no longer holds much threat.

2. The bomb program is off the table and not "under the table" as it was. They planned on using the Nork strategy of "pay us not to build one," cheat, "pay us more now that we have one." We never bombed Nork, but we have made it clear we will bomb Iran again if need be.

3. The world now knows that Iran is not "just like us, reasonable." but they are a thugee state willing to blow up their neighbors, threaten the world, and not people anyone can work with. EVERYONE was in denial about that, but mostly Europe.

4. The world now knows that they need oil and gas, and reserves, and back up plans.

5. SA and Oman will build pipelines around the SoH.

6. China lost its pocket Ace. They were counting on US having to send 2 or 3 carriers to the gulf during any attempt they would make on Taiwan.

7. The Lebanon mess, and all their other proxies are out in the open. For years it was understood but not treated as reality ... (pixy limit)

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:23 PM (A8nNw)

63 "a local small town"

They have the best July 4 parades, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

64 GW was at the liebrary opening. I hope Ace shows the clip of the end when Barky walks off. What a putz.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (vFG9F)

65 57 zombie, Barky was # 44
Posted by: Ben Had

You're not counting John Hanson, the actual first President.

Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Av6i5)

66 🚨CNN STUNNED as bombshell poll reveals that Democrats HATE America!

The border's right over there...

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (wn0/z)

67 Pug - I bet Cody was lit
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:15 PM (TUwfQ)

Yup. Great place to be a kid. And the Stampede is always a huge event. Parades, rodeos, cute tourist girls.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:25 PM (0aYVJ)

68 You're not counting John Hanson, the actual first President.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Av6i5)

Some people would include Lady Jane Grey.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:25 PM (9uxYx)

69 Yep.

Before I moved into Old People Warehouse, I flew the flag every day, 24/7. I always had an all-weather flag, so rainy or snowy days didn't matter. Also, it was a porch railing type flag,and my porch light was always on, so I didn't have to worry about a separate flag light, even in the Alaskan winter.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (IG3/x)

70 zombie, Barky was # 44
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:21 PM (0beLq)

He was a .44 Russian.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (qx7Zg)

71 "SA and Oman will build pipelines around the SoH."

That's welcome news, but those will be as easily targeted as ships in the Strait were, in the event of resumption of hostilities.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (Jr5Lq)

72 The Blade got a special flag commemorating the 250th, with custom embroidery for the family name, for put big July 4th party. It’s a big party. We have had over 100 people, although in recent years it’s been less. But never less than 50-60.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (5KnEO)

73 A year or two later Jimmy Doolittle was grand marshal in Cody, and Dad was frankly more excited about that than seeing John Wayne.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (0aYVJ)

74 Democrats don’t hate America. They just hate half of the people living in America.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (5KnEO)

75 I've had a flag up everyday as long as I can remember... The only change I made was when Biden was "elected"... changed it to a Betsy Ross flag

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (FtULh)

76 If I am gunning for the nomination on the D ticket, my slogan would be I Hate America. Perfect bumper sticker. Meely mouthed Gavin Newsom, Pete Buffigieg and Kum Allah Harris certainly think America sucks, but they don't have the balls to come out and scream it. The D electorate is thirsting for a violent revolutionary candidate they can rally behind. And there is plenty of money coming from crazies and billionaires. Can always ease to the middle after you have the delegates.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (wGerL)

77 O/T - Ipswich, Ma winning LAX team photographed smoking cigars on graduation day, so they are investigated and punished by forfeiting *the entire season *.

Now that is unAmerican.
Holy sh#t, doing this as they are walking out the door.

*my son and his friends did the cigar thing after the graduation ceremony, it’s no biggie (not like they can chug champagne).

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (4KUe5)

78 "Back in July 2001, look at this. You had 68% of Republicans, 65% of Democrats saying that they would in fact display the flag on July 4th."

"Again, look at this divide, a growing divide on this question."
"Back in January of 2001, 90% of Republicans, 85% of Democrats."

So what happened between January and July of 2001 that made both Republicans and Dems drop ~20%?

The 2000 election was pretty divisive, and everybody, including the losing Dems loved the country 20% more in January, until 5 months later?

I wonder what the numbers were in October of 2001?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (6ydKt)

79 (slut sock off)

Surgery tomorrow... should be the last one for a while (knock wood). I'll be staying with fam for a while afterward, so I may not be around here much for a few days. It depends on whether I can get it to work on my phone.

Keep the faith!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/x)

80 When you try and figure out what the Dems are in favor of it's 1) complete power and 2) completely hating Trump

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (A0HNO)

81 Just moved into a mountain town out west and the crows here are the size of VWs. They squawk and kick the shit out of each all damn day. Went out to the car and a bloodied young one was standing next to the car trying to hide from the thugs yelling in the trees. Didn't move until I reached within and inch of him. None of them do - as you approach they lean in like "you want summa this?".

Posted by: Checkdown at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (hyQrc)

82
Rodrigo,

Wishing you the best.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (/QHx4)

83 Rodrigo, prayers for a complete healing.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (0beLq)

84 You're not counting John Hanson, the actual first President.
Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 06:24 PM (Av6i5)
______________________

I remember a Paul Harvey offering that just about had me pull the car over. He was talking about George Washington, and providing all kinds of details on the man that are not common knowledge....and then went to "the rest of the story"....where he proceeded to tell you that the first actual acting president of the United States of America was John Adams, who was sworn in as Vice President, and therefore, by default, acting President for a handful of minutes before the 6'2" Redheaded legend was sworn in.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:30 PM (dIske)

85
Surgery tomorrow... should be the last one for a while (knock wood). I'll be staying with fam for a while afterward, so I may not be around here much for a few days. It depends on whether I can get it to work on my phone.

Keep the faith!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/

Prayers for a successful surgery

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (FtULh)

86 I'm bet-my-life certain that the drastic decline in patriotism among DEMs is largely due to immigration.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (RCjYY)

87 dont really see it.

Do I think they like it here? Absolutely?

Do they revere our Constitution, our history, the Founding Fathers, etc? Nope.

Would they send their young to die for it? Definitely not.

It's looked at more like a fun place to vacation that's safe and better where they came from. Transactional.
Posted by: Sharpie

Yeah there’s definitely an element of that. I’m saying it’s not 99% like you initially said. Not even close to that.

It may sound like a silly example but last Friday I was at a bar watching the US soccer game. It was packed full of people. Sitting right in front of me were two Indians, maybe late 20s early 30s, decked out in American flag gear (shirt, hat, etc) and were wildly cheering for team USA, high fiving everyone and shit.

Did they embrace the constitution and founding fathers? No idea. But they certainly embraced being American. It’s not all negative is what I’m saying.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (X+Nnd)

88 How could the Milk Chocolate Messiah and Dark Brandon have allowed this dramatic drop off of patriotism to occur during their time in the White House?!!?1!?

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (5yDGQ)

89 Keep the faith!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 06:29 PM (IG3/x)

Sending thoughts and prayers. And that was kind of a funny sock fail.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 18, 2026 06:31 PM (0aYVJ)

90 We always disappoint Democrats.They really should leave, go to the Europe they admire. Go to Canada for that great healthcare.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (YwEeS)

91 At AP: "Iran will invite IAEA to inspect nuclear sites after deal, Trump envoy Witkoff tells US lawmakers"

Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
=======

Can't be more American than a HOA.

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)

92 Hosers are rocking it; 2 - 0

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (9SpJJ)

93 If I read, watched, and listened to the news and media sources the left listens to on a regular basis I'd probably hate me country, too.

It really is one massive pity&hate party.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (6ydKt)

94 That's welcome news, but those will be as easily targeted as ships in the Strait were, in the event of resumption of hostilities.
Posted by: gp

-----------------
very different economics. Ships are very vulnerable unless escorted, and that is very expensive. If one gets through, you lose a ship and also insurance skyrockets so you lose the whole shipping lane.

pipes are easier to protect, and if one gets through you spill some oil back into the sand, fix it, and keep pumping. They are like train tracks - bombing them is only a very temporary problem

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (A8nNw)

95 >>> 95 At AP: "Iran will invite IAEA to inspect nuclear sites after deal, Trump envoy Witkoff tells US lawmakers"

Good! Onsite inspections and verification are the sine qua non here.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Jr5Lq)
=======

Can't be more American than a HOA.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (rj6Yv)

Oh, even the *suggestion* that the IAEA will be in Iran will set some people off. Heh.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (R+iUD)

96 Just goes to show what 25 years of unfettered mass migration, globalism, and pervasive state propaganda can do.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 06:33 PM (RIvkX)

97 Michelle Obama sounds like she's giving a convention speech in 2012.

"Dreamers"- Do progressives even bother calling them that anymore?

Posted by: Ktgreat at June 18, 2026 06:34 PM (33LJY)

98 Did Michelle offer to set up tent cities for the "dreamers" on the grounds of their aristocratic estates?

No? The f*ck off, Big Mike.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 06:34 PM (5yDGQ)

99 Hosers are rocking it; 2 - 0
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:32 PM (9SpJJ)

Presumably, this means something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:35 PM (ExV1e)

100 6 Next breaking news story at CNN will be how the sun sets in the west.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (X+Nnd)

Unless Trump says it, then its clearly UNTRUE and a Right Wing Fascist Plot!

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 06:35 PM (mP0Kj)

101 >>> 102 Did Michelle offer to set up tent cities for the "dreamers" on the grounds of their aristocratic estates?

No? The f*ck off, Big Mike.
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 06:34 PM (5yDGQ)

Especially when several dozen "newcomers" were wandering about Martha's Vineyard looking for a place to go...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (R+iUD)

102 IAEA visited under the Obama Iran deal too.
How’d that work out?

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (X+Nnd)

103 I'm getting the impression, based on some of the comments, that Trump didn't actually surrender to Iran.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (ExV1e)

104 Ace has been wowing us with surprise after surprise today.

I'm gobsmacked!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 06:37 PM (gnNyN)

105 >>> 107 IAEA visited under the Obama Iran deal too.
How’d that work out?
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:36 PM (X+Nnd)

Well...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:37 PM (R+iUD)

106 I.stopped flying the flag during the Obama Regime.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 06:37 PM (wBaIH)

107 I used to have a different nic, he didn't throw Israel under the bus either. Imagine that.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (0beLq)

108 112 I used to have a different nic, he didn't throw Israel under the bus either. Imagine that.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (0beLq)

Story after story says he did.....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)

109 I used to have a different nic, he didn't throw Israel under the bus either. Imagine that.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (0beLq)

But Bloomberg said...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (ExV1e)

110 "SA and Oman will build pipelines around the SoH."

That's welcome news, but those will be as easily targeted as ships in the Strait were, in the event of resumption of hostilities.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 06:26 PM (Jr5Lq)
=======

"Targeting"? Big deal. A rooftop and front porch are "targetable". Hittable is a whole different thing.

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 06:39 PM (rj6Yv)

111 All I need to k ow about the MOU is the left’s reaction to it. They’re giddy with excitement.

I don’t mean the professional left like mnsbc. I mean the Breaking Points type leftists. The real left. They’re over the moon.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:39 PM (X+Nnd)

112 >>> 113
==
Story after story says he did.....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)

"sources say" OrangeManBad [insert Bad thing here]

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (R+iUD)

113 117 >>> 113
==
Story after story says he did.....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)

"sources say" OrangeManBad [insert Bad thing here]
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (R+iUD)

Exactly

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (FtULh)

114 Wow, my news tolerance has dipped lately....

I wonder if we could start a GoFundMe for obama's slave labor? I think that'd be funny.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (Sco7b)

115 It's me donna, you really need to find some different news sources.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:41 PM (0beLq)

116 Story after story says he did.....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:38 PM (FtULh)

Not to mention Trumps own words saying Israel needs to take it easy on Lebanon.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (X+Nnd)

117 Democrats don’t hate America. They just hate half of the people living in America.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (5KnEO)

Commies hate everyone. Look what they always end up doing to each other. For real.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (vE0+H)

118 There is no outcome the left would give Trump any credit for with Iran.NONE.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (YwEeS)

119 "sources say" OrangeManBad [insert Bad thing here]
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (R+iUD)

Maybe I'll be able to hang out on the MR again. I'm trying to keep my spirits up and the constant black pill stuff is just so wearing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:42 PM (ExV1e)

120 115 It's me donna, you really need to find some different news sources.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:41 PM (0beLq)

My stupid lap top puts up all the crap stories from yahoo.. Haven't figured how to remove them.. I don't read them but they are blaring headlines at me before I can move on ...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)

121 107

You omitted that IAEA complained loudly & often that Iran wasn't allowing IAEA access to the sites and facilities they wanted to inspect!

I hope, and believe, that Trump wouldn't allow that to happen this time, as Obama did.

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (RCjYY)

122 106 Democrats don’t hate America. They just hate half of the people living in America.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 06:28 PM (5KnEO)

_____________________

I disagree. They hate the America that has been descibed to them, even if that description is not objectionable because they have been coached how to feel. Lemmings.

Men can get pregnant
There are infinite genders
Hamas is the victim
Republicans are Nazis
Fat people are brave

It's easy to hate something if you skip the part where you evaluate the issue and make an informed decision using critical thought. Or you can be a vast majority of leftists and regurgitate what your public school teachers told you, college professors told you, democrat politicians with ulterior motives told you, etc.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (dIske)

123 We be alls went to sea Presdent Obono library grant opening. We was all so proud two pay the $1000 ticket fee to help persins of coller. We be also saw Presdent Obama and Michele o Obama.

We be was so exercised!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (xNKY/)

124 The long march of the communists through the school systems bears its inevitable fruit.

Posted by: alanon at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (jHMkm)

125 When your party calls the Constitution an evil slave contract, when your party calls for burning American flags,
When your party says America is evil and built on slavery and theft,

What do you expect? I'm surprised the Dem numbers are as high as they are when it comes to flag and country.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (l3cgK)

126 124 The long march of the communists through the school systems bears its inevitable fruit.

Posted by: alanon at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (jHMkm)

small, bitter, poisonous fruit.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (l3cgK)

127 Praying Rodrigo. Good luck.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (vE0+H)

128 Imma trust President Trump but there is a big, dark, gnawing pit in my gut.

They are selling it way too hard. So at the least even he acknowledges it needs to be sold.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)

129 Third time today my gob has been utterly smacked.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (Wnv9h)

130 Heroq, said , as of two hours ago that if Israel attacks the IRGC over continued attacks by hezbollah he will join Israel.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0beLq)

131 >>>Presumably, this means something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

>Team Canada is winning their FIFA World Cup match against Team Qatar. The game is soccer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJJ)

132 For fucks sake the left was rooting for ALGAE in the reflecting pool because they hate Trump so much.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (YwEeS)

133 >>> 124 The long march of the communists through the school systems bears its inevitable fruit.
Posted by: alanon at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (jHMkm)

Heh.

"It's inevitable, Mister alanon!" -- Agent Smith

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (R+iUD)

134 The sidebar: Supreme Court Rules Habitual Marijuana Users Can Legally Own Firearms.

Yes, and the state can require the dopers to show basic gun knowledge and abilities that they don't otherwise require in non-dopers. As long as it's tailored to achieve a legitimate state purpose and not overly burdensome on the pothead. I understand both ends of it - one of my lifelong friends has rolled one practically every morning since I met him in '89. Unbelievably he's a great guy and respected successful executive nearing retirement. He just won our annual clay pigeon shoot and picked up a nice new double barrel.... that sob. I catch a whiff of it second hand and I'm heading for Taco Bell and the couch. Amazing. Imagine what that dude would have done staying sober. But an outright loss of 2A right, not necessary. N

Posted by: Checkdown at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (hyQrc)

135 131 >>>Presumably, this means something.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

>Team Canada is winning their FIFA World Cup match against Team Qatar. The game is soccer.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJJ)

Canada is kicking Qatar in the gutter?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (l3cgK)

136 Team Canada is winning their FIFA World Cup match against Team Qatar. The game is soccer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJ

This is the one time I would be rooting for Qatar if I followed soccer....

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (FtULh)

137 Team Canada is winning their FIFA World Cup match against Team Qatar. The game is soccer.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (9SpJJ)

Thank you for the translation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (ExV1e)

138 120 turn off notifications

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (YwEeS)

139 Moochelle looks so dignified in that seersucker suit.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (rbvCR)

140 Trump doesn't like to be subordinate to anyone. That could include Israel if necessary.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (vE0+H)

141 My stupid lap top puts up all the crap stories from yahoo.. Haven't figured how to remove them.. I don't read them but they are blaring headlines at me before I can move on ...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)

You can use ChatGPT or Gemini to help you clean things up. Just tell them to go step by step. They help me a lot.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (Sco7b)

142 >>> 136
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This is the one time I would be rooting for Qatar if I followed soccer....
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:45 PM (FtULh)

LOL

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (R+iUD)

143 Trumps own words on Israel.

I was a little bit perturbed at his constantly fighting with Lebanon. At some point I said 'Bibi, we gotta stop this. We gotta stop. Too many people have been killed. You don't have to knock down an apartment house every time you're looking for somebody, because there are a lot of people in those apartment houses, and they're not all Hezbollah. You have people living there, buildings are being dropped on top of them or right alongside of them... How would you like to live there? It's so unfair, especially Beirut.

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If that not throwing under the bus not sure what is.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (X+Nnd)

144 138 120 turn off notifications
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:46 PM (YwEeS)

My husband tried.. he was able to do it on the main computer but not this one...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (FtULh)

145 Imma trust President Trump but there is a big, dark, gnawing pit in my gut.

They are selling it way too hard. So at the least even he acknowledges it needs to be sold.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (RIvkX)
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Of course he has to sell it! The same media who covered up literal pallets of cash are screaming that Trump chickened out (TACO returns!) but of course they don't want war.

And if Iran nuked us with ore Hilary sold them, it would still be Trump's fault.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (ZOv7s)

146 Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)

Jesus yahoo is like Iran State Media

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (vE0+H)

147 Trump should offer these people a one-way ticket to what other country they think is better.

Then have Tom Homan put them on a No Return List...

Seems like all those bitching about America are the ones that made lots of money with no brains or skills...
(Senators, Governors, House Members, Hollywood, Environmentalists, etc)

Money for Nothing and Chicks for free crowd ....

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 06:48 PM (geT9b)

148 >>>Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans

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To quote an Ewok: "I shan't believe it!"

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 18, 2026 06:48 PM (Y2/Vj)

149 I see anyone wearing or displaying an American flag and I'm 100% sure he isn't a Democrat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (9uxYx)

My commie neighbor flys the American flag upside down on flag days. It should be burned. The flag that is. Its falling apart and badly faded which could also describe the old commie.

Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (NpJ0Q)

150 Valerie Jarrett had to give the land acknowledgement excavation for the Obama Lie-barry after finding a human baby doll that said "Ma-ma".

Posted by: Minuteman at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (47/pr)

151 146 Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:43 PM (FtULh)

Jesus yahoo is like Iran State Media

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (vE0+H)

Who is this Jesús Yahoo? I went to school with quite a few guys named Jesús, but then again 80% of the population was Hispanic or Hispanic adjacent...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (l3cgK)

152 Trump should offer these people a one-way ticket to what other country they think is better.

There's a lot of people suggesting a one-for-one trade of our asshats for WC tourists who're in love with America.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (ExV1e)

153 Well tbf a leftist on my block has an American flag up...right along side a pride flag.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)

154 Heroq, said , as of two hours ago that if Israel attacks the IRGC over continued attacks by hezbollah he will join Israel.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0beLq)

Makes sense, the IRGC has been screaming that Hezbollah is their guys and Israel had to keep their hands off, so now that Iran has signed the agreement, they get to reign in Hezbollah or get clocked.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (rbvCR)

155 Philadelphia is the "Birthplace of America" and the country's first World Heritage City. It is most renowned for hosting the Founding Fathers, drafting the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and serving as the first capital of the United States.

You'd never know it. Our history is not their history, now or ever. Look at the 'agenda' from now through July 4th in Philly and near suburbs. Such a disappointment - no doubt intentional - and its been going on for weeks.

Nearby - Morton Homestead. It was founded in 1654 by Morton Mortenson, a Finnish immigrant, while the area was still part of the New Sweden colony. Mortenson's great-grandson, John Morton, signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Parts of the current house date back to the 1698 with a large addition constructed during the eighteenth century. And it's sitting between an apartment building and roadway construction with not even a sign for America 250.

Began hoping something will take & resettle Independence and Carpenters Halls, Betsy Ross House, the Liberty Bell, and more somewhere they can be properly appreciated, and Independence Day celebrations be built around them.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (NFX2v)

156 >>> 52 Trump should offer these people a one-way ticket to what other country they think is better.
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There's a lot of people suggesting a one-for-one trade of our asshats for WC tourists who're in love with America.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (ExV1e)

How many for someone to take Mandami and Occasional-Cortex?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (R+iUD)

157 148 >>>Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans

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To quote an Ewok: "I shan't believe it!"
Posted by: Turn 2 at June 18, 2026 06:48 PM (Y2/Vj)
___________________________

I bet those willing to fly the Palestinian flag is higher than 27%.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (dIske)

158 nood

russians

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (3uBP9)

159 154 Heroq, said , as of two hours ago that if Israel attacks the IRGC over continued attacks by hezbollah he will join Israel.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:44 PM (0beLq)

So glad to hear that

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (FtULh)

160 149 I see anyone wearing or displaying an American flag and I'm 100% sure he isn't a Democrat.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (9uxYx)

My commie neighbor flys the American flag upside down on flag days. It should be burned. The flag that is. Its falling apart and badly faded which could also describe the old commie.

Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (NpJ0Q)

An upside down hanging flag is valid; it means distress or danger. During certain (P)residents' regimes, I would occasionally hang it upside down for that very reason.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (l3cgK)

161 My political passions are very strong, but even I can't get all rage-y over the SCOTUS "HunterBiden/marijuana/guns" decision today.

I just don't. MJ is legal most places. Is anybody here really upset about this?

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (RCjYY)

162 How many for someone to take Mandami and Occasional-Cortex?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (R+iUD)

We might have to take several hot Scandi chicks on that trade.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 06:51 PM (ExV1e)

163 >>> 155
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Began hoping something will take & resettle Independence and Carpenters Halls, Betsy Ross House, the Liberty Bell, and more somewhere they can be properly appreciated, and Independence Day celebrations be built around them.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 06:50 PM (NFX2v)

Trump should claim sites like that all around the original 13 as National Monuments if they aren't already.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:53 PM (R+iUD)

164 153 Well tbf a leftist on my block has an American flag up...right along side a pride flag.
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 06:49 PM (YwEeS)
_____________________

Someone tried to hand me one of those tiny little Rainbow flags at a Walmart entrance a while back. I asked if there was a sale on Skittles.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (dIske)

165 NOOD

RUSSIA

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (R+iUD)

166 I don’t wait for Independence Day. We fly Old Glory 24/7/365. And if you don’t like it, suck my patriotic girl dick.
Posted by: tcn in AK

I started a historical flag collection when my kids were young to teach them history. Everyday I'm flying a different historical flag. I think today is Fort Moultrie. Yesterday was Guilford Courthouse. I really haven't flown flags in years. This is fun.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 18, 2026 06:54 PM (l26NL)

167 they get to reign in Hezbollah or get clocked.
Posted by: Kindltot a

If they do rein them in would be great.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:55 PM (X+Nnd)

168 After the Dems (commies ) got rid of the Republicans, conservatives, libertarians independents and were in total control, they would begin eating each other. No one would be pure enough. So if it happens we have that to look forward to

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 06:56 PM (A0HNO)

169 If that not throwing under the bus not sure what is.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:47 PM (X+Nnd)

That's telling Bibi that Israel's PR is taking hit after hit, and to chill out with bombing apartments in Beirut. Just show some restraint with targeting in Lebanon. He prefers pagers going off, not collapsing entire city blocks.

That's not throwing him under the bus, it's more like a friendly reality check.

Throwing him under the bus would be:
"I'm with you guys, it's a genocide. It's all Bibi and the Jews' fault!"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (6ydKt)

170 I like that Harry Enten fellow. I love his enthusiasm for data. He could be a raging lib in his politics for all I know, but he gives the impression that if we ended up at the same cookout somehow, cold bottled drinks in hand, we could have a great conversation about data.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 06:57 PM (Sy6m/)

171 163. Trump should claim sites like that all around the original 13 as National Monuments if they aren't already.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket

It's Independence National Historical Center, under the US Park Service

It's not the feds, it's Philly letting the thug reputation & music revues party on and shutout what would be normal American 250 celebrations.

I know '76 was a quarter century ago, but what a huge difference it was all around the region. So sad.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 07:00 PM (NFX2v)

172 Gosh. When democrats, the media and higher education constantly tell Americans we are rotten and mean and horrible people, it’s just inexplicable how people have a negative opinion of us.

I’m truly confuzzled.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 07:01 PM (+10YP)

173 >>>Only 27% of Democrats will fly the American flag on July 4th, compared to 64% of Republicans
***
Don't come to our little plot of land. Between our place and our retired Air Force couple next door, we're bordering on the ridiculous. Lots of red, white and blue on our corner.

Posted by: Megthered at June 18, 2026 07:02 PM (jHnR/)

174 Good luck Rodrigo! I had hip replacement yesterday. Pain block is wearing off. Uh oh. But hips are pretty easy so I won't complain. I hope yours is easy too!

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 07:06 PM (OgaPP)

175 the America they hate

https://fearlessdream.us/2021/10/the-americans-creed/

Posted by: Ernest T. Bass at June 18, 2026 07:24 PM (jrgJz)

176 20 She's a bitch, but Stephanie Ruhle is cute
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 06:11 PM (Giz+5)

Get out of the house more. Necrophilia isn't nice.

Posted by: Nelly at June 18, 2026 07:40 PM (6+ehB)

177 I’m so sick of hearing about these foreign human remoras that come here that they’re “just as American as you and me”. Fuck you, maybe you, but not me. I served this country for 28 years; the only people more American than me are Kid Rock and Sam the Eagle

Posted by: UGAdawg at June 18, 2026 08:49 PM (BZjDq)

Democrats, Migrants and Other Criminals Continue Looting America Blind

But fortunately, the Trump Administration is busting them.

A Pakistani "community leader" feted by communist jihadi Theater Kid Zohran Mamdani stole $38 million of our money in an "adult day care" scam.

The first hint it was a scam should have been that it was an "adult day care."

This was another Democrat agenda item, and of course they insisted there be practically no verification whatsoever for billing American taxpayers for services not rendered.

Alleged $38M adult day care scam busted in Brooklyn -- snaring Pakistani community leaders who cozied up to Dems

A prominent Pakistani-American businessman who spent years cozying up to powerful Democrats stands accused of being part of a $38 million Medicaid scam.
Civic leader and well-known Brooklyn Community Board 13 member Pervez Siddiqui, 78, was arrested Monday along with seven co-conspirators.
They are alleged to have run a large-scale Medicaid kickback and false-billing scheme through two social adult day care (SADC) centers in Brooklyn: APNA Adult Daycare and Ashiana Social Adult Daycare.
The scam ran from 2019 through December 2025, feds allege, with seniors being signed up for day cares that they rarely or never attended, then getting a cut of the Medicaid payment.
"Marketers are going around looking for the Medicaid card. They stop people on the street, at bus stops. They go into doctors' offices. They go into NYCHA [government housing] where they know people are low-income. They ask, 'Do you have a Medicaid card?'" a source with knowledge of the investigation told The Post.
Siddiqui, who owns around 15 pharmacies in New Jersey, is prolific in local political circles and a regular donor to Democratic campaigns, sometimes shelling out over $10,000 a pop to local candidates, records show. And through his ties to another group, he scored an intimate sit-down with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in December 2025, pictures obtained by The Post show.

The other defendants are Who's Who of Pakistani Dick Tracy villains.

Shazia Bibi (a.k.a. Shazia Wattoo), Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, and their recruiter co-defendants Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz were also involved, according to the unsealed indictment against them.
The gang paid cash bribes directly to New York Medicaid recipients to enroll at APNA or Ashiana -- even though most never attended their facilities -- and paid the recruiters kickbacks to refer patients, while submitting $38 million in fraudulent claims to New York Medicaid for services that were never provided, according to the indictment.

Remember when the left was so upset in the 80s and 90s at the fable that Wall Street traders were stealing millions with just a pen?

They're not upset at all by this brazen theft by paperwork.

For handing over their Medicaid card, seniors at APNA or their family members were getting $500 a month in kickbacks for day care services that were never provided, according to the source.

Below: The reporters here have completely different sense of the word "shockingly" than I do, or than you do.

Shockingly, the indictment says the payments were made even when enrollees were not in the US. The sources claimed many had even gone to live in other countries while they or their family members collected Medicaid kickback money.
"The patient is in Pakistan, they're in Morocco. They're not even in this country," the source claimed.

I don't think I've ever been less shocked.

I'll tell you what's shocking: The main man crow came to the window and looked at me, to let me know I could put out food. I had saved a steakbone just to cut off the bits of meat (orts, in crossword clue vocabulary) and give it to him.

I did, but he flew off and did not return.

It's actual steak, for crying out loud!

Now that is shocking.

Here's what's not shocking: more illegal immigrants are stealing American taxpayer money in another blue sanctuary jurisdiction controlled by Democrats.

This one, Massachusetts.

11 suspected illegal immigrants among 15 arrested in $1.4M benefits fraud crackdown in Massachusetts, DOJ says

One defendant allegedly carried out more than $546,000 in fraud involving MassHealth, Social Security and housing assistance

A nationwide welfare fraud crackdown reached Massachusetts this week as federal authorities announced the arrests of 15 people -- 11 of them illegal immigrants -- accused of stealing more than $1.4 million in American taxpayer-funded benefits.
...

"Alarmingly, 11 of the 15 charged defendants are suspected illegal aliens, some of whom assumed stolen identities to steal these taxpayer-funded benefits and avoid detection," Acting Assistant Attorney General Colin MacDonald said during a Thursday press conference in Boston.
...
MacDonald argued the alleged crimes did more than drain public coffers, saying some Americans were effectively locked out of programs intended to help them because their identities had already been used by fraudsters.
"In some cases, the victims of these crimes, the rightful beneficiaries of these funds, could not access benefits they needed," MacDonald said. "American citizens were boxed out of these programs because illegal aliens took their names to then take their money."
...
Federal officials said the investigation was conducted with assistance from Homeland Security Investigations and multiple inspector general offices. They vowed additional arrests and charges are forthcoming as investigators continue examining benefit programs for fraud.
"The further we look, the more fraud we find," MacDonald said. "And this is just the beginning of our work."

Here�s Pakistani Pervez Siddiqui with Mamdani right after he was elected.

Siddiqui was just arrested for a $38 Million Medicaid fraud scheme.

Siddiqui reportedly has multiple connections to NYC Democrats, per NYP

The fraud runs deep... https://t.co/WNrUVf7jE7 pic.twitter.com/kBK1c9M9em
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026

BREAKING: The DOJ just announced charges against 15 fraudsters in Massachusetts, 11 of whom are ILLEGAL ALIENS.

These fraudsters stole more than $1.4 MILLION in taxpayer-funded Medicaid, Social Security, and SNAP benefits

But Democrats said this never happens?!�
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 18, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 05:05 PM

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1 Deport!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 05:05 PM (4KUe5)

2 First?

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (Q/FnY)

3
Good afternoon Ace.

Thanks for all you do.

You Rock!

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (/QHx4)

4 And keep digging, then prosecuting every last one of ‘em!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (4KUe5)

5 top 50! yay

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 18, 2026 05:07 PM (CWTWj)

6 Wait, so I can hire hot adult women to babysit me?
Hmmmm?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (Sco7b)

7 Sending funds to people not in the country needs to be punished as aiding and abetting theft.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (Q/FnY)

8 And Damn it.

I missed the Library of Doom thread and that's my favourite place on Earth.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (Sco7b)

9 ace, the crows are just not into you.

Find a different bird.

Maybe ask garrett out as a slumpbuster.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

10 a mere bag of shells - ralph kramden or moe howard

Posted by: gnats local 678 at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (CWTWj)

11 I really should have opened an adult daycare

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:10 PM (gEnkT)

12 Hang them all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 05:10 PM (dK+Kv)

13 I'll tell you what's shocking: The main man crow came to the window and looked at me, to let me know I could put out food. I had saved a steakbone just to cut off the bits of meat (orts, in crossword clue vocabulary) and give it to him.

I did, but he flew off and did not return.

It's actual steak, for crying out loud!

Now that is shocking

For those of you playing at home, this interlude in the content is what is known in Italian as the "Intermezzo".

Ace doesn't just learn pick-up lines in Italian, you know.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)

14
You want to come to our country?

You must prove you can support yourself without our tax money.

Yea, it's a pipe dream.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (/QHx4)

15 But Michelle just said this:

Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
·
2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (kX27y)

16 "But Democrats said this never happens"
To THEM!!!
It's never THEIR $$$ getting stolen, it's OURS, the taxpayers.
Those fucking grifters could care less, as long as it hurts US.

Posted by: UncleJefe at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (gAuAm)

17 Who names their kid Pervez?

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (UjdFS)

18 To be fair, I've encountered a number of employees who are there receiving adult day care.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)

19 So now there are N.Yorkers getting raped by Pakistanis like Pervez Siddiqui.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (B0dAE)

20 For those of you playing at home, this interlude in the content is what is known in Italian as the "Intermezzo".

Ace doesn't just learn pick-up lines in Italian, you know.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:11 PM (0sNs1)

Its a small oasis, slice of life bit to allow people to come down from the high blood pressure story before it, so the high blood pressure bit after it still packs punch.

A good performance trick.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (zZu0s)

21 17 Who names their kid Pervez?

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (UjdFS)
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Does it rhyme with herpes?

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (gEnkT)

22
Who names their kid wth?

LOL

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (/QHx4)

23 NY fraud should be relatively easy to prove. It's about as blatant as it gets. Hochul was involved when she gave the contract for home health aides to an out of state contributor. People were yelling about it when it was occuring a couple of years ago. There have now been indictments. This Paki guy is the first of many

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 05:13 PM (A0HNO)

24 Honestly, every Western country is probably at the point where if a public dollar is being doled out for a 'service' such as care, education, workforce, the people getting the money need to show up each day and provide a retinal scan.

And several other hard to fake tests to prove they are there.

If you're not getting government money, you don't have to participate.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:14 PM (Sco7b)

25 It's only a little bit of fraud compared to the trillions wasted on war!

Posted by: Zorro Mozzoli at June 18, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)

26 Ouch.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:15 PM (UjdFS)

27 May they be nibbled to death by ducks ...

Posted by: Adriane the Chronologically Challanged Hump Day Critic . . . at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (3ZUWJ)

28 Shazia Bibi (a.k.a. Shazia Wattoo), Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, and their recruiter co-defendants Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz were also involved, according to the unsealed indictment against them.

Hmm. Not a single Bob or Roger in the bunch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (9uxYx)

29
Aren't ya'll happy to be working your asses off to support the POS invaders?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:18 PM (/QHx4)

30 It's only a little bit of fraud compared to the trillions wasted on war!
Posted by: Zorro Mozzoli at June 18, 2026 05:15 PM (Cqx++)

It's a cost of doing business!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (9uxYx)

31 I keep wondering if all this looting didn't happen would we be so under water with the treasury?

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)

32
We Are Leeks

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (rbvCR)

33 So, does this Adult Day Care serve bourbon? Brisket? Run a pickleball tournament?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (XuXeR)

34
It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer at June 18, 2026 05:20 PM (lJDV9)

35 Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz"

A Beatles cover band?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:20 PM (XuXeR)

36 I would say most government money is stolen straight up of laundered through schemes like this, probably less than 30 pct of any budget at any level get to what the intended purpose was.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 05:21 PM (wtRjh)

37 The Democrats and these immigrant fraudsters is not an "Associative" relationship. It is a pure quid pro quo relationship.

When Biden used and executive order fiat to shell out $47 Billion to these type "public benefit" operations and simultaneously removed some of the most applicable oversight protections, it became obvious.

THIS IS A MAJOR FUNDRAISING OPERATION FOR THE DNC, and various other political organization world wide.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 05:21 PM (dIske)

38 It's almost quaint that they only stole $1.4 million. Those are rookie numbers to the DNC

Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 05:21 PM (IYeV+)

39 "The scam ran from 2019 through December 2025, feds allege, with seniors being signed up for day cares that they rarely or never attended, then getting a cut of the Medicaid payment."

At this point a reasonable man would be forced to come to the conclusion that medicaid and medicare were both set up to allow rampant fraud.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (0N4FZ)

40 so, Howdy. How did your vaginal microbiome report turn out, good? No sand?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (rbvCR)

41 probably less than 30 pct of any budget at any level get to what the intended purpose was."

I'd go with 25 percent. On a good day

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (XuXeR)

42 Baksheesh.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (RIvkX)

43 Is she one of the Back Bay Khatoons?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:22 PM (9uxYx)

44 >>>It's a write off, Jerry.
They just write it off.

Posted by: Kramer

always gets me

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)

45 > Shazia Wattoo

That annoying alien dude from The Flinstones, after the show jumped the shark?

Huh.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:23 PM (IG3/x)

46 It's almost quaint that they only stole $1.4 million."

It's quaint that it's a reported $1.4M...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (XuXeR)

47 The problem is that I think this will all turn out to be window dressing. A few peeps get nailed, big headlines, the other 99% of fraud gets swept under the rug and forgotten in the next news cycle.

Maybe I've gotten too cynical in my old age. I fully believe that a quarter or more of the federal budget is fraud and waste. There should be a department that does nothing but rigorous audits of all significant federal expenditures, with referrals to the DOJ for any significant fraud that is found. By the way, auditing would not be limited to just social services - I want everything covered, including the military.

This goes along with my desire for a clean, audited election process, term limits, housecleaning in the IRS and FBI, ...........

It will never happen, of course.

Posted by: The Neon Madman at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (yNfcm)

48 >>>40 It's almost quaint that they only stole $1.4 million. Those are rookie numbers to the DNC

agreed but it makes me happy and hopeful now that they're arresting those who "only" stole a million and a half.

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (1wjle)

49 FYI

Adult day care or adult day health, is a community-based program that serves to provide a least-restrictive environment and alternative to residential care for elders and people with disabilities who cannot care for themselves at home.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)

50 Truly, where would America be today without its Somalis?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (9uxYx)

51 > Hmm. Not a single Bob or Roger in the bunch.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (9uxYx)

Classic Amish names.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (IG3/x)

52 always gets me

Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:23 PM (1wjle)
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I'm in post-op pain today and I keep thinking of:

"Jimmy's down! Jimmy might have a compound fracture!"

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (F9bBk)

53 18 To be fair, I've encountered a number of employees who are there receiving adult day care.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (0sNs1)

For straight white men, who have been essentially boxed out of do-little Corporate Adult Daycare jobs, it is some consolation that those are precisely the jobs that are easiest for AI to automate away. I picture one smug dawdler's entire 8-hour shift becoming another existing employee's brief Review & Approval task, just to put an accountable human link in the chain for the AI agent's work product.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (Sy6m/)

54 "vaginal microbiome"

LOL.

This place.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (lJDV9)

55 Is she one of the Back Bay Khatoons?"

Mainline. Shopped at Strawbridge and Clothier's...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (XuXeR)

56 I did, but he flew off and did not return.

It's actual steak, for crying out loud!

Now that is shocking.

Could be he likes worm over cow?

It's a bird after all.
They they tend to like to eat things that are still moving when they're swallow it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

57 Shazia Wattoo and Tyler, too!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 05:26 PM (Cqx++)

58 is a community-based program"

So, taxpayers.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:26 PM (XuXeR)

59 Adult day care or adult day health, is a community-based program that serves to provide a least-restrictive environment and alternative to residential care for elders and people with disabilities who cannot care for themselves at home.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)

Which is a horrifying and demeaning way to put it. Say 'Communal Nursing Care' or some other euphemism. There are a lot of childless or orphaned seniors out there who COULD benefit from such programs- you don't have to make them feel useless you commie fucks, their labor provided you the wonderful opportunity to steal.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (zZu0s)

60 They they tend to like to eat things that are still moving when they're swallow it.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

There's an Ace/Garrett joke in there somewhere.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (ApGt3)

61 They they tend to like to eat things that are still moving when they're swallow it."

Phrasing?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (XuXeR)

62
Community is a communist word.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)

63 Personally to me should hang them but the death penalty got sweprt under the rug.
Steal a few hundred million and get a few years in prison to get out and start spending the money again

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)

64 I just retired from an office job.

I was in adult day care for years.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 05:28 PM (lJDV9)

65 It's a bird after all.
They they tend to like to eat things that are still moving when they're swallow it.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:25 PM (6ydKt)

*watches pitch sail by*

Like ace's boyfriends.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:28 PM (zZu0s)

66 > Adult day care or adult day health, is a community-based program that serves to provide a least-restrictive environment and alternative to residential care for elders and people with disabilities who cannot care for themselves at home.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (RIvkX)

There is no gummint program whose goal is so laudable that it won't attract these criminals.

In fact they seem to gravitate to programs that purport to help children and the elderly. One, because they're fucking evil, and therefore enjoy victimizing the helpless, and two, because it gives them a defense against criticism. "You want kids to go hungry!" No, I want you to stop stealing the money. "You want elders to sit in their own shit because you've cut the funding for their helpers!". No, I want you to stop stealing the money.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:29 PM (IG3/x)

67 Hmm. Not a single Bob or Roger in the bunch.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:17 PM (9uxYx)

Not even a Juan or Tyronne, either.

If I didn't know any better from MS Now and NY Times I'd start to think that about 50% of the Muslims who have immigrated here are stealing their way to the American Dream.

It's almost like they like to lie, cheat, and steal from the infidels.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt)

68 >things that are still moving when they're swallow it.
+++

Wait, wut?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (lJDV9)

69 No, I want you to stop stealing the money.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:29 PM (IG3/x)

This.

Comies man. I don't like em.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (zZu0s)

70 Community is a communist word.

I not so sure. Jesse Jackson rode it to a capitalist fortune.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (9uxYx)

71 For every 1 arrested,100 others are doing the same thing and will never be caught.

This is like when the DEA makes a big bust and shows off the 100 kilograms of meth or whatever. Great. Meanwhile in the time it took to do the press conference 1000 kilograms came across the border.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (X+Nnd)

72 > 57 "vaginal microbiome"

I read that as "vaginal microphone" at first.

If it's big enough to have acoustical properties, you may have a problem.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)

73 We can't build enough trebuchets fast enough.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (5aZAZ)

74 We're All Illegals Now.

Posted by: National Review at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (vE0+H)

75 It's almost like they like to lie, cheat, and steal from the infidels.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (6ydKt
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"If it's not fun, why doing it?"
- Ben & Jerry's motto

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (aK3Fj)

76 Whittle the meat and fat but leave it attached to the bone, then give him the whole bone. I believe crows prefer to strip it themselves.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (9SpJJ)

77 I read that as "vaginal microphone" at first.

If it's big enough to have acoustical properties, you may have a problem.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)

Dont I remember something where they used sound echoes to map caves?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)

78 Dont I remember something where they used sound echoes to map caves?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)

Utilizing the Dongler Effect, no doubt.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)

79 Aetius, it is more common to just say "day program"

There is a Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) that is actually a health clinic and day program combined for people who need daily medical supervision or care.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

80 Help me find my keys and we'll drive out of here.

Posted by: Just the punchline at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (lJDV9)

81 There is a Program of All Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) that is actually a health clinic and day program combined for people who need daily medical supervision or care.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (RIvkX)

Sounds decent.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (zZu0s)

82 71 >things that are still moving when they're swallow it.
+++

Wait, wut?

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at June 18, 2026 05:30 PM (lJDV9)

I forgot a -ing somewhere.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (6ydKt)

83 ""The further we look, the more fraud we find," MacDonald said. "And this is just the beginning of our work."

I could maybe be persuaded to favor those euthanasia programs (like MAID) IF they would be used on these thieves of our Free Benefits (because we are such a good people). Especially the foreigners that already hate us, and come just to steal from our (overly kind) government.

OR we could just arrest them and give them the death sentence for their Terrorist Invasion. works for me.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 18, 2026 05:33 PM (vbXSk)

84 > Dont I remember something where they used sound echoes to map caves?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:32 PM (zZu0s)

I was one of the volunteer test subjects.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 05:34 PM (IG3/x)

85 "It's almost like they like to lie, cheat, and steal from the infidels.
Posted by: SpeakingOf"

To be fair, we do it to each other too.

Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:34 PM (vFG9F)

86 The US is an anomaly in the world.
Pre 3rd world invasion it was a relatively clean society. People follows the rules more or less. Of course there were exceptions but criminality was the exception, not the rule. Very rare thing.

That’s no longer the case. 1/3 of the population is now 3rd world. And soon to be over 50%. Mexico/Pakistan corruption is the norm.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:34 PM (X+Nnd)

87
How do we fight this?

We vote but unfortunately a lot of "Republicans " are making bank from the programs.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (/QHx4)

88 Since crows were mentioned in the post, I have a crow update. My crows have discovered where we place the kibble for the ferral cats.

We place it inside one of those wooden play structures with the tube slide and tower and such.

The other day after they cleaned the plate they left a brand new shiny 2026 dime sitting there. I don't know if it was a gift, payment for the food, or a tip for good service.

Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (IYeV+)

89 >>> Whittle the meat and fat but leave it attached to the bone, then give him the whole bone. I believe crows prefer to strip it themselves.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (9SpJJ)

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Things I never knew I needed to know. ;-)

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (Y2/Vj)

90 Community is a communist word.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:27 PM (/QHx4)
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People's Day Program

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (RIvkX)

91
Did the thieves bribe the program managers, or was it one of those deals where the managers considered the fraud to be the intended purpose of the program?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (FaGPp)

92 I mean, shit, I'm pretty conservative, but I can certainly live with some frail granny getting someone to help her take a bath and drive her to appointments.

That just makes the fraud even more infuriating.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (IG3/x)

93 "The other day after they cleaned the plate they left a brand new shiny 2026 dime sitting there. I don't know if it was a gift, payment for the food, or a tip for good service.
Posted by: Beartooth"

How do you know a cat didn't bring it?

Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)

94 93 >>> Whittle the meat and fat but leave it attached to the bone, then give him the whole bone. I believe crows prefer to strip it themselves.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (9SpJJ

I thought you were writing about government funding up until you mentioned crows.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (Sco7b)

95
More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (BI5O2)

96 There is no incentive to stop the fraud because the people who run these programs - Democrats - all benefit. If $38M goes to Ahmed, the department of bullshit grows, which means more crony jobs for the department. Last thing dems want is too stop the money flowing.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (X+Nnd)

97 We can't build enough trebuchets fast enough.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM

As has been noted extensively on this blog, catapults have a faster rate of fire.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

98 51 >>>40 It's almost quaint that they only stole $1.4 million. Those are rookie numbers to the DNC

agreed but it makes me happy and hopeful now that they're arresting those who "only" stole a million and a half.
Posted by: ace at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (1wjle)

Ditto, and what's more, that appears to be $1.4M spread over 15 perps and who knows how many years. So now they appear to be down to busting fraudsters that stole less than $100k total, maybe even less than $10k per year.

Which is what I want, what I've been praying for in the Saturday Prayer Thread. It is wrong to dangle temptation to sin in front of people who have worked hard for modest amounts their whole lives.

We literally pray for God to lead us not into temptation, and we shouldn't do it to each other either. I frankly think most all of those programs should be shut down at the Federal level, including the block grants to the states, and just let each state fund its own programs. The only real way to end the theft is by ending the disbursements.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (Sy6m/)

99 >>> "vaginal microbiome"

I read that as "vaginal microphone" at first.

If it's big enough to have acoustical properties, you may have a problem.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 05:31 PM (IG3/x)

I did the same and was thinking Get Smart and having a cooter phone instead of a shoe.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (3uBP9)

100 Extensively = more than once.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

101 "vaginal microbiome"

Someone had to live in there for 6 months?

Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:39 PM (vFG9F)

102 Did the thieves bribe the program managers, or was it one of those deals where the managers considered the fraud to be the intended purpose of the program?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 05:35 PM (FaGPp)
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All you need to do is file the right paperwork and the dollars begin to flow.

Any actual inspections are easily faked or fixed.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:39 PM (RIvkX)

103 Who did the Vaginal Biomes open for?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar8)

104 I kinda don’t blame the foreigners doing this. It’s who they are. Frog and scorpion type of thing. I blame our idiots running these programs for turning a blind eye or worse actively participating.

All those Minnesota daycare scammers weren’t working alone. They had help from Americans who were cut in on the action.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (X+Nnd)

105 Oh that was the Biodome. Never mind.

Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (vFG9F)

106 I think more than half of every dollar spent on medicine or healthcare in this country is flat-out stolen.

I wish I woulda thought of a covid scam to rake in free money. Id have a Bugatti. If you can’t beat em, join em.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (5KnEO)

107 I mean, shit, I'm pretty conservative, but I can certainly live with some frail granny getting someone to help her take a bath and drive her to appointments.

That just makes the fraud even more infuriating.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (IG3/x)
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I can tell you for a fact that legitimate beneficiaries get less than they should as a result.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:41 PM (RIvkX)

108 To give him credit, that guy looks damn good for 78.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 05:41 PM (vTZFs)

109 The Babylon Bee is really roasting Trump on this Iran deal. I really havent dug into it, but is it as bad as I'm hearing?

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:42 PM (ouUlY)

110 108 Who did the Vaginal Biomes open for?

i heard they opened for cream at the inaugural ceremony of biosphere 2.

Posted by: anachronda at June 18, 2026 05:42 PM (qdr3M)

111 Shazia Bibi (a.k.a. Shazia Wattoo), Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, and their recruiter co-defendants Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz were also involved...
----

Yet another list of criminals that should have never been in this country.

Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (TN0g+)

112 I was at a board meeting this week and $1.2 million was dispensed.
Questions were asked and unanswered...
How many will this serve?
Where will service be delivered?

Questions unasked...
What are their qualifications?
What is their track record?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (RIvkX)

113 108 Who did the Vaginal Biomes open for?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar

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Estes Kefauver?

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (OgaPP)

114 How do you know a cat didn't bring it?

'Cuz cats don't give a dime.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (vTZFs)

115 108 Who did the Vaginal Biomes open for?

===

Alice in Chains ??

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:44 PM (GD0B3)

116 Community is certainly a brutally abused word, but it's a fine word, and it's been in common usage for centuries.

It means a group of people associated by geographical proximity and common interest - "and," not "or."

A usage example would be "My community includes my friends, family, neighbors and fellow synagogue congregants, and also my wife's church congregants; the rest of the world can kiss my hairy ass."

The actual usage is in the first clause, the last part is just for emphasis... and flavor.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:44 PM (BI5O2)

117 Ace, when I was little, we had a flock of crows that came to the back porch, and mom would put out suet and other things on the small sassafras tree next to the back step.
The morning after Thanksgiving one year, she told us at breakfast that she had put the picked turkey carcass over a small branch that morning, and one of the crows came and looked, and flew away.
While she was working on breakfast, she heard a racket out back, and went to look.
The whole flock had come, and were cawing at each other, then several of them, working together, lifted it off the branch it was threaded over, and flew off into the woods with it.
She swore they were kibbitzing on how best to get it done, then doing it.

Posted by: barbarausa at June 18, 2026 05:45 PM (enw9G)

118 corvids like eyeballs Ace. You should leave them some eyeballs.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 05:45 PM (A8nNw)

119 108 Who did the Vaginal Biomes open for?
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:40 PM (Gqar

Georgia O'Keefe

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 05:46 PM (5aZAZ)

120 We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 05:46 PM (vE0+H)

121 Somewhat related - as a CPA and a certified fraud examiner I have thought about putting out a shingle specializing in mini-audits of HOA's. I bet there are enough people stuck in an HOA who are suspicious of the finances and their treasurers that I'd have a good book of business in no time

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (OgaPP)

122 Ask your proctologist if Shazia is right for you.

Posted by: Big Fat Fiser at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (lJDV9)

123 How do you know a cat didn't bring it?
Posted by: Shazia Bibi Wattoo, Abdul Aziz, Shair Ali, Zebun Ahmed, Josna Begum, Saira Khatoon, and Atia Shahnaz at June 18, 2026 05:36 PM (vFG9F)

Cats are well known to stiff the wait staff on the tip.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (zZu0s)

124 I need to get a crow.

Posted by: DinsdalePiranha at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (yFfLy)

125
The motive is to steal as much money as you can.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (/QHx4)

126 I keep wondering if all this looting didn't happen would we be so under water with the treasury?

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)
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Yes, because spending other people's money is so fun.

Also, I disagree about helping the granny with bathing and a trip to the clinic. The government has no business doing any of that. Granny should have saved some money or had family or a friend help them out. All these people who don't think it is worth having a family better have a bunch of cash laying around to pay for help - because they have no business taxing me for that sort of support. We already pay a shit ton for their health care, and that pisses me off enough as it is.

Posted by: Black JEM at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (GZYu7)

127 32 I keep wondering if all this looting didn't happen would we be so under water with the treasury?
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 05:19 PM (Ia/+0)

I would say no, and that's the question that has prompted the greater scrutiny: What was all that debt for? Where's the assets it bought?

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (Sy6m/)

128 I don't really fault somalis or pakistanis for stealing our money. It's their nature. I fault the America hating bastards that allowed them in.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (wGerL)

129 Somewhat related - as a CPA and a certified fraud examiner I have thought about putting out a shingle specializing in mini-audits of HOA's. I bet there are enough people stuck in an HOA who are suspicious of the finances and their treasurers that I'd have a good book of business in no time
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:47 PM (OgaPP)

Don't they have CPAs who do their reporting?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)

130 Posted by: Sharpie

Hello fellow true conservative!

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (vE0+H)

131 I went on unemployment once and it was a joke. I had to “look for work” every week. How hard did I have to look? 3 job applications. lol. Which I did every Sunday night online, took 5 minutes.

I had no intention of finding anything it was a nice paid vacation. Wasn’t much about $400/week but it was enough of an incentive for me to take a couple of months and just chill before looking for work. I had gotten a nice severance, no rush. iNothing about it was illegal either. I was following the rules.

All govt programs are this way. They’re just screaming for people to come and take advantage of them.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:49 PM (X+Nnd)

132 Joe Biden was an adult day care recipient. Still is actually.

Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 05:49 PM (4A5dK)

133 32 I keep wondering if all this looting didn't happen would we be so under water with the treasury?

i *told* you we'd be underwater by 2015, but did you listen? noooooo!

Posted by: algore at June 18, 2026 05:50 PM (qdr3M)

134 Don't they have CPAs who do their reporting?

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM
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I'm sure some do, but I bet many of them want an external set of eyes to look at them. Plus a standard financial audit is not designed to find fraud... it says so right in the engagement letter

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:50 PM (OgaPP)

135 The solution is just cutting all of these programs. Every time someone is busted for this, there's at least a ratio of 100:1 that aren't caught.

Really all of it is fraud imo. I dont feel any better that an adult daycare is totally on the up and up. None of it deserves taxpayer dollars.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (ouUlY)

136 I don't think things are looking too good for us. Should we be very worried about everything?

Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)

137 really havent dug into it, but is it as bad as I'm hearing?

Posted by: Sharpi

Well he threw Israel under the bus, there will be no regime change, Iran gets to put a toll on Hormuz ship traffic and they get $300B.

Pretty pretty…prettty bad.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (X+Nnd)

138 Wait until the student loan program unravels.
Kolleges will shut down for lack of fake students.

Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (4A5dK)

139 The whole flock had come, and were cawing at each other, then several of them, working together, lifted it off the branch it was threaded over, and flew off into the woods with it.
She swore they were kibbitzing on how best to get it done, then doing it.
Posted by: barbarausa at June 18, 2026 05:45 PM (enw9G)

I can believe it. When I put out an egg for my crows they stand around pecking it to pieces. Each one grabs a piece and flys off. Nothing left of shell .

Posted by: Beartooth at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (IYeV+)

140 I don't think things are looking too good for us. Should we be very worried about everything?
Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (vE0+H)

Yes. I would definitely worry. The presidency is effectively over and Kamala has taken over now. Trump Impeachments here we come!

Posted by: Frank at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

141 138 All govt programs are this way. They’re just screaming for people to come and take advantage of them.

someone could write a book!

Posted by: loud guy in a suit covered with question marks at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (qdr3M)

142 I went on unemployment once and it was a joke. I had to “look for work” every week. How hard did I have to look? 3 job applications. lol. Which I did every Sunday night online, took 5 minutes.

I had no intention of finding anything it was a nice paid vacation. Wasn’t much about $400/week but it was enough of an incentive for me to take a couple of months and just chill before looking for work. I had gotten a nice severance, no rush. iNothing about it was illegal either. I was following the rules.

All govt programs are this way. They’re just screaming for people to come and take advantage of them.

Posted by: Heroq

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It's amazing how quickly someone is able to find a job once unemployment benefits run out.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (ouUlY)

143 Apparently there are some happy endings to these stories. E.g., demented Joe Biden gave Stacey Abrams $2 billion dollars to give poor people energy efficient appliances under an EPA program. The grant was cancelled before the funds were distributed. Also, another Abrams scam, the New Georgia Project, was fined $300,000 and dissolved itself in 2025.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (2ap+5)

144 Where my EBT card at?

Posted by: La'Shondra at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (lJDV9)

145 There was a time when this sort of shit lead to public hangings. You could plan a whole afternoon around it. Maybe have a picnic.

I sort of miss those days.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (jehhT)

146 Yes. I would definitely worry. The presidency is effectively over and Kamala has taken over now. Trump Impeachments here we come!
Posted by: Frank at June 18, 2026 05:52 PM (vE0+H)

Well I wasn't worried until I read this but now I am.

It's bad, people! Very very bad!!

Posted by: Larry at June 18, 2026 05:53 PM (vE0+H)

147 Beartooth, mom said several of them were flying in tandem to carry the thing, and the rest were flying along.
She said she'd never seen anything like it.

Posted by: barbarausa at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (enw9G)

148 Looks like we imported the right people to do jobs that Americans won't do.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (j7INY)

149 I really don’t understand why people feel the need to fully express their TDS at a doctors visit for treating chronic pain.

That kind of anger isn’t healing. It’s like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.

Unless you’ve spent years developing a tolerance to iocane powder.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (buvgH)

150
Took a nap and had a sarsaparilla float. An afternoon well spent.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (O0L8i)

151 Don't like Fiats. They break down a lot.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 05:54 PM (Gqar8)

152 Heroq, your information is out of date .

PDT 1 hour ago. " if Israel attacks the IRGC over repeated attacks by hezbollah we will join them:"

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 05:55 PM (0beLq)

153 This Iran deal is bad. Only question is how bad? 10/10 bad or 12/10 bad. lol

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:56 PM (X+Nnd)

154 Ah, good ol' Matthew Lesko. The Neon Bandit. The White Somali.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (BI5O2)

155
Wait until the student loan program unravels.
Kolleges will shut down for lack of fake students.
Posted by: torabora

Don't threaten me with a good time!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (Cqx++)

156 I don't understand the $300 billion. I know it can't literally be handing that over directly, for one, you would have to go through Congress. I guess unless you're Obama and somehow he had the legal authority to airlift actual cash.

But I'm not really seeing anything good from this Iran deal except we get out.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (ouUlY)

157 Also, the good HOA treasurers would have good incentive to have their finances reviewed too. But I picture many HOA's filled with petty people who think everyone is out to screw 'em.

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (OgaPP)

158 128 Yes. Because he made a deal with, pretty much, my wife. They don't intend to abide by a damn thing.

Except my wife hasn't had the balls to try to kill me in my sleep with a pillow.

she's still working on the long-term poisoning. once she gives up on that, look out.

Posted by: anachronda at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (qdr3M)

159 Don't they have CPAs who do their reporting?
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 05:48 PM (GD0B3)

Never trust a CPA! One told me I had $30 million and then I found out I was actually poor.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (9uxYx)

160 Fiat is owned by Stellantis which also owns Chrysler/Jeep/Ram.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (X+Nnd)

161 If anyone needs a new tank top for summer/Independence Day, NY Times Wirecutter has you covered

https://archive.is/4jCsu

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (2ap+5)

162 Oh brother the end of that video at the Barky's tombstone opening. Obama plays air guitar and Joe is just left standing there staring at the audience. I truly LOLed.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (vFG9F)

163 165 I don't understand the $300 billion. I know it can't literally be handing that over directly, for one, you would have to go through Congress.

aiui, it's not *us* that will be handing over the $300 billion. it'll be qatar. they don't have to go through congress.

Posted by: anachronda at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (qdr3M)

164 Never trust a CPA! One told me I had $30 million and then I found out I was actually poor.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at June 18, 2026 05:58 PM (9uxYx)
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Heh. I literally laughed out loud

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 05:59 PM (OgaPP)

165 There is no 300 billion
There is no deal, only a continuation of the ceasefire and an agreement to talk.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:00 PM (0beLq)

166 Well he threw Israel under the bus, there will be no regime change, Iran gets to put a toll on Hormuz ship traffic and they get $300B.

Pretty pretty…prettty bad.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 05:51 PM (X+Nnd)

I have good news for you. The paper they signed is BS, Israel will continue doing what it is doing, the MOU won't move past "phase I" - the opening of the Strait. There is talk about inspections, and talk about Iran allowing people in. Which tells me that the stuff they will show is irrelevant. They hid a massive program for years and years. So showing a bombed out site will not be a problem for them. Israel will continue thrashing the Hezbos, oil will flow, and we win Congress in '26.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 06:00 PM (GD0B3)

167 Just for the record I don't like the 300 billion and I know what "we" would be saying if it wasn't under an R. I don't care what the explanation is, it sounds and looks like shit.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:00 PM (vE0+H)

168 I do have to admit that Obama's gay bathhouse perfectly externalizes his inner beauty.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 18, 2026 06:01 PM (ffi9I)

169 Qatar and other Arab countries are handing out the money. But don’t worry they’ll be really strict and only give Iran money if Iran pinky swears not to build nukes or find Hamas/Hezbollah.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:01 PM (X+Nnd)

170 That whole MOU is a fig leaf for opening up the strait.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 06:01 PM (GD0B3)

171 165 I don't understand the $300 billion. I know it can't literally be handing that over directly, for one, you would have to go through Congress. I guess unless you're Obama and somehow he had the legal authority to airlift actual cash.

But I'm not really seeing anything good from this Iran deal except we get out.
Posted by: Sharpie

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The way it has always been described is a "rebuilding fund" but not a gift, an investment. Money invested by other gulf states to rebuild infrastructure (and then the fund owns that infrastructure) in Iran, as it is in dire need of facilities -- ports, pipes, refineries, etc.

So not USA money. Not taxpayer money. Not a gift. Iran thinks they will just steal it, but I do not care if they steal UAE money. It will probably turn into a protection racket - give us money or we don't allow your ships to pass. This is bad, but not what everyone is saying.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:02 PM (A8nNw)

172 Just for the record I don't like the 300 billion and I know what "we" would be saying if it wasn't under an R. I don't care what the explanation is, it sounds and looks like shit.
Posted by: ...

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yet you accuse me of me being a fake conservative for basically expressing the same sentiment.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (ouUlY)

173 Yeah somehow Stellantis managed to NOT totally fuck up Ram the way it did Jeep.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (X+Nnd)

174 There is no 300 billion
There is no deal, only a continuation of the ceasefire and an agreement to talk.
Posted by: Ben Had
___

When it comes to Iran, do not trust.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (s6tef)

175 Nood. Depressing shit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)

176 I do have to admit that Obama's gay bathhouse perfectly externalizes his inner beauty.

Can you believe that George Bush actually showed up for the opening of that hideous monstrosity?

George F**king Bush

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (9uxYx)

177
If anyone needs a new tank top for summer/Independence Day, NY Times Wirecutter has you covered

https://archive.is/4jCsu
Posted by: Oglebay

Tank tops for men:

https://youtu.be/B7w993ocbtM

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (Cqx++)

178 Commies fucking suck. News at 11.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 06:04 PM (G3T/K)

179 Bessent is a genius. The US will unfreeze 6 billion of IRGC funds. The money can only be spent on American made products of which Bessent will approve. No monies will go directly to the IRGC.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (0beLq)

180 Whether it’s US money or foreign money is irrelevant. Iran is making bank from this deal.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 06:05 PM (X+Nnd)

181 I'm sort of done caring too much about Iran. I'd say we got the ball rolling if their own people want to overthrow it. Not willing to throw a few trillion in nation building.

If they want to pirate the Straits of Hormuz, let their rich Arab neighbors figure out what to do about it.

Just pump our own oil and let it be Europe's problem.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:06 PM (ouUlY)

182 except we get out.
Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (ouUlY)

All that matters.

The pain and humiliation only gets worse.

It had to end quickly no matter what, before another Presidency, or become a bloodsoaked albatross of a generational war that penuries the taxpayer, enriches their domestic enemies, and emboldens their foreign ones when the US gets spanked and sent home with its materiele left on the field.

That was the only alternative.

Just "deal" with it, and breathe a sigh of relief that it was only this bad, which isn't that bad.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (BI5O2)

183 yet you accuse me of me being a fake conservative for basically expressing the same sentiment.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 06:03 PM (ouUlY)

Am perfectly happy to agree with you or anyone on made points but the just asking questions shit doesn't fly.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (vE0+H)

184 Wait until the student loan program unravels.
Kolleges will shut down for lack of fake students.
Posted by: torabora

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I try really hard to sympathize with these people who pay tens or hundreds of thousands over many years and now owe more than they borrowed.

Good grief they are college educated and do not understand how loans work? This is all a stupid tax, and the stupid now want relief. Sure, they were played, but that's on them -- are we to pay off people who got scammed in 3 card monte in Washington Square Park now as well?

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 06:07 PM (A8nNw)

185 The problem is that I think this will all turn out to be window dressing. A few peeps get nailed, big headlines, the other 99% of fraud gets swept under the rug and forgotten in the next news cycle.
....

This goes along with my desire for a clean, audited election process, term limits, housecleaning in the IRS and FBI, ...........

It will never happen, of course.
Posted by: The Neon Madman at June 18, 2026 05:24 PM (yNfcm)

Well the apparent lethargy of the Dems since the foreign aid cuts indicates we are over the target to some extent.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 06:08 PM (uhVAy)

186 If Trump seizes the money that belongs to Iran, then Trump has set up the situation where everyone who holds USD in large amounts starts thinking about using Yuan or Euros or something. Especially the gulf states that turned it all over to the US in the first place in return for promises.

Think "I wonder what happened to SWIFT when Russia was excluded from the system" and unfortunately the answer is "everyone started talking about BRICS"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR)

187 If Trump seizes the money that belongs to Iran, then Trump has set up the situation where everyone who holds USD in large amounts starts thinking about using Yuan or Euros or something. Especially the gulf states that turned it all over to the US in the first place in return for promises.

Think "I wonder what happened to SWIFT when Russia was excluded from the system" and unfortunately the answer is "everyone started talking about BRICS"
Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 06:09 PM (rbvCR)

even the 300 billion the Euros are trying to steal is having considerable impact on their economy.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 06:40 PM (uhVAy)

Obama Officially Opens the Ozymandias Presidential Center As Subcontractors Complain That He Didn't Pay Them and Left Them With Millions in Worthless IOUs

Fox News
@FoxNews
4h
"They are scared to death about talking about it."
The Obama Presidential Center was pitched as a legacy project that would help lift minority-owned and local businesses.
Now, several subcontractors say the project has left them saddled with massive unpaid costs.
One plumbing contractor says he's nearly $4 million in the red: "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive."
A Fox News Digital investigation found multiple construction firms reporting losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions, with many of the complaints coming from the very firms the Center claims it wanted to support.

Subcontractors say they're owed millions, face financial ruin, after helping build Obama Presidential Center

Adamson Plumbing owner Mike Owen says his company is owed nearly $4M on the Chicago project

CHICAGO -- The Obama Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Barack Obama, and its construction was touted as an ambitious model built with aggressive goals for minority-owned and local businesses.
But now, some of the very subcontractors who helped build the 19.3-acre campus on Chicago's South Side say they are facing financial ruin as they race to recover millions of dollars they claim remain unpaid ahead of the center's grand opening Friday. Overall construction costs were reported to be $830 million in 2021, and have likely climbed past the $1 billion mark.
A Fox News Digital investigation identified multiple construction firms claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to tens of millions. The allegations cut against one of the Center's defining goals: helping minority-owned businesses and local contractors grow through one of Chicago's highest-profile construction projects. Several of the complaints reviewed by Fox News Digital come from firms that were supposed to benefit from that mission.
Among them is Adamson Plumbing, whose owner Mike Owen says is nearly $4 million in the red after years of work on the project.
"That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive," Owen said.

Subcontractor owners interviewed by Fox News Digital described what they characterized as a chaotic work environment marked by repeated design changes, rework, scheduling disruptions, extensive oversight and years-long compensation disputes that still remain unresolved.

A project overseen by communist Theater Kids was chaotic and subject to constantly-shifting plans? I don't believe it.

BTW, totally unrelated: LucasFilm fired more directors than actually oversaw completed projects and "announced" more than a dozen movies that never filmed.

Several also described what they viewed as a wall of silence surrounding the project, with some declining to speak publicly or requesting anonymity because of confidentiality agreements or fears of professional retaliation.

The allegations emerge days after a Fox News Digital investigation reported that the Obama Foundation's reserve fund -- originally promoted as a $470 million financial safeguard intended to help protect taxpayers if the project encountered financial trouble -- remains funded at roughly $1 million.

Are you telling me that communists overpromise and underdeliver, are shit with accounting, and promise "the workers" that they'll be millionaires in the New Soviet Era but then confiscate the workers' wealth to build themselves villas and monuments that would make Cresus blush?

I shan't believe it. I simply shannot.

Speaking of communist lies: One of Ozymandias's floozies announced that his presidential center was built on stolen land but, get this, did not go on to say they were returning it.

The Obama Center ceremony begins with a "stolen land acknowledgment" pic.twitter.com/msQdnfCbmI
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026

The Lightworker then took the stage and, get this, gassed out pleasant-sounding platitudes which were also brazen hypocrisies:

Barack Obama, whose administration spied on Trump's campaign in 2016 and fabricated a conspiracy about him colluding with Russia, says it's incredibly important to have a "peaceful transfer of power after the people of spoken." pic.twitter.com/oOzc1rOf1d
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) June 18, 2026

Obama: People aren�t looking for perpetual anger.

Also Obama: I want you to stay angry. pic.twitter.com/M9ZteYsDgf
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 18, 2026

And then Mamala or whatever she's calling herself "danced" in the typical white woke woman way.

Checking in on the opening ceremony of the Obama Center� pic.twitter.com/laV4S85bTN
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) June 18, 2026

Victor Davis Hanson
@VDHanson
5h
As a general rule, anytime Barack Obama lectures the country or its people on their purported sins--with Khalil Gibran pop platitudes--he is seeking absolution for his own obsessions by projecting his own guilty desires onto others.
The latest? At the dedication of his narcissistic Obama Presidential Center in Chicago--a $850 million flak-tower, monolithic boondoggle mired in debt--Obama lectured us on the need to resist the allure off "money, attention, [and] fame."
Thus spoke the owner of four homes, three of them multimillion-dollar mansions, whose last inert year in office was spent closing book and Netflix deals that ensured he would become a multimillionaire the moment he left office, and on spec, jets private to sermonize to various audiences--often at $400,000 a shot--on their own false-consciousness shortcomings.
Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 04:00 PM

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1 Yeah, but they'll make it up in volume!

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (DiYkG)

2 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)

3 Are we required to bring our own trash bags?

Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Mx+TJ)

4 @greg_price11
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Barack Obama, whose administration spied on Trump's campaign in 2016 and fabricated a conspiracy about him colluding with Russia, says it's incredibly important to have a "peaceful transfer of power after the people of spoken."

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"If it was proven that you were the key decision maker in a conspiracy to impede the transfer of power to your successor, would you call that treason?"

"Well, what I did was legal and right because Trump is Putin's puppet."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Zn6QU)

5 Unimaginable grifter stiffs his people and continues to grift?

No way.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (2YhKe)

6 The only fair and unracist thing is to steal taxpayer's money and pay the black contractors illegally hired for being black.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (xvV+O)

7 From each according to their means, to each according to their needs.
-Barack Obama

'Suck it, bitches.'
-shorter Barack Obama

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)

8 I hope all the contractors slap leins on the property.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (4T3aT)

9 I saw the Khalil Gibran Pops open for PDQ Bach at Soldier Field. Attendance was low.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)

10 To be fair, and not to defend Obama but... Trump kind of has a reputation for doing this. He'll just not pay contractors when he didn't care for the work he got from them.

In Obama's case, its not so much disagreement over work (although I'd be pretty unhappy with how it turned out) but rather they blew the money on other things and have to do more fund raisers to replace it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (UZCuZ)

11 7 From each according to their means, to each according to their needs.
-Barack Obama

'Suck it, bitches.'
-shorter Barack Obama

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (zZu0s)

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He's like the best of communists.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Zn6QU)

12 Willowed:

Juneteenth? Any of you all grow up close to northern Indiana and had to hear about "Dyngus Day" every year?

Jeesh, those freaking Poles...
Posted by: Bulg

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (77rzZ)

13 The subcontractors should dress up like the Tea Partiers and do the sacred dance of their people.

Posted by: do the hustle! at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (3d9VR)

14 The Obama Presidential Center was billed as a lasting legacy to former President Barack Obama"

No shiite. I thought it was for Barack Obama.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (cGjQu)

15 Democrats have been f*cking the black community for generations. Why should this shock them when it's a 1/2 black man that does it right to their face?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (2YhKe)

16 #6

I'm all over it.

Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (Mx+TJ)

17 Obama went all Instagram Influencer on them:

You'll get paid in exposure and likes!

Lemme take that down to the bank and pay my mortgage with "Brand Awareness."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (73/SM)

18 Not nearly enough cruelty for VDH.

Do better, Ace.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (An6iH)

19 Bush and his wife attended.

The Uniparty stays together.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (aD4fx)

20 9 I saw the Khalil Gibran Pops open for PDQ Bach at Soldier Field. Attendance was low.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (Jr5Lq)
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PDQ Bach was fun (and talented)

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (DiYkG)

21 Remember that the purple lipped shit went into the Whitehouse in debt.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (YwEeS)

22 I bet they don't even have gold toilets.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (vFG9F)

23 Leftists are pretty much infamous for doing this: they raise money for some cause, spend almost nothing on the cause, then blame political foes for how the children are starving and fundraise even more. In the case of the Obamas, their lifestyle far outstrips their income.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (UZCuZ)

24 I really can't stand to see that fool stand up and say anything. It astounds me that supposedly intellectual people would stand up and gush over how wonderful his speeches were - they were never anything besides pablum for idiots.

They were as meaningless as anything Kamala says, but at least he'd learned the trick of making them sound good superficially. (she can't even manage that)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (edUvp)

25 Are you telling me that communists overpromise and underdeliver, are shit with accounting, and promise "the workers" that they'll be millionaires in the New Soviet Era

clearly the solution for our failed 5 year plan, is a new 5 year plan!

Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (mP0Kj)

26 And that building is uglier than one of the flak towers that protected Berlin.

The Brutalism School just called to say, "Bro, that's just too brutal."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (4T3aT)

27 "Ozymandias Presidential Center"

I like that. Our leader is quite the learned Ewok.

And at least they're not calling it a "library," since it contains no documents.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)

28 Hey subs, you fucked up! You trusted us!

Posted by: Barky at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (wGerL)

29 27 "Ozymandias Presidential Center"

I like that. Our leader is quite the learned Ewok.

And at least they're not calling it a "library," since it contains no documents.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (77rzZ)

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Because he's seen Watchmen?!

/s

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (Zn6QU)

30 Stiffed them huh? It is to laugh. That's the Obama we all know. Take it little people and like it.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (IY9No)

31 How is this possible? Can't they eat the sheer aura in which they bathed by working on this project? Can't they pay their mortgages with the reputation from being one of The Chosen?

The Five Year Plan says you should now be wealthy and uplifted, comrade. Are you not happy?

(Also, on the flip side, I wouldn't pay anyone for that monstrosity, either. And I would have death squads hunting for the jackwad that sent some torqued up blueprint of a recycling bin to the original contractor.)

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (kU0PQ)

32 DOGE put a real damper on paying those contractors with our money.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:06 PM (fgSb9)

33 I don't hate it, to be honest. You know that bidding process started out Barky Style.

And its Chicago. So fuck 'em in general.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IdfaO)

34 As I said in the comments to an earlier post, I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing. It's basically rubbing the Indians' faces in the fact they were defeated.

"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you. Go get your fucking shine box!"

It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.

And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.

I don't get it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

35 He might have a case against the contractors. That shit is hideous...oh that was how they designed it to look.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (YwEeS)

36 The building looks Soviet as fuck, which I'm sure is intentional. Stiffing the workers is also a very storied corrupt authoritarian tradition, except they actually worked instead of pretending but Obama pretended he would pay.

Posted by: A dogshit end to a dogshit monument to a dogshit Pres at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)

37 lol
All those minority contractors can eat a big bag of Obama dick and die.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (X+Nnd)

38 34 And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.

I don't get it.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

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"We're morally good people because we acknowledge that America is bad."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (Zn6QU)

39 Zero fuckin' sympathy.

You signed a contract with a politician. These people are parasitic liars who love to steal because they're above the law.

If you do business with someone like Barack Obama, you deserve whatever you get, retard.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (BI5O2)

40 28 Hey subs, you fucked up! You trusted us!
Posted by: Barky at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (wGerL)

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Hahahahaha

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (fgSb9)

41 36 The building looks Soviet as fuck, which I'm sure is intentional. Stiffing the workers is also a very storied corrupt authoritarian tradition, except they actually worked instead of pretending but Obama pretended he would pay.

Posted by: A dogshit end to a dogshit monument to a dogshit Pres at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (TbWk/)

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Beauty in art (including architecture) is to be avoided at all costs because it reminds people that things can be good and not miserable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Zn6QU)

42 I saw Communist Theater Kids open for The Chemical Brothers at the Blue Note back in 2024!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (GD0B3)

43 As I was driving home around 3 ish, the guy on the radio said that this library thing nad been going on since this morning and was just wrapping up. What could they possibly say to,fill 5 hours? Did the entertainment perform or just lecture? Anyone see any of it?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kJmSS)

44 Off topic but, a group of protesters showed up at the Viewing Pool in DC to protest... FOR ALGAE. It was not a joke. It was not a parody. It was not for a tik tok reel, it was real leftists upset that the algae is being killed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UZCuZ)

45 One plumbing contractor says he's nearly $4 million in the red
......

The Barry Library has indoor plumbing? Doubtful.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)

46 Still looks like a Star Wars jawas sandcrawler

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (A0HNO)

47 I thought the opening was tomorrow on Juneteenf.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (X+Nnd)

48 I bet they didn't tip either.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)

49 Am I wrong to wonder what level of quality was rendered from these "minority contractors?"

Is that wrong?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (fgSb9)

50 That's an ugly f'ing building.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (n5tGW)

51 Are you telling me that communists overpromise and underdeliver

Just think. With the proposed wealth tax on trillionaires, they could have paid for the whole thing!

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (kU0PQ)

52 As I said in the comments to an earlier post, I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing.

As we are seeing in Canada, it is a campaign to destroy private property rights.

You don't actually own your land, you see.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (aD4fx)

53 "Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you. Go get your fucking shine box!"

It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.

And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.

I don't get it.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

Virtue signaling for the retarded theater kids.

Posted by: Redundant? Perhaps. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

54 And yet, the Indian "leaders" seem to think it's some kind of honor to get an empty acknowledgment that they were primitive suckers who got fucked in the ass by a more powerful and advanced society.

Yeah they literally had a chance to take that land and give it to these groups of alleged owners (who never would have said they owned any of it). But instead they built a monstrosity and a park with ugly stupid sculpture on it, and then made a little speech about it belonging to someone else.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (UZCuZ)

55 It's not a "library."

It's a lair. The kind of place you run a shadow government out of. Bet it's chock full of comms gear, a server farm, weapons...

Antifa HQ

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (jehhT)

56 So ... how many of you have ANY experience with signing contracts to do work with defined contract language about deliverables and liability and such ?

I'll guess zero. Wish Jack was here. He did.

Barry pretty much fucked his own ... and he didn't care. I promise you, on a job this size ? Any reputable firm either bonds or insures against the risk.

Fuck 'em. Yet I hope they sue until the sun don't shine. Republicans ... you WANT these contractors to raise Hell.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (IdfaO)

57 Why does M-SNOW have graphics that look like a YouTuber from 2008? Even Newsmax looks high-tech in comparison.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (2ocoG)

58
Several also described what they viewed as a wall of silence surrounding the project, with some declining to speak publicly or requesting anonymity because of confidentiality agreements or fears of professional retaliation.

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Being driven out of business sounds a lot like professional retaliation. The retaliation has already occurred.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (lsrsS)

59 I read somewhere that the cost overruns were huge. And that there were over 100 change orders. That is a very high number of orders for a project like this. Should have been a red flag to the contractors and subs to get most of their money upfront.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)

60 That thing is going to look like real crap after several years of rain, snow, and infrequent maintenance.

I’m expecting to hear one day about a tourist being injured when one of the letters rusts through and falls off the building.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

61 I thought the opening was tomorrow on Juneteenf

Probably all the concerts will be held then, with U2 and Springsteen and all the washed up acts your grandpa liked in the 80s

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (UZCuZ)

62 50 That's an ugly f'ing building.

Aren't they supposed to reflect who they were built for? Dood could be Whoopie's brother. Never know which end you're looking at.

Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (Mx+TJ)

63 jwest ... that's who I was thinking of.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (IdfaO)

64 If you want to know how that Obama marriage is going, take a look at the portrait they hung for the library.

Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (dIske)

65 That thing is going to look like real crap after several years of rain, snow, and infrequent maintenance.

It looks like real crap now, but I get your point.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (2ocoG)

66 There have been people on earth for hundreds of thousands of years. Indian tribes got here what 10k years ago? What about acknowledging who was here before then?

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (X+Nnd)

67 It's very common in the real estate industry to stiff contractors, especially where there is some disagreement over the quality of the work, or the price charged.

And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.

So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

68 When you're a contractor, and you sign on to work on the Death Star, you gotta know the risks.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (QaH55)

69 I bet they don't even have gold toilets.
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (vFG9F)

I think they're concrete.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (kU0PQ)

70

496,

I hope you are feeling well today.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)

71 "peaceful transfer of power."

On multiple occasions Obama used the phrase "peaceful transition of power" and it struck me as odd and why say such a thing. Of course later it made sense - preparing the field of battle.

Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (fnZRl)

72 67 So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (iFTx/)

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Obama is supposed to be better, though.

All his supporters say so.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)

73 Does the library have a chef and a paddle board?

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (w1twS)

74 clearly the solution for our failed 5 year plan, is a new 5 year plan!
Posted by: Comrade Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (mP0Kj)

And to send all the kulaks and wreckers to the gulag!

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (kU0PQ)

75 68 When you're a contractor, and you sign on to work on the Death Star, you gotta know the risks.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (QaH55)

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Not everything is Clerks.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (Zn6QU)

76 "Probably all the concerts will be held then, with U2 and Springsteen and all the washed up acts your grandpa liked in the 80s
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor "

Linda Ronstadt is going to be there??

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (vFG9F)

77 Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.

The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

78 "You didn't build that."

Posted by: President Obama to black entrepreneurs he is trying to lift up at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (RIvkX)

79 BHO was in office TEN YEARS ago and it took that long to get to this point.

I guarantee you that President Trump will have the most luxurious Presidential Library, Resort, Golf Course, and Casino built in a fraction of the time at a fraction of the cost of this monstrosity.

And it will be self-sustaining indefinitely without requiring any taxpayer money for continued maintenance and upgrades.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)

80 I don't want to go on the cart

Posted by: Bono at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (3d9VR)

81 I read somewhere that the cost overruns were huge. And that there were over 100 change orders. That is a very high number of orders for a project like this.

Bullshit. Just the opposite. That sounds like contractors that were told to just get in a number and they would get taken care of on the back end.

But then the rug got pulled out from under them. I'll bet my tender parts that's what happened.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (IdfaO)

82 77
The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

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People have been predicting that she'd run since 2016.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)

83 "peaceful transfer of power."

On multiple occasions Obama used the phrase "peaceful transition of power" and it struck me as odd and why say such a thing. Of course later it made sense - preparing the field of battle.

He was "pre-bunking" January 6th. He knew.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)

84 48 I bet they didn't tip either.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (diia5)

I have it from multiple reliable sources that the absolute worst food service patrons are 1) blacks and 2) churchgoers, sad as that is. Entitled, demanding, obnoxious, and don't tip worth a damn.

Posted by: God bless our waiters at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)

85 I think tomorrow is the opening to the public. I wonder if there are actually any books in this library?

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (kJmSS)

86 How big a building did he need to house "a pen and a phone"?

A library? For what? To house the documents that would send him to prison for life for all of the crimes he committed in his illegal opposition to Donald Trump?

Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)

87 He leaves pain and suffering wherever he touches.
Sort of his trademark.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (B0dAE)

88 It still boggles my mind that anyone could build a building that's not only ugly, but stupid-looking too. Looks like a giant robot penis that transforms into a vagina.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (iFTx/)

89 I'd say the contractors should use a mechanic's lien against Obama and his Magic Library, but who would want to own that monstrosity?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (l3cgK)

90 He was "pre-bunking" January 6th. He knew.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (2ocoG)

I just said that! Lmfao!

Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (fnZRl)

91 Beauty in art (including architecture) is to be avoided at all costs because it reminds people that things can be good and not miserable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (Zn6QU)

West Baden is an og resort from the 1920s. Hot springs iirc. In French Lick, IN which at the time was as far from anywhere as possible east of the Mississippi. The dome is beautiful. A glass and steel cathedral over the dining/dancing area (which is gigantic.)

Sure, it was a haven for the rich, but at least their patronage helped create beauty, then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)

92 A monumental pile of shit for a monumental pile of shit.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (YwEeS)

93 91 West Baden is an og resort from the 1920s. Hot springs iirc. In French Lick, IN which at the time was as far from anywhere as possible east of the Mississippi. The dome is beautiful. A glass and steel cathedral over the dining/dancing area (which is gigantic.)

Sure, it was a haven for the rich, but at least their patronage helped create beauty, then.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)

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And communists decided that it had to end. So, they set to work.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:15 PM (Zn6QU)

94 What could they possibly say to,fill 5 hours?
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:08 PM (kJmSS)

No one wanted to be the first to stop clapping. Took a while for one to drop from heat exhaustion.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)

95 86 How big a building did he need to house "a pen and a phone"?

A library? For what? To house the documents that would send him to prison for life for all of the crimes he committed in his illegal opposition to Donald Trump?

Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TN0g+)

I believe Obama still has tons of documents that belong to the National Archives...what Mar-a-Lago was supposedly raided by the FIB for...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (l3cgK)

96 It's very common in the real estate industry to stiff contractors, especially where there is some disagreement over the quality of the work, or the price charged.

Now lets do 300 page "Spec Books" - like most mid to large American Manufacturing.

You don't write a book that large to make things simple. You write it to get out of paying. General Electric is one of the worst.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (IdfaO)

97 Obama followers don't read. No books!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (n5tGW)

98 13 The subcontractors should dress up like the Tea Partiers and do the sacred dance of their people

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If the sacred dance requires appropriation of copper wire and plumbing fixtures and pipes, then I hope they will do the sacred dance.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (2IqMx)

99 One plumbing contractor says he's nearly $4 million in the red
......

The Barry Library has indoor plumbing? Doubtful.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:09 PM (UjdFS)

That's for the showers.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)

100 So, my sympathy with the contractors is pretty much zero. Because they put race before business. I'm sure each and every contractor was more than thrilled to work on the light-bringer's "library" as a testament to being black.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (jehhT)

101 I don't want to go on the cart
Posted by: Bono

With or without you, mate.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (diia5)

102 >>When you're a contractor, and you sign on to work on the Death Star, you gotta know the risks.

I wasn't even supposed to be here, today!

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (An6iH)

103 The portrait is a "stealth" announcement of Big Mike 2028. Guarantee it.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (2ocoG)

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People have been predicting that she'd run since 2016.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (Zn6QU)
___________________________

There's the Ozempic thing too with her. But, I think she wants nothing to do with actual responsibility. She has her riches, and is content. When they were talking about her running in 2024 she immediately ran to a talk show and announced that she suffered from depression. Sounds to me like certain people were trying to talk her into it, and she made sure it wouldn't happen.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)

104 "there were over 100 change orders"

1) 'Use more concrete.'
2) 'Make it uglier.'
...
50) 'Oh yeah, forgot about plumbing. Do that too.'
...
100) 'No. Uglier than that! Don't you know how to build ugly?'

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (Jr5Lq)

105 I guess Biden's library will be a garage full of document boxes and a Corvette.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (vFG9F)

106 The Milk Chocolate Messiah now has a bunker that Hitler would have been jealous of.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (5yDGQ)

107 A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Vice President JD Vance have all embraced the diet, drawn by the promise of slimmer waistlines and glowing skin.

They all apparently have determined the health benefits outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors that have been the cause of some domestic friction.

“Within 30 days I lost 20 pounds,” Kennedy said at an event in Michigan this week. “JD Vance is also on the diet and you can see how different he looks.”

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)

108 You don't think all the stuff they spew about Republicans is actually all lies and projection, do you?

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (ixZ1o)

109
64 If you want to know how that Obama marriage is going, take a look at the portrait they hung for the library.

Michelle is the focus of the portrait (centered and middle). Barrack is in the background to the side leaning on a table as an afterthought. It's almost like he had to photobomb the portrait for his own library.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM

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I don't think Michelle is going to outright divorce him, despite her tendency to blame others for her problems. The separation will be virtual, and in fact, is already in progress I suppose.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (HLgI3)

110 I got a feeling all big shot Democrats do that. Stick it to the little working people. Give us the finger as they wave goodbye. Assholes. Oh, you know Nancy Pelosi does it.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (IY9No)

111 It's very common in the real estate industry to stiff contractors, especially where there is some disagreement over the quality of the work, or the price charged.

True. Attorneys in the construction law field are essentially collections lawyers. It's a whole specialty unto itself as I'm sure you're aware.

Posted by: Contract shmontract! at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (TbWk/)

112 That's for the showers.
Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (kU0PQ)

Foot washes.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (wjnjX)

113 Apparently, the only design requirement is that the building be as attractive as Michele Obama.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (An6iH)

114 67 It's very common in the real estate industry to stiff contractors, especially where there is some disagreement over the quality of the work, or the price charged.

And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.

So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You left out feral lawyers that both sides use to try to screw the other. A full employment economy.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)

115 107 Eating pounds of pickled cabbage, what could possibly go wring?

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (YwEeS)

116 Pursue a lien on the personal Chicago property.

The Os retain ownership of the home on South Greenwood Avenue but are rarely there. It is kept largely for its "personal historical value and proximity to the Obama Presidential Center" in historic Jackson Park on South Stony Island Avenue. A brisk walk at best.

Unless a GSA contractor, they'll probably never get paid.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (NFX2v)

117 Oh my - so Spielberg's wife (Kate Capshaw) is now a painter. And they're both at the opening b/c the Obama Foundation is exhibiting one of her paintings: Obama's personal chef, the guy that supposedly drowned in the pond:

https://tinyurl.com/arjvuvnk

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (kX27y)

118 103 There's the Ozempic thing too with her. But, I think she wants nothing to do with actual responsibility. She has her riches, and is content. When they were talking about her running in 2024 she immediately ran to a talk show and announced that she suffered from depression. Sounds to me like certain people were trying to talk her into it, and she made sure it wouldn't happen.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (dIske)

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She's a dull, uninteresting woman who wants to spend her time complaining about her husband and children to podcasters who worship her.

I mean, I assume Obama didn't do much as president, but it's still more than what Michelle wants to do.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (Zn6QU)

119 You know who else was a sourkraut?

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (vFG9F)

120 That thing is going to look like real crap after several years of rain, snow, and infrequent maintenance.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (6ydKt)

Well, we're waaaay ahead of ya.

Posted by: 0bama's Architects at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (kU0PQ)

121 ABC reporter to the Obamas, "One word to describe your next chapter, one word."

Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"

Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)

122 Hope its turned into a housing project, or a prison some day

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)

123 You don't actually own your land, you see.
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State real estate taxes waved and said "Howdy".

Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (TN0g+)

124 I don't think Michelle is going to outright divorce him, despite her tendency to blame others for her problems. The separation will be virtual, and in fact, is already in progress I suppose.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug
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They no longer have a chef to bring them together.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (E4rtv)

125 There is no way Michelle will run for office. Why should she? Plenty of people willing to give her money for doing nothing. She and Barry took the A erican people for everything they could and then retired to their multiple mansions. He is rarely seen but she goes on shows like The View to complain she is not getting the respect she she deserves after being the ,laziest First Lady in history.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (kJmSS)

126 I read somewhere that the cost overruns were huge. And that there were over 100 change orders. That is a very high number of orders for a project like this. Should have been a red flag to the contractors and subs to get most of their money upfront.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:11 PM (kX27y)
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The internet seems to think that 100 change orders for a project of that size is a lot. Not in my experience. You could have 100 change orders even in much smaller developments. I would have thought that this Gay Lightbringer Monstrosity would have had 100s of CO.

But ... it all depends on what you consider a "change order." Any tiny change to anything is technically a CO. A massive construction project could have 100s if not 1000s of changes to minor bullshit like what color the toilet paper rollers should be.

But if the GLM had 100 change orders to major design specs, then that might be a red flag.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (iFTx/)

127 >>A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.

There was a similar Diet craze back in the 90s that did the same thing but with Cabbage Soup.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (An6iH)

128 109 I don't think Michelle is going to outright divorce him, despite her tendency to blame others for her problems. The separation will be virtual, and in fact, is already in progress I suppose.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (HLgI3)

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I think she understands that her wealth and status is tied to the fact that she's his wife.

That if they divorced, her ability to command attention would diminish (not go away, just diminish).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (Zn6QU)

129 Every
Fu*king
Time
he opens his mouth, you want to scream at him to STFU.
What a despicable person.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (2WIwB)

130 Via Insty: Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon' Status Amid Weak Box Office Tracking

https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)

131 117 Oh my - so Spielberg's wife (Kate Capshaw) is now a painter. And they're both at the opening b/c the Obama Foundation is exhibiting one of her paintings: Obama's personal chef, the guy that supposedly drowned in the pond:

https://tinyurl.com/arjvuvnk
Posted by: beckster
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They liked his cucumber..... salad.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (E4rtv)

132 “Not everything is Clerks.”

True. Some things are Simpsons and Seinfeld.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (X+Nnd)

133 >>>There's the Ozempic thing too with her. But, I think she wants nothing to do with actual responsibility. She has her riches, and is content.

I doubt she has ever known, or will ever know, contentment. She is the personification of bile and resentment.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Riz8t)

134 132 “Not everything is Clerks.”

True. Some things are Simpsons and Seinfeld.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (X+Nnd)

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All under the umbrella that is My Dinner with Andre.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Zn6QU)

135 He was gonna pay everyone, then he got high.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (2UnvF)

136 "That thing is going to look like real crap after several years of rain, snow, and infrequent maintenance."

The University of Illinois at Chicago was brutalist concrete crap like that. Stained all over with rust in a few years. Don't know what it looks like now.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (Jr5Lq)

137 115 107 Eating pounds of pickled cabbage, what could possibly go wring?

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (YwEeS)

Goes great while suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze

Posted by: John Cougar Melloncamp at June 18, 2026 04:21 PM (l3cgK)

138 >>> heaping portions of sauerkraut.

I'd rather go on the Irish Diet; potato peels boiled in salted water.

Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (fnZRl)

139 And it will be self-sustaining indefinitely without requiring any taxpayer money for continued maintenance and upgrades.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (gnNyN)

And lower liability insurance, because large hunks of concrete are unlikely to fall off of it, drop 10 stories, and crush a passer-by.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (kU0PQ)

140 ABC reporter to the Obamas, "One word to describe your next chapter, one word."

Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"

Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)
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Yea, but she is only mouthing the near-universal prime directive of leftwing women her age: ME ME ME ME ME. That's all they're about and they brag about it. "Me Time!" "Time for Me!" ME ME ME ME ME.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (iFTx/)

141 one of her paintings: Obama's personal chef, the guy that supposedly drowned in the pond

Hints of John Everett Millais' painting of Lizzie Siddal in Ophelia

Posted by: Bono at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (3d9VR)

142 If you've ever read Big Mike's Princeton thesis , you know there's no way she is competent at anything

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (A0HNO)

143 121 ABC reporter to the Obamas, "One word to describe your next chapter, one word."

Obama: "Fun"
Big Mike: "Me"

Wow. What a self-centered ass.
http://tiny.cc/cja5101
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 04:19 PM (mkw2N)

__________________________

I know Fun Me. He owns a little betting parlour that focuses on Mahjong in the East Village.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (dIske)

144 137 115 107 Eating pounds of pickled cabbage, what could possibly go wring?

Posted by: steevy
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Being listed as a walking and talking EPA Superfund site. Chevron deference was born from such.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (E4rtv)

145 Looks like a prison. Acshually, the Chicago Metro Correctional building is more innovative and architecturally significant.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (GD0B3)

146 /off off-sell-by-date rocker

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (3d9VR)

147 130 Via Insty: Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon' Status Amid Weak Box Office Tracking

https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)

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The next Superman movie is already in production.

So,...it would entertain me if Supergirl bombed (it's been test screened a lot, like a dozen times, and has had three composers, while its been cut down by at least 25 minutes from the early screenings, so it's probably not very good anyway), Man of Tomorrow still released on scheduled and did well with David Cornenswet being kept on a leash without saying stupid shit.

Just to teach DC corporate a lesson in how to control their stars.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (Zn6QU)

148 130 Via Insty: Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon' Status Amid Weak Box Office Tracking

https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)

I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.

Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

149 The one 80s act that is truly needed for this opening would have been Wendy O. Williams. She could ram that building with her school bus if she were still alive.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (2IqMx)

150 was built on stolen land

Reclaimed from Lake Michigan by Chicago River dredgings, Great Fire ashes, etc.

Maybe it'll sink.

Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (FhXTo)

151 I'd be wildly impressed by a Prez who sez "No I don't want a damn library. When I leave, send all my shit to the National Archives, and leave it at that."

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

152 142 If you've ever read Big Mike's Princeton thesis , you know there's no way she is competent at anything
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Both him and her are excellent grifters. Meghan and Harry tried to emulate the Obamas and even failed at Netflix wanting to hand the millions of bucks for marginally ok work. The Obamas never did one thing to get theirs.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (E4rtv)

153 148 I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.

Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

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Her first big role was in the first season of House of Dragons, so I think HBO just likes to give roles to weird lookin' chicks now (Last of Us girl who also started in Game of Thrones as a minor character).

Bring us the days of Sophie Turner, dammit.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)

154 I have it from multiple reliable sources that the absolute worst food service patrons are 1) blacks and 2) churchgoers, sad as that is.

Yeah worst tippers according to waitresses I have known: church groups on Sunday going out to eat lunch.

Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon'

I miss the old days when studios had a lock on these dimwits and would control what they said in interviews

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (UZCuZ)

155 It's very common in the real estate industry to stiff contractors, especially where there is some disagreement over the quality of the work, or the price charged.

And contractors ain't the salt of the earth themselves. Many are scumbags who lie to get the job, then try to squeeze the developer or owner for more money, and do shitty work.

So in this instance, between Obama and his contractors, I say ... let them fight.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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You left out feral lawyers that both sides use to try to screw the other. A full employment economy.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (E4rtv)
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I was one of them. Made nice bank on big developers fighting with big contractors over big jobs that cost big bucks. Ends up in Big Legal Fees.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

156 It's long been known that Democrats stiff the proles, whether it be failing to tip at restaurants (or even pay the bill) all the way up to unpaid campaign debts.

Anyone who's not clear on this doesn't get my sympathy when they're foolish enough to perform work for these scum. And that especially includes Obama.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (/HDaX)

157 O hangs in D.C. at Kalorana (with Jarrett, etc.) while Michele is often seen lunching with their daughters in L.A. per press.

There's also the Martha's Vineyard Estate and the beachfront estate in Waimanalo, Hawaii so avoidance of spouse is pretty easy.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (NFX2v)

158
127 >>A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.

There was a similar Diet craze back in the 90s that did the same thing but with Cabbage Soup.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM

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Does the flatulence drive away the people providing the food? This sounds like a fake story.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (lsrsS)

159 151 I'd be wildly impressed by a Prez who sez "No I don't want a damn library. When I leave, send all my shit to the National Archives, and leave it at that."
Posted by: gp
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Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)

160 155 I was one of them. Made nice bank on big developers fighting with big contractors over big jobs that cost big bucks. Ends up in Big Legal Fees.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

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"Maybe we should have just paid them..."
-the winner of the lawsuit, looking at the legal bill

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Zn6QU)

161 Maybe Croesus, the last King of Lydia.

Or maybe Crassus, the richest man in Rome.

Neither which were shameful about their palaces

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (rbvCR)

162 148 130 Via Insty: Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon' Status Amid Weak Box Office Tracking

https://tinyurl.com/bdaba9j9

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 04:20 PM (XvL8K)

I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.

Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

Milly Alcock sounds like the name of a woman in a Bond movie...or maybe an Austin Powers movie...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)

163 But, I think she wants nothing to do with actual responsibility.

She had to work hard as an associate at a big law firm for a couple of years, hated it, had Valerie Jarrett hire her at City Hall, and has spent the rest of her life avoiding having to work hard ever again.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (aD4fx)

164 I liked Corenswet as Superman a lot more than Zack Snyder’s shitty take on the character, and enjoyed the 2025 movie more than any thing in the Snyderverse, but Gunn is not going to survive if everything he produces outside of Superman is pitched to be as transgressive as possible.

Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (gYnrv)

165 I was one of them. Made nice bank on big developers fighting with big contractors over big jobs that cost big bucks. Ends up in Big Legal Fees.
Posted by: Elric The Blade
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When people fight over contracts, somewhere a lawyer gets his wings.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (E4rtv)

166 Goes great while suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze

Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)

167 Croesus ... Crassus

Neither of them very good at fighting Iranians

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (3d9VR)

168 I have it from multiple reliable sources that the absolute worst food service patrons are 1) blacks and 2) churchgoers, sad as that is. Entitled, demanding, obnoxious, and don't tip worth a damn.
Posted by: God bless our waiters at June 18, 2026 04:14 PM (TbWk/)

In my day it was considered by the waitresses to be groups of single women. Now as someone who had to clean the booth I always had issues with moms with kids and babies who gave them crackers to turn into spackle and fling about. But they apparently tipped better.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

169 164 I liked Corenswet as Superman a lot more than Zack Snyder’s shitty take on the character, and enjoyed the 2025 movie more than any thing in the Snyderverse, but Gunn is not going to survive if everything he produces outside of Superman is pitched to be as transgressive as possible.

Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (gYnrv)

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Clayface looks like it could be fun.

And it's pretty cheap to produce. Should make its money back on that.

It's that kind of diversification (big tent poles with smaller projects relying on the brand for opening weekend) that will keep him employed for a few years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Zn6QU)

170 There is some prior evidence (such as surface concrete visibly cracking and shedding) that the Obama Center is a "Tofu Dregs Project." An explanation of the highly technical term, from Brave Search AI summary:

"The term is Tofu-dreg construction (or Tofu-dreg project), derived from the Chinese phrase dòufuzhā gōngchéng (豆腐渣工程

, which translates to "tofu dregs project." This slang describes poorly constructed buildings that are prone to structural failure due to substandard materials, such as concrete mixed with insufficient cement or excessive water to cut costs.

"The term was coined by former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji in the late 1990s to criticize corruption and corner-cutting in China’s rapid infrastructure boom. While historically associated with a lack of regulation and bribery, recent standards (such as GB/T 51408-2021 for earthquake-prone areas) have significantly improved construction quality in response to public outcry and past collapses."

This may shock you, but I have my doubts that a new official standard will change the functional, material practices of the Chinese construction industry.

Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/)

171 Adamson Plumbing owner Mike Owen says his company is owed nearly $4M on the Chicago project
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I. Fucking. Hate. Plumbers.

Posted by: Barack Obama at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wsG/Q)

172 Goes great while suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze

Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)

it wouldn't be a chili dog for long doing that.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (uhVAy)

173 I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.

She has one of those faces that looks cute as a kid but weird as an adult. And while she can still look good, its all about angles and lighting, and may still frames have shown how remarkably like the feral kid from Mad Max she looks.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (UZCuZ)

174 and has spent the rest of her life avoiding having to work hard ever again.

The high point was having the University of Chicago Hospitals create a make-work job for her, having her salary tripled when her husband became a US Senator, and then having the job abolished when she went to DC as First Lady.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (aD4fx)

175 She had to work hard as an associate at a big law firm for a couple of years, hated it, had Valerie Jarrett hire her at City Hall, and has spent the rest of her life avoiding having to work hard ever again.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (aD4fx)

Paid more not to work than a Depression-era farmer

Posted by: Thanks Democrats! at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (TbWk/)

176 Supergirl Star Milly Alcock Highlights Character's 'Queer Icon'

I miss the old days when studios had a lock on these dimwits and would control what they said in interviews
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
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AI actors will return to those days of yore for directors. The day of the celebutard actor is fast fading.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (E4rtv)

177 A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:17 PM (RHGPo)

Oh, good on 'em! Fermented sauerkraut is fantastic for gut bacteria and has lots of fiber and some good taste.

>>outweigh the slightly sulfurous odors

Shouldn't be too bad if you're fermenting it. If you're boiling it, then dunking it in vinegar, then you're defeating everything good about kraut. And you're raising the bar on sulfurousness.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (kU0PQ)

178 I don't know what's up with the wink.

豆腐渣工程

Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (Sy6m/)

179 If you've ever read Big Mike's Princeton thesis , you know there's no way she is competent at anything
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:22 PM (A0HNO)
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I tried but only got a few pages in, then I had to stop.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 04:28 PM (RIvkX)

180 I'd be wildly impressed by a Prez who sez "No I don't want a damn library. When I leave, send all my shit to the National Archives, and leave it at that."

Me too. Trump will demand a library. Reagan wanted a library. None of them are worthy of trust.

All these elected heroes ? They ain't. They've all been vain rich men or vain men that wanted to become rich.

They all feel the entitlement to our money.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (IdfaO)

181 >>Does the flatulence drive away the people providing the food? This sounds like a fake story.

Not really. Lots of evidence that fermented food and certain types of fiber are necessary for healthy functioning.

Specifically, fiber that makes it all the way into your lower intestines.

But, yeah. Be careful where you spark up a lighter around these guys.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (An6iH)

182 Awww, Obama is shafting people?
Do tell!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (4KUe5)

183 I know everyone has their own interpretation of the facade of the SCOAMF library, but to me it reminds me of a 1980s Sony bookshelf woofer speaker.

I know every time I have work done to my house (sigh), the blue collar contractors demand payment via Venmo. Perhaps Obama's Venmo account isn't properly linked.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (qwx/I)

184 Off, herr Dickgrippenfuhrer sock

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (Sy6m/)

185 166 Goes great while suckin' on chili dogs outside the Tastee Freeze

Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but... who the hell sucks on a chili dog? I mean its not as dumb as Springsteen calling a fastball a "speed ball" but its just a bizarre line.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:26 PM (UZCuZ)

I think, perhaps, it was a euphemism for something else...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (l3cgK)

186 One plumbing contractor says he's nearly $4 million in the red: "That is a hole that no subcontractor, small business can survive."

I have to toss the B$ flag on this claim. If he is a small business there is no way he could front the money to buy the stuff he needed to do a $4 million job.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)

187 Diversification of style and genre is great for the DCU, but making Green Lantern a rated R HBO series, and Supergirl a grimy “Mad Max” style movie that has no appeal to mothers and daughters is just leaving money on the table.

Posted by: Open Channel D at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (gYnrv)

188 Clayface looks like it could be fun.

And it's pretty cheap to produce. Should make its money back on that.

Horror usually does well. Its not a bad project, just a strange one when you haven't really even established Superman very well.

A lot of cultural pundits go on about the "trinity" but its just Batman and Superman who are the foundation. Wonder Woman is nice to look at but has never come even remotely close to being as popular or lucrative as those two.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)

189 Adamson Plumbing owner Mike Owen says his company is owed nearly $4M on the Chicago project
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I. Fucking. Hate. Plumbers.
Posted by: Barack Obama at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (wsG/Q)

Me too

Posted by: Richard Nixon at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (TbWk/)

190 Obama is just telling the contractors "from each according to his ability". They should've known.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 04:30 PM (n5tGW)

191 >> Awww, Obama is shafting people?
Do tell!

I would ... but, I had to sign an NDA.

Posted by: Reggie 'Forget the Glove' Love at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (An6iH)

192 Palate cleanser - Melissa Benoist as Supergirl. Smoking hot.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (QaH55)

193 Tofu dregs what?
Sound like a Chinese Belt and Road project.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (4KUe5)

194 Obama
GWB
Biden

Absolutely shit people

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (61TgR)

195
This may shock you, but I have my doubts that a new official standard will change the functional, material practices of the Chinese construction industry.

Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (Sy6m/) '

But executions sure do. When some bridge collapsed over there, they tracked it back to the construction company and executed some of the owners and executives of said company...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)

196 I was one of them. Made nice bank on big developers fighting with big contractors over big jobs that cost big bucks. Ends up in Big Legal Fees.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

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"Maybe we should have just paid them..."
-the winner of the lawsuit, looking at the legal bill
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (Zn6QU)
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Sometimes it's to prove a point or show who has the biggest dick. I had a case for a client -- very rich NYC guy, you would know his name -- who got into a beef with a very minor contractor for his new multi-million home theater. The beef was literally over $50k.

But my client though the contractor fucked him, so it truly wasn't about money. Sued and took the case to the ends of the earth. Easily spent $400k on lawyers.

Same client lost millions in the Madoff scam. He just shrugged. The ultra-rich are weird.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (iFTx/)

197 Melencamp is genuinely rural corn pone in his origin but

Rain on the Scarecrow. He hit a moment in time. Then walked away from it.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (IdfaO)

198 Milly Alcock -- Would.

Fine. Sue me.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (qwx/I)

199 But obama got Springsteen and Bono and Trump got Vanilla Ice ! Trump's a loser !

Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)

200 Trump has the opportunity to do the funniest shit ever here.

Swoop in to Chicago, find all the black contractors that haven't been paid, and start shaking hands and stroking checks.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (5aZAZ)

201 What’s the point of the library anyway? Maybe I can see this for a bygone era where the common man didn’t have access to a lot of info on the presidency and a museum was kind of cool.

But since I’d say Bush Sr. or Clinton every single piece of info about the president is k own. Whether online or in a 24 hr cable news era where every detail of everything he ever said or did was analyzed by 1000 people all day long. There’s nothing left to discover at a library that wasn’t already known.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (X+Nnd)

202 But executions sure do. When some bridge collapsed over there, they tracked it back to the construction company and executed some of the owners and executives of said company...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
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Life is cheap over there. A few executions aren't going to make the rest fall in line. They'll just consider it the cost of doing business.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (gnNyN)

203 159 151 I'd be wildly impressed by a Prez who sez "No I don't want a damn library. When I leave, send all my shit to the National Archives, and leave it at that."
Posted by: gp
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Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
____________________________

I think (but I'm not sure) that Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library. He relied on the National Archives, and I think an actual regional functioning library somewhere up in New England. Don't quote me on that....but I'm relatively sure.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)

204 F Choom Jesus and his cultish followers. Worst POTUS in 250 years. Traitor. Seditious conspirator. Enemy of the US and free people worldwide.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dK+Kv)

205 JD Vance on Gutfield about Iran:

https://youtube.com/shorts/gSxACn3cleM

This is really funny. Vance is laughing at the question before he answers it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (qx7Zg)

206 199 But obama got Springsteen and Bono and Trump got Vanilla Ice ! Trump's a loser !

Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)

Springsteen and Bono are gay?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)

207 >>Rain on the Scarecrow. He hit a moment in time. Then walked away from it.

Not a fan of the guy...but I saw him perform the entirety of the Pink Houses LP with Living Colour at a Black Rock Coalition show in like 1989-90ish.

Amazing set.

...and Paper in Fire is a helluva tune.

Posted by: Reggie 'Forget the Glove' Love at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (An6iH)

208 was built on stolen land

Reclaimed from Lake Michigan by Chicago River dredgings, Great Fire ashes, etc.

Maybe it'll sink.
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (FhXTo)

Hmm...Most of South Ohio and Indiana and Kentucky was a no-braves land between the powerful Miamis near Fort Wayne and the Cherokee/Shawnee in North Georgia. Wouldn't be surprised if there was a similar zone in Chicago separating the Miamis from the Sauks and Kickapoos and thus no 'first people' to speak of living there.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (uhVAy)

209 I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.

Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

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Her first big role was in the first season of House of Dragons, so I think HBO just likes to give roles to weird lookin' chicks now (Last of Us girl who also started in Game of Thrones as a minor character).

Bring us the days of Sophie Turner, dammit.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:24 PM (Zn6QU)
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I have no idea who this girl is. I couldn't pick her out of a lineup where all the other girls were fat. I don't even know if The Blade Would Bang.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (iFTx/)

210 Posted by: Redundant? Perhaps. at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

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My favorite comment of the day.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (fgSb9)

211 Unpaid subcontractors on the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago signed their contracts directly with the project's construction manager and prime contractor, Lakeside Alliance, rather than with the non-profit Obama Foundation.

It's a joint venture consisting of several construction companies led by Turner Construction Company & local firms.

Subcontractors claim that Lakeside Alliance and project representatives denied payment for change orders and added scope of work.

The Obama Foundation has stated it has no outstanding disputed charges with Lakeside Alliance and holds no direct legal agreements with any of the subcontractors.

ENR Midwest, June 16, 2026
Obama Center Opens The Doors as Subcontractors Say Invoices Remain Unpaid

Last paragraph: The Obama Presidential Center's endowment was estimated at $470 million in donations during the project's design phase, but only $1 million in cash is on hand now, according to public filings by the Obama Foundation.

Like I wrote...
Several union trade subcontractors weigh legal options

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (NFX2v)

212 >>A new diet is sweeping through President Trump’s cabinet—and it involves heaping portions of sauerkraut.

I am doing a kim chee and cottage cheese diet.
Or as much as three heaping servings a day.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (/lPRQ)

213 202 But executions sure do. When some bridge collapsed over there, they tracked it back to the construction company and executed some of the owners and executives of said company...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 PM (l3cgK)
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Life is cheap over there. A few executions aren't going to make the rest fall in line. They'll just consider it the cost of doing business.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (gnNyN)

The rate of recidivism is quite low afterwards, though.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (l3cgK)

214 What is so silly is that the quotes added to the facade are unreadable. The spacing crunches everything together, there is not enough contrast between the letters and background, and oh yeah, the lines stretch across a corner so that its entirety can only be seen from standing facing that corner.

It could not BE any more dysfunctional.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)

215 I don't get her as an actress at all. She has a weird concave fetal-alcohol semi-feral face. She's not even ugly-cute like a pug.
Posted by: Perhaps she has other talents IYKWIM at June 18, 2026 04:23 PM (TbWk/)

Must be a tranny. With a name like "All cock" how it be not?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (1z8ji)

216 199 But obama got Springsteen and Bono and Trump got Vanilla Ice ! Trump's a loser !
Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)

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Yeah...until they rework the "ICE, ICE Baby" video that shows ICE taking down illegals while doing the Vanilla Ice dance.

Actually, I'd love to see that.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (dIske)

217 What’s the point of the library anyway?

If we're really citizens that self-rule ? What's the point of all this shit ? The monuments. The stupid libraries. On and on.

It says, right in the founding documents, no titles. Yet its all "Mr. President" and "Senator this and that" and all these damn buildings.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (IdfaO)

218 SockOff

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (An6iH)

219 Will LeBron stop by the SCOAMF Liberry? He's really into reading (the opening page).

Care to venture a guess as to what the children's section of the Liberry is going to feature.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (qwx/I)

220 Milly Alcock -- Would.

Even the most beautiful women in the world look ugly from certain angles, its just the way the human face works. The problem is that she only looks good from one or two angles.

And for whatever reason, they went with the Captain Marvel existing bitch face approach with Supergirl, too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (UZCuZ)

221 What is so silly is that the quotes added to the facade are unreadable. The spacing crunches everything together, there is not enough contrast between the letters and background, and oh yeah, the lines stretch across a corner so that its entirety can only be seen from standing facing that corner.

It could not BE any more dysfunctional.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (4KUe5)
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It certainly doesn't comply with ADA standards for accessibility....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (gnNyN)

222 Choom Gang screws the construction company

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (Ia/+0)

223 206 199 But obama got Springsteen and Bono and Trump got Vanilla Ice ! Trump's a loser !

Posted by: obama fangirls at June 18, 2026 04:32 PM (FtULh)

Springsteen and Bono are gay?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:34 PM (l3cgK)

I know , but seriously the media is out there bragging about this with the dig against Trump for not getting the "stars".

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (FtULh)

224 Milly Alcock sounds like the name of a woman in a Bond movie...or maybe an Austin Powers movie...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (l3cgK)

That would be a man, baby!

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (kU0PQ)

225 The Chinese have a saying, "If you can cheat, cheat."

So they fill foundations with sand, and make concrete without enough cement. Their buildings fall, streets and bridges collapse with regularity.

This called "tofu dreg" construction.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (RIvkX)

226 Library of Congress got a lot of the earlier presidents before we built them taxpayer funded monuments of vanity.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 04:25 PM (E4rtv)
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I think (but I'm not sure) that Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library. He relied on the National Archives, and I think an actual regional functioning library somewhere up in New England. Don't quote me on that....but I'm relatively sure.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 04:33 PM (dIske)

Forbes Library, the public library for Northampton MA was what he donated his papers to.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (uhVAy)

227 - First pic of it I've seen.
Seen it described as this and that here.
My first thought was it looks like Odorky with his nose in the air while giving one of his I'm better than you speeches.

Posted by: TeeJ at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (XZCs7)

228 I'd be wildly impressed by a Prez who sez "No I don't want a damn library. When I leave, send all my shit to the National Archives, and leave it at that."
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I'm guessing Biden wont have a choice.

Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)

229 I have to toss the B$ flag on this claim. If he is a small business there is no way he could front the money to buy the stuff he needed to do a $4 million job.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (0N4FZ)

Yeah dude is a “small business” on paper. His wife owns 8 other “small businesses” so he can get woman owned contracts and since they’re all “small businesses” scam some SBA money.

Meanwhile he’s making $12M a year net profit from all his “small businesses” which all happen to subcontract work to each other”.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (X+Nnd)

230 "Calvin Coolidge didn't set up his own library."

Resurrect him and I promise I'd vote for him.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (Jr5Lq)

231 A billion dollars for that giant pile of shit that overlooks the poorest neighborhoods HE was supposed to lift.

I hope he gets hit by a drunk "migrant"

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (61TgR)

232 >>Will LeBron stop by the SCOAMF Liberry? He's really into reading (the opening page).

Hasan Piker is the new LeBron.

When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book.

Fucking hysterical.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (An6iH)

233 Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (iFTx/)

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Oops, I mean this one. That is funny because it's true and it's funny because it's funny.

My game is shit today.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (fgSb9)

234 What is so silly is that the quotes added to the facade are unreadable.

I mean, putting aside how typically egotistical putting quotes from your own speeches on the side of a building for yourself is, yeah. They are only readable from a helicopter, facing the corner of the building, and barely then.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (UZCuZ)

235 220 Milly Alcock -- Would.

Even the most beautiful women in the world look ugly from certain angles, its just the way the human face works. The problem is that she only looks good from one or two angles.

And for whatever reason, they went with the Captain Marvel existing bitch face approach with Supergirl, too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:36 PM (UZCuZ)

From the back, in the dark?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (l3cgK)

236 Another ugly lie, Barry.

Posted by: Rex B at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (cfm/A)

237 It says, right in the founding documents, no titles. Yet its all "Mr. President" and "Senator this and that" and all these damn buildings.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:35 PM (IdfaO)

You can make the Howdy Non Presidential Library if you like.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (uhVAy)

238 Yes, it is a lair. Pretty sure one of its planned uses is training site for Community Organizing.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (4KUe5)

239 How old was Milly Alcock when she did Game of Thrones? She looked kind of underage for some of those scenes.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (Jr5Lq)

240 Elie Wiesel????

Hadiya Pendleton was a Chicago honor student who performed I think at Obama's 2nd inaugural and then was murdered by gang cross fire shortly after.
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Additional immersive experiences at the site include the Eleanor Roosevelt Fruit and Vegetable Garden, where guests can learn how to grow their own food, a playground, and a massive 58,000 square foot lawn for picnics and lounging.

There is also a performing arts building known as The Forum, where performances will be hosted at the Elie Wiesel Auditorium, and the creative community can gather at the Hadiya Pendleton Atrium.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (kX27y)

241 Did Michelle wear her special corset with the big floppy dick like object?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (/lPRQ)

242 >>Will LeBron stop by the SCOAMF Liberry? He's really into reading (the opening page).

Hasan Piker is the new LeBron.

When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book.

Fucking hysterical.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:38 PM (An6iH)

he has a degree in Communications you know

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (uhVAy)

243 Islamophobic bitch deserves prison!

Woman assaulted by Tunisian migrant convicted of hate speech for saying immigrant men endanger women

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:39 PM (ndZc7)

244 How old was Milly Alcock when she did Game of Thrones? She looked kind of underage for some of those scenes.
Posted by: gp

I don’t understand your question.
- Hollywood

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (X+Nnd)

245 Since this is now a movie thread...

We saw "They Will Kill You" streaming on HBOMax.

It's more less less a total "Ready or Not" ~~rip-off~~...er, homage. The twist is that the protagonist is, surprise! an angry black women who kills a bajillion EEEEEEeeeevil white people, who are devil worshipers (like RorN) to save her sister.

The funny thing is that I kinda enjoyed this movie. It's not great, but they have some interesting twists and wacky deaths that keep things entertaining, though you'll be at least two scenes ahead of the movie plot-wise because where else can it go.

Anyway, it worth seeing for "free" on streaming.

The writer? director? just wasn't good or clever enough to make this the comedy he wanted. He wants to make a sort of Lynchian/Tarantino mash-up but is lacking the skill. Or, he could've leaned more heavily into horror eco in the third act and that might've worked.

As it stands, "TWKY" is just okay, but watchable.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (iJfKG)

246 If those contractors were hoping this story would shame the Obamas into paying their debts I have some advice: get familiar with the bankruptcy process.

Posted by: Clay at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (++OiL)

247
Are we sure Obama can read?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (/QHx4)

248 LOL they got this money hole and chased away the Chicago Bears to Indiana.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ubCxQ)

249 496,

I hope you are feeling well today.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:12 PM (/QHx4)
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Thank you four seasons. There's more pain today but that's to be expected. I'm just laying low and goofing off on the web.

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (hkB4p)

250 >>How old was Milly Alcock when she did Game of Thrones? She looked kind of underage for some of those scenes.

I don't believe the Casting Couch has an Age of Consent.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (An6iH)

251 Sorry, I like Milly's angles. Call me obtuse. I think she's been cross bred with extraterrestrials.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (qwx/I)

252 Joe Biden donated approximately 1,850 boxes of his Senatorial papers and files to the University of Delaware in 2012, which are housed in their Special Collections.

These papers are currently restricted from public view. Under an agreement with the University, the collection remains sealed and will not be made public until two years after Biden fully retires from public life.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)

253 Plumber should start removing the most expensive items he installed but has not bee compensated for. Like no commodes or urinals on the the 1st, 3rd, and 5th floors.

Sinks can be worth a small fortune alone. Not like anyone visiting the "Library" is going to be washing their hands, anyway....

Posted by: TXMarko at June 18, 2026 04:41 PM (7flhA)

254 How old was Milly Alcock when she did Game of Thrones?

She was pretty young as I recall, let me check IMDB...

She was born in 2000, which would have made her around 20-21 when the House of the Dragon episodes were done. She just has a young looking face and small body.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:41 PM (UZCuZ)

255 The Teddy Roosevelt Island monument in Virginia (just across the river from DC) has 4(?) tall slabs with quotes, flanking a huge statue of him speaking .

It’s great! But then, TDR was pretty great - doing and saying many memorable things.

What is Obama remembered for? How about in 10, 20, 50 years?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)

256
Anonosaurus,

No surprise. Women must bow down to the rapists.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (/QHx4)

257 251 Sorry, I like Milly's angles. Call me obtuse. I think she's been cross bred with extraterrestrials.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (qwx/I)

That comment reminded me of an episode of "Homocide Hunter", where the sketch artist came up with the witnesses description, and the guy looked like a space alien...except, when they found the guy, he creepily looked like the sketch. LOL

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (l3cgK)

258 The Obama Library opening band performs in Spanish. But of course, can't have it in English, it's the language of oppression, doncha know.

Posted by: Decaf at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (xpP6J)

259 These papers are currently restricted from public view. Under an agreement with the University, the collection remains sealed and will not be made public until two years after Biden fully retires from public life.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)

Wasn't that 2 years ago?

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)

260 I read somewhere that Truman actually spoke poor, but made deals after leaving office that made himself very rich, with the usual suspicions of under the table deals.

Not sure if true.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (WjwG+)

261 Milly Alcock looks exactly like the feral boy from The Road Warrior. Both Aussies

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (A0HNO)

262 "When asked, after claiming he was an avid reader, about his favorite book he was unable to name an actual book."

Russell Brand searching a Bible for his favorite verse on whats-his-name's show. Dug around for three painful minutes and gave up.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (Jr5Lq)

263 That's as good as money, sir.
https://youtu.be/8s-Au6YP-1s

Posted by: No Name Today at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (8mulE)

264 What is Obama remembered for? How about in 10, 20, 50 years?
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 04:42 PM (4KUe5)

Well he did take a relatively affordable health insurance market and made it unaffordable to all but a few. So there’s that.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (X+Nnd)

265 The Chinese have a saying, "If you can cheat, cheat."

Yep. And that's why their shit does - well - what it does.

With all due respect to ... nobody here ... I do good work because that work will last after I'm dead.

That's a White Western thing. Baby Jesus doesn't tell me how to hold the level. I just sweat because if I'm going to do it ... it best last.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (IdfaO)

266 Doesn't sound smart to piss off (bankrupt) contractors who may go to work for the next set of workers, and go in with a grudge.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (B0dAE)

267 Wonder Woman is nice to look at but has never come even remotely close to being as popular or lucrative as those two.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (UZCuZ)

You sure about that?

Posted by: 1970s TV series at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (kU0PQ)

268 231 A billion dollars for that giant pile of shit that overlooks the poorest neighborhoods HE was supposed to lift.

I hope he gets hit by a drunk "migrant"
Posted by: Melodicmetal

Properly and extensively vetted, and getting advanced ticket, one may be able to shoot hoops for a picture.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (NFX2v)

269 How old was Milly Alcock when she did Game of Thrones? She looked kind of underage for some of those scenes.

I don't believe the Casting Couch has an Age of Consent.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (An6iH)
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Sure it does. Except in reverse. It's the girls OVER that age that are considered undesirable.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:44 PM (iFTx/)

270 I bet a lot of that plumbing was to accommodate muzzies. I bet a lot of the changes were to accommodate shifting degrees of wokeness insanity.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (WjwG+)

271 The Teddy Roosevelt Island monument in Virginia (just across the river from DC) has 4(?) tall slabs with quotes, flanking a huge statue of him speaking

Yeah but someone else put that up, he didn't okay the design or contribute to it. I am certain that Lincoln would be disturbed by his memorial.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)

272
496,

Goofing off on AOS is fun.

Just want you to know I'm thinking of you.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (/QHx4)

273 Does it really cost 30 dollars a ticket ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (FtULh)

274 LOL they got this money hole and chased away the Chicago Bears to Indiana.

Funny. I hope they stay in Chicago. Voting one team down wanting a free stadium was enough.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (IdfaO)

275 "Russell Brand searching a Bible for his favorite verse on whats-his-name's show. Dug around for three painful minutes and gave up."

Piers Morgan show.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (Jr5Lq)

276 I'd be wildly impressed by a Prez who sez "No I don't want a damn library. When I leave, send all my shit to the National Archives, and leave it at that."
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I'm guessing Biden wont have a choice.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 04:37 PM (G0vdT)

Someone as a joke ought to buy on old rundown Der Weinerschnitzel in some little, out of the way country shitburg,

and set it up as The Joe Biden Presidential Library and fill it with Dr Seuss bo0oks and videos of him falling or gabbling insane senile nonsense.

I'd buy a ticket!

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (iJfKG)

277 You sure about that?
Posted by: 1970s TV series

No one can deny she had a fantastic rack but the show didn't make even a hundredth as much as the Superman movie, for example.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (UZCuZ)

278 LOL they got this money hole and chased away the Chicago Bears to Indiana.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (ubCxQ)

I know from experience how bad the highway net is in the Chicago/IN border area is. A stadium down there will be traffic armageddon. Heck, I've seen huge backups on a random Sunday night for no reason!

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (uhVAy)

279 Women must bow down to the rapists."

Damn. I knew therapists were full of themselves, but that?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (XuXeR)

280 Does it really cost 30 dollars a ticket ?

Maybe for the bleachers, 1 mile away.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:46 PM (UZCuZ)

281 The thing is, it looks nothing like any building that any sane person ever built.

It looks like a monument. That had to be the commission "build me a monument. Oh put doors and shit on it if you need to, but make it bigger than the Washington or Lincoln monuments."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (WjwG+)

282 273 Does it really cost 30 dollars a ticket ?

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:45 PM (FtULh)

same as in town...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (l3cgK)

283 @278 ... I can personally confirm this. I left behind a cloud of expletive that is still hanging over Lake Michigan.

I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)

284 "Does it really cost 30 dollars a ticket ?"

Most patrons will be CPS students bused in on field trips. CPS can afford it

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (Jr5Lq)

285 Trump is the worst president in the history of forever!

https://tinyurl.com/ndarxa9e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)

286 Why don't they just give the land back?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (lJDV9)

287 I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002."

Is it wrong that I first read that as "with Sally Fields"???

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (XuXeR)

288 Did Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dohrn attend the dedication?

Posted by: Fenderbender at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (1FEc1)

289 280 Does it really cost 30 dollars a ticket ?

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I saw recently that the Empire State Building Observatory costs $1,997 per ticket.

I used to go when it was $2, and got pissed when they raised it to $10.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (WjwG+)

290 Barky O'Bungles won't pay his own bar tab?

Color me shocked.

Posted by: Sam Adams at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (X+xvk)

291 285 Trump is the worst president in the history of forever!

https://tinyurl.com/ndarxa9e

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (ndZc7)

Shamefully, I voted for one of those...but that was to keep Gore and his chakras out of the oval office...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (l3cgK)

292 The thing is, it looks nothing like any building that any sane person ever built.

It looks like a monument. That had to be the commission "build me a monument. Oh put doors and shit on it if you need to, but make it bigger than the Washington or Lincoln monuments."

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:47 PM (WjwG+)

It'd make a good face-colander times fortress if it had a moat and some loops for repelling the zombie hordes.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (dK+Kv)

293 The Chicago union bosses got their palms greased - nothing else matters.

Posted by: Big Mike at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (fnZRl)

294 286 Why don't they just give the land back?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (lJDV9)

Because that'd be stupid?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (l3cgK)

295 @278 ... I can personally confirm this. I left behind a cloud of expletive that is still hanging over Lake Michigan.

I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)

That's also hard to get to due to Chicago's goofball highways. None connect properly from the West side of Downtown to the Lakefront, at least when I was there.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:50 PM (uhVAy)

296 I saw recently that the Empire State Building Observatory costs $1,997 per ticket.

"Influencers" got involved, drove the price up

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UZCuZ)

297 Obama Officially Opens the Soetoro Presidential Center
What a shitshow.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)

298
We live on a dead-end street. There is a kid who looks like he is 6 y/o riding a loud dirt bike up and down the street.

At least he is wearing a helmet.

It is so irritating.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (/QHx4)

299 297 Obama Officially Opens the Soetoro Presidential Center
What a shitshow.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (UjdFS)

Do they serve dog there?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (l3cgK)

300 Yes, he made insurance companies up deductables so high that insurance wasn't worth buying, to pay for Obamacare. I went two years without insurance because of that.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)

301 "Do they serve dog there?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)"

The "Big Mike".

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (vFG9F)

302 How tall is the JEF's tower, and will it squish any neighboring houses if the POS falls over?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (R+iUD)

303 Do they serve dog there?"

At the Peking Moon? Nah, it's cat.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (XuXeR)

304 288 Did Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dohrn attend the dedication?
Posted by: Fenderbender at June 18, 2026 04:49 PM (1FEc1)

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Heh, good question.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (fgSb9)

305 @278 ... I can personally confirm this. I left behind a cloud of expletive that is still hanging over Lake Michigan.

I personally don't get what the issue is with Soldiers Field, especially with the renovations they did in 2002.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at June 18, 2026 04:48 PM (qwx/I)

I haven't been following it but at least with the Bengals they were whining about practice facilities near the stadium and the like for a while before the Bengals managed it. Soldier's field is near a bunch of Museums and a mini airport.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:53 PM (uhVAy)

306
Does Obama have a memorial for his dead chef?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (/QHx4)

307 Maybe I am mistaken, but I am under the impression, that large projects such as this one have performance bonds protecting the contractors and subcontractors.

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (w3u3d)

308 Gag me -

Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
·
2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)

309 300 Yes, he made insurance companies up deductables so high that insurance wasn't worth buying, to pay for Obamacare. I went two years without insurance because of that.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)

He wanted to make the public hate it so much that they would beg for Single payer health care

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (FtULh)

310 "Did Bill Ayers and Bernadette Dohrn attend the dedication?"

They'll be at the VIP after-after party tonite.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (Jr5Lq)

311 Look at those snappers!

Man of unspecified background arrested by British police for tossing 3-year-old into crocodile pit

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (ndZc7)

312 Gag me -

Dennis Michael Lynch
@TrustDML
·
2h
Michelle Obama just said illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them.” As a US Citizen, I say she’s f*cking delusional. Illegals aren’t the beating heart, they’re heart disease. They ain’t us, they steal from us.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:54 PM (kX27y)

Michelle Obama identifies as an illegal alien? Good, Deport, Deport, DEPORT!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (qx7Zg)

313 I cannot think of an uglier building than this grotesque monstrosity. It's amazingly hideous.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (qBdHI)

314 illegal aliens are the “beating heart of this country, they are us and we are them."

In the nicest way possible.... GFY.

Nicely, though.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:55 PM (XuXeR)

315 will not be made public until two years after Biden fully retires from public life.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)

Wasn't that 2 years ago?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:43 PM (uhVAy)

Nope. The whole family. Hunter is still trying to grift. And there are other descendants who will probably take up the grift when he gets shivved by some POed husband. It's like allowing copyright to pass from heir to heir.

Posted by: GWB at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (kU0PQ)

316 Trump should buy a plot of land in DC and build his own monument. Or maybe thats what the arch is? In addition to the library I hear is planned in FLA.

Do two important points.
1. The left is pushing very hard that Trump gave Iran $300 B. Of course, all evidence is that this is an investment by other gulf state, and not US money, and not a gift, but essentially a purchase of assets built in Iran by other states.

2. Not they are saying the screworm was allowed to escape by DOGE cuts. They have quotes from Dept. of Ag people, and all kinds of made up facts. Of course, it was in Central America for years and in Mexico in 2024, but they are trying to blame Trump

These are just lies, but like so many lies most of the public will believe them.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (WjwG+)

317 Yes, he made insurance companies up deductables so high that insurance wasn't worth buying, to pay for Obamacare. I went two years without insurance because of that.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 04:52 PM (IY9No)

Right around when Obamacare happened I paid $500/mo for insurance for my family. This was in the individual market as I was self employed at the time. Today, a comparable policy with the same deductibles, Copays etc goes for $2k.

Good thing he made it “affordable” for everyone.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (X+Nnd)

318 Obama Officially Opens the Ozymandias Presidential Center As Subcontractors Complain That He Didn't Pay Them and Left Them With Millions in Worthless IOUs

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings - look upon my works and despair!"

In what part of Chicago is the Presidential Center located again? remind me.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (EU//e)

319 If I swore I'd call the guy a fucking cunt, so instead I'll limit myself to what an effing c-word.

Posted by: mea culpa at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (TWmCs)

320 It is so irritating.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:51 PM (/QHx4)
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It happens, and it is irritating. I'd recommend clothesline, but you might get in trouble that way

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (OgaPP)

321 Do Barky and Big Mike still own their Chicago mansion? They grifted hard for those digs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (A0HNO)

322 They'll be at the VIP after-after party tonite."

It'll be the bomb.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR)

323 There's more pain today but that's to be expected. I'm just laying low and goofing off on the web.
Posted by: 496
.......

No dancing just because the Barry Library opened, OK?

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (UjdFS)

324 Things occasionally get a little one-sided here, so here some balance from DU:

"Donald Trump humiliated as Barack Obama surges far ahead in new approval ratings race

Former President Barack Obama has higher favorability polling numbers than the sitting president, according to a new survey released on the day he’s set to open his presidential library.

snip

Obama sits at a 57% favorability rating, while Trump is viewed positively at 34% and Biden at 30%. It came as Trump was branded "creepy" for a "totally inappropriate" move on French president Emmanuel Macron's wife.

snip

Besides Obama leading in favorability in a rating nearly double that of Trump and Biden combined, he also polls more positively by independents.

Among independents, Obama has a 56% favorability rating, compared to 25% for Trump and 20% for Biden.

Democrats gave Obama a near-100 % positivity rating, with the former president at 96% within his party, compared to Biden’s 71% approval rating."

(Data is from some MSN article.)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

325
Lol 496

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (/QHx4)

326 Its kind of like the Clinton Library being staffed by underage hookers and Haitian slaves.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (Da7Vv)

327 In what part of Chicago is the Presidential Center located again?"

Sadly, above ground.

Close enough?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:58 PM (XuXeR)

328 It's one thing to have Michelle as a first "lady," it's another to have to listen to the absolute shit that comes out of her mouth when interviewed on podcasts and any other time.

She thinks she has wisdom to bestow on all of us. PLEASE STFU.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:58 PM (fgSb9)

329 Bernardine Dohrn grew up in my same Wrigleyville nabe, but she's 12 years older than me, so I probably never ran into her.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (Jr5Lq)

330 No dancing just because the Barry Library opened, OK?
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM

Even if we're from Kansas City?

* pouts *

Posted by: Male Terpsichoreans from the greater Kansas City metropolitan area at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (0sNs1)

331 (Data is from some MSN article.)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

George Washington is my favorite president.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (zZu0s)

332 Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:07 PM (IdfaO)
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Off topic and oddly personal: you didn't grow up in VT, did you?

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (OgaPP)

333 but she's 12 years older than me, so I probably never ran into her."

Lucky you.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)

334 Not they are saying the screworm was allowed to escape by DOGE cuts. They have quotes from Dept. of Ag people, and all kinds of made up facts. Of course, it was in Central America for years and in Mexico in 2024, but they are trying to blame Trump

These are just lies, but like so many lies most of the public will believe them.
Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 04:56 PM (WjwG+)

Killer Bees were a lot better as a fear device. Not sure this worm has legs.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (uhVAy)

335 Dumping bus loads of hobos around Obama's Kremlin would be heartwarming.

Posted by: 13times at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (fnZRl)

336 Valerie Jarrett Begins Obama Presidential Center Opening Ceremony with a Wacky Land Acknowledgement and the Social Media Replies are Brutal

“We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Nations.”

Nothing about stealing the parkland from the local community ?

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 04:59 PM (fgD7n)

337 327 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 05:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

338
"Hey guys, I'm known all around town as a crook. Anyone want to do some business with me on credit?"

It's a wonder any politician get anything without prepaying.

If I recognize you as having been elected to something, you're not even paying at the pump. Come inside and show me the money.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:01 PM (BI5O2)

339 but she's 12 years older than me, so I probably never ran into her."

-

What’s this about a 12 year old?

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:01 PM (X+Nnd)

340 325
Lol 496

Posted by: four seasons

------------------
Does this mean comment 496 will be funny?

Did someone steal the keys to Ace's time machine again.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 05:02 PM (WjwG+)

341 "the Council of Three Fires"

"Why do you ask, Two Dogs Fvcking?"

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 05:02 PM (XuXeR)

342 You know that scene in 300 when Leonidas kicks the Persian into the well? Has that ever happened at a Library opening? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 05:02 PM (fgSb9)

343 Shit Midas touched them.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:04 PM (qFwJc)

344 Oh, now I get it.

I read in reverse order and sometimes get very discombobulated.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 05:04 PM (WjwG+)

345 These are just lies, but like so many lies most of the public will believe them.
Posted by: bob

There really isn't a 'public' anymore but clusters of individuals grouping around whatever news sources they use. And public polling indicates that. There is little in Western culture anymore that unifies so it makes it a lot harder to actually manipulate like the media used to. And it pisses them off to the extent that they are embracing censorship (which is always counter productive in the long run) because their news monopoly is broken.

The only people still listening or reading most of the legacy media are old folks who are pretty much set in opinions. And the rest are either uniformed totally or clustered in their groups closest to impervious to info outside of them.

That is the result of divide and conquer tactics--eventually you run out of divisions, make up new ones, and each time you do that you make it harder and harder to unify when you have power.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 05:04 PM (E4rtv)

346 Ok, Porsche fans who buy this car: tell me youre gay. I mean 'simulated shifting'?!? Of an electric vehicle?!

https://www.motortrend.com/news
/first-look-2027-porsche-taycan
-fake-gear-shifts-nacs-charging-port

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 05:05 PM (zZu0s)

347 nood

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (Jr5Lq)

348 Dumping bus loads of hobos with spray paint cans around Obama's Kremlin would be heartwarming.
Posted by: 13times

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 05:06 PM (UjdFS)

349 I'm looking forward to a Trump Presidential Library. It's gonna be funny AF, whatever it is. Some kind of gilded, neo-Baroque monstrosity, no doubt.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (BI5O2)

350 Barry's monolith opening must be terrible. There are people driving through urban areas of Wisconsin at 130 mph to get away from it.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 05:08 PM (qx7Zg)

351 Switzerland Bosnia game was 0-0 at 75 minutes.

Final score 4-1, wild scoring to end.

Swiss goals scored by those traditional Swiss names. Xhana, Manzambi and Vargas. Lol

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:09 PM (X+Nnd)

352 Paul makes me look smart. Come on man.

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 05:10 PM (X+Nnd)

353 Sounds like a Chinese business arrangement; half now, half later, and you never get the half later.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 05:12 PM (9SpJJ)

354 What is Obama remembered for? How about in 10, 20, 50 years?
Posted by: Lizzy

First black president.

And second worse behind his VP

Thats it

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 18, 2026 05:38 PM (ItWcy)

355 Is the facility equipped with a bathhouse?

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 05:43 PM (SS8gM)

356 So it went just like his turd of a building looks. Nice

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at June 18, 2026 05:57 PM (DOi8t)

357 I expect the name Barack-Dûr to start trending.

Posted by: Dan at June 18, 2026 07:22 PM (VhS5R)

358 Obama's building sure looks like the Chuvash Theater in Moscow.

Posted by: Wescoe at June 18, 2026 11:31 PM (6FwQB)

Thune: Some "Republican" Senators Hate Trump Too Much to Protect the Integrity of Federal Elections and Do What Their Constituents Elected Them to Do

Conservatives and normies have two main complaints about RINOs. They are highly-interrelated and mutually reinforcing.

1, Although almost all senators are absurd puffed-up egotists, RINOs in particular believe they exist to instruct, scold, discipline, and guide their voters, who they consider their inferiors. We elect them to be our Servants, but they conceive themselves as our Masters.

2, Conservatives and true patriots understand that they are fighting a political war on two fronts: the external one, against the nominal Democrat Party and all of its satellites and proxies, including the media, the universities, and NGOs, and the must more insidious internal opposition -- liberal "Republicans" who see their role as a necessary check on the wild demands of crazy and racist Republicans. In every single battle, we know we march with half of "our party" siding with the enemy, passing them information secretly, and ready to defect to them at a moment's notice.

RINOs hate us for calling them RINOs. They claim it's a lie and a slur.

But at every turn, they prove us to be 100% correct about them. They are liars and, worse yet, traitors. Traitors who think they're patriots for selling out the "wrong side" to help "the right side of history."

When a leftist tells you you're lying about DEI discriminating against white males, they of course don't really mean you're lying about the facts. They mean you're "lying" about the valence of the facts, the perception of the facts -- they think you should agree that discriminating against white males is a good thing, but because you don't agree and because admitting that would be politically disadvantageous, they claim you're lying about the simple fact of it.

Similarly, RINOs know that what we say about them is actually true. But they're liberals -- when they say something is "false," what they really mean is Yes it's true you Racists, but it's a good thing. You need us to restrain your unsophisticated, hick Racist urges. We're providing you with a valuable service (against your wishes) and you should be thankful for it."

But they're unfathomably arrogant and twisted liars and so will never concede that what we have here is a dispute. They will never admit there is a dispute. They will claim they're on our side for years and years.

And then, when it's time to vote -- Fooled you, Racist Chumps! We were against you the whole time!

Yes we know. We've said that all along.

EXCLUSIVE: Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act

Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, multiple sources familiar with the comments told the Daily Caller.
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill's chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee's push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting.
"Yeah, that totally happened," a source familiar with the matter told the Daily Caller.
Still, the Majority Leader's office denies the admission. "This is a baseless claim, and it is unequivocally untrue," a spokesperson for Thune told the Daily Caller.

Fuck you, liar.

This is another criticism that is obviously true: They are egotistical and petty. They claim to be "statesmen" who are horrified by Trump's "incivility," but Trump actually states what his positions really are. And when he opposes you, he opposes you publicly.

These cowardly faggots scheme in the dark and call themselves "civil" for their sabotage and backstabbing. Everybody hates a coward, and everybody hates a traitor even more.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 03:00 PM

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1 One

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (A0HNO)

2 The Blade does manage to snag a FIRST today!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

3 Or not ....

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (iFTx/)

4 Well they'll show us!!

Bastids.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (ItpVy)

5 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (fV+di)

6 Perfect segue to this !

(Need a caption for this photo)

https://tinyurl.com/289xv89h

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (GD0B3)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (2YhKe)

8 >>>But at every turn, they prove us to be 100% correct about them. They are liars and, worse yet, traitors. Traitors who think they're patriots for selling out the "wrong side" to help "the right side of history."

Go long on tar and feathers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv)

9 It'll be interesting to see if the hidden antagonists come out of the woodwork after their scapegoats of Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, and Cornyn (and Ernst, to be honest) are out of the Senate next year.

They probably hope desperately for a 51 seat majority so they can offer up Murkowski and one other (UT senator not Lee, perhaps) as the reason they can't do anything.

I'm holding out some mild hope for a surprise 55 seat majority, without the aforementioned five.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (Zn6QU)

10 I said it earlier. These GOPe types think that everything will go back to uniparty status when Trump is done. They refuse to see that their "good friends across the aisle " are dying and/or being replaced by Marxist lunatics who was not give the GOPe their kibble. They ain't wartime consiglieries

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (A0HNO)

11 Fuck them, WAR!!!

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (Q/FnY)

12 These fucking RINO SOBs piss me off.

Tar and feathers, indeed, Comrade Flounder.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)

13 It's all a game - each one of those senators has been given permission (along with a wink and a nod) to vote against this legislation.

Thus it always was, thus it always shall be.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (fV+di)

14 A leader would strip the committee positions from all these bitchy little girls but there is no leader in the GOPe senate, just more bitchy little girls.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (3uBP9)

15 5 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (fV+di)

Hiya, TiFW!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)

16 "some"

Murkworzhskowski, the dude in the hospital, Tillis.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (GD0B3)

17 Go long on tar and feathers.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)

18 I think Thune is honestly a Dem. His wife is a liberal nut, his daughter is a liberal nut ... he is a liberal.

He used the R as a lil mask to get in office.

Sickening piece of garbage that he is.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (j+aD2)

19 The reason some RINOs don't want it is because it will elect more of those icky conservatives to congress. They don't care about a majority or doing anything productive, just their own placement.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (n5tGW)

20 Love this Dennis Green video… exquisitely appropriate in this case. A close second in the coaching rants category would be Jim Mora’s incredulous “Playoffs??!! You talking playoffs??!! I just hope we win another game.”

Applied to RINOs it might go: “Win elections??!! You talking winning??!! I just hope to collect another campaign check.”

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (+gA9j)

21 Passive aggressive little bitch boy cock sucking pussies.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (zZu0s)

22 Heh. The video.

I still love Jim Mora.

"Playoffs? You talk playoffs? Playoffs?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)

23 "Although almost all senators are absurd puffed-up egotists, RINOs in particular believe they exist to instruct, scold, discipline, and guide their voters, who they consider their inferiors. We elect them to be our Servants, but they conceive themselves as our Masters."

That's exactly how leftwing Democraps think. It's not a coincidence. RINOs are leftwing Democraps. They just hide their political perversion to con the rubes. And sadly, the RINO rope-a-dope has worked all too well for a very long time. I think that's changing or at least starting to change. But time will tell.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (iFTx/)

24 "Were supper conservative yo, it's just that Trump is so uncoutheeeeed and violates our precious normzzz" died as a bs excuse in like March 2017.

But they still use it because they hate your guts and believe you are stoooopid.

Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (ixZ1o)

25 17 Go long on tar and feathers.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)

We will also accept "garrotting"...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (wtvvX)

26 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (fV+di)/i]

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (2YhKe)

27 Well, Mr Thune, the way to deal with that is to tell all of these people who hate the head of the party that you will bring it to a vote and when they vote no, you will strip them of their privileges and work to defeat them in their next election.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

28 Hi Teresa love

Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (ixZ1o)

29 As for me, I'm voting for James Talarico, a man of principle!

Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)

30 I knew a long day, still at work and hour from home

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (sgkY8)

31 Sponge… you and I thinking along the same football lines….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (+gA9j)

32 The voters here in Texas have gotten rid of one of those senators that hates Trump. It's up to the other states to do their jobs.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0N4FZ)

33 27 Well, Mr Thune, the way to deal with that is to tell all of these people who hate the head of the party that you will bring it to a vote and when they vote no, you will strip them of their privileges and work to defeat them in their next election.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

=====

At least five of them are retiring from Congress at the end of this term (Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst).

What can he do to them?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)

34 Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (ixZ1o)

Only two dots? Different commenter? A countdown? Symbolic about the fall of the republic? What happens when it gets to one?

What does it all mean?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

35 Sponge… you and I thinking along the same football lines….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (+gA9j)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (2YhKe)

36 I think it's time to repatriate the RINOs to the home of the rhinoceros - Africa.

I can't see enough interest if they were put into zoos.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (qx7Zg)

37 is three dots on Ozempic?!?!?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)

38 Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (uhVAy)

Thune does that, he admits he was wrong about Cassidy and Cornyn (and Tillis, and Myrzcxsky).

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (3d9VR)

39
What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)

Keelhaul comes to mind.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)

40 As for me, I'm voting for James Talarico, a man of principle!
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX)

I wish that were a joke but you know it's not.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (vTZFs)

41 McConnell looks like he’s one nap away from the big sleep.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)

42 The GOPe has used election fraud to engineer as close to a 50% majority for either party for decades.

For them, that is the best possible outcome:
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.

Both parties have agreed to this.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (73/SM)

43 Keelhaul comes to mind.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (2YhKe)

Oubliette.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (zZu0s)

44 Jerking committee spots is fascist or something. Party discipline is also cultish. Or something.

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (cS1cw)

45 indeed, Comrade Flounder.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)

And another is claimed...

Tex for the love of God, reconsider. Once you agree with him once, it's impossible to get out of it. Take it from me.

Go. I beg you. Go while you still can!

Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (ixZ1o)

46 20 Love this Dennis Green video… exquisitely appropriate in this case. A close second in the coaching rants category would be Jim Mora’s incredulous “Playoffs??!! You talking playoffs??!! I just hope we win another game.”

I would nominate Herm Edwards' rant: "You play to win the game!"

Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (8l8nW)

47 At least five of them are retiring from Congress at the end of this term (Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst).

What can he do to them?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (Zn6QU)

Put it up again after they are gone. Lincoln had to do a lot of log rolling to get the 13th Amendment pushed through *before* a lot of new Republicans came in but he got it done

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

48 McConnell looks like he’s one nap away from the big sleep.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)

I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)

49 What’s up wit da Bears? I don’t NFL so not a thing far’s I care.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)

50 For them, that is the best possible outcome:
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.

this isn't how checks and balances were supposed to work

maybe we need to rethink Congress then.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (j+aD2)

51 voting for James Talarico, a man of principle!
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)

A candidate so Christian he can quote from five gospels. Deploratards can only get to four on their best days amirite.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (3d9VR)

52 What I wouldn't give to see these guys face a troika, reading pathetic confessions through broken teeth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (BI5O2)

53 is three dots on Ozempic?!?!?

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (j+aD2)

Shit. I blame flounder. See???

Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)

54 What’s up wit da Bears? I don’t NFL so not a thing far’s I care.
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)

They're inches away from moving to Indiana.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (2YhKe)

55 What’s up wit da Bears? I don’t NFL so not a thing far’s I care.
Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 03:10 PM (jcRwP)

They are moving to Indiana. The traffic will be EPIC.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (uhVAy)

56 It's okay ladies. I'm back.

Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)

57 They claim to be "statesmen" who are horrified by Trump's "incivility," but Trump actually states what his positions really are.

And one of the really annoying things about that to them must be that many of his positions match their lies. It’s amazing to me how petty and small some of their lies are. Who would have voted differently because a politician doesn’t make moving the United States embassy to Jerusalem a campaign plank? How long did they plan to keep that in without being called on it?

It’s as if they lie not because it’s in the service of some greater good, but because it’s their nature.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (kYmoU)

58 47
Put it up again after they are gone. Lincoln had to do a lot of log rolling to get the 13th Amendment pushed through *before* a lot of new Republicans came in but he got it done

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (uhVAy)

======

I've asserted for a while that the SAVE Act has a better chance next year than this year for a while.

And it has everything to do with the fact that Thune, assuming he wants the Act passed which is mere assumption for the sake of argument, has nothing on a clear number of senators to influence them one way or the other.

Replacing those five (hopefully we get Whatley to replace Tillis instead of Cooper) will do more for the direction of the Senate than any strings Thune can pull.

The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)

59 The voters here in Texas have gotten rid of one of those senators that hates Trump.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM

To borrow a phrase from that eminent sage and philosopher Winston Wolfe, WLNSSEODQY.

Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)

60 >> I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)

I’ve been around enough very elderly people to realize that guy is one blink away from a blue screen.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (i6xMV)

61 It's okay ladies. I'm back.
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)

From Ozempic to Extenze.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

62 Love this Dennis Green video… exquisitely appropriate in this case.

It's extra funny because Green was triggered by a reporter asking about losing to Rex Grossman. People who remember the non-HQ origin of the BEN ROETHLISBERGER meme understand why.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2ocoG)

63 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

LMAO

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (ixZ1o)

64 Replacing those five (hopefully we get Whatley to replace Tillis instead of Cooper) will do more for the direction of the Senate than any strings Thune can pull.

The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)

The art of leadership is making people like those 5 afraid.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)

65 We will also accept "garrotting"...
Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (wtvvX)

Leave Garret out of this.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (ufFY8)

66 Yes. They essentially operate within the feminine group/social dynamic. Passive-aggressiveness, in/out group framing, reputation destruction, gossip, etc.

That's why it okay to call them faggots.

Posted by: runninrebel at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (BrvNz)

67 As for me, I'm voting for James Talarico, a man of principle!
Posted by: John Cornyn (Rino-TX) at June 18, 2026 03:06 PM (0sNs1)

As in "principally a fag"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (1z8ji)

68 Only two dots? Different commenter? A countdown? Symbolic about the fall of the republic? What happens when it gets to one?

What does it all mean?!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

You saw the end of Predator.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (2YhKe)

69 64 The art of leadership is making people like those 5 afraid.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (uhVAy)

======

Afraid of what?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (Zn6QU)

70 And note well:
Every one of these Republicans sought Trump's endorsement in their last election.
Every one promised their voters in their last election to support Trump and to work with Trump to pass his agenda.

Thune is helping them lie to their constituents by not revealing who they are.

Voters in LA waited 5 years to get rid of Cassidy--nothing he did in that five years was going to save him after he showed he hated Trump more than doing his job representing the voters of Louisiana.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (73/SM)

71 To borrow a phrase from that eminent sage and philosopher Winston Wolfe, WLNSSEODQY.
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (0sNs1)

Talerico's gonna lose by at least 20 points. The Democrats and the media wind everybody up every few years that they've finally got the perfect candidate to win Texas. "Beto O'Rourke Fever: Catch It!" and all that.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:14 PM (2ocoG)

72 I SEE THREE DOTS

Posted by: Picard at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (3uBP9)

73 For them, that is the best possible outcome:
Never enough to do anything, never too much to be forced to do anything, always just enough to be just close enough--next election.

Both parties have agreed to this.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (73/SM)
---
It's not called the "Uniparty" for nothing.

Yeah, under this system the parties can take turns exercising a minimal amount of power while maximizing personal profits.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (gnNyN)

74 Only two dots? Different commenter? A countdown? Symbolic about the fall of the republic? What happens when it gets to one?

When it gets to one, Linkin Park fades up. Then the last dot goes away and you see "DIRECTED BY: MICHAEL BAY".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (2ocoG)

75 Remember the first so-called republican to come out against the SAVE Act was Murkowski.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (i6xMV)

76 It's okay ladies. I'm back.
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)

Now he's competing with the Paolo.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)

77 "...and I am one of them!"
--Senator Thune

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:16 PM (UZCuZ)

78 Still, the Majority Leader's office denies the admission. "This is a baseless claim, and it is unequivocally untrue," a spokesperson for Thune told the Daily Caller.
____________________________

IOW, it's not only true, but those individuals have anxiety over being publicly outed and made primary targets in their next election efforts.

So, guess what we should do.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)

79 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits

They are against SAVE because they are being paid to stop any reforms like this from going through

But you know what? If I was Lee I'd rewrite the legislation with some minor changes and call it, "The Donald Trump is a big meanie but I want ballot integrity Act"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (sKqQm)

80 These cowardly faggots scheme in the dark and call themselves "civil" for their sabotage and backstabbing. Everybody hates a coward, and everybody hates a traitor even more.

-------

It's catty bitch feminine behavior.

They think that by fucking everyone else over that they'll keep getting invited to the parties at the Embassies where they can rub elbows and stroke themselves off about how god damn smart they are.

The skanks on any of the Real Housewives shows don't even hold a candle to this level of faggotry.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (5aZAZ)

81 If Trump didn't exist, these perfumed, puffed-up lisping poofers would just invent a "Trump" to justify why they can't vote for conservative legislation.

Because Trump isn't the issue--the issue is the issue.

It could be some no-name, nobody running for state senate in Nebraska said something the media said was mean about women who've been raped and so "I can't in good conscious vote to limit abortion."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:18 PM (73/SM)

82 Thune: Some "Republican" Senators Hate Trump Too Much to Protect the Integrity of Federal Elections

Yeah, that's it. It's Trump's fault. Could it be that there is no integrity of Federal elections to protect and that it's on purpose?

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 03:18 PM (wn0/z)

83 I noticed Pat Tillman's game day stats scrolling across the bottom of the screen in that Arizona Cardinals YouTube clip. Farewell to a great American hero. You were not treated well by our military leaders, unfortunately.

It still makes me a little angry and sad that he died the way he did.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (EU//e)

84 We are not a serious autocracy.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar8)

85
A closed-door GOP lunch, huh? Who are they trying to conceal their actions from, us?

It's nice that someone in attendance ratted them out.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (2qhzn)

86 It’s as if they lie not because it’s in the service of some greater good, but because it’s their nature.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (kYmoU)

Almost as if they were in thrall to a supernatural force which compelled lies. Weird, isn't it?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (ExV1e)

87 To borrow a phrase from that eminent sage and philosopher Winston Wolfe, WLNSSEODQY.
Posted by: James Talarico at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM

Fine. You and your pals can wait until Friday night.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Wnv9h)

88 Bunch of fucking children in the GOPe.

Posted by: Delurker at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)

89 Well .. its obvious. We must listen to the wise words of William F. Buckley ... and continue to get our asses kicked.

Fifteen Yard Penaly on myself - improper use of "we". Buckley was a moron.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (IdfaO)

90 But you know what? If I was Lee I'd rewrite the legislation with some minor changes and call it, "The Donald Trump is a big meanie but I want ballot integrity Act"

Go full Democrat. Call it the "I Love Fluffy Kittens and Puppies Act". They'd name a bill that and it would actually mandate setting pregnant women on fire or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (2ocoG)

91 At DM: "They've FINALLY found it! Scientists create first-ever 'map' of female pleasure center that's confused men for centuries"

Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Jr5Lq)

92
Cowardly faggot traitors?

Ace is being nice today.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Y8DZL)

93 Statesmen? Is that what we call these narcessistic, power mad hypocrates now?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (wBaIH)

94 Honest elections - not the hill to die on.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (Gqar8)

95 And I bet it will pass.

Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
·
16h
Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.

Rob Pyers
@rpyers
·
17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (kX27y)

96 They are against SAVE because they are being paid to stop any reforms like this from going through

They are against electoral reform because the GOP relies on it to keep primary challengers from toppling incumbents.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM (UZCuZ)

97 Well, see, it's like this. I don't have to pretend anymore so fuck you, fuck you, and fuck you!

Posted by: John Cornyn, Mean Girl at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (2UnvF)

98 We are not a serious autocracy.

If you gave the average GOPer a truth serum they'd tell you the only damn thing they care about is getting "generational wealth"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (sKqQm)

99 I wonder if they could be tricked by adding a clause that bans Trump from running for a third term. You can still call it the SAVE America Act.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (kYmoU)

100 But John Solomon said on Dan Bongino's show that ....!!

LOL

Those two are worse than a broken clock--we're all still waiting for the hour when they'll be right.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (73/SM)

101 Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.

that's wrong and sexist. Its in your wallet.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (UZCuZ)

102 And I bet it will pass.

No matter how the citizens vote.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (2YhKe)

103 48 McConnell looks like he’s one nap away from the big sleep.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (i6xMV)

I wonder if he'll come out of the hospital alive.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (2YhKe)

For the sake of control of the Senate, I hope that Mitch stays alive. I won't say much more than that, however.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:21 PM (EU//e)

104 Replacing those five (hopefully we get Whatley to replace Tillis instead of Cooper) will do more for the direction of the Senate than any strings Thune can pull.

The problem isn't leadership. It's the senators themselves.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (Zn6QU)

Whenever I see the name Whatley I can’t help but think of Bryan Cranston on Seinfeld… the dentist that converted to Judaism strictly for the jokes…

You heard the one about Raquel Welch and the pope in a rowboat? Those aren’t buoys!!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (+gA9j)

105 Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.

First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.

I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

106 Gents ... seriously ... many of you are letting me down here.

They hate Trump. Both parties. But they don't hate something like the SAVE act because of Trump.

They hate it precisely because the current system was supposed to stop a Trump. The system isn't rigged enough in their minds.

This is not hard to understand.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (IdfaO)

107 The skanks on any of the Real Housewives shows don't even hold a candle to this level of faggotry.
Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (5aZAZ)
=====

I hate that Kelsey such a whore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)

108 So was Bill Buckley wrong about the John Birch Society?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (+gA9j)

109 It's okay ladies. I'm back.
Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)

From Ozempic to Extenze.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (2YhKe)

I was gonna go with Enzyte.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

110 105 Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.

First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.

I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

Red Army, 1945, Fever Dreams.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (Gqar8)

111 I wonder if they could be tricked by adding a clause that bans Trump from running for a third term. You can still call it the SAVE America Act.

You know this is a brilliant idea

Copy the SAVE Act.

But re-write the first part to specifically ban Donald Trump from running again. Then any GOPer/Dem that votes against you accuse of wanting another term for Trump...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (sKqQm)

112
I was gonna go with Enzyte.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

6 of one, half-dozen of the other.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

113 Posted by: ....... at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (ixZ1o)

Now he's competing with the Paolo.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:15 PM (77rzZ)

Note I stuck with 7 because *no one* was gonna buy 8

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (ixZ1o)

114 Go long on tar and feathers.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

You spelled 'Gibbeting' wrong.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (ItpVy)

Potato, tomato.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (dK+Kv)

115 At DM: "They've FINALLY found it! Scientists create first-ever 'map' of female pleasure center that's confused men for centuries"

Imma guess the female pleasure center is somewhere within the purse.
Posted by: gp

Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)

116 Cowardly faggot traitors?

Ace is being nice today.

Posted by: Auspex

That's not fair. I'm not a traitor!

Posted by: Lindsey Graham as Luanne Platter at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (yFLFB)

117 And I bet it will pass.

Justine Bateman
@JustineBateman
·
16h
Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.

Rob Pyers
@rpyers
·
17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM

Who knew that Mallory was really the smart one?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Wnv9h)

118 Back from the dentist. Nothing wrong with my teeth. Never is, but they still keep me coming back ev 6 months. They have rebranded: new name, new logos, neon signs on the walls, much much longer pre-appointment forms to fill out. 2026 appears to be a Year of Rebranding across the nation.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Jr5Lq)

119 But re-write the first part to specifically ban Donald Trump from running again. Then any GOPer/Dem that votes against you accuse of wanting another term for Trump...

Just slip it into one of those 90,000 page omnibus spending bills. Nobody reads it all. Nobody even knows what is in those things.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:25 PM (UZCuZ)

120
This is not hard to understand.
Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (IdfaO)

Well, it's a good thing we have you here to explain things to us dumb yokels.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:25 PM (2YhKe)

121 We don't have to worry about RINOs here in California.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (UjdFS)

122 We are not a serious autocracy.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (Gqar

That's because we are not a serious oligarchy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)

123 IOW, it's not only true, but those individuals have anxiety over being publicly outed and made primary targets in their next election efforts.

So, guess what we should do.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (dIske)

Announce that, since the haters lack the honest to come forward and announce themselves, and the others lack the sense of duty to come forward and name them, that we must primary every single sitting Senator and continue doing so until they are all removed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (ExV1e)

124 So was Bill Buckley wrong about the John Birch Society?

Was there communist infiltration among our elites? Yes

Were the Birchers always right about who the commies were? No.

Would America have been better off if the "right leaning" party would have been consistently looking for communist infiltration and treating it as a serious thing? Yes.

So in aggregate yes Buckley was wrong.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (sKqQm)

125 I bet all GOPe senators get automatic California gay certification.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (3uBP9)

126 Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.

And bags. Super overpriced ugly purses that don't hold very much but everyone has told them that they are hot and sexy

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (UZCuZ)

127 6 of one, half-dozen of the other.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (2YhKe)

They kept changing thr name- probably getting their asses sued.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)

128
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster

It doesn't matter if it fails in november, the commiecourts will do what they did with gay marriage there and just declare it law.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (Y8DZL)

129
Nah, gotta be in the feet. Something to do with shoes.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (77rzZ)

Missed opportunity to sock Mars Blackmon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (2YhKe)

130 The political class has become untenable and must be destroyed. Only then can the broken political system be rectified.

Followed by the corrupt judiciary.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (jehhT)

131 And I bet it will pass.
......

If not we have a gay judge who will make it so.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (UjdFS)

132 105 Don’t know if there is a complete absence of economics understanding in CA, but if you get rid of the billionaires here, you will get rid of all the taxes they pay. About 85% of CA revenue is paid by the top 1%. If you don’t want the city to afford to function, go ahead and get rid of the wealthy citizens.

First they burn down the city then they burn down the finances.

I'm sure the literal raping will be coming along soon as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

I never thought that Hollywood would have been able to kill the Star Wars franchise - one which was more vital and durable than even James Bond - but they were able to kill that golden goose. Silicon Valley is the closest thing we have to a golden goose in business, and I'll be darned if CA doesn't manage to kill that goose as well. You may have the same people, but you cannot recreate that ecosystem anywhere else. Why? many people have tried without success. If they destroy the Valley, the damage to the country could be incalculable. Those idiots might just go ahead and do it anyway.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (EU//e)

133 We are not a serious autocracy.
Posted by: tubal

Have knout, will travel.
-- Zombie Peter the Great

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (77rzZ)

134
Omar, Omar, Omar......you got played.

Conservative Brief
@ConservBrief
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21h
Obama Scandal EXPLODES!!

Stunning news - some minority-owned and local subcontractors who helped with construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening on Juneteenth are still unpaid - owed MILLIONS as they face financial ruin.

African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)

135 "They've FINALLY found it! Scientists create first-ever 'map' of female pleasure center that's confused men for centuries"

Back in the 1800s the treatment for female anxiety and hysteria was a doctor rubbing your button.

Though modern commenters use this as an opportunity to argue our ancestors were dumb I suspect every doctor/patient knew exactly what they were doing

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (sKqQm)

136 I know we talk a lot about the federal level because it dominates.

But the reality is, every red state could be passing it's own version of the SAVE Act as well.

I know KY recently passed several provisions that mirror the SAVE Act; even putting voter ID as a constitutional amendment.

How many other red states have done this?
If not, why not?

But you know why, oh say ... Georgia, isn't passing any election integrity laws.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (73/SM)

137
They kept changing thr name- probably getting their asses sued.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 03:26 PM (zZu0s)/i]

Have a friend that became an airplane mechanic. Worked at Addison Airport north of Dallas where lots of private jets come through.

They were doing an annual inspection on a craft that Tony Stewart was selling to Ryan Newman, both of NASCAR fame.

He said they kept finding empty packs of Enzyte all over the plane.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)

138 We aren't ever healing as a nation until Juneteenth is removed as the dumb fake holiday it is. And when calendars stop putting Kwanzaa on them.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (UZCuZ)

139 The fact they haven't passed it yet is all the proof I need that the senate Republicans are mostly worthless RINOs. When 80% of the USA wants voter ID, and you ignore us, there will be consequences.
Talk all you want but it's Mid June now, you've had all year. Action matters, not talk.

Posted by: Green Beans R Us at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (W+TLY)

140 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)

Shareef don't like it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:29 PM (2YhKe)

141 So was Bill Buckley wrong about the John Birch Society?

Yes. Because at the end of the day ... Buckley thought Politics would work it all out. That elections would be fair and we'd end up with some analog process were we'd get 55% this and 45% that and nobody would be trampled on too hard.

Of course, his ass thought that because he was rich. He never considered for a day the idea of getting a knife put to his throat on his commute from here to there.

Can't stand Buckley.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (IdfaO)

142 indeed, Comrade Flounder.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (wtvvX)

And another is claimed...

Tex for the love of God, reconsider. Once you agree with him once, it's impossible to get out of it. Take it from me.

Go. I beg you. Go while you still can!
Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM

Comrade Flounder may have captured one dot, but the other two are ours!!!!!

Posted by: Big Penguin at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (0sNs1)

143 We need to return to State Legislatures electing their Senators.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (An6iH)

144 130 The political class has become untenable and must be destroyed. Only then can the broken political system be rectified.

Followed by the corrupt judiciary.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:27 PM (jehhT)

Love him or hate him or a little of both, the Trumpist Populism we have in place is the only method we have for changing the country without Civil War. Trump wil go, but his methods could remain.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:30 PM (Gqar8)

145 >> African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"

Obama using unpaid black labor to build his monument is *chef's kiss*

Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (8l8nW)

146 Made us a lot of money, too.

Posted by: Hitachi at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (5aZAZ)

147 The haters include Thune.

Posted by: M. Gaga at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (zeLd4)

148 But the reality is, every red state could be passing it's own version of the SAVE Act as well.

yeah like Florida did years ago. Texas could, if Abbot pivoted the right direction that day. Its just sad how all these "red" states aren't really red at all, they just tend to vote against Democrats in national elections.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (UZCuZ)

149 WF Buckley was controlled opposition.

I agreed with his yeeting of Sobran from National Review, but that was about it.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (77rzZ)

150 What few John Birch vids I've seen, I didn't observe anything particularly objectionable in what they were saying.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (Jr5Lq)

151 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
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And I say, what better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with a favored African-American tradition--not paying your bills.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (73/SM)

152 Name fucking names.

Put Trump in front of a podium, name names, and make them squirm.

Trump needs to make these assholes' constituency call them incessantly.

Make life hard for these pricks.

Not their families. I mean their political lives.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (fgSb9)

153 Stunning news - some minority-owned and local subcontractors who helped with construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening on Juneteenth are still unpaid - owed MILLIONS as they face financial ruin.

African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster

Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.

Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)

154 I never thought that Hollywood would have been able to kill the Star Wars franchise - one which was more vital and durable than even James Bond - but they were able to kill that golden goose. Silicon Valley is the closest thing we have to a golden goose in business, and I'll be darned if CA doesn't manage to kill that goose as well. You may have the same people, but you cannot recreate that ecosystem anywhere else. Why? many people have tried without success. If they destroy the Valley, the damage to the country could be incalculable. Those idiots might just go ahead and do it anyway.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (EU//e)

Also, with distribution and communication as they are you don't need to put all your eggs in one district basket anymore. You don't have to have your success price out the market near your HQ, you can have it wherever you want it.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

155
Obama using unpaid black labor to build his monument is *chef's kiss*
Posted by: the dandy at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (8l8nW)

Could it be.......SLAVERY!??

Posted by: The OTHER Church Lady at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (2YhKe)

156 Thune is a spineless cunt.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (fgSb9)

157 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)

Are you a for-real muzzie, Omar? If so, declare a jihad against Barky.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (1z8ji)

158 So in aggregate yes Buckley was wrong.

And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?

So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.

And failure is supposed to mean you try something different. This is why we have Trump as the GOP standard bearer now not a Jeb Bush clone

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)

159 17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster
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[fades up Elton John, 'Burn Down the Mission']

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (XeU6L)

160 Stunning news - some minority-owned and local subcontractors who helped with construction of the Barack Obama Presidential Center opening on Juneteenth are still unpaid - owed MILLIONS as they face financial ruin.

African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster

Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)

I suggest some peaceful protesting at the site, people.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (uhVAy)

161 >> African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"

Juneteenth is not a Holiday.

It's not even a Day.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (An6iH)

162 Go long on tar and feathers.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (dK+Kv
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Yes. If only we had a tried and true method of dealing with these traitors. If only.

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (F9bBk)

163 Also, with distribution and communication as they are you don't need to put all your eggs in one district basket anymore. You don't have to have your success price out the market near your HQ, you can have it wherever you want it.

People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.

Hollywood is about to die.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

164 Speaking of slavery, how is it legal to purchase a human being as long as you call it "surrogacy" in the USA? What a huge horrible loophole.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (UZCuZ)

165
Juneteenth is not a Holiday.

It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (An6iH)

It is so!!!!

Posted by: Joe Biden at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (2YhKe)

166 "The Shadows of Power" was a Birch book I read in the 90's. Made sense then, makes more sense now.

Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (cS1cw)

167 44 Jerking committee spots is fascist or something. Party discipline is also cultish. Or something.
Posted by: connected and litigious at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (cS1cw)

{perks up}

Jerking.. committee? So, like, you arrange the porta-potties in a circle? Doors open or closed?

Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)

168 JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:20 PM

Who knew that Mallory was really the smart one?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 03:24 PM (Wnv9h)
______________________

They assume that eventually the Democrats will control the Oval office and both parts of Congress once again, and get federal handouts from the rest of us to continue to exist. There are a lot of entities depending upon that (journalism, NGO's, Blue states, Blue City pension accounts).

The Executive Order Fiats, appropriation bills, and treasury checks are going to rain down upon them the second the Left gets back all three branches of the federal govt. I'm hoping I get hit by a bus in an interim and am not here to see it.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (dIske)

169
Omar Shareef?

He did better in "Lawrence" than as "Dr. Zhivago".

Good to see he got out of acting but, jeez, gotta be 100 years old.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Y8DZL)

170 Quite the gathering at the opening today. A veritable who's who of who's who plus George Bush.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:31 PM (lJ0H4)

I know, George and Barbara and Spielberg and Hanks......Bono, Springsteen, Marc Anthony....and, Valerie Jarrett gave the land acknowledgment. BTW, Bill Clinton looks as bad as Joe Biden does.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (kX27y)

171 Bush and Obama are ood buddies. That speaks volumes about our current state of affairs.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Gqar8)

172 hopefully we get Whatley to replace Tillis instead of Cooper
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Nu uh!

Posted by: Charlotte Learing and Voter Fraud Center at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (qUkBO)

173 So in aggregate yes Buckley was wrong.

And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?

So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.

And failure is supposed to mean you try something different. This is why we have Trump as the GOP standard bearer now not a Jeb Bush clone
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)

Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)

174 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)

https://youtu.be/4CVFOnmW6v8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (ExV1e)

175 Bush and Obama are ood buddies. That speaks volumes about our current state of affairs.

Look Barry is willing to do stop Laura isn't - what else can I say?

Posted by: George Bush at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (sKqQm)

176 So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.

That is ultimately the flaw of conservatism: it accomplishes nothing other than great arguments. They win all the debates, they have all the best winning zingers, and accomplish nothing. It doesn't matter if you win debates with your think tank when the ratchet keeps going clank clank clank for the left.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (UZCuZ)

177 Love him or hate him or a little of both, the Trumpist Populism we have in place is the only method we have for changing the country without Civil War. Trump wil go, but his methods could remain.

Nationalist Populist. Was an instant ban from Maet. He feared the phrase.

But that is what it is. Nationalist Populist.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (IdfaO)

178 So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in.
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Standing athwart history and yelling "stop!" has a lower success rate than the prevent defense: 0.00% success

Political wars are won on the offense, never but never have they been won on the defense.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (73/SM)

179 I doubt Thune said that. Other stories say he said “Democrats” hate trump too much to vote for it.

Either way it’s pretty easy to see who those Rs might be - the 4 who voted against it. There’s been 2 votes on the SAVE America Act in the Senate. 48 votes. Even a filibuster wouldn’t help.

Meanwhile, the House hasn’t even voted on it, yet Johnson skates.

Posted by: Purple at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (wFksi)

180 Omar Shareef?

He did better in "Lawrence" than as "Dr. Zhivago".

Good to see he got out of acting but, jeez, gotta be 100 years old.
Posted by: Auspex

Omar is mort. He was born a Christian, but converted to Islham because he married an islhamette.

Eff that guy.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

181 @95

>>17h
JUST IN: California's billionaire wealth tax initiative has collected enough valid signatures to be eligible for the November ballot.

I don't think they will be done counting the primary election ballots by then.

Should be interesting.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (XV/Pl)

182 Personally I think all the anti-Trumpsters that oppose this bill and reduced immigration are on the take from all the body shops from India, for instance.

Posted by: Random PJ at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (+jscL)

183 good buddies, not ood buddies - although my typo was close to odd buddies, which also works - oddly enough.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Gqar8)

184 "Bush and Obama are good buddies."

W's a friendly kinda guy I think. He gets along with Michelle quite well; so I've heard.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

185
That is ultimately the flaw of conservatism: it accomplishes nothing other than great arguments. They win all the debates, they have all the best winning zingers, and accomplish nothing. It doesn't matter if you win debates with your think tank when the ratchet keeps going clank clank clank for the left.

Why are my ears tingling?

Posted by: Ben Shapiro at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

186 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
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You voted for Obama, amirite? Suckit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (RIvkX)

187 Standing athwart history and yelling "stop!" has a lower success rate than the prevent defense: 0.00% success

We'll pull the goalie, its sure to work this time!

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (UZCuZ)

188 Omar is mort. He was born a Christian, but converted to Islham because he married an islhamette.

Eff that guy.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

Crossed the Rainbow Bridge on a 3 no Trump contract...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (1z8ji)

189 I hear that Boston is having an issue with Scots. The Scot FIFA fans are trying their best to drink Boston dry, and apparently having some success. At least one of the bars where the Scots are meeting has had to make emergency orders for more Sam Adams beer.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)

190 This column I rank as "mostly true".

Part of the issue is that the conservative right envision themselves as the normative voice of the right, but perhaps that isn't true.

It's not as if Lindsay Graham hasn't been primaryed, and yet his constituents re-elect him. McConnell and others as well.

And for the most part, when polled most Republicans will say they agree with the conservative right. But when it comes to conforming their actions and their votes to these principals as disconnect.

Anecdotally, I know a roofer with MAGA stickers all over his truck. And yet every single employee that showed up to roof my house were ESL Mexicans.

Perhaps it's simply a case of RINO politicians representing their RINO constituents.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (qoEJr)

191 Juneteenth is not a Holiday.

It's not even a Day.
Posted by: garrett
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Official Federal holiday 'Juneteenth National Independence Day'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (XeU6L)

192 Didn't we have Ood Buddies as this morning's art?

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (77rzZ)

193 George Bush can genuinely kiss my ass. What a friggen POS in every way he turned out to be.

Fuck off with your asshole wars, too, George. Your whole family is garbage.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (fgSb9)

194 Also, with distribution and communication as they are you don't need to put all your eggs in one district basket anymore. You don't have to have your success price out the market near your HQ, you can have it wherever you want it.

People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.

Hollywood is about to die.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:33 PM (sKqQm)

its already dead. They film in cheaper areas already and the drones running things are more interested in pushing a point nobody wants to see than even wealth.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (uhVAy)

195 One difference you see consistently between the left and right is that if the left wants say $50B for something they'll come out and say anything less then $200B is an outrage and leads to kids dying in the streets.

The GOPe then comes in and talks them down to...$100B and claims they cut $100B from the budget well the Dems laugh about getting twice what they wanted.

And this happens everywhere in DC with everything.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

196 88 Bunch of fucking children in the GOPe.
Posted by: Delurker at June 18, 2026 03:19 PM (gtcuf)

Where?!

Posted by: Lincoln Project at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (3d9VR)

197 I honestly wonder about some that liked Buckley. He seemed incredibly punchable in the face.

OK - Bandersnatch - I can see why he liked Buckley. And Ace seemed to quote him a lot back in the day.

But honestly - fuck that guy in particular was my first reaction. Early 80s. About the time they were starting to send all the mills and factories overseas.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (IdfaO)

198 I know, George and Barbara and Spielberg and Hanks......Bono, Springsteen, Marc Anthony....and, Valerie Jarrett gave the land acknowledgment. BTW, Bill Clinton looks as bad as Joe Biden does.
Posted by: beckster

Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.

Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)

199
W's a friendly kinda guy I think. He gets along with Michelle quite well; so I've heard.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:36 PM (Jr5Lq)

I'm old enough to remember when the left referred to him as "Chimpy McBushHitler."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)

200 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:28 PM (kX27y)
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Shareef don't like it

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (F9bBk)

201 Imagine outdrinking Boston natives.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (3d9VR)

202 These Senators did not only turn on Trump they turned on their voters. Voters do NOT like to be lied to. That is the worst thing they can do. And they make the rest of their party look bad. Idiot politicians, it's not your vote it's it's the vote of the people who sent you there.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (IY9No)

203 Why are my ears tingling?
Posted by: Ben Shapiro

Speaking of ol Ben, his organization fired the one guy who understood that we have to fix popular culture and was putting out conservative content in movies. He was the guy that made stuff like "What Is A Woman" and "Pendragon Cycle." Some of it was pretty lame like "Ladyballers" and some of it was good. But they were making an impact.

Ben fired him. The Daily Wire lost money on a few of the efforts, so they dropped the entire effort. Because unlike the left, right leaning stuff isn't willing to eat a loss for a while to get the message out.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)

204 I hear that Boston is having an issue with Scots. The Scot FIFA fans are trying their best to drink Boston dry, and apparently having some success. At least one of the bars where the Scots are meeting has had to make emergency orders for more Sam Adams beer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)

Saw fans in the stands waving Scottish flags during the Red Sox/Jays game.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (1z8ji)

205 Standing athwart history and yelling "stop!" has a lower success rate than the prevent defense: 0.00% success

We'll pull the goalie, its sure to work this time!
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (UZCuZ)

I don't recall him or his magazine ever really do that. More like whine about things and feel superior to the flyover states.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (uhVAy)

206 People are making ultra low budget AI movies that are getting serious eyeballs. There was a remake of Harry Potter where instead of magic it was about working out for example, and there is a fan made Warhammer40K short movie coming out.

Hollywood is about to die.
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Their brilliant idea to deal with the emerging threat of AI entertainment was to deploy 100+ year old tactics of ... going on strike.

Oh, big win! You fought for name, image and likeness compensation if used in AI.

Guess what?
AI can make better looking, better sounding, zero-politics replacements.
You are not the star.
You never were the star.
The story was always the star.
And there is no demand for another alphabet people story, the only one you want to tell.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:40 PM (73/SM)

207 199
I'm old enough to remember when the left referred to him as "Chimpy McBushHitler."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (2YhKe)

I think they truly don’t care about any of that. They grift, and they go, with their bags of swag.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (Gqar8)

208 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef

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Did not like him in Doctor Zhivago.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)

209 If Bush is good buddies with Obama, that tells me he is even more of a giant asshole than I thought.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (fgSb9)

210 ..he was much better in Laurence of Arabia, though!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (GD0B3)

211 African American Contractors Association President Omar Shareef: "What sense is celebrating Juneteenth if our black contractors are not getting their money?"
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And I say, what better way to celebrate Juneteenth than with a favored African-American tradition--not paying your bills.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

So once they get paid, they come in with real concrete to replace the dried Play-Doh they used building it?

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (OUMaO)

212 I hear that Boston is having an issue with Scots. The Scot FIFA fans are trying their best to drink Boston dry, and apparently having some success. At least one of the bars where the Scots are meeting has had to make emergency orders for more Sam Adams beer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)

Seems the Brits are as well. A popular bar in Dallas had to close down for a couple days as they were out of just about everything, food AND booze, and waited for a delivery before reopening.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (2YhKe)

213 Anecdotally, I know a roofer with MAGA stickers all over his truck. And yet every single employee that showed up to roof my house were ESL Mexicans.

The system rewards him for hiring illegals - he gets more money in his pocket by doing so.

If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.

Yes this is the opposite of the traditional GOPer argument that they can't pass a law against X until they change hearts and minds or some shit first. But this is the opposite of true. Ban it and many people will embrace what the law says as their morality and more will follow it because they want rewards and not punishment.

So to go back to your specific example if we ever did get around to penalizing business owners personally for hiring illegals this guy would stop but nothing else will make him do so.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (sKqQm)

214 “Thanks Coach!”

Posted by: SpeakingOf at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (6ydKt)

215 Speaking of ol Ben

I'd rather speak of his sister. How's she doing ? And by she ? I mean her sweater.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (IdfaO)

216 I know we haven't covered it yet today...

However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)

217 If Bush is good buddies with Obama, that tells me he is even more of a giant asshole than I thought.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:41 PM (fgSb9)

Like they say, once you go black......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (2YhKe)

218 198 I know, George and Barbara and Spielberg and Hanks......Bono, Springsteen, Marc Anthony....and, Valerie Jarrett gave the land acknowledgment. BTW, Bill Clinton looks as bad as Joe Biden does.
Posted by: beckster

Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)

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What a fucking line-up of scum and villany.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (fgSb9)

219 Remember:
John Cornyn pushed to make Juneteenth a holiday.

And blacks in Texas rewarded him by ... voting in the Democrat primary for Crockett.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (73/SM)

220 Sharif's best role was in Funny Girl.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (77rzZ)

221 I still think Thune is projecting. I'd bet if someone polled the Senate Republicans only a handful, maybe less would openly say "they hate Trump." Yet, someone needs to ask Thune, and any of the never-Trump Republicans why they'd turn their backs on the people who voted them into office and also support Trump.

How do they justify that betrayal? I mean, besides money. And the whole "saving democracy" bullshit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (jehhT)

222 Force a vote. Make them identify themselves. By not taking the vote leadership is supporting the no vote.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (vHMT8)

223
Guilty of liking Buckley in the day myself.

But, yeah, Ivy League Catholic that looked down on working Americans as rubes.

Bill Kristol spent most of his early career mimicking him.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (Y8DZL)

224 Juneteenth is a stupid idea for a holiday.

I'd be willing to consider one around the 13th amendment or a "Will Wilberforce" day but celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (sKqQm)

225 TJM, what's your opinion of Lean's Dickens stuff -- Oliver Twist and Great Expectations?

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)

226 Hillary wearing a raincoat for some reason. Laura Bush looks ill.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (lJ0H4)

Yeah, noticed the bulky raincoat. Bill was falling asleep but is wearing cool sunglasses. Sasha has gained a ton of weight and is huge. Malia looks like a stick figure with awful, too-long, stringy hair.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (kX27y)

227 The point has been made that Juneteenth celebrates the day Republicans freed the democrats slaves. Reason enough for a holiday.

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (F9bBk)

228 If Bush is good buddies with Obama, that tells me he is even more of a giant asshole than I thought.

This is going to be a problem. Sit down.

Ric Flair and Rick Steamboat ? They didn't hate each other. It was just a show.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (IdfaO)

229 However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)

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No, you are not. Deepstate is alive and well and working their asses off against the American people.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (fgSb9)

230 Guilty of liking Buckley in the day myself.

But, yeah, Ivy League Catholic that looked down on working Americans as rubes.

Bill Kristol spent most of his early career mimicking him.

Say about me what you want, but you know I never had my way with a cabin boy

Posted by: William Buckley at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (sKqQm)

231 I don't recall him or his magazine ever really do that. More like whine about things and feel superior to the flyover states.

That was, as I recall, his definition of conservatism "standing athwart history and saying 'stop'" which as People's Hippo Voice pointed out accomplished zero, like pulling your goalie.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (UZCuZ)

232 So once they get paid, they come in with real concrete to replace the dried Play-Doh they used building it?
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You're thinking of Tofu Construction, a specialty of the Chinese

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (73/SM)

233 I know we haven't covered it yet today...

However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)

Russian oil is at least theoretically still embargoed and still being sold all over the world under the table.

And a bit of flame retardant work and that tank and most of its oil will be ready to be sold. Its pretty hard to damage oil installations, WWII showed that. Makes a pretty picture though.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (uhVAy)

234 220 Sharif's best role was in Funny Girl.
Posted by: Bulg

Probably the last time Striesand looked doable. Barely.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Y8DZL)

235 "Juneteenth is a stupid idea for a holiday.

I'd be willing to consider one around the 13th amendment or a "Will Wilberforce" day but celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?"

Celebrate Booker T Washington, a black leader I admire. If there's something IDK about to hate about the guy, fill me in please.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

236 I don't recall him or his magazine ever really do that. More like whine about things and feel superior to the flyover states.

That was, as I recall, his definition of conservatism "standing athwart history and saying 'stop'" which as People's Hippo Voice pointed out accomplished zero, like pulling your goalie.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:45 PM (UZCuZ)

yes, I knew the attribution, but what did WFB and NR ever really take a stand on?

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)

237 173 So in aggregate yes Buckley was wrong.

And to return to this topic, any American in say 1956 given a vision of America in 2026 would be shocked and horrified. Right, left, center...trannies twerking for kids? Mass immigration of jihadis? Endless graft going to Somali Learing centers?

So Buckley FAILED. He stopped NOTHING. In fact he failed in ways that people of his era couldn't even have imagined us failing in...Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:32 PM (sKqQm)

Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)

I completely disagree. Yes, NR is but a RINO husk of its former self, at best. I personally can't believe that all the writers that I followed back in the 90s (with the exception of Derbyshire and Steyn) went over to the Dark Side, but that said Buckley was a giant of the conservative movement. The only one who offered any competition for him back in the 50s was probably Russell Kirk, and he was a writer, not a talker. From Firing Line, to running for NYC mayor in the 60s, and so on, he was the only figure until Rush who could have been the face of The Right.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)

238 celebrating the day one group of former slaves in Texas found out they had been freed is a national holiday?!?

Its like making it a holiday that WW2 ended when that last confused Japanese Soldier in the jungle found out decades later.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (UZCuZ)

239 I wonder what Gen Z would make of Dr Zhivago?

They'd think it was do slow of course but...how would they react to the casual violence of the Soviets that looked very much like the casual violence of the German Socialists they've seen many times in film

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (sKqQm)

240 222 Force a vote. Make them identify themselves. By not taking the vote leadership is supporting the no vote.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 03:43 PM (vHMT

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There have been several, and they've been self-identifying.

The problem is that the vast majority who keep voting against it...are not running for re-election (Mitch, Tillis, and Cassidy are on record, though we know for sure that Cornyn won't vote for passage if it's actually needs his vote), plus Murkowski (who is a Democrat).

So, they are the scapegoats.

Getting rid of most of them will help. We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)

241 The point has been made that Juneteenth celebrates the day Republicans freed the democrats slaves. Reason enough for a holiday.
Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (F9bBk)

Many are slaves, the chains are just mental.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (uhVAy)

242 what did WFB and NR ever really take a stand on?
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (uhVAy)

In the 1990s? Marijuana legalization. I'm serious.
I guess they also gave an even handed hearing to "The Bell Curve". The New Republic also tried to, but then they had a staff revolt so all the articles in that issue were about how racist it was.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (3d9VR)

243 225 TJM, what's your opinion of Lean's Dickens stuff -- Oliver Twist and Great Expectations?

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:44 PM (77rzZ)

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Oliver Twist is good. Great Expectations is great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)

244 Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (IdfaO)

John has a long mustache. And the puppies are barking.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (ixZ1o)

245 yes, I knew the attribution, but what did WFB and NR ever really take a stand on?

OH ... I'll take this one.

Vote GOP - early and often. Nio matter what. No matter what the Dirty Democrat says.

Still said today.

And By God ... the Rich must not pay Capital Gains.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (IdfaO)

246 Probably the last time Streisand looked doable. Barely.

Her entire career is baffling to me. How did she get work in Hollywood, let alone as a romantic lead in multiple films? She had a pretty good if highly nasal voice but really? HER?

There were a lot of actors and actresses in the 70s that defy rational explanation as to how they had a career.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (UZCuZ)

247 If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM

Oh, we will! We mosdef will! Just you wait!

Posted by: (D)emocrats at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (0sNs1)

248
The "Bradford Oakes" series was awful, but the quip about yacht ownership being like standing in a cold shower peeling off $100 bills was funny.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (Y8DZL)

249 Its like making it a holiday that WW2 ended when that last confused Japanese Soldier in the jungle found out decades later.

But there was still slavery in the US at the time, so the analogy would be like instead of celebrating VJ day on the day Japan surrendered OR the day the last Jap soldier surrendered celebrating the day the Japs left the Philippines or something

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

250 >>The point has been made that Juneteenth celebrates the day Republicans freed the democrats slaves.

Can we get a Holiday for the day LBJ put them back in Chains?

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (An6iH)

251 Great Expectations is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM

It met your expectations?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)

252 @238: I work for a state government. This would give me an additional day off. I'm for it.

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (OaiXh)

253 212 I hear that Boston is having an issue with Scots. The Scot FIFA fans are trying their best to drink Boston dry, and apparently having some success. At least one of the bars where the Scots are meeting has had to make emergency orders for more Sam Adams beer.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:37 PM (qx7Zg)
____________________

The latest is that they have graduated to a 1980's prank that they do over in Glasgow. They put traffic cones on the heads of authoritative statues. The famous one they did was the Duke of Wellington, and it escalated from there.

So, now, there were about 30 of them trying to get a traffic cone to land on the head of the Samuel Adams statue near Faniel Hall...(which they accomplished).

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (dIske)

254 251 Great Expectations is great.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM

It met your expectations?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (0sNs1)

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Honestly, I expected more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (Zn6QU)

255 Celebrate Booker T Washington, a black leader I admire. If there's something IDK about to hate about the guy, fill me in please.
Posted by: gp

He and Frederick Douglass. Though Douglass had more personal issues, I think. But his heart was in the right place.

Both men believed strongly in education for blacks. A position, that, sadly, the present-day "black community" has rejected.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (77rzZ)

256 Apparently it was a Norfolk man, 30 years old....still haven't named which Mohammed it was.

Matt Van Swol
@mattvanswol
🚨#BREAKING: A 3-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN THROWN INTO A CROCODILE ENCLOSURE BY A 30-YEAR-OLD MALE AND HAS BEEN MAULED.

THE ATTACK WAS "RANDOM" AND THE MAN TOSSED THE BOY AT THE CROCODILES IN THE UK.

HE HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ATTEMPTED M*RDER.

THEY ARE NOT NAMING THE ATTACKER.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (kX27y)

257 =======

Oliver Twist is good. Great Expectations is great.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:48 PM (Zn6QU)

That's it?

No wonder you're struggling to get your YT channel off the ground......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

258 Speaking of ol Ben, his organization fired the one guy who understood that we have to fix popular culture and was putting out conservative content in movies.

Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh, but I get it. A significant number of conservatives, especially older ones, react to the idea of participating in current popular culture with revulsion and disgust. Even when it's to move the Overton window.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

259 But by all means... Please. do vote yourselves a raise!

Uniparty must be completely destroyed.

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (61TgR)

260 From Firing Line, to running for NYC mayor in the 60s, and so on, he was the only figure until Rush who could have been the face of The Right.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)

And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

261 Speaking of NR in the lead up to the 2020 election I read their archived articles on Joe Biden's earlier run for president and they just made fun of him the whole time until be dropped out.

Quite a difference from 2020...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (sKqQm)

262 >>There were a lot of actors and actresses in the 70s that defy rational explanation as to how they had a career.

Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (An6iH)

263 257 That's it?

No wonder you're struggling to get your YT channel off the ground......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2YhKe)

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I'm going for pithy!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Zn6QU)

264 249 Its like making it a holiday that WW2 ended when that last confused Japanese Soldier in the jungle found out decades later.

But there was still slavery in the US at the time, so the analogy would be like instead of celebrating VJ day on the day Japan surrendered OR the day the last Jap soldier surrendered celebrating the day the Japs left the Philippines or something
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:49 PM (sKqQm)

Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (bl07w)

265 I work for a state government. This would give me an additional day off. I'm for it.

its like working as a public school teacher. How many full months go by without an extra day off? Hell, how many WEEKS?

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (UZCuZ)

266 The system rewards him for hiring illegals - he gets more money in his pocket by doing so.

If you want to fix things you have to make the system reward the things you want and punish those you don't.

And I'm willing to start with million dollar plus fines and/or prison sentences for knowingly hiring an illegal.

Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

267 George Washington Carver is admirable.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (Gqar8)

268 I don't think blacks ever celebrated Juneteeth. It's a made-up holiday that actually makes Texas slaves look like idiots. Only white leftists celebrate Juneteenth. It's like Kwanza.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

269 Buckley made the GOP look elitist and hostile to middle America. Never saw a reason for adulation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:35 PM (uhVAy)
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This. Despite whatever good ideas he had he was a self-important faculty lounge walking stereotype who when he wasn't acting high and mighty was probably huffing his own farts vigorously.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (5aZAZ)

270 Walsh himself kind of has the Ben Shapiro asshole vibe.

He's ideologically better but I find it hard to listen to him for long

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (sKqQm)

271
Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh, but I get it. A significant number of conservatives, especially older ones, react to the idea of participating in current popular culture with revulsion and disgust. Even when it's to move the Overton window.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (2ocoG)

He said something critical about Israel and Ben can't have any of that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (2YhKe)

272 266 And I'm willing to start with million dollar plus fines and/or prison sentences for knowingly hiring an illegal.

Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

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It's one of the main drivers that made MTG anti-Trump.

Her construction company she co-owns was suddenly met with the reality that labor costs could go up. Because she definitely wasn't hiring illegals. No, sir.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (Zn6QU)

273 Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.

This would explain how Richard Benjamin was considered a leading man

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (UZCuZ)

274 "Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh"

They fired Matt Walsh?! The damn fools!

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (Jr5Lq)

275 However, am I the only one thinking that the Ukrainian Actions against Russian Oil Infrastructure was timed to thwart the Market Effects of Trump opening the Strait of Hormuz via his Iran Agreement?
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:42 PM (An6iH)

Almost as if there were a global cabal using economic means to destroy the west. Some sort of world economic something.

Can't be.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (ExV1e)

276 Jerking.. committee? So, like, you arrange the porta-potties in a circle? Doors open or closed?
Posted by: Maine Goon at June 18, 2026 03:34 PM (Sy6m/)

An open door portapotty circle jerk for oyster Nazis is a very outr&ecaute; notion. Bravo.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)

277 I don't think blacks ever celebrated Juneteeth. It's a made-up holiday that actually makes Texas slaves look like idiots. Only white leftists celebrate Juneteenth. It's like Kwanza.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

Incorrect. Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year. They had festivals and parades in most big cities. Everywhere there is a MLK Jr. Blvd, they were celebrating.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)

278 More like whine about things and feel superior to the flyover states."
No denim. Bowties...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (cGjQu)

279
Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)

280 George Washington Carver is admirable.
Posted by: tubal

Yes, I like him, too. But I don't know much about him.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (77rzZ)

281 Almost as if there were a global cabal using economic means to destroy the west. Some sort of world economic something.

Nah, just Trump. They time and do things to harm the economy so Trump suffers.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (UZCuZ)

282 279
Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)

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That's a good book.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Zn6QU)

283 Bowties?

George Will is a Senator?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (4T3aT)

284 yeah, Juneteenth was always big in Galveston. Houston knew about it and there'd be parties there too if only to keep drunk blacks off the I-45 that night.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (3d9VR)

285 Term limits for RINO co** suckers!

Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Mx+TJ)

286 I hear that Boston is having an issue with Scots.

Because they ain't Irish. Come on. This is not hard.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (IdfaO)

287 Yes, I like him, too. But I don't know much about him.

He invented the peanut

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (UZCuZ)

288 Speaking of ol Ben, his organization fired the one guy who understood that we have to fix popular culture and was putting out conservative content in movies. He was the guy that made stuff like "What Is A Woman" and "Pendragon Cycle." Some of it was pretty lame like "Ladyballers" and some of it was good. But they were making an impact.

Ben fired him.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 03:39 PM (UZCuZ)
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Does that mean I don't have to hear him and his absurd voice continue to run against Michael Knowles for the nomination to be the next Pope?

Cause that'd be great.

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (5aZAZ)

289 260 From Firing Line, to running for NYC mayor in the 60s, and so on, he was the only figure until Rush who could have been the face of The Right.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:47 PM (EU//e)

And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:50 PM (uhVAy)

I largely agree with that - WFB was about as Establishment as you could get. However, there was no movement before Buckley, and of the group that was around only WFB had the gift of organization - as chaotic as it turned out to be, almost from the very beginning. Rush and the movement we have now had to be built on some foundation, and Buckley was it. I'm not sure that we could have had Reagan without Buckley.

Now, he did outlive his usefulness. The success of NR made him the gatekeeper of the movement, which ended to its detriment. His son Spaulding -- oops, Christopher - was not equipped for the next generation of the movement, as well. However, no single person had WFB's talents, and he was the right man for that time.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (EU//e)

290 >>George Washington Carver is admirable.

Anybody who can turn a Peanut into a CD Player is worthy of admiration.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (An6iH)

291 Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year"

Hey, let's make it a federal holiday! That'll keep em voting for us!

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (cGjQu)

292 its like working as a public school teacher. How many full months go by without an extra day off? Hell, how many WEEKS
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Actually I used to work for a university back east. We got lots of days off. Now I work for Wyoming. Honestly, They're pretty stingy with paid time off. It was a shock coming from such a free-loading environment. But I'm way happier now!

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (OaiXh)

293 Speaking of Omar Shareef, Julie Christie had that ethereal beauty back in the day.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (fgSb9)

294 Texas has celebrated Juneteenth for over 160
Years. It was officially recognized in 1980. It’s not some recent white liberal thing.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)

295 Celebrate Booker T Washington, a black leader I admire. If there's something IDK about to hate about the guy, fill me in please.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:46 PM (Jr5Lq)

I've always been a fan of George Washington Carver, too. Knew the value of education and did remarkable things with his life.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (k9OZB)

296 Juneteenth is also a big deal in Seattle.

Because the virtue signaling never stops.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (algQV)

297 Hey, let's make it a federal holiday! That'll keep em voting for us!

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (cGjQu)

The ultimate in pander.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (2YhKe)

298 Also gotta credit WFB for "The Unmaking of a Mayor" and the devastating ridicule of John Lindsey.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 03:54 PM (Y8DZL)

Republican Mayor Lindsey?

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (uhVAy)

299 262 >>There were a lot of actors and actresses in the 70s that defy rational explanation as to how they had a career.

Never underestimate the power of a Prehensile Uvula.
Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (An6iH)
____________________________________
Bo Derek was the female version of Tommy Wiseau if acting is the qualifier (with the exception being that anyone with testosterone in any quantity had her swimsuit poster where she wore dreadlocks)

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)

300 And I'm willing to start with million dollar plus fines and/or prison sentences for knowingly hiring an illegal.

Cuz that'd change hearts and minds real fucking rikki tik.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (ExV1e)

The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (mP0Kj)

301 FWIW, AI sez "No, Matt Walsh has not been fired and remains a prominent host and commentator at The Daily Wire."

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (Jr5Lq)

302 And what did his right accomplish? Running down Goldwater, sneering at Reagan who ended up doing more than WFB did by a million. He was controlled oppo.

Reagan allowed the Democrats to beta test their election fraud schemes and take over California. And Buckley "legitimized" Rush Limbaugh for the tea and crumpets crowd. Nobody's 100% good or bad.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (2ocoG)

303 There were a lot of actors and actresses in the 70s that defy rational explanation as to how they had a career.

And then there was Burnadette Peters. Still prettier than ... well ... everybody.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (IdfaO)

304 >>>Some "Republican" Senators Hate Trump Too Much

Typically, when people talk of other people's "unacceptable" views, they talk of other people holding such views, largely because people are incapable of looking at the world through the lens of other people's mindset. That is a rare skill, IMO.

So I read this as "Thune hates Trump"

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (dK+Kv)

305 Yes, I like him, too. But I don't know much about him."

I belive he's dead, Jim.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (cGjQu)

306 Didn't know they fired Matt Walsh,

==

That's because he is still with Daily Wire.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (GD0B3)

307 300
The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (mP0Kj)

=======

But if people realize that, then who will donate to congressmen's campaigns as they gesticulate at committee hearings?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (Zn6QU)

308 I grew up in Texas in the 70s and 80s. We learned about Juneteenth, but I never thought it was something to celebrate. Yay, we were last!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (2UnvF)

309 >>Bo Derek was the female version of Tommy Wiseau if acting is the qualifier (with the exception being that anyone with testosterone in any quantity had her swimsuit poster where she wore dreadlocks)

She was no Heather Thomas in a Hot Tub.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (An6iH)

310 Hey, let's make it a federal holiday! That'll keep em voting for us!
Posted by: man

"Hold my beer."
-- Zombie LBJ. ready to sign the VRA

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (77rzZ)

311 Carver was an agronomist, had degrees in the science. Did a LOT of agricultural research. Also, scandal free life.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (Gqar8)

312 Addendum: And Thune is too cowardly to admit that it is him that hates Trumpses the mostest, precious.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (dK+Kv)

313
I'm starting to think 50% of the government expenditures are fraudulent.

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
4h
Meet Pervez Siddiqui, a Pakistani and the president of an adult day care in NYC. He was just arrested and charged for allegedly carrying out a $38 MILLION Medicaid scam.

Siddiqui allegedly faked sign-ups in order to receive kickbacks through Medicaid payments.

Siddiqui was reportedly prominent in Democrat circles, per NYP

7 other co-conspirators were also arrested.

The fraud never ends.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (kX27y)

314 294 Texas has celebrated Juneteenth for over 160
Years. It was officially recognized in 1980. It’s not some recent white liberal thing.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)

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I lived there for 5 years and had never heard of it until we made it some stupid holiday.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)

315 her swimsuit poster where she wore dreadlocks"

That scene with Bolero....

Yum.

Bunkworthy, that is

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (cGjQu)

316 Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)

Where in TX though? I hear it's slightly larger than Rhode Island.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (3d9VR)

317
I lived there for 5 years and had never heard of it until we made it some stupid holiday.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (fgSb9)

There were commercials on TV every year in DFW for the festivals and parades that I remember since the 80's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (2YhKe)

318 Matt Walsh still hates all anime.

Nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 03:59 PM (4T3aT)

319 I don't think blacks ever celebrated Juneteeth. It's a made-up holiday that actually makes Texas slaves look like idiots. Only white leftists celebrate Juneteenth. It's like Kwanza.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 03:51 PM (iFTx/)

Incorrect. Texas blacks celebrated Juneteenth every year. They had festivals and parades in most big cities. Everywhere there is a MLK Jr. Blvd, they were celebrating.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (2YhKe)
_______

Really? I never heard of it before, and I we have friends and family in Dallas. I woulda thunk I'd at least have heard of it in passing. I also dated a black girl who lived for a time in TX and while she knew what it was, she said it was never any big deal.

Certainly no black outside of TX that I have ever met ever celebrated it, or even knew what it was.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

320 Carver was an agronomist, had degrees in the science. Did a LOT of agricultural research. Also, scandal free life.
Posted by: tubal

According to his Wikipedia page, he was known during his life as something like "the black Leonardo."

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (77rzZ)

321
One difference you see consistently between the left and right is that if the left wants say $50B for something they'll come out and say anything less then $200B is an outrage and leads to kids dying in the streets.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (sKqQm)

The thing that pisses me off about the GOPe is that they allow themselves to be bought so cheaply. "I'll pay you $5k for a vote on this $650B bill.", "Make it $4500. I don't want to price myself out of the market."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (y9nCu)

322 Where in TX though? I hear it's slightly larger than Rhode Island."

Marginally, yes.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (cGjQu)

323 My senator wears a flannel shirt and drives a truck in his election ads. He’s a rock ribbed conservative just like me.
- Rube voters in red states

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (X+Nnd)

324 nood

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (Jr5Lq)

325 She was no Heather Thomas in a Hot Tub.

You kidden, I heard she was in the tub with her.

Posted by: Crumps Benjamin at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (Mx+TJ)

326 There were small celebrations in some Texas towns for a long time. But like everything else they grew smaller over the years, and some towns never celebrated. But it was officially recognized by the state. It also became a bigger deal now that the Feds give everyone a day off.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (bucPA)

327 Matt Walsh still hates all anime.

I am convinced many of his pop culture takes are just contrarian, to help build his image as a curmudgeon. He has recently began talking about the impact and importance of pop culture and how the nation has suffered as it changed.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (UZCuZ)

328
Certainly no black outside of TX that I have ever met ever celebrated it, or even knew what it was.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 04:00 PM (iFTx/)

That is correct. NO one cared unless they were born and lived in Texas.

Anyone else celebrating it was a pandering idiot. It means NOTHING to anyone outside of Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (2YhKe)

329 he was known during his life as something like "the black Leonardo."

DiCaprio?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (cGjQu)

330 During the opening ceremony of his presidential center in Chicago, former President Obama praised Mitt Romney and the late John McCain, commending their character. He stated: "Every president here today, as different as we are, has tried our best to uphold values that John McCain and Mitt Romney believed in no less than I did. It is our greatest inheritance.

Glory Be! McCain and Romney pulled it off, surviving with fortunes intact and praised by progressives!

Hell, they can all do it! In the end, the rinos are financial guys. They want to be, need to be to be worthy enough so as not to be tortured in a public restaurant, publicly mocked and criticized by former presidents and their surrogates, etc. And then if/when the time comes to leave Congress, they & theirs have warm and friendly roosting places.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (NFX2v)

331 If Bo Derek was wearing her dreads in a 'modern' US metropolis today there is a good chance some uptight Karen of a Sistah would scold her for the dreads.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (4T3aT)

332 I'm starting to think 50% of the government expenditures are fraudulent.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 03:58 PM (kX27y)

Imma open a bar with cold beer and hot chicks and call it an adult daycare.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 04:01 PM (dK+Kv)

333 311 Carver was an agronomist, had degrees in the science. Did a LOT of agricultural research. Also, scandal free life.
Posted by: tubal

Pretty easy after having been made a eunuch.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (Y8DZL)

334 Juneteenth? Any of you all grow up close to northern Indiana and had to hear about "Dyngus Day" every year?

Jeesh, those freaking Poles...

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (77rzZ)

335 Brand spanking new thread up top

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (DiYkG)

336 Chris Buckley wrote a couple of good books.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (wBaIH)

337 The laws are already on the books. It is already illegal to hire illegals... just no one is enforcing the law.

And killing and rioting and all the other shit. Downing someone in the street and going at their neck with a pocket knife is against the law.

Not arguing with your statement. But I am arguing with the slope headed Andy Griffith crowd that can't grasp that the rules are not being followed.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:03 PM (IdfaO)

338 Afternoon all.
(Looks around)
Haven't been here in a while.
This seems to be a pretty subdued Pride month. Haven't seen any Pride flags here in the DMV. I did read that some baseball team had to cancel because the team refused to wear rainbow game shirts.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (kJmSS)

339 336 Chris Buckley wrote a couple of good books.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at June 18, 2026 04:02 PM (wBaIH)

Thank You for Smoking was very good and very funny.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (kX27y)

340 Juneteenth? Any of you all grow up close to northern Indiana and had to hear about "Dyngus Day" every year?

No. I grew up south of Indianapolis. All we heard about was "copperheads".

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (IdfaO)

341
Speaking of Omar Shareef, Julie Christie had that ethereal beauty back in the day.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (fgSb9)

Heartbreakingly beautiful woman. But her most famous character, Lara, was a shameless round-heeled slut, in the film and especially the book.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:04 PM (y9nCu)

342 Excuse me Mr. Thune, but a real leader (I understand you don't know what that means) would rally the troops with a rousing,

"It doesn't matter how you feel about the President, 80% of the country wants us to pass this bill, so put aside your animus and get this done for the American people. and most importantly, if you can get this done, I will do a backdoor deal to get millions in each of your re-election coffers."

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (fgSb9)

343 Sigh.
Did it again apparently. 😏

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (kJmSS)

344 She'd be snatched bald with major security.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (NFX2v)

345 342 Excuse me Mr. Thune, but a real leader (I understand you don't know what that means) would rally the troops with a rousing,

"It doesn't matter how you feel about the President, 80% of the country wants us to pass this bill, so put aside your animus and get this done for the American people. and most importantly, if you can get this done, I will do a backdoor deal to get millions in each of your re-election coffers."

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (fgSb9)

======

"Fuck you. No."
-Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, Cornyn, and Ernst, all retiring

"Really, fuck you. No."
-Murkowski, Democrat

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 04:05 PM (Zn6QU)

346 Weigh it out when they've been around for ages.

Does it matter to them what Trump thinks, or what Obama, Clinton, Bush, etc. think? And while all things must pass, O and the Clintons have had some real staying power in government.

Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office, emphasizing in his Farewell Address that he would remain involved as a citizen for the rest of his days. He also famously told his staff and supporters before departing, "I won't stop. In fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days."

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)

347 Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office, emphasizing in his Farewell Address that he would remain involved as a citizen for the rest of his days. He also famously told his staff and supporters before departing, "I won't stop. In fact, I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days."
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)

Looks like that was a threat, he's destroying the Dems better than the GOP has done.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (uhVAy)

348 It’s not some recent white liberal thing.
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (bucPA)

The LGBTSYNZC part is.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 04:13 PM (wjnjX)

349 Made it home

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:16 PM (Ia/+0)

350
Barack Obama explicitly stated he was not done serving when he left office,
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 04:10 PM (NFX2v)

I'm reminded of that steaming pile of monkey crap Charlie Crist who whined during a press conference after switching parties "I just want to SERVE!". Sounded like a teenage boy trying to talk his girlfriend into taking in "just the tip".

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 04:18 PM (y9nCu)

351 Bo Derek was the female version of Tommy Wiseau if acting is the qualifier (with the exception being that anyone with testosterone in any quantity had her swimsuit poster where she wore dreadlocks)
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 03:56 PM (dIske)

Eh, Bo Derek was married to midlevel actor/director John Derek.

So, she was part of the in-crowd. Easy for her to get the part in "10" because she was a beautiful, sexy gal with a knockout body.

And that's all "10" required of her since she was a sex fantasy object for Dudley Moore's character.

She had maybe 20 lines in that movie.

Anyway, after that she failed more or less because-

-though she had great tits, they weren't attached to a great actress.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 04:27 PM (iJfKG)

352 unpaid SUBcontractors, probably nothing to do with Obama.

Posted by: MikeN at June 18, 2026 09:09 PM (ApkXr)

353 Even if every Republican voted for the SAVE Act, there would not be 60 votes to get past the Filibuster.

Which is why Sen. ThuneSchumer keeps it. And rigs elections so we don't get 60 votes.

Posted by: The Gipper Lives at June 18, 2026 10:58 PM (YO+a/)

European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants; Hall Explodes Into Chant of "Send Them Back! Send Them Back!"

The joke leftist newspaper The Guardian is very sad about this, and wants you to know that after the "Send them back!" chant, some shrill voices counter-chanted "shame on you."

Oh no, we've never heard squeaky communists hissing "shame" at us.

Rightwing MEPs have come under fire after they celebrated a vote aimed at increasing deportations across the EU with chants of "send them back", leading other lawmakers to respond with cries of "shame on you".
The heated confrontation in the European parliament came on Wednesday after lawmakers voted 418 to 218 to approve controversial measures aimed at increasing deportations of undocumented people.

A two-thirds majority in what is usually a very left-wing, pro-bureaucrat, pro-Davos body is "controversial."

But opening the borders wasn't controversial, you see.

The overhaul has been widely criticised by rights groups including Amnesty International France, which this week described the plans as "absurd, cruel and discriminatory", and 16 UN experts, who recently outlined more than a dozen ways in which the rules could contravene international human rights.

Wow I'm surprised that "the experts" -- meaning leftwingers who have f***ed and s***ed their way into cushy NGO jobs -- were against this.

One reform now allows countries to make deals with third-party countries to take their "asylum seekers" as their meritless, fraudulent asylum claims are processed. If I recall correctly, Italy just sought such a deal, and made an agreement with Albania to take the "asylees" while they churned through the fraud.

But then the European Union cancelled the deal, claiming it was against the Convention on Human Rights. (Again, if memory serves.)

I assume this reform makes that deal permissible.

The plans include measures under which people could be detained for up to two years or sent to offshore centres that have been described as potential "human rights black holes", while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe.

LOL.

The reform also allows governments to detain "migrants" for longer. They can be detained, IIRC, for two months without cause, and for an unlimited period if they're a security threat.

If anyone says "but that's holding them without trial" -- well, they're always free to leave the country.

...
The far right's celebration of the vote was swiftly condemned. Javi López, a Socialist and vice-president of the European parliament, described the plenary session as "disgraceful". Writing on social media, he added: "As if people were parcels. Families. Minors. Deported to third countries. This is the Europe they are imposing."

Oh, Javi Lopez wouldn't be a socialist from Spain, by any chance, would he?

The leftwing Spanish government granted residency to lots of illegal aliens, in order to replace the native Spanish population. They said this mass amnesty would apply to 500,000 aliens, so don't even worry about it, mate.

Surprise! They lied. It's up to a million and counting.

Those experts, they just never get things right, do they?

Maybe they're not really experts at all.

Spain's government has received around 900,000 applications from undocumented migrants seeking legal status under a programme that initially expected half a million requests, the Migration Ministry said on Monday.
...
Non-profit refugee aid organisation CEAR expects applications to exceed one million by the time the programme ends in two weeks.

"We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 02:00 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 One reform now allows countries to make deals with third-party countries to take their "asylum seekers" as their meritless, fraudulent asylum claims are processed. If I recall correctly, Italy just sought such a deal, and made an agreement with Albania to take the "asylees" while they churned through the fraud.

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And those third countries are happy to take a stipend and then lose the deportees in the gutters of the cities.

Honestly, the third world's corruption is just being turned against them now.

They can end up dead in a gutter in Djibouti, or they can go back to Syria (which is no longer in a civil war) on their own terms. It's up to them.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (Zn6QU)

2 European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants; Hall Explodes Into Chant of "Send Them Back! Send Them Back!"
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Somebody once had an idea to deport "the undesirables", then found a less costly solution.

I'd foot the expense to just send these ones back, somewhere.
Once they get one foot on dry land "somewhere" the rest is their problem.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)

3 The joke leftist newspaper The Guardian is very sad about this, and wants you to know that after the "Send them back!" chant, some shrill voices counter-chanted "shame on you."

To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)

4 To the Haitian Stew Pot !!!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)

5 REEEE

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (yw9lQ)

6 Niiiiice!

Now DO IT.
Results mo, chants not as much.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (4KUe5)

7 Must be a hell of a party downstairs...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (/lPRQ)

8 "We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting.

THIS is the Ace I love the most.

Posted by: toddg at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (KCFD3)

9 3 The joke leftist newspaper The Guardian is very sad about this, and wants you to know that after the "Send them back!" chant, some shrill voices counter-chanted "shame on you."

To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Riz8t)

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"Oh, this means I can vote for the Christian Democrat Union again."
-a shocking number of Germans, I bet

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (Zn6QU)

10 If none of the euroweenies slapped each other with their gloves and declared a duel at noon I am disappointed.

It's about effing time they woke up.

I have other words but am not using them today (so far).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)

11 10 If none of the euroweenies slapped each other with their gloves and declared a duel at noon I am disappointed.

It's about effing time they woke up.

I have other words but am not using them today (so far).

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (hzuYO)

====

Well, it's mostly maladjusted women, now.

So, a lot of crying and saying that they feel unsafe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Zn6QU)

12 Apropos of nothing, this is too cool not to link.
I've never seen the top of an oil tank do that before.

https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)

13 Those experts, they just never get things right, do they?

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It was just a little whoopsie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (Zn6QU)

14 "The plans include measures under which people could be detained for up to two years or sent to offshore centres that have been described as potential "human rights black holes", while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe."

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THAT'S RACISS!!

Posted by: Kid who says, THAT'S RACISS! at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (cWLG3)

15 I join the calls for the US to invade the UK to deal with the Paki problem.

From sea to sea, Briton will be free.

I mean that in the way the way the Palis mean it ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (73/SM)

16 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (2YhKe)

17 Too late Limey’s

Posted by: Redenzo at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (E79uu)

18 This is a self-interest, self-preservation vote. Actually, acting on the vote is a something a vast majority of the Yay-sayers are willing to do.

Those in Parliament took one glance at the most recent news, observed the response of residential citizens, saw the local municipality gains of the Restore/Reform candidates and responded collectively...."Oh Bloody Hell."

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (dIske)

19 We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs gentlemen and ladies!!!!

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (IY9No)

20 "...while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe."

ICE-style? ICE-style??!! As in perform the task of detaining and removing those not lawfully in the country? Heaven forfend.

Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (5FPX4)

21 Back in the day if foreign savages wanted to rape, pillage and burn they actually had to work for it. Now they get invited right in, given housing and benefits, and near-immunity from legal consequences. Hell of a thing. Good to see it getting reined in a little.

Posted by: Good start, keep going at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/)

22 The far right's celebration of the vote

—

So when 2/3 of people agree thats considered far right?

Interesting.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (X+Nnd)

23 Apropos of nothing, this is too cool not to link.
I've never seen the top of an oil tank do that before.

https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)

Is that Russia or LA?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (qx7Zg)

24 What about their kids born in Europe?
Seem to recall that the dude who stabbed young goat a dance party had parents from Africa, but he was born in the UK.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)

25 Watching the most shameless people on the planet adopt the morality bug has certainly been educational. They did it so stealthily it feels like it didn't happen.

Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (ixZ1o)

26 15 I join the calls for the US to invade the UK to deal with the Paki problem.

From sea to sea, Briton will be free.

I mean that in the way the way the Palis mean it ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (73/SM)

====

Blockade.

Stop the Iranian tanker with 300K barrels of oil headed towards English shores that Starmer just paid for.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2067637689826828460

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (Zn6QU)

27 20 "...while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe."

ICE-style? ICE-style??!! As in perform the task of detaining and removing those not lawfully in the country? Heaven forfend.
Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (5FPX4)

---
Yeaaaah boi!

Posted by: Vanilla ICE at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (cWLG3)

28 To which the people of Europe responded "Suck my d***!".

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM

In the UK, I believe the correct phrase is "Gargle my sack, treehugger!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (HlyYF)

29 Those experts, they just never get things right, do they?

Mistakes may have been made.
If so, they were in the enthusiasm of the moment.
Old news.
What difference, at this point, does it make?
Time to move on.

Posted by: WEF, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Big Penguin, Inc. at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (0sNs1)

30 plans include measures under which people could be detained for up to two years or sent to offshore centres that have been described as potential "human rights black holes", while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe."

—

Or they could just go home on their own. Nobody’s stopping them from doing that. This way they avoid the “ice style enforcement”. Easy peasy.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (X+Nnd)

31 Maybe they're not really experts at all.
----
They are experts at being 100% wrong about absolutely everything.

That takes a lot of dedicated effort.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)

32 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work. Okay, you're replacing white people with violent dumbasses who enjoy raping locals, how will that benefit you?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)

33 "...while also allowing ICE-style immigration enforcement to gain a foothold in Europe."

I think they think this is some kind of realllly scary thing. Wait til they find out that's EXACTLY what the people of Europe want.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (Riz8t)

34 I guess the French aren't going to take back the Statue of Liberty. We could at least gift them the Emma Lazarus poetry crap

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (A0HNO)

35 24 What about their kids born in Europe?
Seem to recall that the dude who stabbed young goat a dance party had parents from Africa, but he was born in the UK.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (4KUe5)
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I don't think birthright citizenship is a thing in European countries.

Posted by: Vanilla ICE at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (cWLG3)

36 Well, it's mostly maladjusted women, now.

So, a lot of crying and saying that they feel unsafe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Zn6QU)

And making TikTok videos of such while seated inside their cars.

Posted by: Like OMG I'm literally SHAKING at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (TbWk/)

37 Javi Lopez and his likeminded ilk should all resign in protest of the Nazi-like behavior by the Neo Nazi MEPs

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (5yDGQ)

38 32 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work. Okay, you're replacing white people with violent dumbasses who enjoy raping locals, how will that benefit you?

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)

====

I bet they really did think that the masses would work the factories of Germany and help pay for the impending financial collapse of a welfare state with more retirees than workers.

But, other factions that were generally anti-West steadily gained power until they could just open the doors completely without a second though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:11 PM (Zn6QU)

39 If they're supposedly fleeing human rights violations and it's a human rights violation to send them back, why aren't they doing anything about the original committer of the human rights violations as a better solution?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:11 PM (2YhKe)

40 So when 2/3 of people agree thats considered far right?

Interesting.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (X+Nnd)

I'm wildly curious about what policies and beliefs constitute "far right" because all the ones I know about are common sense and decency. That seems pretty centrist to me unless of course right is good and left is bad.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (FMtrg)

41 McIlroy just hit a drive 396 yards. He then hit a nine iron ten feet from the hole for a possible eagle putt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (A0HNO)

42 Oh, right, no birthright citizenship.

OFF YOU GO, THEN!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (4KUe5)

43 Javi, Javi Lopez
King of the No Frontiers

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (amcLV)

44 They are experts at being 100% wrong about absolutely everything.

That takes a lot of dedicated effort.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:09 PM (gnNyN)

Ehrlich, Mann, and Krugman all come to mind.

Posted by: Blind pigs that never found an acorn at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (TbWk/)

45 Small semblance of sanity.

Likely too late. The invading horde of vile musselmen is already entrenched.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (N1DT3)

46 Javi Lopez and his likeminded ilk should all resign in protest of the Nazi-like behavior by the Neo Nazi MEPs
Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (5yDGQ)

Funny. I read this as 'hang from a lamppost.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (2YhKe)

47 "We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting."

Good Will Nutting

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (S+j2h)

48 There were Labor party memos revealed probably 15+ years ago where the party explicitly said they were bringing in immigrants to dilute the conservative voters and “rub their faces in it.”

It was intentional and malicious.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (4KUe5)

49 45 Small semblance of sanity.

Likely too late. The invading horde of vile musselmen is already entrenched.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 02:13 PM (N1DT3)

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I believe the average in Europe is roughly 7% Muslim per country.

If European governments get cracking soon, they could probably deport a lot of that.

Still have to deal with the fact that they promised too many benefits to their populations while encouraging them to have too few children, but that seems to have become a secondary concern.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Zn6QU)

50

https://tinyurl.com/4ubn96fe
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)

I had that presented to me earlier today as "Russia releases proof of UFO existence."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (2YhKe)

51 The worm has turned?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (4focF)

52 >>>European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants; Hall Explodes Into Chant of "Send Them Back! Send Them Back!"

GTFO!

It is another Trumpmas miracle!

Yeah, he didn't have anything to to with directly causing this vote.

But by running on this in 2016, a mere decade ago, he made it OK to be "racist" and discuss the problems that these third world invaders bring with them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (dK+Kv)

53 I saw a blurb the other day that Labour is refusing to release the numbers of how many "migrants" are in government housing.

You know why.

I'll also note this as to how bad it is:
Henry's killers are all in free or subsidized housing.
You know it, I know it, everybody knows it.

And yet, they are hiding that fact because it worse for them than the fact that the officers stood there and laughed as he bled out and died.

Meaning, the number of non-citizens in public housing or on assistance in the UK has to be over 80%.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (73/SM)

54
"The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

55 McIlroy just hit a drive 396 yards. He then hit a nine iron ten feet from the hole for a possible eagle putt
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:12 PM (A0HNO)

Yeah, they need to put the game back where it was. That's just f*cking obnoxious. A 400 yard drive NOT in a long drive competition means they're doing something wrong.

Stop it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)

56 There were Labor party memos revealed probably 15+ years ago where the party explicitly said they were bringing in immigrants to dilute the conservative voters and “rub their faces in it.”

It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy

====

Not unlike the Obama / Biden / Harris regime.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (/lPRQ)

57 Finally pulled their heads out of their asses long enough to realize the people were getting pissed. I hope it's not too late.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2WIwB)

58 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work. Okay, you're replacing white people with violent dumbasses who enjoy raping locals, how will that benefit you?
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (fgSb9)
___________

There were several motivations, but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class. There are so few working-class Euros left and that class is needed to supported the older pension-taking class.

I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

59 Accusation of mean words > pen > sword

Posted by: Europe at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (5FPX4)

60 "The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

But Joe Biden was the Best Biden EVER as President.

F*ck right off with that shit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (2YhKe)

61 54
"The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

===

I really hope he loses.

The only halfway normal Democrat of prominence and of his generation who's also a white dude losing his federal office?

White male progressives will shit their pants. It will entertain me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Zn6QU)

62 I believe the average in Europe is roughly 7% Muslim per country.

If European governments get cracking soon, they could probably deport a lot of that.

Still have to deal with the fact that they promised too many benefits to their populations while encouraging them to have too few children, but that seems to have become a secondary concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (Zn6QU)
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Isn't most of that 7-10% concentrated in the cities? That fact alone means they should be able to get rid of a lot of them since they can just round them up and ship them out.

Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:17 PM (gnNyN)

63 58 There were several motivations, but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class. There are so few working-class Euros left and that class is needed to supported the older pension-taking class.

I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

====

Alternate path:

1. Subsidize motherhood.

when that fails (it fails like 90% of the time), you go to...

2. Accept that life is going to be hard for a generation but focus on preserving your culture so that when the birthrates do rebound eventually, you still have a culture to offer them.

Europe survived the Black Death without importing India.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (Zn6QU)

64 60 "The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

From what i have read "Jon" the president humiliated the World at the G7.. They were all following him around like puppy dogs

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)

65 France, Spain and the UK seem extra determined to complete the colonization.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (n5tGW)

66 It will entertain me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM

You know who else can entertain you?

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)

67 Isn't most of that 7-10% concentrated in the cities? That fact alone means they should be able to get rid of a lot of them since they can just round them up and ship them out.

Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
=========
Cutoff benefits like housing and welfare money and deporting criminals after a brief incarceration will cause a number of them to self deport.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

68 64
From what i have read "Jon" the president humiliated the World at the G7.. They were all following him around like puppy dogs

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (FtULh)

=====

Well, his audience is leftists who filter their news through MSNOW and BlueSky.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)

69 White male progressives will shit their pants. It will entertain me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (Zn6QU)

To be fair many of them are fecally incontinent from all the receptive anal sex over the years.

Posted by: Catchers in the rump at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (TbWk/)

70 Back in the day if foreign savages wanted to rape, pillage and burn they actually had to work for it. Now they get invited right in, "

Aleric laughs...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (cGjQu)

71 First, take out all the intrusive cameras in the area.

Second, find competent ex-military or local lads who are knowledgeable about fighting and winning.

Start busting heads in a very low-key kind of way. Bodies cannot be found or found in the most horrendous shape. Either will incur the fear necessary.

Keep it up until the dumbasses are so afraid they want to go back to shithole land.

Profit!

*This is all just an outline for a book.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (fgSb9)

72 66 It will entertain me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM

You know who else can entertain you?

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)

====

The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)

73 Of course, that takes an iron will and an iron stomach because the Muzzies ARE going to riot and behead some folks before they go.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Shitloads of MK 19 grenade launchers are good for crowd control.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (/lPRQ)

74 🚨SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)

75 "The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 02:15 PM (0sNs1)

***

What a jackass.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (2WIwB)

76 The best part is that the total number of voting delegates in the EU Parliament is 666, according to the vote total diagram in the video.

It's almost like they're TRYING to look evil, just to rub people's faces in it.

Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (Av6i5)

77 Here’s the story on the Blair led Labor party’s immigration plot:

https://tinyurl.com/m64n4dsh

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (4KUe5)

78 But of course.

Former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett christens the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony with a land acknowledgment:

“We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi Nations.”

-
What about those contractors whose skill and labor you stole?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (4focF)

79 "Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office."

Mr. Ossoff forgot to put "who are Democrats" after "Americans" in his statement. I'm
Not worried about either of those things.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (n3VHW)

80 =========
Cutoff benefits like housing and welfare money and deporting criminals after a brief incarceration will cause a number of them to self deport.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (E4rtv)

Aren't they declaring the prisons full and that's why they're not incarcerating them for crimes in the first place?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

81
The heated confrontation in the European parliament

*makes wanking motion with fist*

Pussies.

A confrontation isn't heated until someone gets beaten to within an inch of their life with a cane. Taiwan and S Korea comes pretty close by using fisticuffs, we're pretty far behind, ourselves.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (y9nCu)

82 80 Aren't they declaring the prisons full and that's why they're not incarcerating them for crimes in the first place?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:20 PM (2YhKe)

====

The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)

83 "I believe the average in Europe is roughly 7% Muslim per country."

No one lives in an average place.

Brussels I believe is 50% Muslim under 50.
And Brussels has an outsized effect on the country.

Whole regions of France are over 20% Muslim. A large enough "minority" (if behaving/voting essentially as a block) to have enormous, outsize influence on the country as a whole and to dominate their regions culturally.

Etc. etc.

Posted by: Zek at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (5FPX4)

84 >>>*This is all just an outline for a book.

"What could happen when paramilitary partisans with a century of irregular warfare experience, cached equipment that never got turned in, younger cousins with drone & 3-D printing experience, and a common cause against a new foe? Everything will be fine"

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

85 Trying to replace your native population isn't incompetence or a simple crime it is straight up treason and should be handled that way

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (sKqQm)

86 Due to the memory crunch, I had to put off putting in a container system to run a bunch of legacy software--still retaining about five systems that run those (off the net of course). To get some data off a dying hard drive, I had to put Debian 32 bit Trixie on an old Seattle BX2 Pentium build system circa 2000 . . . .

I have a lot of old stat and math programs that I do not care to dump plus too lazy to learn replacement Python and R commands to access data on old research nowadays.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)

That's some old computer archaeology. I have been on a Synology NAS since about 2008. I haven't touched legacy systems since then, except to repurpose a 2008-era box as a backup server (backs up NAS, mainly).

Consider, instead of containers, using a VM for those old programs. I have a Windows 11 and a Windows 7 VM on my current Linux Mint set up from ca. 2019.

But as you note, memory is key, and there is no way around spending on it, right now. I like to future proof my builds, and the last one I built in 2019 received 128GB of memory. That was fortuitous.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (dK+Kv)

87 Love the idea that Osoff has any idea of how Trump operates, and his current state.

I am certain that Osoff couldn’t keep up with Trump for a day.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (4KUe5)

88 The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

More like Jon Tossoff

Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)

89
The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)

Whatever it takes to allow the muzzies to rape, pillage and rape.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)

90 Albania? Oof. Sucks to be them. Oh well. Too bad, so sad. Should've stayed home, I guess.

Maybe the Albanians can keep them in those million bunkers Hoxha scattered everywhere, and find a use for those ubiquitous eyesores.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (BI5O2)

91 89
The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (Zn6QU)

Whatever it takes to allow the muzzies to rape, pillage and rape.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (2YhKe)

====

He said rape twice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (Zn6QU)

92 The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.

Britain leads the world in political prisoners. Well, if you believe China's numbers

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)

93 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)

So pinning it to the IC's FISA wishlist was a good idea.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (dK+Kv)

94 The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)
---------
It's "Fronkensteen."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (amcLV)

95 65 France, Spain and the UK seem extra determined to complete the colonization.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Tell me what nations are run by leftists-France, Spain, and UK. But Germany and Italy are wobbling because their 'conservatives' refuse to actually take steps (much like GWB) to deport the existing assholes and close the door. Merz is being threatened by the rise of the AfD and a new party to the right of Meloni is undercutting her popularity.

I think part of both conservative party calculus has been a) avoiding being called racists and punished by the EU, b) Muslims with money bribing er funding parties on the right, and c) the business community that simply wants to maintain profitability via cheap labor and demand for goods

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (E4rtv)

96 48 There were Labor party memos revealed probably 15+ years ago where the party explicitly said they were bringing in immigrants to dilute the conservative voters and “rub their faces in it.”

It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy

UK was ruled by Conservatives between 2010 and 2024. And they did nothing to stop the invasion. They’re as much to blame as Labour.

And even worse because they campaigned on ending the invasion. At least Labour was honest with their intentions upfront.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (X+Nnd)

97 -- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)

John JackOff.

Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)

98 but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class"

This is by far the main issue - the "social democrat" model was headed for a cliff, and the illiterati could only think of increasing the (allegedly working) population.
Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (cGjQu)

99 Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)

John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)

Jon F*ckoff.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)

100 Shorter Thune: We hate Trump more than we love our country and her citizens.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)

101 European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants

Does the European Parliament have any actual authority to do anything or is this a bunch of symbolic bullshit designed to keep their beleaguered citizens from stringing them up?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)

102 ""We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting."

We couldn't have foreseen this happening. We're the real heros here. Couldnt be helped. Would you mind swallowing? Thats a good peasant.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (zZu0s)

103 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (RHGPo)

The Senators are afraid that if they give the voters this win, then the voters will expect continual wins in the future. This is unacceptable since it disrupts the delicate balance of power within the senate they have cultivated for nearly 100 years.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (rbvCR)

104 ====

He said rape twice.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (Zn6QU)

If you insist!!!!

Posted by: Mohamhead Mohamhed Mohamhead at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2YhKe)

105 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work. Okay, you're replacing white people with violent dumbasses who enjoy raping locals, how will that benefit you?
Posted by: Seems Legit

1. Replace white people with yadda yadda.
2.
3. Profit!

Posted by: The Underpants Elite at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (PkP8d)

106 Speaking of Albania apparently Ivanka and Jared want to build a house on Albanian island. And this is 1000X worse than anything Hitler did according to the left.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (X+Nnd)

107 Should've seen that coming.

End Wokeness
@EndWokeness
"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

Michelle Obama: "Me"

-
Summer of George > chapter of Mooch

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4focF)

108 99 Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

More like Jon Tossoff
Posted by: Amiright or amiright? at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (TbWk/)

John JackOff.
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (S+j2h)

Jon F*ckoff.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (2Yh

It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)

109 98 but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class"

This is by far the main issue - the "social democrat" model was headed for a cliff, and the illiterati could only think of increasing the (allegedly working) population.
Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (cGjQu)

====

Europe was still Europe after it lost 1/4 of its population due to the Black Death.

Europe is no longer Europe after Merkel decided that the AfD needed to be defeated.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (Zn6QU)

110 Witness the Euro insanity when commenting on Japan...

Robots and AI may or may not work out to take care of an aging populace but it is a far better solution then important angry Muslims and expecting them to slave away for your retirement benefits.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

111 Yes, just as in the US, both parties have been supportive of the mass immigration.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (4KUe5)

112 This is a lovely start, but the EU has no deportation power, so the deportations would have to originate in the individual countries of the EU.

Does anyone see France or Belgium or Germany conducting wholesale deportations?

I sure don't.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (PLxDd)

113 Does the European Parliament have any actual authority to do anything or is this a bunch of symbolic bullshit designed to keep their beleaguered citizens from stringing them up?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (ExV1e)

That would be my guess. It allows people to take the steps- it doesn't force them to. Fig leaf, don't kill us like you should because we mean to see you all dead.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (zZu0s)

114

It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)

They had a toilet clog that shut down 1/2 the country on election night.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

115 There were several motivations, but one of them -- probably the main one -- was to import a new working class to replace the aging Euro working class. There are so few working-class Euros left and that class is needed to supported the older pension-taking class.

I think the Eurofag elite are so clueless and live in such a bubble that they drastically underestimated the feral bloodlust of the animals they were importing.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

====

Alternate path:

1. Subsidize motherhood.

when that fails (it fails like 90% of the time), you go to...

2. Accept that life is going to be hard for a generation but focus on preserving your culture so that when the birthrates do rebound eventually, you still have a culture to offer them.

Europe survived the Black Death without importing India.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:18 PM (Zn6QU)
_____

Yea, but Europe was very very very different back then. Europe also survived -- and helped defeat -- the Nazis and Stalin only 80 years ago. That Europe doesn't exist anymore, not even in shadows.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

116
Got our own socialists right here on city councils:

Elon Musk

@elonmusk
·
4m
They have imported voters to win

Elizabeth Barcohana
@E_Barcohana
·
13h
It happened.

LA City Council voted 10-5 to include giving illegals the right to vote in the City Charter reform referendum that will be on the November ballot

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)

117 111 Yes, just as in the US, both parties have been supportive of the mass immigration.

Posted by: Lizzy

Left want the votes.
Right want the cheap workers.

Match made in heaven for both sides

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (X+Nnd)

118 112 This is a lovely start, but the EU has no deportation power, so the deportations would have to originate in the individual countries of the EU.

Does anyone see France or Belgium or Germany conducting wholesale deportations?

I sure don't.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:25 PM (PLxDd)

=======

If NR wins enough in France and AfD wins enough in Germany, it could lead to changes there.

I imagine Italy will take advantage pretty quickly. They seem to be experiencing the limits of multiculturalism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Zn6QU)

119 @EndWokeness
"Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

Michelle Obama: "Me"

So she IS getting a divorce.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (2YhKe)

120 Shorter Thune: We hate Trump more than we love our country and her citizens.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)

And, Lizzy. Embrace its power.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (BI5O2)

121 100 Shorter Thune: We hate Trump more than we love our country and her citizens.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (4KUe5)

------

This this this.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (fgSb9)

122 That's some old computer archaeology. I have been on a Synology NAS since about 2008. I haven't touched legacy systems since then, except to repurpose a 2008-era box as a backup server (backs up NAS, mainly).

Consider, instead of containers, using a VM for those old programs. I have a Windows 11 and a Windows 7 VM on my current Linux Mint set up from ca. 2019.

But as you note, memory is key, and there is no way around spending on it, right now. I like to future proof my builds, and the last one I built in 2019 received 128GB of memory. That was fortuitous.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

I considered VMs but in part, I only need to run specific programs--e.g. SPSS, Stata, Minitab, Systat, a transfer/translation program for data, some survey software, etc. I figure to sell off the remaining systems after transferring to someone that likes to do vintage gaming. All systems are fully patched, have a workable browser Supermium, newer security software so one could cautiously download new drivers etc behind a router, etc.

I have everything from a Win 98 (that was the BX system that would nto boot it), Win 2K, XP SP3, Win 7 with those programs on it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

123 Oh, Javi Lopez wouldn't be a socialist from Spain, by any chance, would he?

I thought he was the catcher for the Braves.

Posted by: Bert G at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (VARTN)

124 @E_Barcohana
·
13h
It happened.

LA City Council voted 10-5 to include giving illegals the right to vote in the City Charter reform referendum that will be on the November ballot
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (kX27y)

I read somewhere that they snuck in a 10% sales tax in the primary election and voters voted overwhelmingly in support of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)

125 Speaking of Mann and of his #2 chakra, a blast from last May
news.nau.edu/gurney-2026
Climate scientist finds large errors in Al Gore-founded Climate TRACE, a global climate pollution database

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (3d9VR)

126 115 Yea, but Europe was very very very different back then. Europe also survived -- and helped defeat -- the Nazis and Stalin only 80 years ago. That Europe doesn't exist anymore, not even in shadows.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Britain of the 1930s would have accepted the latter.

But Britain got mad at Churchill for winning the war and became infants suckling at the state's teet rather than exert control over their own destiny.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Zn6QU)

127 Has there been this kind of fan fare for other presidential libraries and I missed it? W was in attendance for Obama’s. Michelle’s speech was given by the chip on her shoulder. And holy smokes, could they sell a house to pay for braces for her? I don’t remember her teeth being that bad.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (Wmg4n)

128 Europe was an inch away from turning Communist prior to WW2.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (GseMx)

129 As a thought exercise. Instead of sending the European illegals to a third country to wait for their cases to be determined as frauds why not escort them to the nearest ocean and instruct them to swim to where they came from. Seems if this was done with some enthusiasm these illegals would quickly find their way back to where they came from all by themselves.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My president has convictions at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (ffi9I)

130 The claim was that the emissions in cities were an UNDERestimate.
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)

131 I believe the average in Europe is roughly 7% Muslim per country.

That's less than Texas.

Allegedly.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (2ocoG)

132 Sponge, it was the late voters - the ones that magically moved NITHYA Raman into 2nd place, that passed the tax hike.

All fraud.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)

133
I take it the European Commission will just ignore this, right?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (O0L8i)

134 130 The claim was that the emissions in cities were an UNDERestimate.
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)

====

"So, Mr. Gore, you got the emissions correct but not their effect. Does that change anything in your theory?"

"Of course not. FL is under water. You've just been lied to by Ron DeSantis who's covering it up."

"No further questions."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)

135 Climate scientist finds large errors in Al Gore-founded Climate TRACE, a global climate pollution database
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:28 PM (3d9VR)

Can't be. Gore was JUST ON a podcast telling me that the scientists got EVERYTHING SPOT ON with regards to climate predictions. SPOT. ON.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (2YhKe)

136 shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna

Georgia of the 2020s is not your father’s Georgia. Atlanta is deeeeeep blue. The suburbs once reliable red (think Newt Gingrich district) are not at best purple and trending blue.

There aren’t enough rural and exurban votes to make up for Atlanta. It’s like every other state where one dominant city crushes the rest of the state. Washington/Seattle, Colorado/Denver, etc.

Even in the 2000s you could see the writing on the wall. McCain only won Georgia by 5 points vs Obama.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (X+Nnd)

137 66 It will entertain me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM

You know who else can entertain you?

Posted by: zombie Russ Meyer at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (qeCJh)

====

The Evil of Frankenstein starring Peter Cushing?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM (Zn6QU)

What knockers!

Posted by: Count de Monet at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (wVcYX)

138
Blockade.

Stop the Iranian tanker with 300K barrels of oil headed towards English shores that Starmer just paid for.

https://x.com/TonerousHyus/status/
2067637689826828460
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (Zn6QU)
********
Someone in the comments nailed it with this comment-

@alexandre_lores

To be fair, I am not sure which Islamic nation is worse at this point.

One killed 42,000 protestors

One enslaved and raped 250,000 white girls.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (NpAcC)

139 Sponge, it was the late voters - the ones that magically moved NITHYA Raman into 2nd place, that passed the tax hike.

All fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)

Most didn't even know it was on the ballot. But yes, OF COURSE it was fraud.

I've NEVER voted YES for them to take MORE from me than they already do.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (2YhKe)

140 The president has been humiliated on the world
stage. Many Americans are increasingly concerned about
his stability and his capacity for the office. It's deeply
distressing to Americans to see a president so
incompetent attempting and failing to represent the
nation."

-- Jon Ossoff (D-GA)

He shouldn't talk about Joe Biden that way.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (qx7Zg)

141 All fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (4KUe5)
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Yes, that's right. Like Raman Noodles, the proposed sales tax hike to 10.25% from 9.75% miraculously passed after it was losing bigly.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:32 PM (kX27y)

142 Happy quasi-Friday everyone.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 02:33 PM (3uBP9)

143 92 The prisons are full of people who shared memes on the internet.

Britain leads the world in political prisoners. Well, if you believe China's numbers
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 02:22 PM (sKqQm)

I think it's framed a little more narrowly than that - speech offenses or some such - but I don't think it matters what China's numbers are. That England is arresting, charging and imprisoning the number of people they are for thoughtcrime, while pretending to a legacy of human rights, freedom and democracy, is horrifying.

Posted by: Is that Chinese Democracy GNR talked about? at June 18, 2026 02:33 PM (TbWk/)

144 "Describe your next chapter in 1 word?"

Michelle Obama: "Me"

I think she's describing her main focus in ALL the chapters anywhere...

Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (V7158)

145 The people are sick of it and if the governments don't do something they will.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (YwEeS)

146 If NR wins enough in France and AfD wins enough in Germany, it could lead to changes there.

I imagine Italy will take advantage pretty quickly. They seem to be experiencing the limits of multiculturalism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:26 PM (Zn6QU)

Sure, in a perfect world. But France is busily making National Rally incapable of winning, and Germany is doing similar things. It would be lovely if they do it, but this is Europe after all.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (PLxDd)

147 My supposedly conservative county votes for tax increases all the time. Property not sales but $1 stolen by the govt is an $1 stolen regardless of the method. All the govt had to do is say it’s for the cHliDr3n and it’ll pass 65-35 without a sweat.

It’s not shocking LA would happily vote for an increase as well.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (X+Nnd)

148 Michelle Obama: "Me"
I think she's describing her main focus in ALL the chapters anywhere...
Posted by: Boswell at June 18, 2026 02:34 PM (V715

It's missing the preface, "Woe Is -"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (3d9VR)

149 146
Sure, in a perfect world. But France is busily making National Rally incapable of winning, and Germany is doing similar things. It would be lovely if they do it, but this is Europe after all.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (PLxDd)

=====

Both parties have been on the verge of winning for so long, it does seem foolish think that THIS TIME they'll do it.

But it could happen. We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (fpzcF)

150 while pretending to a legacy of human rights, freedom and democracy,"

In Britain? History might shed a slightly different light...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (cGjQu)

151 Both current Georgia US Senators cheated the vote to get into office. I was there, I went to vote against them, and was told I had already voted. I hadn’t. And I didn’t get to.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (ZVgZ4)

152 It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..

Kemp and Raffensperger made a deal with the Dems, and the Dems honored it for once.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)

153 >>>
It still shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:24 PM (FtULh)

That was a direct fallout from the demoralizing aftermath of the 2020 GA Republican sellout. There were runnoffs following the GA republican capitulation and stabbing trump in the back.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (3uBP9)

154 shocks me that GA has two D Senators..
Posted by: It's me donna

Georgia of the 2020s is not your father’s Georgia. Atlanta is deeeeeep blue. The suburbs once reliable red (think Newt Gingrich district) are not at best purple and trending blue.

There aren’t enough rural and exurban votes to make up for Atlanta. It’s like every other state where one dominant city crushes the rest of the state. Washington/Seattle, Colorado/Denver, etc.

Even in the 2000s you could see the writing on the wall. McCain only won Georgia by 5 points vs Obama.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (X+Nnd)
__________

Massive fraud in 2020, though. I don't think that was the "real" GA. I don't think 2022 was either. Even 2024 was sus, and Trump won by over 2%.

But otherwise, I agree that the GA of 2026 ain't the GA of 1986.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (iFTx/)

155 96 48 There were Labor party memos revealed probably 15+ years ago where the party explicitly said they were bringing in immigrants to dilute the conservative voters and “rub their faces in it.”

It was intentional and malicious.
Posted by: Lizzy

UK was ruled by Conservatives between 2010 and 2024. And they did nothing to stop the invasion. They’re as much to blame as Labour.

And even worse because they campaigned on ending the invasion. At least Labour was honest with their intentions upfront.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:23 PM (X+Nnd)

THIS. And to rub some salt into that gaping wound, some of the Tory rats fled that sinking ship to join Reform. Not sure whether Reform could turn out to be the new UK equivalent of our GOPe, but I'm not betting against that happening.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (TNhp7)

156 while pretending to a legacy of human rights, freedom and democracy,"

In Britain? History might shed a slightly different light...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:36 PM (cGjQu)

That's why I said "pretending."

Posted by: Magna Carta you off at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (TbWk/)

157 Here's a thought, when you migrate to a new country, try not committing crimes.

Otherwise I couldn't care less.

I just got back from Niagara Falls and the overwhelming rude behavior (not to. mention the fucking SMELL) of the non white, on Chinese population was on display.

Fuck the 3rd world
Fight your own goddamn wars
And for fucks sake USE SOAP

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 02:37 PM (61TgR)

158 My county was one of two to vote for Sheriff Bianco. We didn't vote for the tax increase either.

Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (sR+LL)

159 SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 02:19 PM
**********
Make them vote on the SAA. Bring it to the floor so we can see who the haters are.

Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (NpAcC)

160 Magna Carta you off"

The heads on the Tower Bridge laugh...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (cGjQu)

161 I would like to know who these GOP senators are who refuse to vote for the SAVE Act. I also want to know what their reasons are. And finally I want to know how much $ they have received to buy their vote.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (IY9No)

162 Re: Linux Mint VM memory requirements:

About 7GB with just Mint OS and Firefox open (with way too many tabs).

I've apportioned 16 GB of memory in the past to a well-apportioned Win 11 Pro VM, and it ran fine, no hiccups or BSODs.

So you could probably get away with just 32GB system memory.

Currently, I apportion about 55 GB of memory to the well-apportioned Win 11 Pro VM, just because I have it. So even with mad levels of Windows VM memory, 64GB would be overkill.

That, said, I don't currently do a lot of heavy video editing, and none on Windows. That may affect your calculations.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (dK+Kv)

163 You have to show them HOW to use soap.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (ZVgZ4)

164 105 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work. Okay, you're replacing white people with violent dumbasses who enjoy raping locals, how will that benefit you?
Posted by: Seems Legit
_____________________

I've seen it as rather obvious. Weaken a sovereign nation by overloading the population with non-productive parasites that hold no national self-interest. Simultaneously, develop relationships and reliances of the sitting government. When the time is right convince the failing nation to go full blown authoritarian as it's only "saving grace" and use established relationships to monopolize all facets of control and finance. Presto, you've bought a nation using that once sovereign nation's own money.

Main opposition is nationalism and actual sovereignty. Also, pure capitalism that requires competition, innovation and emerging possibilities....all three of those facets directly contradict the "old money" elitists who hate the "Nouveau riche" almost as much as they hate you.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)

165 Of course it did:

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
·
21m
Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Hey
@BarackObama
, if you care so much, why not give your land back??

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (kX27y)

166 >>>European Parliament Votes By Almost 2/3rds Majority, 418 to 218, to Make It Easier to Deport Migrants; Hall Explodes Into Chant of "Send Them Back! Send Them Back!"

GTFO!

It is another Trumpmas miracle!

Yeah, he didn't have anything to to with directly causing this vote.

But by running on this in 2016, a mere decade ago, he made it OK to be "racist" and discuss the problems that these third world invaders bring with them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (dK+Kv)

The EU Parliament is a sham, their votes are only advisory or confirming a wish by the inner circles. If the high-ups don't want this, it will be drowned in regulation and courts...if they do want it then there might be an improvement.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)

167 >>> 134 130 The claim was that the emissions in cities were an UNDERestimate.
Which is interesting because Florida still exists, which we were promised in the 1980s wouldn't.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:29 PM (3d9VR)

====

"So, Mr. Gore, you got the emissions correct but not their effect. Does that change anything in your theory?"

"Of course not. FL is under water. You've just been lied to by Ron DeSantis who's covering it up."

"No further questions."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (Zn6QU)

"Florida residents are too dumb to notice they're walking around on the backs of thousands of alligators, fattened up by eating all those COVID fatalities."

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (R+iUD)

168 Oh boy.. I'm gonna barf on all the sickening coverage of the obama monolith...It's all they're talking about and it doesn't open till tomorrow

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)

169 >>>"We expect to conclude this session of oral sex without coming in your mouth," the experts said, nutting.

--

Yet another sudden guffaw I can't share with my wife.

Posted by: Slo at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (NYInA)

170 Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

171 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Who did they say it was stolen from, Big Mike?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (2ocoG)

172 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work.

Here's a Spoiler Alert - regarding folks that are CEOs (i've met directly with a couple while I was automating this or that) or Managers (we've all been around them all our lives, but it seems quite a few here are invested in not seeing them for what they were) or general Credentialed (doctors, lawyers, preachers, and all the rest of the generally retarded with a degree - yes, I'm thinking of a couple names here).

They don't have an "endgame". They didn't get where they are by critically thinking.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (IdfaO)

173 161 I would like to know who these GOP senators are who refuse to vote for the SAVE Act. I also want to know what their reasons are. And finally I want to know how much $ they have received to buy their vote.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:39 PM (IY9No)

I gave Mornay double his lands in Martha's Vinyard with matching estates in Vail. Lochlan turned for much less.

Posted by: Longshanks Investment Group at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (TbWk/)

174 164 105 I want to ask a few of the elites what their endgame was by allowing low-IQ third-worlders who would generally rather receive welfare than work. Okay, you're replacing white people with violent dumbasses who enjoy raping locals, how will that benefit you?
Posted by: Seems Legit

I've always seen...

1. Collapse society.
2. Communism comes to the rescue.

The area between 1 and 2 was always a big fuzzy ?????.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 02:41 PM (Sco7b)

175 We need to cleanse the Senate GOP: much like the Augean stables this will take Herculean effort.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

176 I've seen it as rather obvious. Weaken a sovereign nation by overloading the population with non-productive parasites that hold no national self-interest. Simultaneously, develop relationships and reliances of the sitting government. When the time is right convince the failing nation to go full blown authoritarian as it's only "saving grace" and use established relationships to monopolize all facets of control and finance. Presto, you've bought a nation using that once sovereign nation's own money.

Main opposition is nationalism and actual sovereignty. Also, pure capitalism that requires competition, innovation and emerging possibilities....all three of those facets directly contradict the "old money" elitists who hate the "Nouveau riche" almost as much as they hate you.
Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (dIske)

Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)

177 Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)

If you can , consider talking off the day from media and the 'net. That's my plan anyway, but addiction may interfere.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (OYsYV)

178 Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)
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I guarantee you those Senate Republicans are benefitting MASSIVELY from the status quo. The Left doesn't have a monopoly on cheating in elections, after all.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (gnNyN)

179 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)

180 158 My county was one of two to vote for Sheriff Bianco. We didn't vote for the tax increase either.
Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 02:38 PM (sR+LL)

You must live in the very north or very south of CA then!

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (kX27y)

181 They don't have an "endgame". They didn't get where they are by critically thinking.

The Harvard MBA in a sentence.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)

182 19 We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs gentlemen and ladies!!!!
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (IY9No)

I didn't get a harrumph outta you!

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (bl07w)

183 Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (uhVAy)
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Wait until they discover the incredibly complex web of skills required to build and maintain a modern communication system.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (gnNyN)

184 We need to cleanse the Senate GOP: much like the Augean stables this will take Herculean effort.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)

185 Georgia and NC and to a lesser degree Texas are victims of their own success.

You know how everyone high fives themselves when companies from NY or California relocate to southern states? Well what do you think happens. They bring in thousands of employees with them from NY or California. And do you think those transplants that voted D all their lives suddenly start voting R? No they obviously don’t.

Georgia especially went all in on bringing 1/2 of Hollywood to their state. Gee I wonder if that affected voting patterns at all?

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (X+Nnd)

186 179 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)

Maybe he can give it back to the Indians, then. They could use that piece of crap for target practice, I guess.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)

187 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)

stolen from the idiot liberals in Canada, more like.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (uhVAy)

188 I figure to sell off the remaining systems after transferring to someone that likes to do vintage gaming. All systems are fully patched, have a workable browser Supermium, newer security software so one could cautiously download new drivers etc behind a router, etc.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

YMMV (Your Market May Vary), but I spent some time putting together patched, reset, old hardware, including functional Kindle Fire, tablets, laptops, etc. Nobody wanted them, and it was wasted time, in the end.

The only time I got someone to bite on something like that was a soon to be expat looking for a cheapo web/email platform.

A lot of the vintage gaming space appears covered by new hardware with emulators and Steam systems (like the Steamdeck) with current support and commodity hardware.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (dK+Kv)

189 They don't have an "endgame". They didn't get where they are by critically thinking.

The Harvard MBA in a sentence.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:43 PM (2ocoG)

They'll leverage core competencies to build synergies and maximize throughput like a motherfucker though.

Posted by: Let's put a pin in it and circle back offline at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (TbWk/)

190 I gave Mornay double his lands in Martha's Vinyard with matching estates in Vail. Lochlan turned for much less.
Posted by: Longshanks Investment Group"

Your negotiations were brilliant...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (cGjQu)

191 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Too bad they didn't talk about all the sub-contractors that still ain't been paid by Lakeside Alliance.

But - meh - live by the minority, get screwed by the minority.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (IdfaO)

192 184 We need to cleanse the Senate GOP: much like the Augean stables this will take Herculean effort.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)

Having sold her bitch soul to Satan, Murkowski will not die.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)

193 Have we ever read anything that qualifies as a leftist position as "controversial" in the MFM, here or abroad? Yeah, no.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 02:46 PM (qBdHI)

194 Oh boy.. I'm gonna barf on all the sickening coverage of the obama monolith...It's all they're talking about and it doesn't open till tomorrow

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (FtULh)

You've been cheating on us?

I see the problem right there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:46 PM (dK+Kv)

195 the Haitian Stew Pot !!!
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (/lPRQ)

I prefer Barbeque.

Posted by: Jimmy Cherizier at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (sR+LL)

196 >>> 192 184 We need to cleanse the Senate GOP: much like the Augean stables this will take Herculean effort.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

Just some time. Senators die or get replaced slowly but surely, and at some point people who want to get ahead will have to play ball.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:44 PM (uhVAy)

Having sold her bitch soul to Satan, Murkowski will not die.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:45 PM (bl07w)

That's what she thinks. Stan *lies*.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (R+iUD)

197 Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that."

Better to reign in hell...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)

198 Another quick thank you to the morons here, new and old, for making the End Times as funny as possible.

Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)

199 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

Stolen from the contractors whom he stiffed on the bill, I hear.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:42 PM (3d9VR)
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I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing. Isn't it rubbing the Indians' faces in the fact they were defeated?

"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you."

It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

200 Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

So fuck them. You are making this more and more an us vs you thing retards.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

It has little to do with Trump and more for them wanting the cheating option themselves in the odd primary. I remember being surprised that KY was one of the places that had those auto voter machines in some places that could be worked remotely.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:48 PM (uhVAy)

201 The EU Parliament is a sham, their votes are only advisory or confirming a wish by the inner circles. If the high-ups don't want this, it will be drowned in regulation and courts...if they do want it then there might be an improvement.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:40 PM (uhVAy)

Eh. I'll take my small mercies where I can get them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)

202 Trump has the opportunity to do something very funny and get a lien on that building for unpaid debts, and then hand it to the creditors.
The contractors can rename it how they like. It'll be the best museum, like nobody has ever seen. Everyone will say so.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:49 PM (3d9VR)

203 Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that."

Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)

They won't reign in hell. The thugs will take them out in a flash and reign instead. It wasn't the intellectuals that came out ahead in the French Revolution, it was Napoleon.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:49 PM (uhVAy)

204 I read somewhere that they snuck in a 10% sales tax in the primary election and voters voted overwhelmingly in support of it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (2YhKe)

Well, let's just say that enough ballots showed up which said yes and leave it at that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (ExV1e)

205 198 Another quick thank you to the morons here, new and old, for making the End Times as funny as possible.

Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)

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I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)

206 Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that.

This entire conversation ... well, several ... reminds me of the Maet days. Not Maet, per se - but the weaponized optimism of folks like BanderSnatch and such.

So damn convinced that things would be all right. Because they have to be. Because that's just how it works. And a couple other nics that were just "positive".

Yet even a cursory read of history says sometimes society takes a step back. Sometimes for a few hundred years. And by sometimes ? I mean its about 50/50.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (IdfaO)

207 172-Howdy being a Doody, again, I see. Believing in God does not automatically make one stupid, not does believing in truths in the Bible.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)

208 Iirc, the Obama Me Museum was built on a historic park designed by Frederick Law Olmsted.

How about he acknowledge destroying that, taking it away from the residents of Chicago?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (4KUe5)

209 I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing. Isn't it rubbing the Indians' faces in the fact they were defeated?

"Yea, we stole your land, and we ain't giving it back so fuck you."

It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.

100%. Or like telling Ace your shelves are rock solid.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

210 I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)

*atishoo*

Posted by: AD 537 at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (3d9VR)

211 They won't reign in hell. "

They think they will.

Until the flaming pineapple arrives...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (cGjQu)

212 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.

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Why didn't the f*cker donate it back to its rightful owners then?

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 02:52 PM (qBdHI)

213 Barry can buy the tickets

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (rnAbX)

214 atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537"

I was gone by then...

/Aleric

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (cGjQu)

215 197 Problem is, you can't use them to run a technological society when even growing crops or digging ditches uses special equipment. And they are too stupid to realize that."

Better to reign in hell...
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (cGjQu)
______________________

I could never rationalize how the "Classical Liberal" could do such a 180 degree turn and put all their faith into authoritarianism, and at the same time put so much support behind Corporations. And then, DEI became a thing within the corporate bones and other facets of society...and it became clear. The "progressives" (actually "regressives") are the footsoldiers of the Elitists without even knowing it. The Elitists first targetted the institutions (education mostly) to shape the soldiers who would work on their behalf without knowing that everytime they scream (tax the rich, destroy the rich), they are laughingly chastising their mentors.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (dIske)

216 172-Howdy being a Doody, again, I see. Believing in God does not automatically make one stupid, not does believing in truths in the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)

Scientific advances by Christians and believers far, far outweighs that by atheists.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (uhVAy)

217 It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.
Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

*laughs, spews food on monitor*

Note to self: I have GOT to stop reading comments when I'm trying to eat lunch.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (k9OZB)

218 Another quick thank you to the morons here, new and old, for making the End Times as funny as possible.

Posted by: sifty boones of strawberry hill at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (I8FiR)

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I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)
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I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue. I don't get all the "End Times" doomsaying. I get that some might be joking, but some aren't. I think things are good and improving. I think too many people even on our side are believing the Democraps' desperate political spin.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

219 I have everything from a Win 98 (that was the BX system that would nto boot it), Win 2K, XP SP3, Win 7 with those programs on it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:27 PM (E4rtv)

That's a long chain of OSs for your stat programs. FWIW, VMs on Virtualbox have bidirectional clipboard support, and I believe you could run all those OSs in VMs, simultaneously, subject to adequate memory.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (dK+Kv)

220 "nor" not "not"

P.S. Enjoying life at this moment is not synonymous with suggesting people "spell roses on the way to the camp."

Have a nice afternoon, all. I'm out for today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (OYsYV)

221 16 UN experts say yo mama is so fat, one pair of her drawers is a full load of wash!

Posted by: CTHillary at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Vpqw1)

222
Hey
@BarackObama
, if you care so much, why not give your land back??
Posted by: beckster

The land has been ruined by that ugly building.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Cqx++)

223 Enoch Powell canonized. True story

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (rnAbX)

224 Barack Obama's presidential center opening ceremony included an acknowledgement of stolen land.
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Unless he plans on returning it, it's just rubbing their noses in it.

Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (G0vdT)

225 It's like some guy stealing another guy's wife and then making a pussy acknowledgment.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:47 PM (iFTx/)

Wait.

Was that wrong?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (dK+Kv)

226 218
I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue. I don't get all the "End Times" doomsaying. I get that some might be joking, but some aren't. I think things are good and improving. I think too many people even on our side are believing the Democraps' desperate political spin.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

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I had this weird realization around Katrina that people always seem to think that current year troubles are the worst thing ever.

I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)

227 I think we've steadily improved since we got rid of the Demented Shower Pervert, and I expect it to continue"

Same here. But I'm still buying ammo...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (cGjQu)

228 "I like rape."

Posted by: That Guy Applying For Crime In Blazing Saddles & Everyone At The UN & EU at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (H4qGm)

229 Howdy being a Doody, again, I see. Believing in God does not automatically make one stupid, not does believing in truths in the Bible.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:51 PM (OYsYV)

I choose, daily, not to talk to you. But just this once, in a wasted attempt to get you to just shut the fuck up and quit chasing me around - I'll give it a whirl.

I don't trust anyone so infatuated with the next world that they use this one as an audition. And that's you in a nutshell.

Now ... the proof will be in the pudding. And the Bank probably won't take your sermon in replacement for something more material. More tangible.

Believe what you will. I believe as always - I wish you'd just leave me alone.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:56 PM (IdfaO)

230 I always thought the same way about the stolen land acknowledgement. Yep, there was a war and we took it, ha ha. Everytime they do it, it should be followed by a chorus of USA! USA!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 02:57 PM (n5tGW)

231 Maybe start with a Windows 7 OS VM and see how many of those stat programs will install and run, and work back from there.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:58 PM (dK+Kv)

232 "You didn't build that" is a phrase from a 2012 election campaign speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on July 13, 2012, in Roanoke, Virginia.

___________________________

I smell a great prank worming its way into my tiny little brain. Someone needs to put a huge sign at the entrance of the Obama Library. When they take it down...put it up along the property line at another location. Rinse Lather Repeat.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 02:58 PM (dIske)

233 atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537"

I was gone by then...

/Aleric
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:53 PM (cGjQu)

Poor Alaric just wanted a job and some land to settle his troops on. They got it when after his death they moved to Gaul and were employed to drive the Vandals out of Spain.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (uhVAy)

234 Howdy, you didn't even have to respond. You could have just pointed to 172 and noted it didn't say anything about "belief".
You walked into a trap.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (3d9VR)

235 "I really don't get the "land acknowledgment" thing. Isn't it rubbing the Indians' faces in the fact they were defeated?"

I used to think these things were just stupid liberal blather but now I believe thing like like that, like acknowledging White Privilege or formal national apology for slavery or whatever are laying the legal groundwork for financial compensation (reparations.)

Posted by: Ripley at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (GUOwU)

236 I assert that 410 was a worse year than 2026.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:50 PM (fpzcF)

*atishoo*
Posted by: AD 537

Peasants please.
1347 has entered the chat.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (vHe/3)

237 nood

thune

Posted by: banana Dream at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (3uBP9)

238 230 I always thought the same way about the stolen land acknowledgement.[/ i]

It was never theirs to begin with, right? I mean land belongs to ALL of the people according to these bozos....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (fV+di)

239 Did the Obama's include a Stolen Presidency Acknowledgement? If not, then they're hypocrites.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (qx7Zg)

240 Oh right. "Preachers". Feh. Fen walked into yours.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 03:00 PM (3d9VR)

241 I had this weird realization around Katrina that people always seem to think that current year troubles are the worst thing ever.

I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:55 PM (Zn6QU)

Pretty bad for the leaders that antagonized him, but for the rural folk they had the advantage that they moved on and went home.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 03:01 PM (uhVAy)

242 I assert that Genghis Khan's army was worse than the Muslim rabble running amok through Europe.

And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.

As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.

It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)

243 242
And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.

As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.

It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)

=======

That's quite a leap there.

I was responding to the idea that it was the end times, not that there's nothing to complain about.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (Zn6QU)

244 You walked into a trap.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 02:59 PM (3d9VR)

Same mentality as the white guy at a BLM intersection that "walks into the trap" of hitting back.

Its the "be better" crap. Its why people just ain't running to be Old School Republicans.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (IdfaO)

245 And there it is. The BanderSnatch mentality. Its a real thing here.

As one is on the bottom of some big boy from Africa attempting to cut his head off with a pocket knife ? "At least it's not the Mongols" is not helpful.

It's the kind of shit said by those with the luxury of not facing personal danger.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:02 PM (IdfaO)

Damn, I miss that dude.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 03:04 PM (rii+a)

246 Oh boy.. I'm gonna barf on all the sickening coverage of the obama monolith...It's all they're talking about and it doesn't open till tomorrow

Posted by: It's me donna
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Juneteenth!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:05 PM (XeU6L)

247 Juneteenth!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
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Which is, offcially, National Independence Day

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:07 PM (XeU6L)

248 I'm feeling left behind here...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 03:08 PM (XeU6L)

249 Damn, I miss that dude.

I don't. Tried to school me one time about how he liked political dynasties. Not a dude that supported personal freedom in the slightest.

He liked the idea of Bush, Kennedy, and Rockefellers. To keep the rabble "guided".

Never cared for the fucker. Not in the slightest.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:09 PM (IdfaO)

250 I was responding to the idea that it was the end times, not that there's nothing to complain about.

Its never the "End Times" ... right up until the day of the "End Times".

Does it make you feel smug to mock those pointing to "this is how we get to the End Times" ?

OK - that's rhetorical. Yes - that's what you do.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (IdfaO)

251 Patrician Families - that's exactly how Bandersnatch explained it to me. He liked Patrician Families. Bush. Kennedy. Rockerfeller and such.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:12 PM (IdfaO)

252 250
Its never the "End Times" ... right up until the day of the "End Times".

Does it make you feel smug to mock those pointing to "this is how we get to the End Times" ?

OK - that's rhetorical. Yes - that's what you do.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:11 PM (IdfaO)

======

I was making light conversation.

Does this make you feel better?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 03:13 PM (Zn6QU)

253 Does this make you feel better?

Now you're doing George Castanza. Whatever. Everybody here has a strong take until it gets checked and shown wrong.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 03:16 PM (IdfaO)

254 "Shrill counter-voices" = women
Why, why, why, in every fucking country, do leftist women seek to destroy everything that keeps them safe????

Posted by: UncleJefe at June 18, 2026 03:17 PM (gAuAm)

255 What am I, chopped liver

1348 AD

Posted by: mnw at June 18, 2026 03:23 PM (RCjYY)

256 How fitting that the Obama center is deep in debt

Posted by: JM in Illinois at June 18, 2026 04:29 PM (hSi6i)

257 Angela Merkle will be so proud when she is finally able to publicly acknowledge her Order of Lenin and her degree from the KGB Academy!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at June 18, 2026 05:56 PM (UWN7z)

Another Surprise: Harvard Students Experience Mental Illness at Double the Rate of the Normal Adult Population

Does communism cause mental illness, or are the mentally ill just unnaturally attracted to an ideology that says they can remake the world in their image if they just want it enough?

Both are in play but that second part is probably the bigger piece of it.

Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population Amid Ivy Psychological Meltdown

Young and left-wing are part of 'emerging mental health political identity'

The Ivy League is having a mental health crisis.
"Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard, and 13 percent said they were unsure," according to a survey of the Class of 2026 conducted by the Harvard Crimson student newspaper. That's more than double the rate of the general adult U.S. population, which the federal government's National Institute of Mental Health estimates at 23.1 percent, noting that "Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe."
At Princeton, a senior survey conducted by the Princetonian student newspaper found 60.1 percent had mental health counseling or therapy during college, with 36.3 percent getting help from the university's counseling and psychological services and 23.8 percent finding outside assistance. That's also much higher than the overall population; NPR reported last year on a study that found "the number of American adults getting outpatient talk therapy grew from 6.5% to 8.5%."
...
Potential causes of the trends are multifarious. As with mild autism and learning disabilities of the sort that generate eligibility for untimed standardized tests, it's unclear how much of the increase is in incidence and how much is in identification--that is, are today's students really more depressed, anxious, or panicked than previous generations, or are they and the grownups around them simply more likely to diagnose and label their maladies as mental illness? It could be that both dynamics are operating.

The article notes that leftwingers are simply more insane than the normal population, and, I would add, Harvard discriminates in favor of the factors for mental illness.

"Those more likely to categorize as having a mental illness are more likely to have a college degree; be a Democrat, liberal, and White; and have slightly lower family income," Van De Hey writes.
..
The fact that the student newspaper surveys are even asking questions about the issue is a sign of its salience. The Crimson senior survey also found, "Seniors reported continued support for the pro-Palestine Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement as Israel's war in Gaza continues into its third year and after a sharp increase in Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon. More than 40 percent of respondents view the movement favorably, increasing 5 percentage points from last year's graduating class." Israel reached a ceasefire in Gaza in October 2025, so the contention that "Israel's war in Gaza continues into its third year" is itself a kind of delusion, and the support for BDS--a movement to wipe Israel off the map--from the seniors is evidence that Harvard is failing to educate the students. The survey found 65.6 percent of Harvard students identifying as either "progressive" or "very progressive."

Hello! I am still getting up to speed. I had a horrible night of sleep.

Hung out with the main-man crow this morning, NBD. He saw me eating and flapped over just in case.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 01:10 PM

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1 Wonderful

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (ixZ1o)

2 Willowed:

There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.

HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.

This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)

3 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

4 I nooded.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (rii+a)

5 Nuke it from space, just to be sure.

FOR the CHILDREN.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (2YhKe)

6 One day, it'll be socially cool to be normal.

And then everyone will be, "No! I'm more normal than you! Bask in my normalness!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (Zn6QU)

7 I would rather be ruled by the first 50 names off the insane asylum patient list, than 50 professors at Harvard.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (WjwG+)

8 She's sweet but a psycho, a little bit psycho.
At night, she's screaming, "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind."

She's hot but a psycho, so left, but she's right, though.
At night, she's screaming, "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"

"Grab a cop gun" kinda crazy, she's poison but tasty.
Yeah, people say, "Run, don't walk away ..."

To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

9 Maybe living under a 15 year psy op intended to drive the "empathetic" to the brink of a mental breakdown has had an effect on people?

Nah it's probably "multifactored" and "layered".

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (ixZ1o)

10 Ding ding ding

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (Kt19C)

11 Chart says every conservative is VERY conservative.

LULZ

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (2YhKe)

12 We are not crazier.

Posted by: Theodore Kaczyinski, '62 at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (j7INY)

13 >>Does communism cause mental illness, or are the mentally ill just unnaturally attracted to an ideology that says they can remake the world in their image if they just want it enough?

Yes.

Also, get up early enough to see the sun rise.
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.

You won't have a problem sleeping.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (An6iH)

14 Mental illness has been the hot, new victimhood flex for years.

Boring white women claim anxiety, OCD, whatever to offset their “privilege.”

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (4KUe5)

15 I look forward to the children's book:

Ewok and Crow

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (mkw2N)

16 Hello! I am still getting up to speed. I had a horrible night of sleep.

That seemed to be a trend last night. Neither First Woman here slept worth a crap.

Buffalo Trace ensured my slumber was alright.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (2YhKe)

17 The Ivy League is having a mental health crisis.

"Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard

Define mental illness.
Are you fucking nuts?
Or are you depressed because you blew a test?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (vHe/3)

18 Some of the dumbest people I have ever known are sporting Harvard Degrees.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (An6iH)

19 That's only 'cause they're so smart only they can see what's wrong with the world.
The silver spoon and unfair economic advantages they've enjoyed their whole lives is a heavy burden to bear.

You stupids can't understand 'cause you didn't go to Harvard.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (73/SM)

20 Water is wet.
Fire is hot.
Leftists are crazy.

Posted by: Bosk at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (VMFAF)

21 Speaking of mental illness-chocolate flavored condoms for all! Reposted from the last thread:

Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease.

And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America.

Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.

“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (kX27y)

22 I would postulate that a lot of these kids are at some level aware that being future Harvard grads isn't going to score them many points on the Victimization Ladder, so they need to enhance their Victimization Profile with a bit of mental illness.

Posted by: syranch at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (FsQPy)

23 12 We are not crazier.

Speak for yourself.

Posted by: William Gates, Jr. at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (j7INY)

24
8

To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

You're getting more and more like me every day.

No one wants to be like me. You should stop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)

25
Ivy League Syndrome.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (OkYzo)

26 Brit Lass slept like a baby. A snoring baby.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (ixZ1o)

27 Some of the dumbest people I have ever known are sporting Harvard Degrees.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (An6iH)

HEY!!!!!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

28 "Forty-seven percent of surveyed seniors indicated that they experienced mental illness at some point in their time at Harvard."

The other fifty-three percent remain untreated.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (wjnjX)

29 Ignoring cognitive dissonance and intentionally living a lie makes one miserable.
Also, lefties can't do humor because humor involves subverting narratives to expose realities of the world, and you can't do that and cosplay The Road to Utopia at the same time.

(I loved The Road to Utopia, Bing and Hope had those patter songs, the usual nominal plot and Dorothy Lamour was always hot)

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (rbvCR)

30 Are the crazy attracted to attending Harvard? Or does Harvard make its attendees crazy?

Decisions, decisions...

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (j7INY)

31 Also, get up early enough to see the sun rise.
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.

You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett

I get up 3 hours before the sun does.
Get to bed around 9:30pm.
Generally fall asleep between 10:00pm & midnight.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (vHe/3)

32 Here’s a thought, eliminate social media and the Commie professors and see how much this clears up.

Also consider actually grading them accurately, instead of the long popular “ every student gets an A because they were smart enough to get into Harvard.” It was over 20 years ago that it came out that 75% of undergraduates graduated with honors.
If everyone is the best, no one is the best, IYKWIM.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (4KUe5)

33 Everybody gets an A at Harvard. Doesn't seem too stressful.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)

34 HEY!!!!!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

Cornell

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)

35 I believe it.
The selling point of spending all that money to get into a college like that, is to "network". You make friends or at least allies and that gives you some leverage into your first job.
Well... what if you fail at that. This can happen earlier than you think. Now you can look forward to three and a half years (or more) with peers who shun you, and having no job after the ordeal. And parents who think you wasted their money (because you did).

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (5C538)

36 David Hogg has a degree from Harvard.

That should tell you everything you need to know about Harvard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

37 There's likely a super-secret screening Ivy League admittance application that uses the LMI Index.

LMI - Leftoid Mental Illness.

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (rj6Yv)

38 When my son visited Kenyon College, the guide mentioned that the student health center could have very long lines of students seeking assistance with anxiety and other mental health challenges.

One of the parents asked if a student who was ill or injured might need to find help at another facility. The guide assured her that they had a separate protocol to address the physically ill or injured, to which a number of parents heaved signs of relief.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2ap+5)

39
Cornell
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)

I kinda knew I got that wrong, but went with it anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)

40 33 Everybody gets an A at Harvard. Doesn't seem too stressful.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (n5tGW)

======

But they also have to deal with the fact that people outside of Harvard don't think they're special, that conservatives exist, all while worrying if they can keep their pronouns through the next half hour if they have to change them to reflect a shifting mood.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Zn6QU)

41 Didn't Bill Gates, Jr nope out of college?

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (5C538)

42 At least it didn't shit.

THEN you'd be doomed.
Posted by: Sponge

I got pooped on by birds twice when I was a kid.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (77rzZ)

43 Hello! I am still getting up to speed. I had a horrible night of sleep.

One thing I didn't realize that would happen as I got older is that my sleeping would get worse and worse.

And it seems the case for pretty much every advanced 29 year old I speak with

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (sKqQm)

44 Liberalism IS mental illness.

It is a form of cult and when you look closely you can see all the signs.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)

45 The survey is easy enough to explain. To libs "mental illness" is just another category of victimhood that they can claim entitles them to special privileges and social status. And unlike sex, race, or physical disability, no one can say that you're not whatever you claim.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (vTZFs)

46 >>The selling point of spending all that money to get into a college like that, is to "network".

When I decided not to attend Princeton, this was the ONE point everyone from Princeton kept trying to make.

I stand by my decision to go to school in AZ rather than NJ.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (An6iH)

47 They make the younger kids crazy with the bullshit they push in public k-12 schools. Then the crazy are attracted to communism because "to each according to their needs" and "from each according to their abilities"

Being crazy makes you have low abilities and high needs. I am aware that crazy can enhance some creative things like art and music, but without a sane person to manage things a Van Gogh is nearly starving in a flop house.

Posted by: PaleRider at June 18, 2026 01:20 PM (PV+Zw)

48 Ohferpetessakes. You're going to an institution that has next to no academic workload, because it's just a very, very expensive social club where wealthy botflies send their mollycoddled maggots to chug White Claw and cock until they swarm forth to feed on the corpse of the body politic.

They must be so stressed out by the recurring monkeypox that they just can't even, I guess.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (BI5O2)

49 No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge

Well, you're a better role model than that illiterate TJM asshole.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

50 Eh.

First off “mental illness” according to GenZ is like the word racism. It’s lost all meaning. Everyone under 30 has “anxiety” which is considered mental illness. For older people anxiety is “I get nervous sometimes in social situations. For Gen. it’s I have mental illness was because I’m shy around strangers.

And second a lot of this is on purpose to get things. Do you have ADHD? You get an extra hour on your exams. Gee I wonder if that leads to students saying they have ADHD when in fact they don’t.

And of course this will be used to attack Trump. His economy is so bad even Harvard students are suffering mental illness due to their horrible at job prospects.

It’s all an op. And gay.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (X+Nnd)

51
You hafta be rich to go to Harvard.
The rich can afford better drugs.
Ergo going to Harvard turns you into a squirrel.

Posted by: Speller at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (pSotA)

52 But they also have to deal with the fact that people outside of Harvard don't think they're special, that conservatives exist, all while worrying if they can keep their pronouns through the next half hour if they have to change them to reflect a shifting mood.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (Zn6QU)

Then you simply need to adopt the Texas A&M way!

Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (2YhKe)

53 More shocking news!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (N1DT3)

54 Also, lefties can't do humor because humor involves subverting narratives to expose realities of the world/i]

Liberal humor nowadays is presenting an uptight religious conservative as a gay pedo...while also arguing there is nothing wrong with being a gay pedo.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

55 I kinda knew I got that wrong, but went with it anyway.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:19 PM (2YhKe)

I think there was a thing where he gets mad if you get it wrong so I felt kinda bad bothering. But if you get it wrong go Penn State or something.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (ixZ1o)

56 Mental illness PLUS the freshman 15.

It'll be tough to land a husband that way.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (Sco7b)

57 HEY!!!!!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

Cornell
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (ixZ1o)
===

Not only Cornell, but the Ag school. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rj6Yv)

58 When did the "Ivy League" schools start taking nekkid pictures of their incoming students?

What kind of retards would consent to that?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (R+iUD)

59
Well, you're a better role model than that illiterate TJM asshole.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (77rzZ)

I accept that.

Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (2YhKe)

60 Harvard > How Weird

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (ebJJx)

61
Ivy League Syndrome symptoms:

Insomnia
Bed Wetting
Thumb sucking
Need for constant Praise
Erectile Dysfunction
Inverted nipples
Syphilis Mania
Student Debt
Antisemitism
Need to wear a Keffiyeh
Refusal to tip servers
Drive a BMW

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (OkYzo)

62 > Everybody gets an A at Harvard. Doesn't seem too stressful.

Harvard faculty just approved a new policy that 20% of a class at most can earn an A. There's no cap on A-.

You're right that grade inflation has been a huge problem at Harvard. I read that 50-60% of undergrad grades in the past few years were As. That's ridiculous.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)

63 As much as I dislike the idea, caffiene might.... maybe... potentially... have a smidgeon, a modicum, a skosh, a soupcon, a scintilla ... of impact on how quickly I fall asleep.

But that's probably just disinformation/malinformation spread by Big Water.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (aJQbY)

64 The progressives are crazy? Who knew?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (4focF)

65 But if you get it wrong go Penn State or something.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (ixZ1o)

Well, it IS likely he molested children at some point, so......

Posted by: 75 Year Old Still Wearing His Class Ring at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

66
That 65.6% figure for students is impressive given that profs and administrators are demonstrably 100%

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (Y8DZL)

67 Damn.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

68 Humor involves truth - and leftards avoid that like the plague, only occasionally stumbling past it when it's "convenient".

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (ixZ1o)

69 I'm looking forward to the next thread:

"Shocking surprise! Water is wet!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (gnNyN)

70 One would think that I would simply look at my Name: before clicking post, but.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (2YhKe)

71 David Hogg has a degree from Harvard.

That should tell you everything you need to know about Harvard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (2YhKe)

I'd rather hire a grad from Harfurd than Harvard. Equal education, but less snob training.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (qx7Zg)

72 >>> 24
8

To try to beat The Blade to FIRST!

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

You're getting more and more like me every day.

No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)

Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)

73 found 60.1 percent had mental health counseling or therapy during college

That's a lot of lone wolf snipers being groomed.

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (x/Rva)

74 > Didn't Bill Gates, Jr nope out of college?

Yep. Gates was at Harvard and realized he knew more about computers and programming than his Professors.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (mkw2N)

75 When did the "Ivy League" schools start taking nekkid pictures of their incoming students?

What kind of retards would consent to that?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Wait! We could have said no?

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (vHe/3)

76 Tom Lehrer was probably the last useful thing Harvard put out, eh?

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (Sco7b)

77 Not only Cornell, but the Ag school. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: mrp

Cornell has an ornithology lab. It's pretty cool. We sent them money for a couple of years.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

78 > Some of the dumbest people I have ever known are sporting ~~Harvard~~ Degrees.
---------
PhD's specifically. But generally speaking.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (jehhT)

79 There's Harvard Before, and Harvard After -- i.e., related to some point in time when it all went to shit. My father and both my brothers went to Harvard. They went in fine, and came out fine. It was a rigorous experience in a good way. I guess those days are gone.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (fZiTB)

80 Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

You're getting more and more like me every day.

No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)

Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)

Has he volunteered to trim the fuses for the fireworks display?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (qx7Zg)

81 It's more a generational thing. You subsidize victimhood, you get more of it.

You are not special, unless you have some affliction that excuses your bad behavior and prevents you from acting like a civilized, compassionate adult human.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (dK+Kv)

82 >>Gates was at Harvard and realized he knew more about computers and programming than his Professors.

Try growing up in the trades and then attending Architecture School.

You won't make it through a single semester.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (An6iH)

83 They come from unstable homes and cannot cope in a disciplined environment of school work and perpetual associative cognitive dissonance.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (51ygH)

84
Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)

THAT is a privilege EARNED over YEARS of doing chores and such for Rancher Bob and Cow Horse Queen.

It's no small task.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)

85 Harvard Students Are Twice as Mentally Ill as the General Population

The next job fair should be interesting.

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (x/Rva)

86 I'd vise youngins stay away from the Poison Ivy League, they don't seem to do much educatin' in them parts Cletus.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (n5tGW)

87 Yep. Gates was at Harvard and realized he knew more about computers and programming than his Professors.

If your desire is to learn about computers and programming, you would probably do better at your local community college than Harvard.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (vTZFs)

88 Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)

That job is how you say, taken.

Posted by: Paolo at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (ixZ1o)

89 Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?

Does that mean you get to be the guy that puts people in the barrel...or the guy that has to clean the barrel afterwards?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)

90 > David Hogg has a degree from Harvard.

It was hilarious reading Hogg's tweets before he got someone else to write them. They were always full of grammatical errors, misspellings, and weird usages of punctuation. The logic errors and complete misunderstanding of basic facts was ever-present, too.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (mkw2N)

91 >>>I had a horrible night of sleep.

Me, too. Video games will do that to you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)

92
You hafta be rich to go to Harvard.
Posted by: Speller at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (pSotA)

That’s out of date 50 years out of date. Families with income under $100k pay nothing to attend.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (X+Nnd)

93 If over 50% of people exhibit signs of something, is it actually an abnormality?

With physical ailments, we could certainly say yes. Let's say a healthy penis doesn't having oozing sores on it, so even if 80% of people get herpes, we can still point to a healthy penis and declare it the normal.

With mental illness, the line seems a bit fuzzier. I'd say well over 50% of people suffer from anxiety, but at what degree and to what end? When does it cross the line from being a clinical case of anxiety and just "feeling anxious". The same could probably be said of many personality disorders.

If just feeling anxious is categorized as anxiety, then I would say anxiety isn't a mental illness, but rather the normal.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (qoEJr)

94 There's Harvard Before, and Harvard After -- i.e., related to some point in time when it all went to shit. My father and both my brothers went to Harvard. They went in fine, and came out fine. It was a rigorous experience in a good way. I guess those days are gone.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (fZiTB)

I'd blame the "beer summit" but Harvard was a shithole long before that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (2YhKe)

95 >>It's more a generational thing. You subsidize victimhood, you get more of it.

This too is the story of the Trans Phenomenon in Primary Schools.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (An6iH)

96 Harvard faculty just approved a new policy that 20% of a class at most can earn an A. There's no cap on A-.

You're right that grade inflation has been a huge problem at Harvard. I read that 50-60% of undergrad grades in the past few years were As. That's ridiculous.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:22 PM (mkw2N)
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Does Harvard use a "+/-" scale where an A- is worth less than an A and an A is worth less than an A+?

If all A's are weighted the same on the final transcript, then it doesn't matter.

Where I work, we don't use a "+/-" scale, but other campuses within the same system do. It's been a matter of some controversy between students and faculty for years.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (gnNyN)

97 Getting all As isn’t stressful , but how hard are they working if an A is all but guaranteed. How much competition is there? Maybe this has shifted the focus to other things, such as who is the biggest victim and the best activist.

Curious about what it’s like to gather those deemed the best and brightest (conferred by their admission), confirm it in every class by near automatic As, yet each student naturally understands they are surrounded by other superstars, every person in each class was the best at their high school. How do you stand out? Bigger victim? Overcame more obstacles?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

98 I initially read this as Harvard Medical but I guess this would include that...?

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (ixZ1o)

99 Harvard beats Yale in mental illness
60% to 60%

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (A0HNO)

100 THAT is a privilege EARNED over YEARS of doing chores and such for Rancher Bob and Cow Horse Queen.

It's no small task.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (2YhKe)
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I hope they toss in a pair of shit-kickers for that STAFF badge.

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)

101 91 >>>I had a horrible night of sleep.

Me, too. Video games will do that to you.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (dK+Kv)

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I started playing Bioshock Infinite again last night.

Runs super smooth on the Steam Deck (not a surprise, the game is 13 years old).

And just...quality gameplay. And Elizabeth is awesome.

Sure, Ken Levine is braindead progtard who thinks he's got sick burns on anyone he disagrees with politically, but he misses the mark so hard and so often that it's easy to ignore the attempts at obvious politicking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Zn6QU)

102
I hope they toss in a pair of shit-kickers for that STAFF badge.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (rj6Yv)

No, but I did borrow a jacket once.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (2YhKe)

103 Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:24 PM (77rzZ)

There is a free ap from Cornell Ornithology Lab called MerlinBirdid . It identifies birds by their sounds and shows a picture . Spouse and I have enjoyed using it

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (OYsYV)

104 Dang. Okay. Harvard brought this up. Fun with Google on the day before the LIBRARY OF DOOM opens.

Barack Obama's actual LSAT score has never been publicly released or verified, as law school admission files remain private. However, based on his acceptance and performance at Harvard Law School, admissions analysts estimate his score was likely around 167 or higher, placing him in the top percentiles of test-takers.

Sure it was....

AND

Barack Obama was elected as the first Black president of the Harvard Law Review in 1990, during his time as a student at Harvard Law School.

Is there anything published from Obama during his time as editor. Anything he wrote? Sit down Horde...

No, Barack Obama did not publish any signed legal scholarship or articles under his own name during his time as a student or editor at the Harvard Law Review.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)

105 It's more a generational thing. You subsidize victimhood, you get more of it.

Crackers need not apply.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (vHe/3)

106 If over 50% of people exhibit signs of something, is it actually an abnormality?/i]

There is a combination of things going on:

We try harder to diagnose these things now
We reward people for having them
but...modern culture and leftism both try to intentionally drive people nuts.

Take your average Karen ranting about global warming and have her live in a homestead community for a few years with no social media/internet access and I suspect she'll be cured.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (sKqQm)

107 Oh, glad to hear their grading policy makes it harder to get an A.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (4KUe5)

108 "My rich dad pays me to go here and do nothing but party for four years, so I can say I partied here for four years, and automatically get handed shitloads of money for life, because I was at the four-year rich kid party. The stress of it all has driven me mad."

LOL.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (BI5O2)

109 If just feeling anxious is categorized as anxiety, then I would say anxiety isn't a mental illness, but rather the normal.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (qoEJr)

I'm fueled by anxiety.
And hatred but mostly anxiety.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (wjnjX)

110 Socially maladjusted is not the same as mentally ill. Book learning is not the same as smart. Kids are ignorant, and some never grow out of it.

I didn't even go to Harvard and I figured that out.

Huh.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (bl07w)

111 It’s been known for years that it’s hard to get into Harvard but once in it’s a breeze. Professors hand out As like candy. Basically don’t be a total screwup and you graduate with a 3.5 GPA.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)

112 Sure, Ken Levine is braindead progtard who thinks he's got sick burns on anyone he disagrees with politically, but he misses the mark so hard and so often that it's easy to ignore the attempts at obvious politicking.

I'm reminded of the movie Don't Worry Darling where they present it as the 50s being some horrible patriarchal nightmare but...it looked pretty damn good compared to COVIDmania America...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

113 >>Take your average Karen ranting about global warming and have her live in a homestead community for a few years with no social media/internet access and I suspect she'll be cured.

This is no way to cure Hysteria.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (An6iH)

114 Funny video here of a short auto dealer tech approaching and entering a customer's lifted truck.

http://tiny.cc/gaa5101

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (mkw2N)

115 I think most of the "trans" among the youngest is due to the predators preying on anyone who appears vulnerable.

I have a niece that is pretty severely autistic among other things and "they" (not the parents) tried to block her period soon after it started.

Full credit to the girl she said it's the only thing that makes her feel like a girl and she wants to be a girl, and no. Bastard fag pedo crank fucks. Roast in hell, then die.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (ixZ1o)

116 112 I'm reminded of the movie Don't Worry Darling where they present it as the 50s being some horrible patriarchal nightmare but...it looked pretty damn good compared to COVIDmania America...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

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"Men want to work hard and take care of their women!"
-sick burn against men

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (Zn6QU)

117 We have a couple of millennial/Gen z "managers" here that never ever shut up about their supposed "autism"

It's infuriating because they are diminishing the symptoms of actual autism while waiving their stupid virtue flag.

They talk like fucking idiots and run everything through AI before they say or email anything

What the FUCK Happened to us?!

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (61TgR)

118 There is a free ap from Cornell Ornithology Lab called MerlinBirdid . It identifies birds by their sounds and shows a picture . Spouse and I have enjoyed using it
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

My wife has a similar app on her phone. Don't know what it's called, though.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (77rzZ)

119 No, Barack Obama did not publish any signed legal scholarship or articles under his own name during his time as a student or editor at the Harvard Law Review.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Sco7b)

Implying that he wrote under a pen name. He did not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

120 I watched all of the sweet nieces on my side of the family go bonkers. One thing they all had in common was taking a Women's Studies course in college. It distresses me that none of these intelligent young ladies had the mental stability to recognize a load of bunk when they saw it.

I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college. What was different in their cases?

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)

121 "Does communism cause mental illness, or are the mentally ill just unnaturally attracted to an ideology that says they can remake the world in their image if they just want it enough?"
_____________

I think this survey is misleading because it's self-reported. Whenever anything is self-reported, you get responses bases in part on what is considered desirable in whatever group you are surveying.

Liberals brag about their therapists and it's considered a badge of honor to have some mental or emotional problem. Conservatives are the opposite.

It's like asking dudebros how many women they slept with. The responses will be much higher than reality. The reverse is probably true with women.

So there's a huge bias built into these kinds of surveys that's hard to account for.

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (iFTx/)

122

What the FUCK Happened to us?!

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (61TgR)

Big Pharma.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (2YhKe)

123 Boobs!

https://tinyurl.com/2h54sa3d

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (qx7Zg)

124 You know the story next year that will my you cry tears ... of laughter, will be?

Of all the 2026 grads who can't find 6 figure jobs now that the charity/NGO/government glut of taxpayer-funded job market has dried up.

BTW, I saw a thing that Syracuse had to cut their tuition by something like 45% via discounts, grants, etc., to try and maintain enrollment.
They had projected 35% would be sufficient to maintain.
They still fell short of enrollment quotas this year.

And it's only going to get worse ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (73/SM)

125 I caught an ad for Harvard Business School on YouTube. Almost all women, mostly black and some black dudes.

Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)

126 111 It’s been known for years that it’s hard to get into Harvard but once in it’s a breeze. Professors hand out As like candy. Basically don’t be a total screwup and you graduate with a 3.5 GPA.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)

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Harvard has been forced to develop remedial classes; getting in as a DEI has been pretty easy.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (fgSb9)

127
My college German language professor died last week at the age of 100.

After the first day of his class he never spoke a word of English for the entire term, just Deutsch.

It pissed all us students off. We gathered, strategized, looked for ways to get around full immersion, and... learned.

What angered me 50 years ago fills me with admiration now.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (Y8DZL)

128 How do you stand out? Bigger victim? Overcame more obstacles?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:27 PM (4KUe5)

You get "chosen".

Think about it.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (ixZ1o)

129 Yeah, there's overlap.

Washington Free Beacon
@FreeBeacon
·
Jun 17
Replying to
@FreeBeacon
I watched a lot of anti-Israel protests at Harvard, and even read some of the poetry and journal articles.

Without singling out any individual participants or casting any stigma on people seeking or getting needed treatment, it’s hard to avoid noticing the strong likelihood of some overlap in the Venn diagram between the 47 percent who experienced mental illness and the 40 percent who view BDS favorably to the point of setting up tents in a Harvard Yard “encampment” or interrupting classes with megaphones or occupying buildings in protests.

I’m not a forensic psychiatrist, but some people are just unmistakably crazy.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (kX27y)

130 >>My wife has a similar app on her phone. Don't know what it's called, though.

Years ago I had an Indian guy as a fishing client. He was less interested in fishing and more interested in 'Birding'.

I got a good laugh at his expense when he was forced to google a 'Hairy Pecker' that he spotted.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (An6iH)

131 Dang, … , so glad your niece fought off the trans fiends!! They really do go after autistic kids.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (4KUe5)

132 Wasn't nobody remembering Obama at Harvard a thing.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (wjnjX)

133 I've had discussions with younger people with diagnosed anxiety and it is interesting.

I certainly fell anxiety before say an important meeting at work and it can be a VERY strong feeling, but over my life I've learned how to clamp down on it and just deal with the feeling without having it stop me from doing what I need to do

They claim they can't do the same. Is that really true or they just haven't learned how to deal with it by what is essentially emersion therapy?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

134 It’s been known for years that it’s hard to get into Harvard but once in it’s a breeze. Professors hand out As like candy. Basically don’t be a total screwup and you graduate with a 3.5 GPA.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (X+Nnd)
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Wow. Does the administration check political affiliations?

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rj6Yv)

135 Is there a special hot/crazy matrix available specifically designed for use with Harvard chicks?

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rgnpf)

136
I'll admit to college causing me mental health problems. These surges of anger I feel even decades later whenever I think about my college professors and fellow students can't be healthy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (BI5O2)

137 The rich kid stereotype at Harvard needs updating. Other than Chinese (from
China not from California) students, most kids there are middle or lower class. The push for diversity brings in a lot of peeps from the hood and barrio.

25% of students pay $0.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (X+Nnd)

138 If the mentally ill leftists are admitting to being over twice as mentally ill as normies, then you know it is more like over THREE TIMES the mental illness for them. More likely FOUR TIMES.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (xvV+O)

139 Is there a special hot/crazy matrix available specifically designed for use with Harvard chicks?

Purple/Pink hair...go for it
Blue/Green hair...run like the wind

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

140 Book learning is not the same as smart.

Depends on the book. (Derrida and Zinn will make you retarded.)
Depends on one's ability to understand the book. (You can probably leave a, say, Foucault book and end up smarter. Certainly Camus.)

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (5C538)

141 I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college. What was different in their cases?

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)

Possibly an even more manipulative curriculum? Shouldn't work better in theory - but billions have gone into research on how to give people a particular opinion.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ixZ1o)

142 Told you so.

Posted by: Rush Limbaugh at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (V362x)

143 Also, get up early enough to see the sun rise.
Get some exercise.
Watch the sun set.

You won't have a problem sleeping.
Posted by: garrett

It starts getting light out at 345 am and isn’t really dark dark until 1030 or so, if then.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (hqy4m)

144 135 Is there a special hot/crazy matrix available specifically designed for use with Harvard chicks?
Posted by: Dirac_Delta at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (rgnpf)

Rule #1.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (wjnjX)

145 139 Purple/Pink hair...go for it
Blue/Green hair...run like the wind

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:34 PM (sKqQm)

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*remains stuck, unable to decide*
-Scott Pilgrim, regarding Romana Flowers

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (Zn6QU)

146 Wasn't nobody remembering Obama at Harvard a thing.
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (wjnjX)
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Barry was a Harvard Law Review editor who never published an article. Has anyone else matched his record of achievement?

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (rj6Yv)

147 At Princeton, ... 60.1 percent had mental health counseling or therapy during college

60%? That's barely a "D". Try harder, Princeton.

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (x/Rva)

148 It pissed all us students off. We gathered, strategized, looked for ways to get around full immersion, and... learned.
Posted by: Auspex

I hate immersion. I mean, it's fine once you reach a certain level of proficiency, but not when you're just starting out.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (77rzZ)

149 Thanks for all you do for us, Ace. We appreciate it!

Posted by: The Main Man Crow, on behalf of the other Crows at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (0sNs1)

150 They claim they can't do the same. Is that really true or they just haven't learned how to deal with it by what is essentially emersion therapy?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)

If it's chemical - say hormonal - no amount of clamping can do it. None.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:36 PM (ixZ1o)

151 ... so basically what Emmie said.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (5C538)

152 Again with the crows? Like cats, they'd just as soon eat you as look at you...

What does 'NBD' stand for? Acronym impaired here.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)

153 What use to be biggest and brightest is now diversity
Too fkng bad I say

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (sgkY8)

154
21

“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM

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Covid, huh? I wonder what they actually died of.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (XeO61)

155 However, based on his acceptance and performance at Harvard Law School, admissions analysts estimate his score was likely around 167 or higher, placing him in the top percentiles of test-takers.
--
"performance"
Oh?
Let's see his transcripts then.

Even then, it'll still be useless because he was on The Path and everyone knew he was on The Path, which guarantees top marks and insider advantages all along the way.

I mean, the number of accepted transfers from Occidental to Harvard has to be in the low single digits.
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (73/SM)

156 152 What does 'NBD' stand for? Acronym impaired here.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (QGaXH)

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Nighttime Bread Dispenser.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (Zn6QU)

157 NBD = No Bug Deal

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (xvV+O)

158 >>It starts getting light out at 345 am and isn’t really dark dark until 1030 or so, if then.

Sunrise was 5:45 am...
(3 days from the longest day of the year)

Sunset is at 9:30 pm.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (An6iH)

159 Looking like another long day here again

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (sgkY8)

160 I dated a girl who went to Columbia. She was "odd"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (A0HNO)

161 HEY!!!!!

Posted by: Keith Olbermann at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (2YhKe)

Cornell
Posted by: ...
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When I was at school, we used to sing a little ditty:

High above Cayuga's waters
There's an awful smell
Some say it's Cayuga's waters
We say it's Cornell

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (XeU6L)

162 The discussion of mental illness amongst Harvard men and women is overwrought, to put it mildly. Trust me.

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (0sNs1)

163 There's an entire gender that's attracted to remaking the world in their image. The Lego study probably explains more about politics than it does about toys at this point.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:38 PM (2ocoG)

164 Ain't nothing but a crow wing.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (xvV+O)

165 130

A Hairy (Wood) pecker is actually a nice looking bird:

https://tinyurl.com/5xp7jpzn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (OYsYV)

166 >> Looking like another long day here again

Prediction: Tomorrow will be longer, still.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (An6iH)

167 “Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM

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Covid, huh? I wonder what they actually died of.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (XeO61)
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Embarrassment?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (gnNyN)

168 Seriously.

I'd be cautious saying things about autistic kids........

Posted by: Alex Jones at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (2YhKe)

169 so basically what Emmie said.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM (5C53

Are you saying in my response to Emmie, all I did was repeat what she said without anything new? Just clarifying.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:39 PM (ixZ1o)

170 “Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM

Late term abortion, silly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (2YhKe)

171 Emmitt, I think the feminist crap is socially enforced to a much higher degree. It’s not just in class, it’s all across campus.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)

172 If it's chemical - say hormonal - no amount of clamping can do it. None.

Two things though:

1) If its chemical, where did this biochemical change come from?

2) And if it is something genetic that has a highly negative impact on reproduction. Those young people that won't leave their rooms due to anxiety aren't very likely to have kids of their own later in life...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

173 I think "Obama" was a Chicago political machine product.

Dumb enough to do as he's told.

No one will question him at Columbia but he needs bona fides. How about Harvard?

His gayness seemed well documented in Chicago and one of his own books. So they found him a "wife" and a couple to produce kids for him.

Harvard? Sure, we got him in, changed the rules to get him labeled editor of the review, and worked hard to erase his birth certificate and his most problematic comments in writing and on video.

He's an idiot puppet and it galls me that Ayers had such power over this country he hates.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (fgSb9)

174 Acronym impaired here.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 01:37 PM

NP, it's NBD. Just a TLA.

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (0sNs1)

175 Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration

Mamdami looks like a more rapey version of Hasan Piker, so I'm sure he's very interested in such things.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (2ocoG)

176 A Hairy (Wood) pecker is actually a nice looking bird:

I could look at hairy peckers all day long!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

177 Hung out with the main-man crow this morning, NBD. He saw me eating and flapped over just in case.
Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace

Longest employment interview evah~

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

178 LBJ passed the equal opportunity laws. They Ivy's said Ok we'll let some in. Then they, incrementally, discovered there was easy money to be made from this scam. That got the ball rolling.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (51ygH)

179 >>It's more a generational thing. You subsidize victimhood, you get more of it.

This too is the story of the Trans Phenomenon in Primary Schools.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:26 PM (An6iH)

All of it. ADHD, Asperger's, Autism*, Furries, LGBTBBQ+++, Trans, Neurodivergence, My Grandma Stubbed Her Toe When She Was Three Syndrome. All of it.

We're teaching kids that they don't need to do the hard work, to be of strong mind, body, and spirit, and to be a decent human if you can just find a vanity affliction that elevates you above all that commoner drudgery.

* There are very few actual, valid diagnoses of what was once called autism. Now everyone has to be on a "spectrum" of Autism, because more pharma and government grant money.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (dK+Kv)

180 ixZ1o, nah, I was underlining my own response to tcn on book-larnin'.
Ellipses are ambiguous here, I just found out.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (5C538)

181 Possibly an even more manipulative curriculum? Shouldn't work better in theory - but billions have gone into research on how to give people a particular opinion.
Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (ixZ1o)

I have no doubts that a lot of curriculum is manipulative. But in my case, manipulation attempts made me more guarded, not less.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (FMtrg)

182 What does 'NBD' stand for? Acronym impaired here.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

No Butt in Dick. Duh.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

183 I saw No Bug Deal open for Orkin at the Termite Infestation in 2000.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

184 I bet any amount of money that a significant percentage of those claiming mental illness are play-acting in order to get psych drugs.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (g8Ew8)

185
No Butt in Dick. Duh.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (diia5)

Seems like that would be painful.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (2YhKe)

186 I'm acquaintances with a recent Harvard Business grad. He's a good dude - solid leader, well spoken and a smart guy.

Sometimes prone to what one author labeled a "Trumpet Blast" where random utterances demonstrating his loathing of PDT make their way into conversation. I usually just ignore it.

I don't know if it was Harvard that did it to him - I met his mother and holy sh*t she was batpoo crazy with the TDS....

That may have been it.

Still like the guy - but I do know that one day I'm going to have to pull him aside and be like "you realize, that I voted for that guy 3 times, right?"

Posted by: Defenestratus at June 18, 2026 01:42 PM (WYStd)

187 I think "Obama" was a Chicago political machine product.

The Chicago machine as it was traditionally known was well into its death throes by 2005. Obama was an Ayers/Dorn project, likely with Soros support.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)

188 Susan Colins apologized for voting to confirm Kavanaugh.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (X+Nnd)

189 They claim they can't do the same. Is that really true or they just haven't learned how to deal with it by what is essentially emersion therapy?

It's hard to say.

My father used to beat us on the regular for perceived errors. For instance as a small child (3 yo) I was beaten with a belt for repeatedly putting pajama pants on backwards. It's my earliest memory.

Similarly, my brother at about 7 years old was beaten for not throwing a horseshoe correctly.

These beatings would, of course, induce fits of crying and while frozen in terror, it's was impossible to assess what it was that was causing the punishment and correct it in a young mind.

However, after surviving the encounters, we both became very stoic in the face of intense pressure, only occasionally reacting with anger rather than freezing in the face of insurmountable pressure.

I believe that it can be overcome with proper conditioning.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (qoEJr)

190 What does 'NBD' stand for? Acronym impaired here.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

No Breakfast Delights.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (dK+Kv)

191 Is it
Chemical?
Hormonal?
Enviromental?
Accidental?
Illogical?
Astrological?
Pathological?
Numerological?

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (wjnjX)

192 It starts getting light out at 345 am and isn’t really dark dark until 1030 or so, if then.
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 01:35 PM (hqy4m)

Technically the sun rises at 4 am and sets at midnight, but it never gets dark these days. These are the days of fishing all night long.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (bl07w)

193 ***reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration
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Send her over here. We have a critical problem that needs adjusting.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (51ygH)

194 I have no doubts that a lot of curriculum is manipulative. But in my case, manipulation attempts made me more guarded, not less./i]

In college I was given an assignment to identify the enduring values in a piece of communist trash newspaper called the People's World.

I entitled my report "Enduring the People's World" which actually made my commie prof laugh...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

195 NBD = Non Biggus Dickus

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (A0HNO)

196 Seems like that would be painful.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Yeah, and Dick is such a nice guy. No respect, I tell yah~.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (diia5)

197 The rich kid stereotype at Harvard needs updating. Other than Chinese (from
China not from California) students, most kids there are middle or lower class.

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1.) Perhaps the lower class, with grants and shit. Very few middle class Americans want or can afford these Ivy League trifles.

2.) None of those Barrio people are in this stat. Good Fortune Induced Depression is 100% an affliction of the affluent.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (BI5O2)

198
Harvard? Sure, we got him in, changed the rules to get him labeled editor of the review, and worked hard to erase his birth certificate and his most problematic comments in writing and on video.

And yet, they let his poetry remain public........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (2YhKe)

199 Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

I think potentially hormone disruption - low T for example has symptoms of both anxiety and depression. And the medical establishment doesn't even check. They go straight to SSRI etc.

And funnily enough long term effect of SSRI is sexual dysfunction which can cause guess what, depression.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (ixZ1o)

200 I have anxiety, since childhood, apparently, but never realized it until a decade or so ago. I thought it was normal. I have only started to get a handle on it fairly recently.

KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)

201 I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college.

Me either. That's all I could afford to eat!

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (n5tGW)

202 No Breakfast Delights.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM

As long as no one says NAD.

Posted by: The Starlight Vocal Band at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (0sNs1)

203 I mean, the number of accepted transfers from Occidental to Harvard has to be in the low single digits.
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
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IRRC, he went from Occidental undergrad to Columbia for bachelors degree. Thence to Harvard Law. No one much talks about every seeing him at Columbia U. And his apparent Harvard Law Review stint was a DEI stunt where he did nothing apparently and the editor under him did all the work.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)

204 Iirc, it’s that no one remembers Obama at Columbia.

At Harvard he was such an annoying guy, always droning on and on, that his fellow law students created a measure to rate it: the Obamameter.

One of the gals from The Runaways was his classmate and she wrote about this in 2008.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)

205 . But in my case, manipulation attempts made me more guarded, not less.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:41 PM (FMtrg)

As Lizzy astutley pointed out, the social pressure has changed too, and also the reinforcement in media. None of it would have "got" you but it's powerful for others.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (ixZ1o)

206 I like Dune's take on fear/anxiety:

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

207 See, Dick tends to butt in on Ace's posts. He's just excitable and all.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (diia5)

208 are they mentally or just dumb

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (b7F+i)

209 Our elite thought-leaders are become sociopaths.

This is old news.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (RIvkX)

210 Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (iFTx/)

You're getting more and more like me every day.

No one wants to be like me. You should stop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (2YhKe)

Maybe he wants to be Staff at the next TX MoMee?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:23 PM (R+iUD)

Has he volunteered to trim the fuses for the fireworks display?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:25 PM (qx7Zg)
________

Jeez. Tough crowd. Note how cleverly I matched the subject matter of the song lyrics to the subject matter of the post? That took some extra time to prepare so I knew I wouldn't be first.

So ... note how cleverly the tag line isn't the normal "The Blade is FIRST," since I wasn't going to be first, but how you gotta "run" to beat The Blade to first.

See? Tough crowd. Or maybe I'm just AI or ace in disguise?

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

211 204 Iirc, it’s that no one remembers Obama at Columbia.

At Harvard he was such an annoying guy, always droning on and on, that his fellow law students created a measure to rate it: the Obamameter.

One of the gals from The Runaways was his classmate and she wrote about this in 2008.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (4KUe5)

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They really should have stuffed him in some lockers.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (Zn6QU)

212 I think potentially hormone disruption - low T for example has symptoms of both anxiety and depression. And the medical establishment doesn't even check. They go straight to SSRI etc.

It's documented that it's far easier to get low-T treatment if you're a woman and express interest in no longer having boobs than if you're a man.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (2ocoG)

213 The Chicago machine as it was traditionally known was well into its death throes by 2005. Obama was an Ayers/Dorn project, likely with Soros support.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (2ocoG)

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I accept that my terms were incorrect. I thought Ayers, Dorn, and Obama's attorney general (can't remember his name but he wants to run for President) were part of the Chicago political machine.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (fgSb9)

214 I mean, the number of accepted transfers from Occidental to Harvard has to be in the low single digits.
Accepted transfers are rare enough.
But this guy, from a 4th tier school, makes the cut?

Well, he did have other skills that he demonstrated quite well

Posted by: Some Harvard recruiter at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

215 In my case, turning to God has been the most helpful in dealing with anxiety.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (woQqY)

216 I believe that it can be overcome with proper conditioning.
Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 18, 2026 01:43 PM (qoEJr)

I spanked my kid once. I felt like shit for weeks. I broke the cycle. I think the spankings are what fucked up my hips.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (wjnjX)

217 >>"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"

In the absence of Fear, there can be no Bravery.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (An6iH)

218 171 Emmie, I think the feminist crap is socially enforced to a much higher degree. It’s not just in class, it’s all across campus.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (4KUe5)

I taught math at the college where two of my nieces attended. I was constantly amazed at some of the stuff the Humanities instructors would say. Buncha nonsense, and this is from me with a liberal arts, non-STEM degree.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (FMtrg)

219 2) And if it is something genetic that has a highly negative impact on reproduction. Those young people that won't leave their rooms due to anxiety aren't very likely to have kids of their own later in life...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:40 PM (sKqQm)

I'm not sure about that. My mom had five kids, and she was the most anxious person I have ever met. She "coped" by keeping control of every damned thing in her life, and by screaming at and hitting her kids. Even in dementia she was wound tight. She passed the trait on to at least three of her kids, so there's that.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM (bl07w)

220 1.) Perhaps the lower class, with grants and shit. Very few middle class Americans want or can afford these Ivy League

Harvard’s policy is any student whose family income is under $100k pays no tuition. And then above $100k there’s a sliding scale. So up to $150kish family income it’s either free or quite reasonable to attend.

Costs more to attend a UC as an out of state resident than it costs to attend Harvard for most people.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (X+Nnd)

221 I accept that my terms were incorrect. I thought Ayers, Dorn, and Obama's attorney general (can't remember his name but he wants to run for President) were part of the Chicago political machine.

They were involved, but they were first and foremost Weather Underground / whatever they were involved with after that.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (2ocoG)

222 Probably already mentioned: all those women on the pill. That definitely affects mental health.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (4KUe5)

223 Hey computer whiz kid:

I have a different hash every time I visit
wtf

also, what is the Newton's Telecom name for the 5 character group we call the hash

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:49 PM (b7F+i)

224 >>> Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (iFTx/)

Just now seeing your current hash.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (R+iUD)

225 IRRC, he went from Occidental undergrad to Columbia for bachelors degree. Thence to Harvard Law. No one much talks about every seeing him at Columbia U. And his apparent Harvard Law Review stint was a DEI stunt where he did nothing apparently and the editor under him did all the work.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:45 PM (E4rtv)

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I believe the honored tradition was top of the class gets to run the Law Review. Obama was NOT top of his class. Not close.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (fgSb9)

226 whoever gives me a real answer will drive home in a new Buick

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (b7F+i)

227 I was friends with a girl from Berkeley, she was VN, and based, but she was all for affirmative action. Nuts. How the hell did the liberal nonsense infiltrate this hard working daughter of a boat person (refugee from the commies) to think that taking classes on tupac shakur was a productive use of her time? I knew then that CA was cooked.

I was also friends with a girl from Oxford. She was from Birmingham and not as based. Kinda brainwashed into that God is fake liberal world order. She got to ride with the RAF in a jet as a recruitment thing -- they wanted more of whatever it was she had to offer. This was 25 years ago, and I understood then that UK was cooked. No offense Bonnie, but the priorities were all wrong if they are begging her to join up.

Posted by: bob (moron inbobnitus) at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (WjwG+)

228 Do you expect me to believe some cock and bull story like that?!! Get your ass to class!!!

My house was fun to grow up in.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (IY9No)

229 225 I believe the honored tradition was top of the class gets to run the Law Review. Obama was NOT top of his class. Not close.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (fgSb9)

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He was top of the intersectionality stack.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Zn6QU)

230 In the absence of Fear, there can be no Bravery.

The idea from Dune was that you can, and should, train yourself to deal with fear.

Your point is correct, but this is an example of pushing through fear to bravery or at least that's my take

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)

231 Ugh, Emmie, can’t imagine how radical it is on campus today.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)

232 125 I caught an ad for Harvard Business School on YouTube. Almost all women, mostly black and some black dudes.
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)

Those inner-city looting videos.

They're stealing textbooks and school supplies.
The tv's are to make the medical lectures more tolerable.

I know most of you remember Mattress Girl who carried her 50 pound dorm mattress around as a protest. Like sane people are going to put up with that shit....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (Sco7b)

233 All curriculum should be manipulative. It should guide and reward the student to pursue knowledge of the cours.

A simple view of that is the Rush Revere books designed for children to learn accurate history but also manipulate them to desire the acquisition of more knowledge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (51ygH)

234 226 whoever gives me a real answer will drive home in a new Buick

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (b7F+i)

======

Some ISPs change your IP on a regular basis.

The hash is derived from the IP.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (Zn6QU)

235 I taught math at the college where two of my nieces attended.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:48 PM

Skill and knowledge which aren't allowed to transfer to your avocation as a AoSHQ Commentator. Sad!

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (0sNs1)

236 The main issue with Harvard, or any other lerning center is that they're not educating anyone. They're indoctrinating. Churning out brain dead socialists by the thousands. While I'm sure that's The Plan™ it certainly doesn't improve society in any way.

Honestly, we'd be better off closing the Universities at this point.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 01:51 PM (jehhT)

237
There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.

____________

Now start asking yourself what else they've lied to you about. Keep it to yourself and your nearest, lest you be arrested, but act accordingly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)

238 I think potentially hormone disruption - low T for example has symptoms of both anxiety and depression. And the medical establishment doesn't even check. They go straight to SSRI etc.

And funnily enough long term effect of SSRI is sexual dysfunction which can cause guess what, depression.
Posted by: ...

Yep. SSRIs are nasty shit even in this later generation of drugs.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (E4rtv)

239 He was top of the intersectionality stack.

Gay + black (ish) + Muslim. That's a triple word score.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (2ocoG)

240 I started playing Bioshock Infinite again last night.

Runs super smooth on the Steam Deck (not a surprise, the game is 13 years old).

And just...quality gameplay.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (Zn6QU)

I am a one game at a time person, and right now, that is Elite: Dangerous.

It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)

241 237
Now start asking yourself what else they've lied to you about. Keep it to yourself and your nearest, lest you be arrested, but act accordingly.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (O0L8i)

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"Britain's GDP makes Mississippi's look like shit!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)

242 >>The idea from Dune was that you can, and should, train yourself to deal with fear.

Indeed. Just a little long for a true Mantra, imo.

That quote you pulled has always stuck with me. And I regularly point out its lesson to people who struggle with their Fears.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (An6iH)

243 >>Neither First Woman here slept worth a crap.

'Neither' First Woman??

Posted by: Nazdar at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (NcvvS)

244 Obama’s daddy was a graduate of Harvard. Back when Barry Jr. attended that was still enough to get someone in, especially for a diversity applicant.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (X+Nnd)

245 The other part of Obama's career that I like is how he was a "law professor."

Yeah, a 3L bullshit, quasi-legal, all-theory filler class for the wokes to round out the credit requirements before they took their job at a small boutique non-profit legal aid firm.

I bet it wasn't even graded via testing.

BTW, I should point out I have more legal publications to my name than "law professor" Barack Obama.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (73/SM)

246 200 I have anxiety, since childhood, apparently, but never realized it until a decade or so ago. I thought it was normal. I have only started to get a handle on it fairly recently.

KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)

We've had a wild swing in the pendulum for addressing kids with legitimate mental health problems. Back in your day (which I assume was roughly the same as back in my day) you were just labeled a problem and hit a lot by your teachers and your folks. Now it's gone to where nearly every kid is diagnosed with something or other and for the ones that aren't yet they're trying to actually induce mental illness. Neither of these approaches are acceptable.

Posted by: I guess rationality doesn't count at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (TbWk/)

247 whoever gives me a real answer will drive home in a new Buick
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM

Questions seeking real answers should be directed to HordeSource (tm).

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (0sNs1)

248 Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:47 PM (woQqY)

I was going to say that probably having a spiritual foundation woukd be of great help to these young people ( it helped me in school) , although it may be Harvard or Yale that has on their pastoral staff isomeone who identifies as an Atheist. "Hello, Kara. I'm sorry you're having anxiety. You realize there's no God and a lot of BS in The Bible, but how can I help you?"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (OYsYV)

249 Another Surprise: Harvard Students Experience Mental Illness at Double the Rate of the Normal Adult Population

HI !!! Hello !!! Is this thing on ? With Smart comes Crazy. How much do you want ?

Now this is not new. Read anything - really ANYTHING - about the Greatest Generation or the generations before that or Robber Barons or Titans of Industry or whatever you want to call them. All high functioning insane. Pretty much soup to nuts. Sociopaths that got to the top before they melted down. Same story every fucking time.

Yet we ... OK - not we - but certain folks that just happen to live in that area ... still aspire to purely educate these minds of mush without any real world tempering. They're creating their own Yankee world version of Germans and Indians and Japanese that have multiple degrees. But can't turn a wrench. And can't order from the drive through.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (IdfaO)

250 232 125 I caught an ad for Harvard Business School on YouTube. Almost all women, mostly black and some black dudes.
Posted by: steevy at June 18, 2026 01:32 PM (YwEeS)
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Received a glossy proposal the other day. The only white person on the folder cover was obviously gay.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (51ygH)

251 whoever gives me a real answer will drive home in a new Buick

Al Franken has entered the chat.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (2ocoG)

252 240 I am a one game at a time person, and right now, that is Elite: Dangerous.

It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (dK+Kv)

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1. MMO. Ew.

2. 1:1 Milky Way. Neato.

So, it's like No Man's Sky, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:53 PM (Zn6QU)

253 225 I believe the honored tradition was top of the class gets to run the Law Review. Obama was NOT top of his class. Not close.

To my knowledge, Obama was NOT the editor of the Harvard Law Review, but the President of the Law Review. They are different positions.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (fZiTB)

254 I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college. What was different in their cases?
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)
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I got lumped into an "Urban Studies" class in undergrad. I was on the road with the tennis team when they picked electives. I kept my head down (being the only white guy in the room)...until the mid-term paper...which I entitled "Racial Minorities and Majorities are a Construct". I pointed out that even identical twins were different in many ways (personality, intelligence, motor skills, freckles, even skin shade). So no race was a majority. No race was a minority. Surprisingly, the "black" female Prof complimented me on my insight. Found out later she loved Clarence Thomas.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (dIske)

255 Not only Cornell, but the Ag school. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:21 PM (rj6Yv)
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SUNY Cornell, we called it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (amcLV)

256 I heard that there are shuttle buses in the DFW area for World Cup tourists to go to a buccees. Lol

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (X+Nnd)

257 236 The main issue with Harvard, or any other lerning center is that they're not educating anyone. They're indoctrinating. Churning out brain dead socialists by the thousands. While I'm sure that's The Plan™ it certainly doesn't improve society in any way.

Honestly, we'd be better off closing the Universities at this point.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Save some money and choke off woke religion at the same time. For similar reasons, Henry VIII closed the monasteries of England--they were a rallying point for opponents of his separation of England from Catholicism. At the time, universities and colleges were much less a threat due to their movement away from taking religion so seriously. Now it appears the opposite---many religious orders pay lip service to religion since the 60's and universities have become devout monasteries of wokeness.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (E4rtv)

258
"Britain's GDP makes Mississippi's look like shit!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:52 PM (Zn6QU)

__________

Think of what Britain's per capita GDP would look like without Greater London.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (O0L8i)

259 Obama “worked from home” for the Law Review.
He phoned it in, didn’t just not produce, no one saw him work.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)

260 Getting accepted to Cornell’s hotel management school was the cheat code to an ivy league degree for non Ivy league caliber students. At least back in the day.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (X+Nnd)

261 Why do we parade at a drive thru but drive thru a parade?

Posted by: Mohammed at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (ixZ1o)

262 I had a co-worker who went to Harvard, and he had a pretty low opinion of both it and the students. To hear him dunk on Caroline Kennedy (who was there when he was) would do your heart good.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (amcLV)

263 assume everything about the JEF is a lie

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (b7F+i)

264 Used to have a kid's book Little Bird Tweet, would read it to Mr Senegal. He would hiss and boo at the crow page.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (Kt19C)

265 KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)

There are different routes to treatment of anxiety. I found pharmacological did not work as well as breath-work, bio-feedback, framing and facing down small anxieties to practice facing down the big ones.
"you do not become brave by hiding from your fears, unfortunately"

I hope your kid finds relief, however she manages.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

266 263 assume everything about the JEF is a lie

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (b7F+i)

====

He doesn't actually exist.

He's like S1mone from that one movie, but in more relationships with men.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (Zn6QU)

267 Getting accepted to Cornell’s hotel management school was the cheat code to an ivy league degree for non Ivy league caliber students. At least back in the day.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:56 PM (X+Nnd)
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They were at least learning something useful.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (amcLV)

268 Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:55 PM (4KUe5)

Do you remember the story that came out from that dude who worked in the same office as Obama early, and said Obama was on the phone all day with his feet up on a desk? Never talked to anyone?

Posted by: .. at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (ixZ1o)

269 240 I am a one game at a time person, and right now, that is Elite: Dangerous.

It's running fine on Linux Mint with Proton on an an Intel B580 graphics card. Before, it was running OK with an Nvidia 1660 card. One of my 1080 monitors recently took a dump, and now I have dual 4K, and 4K gaming is a gamechanger.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder
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Intel or AMD CPU? I have been eyeing the Intel GPUs for some time simply because of their video processing abilities but worried about an AMD CPU playing well with an Intel GPU using Linux.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)

270 231 Ugh, Emmie, can’t imagine how radical it is on campus today.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)

I'm currently a student at a large SEC school, finishing up math requirements for grad school so I can teach college-level math. The kids seem to be pretty well grounded but of course I hang out mostly with STEM people. That's not to say there aren't any blue-haired lunatics but the proportion of normal kids is higher than I expected.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (FMtrg)

271
Obama: a man who appeared without a trace.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)

272 250 232 125 I caught an ad for Harvard Business School on YouTube. Almost all women, mostly black and some black dudes.
Posted by: steevy

You can watch lecture on YouTube. Students shown in the background are maybe 20% white. Lots of Chinese though.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (X+Nnd)

273 "you do not become brave by hiding from your fears, unfortunately"

Jordan Peterson said something like, "We've found emersion therapy works well for most people. But, the interesting part is it doesn't make the anxiety go away exactly. Instead is makes the people braver and better able to deal with the anxiety they feel"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (sKqQm)

274
People from Harvard are fuckin' crazy kookoo bananas? I have a great idea, let's put THEM in charge!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (y9nCu)

275 I like Dune's take on fear/anxiety:

"I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)

The obstacle is the way.

https://youtube.com/shorts/WU5aJ56ePJE

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (dK+Kv)

276
Lots of Chinese though.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (X+Nnd)

_________

Hope they're PRC, so they can go back and ruin Chinese companies.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (O0L8i)

277 For similar reasons, Henry VIII closed the monasteries of England--they were a rallying point for opponents of his separation of England from Catholicism.
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The fact that they controlled shit-tons of money and lands hardly figured into it.

(/s, if it's needed)

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (amcLV)

278 Scavengers gotta scavenge. You've been marked.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (9SpJJ)

279 I hope your kid finds relief, however she manages.
Posted by: Kindltot

Thank you.
Yes, she does exposure therapy, among other things. Her therapist gives her "homework" and she is excellent about doing it - ironically because she gets anxious about the thought of admitting to him at the next visit that she didn't do it.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (tj+LC)

280
I spanked my kid once. I felt like shit for weeks. I broke the cycle. I think the spankings are what fucked up my hips.
Posted by: Reforger at June

I never spanked my children. I always felt like it teaches them the one who is supposed to love you the most is allowed to hit you. You are an awesome dad for recognizing this.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Wmg4n)

281 Leftism and hatred of America (birm) require a level of constant self-delusion that breaks the brain.

Posted by: 29Victor at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (uIm2J)

282 265 KTE has really bad anxiety; I am grateful she is getting help for it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 01:44 PM (6U1c2)

Obviously because you didn't beat her as often and severely as you should have when she was little.

Posted by: Bad parent! Bad! at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (TbWk/)

283 To my knowledge, Obama was NOT the editor of the Harvard Law Review, but the President of the Law Review. They are different positions.
Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 01:54 PM (fZiTB)

---

Well, I'm getting my ass kicked today.

But thank you.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (fgSb9)

284 277 The fact that they controlled shit-tons of money and lands hardly figured into it.

(/s, if it's needed)

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM (amcLV)

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He stole from the old elite and gave it to the new elite to secure power.

Dude knew how to wield power.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (Zn6QU)

285 The absolute worst manager I ever worked for went to UPenn. This dude was just straight up retarded. I so desperately wanted to ask how the fuck did you get in and graduate from there?

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (X+Nnd)

286 Hope they're PRC, "

Precision Rifle Cartridge?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (cGjQu)

287 Obama's father went to Harvard? I've never heard that over the years.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)

288 Harvard Students Experience Mental Illness at Double the Rate of the Normal Adult Population

Awww, the little nepots have congenital metal defects.

Only the Hapsburg were more inbred.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (/lPRQ)

289 To my knowledge, Obama was NOT the editor of the Harvard Law Review, but the President of the Law Review. They are different positions.

—

220, 221 whatever it takes.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (X+Nnd)

290 I had no trouble recognizing baloney in college. What was different in their cases?
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 01:31 PM (FMtrg)

Well ... then let me start the bullshit. Right here.

Was the "baloney" - as you call it - the uniform obedience to stuff like "If you work at IBM you must wear a tie" ? Because that's been full-throated supported here.

Or the "we all must sing the school song" shit ? That got me in trouble in high school. In '86.

Shall we start talking about the whole "hat indoors" thing ?

Here's the deal. Plenty of folks - plenty here, plenty with purple hair - love their indoctrination. Cause and effect ? Very few care.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (IdfaO)

291 271
Obama: a man who appeared without a trace.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 01:58 PM (O0L8i)

Not much of a man, more like a shitstain.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (bl07w)

292 You've been marked.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 01:59 PM

We know our own, but we want everyone else to know, too.

Posted by: Big Penguin at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (0sNs1)

293
I have a different hash every time I visit
wtf

Your public IP is changing. Your ISP has decided that your IP lease needed to be a lot shorter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

294
Jordan Peterson said something like, "We've found emersion therapy works well for most people.

Immersion therapy works great for that special kind of Ivy League insanity. As long as you hold their heads below the water's surface long enough for the immersion to work.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (y9nCu)

295 Intel or AMD CPU? I have been eyeing the Intel GPUs for some time simply because of their video processing abilities but worried about an AMD CPU playing well with an Intel GPU using Linux.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:57 PM (E4rtv)

Intel I9-9900KF. Intel B580.

A new install of Mint should be smooth. I had to do an upgrade install from an older version, since the Intel GPU drivers are in the kernel (non-supported kernel in older Mint, IIRC). It was a minor adventure.

Word on Intel B580 is that it is not as useful for video editing as other options.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (dK+Kv)

296 Well, I'm getting my ass kicked today.

But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (fgSb9)

Welcome to the party, pal.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (2YhKe)

297 Obama's father went to Harvard? I've never heard that over the years.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)

Yeah got a masters degree there.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (X+Nnd)

298 231 Ugh, Emmie, can’t imagine how radical it is on campus today.
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:50 PM (4KUe5)

One day while walking to class I saw a couple of LEOs and I asked if there was an event or something. They said yes and I thanked them for watching over us. I talked to someone representing the event and she invited me to join them in mourning Renee Goode and ICE's assault on Americans. I noticed that there were about 5 people at the event and three of them were organizers. I took that as a sign that lunacy has a difficult time gaining traction on our campus.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:02 PM (FMtrg)

299 As a Catholic, I sometimes suspect that Henry VIII's actions has caused a sort of inherited karna on the whole of Britain.
To explain how they've fallen to their current state.
(Of course that elides over the peak of the British Empire so maybe not)

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (yw9lQ)

300 244 Obama’s daddy was a graduate of Harvard.
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'Honorary' graduate because he was a foreign government official.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (51ygH)

301 Obama's father went to Harvard? I've never heard that over the years.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)

His real dad or the fake one?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (2YhKe)

302 Ha, no love for Renee Goode on campus!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (4KUe5)

303 nood europe

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (Zn6QU)

304 Well, I'm getting my ass kicked today.

But thank you.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM

Dude. No one constantly tells *you* to shut up.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (0sNs1)

305 Someone has confused manners and professionalism with indoctrination.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)

306 I never spanked my children. I always felt like it teaches them the one who is supposed to love you the most is allowed to hit you. You are an awesome dad for recognizing this.
Posted by: Piper

I tried to spank my son a couple of times for really egregious crap, but then I realized that it just made him madder and we'd have an ever-escalating "testosterone war," as my wife used to call them. So my wife and I found subtler forms of punishment that didn't involve hitting.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (77rzZ)

307 Yes, she does exposure therapy, among other things. Her therapist gives her "homework" and she is excellent about doing it - ironically because she gets anxious about the thought of admitting to him at the next visit that she didn't do it.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 02:00 PM (tj+LC)

That's the way. Make it work for you. Never push a rope, make it pull.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (rbvCR)

308 Never laid a hand on my kids.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (X+Nnd)

309 Obama was the President of the Harvard Law Review. That's the guy who arranged parties. The Editor of the law review is the smart person

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (A0HNO)

310 The Blade on fear vs afraid:

Maikoh [the wolf chief] considered these words for a moment. "Let this dog's own words determine her fate," he said. "Lady Everest, if you answer the next question justly, I'll listen to you. Answer wrongly, and I'll not hear another word. Do you accept these terms?"
Maikoh looked Evy in the eye. His blue eyes seemed more sinister now. If Evy answered justly, there was a chance to stop a war. That might save lives. On the other hand, if she answered wrongly, it could cost lives.
"I accept your terms," Evy said.
"Very well then," Maikoh said. "My question is: Are you afraid?"
Evy pondered the question, but knew she could not delay an answer. "I feel fear," she said. "But I'm not afraid."
Maikoh's piercing eyes softened, a little. "Explain yourself," he said.
"I’m a dog surrounded by wolves," Evy said. "Of course there's fear. Even the smallest wolf could tear me up. I'd be dumb not to feel fear. But I conquered it. I came to the wolf den, and I'm still here. I faced my fears. I'm not afraid."

Posted by: Elric The Blade at June 18, 2026 02:05 PM (iFTx/)

311 287 Obama's father went to Harvard? I've never heard that over the years.
Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 02:01 PM (fgSb9)

Which one? Biological or supposed?

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 02:06 PM (FMtrg)

312 Long story short on Intel B580 on Linux: Do your homework.

Hard to say definitively due to difference in time, driver versions, OS types (Windows versus Linux), and video platform you are attempting to run. The feeling I got is that there was cause for apprehension and further research, that, at the time, was not applicable to my use case.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (dK+Kv)

313 Someone has confused manners and professionalism with indoctrination.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)

The man of many handles has a "thing" amongst other things about being told that he should remove his hat inside.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 02:07 PM (n3VHW)

314 "I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past, I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain"

Great book. Shitty passage.

Rig up a cable. Run back and forth - 100 feet up - until you free your mind of the fear.

Write quickly the first time you fall. You won't get to pen a second chapter.

For other exercises ... chant before you enter bear dens. Handle venomous snakes. Do live electrical work at the big voltages and currents.

I could go on and on. But by all means. Face that little death.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (IdfaO)

315 227 I was friends with a girl from Berkeley, she was VN, and based, but she was all for affirmative action. Nuts. How the hell did the liberal nonsense infiltrate this hard working daughter of a boat person (refugee from the commies) to think that taking classes on tupac shakur was a productive use of her time? I knew then that CA was cooked.
Posted by: bob
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Glittering prizes were offered to minorities via DEI that personally were too much benefit to them that they would reject it. Takes a strong person to make their own mark in the world without reliance on someone else to give them a leg up. And that is often why good immigrants or working class natives that are entrepreneurs do it better like Musk, Tesla, or Edison. They have a drive to prove themselves by pulling themselves up from their own bootstraps also see Clarence Thomas.

They also have instinctual dislike of nepots who got there by connections, not hard work and brains.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:08 PM (E4rtv)

316 Someone has confused manners and professionalism with indoctrination.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 02:04 PM (Wmg4n)

At this rate ? Not putting out your Pride Flag will be considered "bad manners". Not holding the door for a dude dressed like a lady that want to take a piss or a grope in "your" bathroom will be considered "behind the times".

You - and many like you - just can't wrap your head around the idea that the norms you like will be turned into the norms you don't.

Posted by: Howdy at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (IdfaO)

317 Re: AMD CPU working with Intel GPU - I have not seen any mention of difficulties in my prior research on the Intel B580.

The main issue was early Linux drivers, and that seemed to be resolved shortly after release. It's a great, 12 GB budget card for about $300.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:10 PM (dK+Kv)

318 312 Long story short on Intel B580 on Linux: Do your homework.

Hard to say definitively due to difference in time, driver versions, OS types (Windows versus Linux), and video platform you are attempting to run. The feeling I got is that there was cause for apprehension and further research, that, at the time, was not applicable to my use case.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

Mainly video processing into a Jellyfin media server. CPU based AVX512 is slow so I either go to 10-11th Generation or later Intel platforms or use current AMD systems. I dual boot and both are a common Linux variety.

Due to the memory crunch, I had to put off putting in a container system to run a bunch of legacy software--still retaining about five systems that run those (off the net of course). To get some data off a dying hard drive, I had to put Debian 32 bit Trixie on an old Seattle BX2 Pentium build system circa 2000. Interesting project last summer fixing up the old computers and applying all upgrades to them that were possible.

I have a lot of old stat and math programs that I do not care to dump plus too lazy to learn replacement Python and R commands to access data on old research nowadays.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:14 PM (E4rtv)

319
I'm okay with corporal punishment when it's used dispassionately and with restraint. Striking a child at any time while in the heat of the moment does more harm than good. When my dad was still drinking, there was enough of that to make me hate his guts at the time, even though I absolutely deserved virtually every spanking.

Once he got sober, spankings were separated from the offence, and became an occasional ritual rather than an act of emotion. He'd send me to the laundry room to fetch the paddle and bring it to him for appropriate use. I didn't find those spankings to be a matter of Dad being mean, it was a regrettable punishment that I'd brought down on myself.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (y9nCu)

320 Bringing it over to next thread.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (dK+Kv)

321 The main issue was early Linux drivers, and that seemed to be resolved shortly after release. It's a great, 12 GB budget card for about $300.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder

I avoided the earlier ones because of shaky drivers reported on Phoronix which I frequent. Some of it related the resizable bar requirement for systems but not all. AMD's GPUs until the 9000 series simply were horrible in video processing and Nvidia drivers can be hit or miss on Linux. That left Intel.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 02:16 PM (E4rtv)

322 Willowed:

There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.

HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.

This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)

Even before that there have been Ameri-curious families and couples who have started by watching videos on America, then cooking American recipes or trying US foods shipped to them by viewers, and ending up by visiting here. I've been seeing a few from England, one from Jersey Is, one from New Zealand, and more recently a family of defector women from North Korea living in South Korea who have started visiting here on their own and posting about it. It is fun watching them go from fearful to comfortable about people here they can hardly communicate with without a translator app.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:17 PM (uhVAy)

323 I'm reminded of the movie Don't Worry Darling where they present it as the 50s being some horrible patriarchal nightmare but...it looked pretty damn good compared to COVIDmania America...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)

That's increasingly what bubble propagandists run into these days. The company in the UK that made that game where a woman gets the protagonist in trouble by having him exposed to right wing "wrong-think" is supposed to be the villain....but instead was lifted from the game and made a heroine of the national movement in the UK, and copies were made in half a dozen other countries as well.

The leftist hellscapes look pretty good to normies.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 18, 2026 02:30 PM (uhVAy)

324 My last vacation in Cancun, the resort had a small unkindness of ravens that hung about the beach restaurants. They were exceptionally well-behaved; they had clearly learned what behaviour was going to get them chased off and what would get them food.

They wouldn't set foot on any tables, or the garbage receptacles, or the table clearing stations, regardless of how much food waste was sitting there. Any food on the ground was fair game. They'd perch on the back of one of the chairs at your table and wait for you to finish in the hopes you'd toss a french fry or something on the ground for them, but they didn't caw or harass you.

I fed one of them for a week. He was a charming lunch and dinner companion. I called him Pedro.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 18, 2026 03:52 PM (LgYtf)

325 >Great book. Shitty passage.

Tell me you don't understand the Litany without telling me you don't understand the Litany.

Posted by: Daniel Ream at June 18, 2026 03:53 PM (LgYtf)

326 Which only proves that Leftism is a mental disease.

Posted by: Tim William McFall at June 18, 2026 03:57 PM (OXWQ1)

Surprise! Ringleader of UFC Explosives/Snipers Terror Plot is Illegal Alien From Mexico, Allowed to Stay in the US by Obama as a "Dreamer"

Are you not Culturally Enriched?

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@RedWavePress

NEWS: The ringleader behind the foiled UFC Freedom 250 terrorist plot is a Mexican illegal alien, Abraham Alvarez, who overstayed a B2 visa that expired in 2001 and later received deportation relief through the DACA program under the Obama adminstration, according to Fox News Digital.
Mark Meredith: "[Investigators] believe more than 20 people may have been involved... Prosecutors say that suspects allegedly wanted to use drones packed with explosives over the arena, which was built over the South Lawn. The explosions would then force people who were out there to panic, to flee, and then snipers would then try to take them out."

New York Post:

The alleged "ringleader" of the explosive drone attack plot against the UFC event at the White House is an illegal immigrant from Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security said Thursday.
Abraham Alvarez, 31, came to the US as a child and failed to leave the country when his B2 visa expired in 2001, but was granted deportation relief under the Obama administration through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
Alvarez was one of five alleged co-conspirators in the scheme to kill President Trump and other top government officials at the combat sports spectacle held late Sunday on the White House South Lawn attended by thousands of fight fans.

I'm very curious why the first terrorist identified was a white guy. I suspect it was to shape the narrative that this was either a "far right" plot. Now that they've muddied the water, the narrative intended to actually carry the day will begin, that "we may never know the motive" and that their politics are "confused" and why do you Racists even want to know the motive, anyway?

...
Authorities told the outlet Alvarez was responsible for planning, organizing and directing the coordinated attack, which was thwarted by the FBI and local authorities.

"This illegal alien from Mexico should never have been allowed in our country," DHS Acting Assistant Secretary Lauren Bis said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "He was the ringleader of a failed terror attack targeting UFC Freedom 250 at the White House."
"He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country," she added of Alvarez.

There are 23 terror plotters sought by the feds. Only five have been caught so far.

The plotters face potential life sentences, plus five years for plotting an attack on the White House itself.

Reportedly, the authorities were alerted to the threat of these degenerate leftwing Third Worldist terrorists by the mother of one of the incels.

The motive will never be known, Racists. Trust that.

Some of the suspects allegedly planned to travel to Fredericksburg, Virginia, on June 12 and 13 to make final preparations ahead of the attack.
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
One of the central figures identified by prosecutors is 19-year-old Ohio resident Tycen Proper.
According to an FBI affidavit, Proper admitted participating in discussions about an attack that authorities say was intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States.

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 He just wanted to be a doctor and give people healthcare.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (Zn6QU)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (PJdmB)

3 There are 23 terror plotters sought by the feds. Only five have been caught so far.

The plotters face potential life sentences, plus five years for plotting an attack on the White House itself.

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Feds indicted about a dozen antifa members for conspiracy against law enforcement in Minnesota this week, too.

This DOJ is not the same as Bill Barr's DOJ.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)

4 knock me over with a feather. That's so rare!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (N1DT3)

5 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

6 How many leaders did the ring have?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

7 So... was this a real thing and not an FBI generated thing?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

8 Soooooo not surprised by this.

They hate us and openly sow revolution.
Mass deportations!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)

9 Rachael Mad-Cow "Entrapment! Just like the Michicgan MAGAits who were going to kidnap Wretchen Gretchen!"

Posted by: Scott_T at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (2waQ7)

10 thank you, my Cultural Enrichment is overfull already.

gotta say, he looks happy in that mugshot; wonder why?

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (VyBeY)

11 So... was this a real thing and not an FBI generated thing?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (ExV1e)

The FBI doesn't have to generate left-wing terrorism, only right-wing to distract from the myriad examples of left-wing terrorism.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (N1DT3)

12 8 Soooooo not surprised by this.

They hate us and openly sow revolution.
Mass deportations!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)

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Send them to a country with single payer healthcare, for humanitarian reasons.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Zn6QU)

13
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Ollie Gocks

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Cqx++)

14 13
One suspect allegedly told investigators the goal was to target 'capitalist elites,' 'billionaires' or politicians who received donations from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.

Ollie Gocks

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (Cqx++)

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So, Alex Soros was a target, right?

Right after Mark Cuban?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (Zn6QU)

15 I bet it still take 10 years (or never) to deport this guy, even with being a terrorist.

Somehow when Obama does an illegal Executive order, it takes like a generation to formally get it struck down. And then everyone operates like its still the law.

When Trump colors outside the lines, even a conservative Supreme Court moves Heaven and Earth to get it struck down quickly.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (UcqOq)

16 Anybody hear from SPLC about their involvement?

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (N39Ws)

17 NEWS: The ringleader behind the foiled UFC Freedom 250 terrorist plot is a Mexican illegal alien, Abraham Alvarez, who overstayed a B2 visa that expired in 2001 and later received deportation relief through the DACA program under the Obama adminstration, according to Fox News Digital.

Mark Meredith: "[Investigators] believe more than 20 people may have been involved... Prosecutors say that suspects allegedly wanted to use drones packed with explosives over the arena, which was built over the South Lawn. The explosions would then force people who were out there to panic, to flee, and then snipers would then try to take them out."

Barack Owebama.

They want to kill you. By any means necessary.

Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.

Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)

18 15 I bet it still take 10 years (or never) to deport this guy, even with being a terrorist.

Somehow when Obama does an illegal Executive order, it takes like a generation to formally get it struck down. And then everyone operates like its still the law.

When Trump colors outside the lines, even a conservative Supreme Court moves Heaven and Earth to get it struck down quickly.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (UcqOq)

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Yeah, Maryland Man is taking forever (mostly because the admin decided to bring him back for reasons I still can't fathom), but DHS has otherwise deported 900,000 forcibly.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (Zn6QU)

19 Heh. And so close to the opening of obama's library of communism and also pride month.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (n5tGW)

20 Dreamer, huh? Well, he certainly dreamt up that plot.

Title checks out.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (jehhT)

21 There are 23 terror plotters sought by the feds. Only five have been caught so far.

I want this investigation to be like a Dirty Harry movie.

They don't survive the chase. Oopsie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (2YhKe)

22 Mass deportations!!
Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (4KUe5)

You misspelled executions.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (wjnjX)

23 I Dream
of terror
with the dark brown hair.

Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (Av6i5)

24 Not holding my breath for the feds rolling up various DSA groups for coordinating with this and other groups of plotters.

"They want to kill you. By any means necessary.

Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.

Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (2YhKe)"

I have been saying this for years; they are deliberately importing these people to murder, rob, and rape American citizens.

Look at where the UK ended up and decide for yourself where the correct off-ramp is.

Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (+VCmd)

25 Any foreign government involvement?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (4KUe5)

26 Dan Bongino: today

🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)

27 'jumpstart' a revolution

So a day ending in Y again.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (B0dAE)

28 "...was intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States."

The Left is jumpstarting a revolution, all right -- just not the revolution they were thinking of.

Posted by: zombie at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (Av6i5)

29 Yeah, Maryland Man is taking forever (mostly because the admin decided to bring him back for reasons I still can't fathom), but DHS has otherwise deported 900,000 forcibly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

It may be a distraction ploy to focus all this attention on Kilmar Abrego who is an MS-13 member while other cases go on in the background without much notice by the media. Uses up the oxygen from more sympathetic deportation cases is my guess. And relies on the fact that the media is lazy--they prefer to write the same story again and again than find new ones.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

30 Speaking of cultural enrichment, another atrocity involving the police out of the Britain Formerly Known As Great . . .

https://tinyurl.com/yywk5wfm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (ndZc7)

31
Right after Mark Cuban?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (Zn6QU)

Cuban is too f*cking stupid for anyone to give a shit or take him seriously.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

32 They found him at a church???

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (+gA9j)

33 It can't be emphasized enough:

the violent rhetoric used to incite this mass murder plot is lifted whole cloth from the nightly rants of the Democrat Party members on the network news.

Every single Democrat is an unindicted co-conspirator.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (73/SM)

34 Yeah, they intended a massacre.
Death penalty that is swiftly carried out.

Remember Beltway shooter John Allen Mohammed? Virginia dealt with him, no parole from where he currently resides.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (4KUe5)

35 Dan Bongino: today

🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)

At what point does he become paranoid schizophrenic?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (2YhKe)

36 Cuban is too f*cking stupid for anyone to give a shit or take him seriously.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

Dumbest billionaire in history.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)

37 29 It may be a distraction ploy to focus all this attention on Kilmar Abrego who is an MS-13 member while other cases go on in the background without much notice by the media. Uses up the oxygen from more sympathetic deportation cases is my guess. And relies on the fact that the media is lazy--they prefer to write the same story again and again than find new ones.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:17 PM (E4rtv)

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Almost everything is happening in the 5th Circuit because of how DHS moves arrestees after capture.

And the 5th is denying the vast majority of habeus petitions...and there actually aren't that many.

Most of the people getting picked up do not have the cash to pay for lawyers for the petitions. The few that do are wasting tens of thousands of dollars just for the 5th to summarily reject them.

I honestly encourage these wastes of money. Sure, Democrats get some headlines for a bit, but no one likes these people anyway and it's money not spent elsewhere.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (Zn6QU)

38 Gutfeld had the photo of the arrestees up last night and one of the guests (Tyrus, I think) said - couldn't Alvarez give some of his hair to the 19 year old balding guy (Proper).

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (kX27y)

39 Dan Bongino: today

🚨 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (RHGPo)
*******
What do you think he is referring to?

Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (NpAcC)

40 > Trump is term limited in 2.5 years. If Democrats take 20 years to get the White House back, they don't care. They will STILL have people come in that want to kill you.
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They don't necessarily need to reclaim the White House to kill us. They're doing a pretty good job right now as it is.

Just sayin'....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)

41 It's not a two way street.

Iranian Oil Tankers Sail Past U.S. Naval Blockade — but Tehran Hasn’t Yet Opened Strait of Hormuz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (ndZc7)

42 Yeah, Maryland Man is taking forever (mostly because the admin decided to bring him back for reasons I still can't fathom), but DHS has otherwise deported 900,000 forcibly.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

I will never understand why they complied with such an absurd order.

I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (UcqOq)

43 take 10 years (or never) to deport

So right after his life sentence and the 5 years!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (B0dAE)

44 36 Cuban is too f*cking stupid for anyone to give a shit or take him seriously.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:18 PM (2YhKe)

Dumbest billionaire in history.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)

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Press X for doubt.

Plenty of trust fund kids worth billions are probably much dumber.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (Zn6QU)

45 This DOJ is not the same as Bill Barr's DOJ.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Billy Barr was dirty which is why he was the only permissible nominee that McConnell and Schumer would allow Trump to make.

Billy's dad was CIA and Billy spent time at the DoJ at the intersection of the IC and DoJ before he became AG in the waning Bush years. Up to his ass in the Inslaw mess coverup and Ruby Ridge was under his watch. So the Senate could trust that Bagpipe Billy would do the least possible as AG and not hinder impeachment plots or other means to limit Trump after shutting down the cancerous Mueller probe.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (E4rtv)

46
Dumbest billionaire in history.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (GseMx)

How can you even contemplate a dude that's doing everything he can to look like that Rachel Maddow guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (2YhKe)

47 Hey, just like the Asian burning cross guy who, gosh darnit, just didn't know what it meant, can't these losers claim they didn't know a drone terrorist attack was wrong? I mean, come on!

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (qBdHI)

48 "He will face justice and swiftly be removed from our country,"

How about "swiftly removed from our planet"?

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (ufFY8)

49 Illegals like this guy aren't dummies, they are CCP trained operatives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+yTe/)

50 If they found him in a church, he no doubt expected sanctuary. There was an illegal who lived in a Denver church for years because they shepherded from ICE.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (4KUe5)

51 42 I will never understand why they complied with such an absurd order.

I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (UcqOq)

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I think they were trying to make an example of him.

"Fine, we'll bring him back, and we'll just throw the book at him for his crimes."

But...they were fighting it in the 1st Circuit, not the 5th.

Still, he's going. So, whatever.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (Zn6QU)

52 > Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.
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The whole "hot dog is/isn't a sandwich" thing?

Probably.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (jehhT)

53 Bongino has shown a pattern of claiming something “huge” is about to break followed by… very little.

Color me very skeptical

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+gA9j)

54 They don't necessarily need to reclaim the White House to kill us. They're doing a pretty good job right now as it is.

Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)

They are, but it will rapidly accelerate when they get full power back.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)

55
More hijinks from Our Precious Foreigners.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (BI5O2)

56 I dont know that case in and out, but doesnt much of the issue stem from someone incorrectly filing the initial deportation order? so its less about immigration and more about due process
Posted by: Sharpie
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A lefty DoJ attorney admitted in open court to a judge that there was a legal problem. Since then, it became a cause du jour for the left and attracted a lot of money, etc. because Kilmar Abrego Garcia is like George Floyd, a piece of criminal shit that the leftists find so dreamy.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

57 Bongino has shown a pattern of claiming something “huge” is about to break followed by… very little.

Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+gA9j)

It's the "I've got NEWS that's going to break EVERYTHING wide open and change the world FOREVER, I'm just not going to tell you for 3 months" method.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (2YhKe)

58 Something else is going to happen. If this is the last show I do, I just want it on the record: I was on the right side of this.

==

I was assured nothing will happen! Stop it!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (GD0B3)

59 That smile tells me he is looking forward to prison breakfast burritos and a buffed cellmate.
But mostly a buffed cellmate.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (UjdFS)

60 Clown hair. Very punchable.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Ki5u2)

61 56 A lefty DoJ attorney admitted in open court to a judge that there was a legal problem. Since then, it became a cause du jour for the left and attracted a lot of money, etc. because Kilmar Abrego Garcia is like George Floyd, a piece of criminal shit that the leftists find so dreamy.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (E4rtv)

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If I remember correctly, it wasn't even an error. It was a couple of different interpretations.

One of which was right (DHS had every right to deport him to El Salvador because his asylum claim was bullshit) and the other was wrong (all asylum claims are valid no matter how stupid).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (Zn6QU)

62 > They don't necessarily need to reclaim the White House to kill us. They're doing a pretty good job right now as it is.

Just sayin'....
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (jehhT)

They are, but it will rapidly accelerate when they get full power back.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:22 PM (2YhKe)
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They'll legalize it, or make it mandatory.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (jehhT)

63 George Floyd was proclaiming he couldn't breathe 8 times before Derek Chauvin ever even touched him or took him to the ground. Obviously, there was a problem before Chauvin had him down.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)

64 Illegals like this guy aren't dummies, they are CCP trained operatives.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:21 PM (+yTe/)

He's smiling big for a reason......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (2YhKe)

65 You know who else "intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States"?

No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)

66 Maybe this guy thought we’re still in OT times and he could run to the tabernacle and grab hold of the horns of the altar for mercy and somehow avoid arrest….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (yz/88)

67 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)

68 My gob is well and truly smacked. A Dreamer? I shall not believe it. I simply shannot!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (kgE5c)

69 I heard Israel is leading Trump around by the nose.

Trump Slams Israel Over Civilian Casualties, Says Syria Has Shown More Control Against Hezbollah

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (ndZc7)

70 mex commie Democrat

Posted by: monty hall..deal at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (ehY6c)

71 But...they were fighting it in the 1st Circuit, not the 5th.

Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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4th Circuit (deportation) and 6th Circuit (criminal case). 1st Circuit is New England where all conservatives fail the blue slip policy so all district judges are leftists pretty much now. But not allowing blue slips on appellate benches is why a lot of these political decisions by blue district courts are overturned by appellate courts.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

72 Bongino has shown a pattern of claiming something “huge” is about to break followed by… very little.

Color me very skeptical
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

Yeah, Bongino's got very little credibility with me.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (77rzZ)

73 He looks like Marx, Groucho.

Posted by: CapeFear at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (7NOYg)

74 65 You know who else "intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States"?

No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)

=====

Aaron Burr!

Oh, wait...that was Mexico.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (Zn6QU)

75 Picture looks like dreaming ot tanked up

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (sgkY8)

76 A common ingredient found in every refrigerator can kill you! News at 11.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ki5u2)

77 Plenty of trust fund kids worth billions are probably much dumber.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:20 PM (Zn6QU)

The Pritzkers

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (wjnjX)

78 "NEWS: The ringleader behind the foiled UFC Freedom 250 terrorist plot is a Mexican illegal alien, Abraham Alvarez, who overstayed a B2 visa that expired in 2001 and later received deportation relief through the DACA program under the Obama adminstration, according to Fox News Digital."

so he's a foreign national out of uniform and attempting to overthrow the current government. that makes him a spy.

he should be hung on the national mall on the
4th of july...

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (nXhwP)

79 George Floyd was proclaiming he couldn't breathe 8 times before Derek Chauvin ever even touched him or took him to the ground. Obviously, there was a problem before Chauvin had him down.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (RHGPo)

The dumbest move they made was LETTING HIM OUT OF THE VEHICLE when he declared multiple times he couldn't breathe.

Take him to the hospital........but leave him cuffed in the back of the car.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

80 This is all just a distraction from the Epstein Files.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (0sNs1)

81 Barack Owebama.

They want to kill you. By any means necessary.

Democrats. They play the LOOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG game, folks.

Barry ain't never played a long anything in his life. He's played WITH a few long things but never one of his own. -- Big Mike

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (ExV1e)

82 If Trump can get a stop to the Ukraine/Russian war any disagreements about Iran will be forgotten (Unless Iran gets stupid)

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)

83 71 But...they were fighting it in the 1st Circuit, not the 5th.

Still, he's going. So, whatever.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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4th Circuit (deportation) and 6th Circuit (criminal case). 1st Circuit is New England where all conservatives fail the blue slip policy so all district judges are leftists pretty much now. But not allowing blue slips on appellate benches is why a lot of these political decisions by blue district courts are overturned by appellate courts.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (E4rtv)

======

I stand corrected.

It's Xinis, right? I thought she was 1st.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Zn6QU)

84 OT

Saw a short vid of the new AF1 with the new paint scheme. Kinda badass.

Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (G0vdT)

85
No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM (X5Jzz)

Charles Manson.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

86 I have been saying this for years; they are deliberately importing these people to murder, rob, and rape American citizens.

Look at where the UK ended up and decide for yourself where the correct off-ramp is.
Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 12:16 PM (+VCmd)

Not just the UK.

https://youtu.be/Iv4YJwEHNfU

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)

87 My Catholic church at the time was all-in on DACA. Had to hear homilies for it.
I must assume the Church is importing holy warriors against the Jews.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (5C538)

88 82 If Trump can get a stop to the Ukraine/Russian war any disagreements about Iran will be forgotten (Unless Iran gets stupid)

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)

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Iran WAS forgotten until the MOU business picked up.

We'd had at least two major news cycles pushing it off to the side since the end of open hostilities (not counting the defensive strikes to preserve the ceasefire).

It'll be forgotten soon enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Zn6QU)

89 Obama's DACA "dreamer" looks like Bozo the Clown with that hair.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:27 PM (qBdHI)

90 I see this fine fellow traveler resolving the mysteries of cold fusion within a decade.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 12:27 PM (9SpJJ)

91 Obama's DACA "dreamer" looks like Bozo the Clown with that hair.
Posted by: Lady in Black

Speaking of big hair, Gene Shalit recently died.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (77rzZ)

92 I enjoy that the left spends so much time on maryland man, all while the deportations continue.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)

93 I blame video games
the games have become so realistic, that some people think the 'world' in their games transmits to real life

I expect many here will correct me for that

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (9++9n)

94
92 I enjoy that the left spends so much time on maryland man, all while the deportations continue.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:28 PM (n5tGW)

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Prioritizing narrative over policy.

It's Obama's real legacy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (Zn6QU)

95 My gob is well and truly smacked. A Dreamer? I shall not believe it. I simply shannot!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 12:24 PM

It is clement to find the rare under-29 here whose cynicism is not in excess of their tender years!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (0sNs1)

96 No, not the guy with the funny mustache, that other guy. Charlie somebody. The one who carved a swastika into his forehead.

Posted by: a.moron

Charles Manson.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
.......

Shoulda run for the Senate

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:29 PM (UjdFS)

97 Deport, he'll no unless it's flinging his lifeless body over the border

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (0beLq)

98 Take him to the hospital........but leave him cuffed in the back of the car.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (2YhKe)

That still would have been a "death in custody". The dancing nurses were going to riot anyway.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (5C538)

99 If I remember correctly, it wasn't even an error. It was a couple of different interpretations..
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

The original question was whether Garcia could be deported to El Salvador when he stated he had a fear of retaliation in El Salvador--that meant that Garcia could be sent to another country. But both the acceptable to him limit on deportations to another country and the claim of retaliation fear of El Salvador became a mess due to the sending to El Salvador first and then sending him back to the US. In the meantime, the DoJ filed charges in Tennessee over a previous traffic stop catching MS13 man trafficking illegals. That brought in a different judge who eventually dismissed the criminal case as being brought by animus (their favorite go to now) from the DoJ.

Whole thing is a rancid mess but has literally sucked the air out of the room for other deportation cases like the Columbia uprising dude just sent back to Jordan.

DoJ is refusing to send him back to Costa Rica (acceptable to Garcia) because it would set a precedent that deportees could pick the country they desire if they make a claim of fear of death, etc. in the country selected for them.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (E4rtv)

100 Meanwhile in North Carolina:

Local LE and ICE arrest an illegal alien who led criminal gangs in Brazil. In the car was a firearm and several cellphones.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (4T3aT)

101 Because of course he was.

The simulation is getting tiresomely predictable.

Posted by: mea culpa at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (TWmCs)

102 Bongino apparently had John Solomon on to say #TwoWeeks #Blahblahblah, too.

These guys are copium-dealers who've gotten wealthy providing conservative political hopheads with their next #TwoWeeks' fix for a decade.

It's media for people who nod out in their own drool and wake up to a dead Republic crawling across the ceiling, like a nursing home performance of Trainspotting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (BI5O2)

103 Manson wanted a race war, specifically.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

104 These radicals are always claiming their sh*tty little plot is going to "ignite a race war."

Manson did too. The Weathermen too. The SLA too. MOVE too.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (RIvkX)

105 every day circus clowns with nukes....lookin' at you Thune tune.

Posted by: monty hall..deal at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (ehY6c)

106
Not just the UK.

https://youtu.be/Iv4YJwEHNfU
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (ExV1e)

When he plays the original clip that got her in trouble. That guy is a f*cking simp asshole propagandist.

Seriously. The ones at fault are MEN. Uh, how many white French men are raping or sexually assaulting women? Very few in the scope of what is ACTUALLY happening.

You are part of the problem. Stop being part of the f*cking PROBLEM, Dwayne.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (2YhKe)

107 These clowns make a big deal about going after "pedo protectors". They could score big just by detouring to Sacramento.

Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (8JR9p)

108 The other 18 people will be interesting too.
I wonder how long before we get pics of them.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (wjnjX)

109 I'll just repost this:

https://x.com/ParToutatis77/status/2066848070302585210

For your ideological, musical, and visual enjoyment. You're welcome.

Posted by: Fritz Geiger at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (X0uk8)

110 Just look at that smile.

Hang him!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (ebJJx)

111 Was it a Token Ring?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (4T3aT)

112 In my experience, there are two kinds of Mexicans; honest, hard-working, Catholics and they other half are Commies.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (qFwJc)

113 I am encouraged that the Trump DOJ has started indicting on conspiracy charges with the Antifa in MN.

I would imagine they are investigating that with this plot, too, particularly the funding. The drones, explosives and guns likely weren’t cheap. Also, from whom were they procured?

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (4KUe5)

114 88 82 If Trump can get a stop to the Ukraine/Russian war any disagreements about Iran will be forgotten (Unless Iran gets stupid)

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (GseMx)

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Iran WAS forgotten until the MOU business picked up.

We'd had at least two major news cycles pushing it off to the side since the end of open hostilities (not counting the defensive strikes to preserve the ceasefire).

It'll be forgotten soon enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:26 PM (Zn6QU)

. . . forgotten until Iran gets stupid, and we all know they will get stupid, it's their nature.

Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (X5Jzz)

115 92 I enjoy that the left spends so much time on maryland man, all while the deportations continue.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

Whether intentional or not, it is sucking the air out of other deportation stories that have more sympathetic facts in the case. The left again embraced a piece of shit criminal and celebrated him rather than drop his case and try to find more sympathetic political cases of deportation. Ironically, many of the Columbia U takeover by Muzzie activists are getting the result of that focus as their deportations are virtually ignored by the US left (local stories).

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (E4rtv)

116 Life imprisonment...so the next D president can grant them a pardon.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (qBdHI)

117
That still would have been a "death in custody". The dancing nurses were going to riot anyway.
Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:30 PM (5C53

Ah, but nowhere as BIG an effect on society as there wouldn't be public footage of the officer on his back on the ground.

The autopsy would've been legitimate and it would've been determined that he OD'd.

Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

118 114 . . . forgotten until Iran gets stupid, and we all know they will get stupid, it's their nature.

Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:33 PM (X5Jzz)

=======

The IRGC sending out pleasure boats to fire at Indian captains leading to the civilian leadership of Iran asking the US navy to shoot them out of the water will be fascinating to witness.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (Zn6QU)

119 Manson wanted a race war, specifically.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

Just another psychological ploy to members of his cult. He really just wanted to kill a Beach Boy who rejected his music then allegedly stole it .

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (GseMx)

120 A common ingredient found in every refrigerator can kill you! News at 11.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM (Ki5u2)

It's Miracle Whip, isn't it.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (dK+Kv)

121 Ah, but nowhere as BIG an effect on society as there wouldn't be public footage of the officer on his back on the ground.

The autopsy would've been legitimate and it would've been determined that he OD'd.

Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.
Posted by: Sponge

Interesting take, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

122 Death and destruction is still a dream.

Note they never did specify what this "Dream" was

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (ixZ1o)

123 Manson was a nut and not very smart. The murders and the time in history were the only reason he still has infamy. Most school shooters or even terrorists names aren't well known.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)

124 123 Manson was a nut and not very smart. The murders and the time in history were the only reason he still has infamy. Most school shooters or even terrorists names aren't well known.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)

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Great musician, though.

Ahead of his time.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (Zn6QU)

125 This sounds like a right on right crime. They called themselves, "Vanguard of the Old" and were sympathetic to Adolf Hitler and and made anti-semitic postings.

With Trump selling out his base, ruining their farms and livelihoods, and making it impossible for them to survive...I expect to see a more right-on-right violence. They have guns, are angry, and have nothing left to lose.

Yup. They’re mad because they’re just now (for some reason) realizing they were lied to and Trump is just president to make money for himself and his already obscenely wealthy friends. Two years in and gas is 4.00/gal, they can’t afford food, no 5,000 dollar DOGE check, no Epstein list, and, the absolute worst of all- the libs may have had a point.

The president told them to fight like hell and take their country back. These guys are alt righters, I highly doubt they are fans of Zion Don, Israels greatest simp.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 12:36 PM (ycI94)

126 "Reportedly, the authorities were alerted to the threat of these degenerate leftwing Third Worldist terrorists by the mother of one of the incels."

So if it was left to the FBI, they would have caught them AFTER the drone attacks (if there was a real plan, not just internet chatter). When Trump was shot, FBI also took action AFTER the shots, despite the multiple warnings and missed opportunities to get the shooter in advance.

Posted by: illiniwek at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (vbXSk)

127 https://x.com/BonginoReport/status/2067623191367803176

Huh ?

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)

128 125 This sounds like a right on right crime. They called themselves, "Vanguard of the Old" and were sympathetic to Adolf Hitler and and made anti-semitic postings.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 12:36 PM (ycI94)

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Sooooo...Graham Platner is an obvious right-wing plant and progressives should oppose him.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (Zn6QU)

129
Interesting take, Sponge.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (77rzZ)

Do you think it's far fetched? If they never would've taken Floyd back out of the car and simply transported him to the hospital when he complained of a shortness of breath and died of an OD along the way?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (2YhKe)

130 How many leaders did the ring have?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Cqx++)

Maybe it was a fellowship?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (1Ff7Z)

131 Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday.

Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

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I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)

132 113 I am encouraged that the Trump DOJ has started indicting on conspiracy charges with the Antifa in MN.

I would imagine they are investigating that with this plot, too, particularly the funding. The drones, explosives and guns likely weren’t cheap. Also, from whom were they procured?
Posted by: Lizzy
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Data Republican had a story up on X a day or so ago tracing all the funding and infrastructure of teh Resistance. Article on X is "A day in the life of someone who doesn't know he's a paid protester "
She used the DoJ's 94 page indictment of the MN AuntieFag members and tied that in with funding.

Link to story on X
https://tinyurl.com/Data-Republican

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (E4rtv)

133 If anyone has a feather, please stay away- it would knock me right over.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (6mVIs)

134 We need a link to the pictures of those not capture. That way we can form a posse and go find them.

I’ll bring a shovel.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Q6Bu6)

135 131 Luigi Mangione will assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a judge said Wednesday.

Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

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I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)

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"He's so dreamy and a folk hero!"
-Luigi stans

"He's retarded."
-Luigi lawyers

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Zn6QU)

136 thank you, my Cultural Enrichment is overfull already.

gotta say, he looks happy in that mugshot; wonder why?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (VyBeY)

He thinks he's going to Disneyland. He doesn't realize yet that he's the ride.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (qx7Zg)

137 He looks like a Mexican Sideshow Bob.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (bNf8H)

138 He looks happy.

Expecting to go to the women's prison after identifying as female I guess.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 12:38 PM (Sco7b)

139 Do you think it's far fetched? If they never would've taken Floyd back out of the car and simply transported him to the hospital when he complained of a shortness of breath and died of an OD along the way?
Posted by: Sponge

Nope, sounds plausible to me. I meant "interesting" in a good, thought-provoking way.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

140 George Floyd only remembered because of video.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (GseMx)

141 Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:35 PM (n5tGW)

What they did was pretty heinous. Killing (or being responsible for killing) prominent or famous people also tends to make one famous. Or infamous.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (ixZ1o)

142 Babylon Bee, Paper of Record:

Aliens Go Home & Say There Is No Intelligent Life On Earth After Meeting Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (qx7Zg)

143 Death in custody, sure. Not a ruse of murder by cop.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (2YhKe)

they would have just manufactured another one....

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (nXhwP)

144
Nope, sounds plausible to me. I meant "interesting" in a good, thought-provoking way.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:39 PM (77rzZ)

Oh, well.

*puffs chest*

Carry on!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (2YhKe)

145 Who had Smiling Mexican Drone Terrorist on their WTF now card?

Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (FhXTo)

146 TBF to the foreigner, he at least looks like he contains human DNA, unlike most of our homegrown Communists.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (BI5O2)

147 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (Zn6QU)

So... How'd it go?

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)

148 Who cut that guys hair? Dilbert?

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q6Bu6)

149 Is it illegal to just hang them after a short trial?

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q/FnY)

150 Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence.
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Fantastic news. He is fucked.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (ixZ1o)

151 Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

Hey it worked for Biden and his illegal possession of documents.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (GseMx)

152 147 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:34 PM (Zn6QU)

So... How'd it go?

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (vTZFs)

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Didn't feel great.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Zn6QU)

153 Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

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Too incompetent to stand trial. Like Iryna's killer. Hey, it worked for him!

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)

154 https://x.com/BonginoReport/status/2067623191367803176

Huh ?
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)

Sweeps week.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (1Ff7Z)

155 Paid protestor?

Thought Socialist didn't like such, ya know the Cause.

Well except for the bank robberies...

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (4T3aT)

156
they would have just manufactured another one....
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (nXhwP)

There's no denying that. They're STILL looking for the next one.

The fact that they're attempting to burn things down because of the obvious murderer Karmelo Anthony shows you that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)

157 I wonder if he’s going to make hat same face as they are soaping him up in the shower.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (Q6Bu6)

158 Who had Smiling Mexican Drone Terrorist on their WTF now card?
Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (FhXTo)

Only those of us who have been shouting "foreigners, out!" from the rooftops for years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (BI5O2)

159 Bringing in foreign combatants isn't lax immigration enforcement...it is textbook treason.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (sKqQm)

160 Who cut that guys hair? Dilbert?
Posted by: Vengeance
________

Thank you. I was trying to put my finger on that style.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (XvL8K)

161 103 Manson wanted a race war, specifically.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:31 PM (77rzZ)

Manson wanted to rule the world, and thought that provoking a race war would result in blacks slaughtering whites and taking over, which somehow would end up with him being in charge.

Underwear Gnomes may have been involved. That and copious amounts of LSD and other hallucinogenics. And mental illness. Charlie was crazier than a shithouse rat.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (X5Jzz)

162 Keep it classy, guys.

Jimmy Kimmel Sparks Outrage After Making Sickening Trump and Ivanka Incest Joke

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (ndZc7)

163 I have a dream.

I dream that Barack and Michelle Obama are outside their "library", when 100 bald eagles and 400 golden eagles, fly in. The bald eagles fly in and crap on the Obamas, then fly out in equal groups to the North, South, East, and West, while the golden eagles provide air cover. Then the golden eagles do the same.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (qx7Zg)

164 I was not aware f*cking asshole was a mental disease.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:37 PM (ndZc7)

F*cking Asshole Syndrome.

It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)

165 >>Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

Didn't impede his ability to plan, stalk and murder the guy though.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (An6iH)

166
I dream that Barack and Michelle Obama are outside their "library", when 100 bald eagles and 400 golden eagles, fly in. The bald eagles fly in and crap on the Obamas, then fly out in equal groups to the North, South, East, and West, while the golden eagles provide air cover. Then the golden eagles do the same.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:42 PM (qx7Zg)

Not sure THAT will happen, but I bet there will be a fly infestation at some point.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (2YhKe)

167 In other news, though, I'm over 800 subs.

Less than 200 to go until monetization.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)

168 Yay! (/sarcasm)

In a 9-0 Opinion, the Supreme Court has thrown out the 922(g)(3) conviction of an individual convicted of possessing a firearm while being an unlawful user of drugs. The Court has held that without more evidence that an individual is rendered unusually dangerous by their unlawful drug use, or the drug itself can cause such behavior, that 922(g)(3) violates the Second Amendment.

Meth heads & crack heads can now carry!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vHe/3)

169 Heh. And so close to the opening of obama's library of communism and also pride month.

Obama's Nazi Flak Tower opens TODAY!

Bruce Springsteen will be there!

Rejoice, Citizens!

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (aD4fx)

170 "He's retarded."
-Luigi lawyers

Nah. It'll be "He was messed up at the time but he's fine now. He should be released to continue to contribute to society."

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vTZFs)

171 Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

The left has been arguing that he didn't do it AND he did it because he is a righteous force of justice.

Can't wait for them to start arguing he didn't do it AND he did it because he is a righteous force of justice AND you can't punish him because obviously he is cray cray

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

172 Hopefully that will be after the midterms, and Trump can get back to blowing up their shit and killing their leaders.

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10 to 1 that Iran "closes" the Strait again in October.

Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (8JR9p)

173 A rope is much less expensive to taxpayers than a life sentence. Just looking at the economics of the situation, you know.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)

174 The fact that they're attempting to burn things down because of the obvious murderer Karmelo Anthony shows you that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:41 PM (2YhKe)

this is a very good point. I'm wondering if it ends up working for them or not.

Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nXhwP)

175
F*cking Asshole Syndrome.

It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)

That doesn't sound ANYTHING like TJM, to be honest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)

176 The best libraries are built when you don't pay the contractors. This is known.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (n5tGW)

177 Who cut that guys hair? Dilbert?
Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (Q6Bu6)

A weed-wacker that needs new string.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (6mVIs)

178 7 So... was this a real thing and not an FBI generated thing?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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What the Feds do often is lock onto someone who is prancing about online cosplaying revolutionary and provide a contact offering guns, money, etc. that is needed to make the plan real. Usually assets/informants, not actual agents who are their handlers and coaches.

The informant then turns the group deeper into the conspiracy by claiming to produce the resources to make all their happy fun plans real but in fact is actually being coached to get all the critical requirements for a federal indictment based on the specific crimes that the informant is supposedly able to enable the stupid perps into agreeing with.

Sometimes, the assets themselves get into far more than the handlers bargained for (see teh FBI handlers of two assholes that tried to shoot up the TX Everyone draw Mo contest.) They were stopped by a courageous off duty cop providing security using a handgun against two AK47 jihadis. Apparently the FBI handlers saw what happened as they were in a following car and then turned around and skedaddled. Never had a good explanation from the agency on that.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (E4rtv)

179 Apparently some of the more homicidal Karmelo supporters are now pushing something called the 'Metcalf Bop.'

Charming people, not. To quote Tanya as she shoots Mary Sue, "animal."

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (4T3aT)

180 >>Less than 200 to go until monetization.

You have a youtube channel?

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (An6iH)

181 175
It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.
Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)

That doesn't sound ANYTHING like TJM, to be honest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (2YhKe)

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That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Zn6QU)

182
this is a very good point. I'm wondering if it ends up working for them or not.
Posted by: Sturmtoddler at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (nXhwP)

It doesn't seem like Floyd worked in the long run.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

183 Manson wanted to rule the world, and thought that provoking a race war would result in blacks slaughtering whites and taking over, which somehow would end up with him being in charge.

That's the same plan the WEF, EU, and Democrats have, weirdly.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2ocoG)

184
180 >>Less than 200 to go until monetization.

You have a youtube channel?

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (An6iH)

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OnlyFans.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (Zn6QU)

185 Obama's Nazi Flak Tower opens TODAY!

Bruce Springsteen will be there!

He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vTZFs)

186 Maybe this is what Bongino was warning us about.

Report Claims Trump May Break FIFA World Cup Protocol in Major Way

According to a report from talkSPORT, the champions of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will have the championship trophy presented to them in a very unique way, by the president of the United States.

“The US president has already been told FIFA wish him to hand over the World Cup trophy to the eventual champions,” writes talkSPORT’s Ben Jacobs.

“Sources say FIFA will leave it to Trump’s own discretion as to whether he wishes to stay in with the team during the lift or remain with other executives during the ceremony,” Jacobs reports. “White House insiders believe Trump will again choose to celebrate with the victorious team.”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (ndZc7)

187 Keep it classy, guys.

Jimmy Kimmel Sparks Outrage After Making Sickening Trump and Ivanka Incest Joke
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

But saying Big Mike has a dick is a bridge too far.

Got it. 👌🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vHe/3)

188 Afternoon Ace.
Barky , the scumbag that keeps on scumming. And it occurred in the week his center opened. How appropriate

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (7bbR5)

189 =======

That's the nicest thing you've ever said to me.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Zn6QU)

I'm a giver.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (2YhKe)

190 F*cking Asshole Syndrome.

It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)

A/K/A leftist.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (dK+Kv)

191 He seems nice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (mPXxA)

192 Kimmel's a fat, stupid cunt, and his wife's an ugly, stupid cunt. I'm sure they fuck their kids in the hopes of creating the ugliest, stupidest fat little cunts on record.

Fair is fair, Jim. You're a public figure.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (BI5O2)

193 Also, ropes are reusable. It's like recycling only better.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Xgoim)

194 I'm kinda surprised the lawyers are admitting it was actually Mangione that did it.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (n5tGW)

195 Judge Gregory Carro said Mangione's lawyers have informed him they will attempt to show that he was suffering from "extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence."

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Too incompetent to stand trial. Like Iryna's killer. Hey, it worked for him!
Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 12:40 PM (qBdHI)

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Not incompetent to stand trial, this is an affirmative defense that essentially requires him to admit he shot the guy and that he did not commit murder due to mental state, so he should be convicted of manslaughter.

Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)

196 Is it too much to hope the building collapses as Gaylord cuts the ribbon???

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (4T3aT)

197 Apparently some of the more homicidal Karmelo supporters are now pushing something called the 'Metcalf Bop.'

Charming people, not. To quote Tanya as she shoots Mary Sue, "animal."
Posted by: Anna Puma

Remember folks. Brass knuckles are legal in Texas.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (vHe/3)

198 Not incompetent to stand trial, this is an affirmative defense that essentially requires him to admit he shot the guy and that he did not commit murder due to mental state, so he should be convicted of manslaughter.
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)

I don't care how he goes to prison as long as he dies there. He's earned it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)

199
Bongino got deep undercover during his month at the FBI, and now is racing time to fight off an incredibly catastrophic plot that threatens to end everything, everywhere.

This promises to be a much bigger movie screenplay than Penn's upcoming demand for another Oscar.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Y8DZL)

200 He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?

It continues to be hilarious that Barky insisted on using black contractors and sub-contractors for his flak tower, stiffed them, but made them sign nondisclosure agreements so they can't complain.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (aD4fx)

201 196 Is it too much to hope the building collapses as Gaylord cuts the ribbon???

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (4T3aT)

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I'm still holding out hope that Banksy was the designer and there will be a controlled implosion the moment the ribbon is cut.

But Banksy is a British boomer lib, so I shouldn't hold my breath.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Zn6QU)

202 Meth heads & crack heads can now carry!
Posted by: rickb223

Like most situations, lawmakers will tweak the laws and do the necessary requirements to show banning such is legal due to the specific Scotus factors mentioned. The original GCA of 1968 was held as unconstitutional for requiring self incrimination on the form to purchase weapons, Feds tweaked the form and laws and it passed constitutional muster a few years later.

Conservatives on the court are using this to reemphasize the Bruen holding of historicity and more narrowly tailoring gun laws to meet actual problems rather than mere possession. Liberals are pro criminal and pro weed so they went along.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:49 PM (E4rtv)

203
This promises to be a much bigger movie screenplay than Penn's upcoming demand for another Oscar.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (Y8DZL)

Penn's oscar.

A retard playing a retard. Big stretch there.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (2YhKe)

204 He was messed up at the time but he's fine now.

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Ah, the Hunter Biden defense.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (ndZc7)

205 190 F*cking Asshole Syndrome.

It's a constellation of whiny-ness, victimhood, failure to learn consequences, liberalism and grandiosity present overwhelmingly in the 20-35 year old cohort. Consistently overlaps with TDS. Clinical trials are underway to determine the causal effect of TDS on FAS; initial results indicate an direct causal effect.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:43 PM (6mVIs)
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NBPITFS

Never Been Punched in the Face Syndrome

Posted by: ballistic at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (oqH4h)

206 Less than 200 to go until monetization.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)

Call us....we have stellar references ...

Posted by: Paki bot farms at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)

207 We can't take much more of this cultural enrichment, folks

Posted by: 496 at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (5jF9Z)

208 173 A rope is much less expensive to taxpayers than a life sentence. Just looking at the economics of the situation, you know.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)

In bulk, 22LR is under 10 cents a pop these days. Probably cheaper than rope.

As a wise man once said, "Buy ammo!".

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (X5Jzz)

209 206 Less than 200 to go until monetization.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (Zn6QU)

Call us....we have stellar references ...

Posted by: Paki bot farms at June 18, 2026 12:50 PM (GD0B3)

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I did look into this.

Not letting anyone associated know I exist is the better choice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Zn6QU)

210 turns the group deeper into the conspiracy by claiming to produce the resources to make all their happy fun plans real

gain of function writ small

Posted by: DaveA at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (FhXTo)

211
Kimmel has nowhere to go but snuff film jokes at this point.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)

212 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)

213 Is it too much to hope the building collapses as Gaylord cuts the ribbon???

My hope is that no one bothers to pay the $30 admission charge.

I think Obama has a lot in common with Princess Diana - when she died, people explained that the burial site needed to be prepared for huge numbers of pilgrims for centuries to come.

Two years later, no one bothered to show up.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (aD4fx)

214 On another note, the left is obsessed with making sure the reflecting pool never works.

There are rumors they are dosing it with fast-growing algae.
And that they are having to post guards at night to stop them.

Saw one guy even arguing it was good that it leaked thousands of gallons daily cause that constant flow of fresh water kept the algae at bay.

jfc, they are deranged

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (73/SM)

215 Is it illegal to just hang them after a short trial?
Posted by: Gmac-WTF
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https://shorturl.at/rdJZg
1881 exerpt:

And then, Jose Manuel Miguel Xavier Gonzalez, I further command that such officer retire quickly from your dangling corpse, that vultures may descend from the heavens upon your filthy body until nothing shall remain but bare, bleached bones of a cold-blooded, blood-thirsty, throat-cutting, chili-eating, sheep-herding, murdering son of a bitch.

Posted by: Judge Roy Bean at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (XeU6L)

216 The left: Antifa is just an idea!

Also the left: Stop arresting our antifa leaders!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (sKqQm)

217 Kimmel has nowhere to go but snuff film jokes at this point.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Y8DZL)

More people read about Kimmel's stupid f*cking antics than actually watch his show, so reporting what goes on there is actually better for him then his actual show.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (2YhKe)

218 It's funny because it's not actually a library and more of a monument to fecklessness.

Posted by: Ben Rothliesburger at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (n5tGW)

219 Can you imagine the uproar if the US team somehow win the World Cup, and Trump gets to present it to them?

The reaction would make the Canadian hockey tantrum look sedate.

Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 12:52 PM (8JR9p)

220 Kimmel is as predictable as he is unfunny.

Iirc, his best friend was Epstein’s personal chef.
And he makes pedo jokes.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (4KUe5)

221 A rope is much less expensive to taxpayers than a life sentence. Just looking at the economics of the situation, you know.

Posted by: Weasel

60 ft drop with 50 ft of #4 piano wire.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (vHe/3)

222 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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Sure. There were lots of trials in the 70s and 80s with cats peeing on ammo, and the results were universally positive,

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (Xgoim)

223 But saying Big Mike has a dick is a bridge too far.

Got it. 👌🏻

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vHe/3)

Bingo.

The Left has always hidden behind their dumbfuck "comedy" - and commentary - while the politicians get to supposedly "rise above" and demand dignity and respect. It's a big jerkoff.

Trump broke that game, and we had to or forever remain subservient to their narratives.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (ixZ1o)

224 185 Obama's Nazi Flak Tower opens TODAY!

Bruce Springsteen will be there!

He's white and wealthy so he pays the Reparations admission price, right?
Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:46 PM (vTZFs)

Hope he remembers to bring his ID. Can't get in without it.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (N39Ws)

225 Speaking of birds, I was sitting in the back yard this morning and a group of birds flew by, one landed on my head and sat there a few seconds, then flew off.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)

226 A rope is much less expensive to taxpayers than a life sentence. Just looking at the economics of the situation, you know.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:45 PM (Xgoim)
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It's also recyclable!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (gnNyN)

227 Can you imagine the uproar if the US team somehow win the World Cup, and Trump gets to present it to them?

The reaction would make the Canadian hockey tantrum look sedate.

Posted by: Guy Mandude

Supposedly, the US team can possibly play the UK team on July 4th.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (vHe/3)

228 Shitlibs suck. Boomer shitlibs suck more. British shitlibs suck even more.

British boomer shitlibs are like some kind of genetically engineered suck singularity.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (BI5O2)

229 Springsteen, Bono, Stevie Wonder and More Performing at Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)

230 Good news everyone

The Royal Navy has one aircraft carrier, three destroyers, and four frigates at sea.

They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (4T3aT)

231 Ah, the Underpants Gnomes theory of revolutions makes another appearance.
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.

Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)

232 231 Ah, the Underpants Gnomes theory of revolutions makes another appearance.
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.

Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)

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To be completely fair...it's consistent with The Communist Manifesto's progress towards the stateless, classless utopia.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (Zn6QU)

233 Can you imagine the uproar if the US team somehow win the World Cup, and Trump gets to present it to them?

The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)

234 They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.

I read that as 'fisting.'

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (hVI+Q)

235 The cruelty of VDH -
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Victor Davis Hanson

@VDHanson
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3h
As a general rule, anytime Barack Obama lectures the country or its people on their purported sins—with Khalil Gibran pop platitudes—he is seeking absolution for his own obsessions by projecting his own guilty desires onto others.

The latest? At the dedication of his narcissistic Obama Presidential Center in Chicago—a $850 million flak-tower, monolithic boondoggle mired in debt—Obama lectured us on the need to resist the allure off "money, attention, [and] fame."

Thus spoke the owner of four homes, three of them multimillion-dollar mansions, whose last inert year in office was spent closing book and Netflix deals that ensured he would become a multimillionaire the moment he left office, and on spec, jets private to sermonize to various audiences–often at $400,000 a shot—on their own false-consciousness shortcomings.

Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (kX27y)

236 But saying Big Mike has a dick is a bridge too far.

The left: TRANSWOMAN ARE WOMEN and it is insulting to claim other wise

Also the left: How dare you claim Michelle Obama is a transwoman?!? Don't you know that's one of the biggest insults you can make of a real woman?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (sKqQm)

237 Good news everyone

The Royal Navy has one aircraft carrier, three destroyers, and four frigates at sea.

They can now defend themselves from the French fishing fleet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (4T3aT)
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They are still outmatched by the Cajun Navy, however.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (gnNyN)

238
The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)

And the WORLD is learning the actual TRUTH about America and her citizens as opposed to what the MEDIA has been telling them for generations.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

239 >>Springsteen, Bono, Stevie Wonder and More Performing at Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening

This is the Astroturf that IS the Obama Legacy.

NONE of his rallies or Events would have seen any attendance of note if it wasn't for the FREE Concerts.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (An6iH)

240 233 Can you imagine the uproar if the US team somehow win the World Cup, and Trump gets to present it to them?

The World Cup generally is going well, which is driving the Leftists nuts.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (aD4fx)

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They've played one match, and did well.

Now they're up against Australia tomorrow, who also won their first match.

So, we'll see how well the US team is doing in about 28 hours.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Zn6QU)

241 How long before the library gets tagged with graffiti ???

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)

242 > Meth heads & crack heads can now carry!

Go to any deep blue city with homeless wandering around. They all carry weapons that would get any of us stopped and most likely arrested. I've seen them carrying giant screwdrivers, hatchets, small baseball bats, pipes, crowbars, etc. Leftist DAs have mostly decriminalized carrying weapons for everyone but us.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (mkw2N)

243 On a different subject, is 1pm too early for dogs to have dinner? Feeding time used to be 6pm and I'm not sure what happened.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Xgoim)

244 212 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)

. . . and it's a gun thread!

Ammo is probably OK, unless the brass is majorly corroded. If it just got wet it should be OK after drying.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X5Jzz)

245 Springsteen, Bono, Stevie Wonder and More Performing at Obama Presidential Center Grand Opening

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ndZc7)

Is that concentration of egos sufficient to initiate a black hole? One big enough to suck in the flak tower and all of the attendees?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (qx7Zg)

246 IT’S FUNNY BECAUSE TRUMPS UFC BIRTHDAY BASH TRUMPS WHATEVER SAD, HAS-BEEN CELEBRITY FEST OBAMA HAS PLANNED.

BOOMER SLOP VIBES VS. AMERICA, F$CK YEAH AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (4KUe5)

247 I hope so. He hit the 38 special and some 308, would have preferred the 22 lr.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (Ki5u2)

248 241 How long before the library gets tagged with graffiti ???

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)

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Guards will be ordered to shoot to kill anyone who tries.

A white guard will shoot a black teen.

Race riots.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (Zn6QU)

249 Not incompetent to stand trial, this is an affirmative defense that essentially requires him to admit he shot the guy and that he did not commit murder due to mental state, so he should be convicted of manslaughter.
Posted by: Penfold
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Pretty much. Insanity is an affirmative defense but one where ironically you have to admit you did the crime (which precludes regular Some Other Dude Did it (SODDI) or The Other Dude Did It (TODDI)).

Guessing it won't fly to get the guy off due to the high requirements.

Perhaps the defense figures the evidence will cause conviction but perhaps the stage is being set for mitigation on sentence based on diminished capacity and for the jury to disregard the fact this guy planned and executed a guy in the back in cold blood and then fled to escape punishment. Thus a crime of irresistible impulse (see Anatomy of a Murder for that old chestnut) without carrying that name.

It can be risky as effectively you are admitting murder and if the burden of proof is not met by the defense to the judge's and later jury's satisfaction, then you can be convicted and sentencing on your own admissions and required interviews with state forensic psychs.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (E4rtv)

250 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.

If you got to it quickly and cleaned it up, it'll be fine. If you found it months later, I'd be cautious especially if the brass is visibly discolored.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (vTZFs)

251 Anything Charles Manson claimed was a lie. Whether it was to his followers or to the authorities. He played that game until the day he died.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (GseMx)

252 On a different subject, is 1pm too early for dogs to have dinner? Feeding time used to be 6pm and I'm not sure what happened.
Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (Xgoim)

Daylight savings.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)

253 Plain-speaking, frugal Harry Truman in obscure retirement in Independence, Missouri Obama certainly is not.
Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 12:55 PM (kX27y)

Both were nasty partisans. Nothing good from either of them.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (1Ff7Z)

254 Fisting?

They may enjoy that after the rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (4T3aT)

255 There will be a steady stream of visitors to Obama's lair. Paid visitors. Given prepaid tickets. And lunch. This will persist as long as it takes to call this "library" a success.

*It's not a library.*

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)

256

Boy it sure does seem all the brown people western countries let in get into such serious trouble with the law.

But I'd better forget I recognized this pattern, because that's MUCH worse than what these chimps did.

Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz PhD Esq at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (et1vG)

257 Speaking of birds, I was sitting in the back yard this morning and a group of birds flew by, one landed on my head and sat there a few seconds, then flew off.
Posted by: wth at June 18

Did the bird leave your head as he found it, or did he leave a "gift?"

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (77rzZ)

258 Ah, the Underpants Gnomes theory of revolutions makes another appearance.
Step One: Attack White House.
Step Two: ...
Step Three: Revolution!
Assuming (without evidence) that this wasn't driven by fed informants, you'd have to be a special kind of stupid to believe that the country is so on-the-brink of an anti-Trump jihad that blowing up or shooting a few people would tip things in your favor.

Posted by: PabloD at June 18, 2026 12:54 PM (ChMEj)

lol, perfect.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (dK+Kv)

259 Now that you mention it, maybe the design is based on Michelle's dick.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (n5tGW)

260 There will be a steady stream of visitors to Obama's lair. Paid visitors. Given prepaid tickets. And lunch. This will persist as long as it takes to call this "library" a success.

*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)
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It's a tumor.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (gnNyN)

261 That guy looks much jollier than I would have expected. Terrorists usually look pretty miserable.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)

262 How long before the library gets tagged with graffiti ???

It started out that way.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (vTZFs)

263 That big smile on that mook's face reminds me of the Far Side cartoon of the dog telling his pal, "Ha ha! I'm going to get tutored!"

50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Ft5W9)

264 How long before the library gets tagged with graffiti ???

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (4T3aT)

They had to move the Michael Jordan statue INSIDE The United Center due to it being defaced on a regular basis.

Owebama's North Korean Guard Tower will not be spared.

It will take a few years, however.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)

265 Did the FBI find any actual drones or other physically weaponry that was to be used to attack the White House? Or was this just the usual bunch of nitwits chattering on the web?

Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)

266 >>Now that you mention it, maybe the design is based on Michelle's dick.

This reminded me of the MLK Turd Monument.

Posted by: garrett at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (An6iH)

267 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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If you want to be absolutely certain, take some of the affected ammo to a range in a different town, and offer some to a stranger to shoot.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (Xgoim)

268
50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (Ft5W9)

Not gonna happen.

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)

269 244 212 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe
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Biggest risk is to the primers if they are not sealed. So you get a dud or a squib round. Some risk to powder but a bit less I think than the primer contamination.

Don't do mag dumps with the rounds or keep firing if something feels off when fired (diminished report and/or recoil).

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (E4rtv)

270 On a different subject, is 1pm too early for dogs to have dinner? Feeding time used to be 6pm and I'm not sure what happened.
Posted by: Weasel
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You're being manipulated. Don't become an enabler!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)

271 Daylight savings.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:57 PM (2YhKe)
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That's probably it.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (Xgoim)

272 That guy looks much jollier than I would have expected. Terrorists usually look pretty miserable.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)

He just might know something we don't.

Posted by: Lord God King Boasberg at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

273 SHYTE.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (2YhKe)

274 They've played one match, and did well.

Nah, I mean the World Cup generally.

All the Left has to whine about is that we refused to admit a Somali with terrorist associations, and we apparently were stingy with visas for Congolese, because of Ebola and stuff.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (aD4fx)

275 Meth heads & crack heads can now carry!
Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 12:44 PM (vHe/3)

It's really a very pro-2nd amendment decision.

Holds that 2nd amendment is higher law than bureaucratic regulations.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (edUvp)

276 The SCOTUS Hemani decision has an interesting line up with 3 concurrences. I can see Alito and Thomas secretly doing the puff-puff-pass writing their opinions up. Thomas went big on interstate commerce - he apparently really wants to limit Fedgov IC power. Alito seemed to be more "Pot? That's what you're taking away his 2A right with?"

The Rooker-Feldman doctrine case was much more interesting though, as a 5-4 decision with a wacky lineup.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (DZ9Lv)

277 Ha!, Weasel. My dog has done a great job of moving dinner time forward for years. He used to start agitating at 5 pm. He's moved that up to 3.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (n5tGW)

278 Have to admit I like the Obamas painting in the Library even if I don't like the Obamas. I think it was well done .

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (GseMx)

279 I see one of the contractors abetting the Obama Me-soleum, Vision Painting, is from the old neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.

I should say 'was', they've since declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026 01:01 PM (Ft5W9)

280 There will be a steady stream of visitors to Obama's lair. Paid visitors. Given prepaid tickets. And lunch. This will persist as long as it takes to call this "library" a success.

*It's not a library.*
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (jehhT)

Obama Island in Chicago.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (qx7Zg)

281 263 That big smile on that mook's face reminds me of the Far Side cartoon of the dog telling his pal, "Ha ha! I'm going to get tutored!"

50 or so years of 3 hots and a cot at a Supermax might dim that grin just a skosh.
Posted by: William F. 'Buck' Dharma at June 18, 2026

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To give a ball the culture or enrichment by incarcerating this guy, it's unacceptable!

Posted by: The SCOAMF at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (0KpSv)

282 222 You think ammo will still be good if a cat pissed on it? My senile old cat had an accident.
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 12:51 PM (Ki5u2)
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Sure. There were lots of trials in the 70s and 80s with cats peeing on ammo, and the results were universally positive,
Posted by: Weasel
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I think that was more the fact that Russian ammo often smelled like cat piss when fired. Had to do with the specific powder used in their ammo.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (E4rtv)

283 You're being manipulated. Don't become an enabler!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:00 PM (XeU6L)
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FSJ is cool, but Gertie is a piece of work when it comes to pitifulness.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (Xgoim)

284 The Manson murders are what saved Ted Kennedy.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (wjnjX)

285
That smile needs to be wiped off his face. Throw a had on him and he looks like Pancho Villa.

Posted by: Frank Barone at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (OkYzo)

286 265 Did the FBI find any actual drones or other physically weaponry that was to be used to attack the White House? Or was this just the usual bunch of nitwits chattering on the web?
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)

They never got to the part where they offered to provide him with the drones so that they could arrest him as they gave them to him. They figured he probably would have taken them, so that's good enough.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 01:02 PM (edUvp)

287 I wonder if various dishes based on our canine friends are served at the cafeteria there.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:03 PM (77rzZ)

288 The outskirts of that library will be a fentanyl field in a couple of years.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:03 PM (n5tGW)

289 By the numbers:

Someone actually did some quality research here and adjusted the mebound percentage in the WNBA.

2024 Top WNBA Mebounders
Player OREB MEREB Rank PTS Off MEREB Rank
Angel Reese 163 91 1 84 2
Teaira McCowan 107 69 2 90 1
Aliyah Boston 116 66 3 82 3
Tina Charles 94 65 4 76 4
Brionna Jones 92 53 5 72 5

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhKe)

290 The Manson murders are what saved Ted Kennedy.
Posted by: Reforger

I thought it was the moon landing that did that.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)

291 Did the FBI find any actual drones or other physically weaponry that was to be used to attack the White House? Or was this just the usual bunch of nitwits chattering on the web?
Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (RtPE1)

The incel had a shotgun, bullpup .223 and ballistic plates

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (GseMx)

292 I like Matt Walsh's solution to this -- six feet under.

Posted by: The SCOAMF at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (0KpSv)

293 Speaking of birds, I was sitting in the back yard this morning and a group of birds flew by, one landed on my head and sat there a few seconds, then flew off.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)

There was a recent study that showed that wild birds were more afraid of women than men.
No conclusions were drawn from this study.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)

294 but Gertie is a piece of work when it comes to pitifulness.
Posted by: Weasel
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Don't make eye contact, otherwise, you're done.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)

295 Why do we spend $ incarcerating this Mo when we can deport him to Congo?

Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (b/IsE)

296 And the WORLD is learning the actual TRUTH about America and her citizens as opposed to what the MEDIA has been telling them for generations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (2YhKe)

I think it's so sweet that foreign visitors are sharing the cool stuff they are enjoying here in the US, especially their fun interactions with normal Americans. There are people of good will all over the world and it's so encouraging to hear from them!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (FMtrg)

297 Speaking of birds, I was sitting in the back yard this morning and a group of birds flew by, one landed on my head and sat there a few seconds, then flew off.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 12:53 PM (UjdFS)

At least it didn't shit.

THEN you'd be doomed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (2YhKe)

298 Nevermind deportation.

Just disappear him

Posted by: Melodicmetal at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (61TgR)

299 Alvarez might look a bit like the late Rob Reiner. Carne Cabeza.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (2ap+5)

300 The bird did NOT poop on my head which I took to be a good sign.

Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)

301 Back in the 90s comedian Dennis Miller had a rant in which he wanted to change "nor guilty by reason of insanity" to "guilty by reason of insanity". It recognizes that the individual is disturbed, but doesn't need to be mingling with society at large.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vHMT8)

302 They are not sending their best. Or maybe they are.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vFG9F)

303 Mebounders....lolol

Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (b/IsE)

304 > Did the FBI find any actual drones or other physically weaponry that was to be used to attack the White House? Or was this just the usual bunch of nitwits chattering on the web?

DJI and other drone makers used to have hard geofencing around restricted spaces like airports. They removed that and now show you a warning. I don't know if that's true for the White House. I imagine the White House intentionally fills their airspace with lots of radio interference so drones can't rely on GPS or manual radio control to fly into White House airspace. But if they got hold of the Ukraine fly by optical cable drone systems, that might work.

I know there are anti-drone systems that throw nets, or spaghetti strands of cables, or even heavier drones that fly right through other drones. They probably have all of that. But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.

Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (mkw2N)

305 It's really a very pro-2nd amendment decision.

Holds that 2nd amendment is higher law than bureaucratic regulations.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Then dump the f'n NFA & GCA.

For something specifically saying "Shall not be infringed" it sure the hell is.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (vHe/3)

306 I thought it was the moon landing that did that.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (77rzZ)

That too.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (wjnjX)

307 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:04 PM (2YhK

What are do those numbers signify?

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (GseMx)

308 Owebama's North Korean Guard Tower will not be spared.

It will take a few years, however.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:59 PM (2YhKe)
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If they can't pay the contractors who built it, there's no way in hell that they planned for ongoing maintenance and support of the building.

In 5 years or less, they'll be looking for a handout to repair it.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (gnNyN)

309 That guy looks much jollier than I would have expected. Terrorists usually look pretty miserable.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)

What about psychos

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (ixZ1o)

310 Don't make eye contact, otherwise, you're done.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (XeU6L)
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That was my plan until she climbed up onto my chest with her face about 3 inches from mine.

Posted by: Weasel at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (Xgoim)

311 A white guard will shoot a black teen.
Race riots.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

White guard, lol.

Go up a few blocks to the Chicago Institute of Arts and see if you can find any.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (Y8DZL)

312 Not incompetent to stand trial, this is an affirmative defense that essentially requires him to admit he shot the guy and that he did not commit murder due to mental state, so he should be convicted of manslaughter.
Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 12:47 PM (Fbt5B)

I don't care how he goes to prison as long as he dies there. He's earned it.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:48 PM (2YhKe)
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What Mangione is alleged to have done makes him stupid, not retarded. Unfortunately for their victims and the families of their victims, our prison systems are filled with stupid people.

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv)

313 think it's so sweet that foreign visitors are sharing the cool stuff they are enjoying here in the US, especially their fun interactions with normal Americans. There are people of good will all over the world and it's so encouraging to hear from them!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 01:05 PM (FMtrg)

There's an entire genre of "We've been lied to about America for YEARS" on youtube right now, and it's the best content on the internet.

HUNDREDS of Europeans posting their experiences and their love for this country.

This one husband was like - what do I have to do to get in? What forms do I need to fill out, what line do I need to stand in? We're raising our family in America. I'll trade with some of the people messaging me saying they hate America. Let's just do a deal.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (rii+a)

314 Saw a video of a black lady who was upset with herself because the world cup fans loving the USA was making her more patriotic. And she doesn't like that.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)

315 On a different subject, is 1pm too early for dogs to have dinner? Feeding time used to be 6pm and I'm not sure what happened.

It's five o'clock somewhere.

Posted by: Zombie Jimmy Buffett's dogs at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (vTZFs)

316 The ballroom will have the state of the art drone defense system.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (GseMx)

317 Why do we spend $ incarcerating this Mo when we can deport him to Congo?
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I suggest another alternative...

Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)

318 >>>>>The incel had a shotgun, bullpup .223 and ballistic plates
Posted by: polynikes
*****
Don't we all?

Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (RtPE1)

319 ...in a Signal chat dubbed "Hunters"

Uh, guys...? Maybe our secure super-spy chat software isn't so secure...

Posted by: Anarchy, Inc. at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (rJhDk)

320 I suggest another alternative...
Posted by: Crusader at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (TN0g+)

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I second this motion.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (fgSb9)

321 300 The bird did NOT poop on my head which I took to be a good sign.
Posted by: wth at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (UjdFS)

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The birds, chipmunks and squirrels all seem pretty relaxed if my dog and I are out in the yard with them. I don't know what's happening, but maybe it's not just the raccoons that are becoming domesticated.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)

322 My understanding is that they just dropped a bombshell on this one even more potent that a guy who blew off an expired VISA back in 2001.

There are reports that there were Twenty-three (23) individuals participating in the planning group chat concerning this attack. Only five are behind bars at present.

Posted by: Orson at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (dIske)

323 But if they got hold of the Ukraine fly by optical cable drone systems, that might work.

I know there are anti-drone systems that throw nets, or spaghetti strands of cables, or even heavier drones that fly right through other drones. They probably have all of that. But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.
Posted by: bonhomme at June 18, 2026 01:06 PM (mkw2N)
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So, we're back to good old-fashioned smoke screens?

Posted by: mrp at June 18, 2026 01:10 PM (rj6Yv)

324 Posted by: Cosda at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (RtPE1)

Heh and much more. Though he just purchased all of it with his graduation money.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:10 PM (GseMx)

325 Oh boy-

Zohran Mamdani is promising free grocery stores, free housing and free everything, but the only free thing New Yorkers can really count on getting for free is an infectious disease.

And flavored condoms for the sickest city in America.

Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.

“Providing high-quality sexual and reproductive healthcare services is a priority for the Mamdani Administration,” explained NYC Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Helen Arteaga, an Ecuadorian immigrant who had been the CEO of a disastrous Queens city hospital where over a dozen patients had died of COVID in one day.

Posted by: beckster at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (kX27y)

326
What are do those numbers signify?
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 01:07 PM (GseMx)

Can't format in Minx 0.8 beta, but each column:

Player
Offensive Rebounds
Offensive MEbounds (rebounding your own missed shot)
Rank in Mebound percentage
Points off Mebounds
Rank in points off mebounds

I think it's hysterical. Just wish there were up to date stats, but that would mean someone would have to watch every WNBA game and that would be unconstitutional as cruel and unusual punishment.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (2YhKe)

327 Nood Harvard.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider: Gotterdammerung, DURING PRIDE MONTH IS EVIL! at June 18, 2026 01:11 PM (rii+a)

328 Someone in Israel must have pissed off Trump in some way. That’s the only explanation for his 180 in such a short period of time .

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (X+Nnd)

329 Heh, love the “rebound” term.
Angel Reese is all me me me me with padding her stats the appear comparable to Caitlyn Clark.

NOPE

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 01:12 PM (4KUe5)

330
That guy looks much jollier than I would have expected. Terrorists usually look pretty miserable.
Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 12:58 PM (FMtrg)

He was just posing for his Che T-Shirt portrait.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 01:13 PM (y9nCu)

331 Saw a short vid of the new AF1 with the new paint scheme. Kinda badass.
Posted by: WisRich at June 18, 2026 12:25 PM

Please tell me its a skull with crossed swords

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (sgkY8)

332 314 Saw a video of a black lady who was upset with herself because the world cup fans loving the USA was making her more patriotic. And she doesn't like that.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)

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These videos choke me up and I love them.

Posted by: Seems Legit at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (fgSb9)

333
Plinking chipmunks with the slingshot doesn't seem to work so well for me anymore, so I went for chemical warfare last week.

They're not cute, they're destructive.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 01:14 PM (Y8DZL)

334 I don't know what's happening, but maybe it's not just the raccoons that are becoming domesticated.
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 01:09 PM (2ap+5)

I've seen a bunch around here lately. Had a small one munching on the outdoor kittie food last night. I had a bead on him with my .22 pellet rifle but couldn't bring myself to shoot the cute little bugger. He wandered back across the street and there was still food in the dish.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:15 PM (wjnjX)

335 /sock

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 01:16 PM (vTZFs)

336 Heh, love the “rebound” term.

Where's the column for putback dunks?

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 01:17 PM (x/Rva)

337 Gang bangers won't tag the Obama Center with graffiti. Even they'll say "that place is too ugly for my tag"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 01:18 PM (7bbR5)

338 There was a recent study that showed that wild birds were more afraid of women than men.
No conclusions were drawn from this study.

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The hell you say.

Posted by: Tippi Hedren at June 18, 2026 01:28 PM (8JR9p)

339 But any system can be overwhelmed with enough effort.
Posted by: bonhomme
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Exactly!

Posted by: Marxists at June 18, 2026 01:29 PM (XeU6L)

340 Ammo is probably OK, unless the brass is majorly corroded. If it just got wet it should be OK after drying.

Posted by: a.moron at June 18, 2026 12:56 PM (X5Jzz)

I recommend drying with a propane torch. Works quickly.

Posted by: RI Red at June 18, 2026 02:03 PM (GOpmI)

341 There was a fellow in Ancient Greece who assassinated one of the most famous people of his day, said it would make his (the murderer’s) name go down in history. For the life of me I can’t recall his name. You shouldn’t either.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:21 PM (ZVgZ4)

342 Obama Presidential Edifice Cafeteria Menu:
Special Today Golden Retriever Spare Ribs.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 02:31 PM (ZVgZ4)

343 "According to an FBI affidavit, Proper admitted participating in discussions about an attack that authorities say was intended to 'jumpstart' a revolution in the United States."

OMG! Proper assumed he was the vanguard to instantiating a U.S. revolution by killing stuff. I am incapable of the mental capacity for cognitive understanding as to how that makes logical sense. Proper is an idiot!

Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 02:35 PM (0DsdP)

344 Be it resolved: "Any illegal alien who commits a violent felony earns summary execution upon review of relevant evidence (body cams, surveillance footage, witness testimony, phone intercepts, etc.). Sentence to be carried out upon review."

We need a deterrent with teeth.

Posted by: Occasional Commenter at June 18, 2026 03:38 PM (MV++E)

The Morning Rant

Here, in microcosm, is the existential issue with the Republican Party. The traditional political philosophy that informs it is so weak and watered down that the immense egos of the leadership has replaced it. Of course one might ask what their current philosophy is, and the answer? The use of power to accumulate wealth.

That the personal feelings of the corporate GOP overwhelms a popular bill that will solidify the Republican party's reemergence from the ashes of 2020 is of no importance to these venal, craven, empty suits. They do not care about the future prospects of their constituents or their country, and the accumulation of wealth and prestige via their positions in a sadly diminished United States Senate is their only focus.

Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act

Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, multiple sources familiar with the comments told the Daily Caller.
Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill's chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee's push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting.

Their opposition is personal, not political, and flies in the face of everything that their voters want. That these pathetic, puffed-up asses cannot tamp down their personal displeasure of President Trump, and do what is best for America is, frankly, disgusting, and the repercussions will be vast.

I too am not a fan of Donald Trump's public personality... his bombastic pronouncements and his ricocheting around many issues. My solution is simple; I will not invite him to Thanksgiving dinner. I will however support him politically, because he is acting in the best interests of America and Americans, and that is far more important than any trivial opinion of his personality.

That this disgusting cohort of faux Republicans allows their personal animus to damage their country is proof positive of the terminal malaise of the corporate GOP, and hopefully Americans will identify them and forcefully eject them from our political process.

And for a template, just look at the Democrat Party! Their personalities are, in the main, vile, yet for all of their issues, the Democrats close ranks regardless of personal feelings and support their platforms, vote en masse for their favored bills, and present a united front. Imagine having to sit in a committee room or a meeting with Nadler or Pressley or Tlaib or Schiff or Schumer or Biden or... Sounds awful, because they are awful people, but the Democrat Party understands that personal animosity has no place in realpolitik, and they are more successful because of it. Perhaps that is because their political philosophy is clear: The acquisition of money to purchase power!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:00 AM (2YhKe)

2 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (PJdmB)

3 Republicans that hate Donald Trump are heroes because they knew damn well he is a stupid poopyhead who doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

4 Willowed:

272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)

https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

5 My solution is simple; I will not invite him to my dolly and dishes party.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

6
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)

7 I think Kennedy (Cornpone, LA) may be one of those who is blocking SAVE, or at least not pushing it hard.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (Riz8t)

8 Willowed:

272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)

https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

Was about to bring that across.

From the right angle, it looks like Squidward's home in Spongebob Squarepants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

9 NOOD has been lum'd.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

10 Good morning good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (ItpVy)

11 I love Trump's public persona. He's a larger-than-life figure and he embraces it.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

12 monkey!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (N1DT3)

13 Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act

Which, specifically?

If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (ExV1e)

14 No one talks about GOP senators specifically in this fight, for some reason.

Those GOP senators include people like Mitch McConnell (hates Trump, is retiring), Tillis (hates Trump, is retiring), Cassidy (hates Trump, is retiring), Cornyn (hates Trump, is retiring), and Murkowski (hates Trump, is a Democrat).

What leverage does anyone have on these people to get them to vote for something they don't want to vote for no matter the reason?

It's a majority of 53. It just takes 4 to sabotage any legislation so it can't pass by any measure, and those 5 will wear the ending of legislation that Trump wants passed like a badge of honor (think McCain killing the ACA repeal/replace thing).

And that's not counting what are probably at least 10 others who would much rather not vote for the SAVE Act for whatever reason and are just happy to have scapegoats (these are less of a concern because they are cowards, it seems).

It's not a defense of Thune, it's an acknowledgement of reality.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Zn6QU)

15 It can be lunch time

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (sgkY8)

16 The bullets flying at Trump were aimed at the wrong person...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Sco7b)

17 Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act

Some men hate Trump so much they've cut off their dicks and balls!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (l3cgK)

18 Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act

Which, specifically?

If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.

Yup. If you're unwilling to name names, you're part of the problem.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (Riz8t)

19 "That this disgusting cohort of faux Republicans allows their personal animus to damage their country "

Oh, bullshit. They get paid for this, whether in cash or favors.

Same all all the dipshits that do the sudden midterm resignation thing

Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 11:05 AM (M4Oji)

20 Nah Thune is lying.

The people that control the GOPe senators don't want them to vote for SAVE.

And this is the best lie Thune can come up with.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:05 AM (sKqQm)

21 8 Willowed:

272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)

https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

Was about to bring that across.

From the right angle, it looks like Squidward's home in Spongebob Squarepants.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:03 AM (2YhKe)

What the hell is up with that skirt that Big Mike's wearing in that article? Whose face is on that skirt?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)

22 We have the worst ruling class in the history of our country.

And considering previous members are FDR and Woodrow Wilson, that's quite an accomplishment.

Most of the previous ruling class members at least had SOME kind of real accomplishment. These leeches have sucked at the public teat for their entire lifetime and done nothing of any value whatsoever.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)

23 "...proof positive of the terminal malaise of the corporate GOP, and hopefully Americans will identify them and forcefully eject them from our political process. "

if the enemy grants us the time.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (VyBeY)

24 Which, specifically?

—

Murk, Turtle, Tillis at a minimum.
I don’t think it’s some super secret list.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (X+Nnd)

25 It's not a defense of Thune, it's an acknowledgement of reality.

It IS a defense of Thune if he's unwilling to tell us who the bad actors are, so that we can get rid of them. You point out that 4 of the known opponents are retiring, so what's the harm in naming them? We all know Murk is against the bill, so why not name her as well, so we can jettison her in '28?

Thune needs to stop putting amity among his "colleagues" *gag* before the wishes of the vast majority of his constituents. Name and shame them!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

26 First you get the money, then you get the power. Then you get the women.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Ki5u2)

27 plenty of folks on both sides of the aisle don't want voter integrity, albeit a lot more on the dem side.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (l3cgK)

28
What the hell is up with that skirt that Big Mike's wearing in that article? Whose face is on that skirt?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (l3cgK)

I'm guessing Rosa Parks.

It hides her dick well, though.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

29 We have the worst ruling class in the history of our country.

And considering previous members are FDR and Woodrow Wilson, that's quite an accomplishment.

What am I, chopped liver?

Posted by: James Buchanan at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (Riz8t)

30 ""That this disgusting cohort of faux Republicans allows their personal animus to damage their country is proof positive of the terminal malaise of the corporate GOP, and hopefully Americans will identify them and forcefully eject them from our political process.""

They should be forcefully ejected from the frigging planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (snZF9)

31 26 First you get the money, then you get the power. Then you get the women.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Ki5u2)

Ahem, men and boys...

Posted by: Sen. Lindsay Graham at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (l3cgK)

32 First you get the money, then you get the power. Then you get the women.

Not sure the GOPer types are in it for access to *women*

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (sKqQm)

33 25 It's not a defense of Thune, it's an acknowledgement of reality.

It IS a defense of Thune if he's unwilling to tell us who the bad actors are, so that we can get rid of them. You point out that 4 of the known opponents are retiring, so what's the harm in naming them? We all know Murk is against the bill, so why not name her as well, so we can jettison her in '28?

Thune needs to stop putting amity among his "colleagues" *gag* before the wishes of the vast majority of his constituents. Name and shame them!

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)

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Because his job is to manage his caucus. If he starts throwing his own senators under the bus, then he can't manage them at all.

And yet, I have yet to see any solution for getting Mitch McConnell or Tillis or Murkowski or Cassidy or Cornyn to vote for this right now.

Cornyn had incentive (keep his seat), and even he didn't try because he didn't want to.

What's the solution from the majority leader's perspective? What tools does he have against these people if they're not even willing to protect their own seats?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (Zn6QU)

34 It's a majority of 53. It just takes 4 to sabotage any legislation so it can't pass by any measure, and those 5 will wear the ending of legislation that Trump wants passed like a badge of honor (think McCain killing the ACA repeal/replace thing).

And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.

Senators who hate Trump could do like so many online commentators and just announce in every thing they say that they dislike him but...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

35 The saying is, the bureaucracy/Deep State sees Presidents come and go, but they remain. How is it any different with Senators? The dead. The near-dead. All get to stay on at their pleasure. Now they are being threatened. Like a lot of things, Trump gets the blame, but also like a lot of things, they really blame us, and Trump is just the easy stand-in.

Posted by: Billy Barty at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (QaH55)

36 34
And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.

Senators who hate Trump could do like so many online commentators and just announce in every thing they say that they dislike him but...

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (ExV1e)

=====

I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)

37 Is McConnell even out of the hospital yet?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

38 35 The saying is, the bureaucracy/Deep State sees Presidents come and go, but they remain. How is it any different with Senators? The dead. The near-dead. All get to stay on at their pleasure. Now they are being threatened. Like a lot of things, Trump gets the blame, but also like a lot of things, they really blame us, and Trump is just the easy stand-in.

Posted by: Billy Barty at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (QaH55)

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This has been true since at least President Grant.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)

39 This could have been a 1 word thread:

RINOs.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (ebJJx)

40 Because his job is to manage his caucus. If he starts throwing his own senators under the bus, then he can't manage them at all.

Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

41 Their opposition is personal, not political, and flies in the face of everything that their voters want.

Their opposition is existential. Trump is tearing down centuries of world order. It's far greater than the notion of R vs. D.

Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (rJhDk)

42 =====

I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)

If only you could read......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

43 40 Because his job is to manage his caucus. If he starts throwing his own senators under the bus, then he can't manage them at all.

Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Riz8t)

=======

Well, that's why I kept writing.

What could any leader do in this situation?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Zn6QU)

44 Shit, Trump bombed brown people that were in between the brown people that Bush bombed. R’s.should be eating out of his hand.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Ki5u2)

45 44 Shit, Trump bombed brown people that were in between the brown people that Bush bombed. R’s.should be eating out of his hand.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Ki5u2)

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The ROI from the MIC on bombs is far less than an occupation, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (Zn6QU)

46 What's the solution from the majority leader's perspective? What tools does he have against these people if they're not even willing to protect their own seats?

Honestly the primary tool left would be to look at whoever is paying these people and find ways to turn that cash payout off.

I'm not saying Thune can do it, but let's be honest Cassidy for example will get some no show $$$ job to reward him. What company/NGO is offering it?

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (sKqQm)

47 And we are intended to believe that those listed are the only ones who are a problem. That everyone else would do their constituents will but for them. But I suspect this is untrue and they do us a disservice by hiding the truth.

Exactly. If there's no reason to hide the truth, why hide it?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)

48 For the GOP to really hold power they need 55+ seats. Because there will always be 4-5 McCains among them.

It has been this way for as long as I have been following politics.nothing new here.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (X+Nnd)

49 Well, shit. The voice of the Little People has been heard...

Sock in the eye, I.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:13 AM (QaH55)

50
John McCain was the Ur-Silk-Pantied, Mean Girl Republican when -

he used the last act of his malevolent, cancer-scrambled brain to give a big ole thumbs down to the repeal of Obamacare, smiling all the while.

And he was hailed by Our Betters as a great man for doing so.

Well...he was a Great Democrat Mole. Great Republican? Great American? Not so much.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)

51 Well, that's why I kept writing.

What could any leader do in this situation?

What's that? You want to head up a powerful, remunerative committee? Gee, I'm sorry, but that slot's already filled.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (Riz8t)

52 Which, specifically?

If you're incapable of answering that question so that they can face their voters then you are worse than they.

Yup. If you're unwilling to name names, you're part of the problem.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Kennedy of LA is one example that talks differently behind closed doors than he does in public.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (E4rtv)

53 Their opposition is personal, not political, and flies in the face of everything that their voters want.

Their opposition is existential. Trump is tearing down centuries of world order. It's far greater than the notion of R vs. D.
Posted by: t-bird at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (rJhDk)

Entrenched money and power. Fighting for its life by appealing to the self-righteous, blinkered, low IQ Karens of the world.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (6mVIs)

54 It's very simple - there is a Uniparty, and there is a Republican wing of the Uniparty.

Although Uniparty Republicans will never be allowed to hold real power, they do get lots of bennies - a lot of the USAID money was flowing to "Republican" organizations, and flowing to Uniparty Republicans.

The Jebs, the Romneys, and the Pences did extremely well under the old system, so of course they will fight to preserve the old system.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (aD4fx)

55 If the SAVE act goes through the Dems instantly lose millions of votes.

BUT...the GOPe also loses a bunch of "moderate" R votes and suddenly they have to deliver conservative agenda items which is the opposite of why they ran in the first place

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (sKqQm)

56 This is Thune projecting. He hates Trump. But it's easier to claim there's widespread dislike for the President and his policies than to admit you're just a shit weasel.

But, the larger issue is that the SAVE Act would likely reduce the amount of graft the Republicans could scrape off the massive amount of fraud perpetrated on the American public.

So, Thune's wallet would be considerably lighter.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (jehhT)

57 I've said this before:

The career goal of a US Senator is to remain a US Senator.

The People can fuck all. Once you're in The Club, the rest is all gravy.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (fmTlv)

58 Kennedy of LA is one example that talks differently behind closed doors than he does in public.

I mentioned him in #7. I really have come to loathe his Andy of Mayberry routine.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (Riz8t)

59 57 I've said this before:

The career goal of a US Senator is to remain a US Senator.

The People can fuck all. Once you're in The Club, the rest is all gravy.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:15 AM (fmTlv)

=====

John Cornyn is an exhibit in the other direction, though.

He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)

60 One of the biggest problems with the Senate is the lack of term limits. Right now those Senators have no fear of Trump because they figure to outlast him in Washington.

If they had a two-term limit, they'd be more inclined to play ball.

Posted by: Shenanigans at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (qmxL/)

61 Let's look at Pence for example, his net worth went from about $1M to $4M after his betrayal of Trump. While you'd expect he'd get paid more....quadrupling your wealth for one political act explains why he did it...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (sKqQm)

62 Their opposition is 1000% political, not personal. They hate their voters and they love voter fraud, or the people who love voter fraud.

This has nothing to do with personal animus. It's pure cover because people will buy that and it sounds better than the truth -"we have no intention of representing our own voters except occasionally in passing, vote for us."

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (ixZ1o)

63 Murk is only there because of no election integrity.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (wjnjX)

64 "Who cares what my constituents want, Trump sucks!" is one hell of a position to take.

They can't lose their jobs fast enough.

Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (mseD3)

65
He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)

He would've run again unopposed were he to pass it. His ego and $$$$ backing him made him indestructible. Alas, Paxton was his Kryptonite.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (2YhKe)

66 He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.

I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

67 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

68 "Who cares what my constituents want, Trump sucks!" is one hell of a position to take.

They can't lose their jobs fast enough.
Posted by: Darth Randall at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (mseD3)

I mean, have you READ the Iran Deal?!?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)

69 Just about every voter in Texas already knew that Cornyn opposed it, that’s why he lost to Paxton by a 2-1 margin. Now he’s not just taking revenge against Trump, he’s taking revenge against all the Texas voters who he hates for firing him.

It’s a flaw in our system that people can be voted out, but still hang around in power and causing trouble for 6 months.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (nuNhM)

70 66 He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.

I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

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He got 43% in the original primary before the runoff.

If he thought he was cakewalking to re-election after that, he's literally retarded and can't be reasoned with anyway.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (Zn6QU)

71 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

WHAT ARE you people. ON DOPE!!!????

Posted by: Mr. Hand at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)

72 We will pick up senate seats in the midterms. We should sacrifice Susan Collins to the god of fire and let Maine have their Nazi. Her latest betrayal on the SAVE Act presages another 6 years of treason.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)

73 These are people who have succeeded in politics. They are dirty double dealers. Yes some have egos that might have been put out by Trump at some point but that has fuck all to do with them not voting for a critical act all their voters want.

The whole thing is silly before one even thinks about it for half a second.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (ixZ1o)

74 He got 43% in the original primary before the runoff.

If he thought he was cakewalking to re-election after that, he's literally retarded and can't be reasoned with anyway.

Asked and answered.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

75 67 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7V

9-0... Interesting

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (hW9g4)

76 California has term limits. Since Willie Brown. The Willie Brown who "elevated" Kamala Harris. Is that not enough for you bots on term limits for Congress? Of course not. Bots want term limits for Congress. Don't be a bot.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (nFkiA)

77 You think if Trump wanted Congress to give themselves a raise, they would vote against it because they hate him that much?

Come on now. Think.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (ixZ1o)

78 The SAVE Act seems an existential threat to the DC overlords. I can think of no other reason for their opposition over the objections of a large swath of the population. This obstructionism reveals, or should reveal, the true nature of our government. Hint : it is not about us.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Gqar8)

79 Trump's the excuse. They're not voting for SAVE because the Uniparty is a big club and we're not invited.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (2ocoG)

80 71 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

WHAT ARE you people. ON DOPE!!!????

Posted by: Mr. Hand at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (2YhKe)

Fentalated Meth...

Posted by: Hunter at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (l3cgK)

81 72 We will pick up senate seats in the midterms. We should sacrifice Susan Collins to the god of fire and let Maine have their Nazi. Her latest betrayal on the SAVE Act presages another 6 years of treason.

We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Riz8t)

82 72 We will pick up senate seats in the midterms. We should sacrifice Susan Collins to the god of fire and let Maine have their Nazi. Her latest betrayal on the SAVE Act presages another 6 years of treason.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:18 AM (q1tXs)

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Collins is going to win easily.

Remember, she voted for Kavanaugh. She's there when leadership needs her vote.

I do think MI will be a possible pickup. NC is a possible hold. GA is a dark horse victory in the making.

We'll see. A 56 seat GOP majority after immigration, Iran, and oil were all the killers of the midterms would make me laugh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Zn6QU)

83 SCOTUS once again fails to take up the unconstitutional rifle and magazine bans.

Cowards abound.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (q1tXs)

84 >>>They do not care about the future prospects of their constituents or their country, and the accumulation of wealth and prestige via their positions in a sadly diminished United States Senate is their only focus.

>They do not teach history and citizenship in school anymore, so everything becomes a carnival claw machine. Look, it's sponge bob!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (9SpJJ)

85 Well, that's why I kept writing.

What could any leader do in this situation?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

As leader, McConnell could deliver the votes if he wanted to because he spent decades cultivating the caucus members making them wealthy in many cases and getting through their pet legislation as riders in the majority or not.

Thune presumably as heir apparent could use those relationships to pass SAVE. He does not because the whole key to McConnell's vote selling business was a closely divided Senate. If that is gone, then suddenly defectors get hammered by the rest of the caucus and the majority leader has a lot less power.

And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.

The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)

86 78 The SAVE Act seems an existential threat to the DC overlords. I can think of no other reason for their opposition over the objections of a large swath of the population. This obstructionism reveals, or should reveal, the true nature of our government. Hint : it is not about us.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Gqar

We take things one step further in the People's Republik of Kalifornia...we ingrain the cheat right into the law, as well as punishment for those citizen investigative journalists that try to expose it

Posted by: Hunter at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (l3cgK)

87 Because his job is to manage his caucus. If he starts throwing his own senators under the bus, then he can't manage them at all.

Then what's the point of having him as leader? If he can't enforce discipline on a bill as critical as this, he's useless.

Posted by: Archimedes

You're assuming he didn't. I say he did, simply in opposition. Indistinguishable in effect, really.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)

88 85 Thune presumably as heir apparent could use those relationships to pass SAVE. He does not because the whole key to McConnell's vote selling business was a closely divided Senate. If that is gone, then suddenly defectors get hammered by the rest of the caucus and the majority leader has a lot less power.

And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.

The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM (E4rtv)

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How does this specifically apply to Mitch, Tillis, Cassidy, and Cornyn, all of whom are out at the end of this year?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Zn6QU)

89 Other than Manchin and Sinema I can’t think of any Dem version of this. And they both bent the knee on the mini Green New Deal eventually. But to their credit PR and DC are not states because of them. And they both votes for Biden’s nominations.

Before anyone says Fetterman, he says a lot of things but still votes the party line on the important issues.

Dems get 50 seats + VP their voters get mostly everything they want. GOP has 53 seats + VP they pass nothing of importance. Oh right I forgot they passed a massive tax cut bill for leftist billionaires. Good job guys.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (X+Nnd)

90 We'll see. A 56 seat GOP majority after immigration, Iran, and oil were all the killers of the midterms would make me laugh.

The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

91 "I hate Donald Trump more than I love my country."
-- Every D* and more than a few Rs.

* with the possible exception of Fetterman

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (vTZFs)

92 81 72 We will pick up senate seats in the midterms. We should sacrifice Susan Collins to the god of fire and let Maine have their Nazi. Her latest betrayal on the SAVE Act presages another 6 years of treason.

We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Collins switched her vote the last time and voted for the SAVE act. It is the more treacherous McConnell, Murkowski, Tillis, and now Cassidy/Cornyn that can block it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)

93 Sometimes I think Trump has grown and I love what I see publicly. Other times a I read his tweets or truths or whatever and wish Melania would take his phone away. But I know he loves this country deeply and is doing more than anyone to save it.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)

94 Before anyone says Fetterman, he says a lot of things but still votes the party line on the important issues.

Fetterman is on Mark Levin's show more than he's in the Senate. I think he's angling to replace Jessica Tarlov on the Five or something.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (2ocoG)

95 >>Remember, she voted for Kavanaugh. She's there when leadership needs her vote.

And we will have enough votes without her, and won’t take it in the ass on critical issues like election integrity. Most of the Betrayal Caucus will be gone after November except for Murkowski. Together with Collins they will continue to collaborate with Democrats to destroy our country. F them.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (q1tXs)

96 The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?
Posted by: Archimedes
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Gotta keep the House first.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (E4rtv)

97 87 You're assuming he didn't. I say he did, simply in opposition. Indistinguishable in effect, really.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (OUMaO)

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He may be the major issue, but I think he's more of an easy target than anything else.

He bought a lot of goodwill with me over how he got 99% of the OBBB passed last year, just slipping everything past the parliamentarian in the last second.

However, if 50 GOP senators wanted to pass this, Thune wouldn't be obstructing it. The problem is the senators in the caucus, not just their leader.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (Zn6QU)

98 Thirty round mags are really very nice and convenient for shooting, both for rifles and pistols. The thirty round mag for my Beretta actually provides an excellent counterweight to the kickup, when firing.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Gqar8)

99 It's not that we don't like the SAVE America Act! It's just that he's doing things as Trump and we don't like it! Do you see the difference?

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (99eI0)

100 Trump is not an eloquent speaker, most politicians are. The politicians rehearse their speeches written for them by their speech writers and know what they will say beforehand. Trump is not like that, he says what is on his mind. I understand what he says, no problem. I like his style, it's more down to earth. I feel like he is talking to us not the news cycle. There is nothing wrong with being human instead of a robot.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (IY9No)

101 Murk, Turtle, Tillis at a minimum.
I don’t think it’s some super secret list.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (X+Nnd)

And we are supposed to believe that they are all.

Perhaps they are, but it's bullshit that these assholes play their little games and hide their personal agendas from the people that they supposedly represent.

Lay your fucking cards on the table. Let the voters know when you will and when you won't represent them. Otherwise, we have a temporary nobility, a bit less moral than that of 18th century France, a bit less useful than the Polish szlachta, prancing around and congratulating themselves for making boom-boom in the big kids potty and calling it statemanship.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (ExV1e)

102 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7V

9-0... Interesting

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (hW9g4)
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I hope this is no different than someone who drinks alcohol. If you're not intoxicated when legitimately carrying or using a weapon, that's OK.

If you are intoxicated, it's no different than getting behind the wheel when you're drunk.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (ebJJx)

103 ...Thune presumably as heir apparent could use those relationships to pass SAVE. He does not because the whole key to McConnell's vote selling business was a closely divided Senate. If that is gone, then suddenly defectors get hammered by the rest of the caucus and the majority leader has a lot less power.

And if the filibuster is either evaded by the talking filibuster or destroyed, then the minority will be as powerless and and deprived of wealth opportunities/power/etc as the House minority.

The modern Senate was crafted since the 70's to essentially deadlock the legislative process to make only the most marginal changes possible in order to preserve a status quo. And that dysfunction has spread to nominations as eliminating the filibuster on those means no recess permanently to prevent presidents from filling those positions without goodies.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:21 AM

So true and well said. I thought of this the other day (late to the party, I know). The scuzzbucket GOPe's want and need a close legislature to stay relevant, powerful and rich.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (6mVIs)

104
Fetterman is on Mark Levin's show more than he's in the Senate. I think he's angling to replace Jessica Tarlov on the Five or something.
Posted by: Ian S.
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Entirely possible. His political career is effectively dead unless he switches parties and like Manchin, he gets more out of teasing to do so than actually doing it.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

105 90 We'll see. A 56 seat GOP majority after immigration, Iran, and oil were all the killers of the midterms would make me laugh.

The interesting question is if we do achieve such a majority, how quickly will the SAVE act be resubmitted?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (Riz8t)

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I suspect it would be an important part of the next Congress.

Probably not HR-1, but HR-5 to HR-10 or so.

Paxton, in the Senate, might try to introduce it as S-1.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (Zn6QU)

106 off sock...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (l3cgK)

107 Ask yourself why people raise and spend tens of millions of dollars to land a job that pays $174K/yr

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (fmTlv)

108 John Cornyn is an exhibit in the other direction, though.

He knew he could easily keep his seat by getting the SAVE act passed, and he did nothing to push it publicly. He didn't even put up a feint of a fight.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (Zn6QU)

True.

Though Corny's downfall was misunderstanding the appeal of John Cronyn, and the 95% Republicans in general.

Which meant he misunderstood that his job is to do what his voters want and being a Republican do so in a cost effective manner.

A con man is only successful as long as the marks don't know what the game is. The marks figured him out.

Corny's Great Legacy, which he is so concerned about, will disappear 3 seconds after he's given the boot from the Senate.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:25 AM (iJfKG)

109 SCOTUS once again fails to take up the unconstitutional rifle and magazine bans.

Cowards abound.

Do you trust Barrett and Kav to vote the right way on it? Note that I'm not even mentioning Roberts. Well, I just did but you know what I mean.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:26 AM (vTZFs)

110 Collins once voted for the clean SAVE Act. She’s voted against passing it in every other bundled attempt.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:26 AM (q1tXs)

111 Entirely possible. His political career is effectively dead unless he switches parties and like Manchin, he gets more out of teasing to do so than actually doing it.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

He needs to switch his voting to match his words. He should not be as hated as a dem, he votes with the 99.9% of the time. He just isn’t an antisemite.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (OoFl2)

112 Interview time, wish me luck.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)

113 I think he genuinely thought he didn't really have to campaign very hard because he's a wise, silver-maned SENATOR who the people would never reject. He thought wrong.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Riz8t)

Highly ironic that Cornyn thought it was a good idea to dunk on a Scott Pressler post mentioning meeting Cornyn by calling Pressler a grifter.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (hdRdU)

114 I have long given up on DC. Positive change will have to come from elsewhere.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (Gqar8)

115 > We've discussed this here many times. She's the best we can get from Maine, and because she's GOP, that gives us a leg up in achieving a majority, which is the critical thing. She can stay.
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If she was a reliable (R) vote, yea.

But, she's not. What's the sense of having her if she's going to vote opposite of our interests on important issues like the SAVE act?

That, by itself doesn't help "the majority."

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (jehhT)

116 112 Interview time, wish me luck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)

Good luck... Break a leg !.. Scratch that last part

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hW9g4)

117 I never put trust and SCOTUS in the same sentence. We shouldn’t have to go to any court to tell us my which rights on The Bill of Rights are ok with them. But I do think Kavanaugh will vote the rifle and magazine bans are unconstitutional. I don’t think ACB will.

Posted by: Vengeance at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (q1tXs)

118 > Other times a I read his tweets or truths or whatever and wish Melania would take his phone away. ...
Posted by: Piper
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you have crystallized my thoughts in a concise and cogent manner

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (fmTlv)

119
Thune delenda est.

I want to see him chained, flogged and tossed in a pit full of rape dogs.

But I'll settle for him being politically ruined and kicked out of the Senate.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (BI5O2)

120 Interview time, wish me luck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Good luck, Man!

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (77rzZ)

121 But, she's not. What's the sense of having her if she's going to vote opposite of our interests on important issues like the SAVE act?

That, by itself doesn't help "the majority."

Because the rest of the majority can pass things, provided we have enough. If we were in the minority, we would have very little influence over what even gets brought up for votes.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)

122 Interview time, wish me luck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)

Godspeed, sir.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:29 AM (2YhKe)

123 Remember, John McCain ran his last Senate campaign on a promise to repeal Obamacare, and then he voted it down out of nothing more than personal animus toward Trump.

The desire to stick his thumb in Trump’s eye one more time before he died overrode the promise he made to his constituents.

This is a pervasive sickness among the Republican establishment. It’s TDS minus the blue hair and calls for violence.

Posted by: Cybernetic at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (aL31n)

124 Interview time, wish me luck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:27 AM (Zn6QU)
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Good luck... Break a leg !.. Scratch that last part

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 11:28 AM (hW9g4)
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Nothing worse than a broken itchy leg.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (ebJJx)

125 John McCain was the Ur-Silk-Pantied, Mean Girl Republican when -

he used the last act of his malevolent, cancer-scrambled brain to give a big ole thumbs down to the repeal of Obamacare, smiling all the while.

And he was hailed by Our Betters as a great man for doing so.

Well...he was a Great Democrat Mole. Great Republican? Great American? Not so much.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 11:14 AM (iJfKG)

He should have had a wicked side dish of ass cancer.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (snZF9)

126 *Entirely possible. His political career is effectively dead unless he switches parties and like Manchin, he gets more out of teasing to do so than actually doing it.*
++++

We'd like to talk with him about doing some hoodie endorsements.

Posted by: The Nike Marketing Department at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (7PhS+)

127 100 Trump is not an eloquent speaker, most politicians are. The politicians rehearse their speeches written for them by their speech writers and know what they will say beforehand. Trump is not like that, he says what is on his mind. I understand what he says, no problem. I like his style, it's more down to earth. I feel like he is talking to us not the news cycle. There is nothing wrong with being human instead of a robot.
Posted by: Case
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Politicians are mostly front men for back room staffers today--they have little wisdom, they have the authenticity of a Twinkie, and any sane person somehow elected to office either has to go native or leave before the borg mind virus affects him.

Most legislation now is cooked up by interest groups dealing directly with key staffers of senior legislators and leadership. That goes for nominations as well---interest groups want a veto on personnel of agencies and courts. That is why no recess can be permitted. An outside person like Pulte can do a LOT of damage by removing key co conspirators in the agency with the congressional staffers and interest groups. And reveal dirty dealings that this iron triangle tries to keep in the closet.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:30 AM (E4rtv)

128 Repealing the 17th Amendment would be a start. Problem is, you can't repeal basic human nature. The scumbags and sociopaths would still find their way to the top.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (QaH55)

129 Thx CBD.
It still stings me to think that the GOPe thinks it will go back to the normal uniparty BS after Trump leaves office. Their "good friends" across the aisle are dying out and/or being replaced by Marxist lunatics who will destroy them and the nation.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (7bbR5)

130 Good luck, TJM. If the interview goes poorly, haul the interviewer's carcass home.

Win or lose, you'll still be fed.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:31 AM (BI5O2)

131 Mr. Madison, if you were an animal, what kind of animal would you be?

Posted by: 25 year old hiring manager at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (7PhS+)

132 Interview time, wish me luck.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Good luck. Don't mention Prometheus.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (vTZFs)

133 What's the solution from the majority leader's perspective?

Be a Senator representing his, personal, constituents first and majority leader second.

I understand that there isn't a single person in the Senate with the integrity to do that, but that's his solution.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:32 AM (ExV1e)

134 He should have had a wicked side dish of ass cancer.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Being a vicious snake that no one really could like is his own punishment. And if the Songbird tales are true, then he lived with secret disgrace all those years, and his Keating Five scandal reveals him to be amoral, money hungry, influence peddling, and as unlikable in his earlier career as he was later.

Out of the five, only he remained a senator for after the disgrace. All due to his supposed war hero status to voters in AZ.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:33 AM (E4rtv)

135 What's the solution from the majority leader's perspective?
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Eating a box of lightbulbs, and washing it down with a belt of nitric acid, after setting his own cock on fire, but before hanging himself?

Just a thought. Spitballing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (BI5O2)

136 I understand that there isn't a single person in the Senate with the integrity to do that, but that's his solution.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Senate and House party leaders came from safe states usually so they could wheel and deal without worry of losing. Not sure that is true anymore.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (E4rtv)

137 And if the Songbird tales are true

Whig, what are these tales about?

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

138 I wonder if I wrote more beyond that...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (Zn6QU)

Like I'd read what you wrote.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (ExV1e)

139 Great to know that our representatives in the Senate are no more sophisticated and mature than a group of high school mean girls.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

140 Everyone see now why President Trump can't get everything he wants from Iran?

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (sgkY8)

141 We don't have the Senate the Founders intended. We have a corrupt house of lords.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (fmTlv)

142 Thereby hangs a tail.

Posted by: Bill Shakespeare at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (7PhS+)

143 139 Great to know that our representatives in the Senate are no more sophisticated and mature than a group of high school mean girls.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (viF8m)

I characterize them as venal and amoral, but I like your characterization a lot.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (Gqar8)

144 But seriously: the SML's only solution to anything, ever, is to please the popular Party leader and his base, or pay with his seat. That's it. No more compromises.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (BI5O2)

145 37 Is McConnell even out of the hospital yet?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:11 AM (2YhKe)

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He continues to receive the finest care.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (6/7Fs)

146 Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (Zn6QU)

She's there when leadership needs her vote... or... Kavanaugh ain't all that great and was a tolerable choice considering from whence he came.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (ixZ1o)

147 Whig, what are these tales about?
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

I was wondering as well. Was he a snitch in the Vietnamese prison?

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (hdRdU)

148 140 Everyone see now why President Trump can't get everything he wants from Iran?
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:36 AM (sgkY

No, both sides acquit him with godlike powers.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar8)

149 I'd tell Lee to name names, but I think we all know who they are.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (2UnvF)

150 >>> I like his style, it's more down to earth. I feel like he is talking to us not the news cycle. There is nothing wrong with being human instead of a robot.

Posted by: Case

>Trump is a negotiator and a facilitator. He's an executive. He makes deals and is a populist.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (9SpJJ)

151 I'm guessing Rosa Parks.

It hides her dick well, though.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:09 AM (2YhKe)

I’m thinking a young Barbara Jordan.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (ZVgZ4)

152 128 Repealing the 17th Amendment would be a start. Problem is, you can't repeal basic human nature. The scumbags and sociopaths would still find their way to the top.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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It isn't going to happen. Essentially our Constitution is frozen as no amendment is going to get 2/3rds approval unless and until you get massive change in society and voting security.

The untold story is that legislative election of senators became so putrid after the Civil War and dysfunctional (often seats sat vacant for years due to state politicos disagreeing for factional reasons or partisan splits in legislative houses) that by the time the 17th went into affect, most states had adopted the Illinois option. Use a popular plebiscite to pick who the legislature should put forward as senator. Only a small number of states still did legislative elections.

It would be easier to repeal the 16th on income tax.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)

153 I'm not talking to Donnie. He knows why.

Posted by: John Cornyn, Mean Girl at June 18, 2026 11:39 AM (2UnvF)

154 It would be easier to repeal the 16th on income tax.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:38 AM (E4rtv)

A man can dream...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at June 18, 2026 11:40 AM (QaH55)

155 That this disgusting cohort of faux Republicans allows their personal animus to damage their country is proof positive of the terminal malaise of the corporate GOP, and hopefully Americans will identify them and forcefully eject them from our political process.

We here in Texas have done our part. coryn is out. It's time for the other states to step up their game.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (0N4FZ)

156 @147 allegedly he talked to the North Vietnamese. A lot of stories depending who you listen to. I don't think admiral Stockdale liked McCain too much

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (7bbR5)

157
If I have some sympathy for Thune, it's because his position as Senate Majority Leader is akin to a medieval English king. He has a certain amount of power, but it's circumscribed by his caucus, which are barons barely under his control. Push too hard and they rebel.

There was only one Lyndon Johnson able to bully and schmooze the Senate and it's less than realistic to hope Thune will be another.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (O0L8i)

158 100 Trump is not an eloquent speaker, most politicians are. The politicians rehearse their speeches written for them by their speech writers and know what they will say beforehand. Trump is not like that, he says what is on his mind. I understand what he says, no problem. I like his style, it's more down to earth. I feel like he is talking to us not the news cycle. There is nothing wrong with being human instead of a robot.
Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 11:24 AM (IY9No)

This. Plus he has a good sense of humor. Not afraid to make fun of himself too.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (g8Ew8)

159 The untold story is that legislative election of senators became so putrid after the Civil War and dysfunctional
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One senator (from Idaho?) simply left packets of $10,000 on every legislator's desk, with his monogram on the envelope.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (amcLV)

160

We here in Texas have done our part. coryn is out. It's time for the other states to step up their game.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (0N4FZ)

We dispatched several, actually. Redistricting did some, voters did the rest.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (2YhKe)

161 One senator (from Idaho?) simply left packets of $10,000 on every legislator's desk, with his monogram on the envelope.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 11:41 AM (amcLV)

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Today you can do the same thing with gift cards to Hookers 'N Blow.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (6/7Fs)

162 Sometimes I think Trump has grown and I love what I see publicly. Other times a I read his tweets or truths or whatever and wish Melania would take his phone away. But I know he loves this country deeply and is doing more than anyone to save it.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)

The man is what he is. Sometimes he makes me cringe. Sometimes he makes me laugh. Sometimes both. I love when it's both.

But without the bad, unpolished, uncouth-ed, or downright nasty parts of Trump you don't get the good either. The man has not got where he is by mincing words or brutal self-edit.

Also the enemy preys on the predictable and the easy to control. By being the way he is Trump does not give away the handles to control him. People think it's flattery that does so. Woe be to he who truly believes that shit.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ixZ1o)

163 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)

164 147 Whig, what are these tales about?
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

I was wondering as well. Was he a snitch in the Vietnamese prison?
Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette
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If you wish, go to Ron Unz's website and he lays out the story. You can also find where Fox fired one former general commentator where the rumors are mentioned.

People also have assumed, due to McCain's famous picture of him on crutches leaving a USAF airplane that he was tortured in prison where in fact, that was because he broke his legs upon ejecting after his plane was going down in N. Vietnam. His legs had to be rebroken by US surgeons after repatriation to heal properly--hence the famous photo. McCain notably used the photo in campaign ads, etc.

Whatever happened, it is true that his relationship with his fellow POWs was never a warm one and he was not one of the senators helping support those trying to find missing POWs in Vietnam.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (E4rtv)

165 It's a club, and you're not in it so they don't care.

Posted by: Gmac-WTF did you think was going to happen? at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (Q/FnY)

166
While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM (ExV1e)

Marijuana grows naturally. Meth does not.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (2YhKe)

167 CBD, I believe that the Senators' personal dislike for Trump is an excuse, not a reason. That implies that if JD or Marco were POTUS instead they would support the legislation.

Not true.

The GOPe corporate paymasters would oppose systemic election reform no matter what. They like the current system the way it is.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (TNhp7)

168 Trump IS populism as far as I am concerned. A massive threat to DC, always has been always will be. Throw in having FU money and its’ mortal enemy time for both parties. He is dangerous, and must be destroyed BAMN. We have seen this play out.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Gqar8)

169 I have an outside the circle here question. Is there really severe concern that Talarico will beat Paxton?

Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)

170 If I have some sympathy for Thune, it's because his position as Senate Majority Leader is akin to a medieval English king. He has a certain amount of power, but it's circumscribed by his caucus, which are barons barely under his control. Push too hard and they rebel.

There was only one Lyndon Johnson able to bully and schmooze the Senate and it's less than realistic to hope Thune will be another.

And yet, McConnell controlled his troops for decades, often making them do things they opposed, for the simple reason they feared him and what he could do their ambitions and chances for reelection. If Thune wants to keep the job, he needs to demonstrate the same bloody mindedness.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

171 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

While I am not a fan of the devil's lettuce, that seems a reasonable ruling to me.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:43 AM

Let's all go and fire up some mexican ditch weed to celebrate!

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0N4FZ)

172 A man can dream...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder
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Politics is the art of the achievable. If the US current regime collapses, then you might get constitutional change but absent that, it is unlikely other than by US Supreme Court decisions. That is why the Democrats are getting desperate enough to try to pack the court if they get power.

The rules have to be changed for the Democrats to get unending power as they cannot do it via free and fair elections anymore.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:48 AM (E4rtv)

173 Don't be a bot.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at June 18, 2026 11:19 AM (nFkiA)

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Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 11:48 AM (ExV1e)

174 I have an outside the circle here question. Is there really severe concern that Talarico will beat Paxton?
Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)

No. The more that comes out about that freak, the more voters will run away.

I mean:

James Talarico Praised Left Wing Climate Change Group Fighting to Eliminate the Oil Business in Texas in Resurfaced Video

Going against beef and oil in Texas does NOT go over with the electorate very well.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (2YhKe)

175 "22 We have the worst ruling class in the history of our country.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (N1DT3)"

I have mentioned a number of times before that I come from a family in GOP politics.

90% of them at the federal legislative level are just in it to line their own pockets. Of those, maybe 2/3 are just good at being quiet about it, while the other 1/3 are what we'd consider to be the obnoxious RINOs like Thune and company who can reliably be expected to protect the status quo in the face of any and all opposition from voters.

The shit you hear behind closed doors is all about the gravy train, trading favors, and jockeying for internal clout to some set of obscure, unwritten rules. Those who step out of line get shit on hard. I'd say this is less a problem than the Dems being a bunch of fucking commies, except there isn't any real incentive to bow to voter pressure when the GOPe is willing to bankroll people retiring and falling on swords.. of course a lot of that money comes from the left. The problem is the GOP legislators largely are NOT ideological.

Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (3ys7t)

176 And yet, McConnell controlled his troops for decades, often making them do things they opposed, for the simple reason they feared him and what he could do their ambitions and chances for reelection. If Thune wants to keep the job, he needs to demonstrate the same bloody mindedness.
Posted by: Archimedes

McConnell never had to make his members walk the plank because at least half or better of his caucus saw politics the same way--a way to get generational wealth for them and their familes. Easy enough to lead corrupt pols if one is corrupt too.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:49 AM (E4rtv)

177 I don’t think Talarico has a snowball’s chance in Hell of beating Paxton, but I am no longer in Texas, so I can’t be 100% sure.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (ZVgZ4)

178
Is there really severe concern that Talarico will beat Paxton?

Posted by: AnnaS at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (0anTZ)

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I'm no optimist about anything, but the Rev. Jim Talarico Jones looks weirder and weirder with time. Paxton is no angel, but we've heard every bad thing about him we're going to hear.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (O0L8i)

179 I think it's dead, Jim.

Even new replacement senators next term may not even do it, and definitely won't if the dems have the house.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (n5tGW)

180 The GOPe corporate paymasters would oppose systemic election reform no matter what. They like the current system the way it is.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (TNhp7)

It's true. Corporations want a serf class for cheap labor. I'm surprised Trump has done as much as he has with deportations.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (g8Ew8)

181 No, both sides acquit him with godlike powers.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:37 AM (Gqar

Eh. When I said (in advance) - that debating Biden in June was just "good strategy" in a veritable roomful of people here that were shitting their pants and crying about how it would lose us the election, I got accused of a acquitting him with crazy grand chess master powers. Just for saying it's perfectly simple and logical strategy and explaining why.

Normal good strategy is not 4D chess and it doesn't make one a genius. He is absolutely a genius in some ways, no doubt about that. But not god like. We forget how the machine chewed up and spit out so many before him (and since). He has something.

Bottom line you can make good decisions that APPEAR to be bad ones and still not be Superman.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 11:51 AM (ixZ1o)

182 If the Dems get back in power they will move heaven and earth to get the illegals back, with a vengeance is my belief.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:52 AM (Gqar8)

183 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

Does that mean the question on form 4473 re illegal drugs is null, or needs to be rewritten?

Posted by: OneEyedJack at June 18, 2026 11:53 AM (zafwz)

184 ***they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation's merits
--

It take men of special character to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:54 AM (+yTe/)

185 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (O0L8i)

He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)

186 If the Dems get back in power they will move heaven and earth to get the illegals back, with a vengeance is my belief.
Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:52 AM

They have bought into the replacement theory full force. They will kill you off by any means necessary. If that means bringing in the terrorists for another 9/11, so be it.

They want power. The only way they will have complete power is by taking away your guns. Full stop. They will create whatever havoc is necessary to get you to BEG them to 'DO SOMETHING!!!!!'

What they will do is disarm you. Then they will either enslave you or kill you.

Look at Britain. They will be dwarfed by what the leftists would do to America if she loses her right to bear arms.

(Michelle Fields hardest hit)

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (2YhKe)

187 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (Da7Vv)

Agree with most of the commenters here. Equivalent to habitual users of alcohol being denied 2nd amendment rights. But being drunk or high while employing your 2nd amendment rights opens yourself to some challenges.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (ZVgZ4)

188
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)

He is a heretic.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (2YhKe)

189 183 SCOTUS rules 9-0 that marijuana users can't be denied 2nd amendment rights. So 18 US Code 922(G3) unlawful prosecution is gone.
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Looks like convictions for smoking pot should be 86ed or go to file 13.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (+yTe/)

190 The GOPe corporate paymasters would oppose systemic election reform no matter what. They like the current system the way it is.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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I rate this as probably true. I have long suspected GOP using vote fraud as one of their rigging tactics in primaries. Otherwise, why try to ignore a very popular issue that affects your own side's political power. The answer is if you are dirty yourself.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (E4rtv)

191 185 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:50 AM (O0L8i)

He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)

In my denomination there is huge distinction between ministry and ordination.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 11:56 AM (Gqar8)

192 Read from American Thinker 159 ( or thereabouts) judges want that Illegal guide judge set free

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (sgkY8)

193 He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)

PCUSA stopped following the Bible in 1930.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (ZVgZ4)

194 j edgar hoover had a hella system for motivating the reluctant ...

jus' sayin' ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (VyBeY)

195
He is not ordained . He went to seminary and spent some time doing youth ministry before he left working in that particular PCUSA church.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 11:55 AM (OYsYV)

____________

*polite cough*

I was saying that he's the kind of guy who would invite his supporters to move to Guyana with him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:58 AM (O0L8i)

196
I was saying that he's the kind of guy who would invite his supporters to move to Guyana with him.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 11:58 AM (O0L8i)

He would be the 'preacher' that convinces everyone in his cult that the women should blow him and the men should too.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:59 AM (2YhKe)

197 Looks like convictions for smoking pot should be 86ed or go to file 13.

Posted by: Braenyard

That should not be implied at all from this ruling. It is just a logical application of the Bruen formula that requires legislation involving firearms to have a historically rooted reason for a disqualification. There isn't one for alkies or druggies at the time (when drugs were sold over the counter like morphine or cocaine) so the marijuana disqualification must fail.

That is very different than saying marijuana is legal or that if you are caught with a firearm while smoking it, you cannot be punished. Same as with alcohol in most states, if you are intoxicated, you cannot have a gun on you in public.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

198 Good for SCOTUS on that one. There are very few things I would ever restrict firearms for, including felonies. It's either a right or it's not.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (n5tGW)

199 Even though I hate these Republican sellouts, I have to acknowledge Trump's style of politics has its downsides when it gets personal like this. We would have probably been able to have killed ObamaCare had McCain's ego not been so badly bruised.

To me, it would be a simple calculus of even if I hate this person, I still want these policy goals that I ran on. But politicians are just an especially thin skinned species of snake. It's always about them. Trump included.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (UcqOq)

200 Current GOPe Governor Kemp of Georgia implicitly condoned the cheat in 2020 and has never answered successfully, to my way of thinking, questions about his own election as governor.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:01 PM (ZVgZ4)

201 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 11:57 AM (ZVgZ4)

O.K, but my comment had more to do with the lack of status as a pastor or "Reverend" than with the theological deficiencies of the PCUSA. I don't think Mr. Talarico has even claimed that he was ordained, or he would state when and where he was ordained and by what denominational authority.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (78f+T)

202 Talerico makes Beto O'Rourke seem electable.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)

203
That is very different than saying marijuana is legal or that if you are caught with a firearm while smoking it, you cannot be punished. Same as with alcohol in most states, if you are intoxicated, you cannot have a gun on you in public.
Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:00 PM (E4rtv)

However, with booze, having a gun isn't illegal and is open to officer discretion at the time of offense. The DWI .08 rule does NOT apply.

At least in Texas.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2YhKe)

204 Paxton is no angel, but we've heard every bad thing about him we're going to hear.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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Everyone has a personal life. They (Democrats) unsealed a winning Republicans divorce records to knock him out of the running and give Obama a slot for senator.

Paxton's personal life is his business. When he's on the job he's Mike Tyson and that scares the hell out of Dems and Pubbies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (+yTe/)

205 Sometimes I think Trump has grown and I love what I see publicly. Other times a I read his tweets or truths or whatever and wish Melania would take his phone away. But I know he loves this country deeply and is doing more than anyone to save it.
Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 11:23 AM (p4NUW)

Our Republican Senators are what we get when we allow public persona to be a factor in voting.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (ExV1e)

206 j edgar hoover had a hella system for motivating the reluctant ...

Wearing a dress?

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)

207 Talerico makes Beto O'Rourke seem electable.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:02 PM (2ocoG)

This is true.

However, we don't know if Talarico would attempt to feed his wife baby shit should it look like an avocado.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2YhKe)

208 Well, I don't think that went well.

Indian guy. Kept interrupting me. Pressed me hard on a topic I never asserted I had special knowledge of (like it's going to be a huge lift to learn how life insurance benefit riders work, come on).

Well, shit.

Still, fingers crossed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)

209 Is Talarico a licentiate in the PCUSA?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (ZVgZ4)

210 Im pretty anti-marijuana even though I have a libertarian streak, but I think the SC ruling was correct.

More than anything, it just seemed to give a blank check to the gun grabbers to have such a broad law like that.

The underlying case was they found some weed in this guys house on a terrorism fishing expedition.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (UcqOq)

211 206 j edgar hoover had a hella system for motivating the reluctant ...

Wearing a dress?
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 12:03 PM (2ocoG)

But never in public. He just didn’t have the legs to look good in one.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Gqar8)

212
Well, shit.

Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)

Pleased to be thanking you for meeting with us. Good day!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)

213 I wonder how many senators are there just because Trump was on the ballot 3 times.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (n5tGW)

214 All I know is that if Sotomayor and Jackson supported it, it's bad.

And that if Thomas and Alito supported it, it's good.

Therefore, 9-0 decisions are the best and worst at once.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (Zn6QU)

215 with booze, having a gun isn't illegal and is open to officer discretion at the time of offense. The DWI .08 rule does NOT apply.

At least in Texas.
Posted by: Sponge
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How silly any other thought. You're snockered and Ali Ackbar comes at you with a butcher knife, you defend yourself. And you're guilty because you've been drinking? Bull.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (+yTe/)

216 McConnell controlled his troops for decades, often making them do things they opposed, for the simple reason they feared him and what he could do their ambitions and chances for reelection. If Thune wants to keep the job, he needs to demonstrate the same bloody mindedness.
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)

After failing to keep Cornyn and Cassidy in office, I doubt anyone fears Thune excepting Collins and a few other wimps who need those NRSC funds.
Which is why I keep saying Vance needs to come to the senate with armed guards like Bukele did in El Salvador. Just say that the parliamentarian doesn't matter and that Thune isn't the senate's President.
Thune's a bitch. Time to treat him like one.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (5C538)

217 212 Pleased to be thanking you for meeting with us. Good day!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:05 PM (2YhKe)

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Last time I interviewed with an Indian manager, I got the declination in about 4 hours.

Let's see if we beat that.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Zn6QU)

218 208 Well, I don't think that went well.

Indian guy. Kept interrupting me. Pressed me hard on a topic I never asserted I had special knowledge of (like it's going to be a huge lift to learn how life insurance benefit riders work, come on).

Well, shit.

Still, fingers crossed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:04 PM (Zn6QU)

Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar8)

219 I said at the time Trump made his weird comments about Georgia opening up because he didn't trust Kemp not to screw him. I thought that was all about Kemp at the time and I think I was right. They were very odd comments. He didn't make similar ones about other states that I know of. He knew there was fuckery in Georgia and didn't want to align himself with it before he knew what it might be.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (ixZ1o)

220 218
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar

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He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)

221 209- This is what Google says. Whether it's accurate or not I cannot say:

Yes, Texas state representative and U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico earned a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in May 2025.While he holds this degree, he is still working to complete the additional coursework required to finish his Master of Divinity.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (78f+T)

222 220 218
Did he try to sell you an extended service warranty? Did he keep calling you Mister TJM?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:06 PM (Gqar

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He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)

Did he pick his nose while listening to you?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar8)

223 Spot on...although I for one, enjoy the president's outlandish and bombastic public personae. He is a dude from NY and, I suspect, much of it is by design.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (2WIwB)

224 That damn Poseiden!

ICE Evacuates Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” Ahead of Hurricane Threat

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (ndZc7)

225 222 Did he pick his nose while listening to you?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Gqar

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I was spared that, at least.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (Zn6QU)

226 All I know is that if Sotomayor and Jackson supported it, it's bad.

And that if Thomas and Alito supported it, it's good.

Therefore, 9-0 decisions are the best and worst at once.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

==

It's because the Left has decided their tribe is to support anything and everything marijuana. They have hitched their wagon to the stoner culture. But strangely hate tobacco (because it was what daddy smoked) even though you can easily make the case marijuana is worse on basically every level from a health perspective.

This is like the only time they will ever support a broadening of the 2nd Amendment. Because Woodstock or something.

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (UcqOq)

227 https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Riz8t)

This article talks about the black contractors that worked on this presidential monstrosity getting stiffed by the "Obama Foundation". Hilarious and not at all surprising.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)

228
He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:07 PM (Zn6QU)

Should'a done it in brownface with an east Indian accent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

229 Whole life is bull. Invest somewhere else.
Term life is the best buy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (+yTe/)

230
This article talks about the black contractors that worked on this presidential monstrosity getting stiffed by the "Obama Foundation". Hilarious and not at all surprising.
Posted by: hobbitopoly at June 18, 2026 12:08 PM (k9OZB)

They should be HONORED they got to do work for King Negro. Payment? Pshaw........How dare they.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (2YhKe)

231 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (PJdmB)

232 228 Should'a done it in brownface with an east Indian accent.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:09 PM (2YhKe)

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Made me show my ID, to make sure I wasn't being spoofed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)

233 I said at the time Trump made his weird comments about Georgia opening up because he didn't trust Kemp not to screw him. I thought that was all about Kemp at the time and I think I was right. They were very odd comments. He didn't make similar ones about other states that I know of. He knew there was fuckery in Georgia and didn't want to align himself with it before he knew what it might be.
Posted by: ...

==

There's really no question in my mind GA was stolen. It was also maybe the closest state.

I'm still waiting to see pictures of the supposed building that was flooded on election night? As they were counting the votes?

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (UcqOq)

234 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

235 Surprise to me that Jackson thought weed was more important than guns in this case. Lefties hate for guns is enormous.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (n5tGW)

236 233 There's really no question in my mind GA was stolen. It was also maybe the closest state.

I'm still waiting to see pictures of the supposed building that was flooded on election night? As they were counting the votes?

Posted by: Sharpie at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (UcqOq)

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300,000 fake ballots.

It wasn't close.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (Zn6QU)

237 ======

Made me show my ID, to make sure I wasn't being spoofed.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering British horror with Hammer Films at June 18, 2026 12:10 PM (Zn6QU)

For shame......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 12:11 PM (2YhKe)

238 No joy in pervertland today.

Former Democrat Rep. Eric Swalwell Ordered to Refund Campaign Contributions

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (ndZc7)

239 I think J. Edgar Hoover wearing dresses was probably just a Soviet propaganda lie. He did keep what were essentially blackmail files on a lot of important people. And I also remember the FBI’s insistence up till the early 1960s that there was no Mafia.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:12 PM (ZVgZ4)

240 210 Im pretty anti-marijuana even though I have a libertarian streak, but I think the SC ruling was correct.

More than anything, it just seemed to give a blank check to the gun grabbers to have such a broad law like that.

The underlying case was they found some weed in this guys house on a terrorism fishing expedition.
Posted by: Sharpie
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Bruen requires a showing that the regulation of the gun rights are historically based (as in prohibiting violent felons from arms) and there was never a historical prohibition on people that used cocaine, morphine, or alcohol from permanently barring them from mere possession of firearms. Plenty if they are intoxicated with one in public or worse yet using one.

So laws that punish possession of a firearm for illegal actions are probably still constitutional--e.g. a criminal who uses dope and yet also sells it so the firearm is used in conjunction with a criminal enterprise. I think incidental laws like this would still be constitutional and perhaps including disqualification from buying new ones if one is a regular user of illegal substances is still valid.

That will probably be the next test.

Posted by: whig at June 18, 2026 12:13 PM (E4rtv)

241 ======

He seemed bored as shit, like I was an inconvenience.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, discovering
---

You were not impressed by his knowledge and skill. You offended him. Learn your place.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:14 PM (+yTe/)

242 Go look for the video of Fulton County Arena on the night of the election, the view from the overhead security cameras. You can watch them stealing the vote in real time.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:15 PM (ZVgZ4)

243 Those under table carts full of ballots aren't illegal.
That gal with the flash drive going from booth to booth is not rigging things. Driving observers outside was necessary because they were in the way. Don't you understand?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 18, 2026 12:19 PM (+yTe/)

244 239 I think J. Edgar Hoover wearing dresses was probably just a Soviet propaganda lie.

indeed. it was *skirts*.

Posted by: j. edgar at June 18, 2026 12:23 PM (qdr3M)

245 The $10,000 senator was William Clark, a Robber Baron who made his money through copper, from Montana, for whom Clark Count, Nevada (Las Vegas), was named for. He wanted to become a US senator so badly that he went into the Montana state legislature and tossed those monogrammed letters filled with $100 bills into the reps and Senators offices.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at June 18, 2026 12:32 PM (2IqMx)

246 "I too am not a fan of Donald Trump's public personality... his bombastic pronouncements and his ricocheting around many issues."
Get a life!
Trump is a business man. He expresses shock value. It's a wakeup call to get his negotiating opponents to recognize and hopefully accept his posture. Otherwise, his opponents do not have the acumen for diplomacy.
If you hit him, he will hit you harder! Quit bitching about it!
The only way to negotiate with 'The Don' is to recognize and accept empathy with his position. Then you have a foundation for equitable negotiations.

Posted by: John at June 18, 2026 03:03 PM (0DsdP)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk
Cornelis Springer

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ebJJx)

2 The vowels were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (7PhS+)

3 Beautiful. Would hang.

Also has a dog, so definitely art.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (gnNyN)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ebJJx)
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Artist's name is Springer, So... on topic.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (ebJJx)

5 Has dog. Art.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Kt19C)

6 Painting: very very nice! Most accurate rendering of an Oude Waag I've ever seen.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

7 Wow. Beautiful painting. Would love to have a print of it.

Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (lJ0H4)

8 It's pretty. Perhaps a little too close to the neighbors but there's lots of interior to get lost in, with stout brick to muffle the noises.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (aJQbY)

9
Tree's in the way
this isn't horrible, but IMO it isn't interesting either
YMMV
no hang

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (fmTlv)

10 What's an Oude Waag?

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

11 Amsterdam in the before times!

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OoFl2)

12 Alternate title:

"Insomnia? Take two minutes staring at this Westerkerk Dealio and you'll fall into sweet, dreamless sleep"

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)

13 Old wang? Is this about me?

Posted by: BJ Clinton at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (7PhS+)

14 I like those buildings, especially if I had one on about 500 acres away from everybody.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:34 AM (snZF9)

15 yow!

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

16 i'm all oude waag. i'm completely ootgezondered.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (R11M+)

17
What's an Oude Waag?
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

How a tongue-tied Dutchman says "Old Wang".

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (iJfKG)

18 The Historic Building (De Waag / Oude Waag)The brand is named after (or evokes) De Waag (the Weigh House) on Nieuwmarkt square in Amsterdam — the oldest remaining non-religious building in the city (15th century).

Originally built as Sint Antoniespoort, a city gate (around 1488 or earlier).

Later converted into a public weigh house (1617) for goods.

Served various roles over centuries: guildhall (including surgeons' guild, where Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp was set), museum, fire station, etc.

Today it houses a restaurant/café ("In de Waag") and cultural/tech initiatives like Waag Society.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (ebJJx)

19 Roofing and masonry maintenance bills that dwarf the GDP of many nations.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (Jr5Lq)

20 Phone isn't doing this justice
Very nice

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 09:36 AM (sgkY8)

21 What's an Oude Waag?
Posted by: dantesed

$20. Same as in town.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (vHe/3)

22 Oude waag..must be Latin for "This area smells like shit."

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (snZF9)

23 What's an Oude Waag?

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
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Saeme ahs ien towuen.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ebJJx)

24 Beautiful detail in this painting, I like it.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (0nHVk)

25 Great morons think alike!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (ebJJx)

26 FUN FACT:

The Oude Waag was the First Legal Heroin Den in Amsterdam.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

27 I really like this one!

Posted by: redridinghood at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (NpAcC)

28 >6 Painting: very very nice! Most accurate rendering of an Oude Waag I've ever seen.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

Certainly better than a Nude Waag....

Posted by: Heavy Meta at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (NgqoH)

29 19 those rooves last for centuries.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (R11M+)

30 What's an Oude Waag?

**********

ZwanZig Kroner, so wie in der Stadt!

Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:38 AM (qgHp7)

31 >What's an Oude Wang?
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there's a sign just outside of town
NOW ENTERING OUDE WAAG

It's the Oude Waag Sign

get it? sounds like Auld Lang Syne?
it's clever, right?
never mind

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (fmTlv)

32 31 no, no- you're good.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (R11M+)

33 What's an Oude Waag?

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)
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Saeme ahs ien towuen.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

*snort

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (vHe/3)

34 The Oude Waag was the First Legal Heroin Den in Amsterdam.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)
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I'm fuckin' goin'!

Posted by: Jules Winnfield at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (amcLV)

35 My people sure love their vowels.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

36 ZwanZig Kroner, so wie in der Stadt!
Posted by: muldoon

You're not getting near my stadt with your wie!

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (vHe/3)

37 I've got overdue masonry repairs to do. I've found a contractor who knows what he's doing, because he worked on the building next door, which has identical construction and age (~130yrs.) I told him I'd call him for an estimate, but have hesitated for weeks because I know I won't be able to afford it.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (Jr5Lq)

38 So this is in the Netherlands? Hunh. I thought it was in Holland.

Posted by: I'll go ask the Dutch at June 18, 2026 09:41 AM (7PhS+)

39 My people sure love their vowels.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)
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*sadz*

Posted by: The Welsh at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (amcLV)

40 ZwanZig Kroner, so wie in der Stadt!

*********

I'm going to self-deduct 20 points each for using a Danish currency and German language for a meme joke about a Dutch building.

Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)

41 Nice painting, ridiculous name.
Would hang.
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:43 AM (ufO5q)

42
Captain Kirk > Westerkerk

Yeah, I got nuthin'.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

43 My people sure love their vowels.
Posted by: Bulg

*sadz*
Posted by: The Welsh

What happens when the Dutch & the Welsh marry?
You get words like: pneumonoultramicroscopicsil
icovolcanoconiosis

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (vHe/3)

44 I gotcher Westerwerk ritecheer!

Posted by: Tonypete at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (ItpVy)

45 travel stuff i remember, property is taxed by footprint, so up they went. if you look near the attic windows there is always a beam to attach a halyard (izzat wurd?) for moving the piano into the attic- the stairs are all very narrow.
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)

46 Wow!! Just wow!!

As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.

Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (yTvNw)

47 37 girl's gotta do...

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)

48 *Everybody Oude Waag tonight!*

Hmmm. . .needs some more work.

Posted by: Wang Chung at June 18, 2026 09:45 AM (ItpVy)

49 travel stuff i remember, property is taxed by footprint, so up they went. if you look near the attic windows there is always a beam to attach a halyard (izzat wurd?) for moving the piano into the attic- the stairs are all very narrow.
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
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When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

50 Barrels of precious oude being loaded aboard the ferry for delivery to remote oude-starved regions. The oude must flow.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

51 40 but, but... cultural enrichment!

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)

52 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

53 I saw Oude Waag open for Wang Chung at Reunion Arena in '89.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (2YhKe)

54 There'll be a hot time in the Oude Waag tonight!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (amcLV)

55 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

56 46 and here i was thinkin' what an unnatural bunch of poses.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

57 46 Wow!! Just wow!!

As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09

It really is incredible.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (OoFl2)

58 49 so starter homes are aaa and wealthy quad e?

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)

59 Morn' all... Well done...

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:50 AM (hW9g4)

60 if you look near the attic windows there is always a beam to attach a halyard (izzat wurd?) for moving the piano into the attic- the stairs are all very narrow.
block and tackle i suppose. lift genie?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:44 AM (R11M+)
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I learned about that from the Alistair MacLean thriller "Puppet on a Chain."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (amcLV)

61 so starter homes are aaa and wealthy quad e?
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM

*breaks out Brannock Device*

Yes.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (kgE5c)

62 Any idea what kind of tree that is in the painting. Is it spruce or what?

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Oy/m2)

63 61 inconspicuous consumption called.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)

64 The many uses of oude: poultice, pothole filler, condiment, fuel, hull patching. A small but vital commodity.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)

65 Posted by: Paul at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (u/66v)
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Pretty sure Spicoli thinks you're a dick.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (amcLV)

66 63 the larch.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (R11M+)

67 As the painting started to appear on the screen I thought it was a photograph. The exquisite level of detail and natural colors is astounding. Within that realism the artist manages to capture a feel for the work day activity in front of the city buildings. The people contribute a sense of movement even though dwarfed by the structures. This is a John Constable level of cityscapes instead of rural landscapes. I need to learn more about this artist.
Posted by: JTB at June 18, 2026 09

It really is incredible.

Posted by: Piper at June 18, 2026 09:49 AM (OoFl2)

Way better than that pixelated crap they call art.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 09:53 AM (snZF9)

68 65 The many uses of oude: poultice, pothole filler, condiment, fuel, hull patching. A small but vital commodity.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:52 AM (Jr5Lq)

Oude just means old

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)

69 66 he's a load of laffs at parties.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

70 The technique is top notch but I don't like the composition. Big ass blot of trees at the focal point.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)

71 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. Beautiful art with incredible details. I like it!
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (2WIwB)

72 You rang?
— Larch

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (77rzZ)

73 69 I stand corrected

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

74 69 alt.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (R11M+)

75 There are FOUR snipers!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:55 AM (9SpJJ)

76 or if you're at blue lodge, an acacia.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:55 AM (R11M+)

77 SPONGE!!!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (kgE5c)

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (2YhKe)

78 Admittedly I'm not a fan of photorealism paintings though I highly respect the skill.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (GseMx)

79 The technique is top notch but I don't like the composition. Big ass blot of trees at the focal point.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (GseMx)
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He should have had them removed before he started.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)

80 I'm going to self-deduct 20 points each for using a Danish currency and German language for a meme joke about a Dutch building.
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (qgHp7)

Prior to the Euro it was a Guilder. You have to figure out what the exchange rate was.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (rbvCR)

81 First off, nice piece of city art. Would hang. Secondly, I had no idea the Scots got their word for church ("Kirk") from the Dutch ("Kerk"), so good to know. I guess, given how the reformation really took strong root in both the Netherlands and Scotland, it is no surprise, but still...

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (r7+k8)

82
Oude just means old
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)

So the title of the painting is Old Bag?

I don't see any women in the painting......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

83 Oh wait.....there ARE women in the painting.

Accurate title.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

84 > 10 What's an Oude Waag?
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (Oy/m2)

$20, just like downtown.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (IG3/x)

85 He should have had them removed before he started.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:57 AM (amcLV)

Or chosen a different viewpoint

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (GseMx)

86 Prior to the Euro it was a Guilder.
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I've heard that Florin tried to provoke a war with them.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (amcLV)

87 Oude just means old
Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:54 AM (hW9g4)

So the title of the painting is Old Bag?

I don't see any women in the painting......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

LOL... In this case Waag is the building

Posted by: It's me donna at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (hW9g4)

88 81 and for twenty of them you could get anything.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (R11M+)

89
Straight Lines Be Hard, Yo! - a limerick

There once was an Oude Waag, you see
As fine as a building could be
Cornelius Springer was a sham
Couldn't paint buildings worth a damn
So he covered it with a happy little tree

Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:00 AM (qgHp7)

90 People will always figure out a way to get around taxes.

I recall that one area had a window tax, so... the houses had either no windows or one gigantic window.

Another taxed chimneys, so they'd go to great lengths to route all the fireplaces through a single chimney.

The advantage of both of these is that the tax dudes could assess the property from the street.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)

91 Oh wait.....there ARE women in the painting.

Accurate title.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 09:58 AM (2YhKe)

Its Oude Waag, not Oude Haag.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (snZF9)

92 I was so impressed by the detail in the building, I didn't even notice the trees until you guys pointed them out.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (Jr5Lq)

93 Those folks look too sober to be Dutch.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

94 It's funny that on a painting the horde likes and 'respects' the comments lag compared to one they hate. We'd be at 150 comments already on a piece of crap painting.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (GseMx)

95 The advantage of both of these is that the tax dudes could assess the property from the street.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
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There's one for you, nineteen for me.

Posted by: The Tax Man at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (amcLV)

96 The advantage of both of these is that the tax dudes could assess the property from the street.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (IG3/x)
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There's one for you, nineteen for me.
Posted by: The Tax Man at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (amcLV)

***

So...Seattle.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (2WIwB)

97 My people sure love their vowels.
Posted by: Bulg
___

So do we, Ha'ole.

Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM (s6tef)

98
Its Oude Waag, not Oude Haag.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (snZF9)

I sit corrected.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2YhKe)

99 Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM

The Pock-ee-stahn spelling is "Hawai'ian" now. I don't know why.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)

100 The Pock-ee-stahn spelling is "Hawai'ian" now. I don't know why.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
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There's an apostrophe surplus?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:09 AM (amcLV)

101 Hunter Biden is offended by the UFC on the South Lawn.

https://tinyurl.com/3u3hp7ha

I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

102 Art-relevant: the new official portrait of Barack and Big Mike. It looks like a magazine collage done by a 9 year old and features both of them with tattoos they don't actually have for no reason.

https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)

103 > 101 The Pock-ee-stahn spelling is "Hawai'ian" now. I don't know why.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:08 AM (2ocoG)
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There's an apostrophe surplus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:09 AM (amcLV)

They decided to be "trans-Black"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:12 AM (IG3/x)

104
Dog and horse, therefore art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (O0L8i)

105 Positively photorealistic.

Browser translates
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (Dutch)
to
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (English)

So helpful.

Kerk is church, ain'it?

[humorous play on "oude waag" goes here… after another cuppa]

Posted by: mindful webworker - ood deblurg du whoopty whoop at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (9bb3y)

106
and here i was thinkin' what an unnatural bunch of poses.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (R11M+)

Everybody!

VOGUE!!!

Posted by: Pre-Zombie Madonna at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (iJfKG)

107 > I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

I'm betting there's a Hunter Biden "pea tape" out there somewhere.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:14 AM (IG3/x)

108
It's now a whorehouse.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (O0L8i)

109 And what of Obozo?

In a fawning promo for the Obamas, GMA asks Barack how he finds a balance of staying quiet or speaking out post-presidency.
He says his initial goal was to emulate George Washington:
"I've done my done my stint, and now I'm going back home."
“What I've tried to do is move from player to coach."
This schtick is really something.

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Why, the Flak Tower Library and Juneteenth extravaganza are scarcely noticeable.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (ndZc7)

110 Ian S,

Even if I ignore the subject of that painting, I dislike the 'faded crumbled fashion magazine' art style.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (aJQbY)

111 Hunter Biden is offended by the UFC on the South Lawn.

https://tinyurl.com/3u3hp7ha

I guess it's a Princess and the Pea thing.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (ndZc7)

Your dad filled it with trannies flashing their fake tits everywhere.

You can take a big bite of go f*ck yourself, you drug infested prick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:15 AM (2YhKe)

112 I noticed the horse-drawn freight wagon and wondered if it had a specific name. My brain came up with 'dray' from God knows where. Looked it up:

dray (n.)- A low, heavy cart without sides, used for haulage.

I will try to work that into my daily conversations this week.

"I bid you a good dray, sir!"

Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:16 AM (qgHp7)

113 There's an apostrophe surplus?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

An Oxford apostrophe?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:17 AM (ndZc7)

114 Browser translates
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (Dutch)
to
The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk (English)

Google Translate gives "The Old Weigh-House at the Westerly Wind Church".

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:17 AM (2ocoG)

115 > 98 My people sure love their vowels.
Posted by: Bulg
___

So do we, Ha'ole.
Posted by: Hawaiians at June 18, 2026 10:06 AM (s6tef)

There's a little-known historical era known as the Great Vowel Migration, in which many vowels moved from Eastern Europe (leaving them words like "chrzaszcz") to the South Pacific (giving them words like "humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa").

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (IG3/x)

116 Why is there not a guard rail to keep horses from falling into the water?

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)

117 Why does anyone give a moment’s time to what Hunter Biden has to say about any topic?

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (X+Nnd)

118 107 just learned vogueing is a verb.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (R11M+)

119 One thing I note in reading some leftwing forums on the Iran deal, they are *disappointed* that Trump isn't going to do a Shrub style invasion of Iran

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)

120
Why is there not a guard rail to keep horses from falling into the water?

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:18 AM (LHPAg)

You've never heard of Sea Horses?

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (iJfKG)

121 103 Art-relevant: the new official portrait of Barack and Big Mike. It looks like a magazine collage done by a 9 year old and features both of them with tattoos they don't actually have for no reason.

https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)
——-

Looks like AI. “Artist” is a foreigner of course.

Liberace pimp suit, marijuana plants, and gang tats. But but but … Trump embarrassed the WH with the UFC event!

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (aeiyZ)

122 111 good thing i dropped off all of those periodicals that were just piling up.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (R11M+)

123 Hunter Biden is offended by the UFC on the South Lawn./i]

The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.

He should be in jail.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

124 The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk, 1864
Cornelis Springer

Lovely. Like a photograph. Would hang.

Springer was renowned for his meticulous architectural draftsmanship. The painting highlights the distinct Renaissance styling of the Westerkerk and the brick masonry of the Oude Waag.

Canal Life: The scene is brought to life with boats moored along the Keizersgracht, giving a lively snapshot of daily 19th-century Dutch maritime and urban life.

Atmospheric Light: Like many of his works, the 1864 painting utilizes dramatic, warm sunlight and deep shadows to create depth and a romanticized glow over the cityscape.
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I'm not familiar with this artist. Found he is known for watercolors, etchings, and drawings, especially of city views and town scenes that he sketched while traveling around the country. He was awarded the Leopold order of Belgium in 1865, and in 1878 he was invited with Jozef Israëls to advise the Dutch Ministry of Public Affairs on the plans for the Rijksmuseum.

He has a large body of work, and I'd like to see more.
Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

125 Why does anyone give a moment’s time to what Hunter Biden has to say about any topic?

He's genuinely been pretty funny on X since he re-opened his account a few weeks ago. But yeah, nobody should pay attention when he's trying to be serious. Shitposting is his forte.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)

126 Stunning technique in today’s art

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (aeiyZ)

127 > 120 One thing I note in reading some leftwing forums on the Iran deal, they are *disappointed* that Trump isn't going to do a Shrub style invasion of Iran
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)

Well, yeah. How are we supposed to wave the bloody shirt if there isn't one to wave?

Posted by: Communist Central Casting at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (IG3/x)

128 It's almost as if Hillary were lying .

Hillary, June 2026: Biden made a terrible mistake. He should have never run again in 2024. We would’ve beaten Trump.
Hillary, March 2023: I want him to run again, and I’ll support him.
Biden announced his re-election campaign a month later.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (ndZc7)

129 113 (on)dray williams.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (R11M+)

130 Art-relevant: the new official portrait of Barack and Big Mike. It looks like a magazine collage done by a 9 year old and features both of them with tattoos they don't actually have for no reason.

https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S.

Saw a photo of Barak and Big Mike viewing the painting for the first time. Neither looked pleased, especially Michelle.

Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)

131 One thing I note in reading some leftwing forums on the Iran deal, they are *disappointed* that Trump isn't going to do a Shrub style invasion of Iran

Of course. Shrub's invasion of Iraq got them Obama and years of "grim milestone" stories in the media.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (2ocoG)

132 > Shitposting is his forte.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:21 AM (2ocoG)

Hunter Biden is a lot like Bill Clinton. Perhaps an amusing fellow to have along when you go visit the titty bars for your buddy's bachelor party, but never ever play cards for money with them, nor take them as a roommate and expect them to actually pay their share of the rent.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:23 AM (IG3/x)

133 Out: Trump is going to draft you to fight in Iran! This is a proven fact!

In: Aw shucks Trump isn't going to draft anyone to go fight in Iran...stupid Trump.

Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (sKqQm)

134 People will always figure out a way to get around taxes.

********

Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...

Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

135 Saw a photo of Barak and Big Mike viewing the painting for the first time. Neither looked pleased, especially Michelle.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)
Don't get between her and the porkchops on Jumeteemf.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (LHPAg)

136 > Neither looked pleased, especially Michelle.
Posted by: Tuna at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (lJ0H4)

Is it even possible for Big Mike to look pleased?

I think her face is permanently welded into that ugly scowl expression.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)

137 117 my guy full of spatula leveled oranjeboom and hash cakes fell into the gracht, not before splitting his mouthface open on a gondola gunnel. went back to tavern where they all broke into hysterical laughter.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (R11M+)

138 Liberace pimp suit, marijuana plants, and gang tats. But but but … Trump embarrassed the WH with the UFC event!

Obama's anxiety that he's not actually black pretty much leaps out of that picture.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (2ocoG)

139 Bill Clinton is the kind of guy you wouldn't leave your daughter with alone.

Hunter is the kind of guy you wouldn't leave your daughter, son, or dog alone with

Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)

140 Imagine being such a simping cuck as Gay Lightbringer to have as your official portrait, in your official presidential library, a pic that has you weak and in the background while it emphasizes your penis-endowed wife. This isn’t a portrait of a president. It’s a portrait of his wife.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (aeiyZ)

141 There resting bitch face.

Then there’s resting bitch body. The Mooch has the latter.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (X+Nnd)

142 This is better than yesterday. Would hang.

Posted by: Case at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (IY9No)

143
(u/66v)

Oh, how profound. You've convinced me, yes you have. I'll never vote Trump for President again!

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (y9nCu)

144 135 People will always figure out a way to get around taxes.

********

Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)
Took me awhile but I got it. Moar coffee.

Posted by: Eromero at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (LHPAg)

145 I know nobody has any doubt about the background of the "artist" for the new Obamas portrait, but here it is anyway.

https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)

146
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.

He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)

Hunter wants to run with Newsom as his VP.

Make this happen and that video should be the opposition campaign commercial. Every day. On every channel

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (2YhKe)

147 > Avoid I-10, swing north out of Arkansas, cut across Oklahoma, then drop down into New Mexico...
Posted by: muldoon at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (qgHp7)

Ouch. You're an evil man, Muldoon.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (IG3/x)

148 John Pavlovitz
@johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.

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Also John Pavlovitz.

https://tinyurl.com/yc36uxpd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

149 @johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.

Oh FFS.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (2YhKe)

150 > There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.

Yeah, well, the Mafia doesn't have membership cards, either, but somehow they get charged with RICO crimes nonetheless.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (IG3/x)

151 Didn't Bill Clinton launch Hunter's government career by putting him into the US Commerce department, or was that Bush getting him onto the Amtrak board?

The Cabal

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (NFX2v)

152 50 Barrels of precious oude being loaded aboard the ferry for delivery to remote oude-starved regions. The oude must flow.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM
----
You don't want to live in an oude desert!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (7PhS+)

153 Imagine being such a simping cuck as Gay Lightbringer to have as your official portrait, in your official presidential library, a pic that has you weak and in the background while it emphasizes your penis-endowed wife. This isn’t a portrait of a president. It’s a portrait of his wife.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:25 AM (aeiyZ)

One of the funny things about Oblabla and Big Mike is that they're so insecure about their status that they always try to go all Avant Garde esp in their portraits.

They have yet to realize that when you go all Avant Garde, you usually wind up with Avant Shit.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (iJfKG)

154 Beautiful painting. In some ways the building looks like the college "hall" I worked in for twenty-some years.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:29 AM (wzUl9)

155 The amount the left does the whole: X isn't happening AND its GOOD that X is happening is hilarious.

Antifa doesn't exist and at the same time it is good that Antifa is fighting against MAGA.

Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (sKqQm)

156 6 I know nobody has any doubt about the background of the "artist" for the new Obamas portrait, but here it is anyway.

https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)
——

I think this is the same weirdo who did that insanely weird pic of Obama in the hedge bush, like that Homer Simpson meme.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (aeiyZ)

157 I think her face is permanently welded into that ugly scowl expression.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:24 AM (IG3/x)

I recall one of the 'ettes describing it as active bitch face. Which I done stole.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at June 18, 2026 10:30 AM (PSEDc)

158 What's an Oude Waag?
Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026

***
An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)

159
https://tinyurl.com/msst8bv9
Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:26 AM (Riz8t)

I love how it mentions that the 'portrait' is in the free portion of the library so everyone can just come on in and bow to the mighty King Negro and his sasquatch wife.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (2YhKe)

160 Newspeak

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (NFX2v)

161 So can visitors see framed copies of his college transcripts?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)

162 He’s right I googled how to get membership in Antifa and found nothing. It must not exist.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (X+Nnd)

163 So can visitors see framed copies of his college transcripts?
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)

Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)

164 “love how it mentions that the 'portrait' is in the free portion of the library”

Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (X+Nnd)

165 Xev Bellringer > Gay Lightbringer

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (IG3/x)

166 I slept with him.

Posted by: Said no woman ever at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (7PhS+)

167 Saw a photo of Barak and Big Mike viewing the painting for the first time. Neither looked pleased, especially Michelle.

Posted by: Tuna

What's her beef? She's clearly the central figure in the portrait.

Maybe she doesn't like the hidden, floating head to her right, symbolizing Barry's many gay lovers that haunt their "marriage".

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (yFLFB)

168 Another story of multicultural Britain.

https://tinyurl.com/yywk5wfm

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (ndZc7)

169 One thing I note in reading some leftwing forums on the Iran deal, they are *disappointed* that Trump isn't going to do a Shrub style invasion of Iran
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:19 AM (sKqQm)

NPC flash updates are awesome. I thought it would get old, but it never does.

For me, it's consistent. During Fordow I said "I don't like direct involvement in Iran." I was disappointed but not surprised when we started the broader scale effort, but hoped for no invasion, in the knowledge that forgoing one would harm our credibility, but be for the best in the long run. That's more or less what's happening, so I'm fine with this outcome.

Could've been better. Could've been a shitload worse. Some of our servicemen died, but not a huge number. We've been embarrassed, but not humiliated. Iran has suffered terribly for their insolence. Between the two operations, Iran has been defanged for awhile, and China has been further chastised.

Some good, some bad. That's it.

For the NPCs, though... these drones have to whipsaw from "Trump's illegal and unjust war of Jew aggression against brown white people" to "Trump's spineless surrender to America's implacable Persian foe" in one day.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)

170 I googled how to get membership in Antifa and found nothing. It must not exist.

There at least was a website around the time of the Renee Good incident where you could submit an application to be Antifa. For real, it was run by one of the major Antifa branches.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (2ocoG)

171 This is fabulous. Very meticulously rendered. In some ways more detailed than a photo.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (2ap+5)

172 Owebama's North Korean guard tower opens tomorrow, June 19th, which was the Texas celebration by the black community for when the Emancipation Proclamation was enforced there.

Biden politicized it and made it a national holiday.

Owebama now thinks it's his day, for he is King Negro and the black community should come in celebration of him in all his glory

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (2YhKe)

173
When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (gnNyN)

An old work buddy of mine was a legal immigrant from Mexico, and his family had a house in Baja, unfinished. Izzy told me that it would stay unfinished because Mexican property taxes were assessed AFTER a house was completed. No one finished building their house, ever.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:35 AM (y9nCu)

174 Someone did the green lines thing on the Obama painting, but you can see it from space without them: he's clearly submissive to Big Mike.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:36 AM (2ocoG)

175
Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (X+Nnd)

And you must show ID to enter.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2YhKe)

176 Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe

That’s the sketchiest part of him that proves he’s a made up character that just materialized one day. I could off the top of my head name 25 people I went to college with who would be like oh yeah Heroq, we had some times together. As could pretty much anyone who went to college. You’re immersed with thousands of people in close proximity for 4 years, you leave some kind of impression on others.

The fact nobody has ever done that with Obama is suuuuuuus as fuck as the kids say (do they still say that?)

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (X+Nnd)

177 For me, it's consistent. During Fordow I said "I don't like direct involvement in Iran." I was disappointed but not surprised when we started the broader scale effort, but hoped for no invasion, in the knowledge that forgoing one would harm our credibility, but be for the best in the long run. That's more or less what's happening, so I'm fine with this outcome.

Same. It's not everything I dreamed of, but everything I dreamed of would've involved an actual boots-on-the-ground invasion at a large scale, and we're all familiar with how many ways that can go wrong.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)

178 Dilemma: Edward Teller eyebrows. I have to remove my reading glasses to trim them. I can't see them well enough to trim them without my reading glasses. Solution: depilatory or fire. Will report back.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

179 Art-relevant: the new official portrait of Barack and Big Mike. It looks like a magazine collage done by a 9 year old and features both of them with tattoos they don't actually have for no reason.

https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S.

***
True on all counts. And Barky looks like his head is abnormally small because his silver hair is lost in the light from the window behind them.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)

180 It's just an idea.

Posted by: Creepy Joe at June 18, 2026 10:38 AM (7PhS+)

181 Every white male is a member of the KKK. But Antifa doesn’t exist.
- left

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (X+Nnd)

182 Solar panel pollution.

ABC7 Eyewitness News
@ABC7
#BREAKING A dramatic fire involving solar panels erupted Wednesday afternoon on a commercial building in Boyle Heights, sending a massive black column of smoke into the air above the scene and prompting a shelter-in-place order.

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Impressive video at link.

https://tinyurl.com/mw8wzmsx

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

183
An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)

So, the AoS comments section...

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (y9nCu)

184 For me, it's consistent. During Fordow I said "I don't like direct involvement in Iran." I was disappointed but not surprised when we started the broader scale effort, but hoped for no invasion, in the knowledge that forgoing one would harm our credibility, but be for the best in the long run. That's more or less what's happening, so I'm fine with this outcome.

Same. It's not everything I dreamed of, but everything I dreamed of would've involved an actual boots-on-the-ground invasion at a large scale, and we're all familiar with how many ways that can go wrong.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM (2ocoG)

Same and same.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (dK+Kv)

185 The JEF doesn't look bad, but zer husband has a bad case of resting butch face.

Posted by: Polka will never die at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (gVLrZ)

186 When I was in the Netherlands eons ago, a tour guide told us that they were taxed by the width of the building on the street. So houses tended to be long, narrow, and vertical.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026

***
There are "camelback" houses like that in Da Swamp.
If a house was two-story on the street, taxes were higher. So they would build one story on the street, and the house would rise to a second story farther back.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (wzUl9)

187 There are things about the Obama portrait that I find interesting and visually pleasing. But the most remarkable aspect of the painting is the size of Michelle's feet.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (FMtrg)

188 If pAntifa isn't an actual organization, how come they have organized, planned out riots, complete with tents, food, riot supplies, beverages, pre-printed signs.......

sounds like something an organization would have.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (2YhKe)

189 What the hell is Obama wearing?? A camo suit?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (Gqar8)

190 164 So can visitors see framed copies of his college transcripts?
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)

Has anyone come out and said they knew him in his college days?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (2YhKe)
——

I recall a few people in his class were asked that, and they said ‘who?’ They didn’t remember him at all, despite all the later myth-making about how he was some big man on campus. I’m certain he was barely there at all. Never went to class. Just spent all his days getting high and fagging around.

I also recall they asked the same thing about Big Mike’s college mates, and a few were like ‘she was a miserable fucking bitch.’ Sounds right to me.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:40 AM (aeiyZ)

191 She’s twice the size of him.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Gqar8)

192 Dilemma: Edward Teller eyebrows. I have to remove my reading glasses to trim them. I can't see them well enough to trim them without my reading glasses. Solution: depilatory or fire. Will report back.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM

Shave 'em off. Go hardwood.

Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)

193 192 Dilemma: Edward Teller eyebrows. I have to remove my reading glasses to trim them. I can't see them well enough to trim them without my reading glasses. Solution: depilatory or fire. Will report back.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM

Shave 'em off. Go hardwood.
Posted by: HordeSource (tm) at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)

Have your barber trim them. Just a thought.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (Gqar8)

194 Apropos of nothing Quanta’s Airlines has announced a non stop Sydney to London flight. 10,000 miles and 22 hours.

Longest flight I ever took was 15 hours and by the end I was starting to go stir crazy. Another 7 hours? Yikes.

Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats, pretty much all premium economy or higher. Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd)

195 I recall a few people in his class were asked that, and they said ‘who?’ They didn’t remember him at all, despite all the later myth-making about how he was some big man on campus. I’m certain he was barely there at all. Never went to class. Just spent all his days getting high and fagging around.
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And while we're at it, how was it paid for?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)

196 148 John Pavlovitz
@johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.

-
Also John Pavlovitz.

https://tinyurl.com/yc36uxpd
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:27 AM (ndZc7)

He think we are stupid. Or he never heard of this invention called the Internet.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (T6aVk)

197 102 Art-relevant: the new official portrait of Barack and Big Mike. It looks like a magazine collage done by a 9 year old and features both of them with tattoos they don't actually have for no reason.

https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM (2ocoG)

The bust of MLK looks pissed.

Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (FMtrg)

198 What the hell is Obama wearing?? A camo suit?

Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)

199 194 Apropos of nothing Quanta’s Airlines has announced a non stop Sydney to London flight. 10,000 miles and 22 hours.

Longest flight I ever took was 15 hours and by the end I was starting to go stir crazy. Another 7 hours? Yikes.

Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats, pretty much all premium economy or higher. Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd

The feeding and watering of the cattle, er, passengers wouldmbe problematic.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (Gqar8)

200 Mooi.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

201 But the most remarkable aspect of the painting is the size of Michelle's feet.
Posted by: Emmie at June 18, 2026

***
Well, men's feet tend to be bigger than women's . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (wzUl9)

202 You can probably trim eyebrows with a beard trimmer.

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2ap+5)

203 Dilemma: Edward Teller eyebrows. I have to remove my reading glasses to trim them. I can't see them well enough to trim them without my reading glasses. Solution: depilatory or fire. Will report back.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:37 AM

#2 guard on a beard trimmer.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

204 features both of them with tattoos they don't actually have for no reason

What is the point of showing tattoos which they don't have? What do the tattoos represent or say?
Is the portrait by a black artist and this supposed to show how well (the very wealthy Obamas who went to exclusive schools and are multimillionaires ) represent the "hood" of Chicago?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (OYsYV)

205 while we're at it, how was it paid for?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)

His (white) mother’s family was well off. He attended a high end private school in Hawaii.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (X+Nnd)

206 Today I learned. The town of Western, Nebraska, home of the UFC plot ringleader, is solidly in eastern Nebraska.

Posted by: From about That Time at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (sl73Y)

207
She’s twice the size of him.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:41 AM (Gqar

A double-wide for Jamie Gump.

I denounce myself.

Poor taste or funny"? You make the call.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (iJfKG)

208 Mooi.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (RIvkX)

Mooi Gooi Gai Pan

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (2YhKe)

209 An Old Wag. You know, the senior citizen who still thinks the smart remarks he's been using since 1968 are funny.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
++++++++++++
So, the AoS comments section...
Posted by: IllTemperedCu

**********

Why is everyone looking at me all of a sudden?

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (qgHp7)

210 What the hell is Obama wearing?? A camo suit?

Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:44 AM (2ocoG)
——

‘No Colt 45 for that simping homo!’

— Billy Dee

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (aeiyZ)

211 What the hell is Obama wearing?? A camo suit?

Given how heavily it leans into "see, Barack is actually black!" (the random MLK bust, Hank Aaron in the wallpaper) I think it's a pimp suit. He just needs a Colt 45.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026

***
The malt liquor or the pistol?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (wzUl9)

212 161 So can visitors see framed copies of his college transcripts?
Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 10:32 AM (7PhS+)

And hopefully His Permanent Record, His Kindergarten Diploma, His…everything.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (T6aVk)

213 Some good, some bad. That's it.

For the NPCs, though... these drones have to whipsaw from "Trump's illegal and unjust war of Jew aggression against brown white people" to "Trump's spineless surrender to America's implacable Persian foe" in one day.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:34 AM (BI5O2)

I've come to realize two important things about it:
1) yes, in the end we gave Iran everything they asked for and bugged out, about like the US did in Vietnam in '73 - '74.

2) Trump had no choice, because most of the world (including the US) was within 30 days of a very severe recession setting in as oil storage levels around the world went to zero. That would have wrecked the midterms and likely have put the left into power.

Not many noticed but the chairman of Exxon called this about 3 weeks ago. A lot of people ridiculed him for saying that, but clearly Trump believed him. Now oil prices will drop and the midterms will be saved, and most Americans don't care much about foreign affairs anyways.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (edUvp)

214 *Apropos of nothing Quanta’s Airlines has announced a non stop Sydney to London flight.*
+++
Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."

Except for this: QANTAS.

Know why?

Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)

215 176 "zzzzziiipp!"

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (R11M+)

216 while we're at it, how was it paid for?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)

His (white) mother’s family was well off. He attended a high end private school in Hawaii.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (X+Nnd)

You're implying here that Owebama actually paid someone for their work.

Seems there are multiple reports out there that they owe several companies millions in invoiced labor, including black owned businesses.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (2YhKe)

217 206 Today I learned. The town of Western, Nebraska, home of the UFC plot ringleader, is solidly in eastern Nebraska.
Posted by: From about That Time at June 18, 2026 10:45 AM (sl73Y)

And West, TX is nowhere near west TX.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (T6aVk)

218 "Solution: depilatory or fire. Will report back."

AArgh! The fire! It burns! Aaargh! The depilatory! It burns!

"#2 guard on a beard trimmer."

That'll work! Thanks!

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (Jr5Lq)

219 while we're at it, how was it paid for?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:43 AM (7PhS+)

—-

Dreams from his father

Posted by: Elric the Blade at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (aeiyZ)

220 @johnpavlovitz
There. Is. No. Organization. Called. Antifa.
The. Trump. Administration. Is. Arresting. Americans. Who. Oppose. Their. Fascism.
We. The. People. Will. Win.

Worst CPT Kirk imitation Evah!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 18, 2026 10:47 AM (2WIwB)

221 Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."

Except for this: QANTAS.

Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026

***
And the word "Iraq."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (wzUl9)

222 The bust of MLK looks pissed.
Posted by: Emmie

So now it's a boob thread?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (ndZc7)

223 214 *Apropos of nothing Quanta’s Airlines has announced a non stop Sydney to London flight.*
+++
Almost every time the letter "q" is used in the English language it's followed by a "u."

Except for this: QANTAS.

Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)

Because QUANTAS is an acronym.

There is also “qwerty”.

: )

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (T6aVk)

224 Qatar......

Qatucker Qatarlson.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (2YhKe)

225 178 nair facial.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (R11M+)

226
Because QUANTAS is an acronym.

There is also “qwerty”.

: )
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:48 AM (T6aVk)

Autocucumber clearly knows nothing of airlines.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (T6aVk)

227 For me, the wholesale destruction of Iran would've been the ideal outcome. Remove its ability to function as a nation state, leave its population immiserated from top to bottom, then go home and keep a baleful eye on things.

But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)

228 I like the flowers in the official portrait .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OYsYV)

229 "I hate Qantas!"
( -- Fussy-looking koala whining about how many tourists the airline was bringing to Australia, in the TV spots from long ago)

(To be fair, all koalas look fussy, so it probably wasn't hard to find one to photograph)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)

230 Has Trump never seen War Games?

Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)

231 For me, the wholesale destruction of Iran would've been the ideal outcome. Remove its ability to function as a nation state, leave its population immiserated from top to bottom, then go home and keep a baleful eye on things.

But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.

We do still get the baleful eye, at least until the Democrats win again. If we can keep them out in '28 I think there's an excellent chance the 2030 census will end them as a party, though.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)

232 For the record in New England they have a few words were u does not follow q for example:

Qeeeaaaaaahhhh

As in:

Being stuck in traffic while trying to just get to the pahk to see the Socks and have a beeah is wicket qeeeaaaaaahhhh

Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (sKqQm)

233 >https://tinyurl.com/54fyn92j
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:11 AM
####

Big ol' bag of greasy Five Guys french fries just out of frame.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (7PhS+)

234 178 nair facial.
Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026

***
I forget why or how (both of my wives shaved their legs), but I smelled that Nair stuff once. Hyenas would flee from it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)

235 Autocucumber clearly knows nothing of airlines.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (T6aVk)

that's autoququmber to you, buddy.

what about qtip?

but maybe it needs a hyphen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (edUvp)

236 Has Trump never seen War Games?
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+5)

Would it matter? He's a stupid poopyhead that doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2YhKe)

237 I don't see the tats in the Obama portrait.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

238
Imagine 22 hrs in basic economy. Shudder.
Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 10:42 AM (X+Nnd)

Imagine a 30 hour flight from Elmendorf Air Base in Alaska to Sharm al Sheik, Egypt, in a C5A with the palletized, 50s-era airline seats bolted to the cargo deck, about 300 soldiers using a single chemical toilet and eating USAF box lunches. But we DID get the luxury of several refuelling stops, including Keflavik, Iceland and Sigonella in Sicily.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (y9nCu)

239 228 I like the flowers in the official portrait .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (OYsYV)

You are the quintessential silver lining girl/woman/person. Please, never change. Every website needs a counterbalance.

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (Gqar8)

240 QANTAS never crashed.

Posted by: Raymond Babbitt at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (IG3/x)

241 This is a example why I say Impressionists mail it in, with no effort at all

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (sgkY8)

242 If we can keep them out in '28 I think there's an excellent chance the 2030 census will end them as a party, though.

The 40m or so illegals are baked into districting. Get rid of them or just get the census to stop counting them and the Dems are immediately a small regional party. This doesn't even count their impact in producing fake votes...just the number of rotten boroughs they end up with

Posted by: The left at June 18, 2026 10:52 AM (sKqQm)

243 "Qantas designed planes specifically for this flight, extra fuel tank and the cabin set up to have a limited number of seats"

Extra lavatory tanks.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Jr5Lq)

244 164 “love how it mentions that the 'portrait' is in the free portion of the library”

Wait here’s a paid section? LOL.

Predictions on how long it will take before they admit nobody wants to pay and they need a bailout?

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (Riz8t)

245 Seems there are multiple reports out there that they owe several companies millions in invoiced labor, including black owned businesses.

A report I saw suggested he specifically wasn't paying black owned businesses. I guess they should've been grateful to be building the Obamausoleum.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (2ocoG)

246 "I hate Qantas!"
( -- Fussy-looking koala whining about how many tourists the airline was bringing to Australia, in the TV spots from long ago)

(To be fair, all koalas look fussy, so it probably wasn't hard to find one to photograph)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (wzUl9)

You'd be fussy too, if you spent your life loaded with chlamydia.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (iJfKG)

247 There's a little-known historical era known as the Great Vowel Migration, in which many vowels moved from Eastern Europe (leaving them words like "chrzaszcz") to the South Pacific (giving them words like "humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa").
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

So, you're saying there was a big ol' vowel movement?

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

248 > I forget why or how (both of my wives shaved their legs), but I smelled that Nair stuff once. Hyenas would flee from it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)

"Mom, is this shampoo?"

My 8-year-old brother, emerging from the bathroom with a bottle of Nair.

Good thing he asked, eh?

(one of those stories that gets told over and over at family holidays)

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (IG3/x)

249 love how it mentions that the 'portrait' is in the free portion of the library

The paid part features the Big Mike Gender Reveal.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (2ocoG)

250 Miss Linda says the odor of Nair has improved; it's more coconut now. All I know is the stuff I smelled years ago would have vultures going, "NO. No way. I'll kill something first."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (wzUl9)

251 239 Concur.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

252 We do still get the baleful eye, at least until the Democrats win again. If we can keep them out in '28 I think there's an excellent chance the 2030 census will end them as a party, though.
Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (2ocoG)

and Democrats have no one serious to even run, that's why Kamala is still leading in their polls. The real race is shaping up to be Rubio vs Vance. Vance is a good campaigner, Rubio has more experience. After this week, neither one will serve under the other, so one will stay and one will go.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (edUvp)

253 Has Bulg posted about waagshambas yet?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (1z8ji)

254 'cuz it's an acronym:

Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services.

Posted by: Just for the record at June 18, 2026 10:55 AM (7PhS+)

255 247 Ha!

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:55 AM (Jr5Lq)

256 Except for this: QANTAS.

Know why?
Posted by: Word Nerd at June 18, 2026 10:46 AM (7PhS+)
----------
Queensland and Northern Territories Air Service

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 18, 2026 10:56 AM (amcLV)

257 and Democrats have no one serious to even run,

If they really want to win they'll pick a governor with a moderate profile that people just don't know - yes the Bill Clinton model.

Amusingly Shapiro probably fits the bill but since the Dems hate Jews that's off the table

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:56 AM (sKqQm)

258 UPDATE: Obama Presidential Center subcontractors claim they’re owed millions and facing financial ruin ahead of grand opening.

Top of Insty.

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (Riz8t)

259 230 Has Trump never seen War Games?
Posted by: Oglebay at June 18, 2026 10:50 AM (2ap+

“Turn your key, sir!”

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (T6aVk)

260 'cuz it's an acronym:

Queensland And Northern Territory Aerial Services.
Posted by: Just for the record at June 18, 2026

***
I'll never get over the strangeness that Queensland, in the *north* of Australia, has a hotter fouler climate than the southeast around Sydney. Of course QLD is hotter, it's closer to the equator, but I'm used to USA metrics.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (wzUl9)

261 I'm configuring svxlink to set up an Echolink sysop node. Ugh. A real slog. How did I ever do this kind of stuff without AI help before?

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (Jr5Lq)

262 I don't see the tats in the Obama portrait.

They're really blurry, like he wanted to look tough but not get Graham Platner'd. The one I saw blown up was on his hand.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:57 AM (2ocoG)

263 I forget why or how (both of my wives shaved their legs), but I smelled that Nair stuff once. Hyenas would flee from it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM (wzUl9)

Did your nose hair survive?

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (wjnjX)

264 Is there REALLY is Vance/Rubio fight, or is this something made up by the Democrats and their Republican minions to sow infighting and discord among their opposition?

Posted by: tubal at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (Gqar8)

265 "
The guy has a video where he tells a girl (probably underage) to say into his camera that he didn't hurt her while she keeps crying.

He should be in jail.
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 10:20 AM (sKqQm)"

A bunch of the video of unidentifiable women are actually identifiable because they were shot with an iphone, with a specific naming order and geotags and datestamps, and stuff that shows the womens' faces was posted to social media - same women, same clothes, same location and date.

He was 100% banging underage chicks and filming it.

Tells you what the progs in governement will let each other get away with.

Posted by: heya at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (M4Oji)

266 Ha! They DID use MLK. So predictable.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (ixZ1o)

267 Has Bulg posted about waagshambas yet?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I'm staying away from that topic for a little bet out of respect for my sister's memory. I don't think she would've approved of that kind of talk.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (77rzZ)

268 237 I don't see the tats in the Obama portrait.
Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 10:51 AM
+++

Look under Big Mike's magnificently toned arms.

Posted by: But not too closely at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (7PhS+)

269 I forget why or how (both of my wives shaved their legs), but I smelled that Nair stuff once. Hyenas would flee from it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026
*
Did your nose hair survive?
Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026

***
Had to have new hair implanted!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 10:58 AM (wzUl9)

270 On females, hairy feet are best feet.

Posted by: The Tooks at June 18, 2026 10:59 AM (0sNs1)

271
251 239 Concur.
Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 10:54 AM (Jr5Lq)

Agreed. SOMEONE needs to keep us heathens honest.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at June 18, 2026 10:59 AM (y9nCu)

272 Viewed from the proper angle, the flak tower looks just like a Moai. (first picture)

https://tinyurl.com/ypz4smdv

Posted by: Archimedes at June 18, 2026 11:00 AM (Riz8t)

273 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (2YhKe)

274 >UPDATE: Obama Presidential Center subcontractors claim they’re owed millions and facing financial ruin ahead of grand opening.
+++++

Oh, no!
.
.
.
Anyway....

Posted by: Most people at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (7PhS+)

275 I'm off to see the dentist in Reagan's hometown, Dixon IL. Later!

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 11:01 AM (Jr5Lq)

276 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

277 The Oude Waag at the Westerkerk

Absolutely stunning. We must destroy it.

Posted by: Urban Renewal at June 18, 2026 11:02 AM (rJhDk)

278
I've come to realize two important things about it:
1) yes, in the end we gave Iran everything they asked for and bugged out, about like the US did in Vietnam in '73 - '74.

2) Trump had no choice, because most of the world (including the US) was within 30 days of a very severe recession setting in as oil storage levels around the world went to zero. That would have wrecked the midterms and likely have put the left into power.

Not many noticed but the chairman of Exxon called this about 3 weeks ago. A lot of people ridiculed him for saying that, but clearly Trump believed him. Now oil prices will drop and the midterms will be saved, and most Americans don't care much about foreign affairs anyways.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Very much this.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 11:04 AM (X+Nnd)

279 219 i found a copy of that. it shall remin 25yds from me until it is unrecognizable.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:06 AM (R11M+)

280 To be fair, all koalas look fussy

**********

The Fussy Koala's Coomplaints - a limerick

Those bastards at QANTAS they gypped us.
And the Tourist Board totally skipped us
Those effin' Aussies say,
"Hi, Koala! G'day!"
And all we get for lunch is eucalyptus!

Posted by: muldoon, they're my dad's jokes, don't blame me! at June 18, 2026 11:07 AM (qgHp7)

281 The midterms will be saved, at least until Iran starts acting up again in September.

Posted by: Guy Mandude at June 18, 2026 11:10 AM (8JR9p)

282 Noodus CBD

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 11:12 AM (wzUl9)

283 Impressive video at link.

https://tinyurl.com/mw8wzmsx
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks and His All White Jury! at June 18, 2026 10:39 AM (ndZc7)

My guess? An electrical fault in the wiring of the panels set the underlying tar-and-gravel roof alight.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 11:16 AM (1z8ji)

284 275 ah, the beautiful rock river... where the women love their dixon.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:17 AM (R11M+)

285 But I also understand that nobody else in the modern world still believes in this type of statecraft, so I never presumed this outcome possible.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 10:49 AM (BI5O2)

Here is an alternate opinion by Jesús Enrique Rosas, more or less addresses your concerns - Interesting fellow, Venezuelan ex-pat

https://tinyurl.com/49m3jr3v

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 11:20 AM (rbvCR)

286 Absolutely outstanding work. Thanks, CBD.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 11:35 AM (ayRl+)

The Morning Report — 6/ 18 /26

Good morning kids. Well, evidently the deal with Iran has been signed, sealed and delivered, one day ahead of schedule. That said, there are still many many questions yet to be answered. I cannot help but recoil in horror when you consider that the treaty was signed at Versailles . . . where 107 years ago a truly disastrous treaty that instead of ending the War to End All Wars only set the stage for a conflagration that nearly destroyed the world, the reverberations of which we are still feeling to this day. That includes foreign policy decisions and mindsets that allowed the Iranian Mullahs to come to power in the first place as well as sowed the seeds of the West's suicide by mass immigration mostly by Muslims who have not and never will surrender their desire to dominate the globe.

And keep that top of mind as we dig into some of the details of this treaty, because regardless of what the Mullahs have agreed to and or promise, they will never abide by it if it prevents them from conquering humanity. delay or a strategic retreat is one thing. Here they are after 1,500 years of barbarism, so what's two more years of Trump or perhaps 8 more of Vance or whoever, and GOD-forbid it's another Democrat then for sure a Shiite nuke perhaps on top of a Shiite ICBM will be headed our way before long.

Islam neither cares about nor views partisan politics in the same way we do. Yes, as part of or even being modern nation states unto themselves, they do indeed have parties and factions vying for control but in the end, it's Islam that supersedes and dries all political considerations.

And so, back to this deal:

The Trump administration is promoting a new agreement with Iran as a diplomatic breakthrough. White House talking points emphasize Iranian commitments to forgo nuclear weapons, international verification, regional stability and economic incentives tied to compliance. Yet many of the details that have emerged so far raise more questions than answers.
Administration officials point to Iran's reported commitment, in writing, not to pursue nuclear weapons. But Iran has already made that commitment before. The country has been a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since 1970. The challenge has never been the language on paper; it has been enforcement.
History offers ample reason for skepticism. Supporters of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action similarly argued that inspections and monitoring would prevent Iran from advancing its nuclear ambitions. Critics warned that Tehran would exploit loopholes and conceal activities. Whatever one's view of the JCPOA, the lesson remains: Agreements are only as effective as their enforcement mechanisms.
That is why recent comments from President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance deserve close scrutiny.. . The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained.

And lurker extraordinaire Prof. Victor Davis Hanson has a few thoughts...

The shooting portion of the Iran “War” lasted about 40 days—far shorter than Barack Obama’s 2011 congressionally unauthorized seven-month bombing campaign against Libya.
Bill Clinton’s unauthorized 78 days of bombing Serbia in 1999 hit bridges, schools, hospitals, monuments, and power plants—far more indiscriminate targeting than anything in the Iran War so far.
No one yet knows the ultimate verdict on the war, given all the economic, military, political, and strategic variables still in play. A memorandum of understanding released this week might end the war, or result in further American strikes—depending on the degree of Iranian concessions and compliance.
But in this confusing, ongoing drama, many fabrications and distortions still circulate. . .
. . . Yet there still are no ground troops in Iran. The loss of 13 soldiers, while tragic, is less than the two-week fatal-accident rate of the military.
There is a good chance that less than six weeks of active bombing achieved far more than 20 years in Afghanistan and a decade in Iraq—at a fraction of the human and fiscal costs.
The key to negotiating an end to the war is to always remember that Iran’s regime—its theocrats, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, military leaders, and elected officials—has no history of telling the truth or abiding by any agreement it signs.
So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice.

While VDH seems cautiously optimistic both in terms of what this means here politically and overall geopolitically, he is nevertheless quite correct in his observations about who is running Iran and their non-existent trustworthiness.

Have a great day,

THE IRAN CONFLICT, "PEACE DEAL" (aftermath??)

Trump signed the document during a dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Palace of Versailles.
Trump Signs Iran Deal In Surprise Move, Scrapping Planned Ceremony
“We’re not putting up ten cents.”
Trump Says Deal ‘Not Final’ as Leaks Claim $300B Fund For Iran
"We'll probably go back to bombing them until they honor it. It's amazing what bombs can do."
Trump warns Iran: If you ‘misbehave,’ it’s ‘back to dropping bombs’
No nuclear weapons for Iran, and a free flow of oil should be U.S. bottom line in final talks.
Trump’s Iran Deal: Americans Wanted Something Done Short Of Ground Troops, And They Got It
The agreement lays out a framework for sanctions relief, access to frozen Iranian assets, and negotiations over Iran's nuclear program.
Read Exactly What The White House Says Is In The Deal With Iran
What to make of the MOU
Did Iran Just Get the Better of Us?
A new Munich moment.
U.S. Pledges to Help Provide the Islamic Republic of Iran With $300 Billion
Five passages of the 14-point memorandum of understanding that was released Wednesday are giving critics particular concern because they leave so much room open for negotiation and interpretation….
The 5 passages of the US-Iran peace deal that worry critics the most: ‘Always tries to get more’
If Trump’s “deal” goes through, the damage won’t be limited to the America-First president’s legacy.
Iran’s Crown Prince Warns of What’s Coming
The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed. Questions about enrichment, missile programs, terrorism, sanctions relief, inspections and enforcement remain unresolved or insufficiently explained... Until the memorandum of understanding is released and its provisions can be examined in full, definitive judgments are premature. The details will determine whether this agreement represents a genuine strategic breakthrough or simply another diplomatic document whose promises prove difficult to enforce.
An Iran Agreement Defined by Unanswered Questions
David Harsanyi: Vance’s unctuous and naïve attitude toward a terrorist regime that’s been exporting violence, murdering and kidnapping Americans, and lying to the world about its nuclear ambitions for nearly 50 years has an uncanny resemblance to the rhetoric we heard from Obama, John Kerry and Ben Rhodes.
Trump’s Iran deal secrecy was atrocious — and Vance’s dodging made it worse
Victor Davis Hanson: The Iran war is already reshaping alliances and narratives, while fueling a deeper argument over U.S. power, limits, and long-term strategy.
Iran War Misconceptions

CIVIL WAR 2.0, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
Five people have been arrested in connection with the alleged plot, which targeted “capitalist elites” and politicians connected to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), with up to 23 people believed to be part of a wider network communicating via Signal, Discord, and TikTok. Reports indicate that the group, identified as “Vanguard of the Old” or “Vanguard of the Old Republic,” hopes to “jumpstart” a revolution. The authorities appear to have been tipped off by the mother of one of the suspects, Tycen Proper, who was concerned after noticing firearm purchases and some of his communications.
REPORT: Alleged Ringleader of Drone and Sniper Plot Targeting White House UFC Event is a Foreign National.
“During an interview with Chuck Goudie, Lu shared that he had little knowledge of the Klan.”
Trump-Hating Asian Student From U. Illinois Planted Burning Cross in Chicago Park
All too often, acts of left-wing violence and extremism are ignored because the left is obsessed with the rather non-existent threat of right-wing extremism.
Chicago Cross Burning Is Latest Example Of Left-Wing Extremism Being Blamed On GOP
Last week, there was a cross burning in Chicago’s Grant Park, the same park where Barry Obama’s ugly-ass library just opened.
Chicago Cross Burning Hate Hoax Committed by Asian, Anti-Trump Leftist
Authorities arrested the alleged ringleader, along with four others.
The Chilling Grin Of The UFC Explosive Drone Terror Plot Suspect
Typical: Lawmakers clearly realize (but don’t dare admit) the idea is utterly nuts — and not likely to ever result in significant state payments for America’s sin of slavery.
Albany’s slavery-reparations farce takes another telling turn
The indictment details the well-coordinated plans between DAMN and other so-called antifascist groups to organize violent protests at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on January 14, 23, and March 1, 2026.
DOJ Charging Minneapolis Antifa Members for Conspiracy to Disrupt ICE

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST/GLOBALIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY
“The reason I say that is because we have a criminal system, it is imperfect, but it exists, and it is one that if we accept as the process by which we want to engage with these issues, right, the issues of harm, the issues of criminality… then we need to make sure that it is one that isn’t also discriminatory on the basis of where people were born,” Chevalier said. She continued:
Mamdani-Backed Democrat: ‘All Deportations Are Wrong’ — Even for Convicted Murderers & Child Rapists
“The problem for the defense is that this case did not involve some random encounter on the street. It was a targeted operation, conducted pursuant to agency procedures…”
Judge Upholds Wisconsin Judge’s Conviction for Helping Illegal Alien Evade ICE
La Reconquista is no longer just rhetoric, but a contested network of consulates, NGOs, and advocacy groups reshaping the U.S. Southwest immigration debate.
The La Reconquista Reclamation Project Part II
Cross. Crime. Deport. Repeat.
An Obama-Era Border Crosser
“By land or sea, our borders are CLOSED,” DHS said in a statement posted on X. “This sends a clear message to ANY illegal alien attempting to enter the United States: don’t even think about it.”
Coast Guard Stops Vessel Carrying 25 Chinese Migrants in Florida Waters, DHS Says

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
At the Republican Party of Texas Convention in Houston in June, individuals with ties to CAIR attempted to serve as delegates to the state GOP. When party members objected and tried to remove them, the Texas Tribune inverted the facts in order to frame the infiltrators as victims. In reality it was an attempted invasion by an Islamic advocacy network with documented terror connections.
Islamic Group With Terror Ties Tried To Infiltrate Texas GOP — Media Treated Them Like The Victims
"Before they raped me, they would chant, “In the name of Allah.”
70 Years of Rapes and 250,000 Victims in the UK
Western institutions failed and now innocent people are paying the price.
The Story They Called A Conspiracy Until It Wasn’t

OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY, PLUS VARIOUS & SUNDRY GODLESS HEATHENS
Broadway Democrats has a long history of supporting candidates endorsed by the Working Families Party and socialist groups
‘Not a Close Call’: Left-Wing Group Declines To Endorse Socialist in Tight House Race Over ‘Point-Blank’ Refusal To Condemn Hamas
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The incident has intensified scrutiny of the BBC, with accusations of bias and manipulation of public opinion on immigration, despite its legal obligation to remain impartial. Notably, everyone in Britain who watches live programming is required to fund the BBC via a license fee or face criminal fines backed by the threat of imprisonment, even if none of the content they watch is from the BBC. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Yusuf demanded an apology. “One of these men who broke into the country began reading a statement warning against Britain leaving the ECHR, even featuring the Northern Ireland protocol! One of them specifically attacked me and my family… To conceal it is even more outrageous. They should apologise immediately.”
BBC ‘Planted’ Boat Migrants to Attack Farage’s Reform Party on Flagship Debate Show.
Bill and Melinda Gates had given $100,000 total to Kristof’s failed Oregon gubernatorial campaign, something Kirstof did not disclose in subsequent mentions of Gates
Nicholas Kristof Used Times Column, Books To Promote Bill Gates and Denounce Sex Trafficking—But Never Mentioned Gates’s Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
The robust retail sales figures suggest that American consumers are not dramatically curbing spending despite rising prices, mitigating recession fears. However, sustained demand could complicate the Federal Reserve’s efforts to lower interest rates, which is a longstanding demand of President Donald J. Trump.
U.S. Retail Sales Beat Expectations in May, Here’s Why:
The decision was unanimous, 12 to 0. Powell’s final statement on April 29 drew four dissents: Miran wanted a quarter-point cut, while Hammack, Kashkari, and Logan backed the hold but objected to the easing bias the statement carried. Warsh’s statement carries no easing bias—no directional guidance of any kind—and the objections vanished with it.
Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged
The Fed also noted that inflation remains above its long-term target.
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Warsh Debuts Shorter Policy Statement
The Federal Reserve has been risking the economy to influence the upcoming midterm elections
The Fed Plays Politics
EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT
The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it has entered agreements with the Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to transfer more of its responsibilities to other agencies, prepping the Education Department to one day be shut down for good.
Education Department Takes Further Steps To Dismantle Itself
She justified Hamas’s sadism as a “military tactic.”
Academic Assailant: Noura Erakat, Rutgers University
NASEM claims to provide independent advice on STEM, but it has turned into a platform for pushing radical political agendas into classrooms.
Exclusive: Parents Group Finds Federally Funded ‘Independent’ Scientists Are Really Liberal Activists
SECOND AMENDMENT
As of Friday, 18-20 year-old West Virginians are able to legally conceal carry for self-defense without needing any permit or license from the state.
18-20 Year-Old West Virginians Concealed Carrying Without Permits
THE 2020 AND OTHER ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH
Democrats once again tried to keep competition off the ballot in Wisconsin, and worked an identity scam in Alaska.
Dems Show Just How Low They Can Go In Latest Ballot Schemes
The discussion quickly escalated into a heated exchange between Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee, the bill’s chief Senate sponsor, and several of his GOP colleagues. Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn and Thune both challenged Lee’s push for the legislation, according to a source familiar with the meeting.
EXCLUSIVE: Thune Admits Some Senate Republicans Hate Trump Too Much To Support SAVE America Act
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY, INSANITY
Valdez, a far left activist and self-styled champion of ‘workers’ rights,’ has the endorsement of Zohran Mamdani for the New York City congressional seat
Slumlord Fined for Roach-Infested Apartments Is Major Donor to Socialist House Candidate Claire Valdez: Donor Also Pleaded Guilty To Bilking Immigrant Laborers
The ‘behested payments’ corporations made at the behest of the governor included contributions to a non-profit run by the governor’s wife.
There Are Some Hints About What’s Really Going On With The Gavin Newsom Investigation
Foreign actors should have no influence on our elections. House officials shouldn’t step on the brakes until they get answers. 
ActBlue Refuses To Answer Congress’s Questions About Its Foreign Donation Pipeline
POLITICS
“You know, for ten years, they’ve been calling me a Nazi, and now they have a Nazi running,” Trump said, pointing to the irony of the situation. “He’s got a tattoo on him. I’ve been denying it for 10 years. I know it’s not so, but they’ve been going – I don’t think they could call it to me anymore.”
President Trump to Breitbart: Democrats Performing Poorly in Generic Polls Because They’re Running ‘Lunatics’
These two were cherry picked to improve the Democrats’ appeal to young white males. Both are epic fails.
Talarico And Platner … Come On, Man
California’s primary delivered a reality check: Republican expectations and Trump’s endorsement fell short against entrenched Democrat dominance.
Lessons from the 2026 California Primary
Residents of Athens, Ga., voted on Tuesday night in the runoffs for the mayoral contest as well as two commissioners for the Athens-Clarke County unified government. The mayoral runoff pitted the top two candidates from the primary: longtime community servant Dexter Fisher and Democratic Socialist Tim Denson.
The Classic City Dodged a Socialist Bullet in Its Mayoral Runoff
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
"We found a great deal of unity here at the G7, and we signed a declaration on illegal immigration—the first time ever for a G7... We signed other agreements to step up and to really coordinate and spend a a lot of time coordinating the stopping of drug trafficking."President Trump: Declaration on Illegal Immigration Signed at G7
Globalism is finally becoming passé. But it won’t go down without a fight.
The Dawn of the Modern Nationalist Age
THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"
...one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s invasion more than four years ago, Russian officials said Thursday
Blasted Ukraine hits Moscow oil refinery in major drone attack Ukraine hit a Moscow oil refinery for a second time in a week and disrupted commercial flights at Moscow airports in.
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
Sen. Tom Cotton is calling for a Justice Department investigation into foreign efforts to undermine artificial intelligence infrastructure, such as data centers
Notorious, China-Based American Mogul Is Running Shadowy Influence Campaign to Undermine U.S. AI Efforts, Give Communist China an Edge in Technology Arms Race
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Not surprisingly, dust devils do not occur everywhere in equal amounts. It appears they favor certain locations, with more generally found in the high latitudes of the cratered southern hemisphere.
Spotting dozens of Martian dust devils in one observation
All the evidence continues to suggest the company is going to meet this schedule, or only miss it by a few months at most.
Gwynne Shotwell: Starship flight 13 in about a month, flights monthly thereafter
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
“If I was a straight, white male, I might be concerned I don’t have the same opportunity,” Horton said. “It worked out great for me.” It most certainly did.
The Curious Case of California’s ‘LGBT-Owned’ Business Certification Program
It’s long past time that gays settle down. Stop asking the nation to indulge your preoccupations and preferences. They’ve come to resent it (who knew sodomy, AIDS and pedophilia alone or in combination would be a turn-off? - jjs)
Gays, We Brought The Backlash On Ourselves
It's nothing but an Orwellian scheme to declare whether someone is 'gay enough.'
California announces gay 'certification' program
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
"If he runs against, say, [Governor] Gavin Newsom (D-CA), that will be an interesting debate."
Joy Behar Urges JD Vance To Run For President
Who knew soccer would make the world fall in love with the U.S.?
The World Cup is the Best P.R. America Ever Had
(On the other hand - jjs) Boos, riots and Third-World Chaos.
World Cup Fiascos
Christian Toto: 'Justified' alum details stark differences in Hollywood for liberals, conservatives
Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project
What’s really behind the “man or bear” debate?
PragerU Video: OnlyFans, Porn, and the Collapse of Dating
In fact, the survey shows that most key demographic and political groups reflect a shrinking number of individuals who believe religion has a positive effect on society. Exceptions to this trend are Republicans, Catholics and those without a religious preference. On the other hand, the number of Protestant and Nondenominational Christians in America who believe the same has dropped from 88 percent to 81 percent.
Gallup Poll: Women, Youth Led American Departure from Religion Over Past Decade

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Posted by: J.J. Sefton at 07:30 AM

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1 Dan Bongino just had John Solomon on and what he said should have every American paying attention.

He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.

Solomon didn’t hedge. He said Trump is about to flip the entire conversation in this country and shake Senators who thought they were safe.

According to him, intelligence that was hidden from the public is about to come out, and it points straight at foreign adversaries messing with our election system far more than anyone admitted.
He believes once Senators realize their own states may have been targeted, the tone in Washington will change fast.
His warning was clear.

What’s coming isn’t small. It’s serious, it’s ugly, and it’s going to expose just how vulnerable our elections really were.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)

2 Good morning again dear morons and happy birthday JJ

This regime must go. Talk is worthless.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (RIvkX)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (jehhT)

4 Moronin', Hourde!

Posted by: Hans O'Lo at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (9AdGW)

5 "....and GOD-forbid it's another Democrat then for sure a Shiite nuke perhaps on top of a Shiite ICBM will be headed our way before long."

Don't mean to be a smart a$$ but how exactly is Trump supposed to stop that from happening? That is an impossible task.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at June 18, 2026 07:33 AM (0N4FZ)

6 Top 10 and happy end of the work week!

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (99eI0)

7 >And keep that top of mind as we dig into some of the details of this treaty
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if it's officially a treaty, then it has to get thru the Senate, and they are known to be assholes

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:35 AM (fmTlv)

8 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:36 AM (sgkY8)

9 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

10 In before the trolls!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:37 AM (GD0B3)

11 Its a shame they are leaving the Iranian Toll boat out in the dog leg of Hormuz to collect a toll on every ship passing.
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY8)

12 SMOD always disappoints.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (qFwJc)

13 What’s coming isn’t small. It’s serious, it’s ugly, and it’s going to expose just how vulnerable our elections really were.
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)
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#twoweeks

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (RIvkX)

14 Morning, news folken! The rain has slacked off here. It still looks dark outside my place, though.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:39 AM (wzUl9)

15 Morning Horde!

So
Happy
It's
Thursday

a couple more interviews later today, and I was submitted to the client for one of the good possibilities. Hoping to hear substantive positive news from others but it's in God's hands.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 18, 2026 07:40 AM (aJQbY)

16 J.D. Vance went on Grandma Groyper's show to sell the Iran deal.

Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.

Winning!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

17 I think a huge but hidden in the MOU is the admission by Iran that they control Hezbula.
Iirc, it's always been an open secret but a polite fiction to pretend Iran doesn't have an army in Syria to attack Israel.

Anyway, I think there is a significant overlap of those on the right who hate the MOU being the same "we're going to bring Jeffersonian democracy to the middle east"

I know from the crying of Erick Erickson, he's going to be on Tuckers show soon, full turn to the woke right

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (73/SM)

18 I watched the final episodes of "Clarkson's Farm" last night.

Yikes. With all the profanity and the shacking up with women they are not married to, it is no wonder Heaven does not bless their efforts.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (qFwJc)

19 Thursday/Thor's Day . . . one more to go before the consummation devoutly to be wished (aka Friday).

I've been up for a while; I'd hoped I could squeeze in a workout between bands of rain, but no luck. Time now for a shave and shower.

Iran? "Bad news on the doorstep . . . I couldn't take one more step --"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (wzUl9)

20 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at June 18, 2026 07:42 AM (53oGX)

21 Well, cleaning up after the FIRST NAMED STORM (OMG we're all gonna die).
A plant in a bucket fell over. We'll survive, somehow.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (XuXeR)

22 Israel wants regime change. Trump wanted two things. No nukes and an open Strait of Hormuz.

Did Trump get what he wanted?

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)

23 These two were cherry picked to improve the Democrats’ appeal to young white males. Both are epic fails.

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It might behoove us to wait until the actual election before declaring them epic fails. They easily could win or "win." With the outcome being the same.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qBdHI)

24 people seriously believe that "the deal" will stick? lol.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:44 AM (VyBeY)

25 No nukes and an open Strait of Hormuz.

Did Trump get what he wanted?
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 07:43 AM (qFwJc)
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He had an open Strait of Hormuz, he didn't get it as a result, that was the status quo ante

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

26 Its a shame they are leaving the Iranian Toll boat out in the dog leg of Hormuz to collect a toll on every ship passing.
Maybe like New Jersey it will just be only one way out
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (sgkY

huh, you are not the only one with concerns:

"The Saudi Foreign Minister on US-IRAN Conflict:

“The management of the Strait of Hormuz worked well before the conflict. There were no problems. The ships sailed freely. There were no safety problems, no environmental problems, and simply no problems. Therefore, I do not understand why, following the conflict, we should accept some new arrangement that would be imposed on the Strait. To me, that does not make sense. Therefore, let us go back to let's. It worked well, and that should be the end of the story."

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:48 AM (GD0B3)

27 So, the fwench are as pro "immigration" as the Brits, huh? Our betters are stuck in the 10th century...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (XuXeR)

28 Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 07:31 AM (YUJuB)

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I'd really like to believe that, SMOD. If true, I foresee a total media (other than a platform like X) freeze out on reporting any of it. Likewise, Thune and all the others who hate Trump so much they refuse to pass the legislation the people overwhelmingly want, will ignore it. BTW, I don't think they won't pass SAVE because of Trump hatred, although I'm sure they hate him. They won't pass it because they don't care about the people's demands for election security and integrity. No bombshell evidence of infiltration or fraud on any scale will change their minds. And for that, I damn them straight to hell.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (qBdHI)

29 Ask your furrier if Behoove is right for you.

Posted by: Big Equine at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (7PhS+)

30 You can say there were a lot of things we should have, should do in Iran.
But we only need one thing:
The end of their nuclear weapons program.

Everything else was in the "nice to have but not necessary " pile.

The Shah was never going to return. He never had a plan beyond "please Uncle Sam give this to me."
(The same as all the alternatives as well)

You can know this because:
1 he's been invisible since the early days
2 no one from Iran is trying to kill him

There is nothing we can do for Iran.
Excise their nuclear weapons program and let them stew in their mess.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (73/SM)

31 The split between Rubio and Vance is in the open now, and it’s clear they won’t be in any future administration together. So that’ll be the big race of ‘28.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (nuNhM)

32 Yeah, no shit, Iran will violate this agreement. No boots on the ground, can kicked down the road, glad it’s “over”. Tired of hearing about Iran. On to the next thing……..

Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 07:49 AM (m4E4U)

33 The other funny is the sudden hyperventilating over "gas prices gonna up cause supply" or something.

It's funny. And sad.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:50 AM (XuXeR)

34 There is nothing we can do for Iran"

Nor should we. "Nation building" is utterly stupid.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (XuXeR)

35 >>>While VDH seems cautiously optimistic both in terms of what this means here politically and overall geopolitically, he is nevertheless quite correct in his observations about who is running Iran and their non-existent trustworthiness.

>I don't know why anybody would believe that taking on this operation was a 'one and done' situation. This is a 'rinse and repeat' with respect to the nuclear ambition.

Let Israel and the arab states focus on regime change, and let the rest of the global 'community' focus on commerce.

No boots on the ground unless we intend to seize their territory and treasure.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 07:52 AM (9SpJJ)

36 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 07:53 AM (vHe/3)

37 you're right
the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)

38 This is a 'rinse and repeat' with respect to the nuclear ambition."

Duh. There isn't a "final solution".

To think so is delusional.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 07:55 AM (XuXeR)

39 Grok says;
The US and Iran have agreed to a 14-point "Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding" (MOU), a preliminary framework to end active hostilities, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, lift the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, and begin a 60-day period for negotiating a more comprehensive final deal (primarily focused on Iran's nuclear program).
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There's nothing about changes to how Hormuz is operated. Iran has a responsibility to de-mine the areas they claimed to have mined. At some point marine traffic will operate there as it always has.

All of the items outlined in the MOU are to be fleshed out over the next 2 months. But some, like opening Hormuz, have been explicitly laid out for Iran to get moving on, now.

YMMV

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 07:56 AM (jehhT)

40 To do a true regime change, Iran required a civil war that would kill about 5 to 10% of its population. (Comparing to other states that have gone through overthrows)
No one from outside will ever come in ready or willing to do the slaughter that would be needed.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (nuNhM)

41 A basic question just occurred to me regarding this Iran deal…. What is its basis in law? On the US side it’s not a treaty (I doubt it’ll go to the senate for ratification) so why do we have to adhere to it? On the international front there’s no resolution adopted and passed by say the UN Security Council (don’t laugh) giving it the weight of international law (again, don’t laugh). Will Iran’s parliament approve it? I doubt it… Will Israel or any other country like Pakistan co-sign?? Any Arab states like Qatar or UAE?

In the end it’s just a few sheets of paper containing the signatures of PDJT and who knows who on the Iranian side. What does that mean purely as a legal question?? I don’t think much….

A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/88)

42 I get notifications every morning from the Post Office about the mail I will be getting. A post card I am getting is about Governor candidate Dan Cox. It's a horror story about how he's the "MAGA CANDIDATE!" for Maryland and how he fought the certification of the 2020 election, he's pro life and he will fight Maryland on their gun laws!!OnEElevEnty!

Dude, he sounds pretty cool. You don't need to sell him to me.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:58 AM (99eI0)

43 He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
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Not just adversaries. "Friends".

UK and Australia, we all know about, but donthe general public? Probably not.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (BP+hR)

44 A basic question just occurred to me regarding this Iran deal…. What is its basis in law?

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Probably a truce ? it is not a peace agreement, it is not a treaty, but it does force obligations.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 07:59 AM (GD0B3)

45 The MoU is nothing but foreplay. This is not the deal but the deal to talk about the deal.

There is one thing that every one is overlooking. I will leave it to you to find the rub.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 18, 2026 08:00 AM (0beLq)

46 Iran will get out of line and we will hit them again. Everyone knows that. For now. If the Dems get back in power it was just a temporary setback for the Jihad.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (vFG9F)

47 the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)

48 How anyone could think "Iran won" is beyond me.

If by "won", you mean "the mullahs survived", that they still live and torture, then yes, Trump failed to fully eradicate evil in Iran.

Short of that, though, America comes out way ahead. And once Trump is through the midterms he is free to resume bombing, if he chooses.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:03 AM (BP+hR)

49 Hezbollah will be the thorn that remains.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (vFG9F)

50 I hope they take a serious look at those 25 Chinese that were attempting to be smuggled into FL.

Something tells me that these folks might be "special".

Any Chinese being smuggled directly into urban areas most probably have some help on the receiving side, probably a Chinese network here of some kind and I don't mean restaurants.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (+rSJz)

51 Not just adversaries. "Friends"."

Yeah. Too many of our betters want "friends", something that doesn't exist in international relations...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (XuXeR)

52 >>>Duh. There isn't a "final solution".

To think so is delusional.

Posted by: man

>You can duh me if you like, but there are a shitload of delusional people on both sides who keep crowing about this being a failure.

There is no a "final solution".

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 08:04 AM (9SpJJ)

53 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (2YhKe)

54 Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)

55 the would-be-returning Shah has pretty much disappeared from my X feed
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:54 AM (fmTlv)
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He met with Tousi this week in London.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
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Did he shed any light on whether or not he's interested or planning or returning to Iran in some capacity? He was, at one time, sold as the future for the Iranian people then.... nothing.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (jehhT)

56 "Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project"

It's Sean Penn!

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)

57 who keep crowing"

That's what it is. And can be ignored just as well.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (XuXeR)

58 I said the only hope is when, not if Iran breaks the treaty. They can't help themselves not to

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY8)

59 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

60 Best depiction of muhamhead ever.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

61 It's Sean Penn!"

Will he have his red solo cup?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (XuXeR)

62 Dan Bongino just had John Solomon on and what he said should have every American paying attention.

He’s predicting Trump is about to drop evidence showing foreign countries interfered in the 2020 election in ways people never fully understood.
And once that hits, it could force o fold on the filibuster and push the Save America Act through.

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John Solomon has been dining out on #TwoWeeks for #EightYears.

I'd take anything he says with a grain of salt; Taylor Swift songs have more thematic variation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)

63 In the end it’s just a few sheets of paper containing the signatures of PDJT and who knows who on the Iranian side. What does that mean purely as a legal question?? I don’t think much….

A lot of hoopla for such a legally feeble instrument…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 07:57 AM (yz/8

Good point; that’s why it’s just called a Memorandum of Understanding. It has no strictly “Legal” basis at all, except as a personal commitment from Trump, acting as Chief Executive.

Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs; and since it’s not a treaty Congress has no jurisdiction, either. It can be enforced, ignored, or changed only by Trump, and there is no oversight. (Unless you say that the voters are the oversight)

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (nuNhM)

64 Sean Penn is a communist asshole. He cried for Hugo Chavez. F*ck that asshole.

I miss Chavez the Hugo.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (2YhKe)

65 I'd take anything he says with a grain of salt; Taylor Swift songs have more thematic variation.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:07 AM (BI5O2)

SICK BURN!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (2YhKe)

66 Nations don't have friends. They have interests.

Posted by: H. Kissinger at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (7PhS+)

67 It's Friday in Iran:

"Death to America!
Death to America!
Death to America!"

America: let's talk about it moar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)

68 I said the only hope is when, not if Iran breaks the treaty. They can't help themselves not to
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (sgkY

They will not see consequences; they will drone the boats and shoot at them, and this will be waved away as "welllll...these kinds of agreements always have a rough start". then they will get bolder and bolder. We've seen this movie before. they will push, they will send money to Hezbollah ,who will cause damage on their behalf.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (GD0B3)

69 "If he runs against, say, [Governor] Gavin Newsom (D-CA), that will be an interesting debate."
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More evidence Joy Behar is an idiot. She mistakes Newsom's superficial glibness for intelligence. No debate with Newsom participating is going to hold interest. It will infuriate, though.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:10 AM (BP+hR)

70 Nations don't have friends. They have interests"

"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world;"

/ some dead white guy

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (XuXeR)

71 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

That already happened. The "deal" is the MOU that was released and signed yesterday. They decided no to wait till Friday.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:11 AM (GD0B3)

72 Both kitties locked and loaded in their kitty carriers.

Ready to be unleashed like an organic IED when I get home from the vet's office....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (gnNyN)

73 Seems like PDTS demonstrated that the Strait of Hormuz is not the Achilles heel of US energy and there is much angst in the rest of the world over theirs.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 08:12 AM (3Ope8)

74 "Nick Searcy Reveals Ugly Truth Behind Sean Penn’s Jan. 6 Project"

It's Sean Penn!
Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (vFG9F)
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Exactly.

I predict anyone associated with this looks back later and says "that's the moment my career ended".

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (BP+hR)

75 Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs...

That was in the before-times. Now, my every thought is LAW. Demon-King Boasberg

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (ExV1e)

76 Seems like PDTS demonstrated that the Strait of Hormuz is not the Achilles heel of US energy and there is much angst in the rest of the world over theirs."

"Rest of the world" = China. This episode took their influence way down.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (XuXeR)

77
60 Trump will set all speculation aside when he reads the Iran Deal to everyone, word for word.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:06 AM (2YhKe)

You don’t think that will actually ever happen, do you? An administration official read it aloud yesterday to assorted news groups, including a couple of the Hot Air reps. That’s all we’re ever gonna get.

Btw, it seems worth noting in retrospect that all the claims about “just Iranian propaganda” were part of an administration psy-op to put off criticism. The terms of the MOU have been reported accurately all week.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)

78 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)

79
As eager as I am to hear what Nick Searcy has to say, a site with pop ups and sign-ins about hollywood gets no clicks from me.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (Y8DZL)

80 Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs..."

Hawaiian judge Kammaniwannalaya laughs...

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (XuXeR)

81 Sean Penn is a Marxist, it will be propaganda and nothing else.

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 08:15 AM (sgkY8)

82 A second Starship will then launch to rendezvous with the first to demonstrate ship-to-ship propellant transfer in Earth orbit.
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Big.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:16 AM (BP+hR)

83 So Trump is still a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything.

Got it.

F*CK TRUMP!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (2YhKe)

84 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Congrats YD. A happy daughter is a wonderful thing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at June 18, 2026 08:17 AM (BP+hR)

85 Courts generally have no jurisdiction over foreign affairs..."

Everything Judge Boasberg has done for the last 15 years begs to differ.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (2YhKe)

86 Big."

Indeed. An event that will have a greater impact on human history than... well, the other topics of the day.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

87 Btw, it seems worth noting in retrospect that all the claims about “just Iranian propaganda” were part of an administration psy-op to put off criticism. The terms of the MOU have been reported accurately all week.
Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:13 AM (nuNhM)

Yes, and for a week, or more VP Vance was attacking the people who asked him about released specifics as "lies", but now that it came out it looks identical. So now he is going around attacking people who don't love the deal as those want "endless wars". The man is resorting to endless strawmans, and gaslighting , I can tell you that much.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)

88 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (X8xt3)

89 83 So Trump is still a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything.
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The right has no worse enemies than itself
Ingrates and WATBs everywhere
I have no idea how Trump doesn't just walk away

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (tcsrY)

90 We would've been so much better off with Kumswala as President and Iran just keeping business as usual.

Owebama was right to give Iran billions in the middle of the night.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (2YhKe)

91 If I were Trump I'd call Sean Penn and remind him that I am holding his unstable cokehead retard pal in a federal lockup, and that Maduro's upcoming trial will include damning testimony about his own activities as an unregistered foreign agent, unless that movie is a fluff piece about just how fucking awesome Donald Trump and his amazing supporters are.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (BI5O2)

92 Whose that standing behind Trump as he signed the MOU last night at Versailles? Looks like Marco Rubio.

https://tinyurl.com/msz73h77

Rubio has always been part of this process.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)

93 "So the only means of enforcing concessions is to use disproportionate force each time Iran inevitably violates the terms of the armistice."

^^^
This x 1000

That is how, IMHO, this "deal" should be judged over the long haul.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (FxH7T)

94
Rubio has always been part of this process.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:20 AM (viF8m)

So he's a stupid poopyhead who has no clue what he's doing and never learns anything too.

Got it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (2YhKe)

95 >>The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.

Awwww! What fun!!

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (X8xt3)

96 Sean Penn is a Marxist, it will be propaganda and nothing else.

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Yet another rich supporter of Marxism who would never have to live under the peasant conditions his glorious ideology always creates.

Posted by: Lady in Black at June 18, 2026 08:21 AM (qBdHI)

97 Who listened to Trump's comments on developments in Iran and the 'going forward' portion of them? Sorry, but he's not projecting an image of strength - or even full comprehension - regarding what the PERCEPTION of his decisions are having. Not only on the 'mullahs', but on his SUPPORTERS. I'm moving to the suburbs of 'TrumpTown' now … better than a Communist, but not exactly what he sold us as the 'Trump Product' anymore, either. Others can extend unqualified support if they choose; I no longer do - or will.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:22 AM (ayRl+)

98 "I'm HALPING!!!"

https://tinyurl.com/5evethvs

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (2YhKe)

99 Listening to those I've typically trusted for well-grounded analyses telling me that the deal is a catastrophic capitulation isn't encouraging.

Posted by: Ordinary American at June 18, 2026 08:23 AM (fZiTB)

100
Sean Penn has a gun and a carry permit.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)

101 J.D. Vance went on Grandma Groyper's show to sell the Iran deal.

Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.

Winning!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:41 AM (RIvkX)

Tucker will be back in the Trump orbit by the midterms.

Posted by: Josephistan at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (y9ksN)

102 >>Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.

Heh, same!

Given that most of the same MSM and DC people raging about it were also heavily invested in declaring his reflecting pool glow-up an absolute failure, I'm going to wait for the dust to settle. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (X8xt3)

103 First Daughter is heading back today. She's been here for 10 days. While I didn't really get to spend much time with her, it was good to have her home, see her smiling face and get to hug her on occasion.

We had a great Father's Day dinner out last night and both her and the First Lady gave me wonderful cards with loving sentiment written inside each. And a handle of Buffalo Trace, which did get opened upon returning home.

First Lady is driving her home today.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)

104 Brent crude is down, down , down. 78 and falling.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)

105 >>Megyn called the president an Israeli stooge.

Lordy, that woman!
Can e trade the whole lot of these people for our new European soccer fans (Freddy et. al.?)

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (X8xt3)

106 "Others can extend unqualified support if they choose"

Whatever my opinions on this deal and this presidency, I solemnly promise I will continue to vote against Democrats with enthusiasm, and without fail. I hope that's enough to keep me in the club.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (Jr5Lq)

107 It's a bit sad, really. "Things" here are really looking up - Americans are traveling (try to book a flight or go thru airports), businesses are building, foreigners are loving the place, and many we've been told are "gooder" are proving not to be...

But hey, no nukes were dropped, so it's all bad.

Funny.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:28 AM (XuXeR)

108 54 Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:05 AM (fmTlv)

Well… we do have the US Open (at Shinnecock!) and Wimbledon…. Not quite football, but they are something

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (+gA9j)

109 Brent crude is down, down , down. 78 and falling.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:27 AM (GD0B3)

F*cking Trump.

what an asshole......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:29 AM (2YhKe)

110 And a handle of Buffalo Trace"

Still a darn good bourbon.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

111 Who don't lub dem some GrapeNuts … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (ayRl+)

112 Still a darn good bourbon.
Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

I was shocked they could find any. It's relatively hard to get in these parts for some reason.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (2YhKe)

113
Amanda Seyfried?

It seems Ol' Mandy is all puffed up because-

She proffered an unpopular, hateful opinion that pooh-poohed Charlie Kirk's assassination, and-

now that she has gotten pushback for her unpopular, hateful opinion,

can't stand the idea that she isn't allowed to barf out Her Glorious Opinions free of, now note this, non-violent opposition.

That's Amanda, baby!

What a privileged a-hole.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (iJfKG)

114 What's to stop Israel or Arab countries from taking down Iran if they start acting up and likely will? Why does the US have to fight every war in the Middle East?

Iran has been militarily neutered. They have no nuclear program and no air defense. I don't care how much money they get from oil sales, they aren't rebuilding decades of military buildup overnight. A lot of people seem to ignore this when analyzing where things stand.

Iran's threat to the US was largely based on their ability to acquire a nuke. That's pretty much gone at the moment. Iran is now a regional threat without much means of winning an actual war against anyone and they've managed to turn the entire region against them.

If we aren't going to be the world's policemen then let's stop being the world's policemen.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (viF8m)

115 We’ve spent years criticizing Obama’s payoff to Iran.

From this MOU:

$24 billion in blocked Iranian funds to be released over 60 days (half available before final negotiations);
US and allies to present plans for Iran’s reconstruction worth at least $300 billion.

China, Qatar, and other states already making public their plans to invest heavily in Iran.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (nuNhM)

116 Imagine if Twitter existed in the '40s and FDR was pumped out three or four updates a day during the Battle of the Bulge or Iwo Jima.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:31 AM (7PhS+)

117 If we aren't going to be the world's policemen then let's stop being the world's policemen."

Amen

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (XuXeR)

118 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:14 AM (BI5O2)
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Awesome

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

119 "let's stop being the world's policemen."

Concur.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:32 AM (Jr5Lq)

120 @ # 1:

oh, if only! pleasepleaseplease be true!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 08:33 AM (VyBeY)

121 @ 54 Anyway, I feel talked out on the whole Iran thing. What I'm focused on now is filling the dead time between the end of hockey and the start of football.
_______________________________

There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

Posted by: Dr_No at June 18, 2026 08:34 AM (ayRl+)

122 >Given that most of the same MSM and DC people raging about it were also heavily invested in declaring his reflecting pool glow-up an absolute failure

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Speaking of The Pool: US Park Police are increasing security patrols at the Pool to deter vandalism- some people just can't stand Trump making it clean again

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (fmTlv)

123 Yes, and for a week, or more VP Vance was attacking the people who asked him about released specifics as "lies", but now that it came out it looks identical. So now he is going around attacking people who don't love the deal as those want "endless wars". The man is resorting to endless strawmans, and gaslighting , I can tell you that much.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:19 AM (GD0B3)
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I have learned from this episode that J.D. Vance can dissemble with the best.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

124 >The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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calico, tabby, what are we talking about here

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)

125 Yeah. Let's just take our ball and go home. Who cares about the free flow of trade through the Strait of Malacca? Piss on 'em!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (7PhS+)

126 >>There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

It's loud!
Ugh

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (X8xt3)

127 American Politician Kit: Some dissembling required.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (Jr5Lq)

128 "....and GOD-forbid it's another Democrat then for sure a Shiite nuke perhaps on top of a Shiite ICBM will be headed our way before long."

... these Shiites are most likely to target DC.
Is that really a lost ?
Sure the surviving politicians will still claim Jan-6 even worse.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (RHGPo)

129 There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game."

There is more square footage of pickleball courts than anything else between Pensacola and Panama City.

It's a plague.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:37 AM (XuXeR)

130 There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

Doof hardest hit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (2YhKe)

131 I have learned from this episode that J.D. Vance can dissemble with the best.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

Vance will either be the next President, or the next Dan Quayle. Too early to say which.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:38 AM (nuNhM)

132 In other non-news…. Florida continues to be hot with sauna-like humidity in June with the same or worse expected in July and August… If I survive all my runs this summer without heat stroke I will thank the good Lord….

I’ll try not to complain about the no-see-ums which occasionally decide to swarm and stick everywhere (arms, legs, face, near eyes, etc)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (+gA9j)

133
I have friends in The Villages that roar over seniors with pickleball related sports injuries.

Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (Y8DZL)

134 calico, tabby, what are we talking about here
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:36 AM (fmTlv)

Black.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (BI5O2)

135 @123 I think if Bloomberg did not release the doc , there would have been continuous gaslighting, "at the request of Phakisan" BS. Then magically Pakistan's concerns were no longer an issue and the doc was read to the press.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (GD0B3)

136 How great is Rep. Barndon Gill?

This dude seems so dang focused!!

https://tinyurl.com/3rh8hefn

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (X8xt3)

137 Because every house needs a small box of feline poop covered in dusty clay particles.

Posted by: Said no one ever at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (7PhS+)

138 Massive Ukrainian Drone Swarm Attack On Moscow Hits Refinery

"Incredible videos coming out of Moscow today."

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:39 AM (RHGPo)

139 > What's to stop Israel or Arab countries from taking down Iran if they start acting up and likely will? Why does the US have to fight every war in the Middle East?
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I've often wondered why many of the ME countries we've armed to the teeth don't actually use the weapons we've sold them for, you know, defense. The Saudis are notorious for using their military kit in nothing but parades... and they've arguably got the "best" shit in the ME.

If anything comes of the realignment in the Gulf region I hope it's a more proactive military against Iran that's staffed by locals and not the US.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

140 Some Senate Republicans = Thune

DailyCaller
🚨SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.

Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Posted by: Lizzy at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (X8xt3)

141 calico, tabby, what are we talking about here"

There's a little feral calico that's been coming by some evenings. Skittish, but so cute. Doesn't meow or hiss, tho - just "meeps"

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)

142 >Black.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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hundreds of years ago, I had a family that included a black cat. Little girl next door call it 'the midnight kitty'.

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (fmTlv)

143 Mornin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

144 Fuck Off, Thune. I hope you get raped by dogs.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

145 don't actually use the weapons we've sold them for, you know, defense"

The tribes with said weapons want to stay in power.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

146 When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:43 AM (Jr5Lq)

147
There's, like, content here. Do I have to read it?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (O0L8i)

148 When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."

Yeah. I figured as much.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)

149 >There's a little feral calico that's been coming by some evenings. Skittish, but so cute. Doesn't meow or hiss, tho - just "meeps"
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That's how it starts.

Posted by: Cat ladies anonymous at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (7PhS+)

150 I have a negative attitude about pickleball…. Years ago we took the kids to a weeklong Christian family camp beside a lake for a vacation. Good preaching every day for the adults and games etc with Bible teaching for the kids.

But one event nearly spoiled the week. The camp organized a pickleball tournament. I didn’t play myself but brother-in-law (also there that week with family) participated and what happened was that all these Christian men playing with their sons got so hyper competitive that arguments and near fisticuffs broke out on the courts… over pickleball… at a Christian camp… sigh. The officials decided to disband the tournament. Ridiculous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at June 18, 2026 08:45 AM (+gA9j)

151 Remember how the left would call anyone that argued their was run by an international elite that ran the world to their perverted benefit a stupid inbred conspiracy theorist?

Well Esquire has an article how arguing there is an international elite running the world to their perverted RIGHT WING benefit.

That's right, just like the left took all the Epstein stuff they denied for years and now claim to believe Trump is an Epstein client, they are also now claiming a rightwing Bohemian Grove type group is running the world.

I know the left lies about everything including their supposed core beliefs but this stuff honestly makes me laugh.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (sKqQm)

152 "dusty clay particles" cover every square inch of my house interior. It's a battle. My fault for buying the cheapest litter.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (Jr5Lq)

153 🇫🇷 A French woman who was sexually assaulted by a Tunisian migrant could be sentenced to prison today for ‘incitement to racial hatred.’

During a TV discussion, she said that “the main danger for women in France is Black African and Arab immigrant men.”

She was initially given rison sentence and a €3,000 fine, but she appealed the sentence, with the new verdict expected later today.

Her attacker is still at large.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

154 > When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)

155 Rubio has always been part of this process.
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Does Trump know about this?

'Cause I've been informed in these very comments that there is a major rift between Rubio--who wants nothing to do with this deal--and Vance--who is pushing this deal.

LOL

You know what's funny? Thinking of Trump running this term as a season of the Apprentice.
Like Vance, Rubio and the various cabinet as "team leader" for this week's group project.

"So J.D., you were assigned to lead the team on the Iran deal? How do you think you did?"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (73/SM)

156
There's always the 'Magic of Pickleball' … what an idiotic game.

All games are idiotic.

Guys running after a rolling kickball.

Guys hitting a little round ball with a stick then running around some bags.

Guys playing at grabbing the guy with the oblong ball before he can run to a special spot.

Meh. all games are idiotic if looked at a certain way.

But, they're also fun to play and watch.

PICKLEBALL

Old People Getting Some Exercise And Having Fun!

I'm for it.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (iJfKG)

157 My dad brought home a feral Maine coon from a runoff culvert. After a few years, he disappeared into the forest, so I figured a coyote got him, til about a year later when I saw him wandering around out there with sticks in his matted fur. Some feral cats can regress back to nature as if the last 30k years never happened.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:47 AM (BI5O2)

158 That's how it starts."

Yeah.
Mrs' cancer treatments ongoing, mom in very poor health, little doggie getting old, the last thing we need is....

Hey, y'all got a new cat?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

159 Regarding Iran and whether or not to be disappointed:

We all knew (including Trump) that the mullahs and the IRGC simply can't be reasoned with and will not abandon their plans for worldwide death and destruction. We all hoped (including Trump) that US and Israel intervention would open an opportunity for the Iranian people to rise up and take their country back, but we also knew there are many obstacles to that, including being killed by the IRGC.

Realistically, the best we could do is get rid of some bad guys, destroy their nuclear capabilities, and beat back their interference in the Straight of Hormuz, which has been accomplished with a minimum of casualties. They are now much less of a threat to their neighbors, near and far.

I'd say accomplishing realistic positive outcomes is a win, especially with an enemy that will always lie and never surrender.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (FMtrg)

160 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

We elect these people to implement our policy objectives. I don't care in the least even if Trump was just some baby that insults people 24-7. Put on your big boy pants and vote the way your constituents want...and remember even the majority of Democrats want increased vote security.

But...this is just a lie. The people that pay off GOPe Senators don't want the SAVE act and so they have to find a better argument then "I won't get that no show $$$ job after I retire if I vote for the SAVE act"

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

161 Pickleball needs a better name. It sounds non-serious. I blame the relentless chickification of our society.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)

162 Cats that want to be outdoors always amaze me.

Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

163 There’s a new official portrait of the Obamas where they have tattoos and are in a room with marijuana plants and wallpaper depicting Hank Aaron. It’s really weird.

https://x.com/factpostnews/status/2066551837524647981?s=46

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (QZThv)

164 The wife's friend dropped by with my little girl's new kitten yesterday... she's been over the moon. Good times.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

How did Elon Musk develop a zero-G litter box?

Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (DZ9Lv)

165 Gherkinball. Cornichonball. Relishball.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (Jr5Lq)

166 I'd say accomplishing realistic positive outcomes is a win, especially with an enemy that will always lie and never surrender.

agree Emmie

well said

the people of Iran .. I think we were seeing like ten percent of them with all the protests and most were basically acclimated to how things were tbh

again, I was gung ho for regime change and now I'm very much over it.

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (j+aD2)

167 Pickleball needs a better name. It sounds non-serious. I blame the relentless chickification of our society"

"This Ends in Blood" work?

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)

168 Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:26 AM (2YhKe)
___

So glad you had a nice time with your daughter.

Ours is planning a Summer solstice/Father's Day/housewarming party Sunday.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)

169 154 > When a feral cat says "meep," it means "please adopt me and take me off the street for good."
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We did that, and she brought her 4 kids over the next day.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:46 AM (jehhT)

Sounds like our southern border during Biden's presidency.

Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (N39Ws)

170 162 Cats that want to be outdoors always amaze me.

my cat thoroughly hates being outdoors, thank God! unfortunately so does the dog lol

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (j+aD2)

171 *How did Elon Musk develop a zero-G litter box?*

That's the kind of thing you can do when you're a trillionaire.

Posted by: It's science at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (7PhS+)

172 John Thune needs to be the #1 priority. He absolutely MUST be gone in '28. When Trump leaves the White House, he needs to do it clutching the head of Thune in his fist.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (BI5O2)

173 Pickleball needs a better name. It sounds non-serious. I blame the relentless chickification of our society.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 08:49 AM (7PhS+)

Well...to be fair. It was invented in California.

Hence, the name had to be fake and gay, so it didn't encourage competitive wrong thing or some such thing.

If I remember right, it was named after someone's dog.

In the same spirit, be careful what you name your kids.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

174 SCOOP: Senate Majority Leader John Thune admitted some Senate Republicans hate President Donald Trump too much to support the SAVE America Act, the Daily Caller has been told.
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Name them, you duplicitous, double-crossing, back-stabbing coward.

Because every single one of them campaigned on supporting Trump and the Trump agenda.
Every one.

Either you are lying or they are lying to their voters (and you're helping them lie):
Which is it?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (73/SM)

175 172 John Thune needs to be the #1 priority. He absolutely MUST be gone in '28. When Trump leaves the White House, he needs to do it clutching the head of Thune in his fist.

hmm I love everything about this except I want him out of any leadership role way before 28

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

176 unfortunately so does the dog lol"

Yeah. The mighty Shih Tzu would rather sleep on my blanket.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)

177 We are the world’s policeman whether we like it or not. None of them eurofag nations that are being overrun by Islam have any sense of self preservation. Who else is going to preserve n protect western civilization? Israel? If we aren’t the world’s policeman or averse to putting boots on the ground(which I understand) then disband the military. Turn our aircraft carriers into artificial reefs. Secure the hatches here at home and let the rest of the world go to hell.

Posted by: JROD at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (m4E4U)

178 @NEWSMAX
·
1h
Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)

179 Cats that want to be outdoors always amaze me.

Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)
___

We now have a large covered porch, yet our kittehs hesitate to hang out there, much less explore the woods.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (s6tef)

180 We now have a large covered porch, yet our kittehs hesitate to hang out there, much less explore the woods.

yeah exactly

my guy likes to watch TV lol

he loved the NHL playoffs

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (j+aD2)

181 Luigi claiming insanity puts the kibosh on all the lefties saying he did the right thing for the right reasons, LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (QZThv)

182 Ours is planning a Summer solstice/Father's Day/housewarming party Sunday.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 08:51 AM (s6tef)

*hugs*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (2YhKe)

183 Thank you, Black Orchid.

Hope things are going well for you!

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:54 AM (FMtrg)

184 One of my kindergarten buddies bsck East has adopted the regrettable habit of posting his stats whenever he plays pickleball.

He plays for 3 hours at a stretch.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

185 knowledge me:

in pickleball, what are they batting back and forth? is is a wiffle ball or something? tennis ball, shuttlecock maybe?

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (fmTlv)

186 Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)

Ha ha ha then he is fucked.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:55 AM (ixZ1o)

187 If anything comes of the realignment in the Gulf region I hope it's a more proactive military against Iran that's staffed by locals and not the US.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 08:40 AM (jehhT)

When this war began, there was little to no discussion of the raw fact that Iran is the 900 pound gorilla in the Middle East, and Iran’s military is larger than that of all the other middle eastern countries , including Israel, put together. That was the justification of why the US had to step in, because without the US all of the Arab countries have to back off and accept Iran’s hegemony over the region.

Populations:
Saudi Arabia: 35 million , +\-
Israel: 9.5 million
UAE: 11 million
Qatar: 3 million

Iran: 92 million

Iran’s missile and drone forces have been cut down, but the Artesh, the Iranian army outside of the IRGC, was left untouched. I think there was a hope they would rebel, but they proved to be very loyal.

And don’t forget that Iraqi politics are now dominated by Shiite militias who work closely with Iran.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (nuNhM)

188 Hope things are going well for you!

going really well! thanks Emmie! hope all is well with you too : - )

excited for Independence Day this year - should be a great one!

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:56 AM (j+aD2)

189 That shit don't work with a planned public execution. He is done. I already thought he was done but he is done. Good riddance to that rat fuck. He's admitting he did it. Because he is fucked and they know it.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (ixZ1o)

190 hmm I love everything about this except I want him out of any leadership role way before 28
Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 08:52 AM (j+aD2)

Nope. I want him as the caucus leader when he is destroyed. It'll cause more fear among the cucks if they see that even their homo King is powerless against the populist tide drowning their Party.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (BI5O2)

191 "Smack the gherkin."

Posted by: No that doesn't work at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (7PhS+)

192 F*ck you, Paul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at June 18, 2026 08:57 AM (2YhKe)

193 "We are the world’s policeman whether we like it or not."

Even if we suck at it? Our military, mighty as it is, could not keep the Strait of Hormuz open for normal traffic. We were stood off by weapons that cost a small fraction of ours.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (Jr5Lq)

194 We're leaving Boy F. in care and custody of his sister and my lib little sis while visiting Colorado for a week. He is psyched because he knows they will give him anything he asks for.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

195 >>We are the world’s policeman whether we like it or not.

I disagree. That term has grown to mean the US is responsible for every war that breaks out around the world and I don't support that.

Bad things are always happening. Evil regimes will always exist. Are we supposed to spend our blood and treasure protecting the entire world? What do we get in exchange?

Our military should be used to protect the interests of the American people. Full stop. That doesn't mean there won't be regional conflicts that we get involved with but only to the extent it is in our interests. As long as Iran doesn't try to close the Strait again and doesn't pursue nukes they are not a real threat to the US. They threaten their neighbors to some extent. Let them deal with it, we've already done the heavy lifting.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

196 "Smack the gherkin."

Hmmm.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (XuXeR)

197 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.
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Seems the unscheduled unemployment of the 7 IN state senators and the 2 US Senators, being told, "you were not elected to enact your preferences--you were elected to enact ours" hasn't gotten through to them yet ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)

198 Thune admitted during a closed-door GOP lunch on Wednesday that some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits, according to several sources familiar with the matter.

Name names so they can be primaried.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (vHe/3)

199 Glad to hear it, Black Orchid!

Yes, I'm looking forward to a great Independence Day celebration as well. I actually put up decorations, which I hardly ever do.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (FMtrg)

200 Re-post from earlier threads:

Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

201 "The vice president told Kelly that “hawks” “don’t have an alternative” and “they’re proposing an endless conflict” and they “want this to go on until every bomb has been dropped or until every Iranian is dead.”

This is a vile, Tucker Carlson-esque mischaracterization of the views of those who oppose piddling away a resounding American military victory against a terrorist regime.

Not since Barack Obama has a politician been this adept at destroying strawmen.

Most “hawks,” as far as I can tell, want the Iranians to be alive and free rather than under the boot of the Islamist regime.

Maybe that’s not possible — but capitulation to the regime is what creates “endless” conflict.

Moreover, it was Vance’s boss who opened the war against Iran, something he’d been advocating for decades..."

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (GD0B3)

202 "Smack the gherkin."

Hmmm.
Posted by: man

Bop the bishop.
Lope the mule.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:00 AM (vHe/3)

203 As long as Iran doesn't try to close the Strait again and doesn't pursue nukes they are not a real threat to the US. They threaten their neighbors to some extent. Let them deal with it, we've already done the heavy lifting.
Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 08:58 AM (viF8m)

That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?

Posted by: Obama at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (nuNhM)

204 want the Iranians to be alive and free rather than under the boot of the Islamist regime"

That's not up to us.

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

205 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

holy ...

yeah you should have shot the dude! but glad you're ok that is SCARY

Posted by: Black Orchid (j+aD2) at June 18, 2026 09:01 AM (j+aD2)

206 Seems the unscheduled unemployment of the 7 IN state senators and the 2 US Senators, being told, "you were not elected to enact your preferences--you were elected to enact ours" hasn't gotten through to them yet ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (73/SM)
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Too busy repealing Obamacare.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)

207 Well, gotta run. I'll probably have to buy a litter box and stuff.

Meep

Posted by: man at June 18, 2026 09:02 AM (XuXeR)

208 If we treat them equally, the result must be inequality… the only way to place them in an equal position would be to treat them differently.

F.A. Hayek

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)

209 some Republican senators oppose President Donald Trump so strongly that they will never vote for the SAVE America Act, regardless of the legislation’s merits,
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If anyone buys this bs, please announce it so I know how stupid you are.

Republicans oppose it because they oppose it. The hate Trump thing s a lame excuse like the ones they always find to go directly against their voters' interests. You have to be a complete dumbass to think this has a shred of truth behind it.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ixZ1o)

210 Morning Horde thx JJ.
SMOD I hope Solomon is correct because the senators need a good kick in the ass to get them to realize the depth of Dem scumbaggery in the elections. Add that to the summer chaos in blue cities and Nov looks promising for the Republicans. Of course as always the Republicans could screw it up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (ufO5q)

211 That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?
Posted by: Obama

Because you're married to a guy.
Your shit's all retarded...

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (vHe/3)

212 >>>Because every house needs a small box of feline poop covered in dusty clay particles.

Posted by: Said no one ever

>Our feral mill cats lived most exclusively outdoors. One co-worker decided to take one home, but after a spell was noticing the cat was shitting at all. I suggested he take home a couple of scoops of sawdust and sprinkle them on the litter box. Like magic! The cat suddenly understood the change in environment.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 09:03 AM (9SpJJ)

213 I think Thune's just projecting. If it's true that he's the primary instigator in tanking the SAFE act, he's probably trying to deflect to some of the other squishes.

TBH... they're all worthless pieces of shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (jehhT)

214 Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them...and yet the neighbor cats just don't care. Well...until one of them goes missing and was probably eaten...
Posted by: 18-1

Coyotes in SF - it's wild but some people fully support that - are getting brazen and going after medium and even large dogs, children, etc. But don't you dare suggest coyotes be relocated out of an urban environment. Anyways, my cat, Prettygirl, used to wander the backyards late at night but rarely goes out anymore and never leaves the yard.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:04 AM (DZ9Lv)

215 We're not the world's policeman, we're the world's highway patrol. Just like the country needs all roads available for the free flow of goods and services at market prices, the same is true for the entire planet.
That's why the US Navy is the size it is. Stop the flow of trade through the Strait of Malacca and the world economy goes haywire.
"If your grandmother loves Walmart, your grandmother loves the US Navy."

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (7PhS+)

216 An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

Wow, I bet your heart rate was up a little.

Posted by: dantesed at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (Oy/m2)

217 These goat screwers only have two goals: (1) fondle and abuse nine-year-olds, (2) incinerate Israel, and America. They can never be trusted to tell the truth or to show serious authentic intent to be otherwise. Everyone should quit fooling themselves and I don’t care if Trump has this wild dream of getting a Nobel prize or seeing his daughter be the first female president of the US. This deal will soon be seen as some type of failure.

Posted by: H8 Marxist Rat Bastards at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (HeR4S)

218 Vance is looking at 2028. He already sort of has the groypers, and the Woke Reich are his most ardent supporters, he speaks their language - "endless conflict!! boots on the ground!!". They are his supporters and fans. Pollwise he does terrible with women, minorities and more MAGA aligned people within Trump's coalition. So, he goes on The View. Why did you think he went on the View? He's been apologizing for his "Cat Lady" comments. So yes, the Vance for precedent tour is starting.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (GD0B3)

219 >>That was exactly what I said. Why did you guys criticize me so much?

This is another lie based on Obama's JCPOA that did not constrain Iran at all from pursuing nukes. Which they did. And the deal had a sunset provision and it already would have ended.

It remains to be seen if Iran agrees to a full stop on pursuing nukes with enforceable oversight, that's what the next round of negotiations are designed to do and we can judge those terms when they happen, but these are not the same things.

There are some smoking craters in Iran where their nuke program used to exist that demonstrate the difference.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 18, 2026 09:05 AM (viF8m)

220 The central problem is that the public is being asked to evaluate a framework that has not yet been fully disclosed.
***

Are we really? No one has asked me to judge the agreement, except the MFM, which is frothing at the mouth to criticize everything Trump does AND everything he doesnt do.

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:06 AM (pi/ZK)

221 Dentist appt today. My insurance is so bad that the closest dentist who will accept it is fifty miles away. OTOH, it's a pretty drive, and my appts miraculously always land on beautiful fair weather days like today.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (Jr5Lq)

222 I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

What's sad is that we've come to the point where that might be the only way he'll see justice.

Please, friends, do all you can to preserve our peaceful, prosperous, and high-trust society. Most of all, ask God to rescue our country and restore His precious gift of liberty.

Posted by: Emmie, celebrating 250 years of God's grace at June 18, 2026 09:07 AM (FMtrg)

223 "Where I live their are coyotes that will kill and eat them"

Where I live there are sadistic drivers who love nothing more than running over cats and other animals in the street.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:08 AM (Jr5Lq)

224 "Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open."

Somebody got a piece of the action.

Posted by: Dark Lix. at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (DZ9Lv)

225 The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police - who I knew would treat me like a criminal suspect, and who would doubtless steal my entire weapon's collection. While treating my house as a crime scene, and handcuff me face down while yelling "Quit Resisting" to get the false narrative on their body cams to use that lie against me in court. Fuck that bullshit.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)

226 Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance
Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 08:53 AM (fmTlv)
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What to note about this defense is that he essentially admits to committing the shooting but he does not go free if he establishes it. NY Penal Law section 125.20 applies and if Mangione proves that he was suffering from an extreme emotional disturbance, he is sentenced to manslaughter instead of murder. So he goes to jail either way. And that is separate and apart from the federal case.

Posted by: Penfold at June 18, 2026 09:10 AM (Fbt5B)

227 "The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police"

High probability it would wreck your life. DGUs require great discretion.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (Jr5Lq)

228 Consider this:
UAE's West-East pipeline is 50% done and comes online late this year, early next.
3-4 million barrels a day.

Saudi opened back up it's East-West pipeline this year.
7 million barrels a day.

Kharg Island max capacity is 7 million barrels per day.

Total oil, crude and refined, pre-war, through the Strait of Hormuz was 20-22 million barrels per day.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (73/SM)

229 The New Republic: Angry and Rattled, Trump’s Fox Allies Blurt It Out on Live TV: He Lost
As new details of Trump’s Iran deal draw harsh criticism from supporters, a foreign policy expert explains how he failed on many fronts—and why this will get worse for him.

They were so interested in proving government doesn't work. They succeeded, but then they found out that the private industry is even worse at the job, and now they have nothing left.

What’s the difference between Iran and Vietnam? Trump knew how to get out of Vietnam.

Fox is just sad their golden ratings calf is crashing-out with no heir-apparent to leech onto.

if the last 20 years are any indication, Fox will go back to being insulted by everything and demonizing whoever doesnt have an R next to thier name. If Obama had done half what Trump did, they would have been up in arms, whole pitchforks and torches, if a black man dared touch any of thier socialist handouts. As long as Dems are upset, they are happy to throw themselves in the woodchipper.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (ycI94)

230 Where I live there are sadistic drivers who love nothing more than running over cats and other animals in the street.

The other day I had a squirrel run in front of my car and as I slammed on the brakes he finally noticed there was a car barreling down on him at which point he...froze.

After a second or two he then ran off.

If I wasn't paying attention he would have become a squirrel pancake.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)

231 What's a DGU?

Posted by: I'll ask at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (7PhS+)

232 I assume that everyone calling for total war against Iran is already making their way to either Israel or the nearest armed forces recruiting station.

Also, when does the world see some accountability for the criminal malfeasance that allowed Israel to be taken completely by surprise on Oct 7 ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (aqrdH)

233 "squirrel pancake."

If natural selection is a real thing, squirrels should have evolved street avoidance long ago.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

234 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

What State are we talking about?

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (GseMx)

235 We have a deal with the pigeons. We don't have a deal with the squirrels.

Posted by: George Costanza at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (7PhS+)

236 'Top Gear' star Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' prostate cancer diagnosis after health scares

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

237 DGU = defensive gun use.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (Jr5Lq)

238 I'll say it again: read chapter 11 of Vance's book, Hillbilly Elegy. There's a certain naivety about him. He may have changed his views since then on what he wrote about there (crazy conspiracy believing backwater folk). However, I think there's a liberal spark within him that prevents him from fathoming what Islam actually is - in all its flavors.

Iran is a wounded beast. Beware.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (ebJJx)

239 Dementia Joe Biden Brags to Jay Leno About How He Tried to Destroy Energy Independence and Weaken the US

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)

240 Posted by: Going deep. Out. at June 18, 2026 09:12 AM (aqrdH)

I see you have a squad of strawman soldiers.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (GseMx)

241 223 I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)

I do have my Canadian Firearms License.

The required course was at a gun range. Great instructors. But they emphasized over and over if someone came into your house and you do anything, the cops, government and courts would just screw you over completely.

A politician came around a LONG while ago and I told him Canadians should have the right to do whatever necessary to protect their property. If some dumbass doesn't want to die for a piece of gum, don't fricking try to steal a piece of gum.

He left quickly...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (Sco7b)

242 I assume that everyone calling for total war against Iran is already making their way to either Israel or the nearest armed forces recruiting station.

My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)

But if Trump isn't going to do that then the next best option is some sort of negotiation like this. The last think I want is a few hundred thousand American grunts doing police work in occupied Iran

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:14 AM (sKqQm)

243 Throughout the day we will be graced with a swarm of trolls , and some regulars, giving us "vile, Tucker Carlson-esque mischaracterization of the views of those who oppose piddling away a resounding American military victory against a terrorist regime." Great!

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:15 AM (GD0B3)

244 FoxNews is covering NYC's parade for that basketball thing.

Communism's apparently working out great for them.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (Sco7b)

245 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos called the Washington Post his worst investment in a conversation with President Trump months before gutting the newsroom, according to a new book by New York Times journalists Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman.

"The people there are terrible," Bezos told Trump over dinner in December 2024, according to an excerpt obtained by The Post ahead of the June 23 release of "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump."

"They don't listen. My other companies, they listen," Bezos said, focusing his ire at the business side of the publication after losing more than $100 million that year.

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (RHGPo)

246 Jay Leno still has a TV show?

Posted by: Why wasn't I told? at June 18, 2026 09:16 AM (7PhS+)

247 The only way to have safely (and I mean legally) shot the perp would have been to let him kick in the door and the fired once he stepped through. And from the standpoint of personal safety, that’s a very risky move.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (nuNhM)

248 I try to avoid squishing anything furry with my truck

Canada geese, however, are on notice
NO PRISONERS, NO MERCY

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (fmTlv)

249 But you know, if someone told me , if we sign this POS - stabilize the markets and get if off the news agenda, we are guaranteed a solid win in the House and Senate in the fall, I would say , sign this garbage like now.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

250 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Accuses Far Left Philly DA Larry Krasner of Misrepresenting Cases – Imposes Embarrassing New Rule on Him

In an extraordinary ruling from Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court, if the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office wants to overturn a conviction in state court, the state Attorney General’s Office must be given the chance to review the case and make sure a proper investigation was done

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (RHGPo)

251 Top Gear' star Jeremy Clarkson reveals 'aggressive' prostate cancer diagnosis after health scares
Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:13 AM (RHGPo)

Bad news. His Clarksons Farm show is good . I just finished season 1 and am really enjoying it I hope he'll be ok

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (QLrID)

252 250 But you know, if someone told me , if we sign this POS - stabilize the markets and get if off the news agenda, we are guaranteed a solid win in the House and Senate in the fall, I would say , sign this garbage like now.
Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:17 AM (GD0B3)

And bombing CAN continue AFTER the mid-terms...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)

253 Have the US Open on. Playing at Shinnecock on Long Island. It was delayed over an hour because of fog. The ground is wet which is good for golfers on super fast greens. However it's also windy which could cause a mess. Shinnecock is a course which makes even the best golfers hit themselves in the head with their clubs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ufO5q)

254 It is a risky move, too many moving parts, and releasing the money to the aytollahs is always risk.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (GD0B3)

255 The people there are terrible. They don't listen. My other companies, they listen.
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I'll take ways people do not sound when they talk for $500 Alex.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ixZ1o)

256 So how did this person gain entry?

Posted by: I gotta ask at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (7PhS+)

257 "I try to avoid squishing anything furry with my truck"

Last time I hit a squirrel I had a fucking tailgater behind me and couldn't help it. Tailgaters and speeders should all DIAF.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (Jr5Lq)

258 And all the people who are praising this as a great strategy apparently have already forgotten the refrain during the initial bombing that Iran has been attacking and killing Americans for over 40 years and have no plans to stop through their proxies.

They proved this by killing over 60k of Iranian opposition after we ceased bombing them. I feel the most ashamed of that fact .

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx)

259 And bombing CAN continue AFTER the mid-terms...
Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:18 AM (Sco7b)

It is risky.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GD0B3)

260 Could this be the beginning of the 7 years of peace? We are living in strange times, so anything is possible.

Posted by: Rotkappchen at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (j3Fsw)

261 Handwritten Epstein Notes Found, Confirm He Wanted to Hurt Trump as Badly as Possible, Wasn't Friend at All

Posted by: SMOD at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (RHGPo)

262
I see this as a real life experiment in the Conservative Alternative to the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars

ie. bomb them, blow shit up, break things, kill some people

Fly off and say Don't Make Us Come Back!

That is essentially what this MOU looks like to me.

So, we'll see.

Mostly, I guess what we'll see is if muslims and islam can be tolerated in the modern world or not.

My guess is not. Look at the child abuse horror show in Britain.

No libtards. Magic dirt does not trump evil religion.

Posted by: naturalfake at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (iJfKG)

263 Bezos bought the WP for political influence and to get better coverage of his companies.

He got both which where worth well more then the $100M he supposedly lost.

I suspect this was his way of kissing up to Trump...those WP people that work for me that insult you all the time? Well they don't listen to me...honest!

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)

264 262 Handwritten Epstein Notes Found, Confirm He Wanted to Hurt Trump as Badly as Possible, Wasn't Friend at All
Posted by: SMOD

TRUMP WAS MENTIONED IN THE EPSTEIN FILES 80 GAZILLION TIMES!!!!!

Posted by: Retarded Leftist at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (ycI94)

265 We look like a newspaper. But we're not.

Posted by: The Washington Post at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (7PhS+)

266 Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:19 AM (ufO5q)

Prep course for the British Open.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (GseMx)

267 Mark Haleperin is saying that Newsome is a goner for 2028. He is on Newsmax a lot, and not a big fan of his, but he is usually right. He said Fetterman would win in 22 , even after his stroke, and that Trump would win all the Swing states early in election night 2024

Posted by: Jonah at June 18, 2026 09:22 AM (YCxFk)

268 Awww. From Deadline.

Daveigh Chase, the former child actor who voiced the character of heroic Lilo in 2002’s acclaimed Lilo & Stitch and that same year was named Best Villain by MTV Movies Awards for her effectively creepy portrayal of the evil Samara Morgan in The Ring, died Tuesday of complications from meningitis. She was 35.

Her death was announced to TMZ by her boyfriend Roy Hernandez, who had just this week set up a GoFundMe page for the ailing Chase. Hernandez wrote that recently “Daveigh was diagnosed with meningitis and several serious blood infections. Her condition has become critical, and the doctors have told me she may not have much time left.”

I love 'Lilo and Stitch.' That was a great movie.

Depressed Lilo: "Just leave me here to die."

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

269 Luigi Mangione plans to assert a psychiatric defense at his state murder trial, claiming he was suffering from extreme emotional disturbance

The family of the man he murdered in cold blood are feeling more emotional disturbance.

Just end him and be done with it. Dump the body in the landfill and charge his family for the disposal.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (99eI0)

270 >Last time I hit a squirrel I had a fucking tailgater behind me and couldn't help it. Tailgaters and speeders should all DIAF.

Posted by: gp
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I mean, I'll tap the brakes, and give the critter a chance, but I'm not going to endanger myself or others with extreme maneuvers

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (fmTlv)

271 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:23 AM (Sco7b)

I liked the animated movie better.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)

272 243 I assume that everyone calling for total war against Iran is already making their way to either Israel or the nearest armed forces recruiting station.
...
My take on it is that we should be doing low risk (to us) level bombing to end the ability of Iran's current regime and elites to do anything (including breathe)

AI-War I is just getting started just like people questioned the opening moves of Alpha-GO.

To more pressing news:
Disclosure Day:OBAMA LIBRARY Revealed as Borg HIVE.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective

“It is designed to tell the story of our collective power" OBAMA/Library'26

No doubt his constituency will volunteer enMasse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg

Where were YOU on that day when the LIBs made this world as Lifeless and as Useless as MARS?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (p9/X+)

273 But you know, if someone told me , if we sign this POS - stabilize the markets and get if off the news agenda, we are guaranteed a solid win in the House and Senate in the fall, I would say , sign this garbage like now.
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Average price of gas nationwide has dropped below $4.

And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.

So ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)

274 The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police - who I knew would treat me like a criminal suspect, and who would doubtless steal my entire weapon's collection. While treating my house as a crime scene, and handcuff me face down while yelling "Quit Resisting" to get the false narrative on their body cams to use that lie against me in court. Fuck that bullshit.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.

Dial 811 before you dig.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (vHe/3)

275
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)

276 'I love 'Lilo and Stitch.''

I went to see it in the theater in 2002 because I read that it was a return to old Disney backgrounds-painting style. I was underwhelmed. One of the last times I was in a movie theater.

Posted by: gp at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (Jr5Lq)

277 And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.

So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

$2.95 at Sam's.

Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (vHe/3)

278 Isn't Mark Haleperin some kind of sex offender or pervert or pedo or something?

Posted by: Hard to keep track at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (7PhS+)

279 SpaceX pre-market prices are super volatile right now:

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/SPCX/

I asked Grok, which says is par for the course for a recent IPO:

https://tinyurl.com/43prue43

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (ebJJx)

280 DGU - Defensive Gun Use

I live in Houston TX.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)

281 Posted by: rickb223 at June 18, 2026 09:27 AM (vHe/3

We're in Texas so not a valid sample😀

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (GseMx)

282 I liked the animated movie better.
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:24 AM (GseMx)

She was Lilo in the animated movie. I never saw the other one.

Oh, Leno apparently does 200 stand-up shows a year... also deadline.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)

283 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice, which I don't even use around other martial artists - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 08:59 AM (Da7Vv)
___

Shoot.
Shovel.
Shut up.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (s6tef)

284 Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Sco7b)

Oh. Nevermind.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (GseMx)

285 I honestly don't see how anyone thinls Democrats can run on cheap gas or energy. They and their constituents HATE cheap energy and want prices high. The reason cheap energy works for Republicans is that Republicans are associated in people's minds with cheap energy. The whole thing was overblown. We want high profits and use for the oil companies is not winning Democrat talk.

Posted by: ... at June 18, 2026 09:30 AM (ixZ1o)

286 Average price of gas nationwide has dropped below $4.

And a very many commentator on this site has assured us that low gas prices are the sole factor in Republicans holding the House.

So ....
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at June 18, 2026 09:25 AM (73/SM)

Yeah, like a said, maybe...but risky. Not exactly Stalin - Ribbentrop, Germany was a far more of a military behemoth when that was signed than Iran is today...always risky to give billions to the mullahs - to rearm, to feed the proxies.

Posted by: runner at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (GD0B3)

287 Local rocket scientist gets caught shoplifting, decides to go for the complimentary upgrade by shooting the two cops who respond, who then proceed to shoot him right back.

One cop hit in the vest, examined and released. Other hit in the "lower body", hospitalized.

The rocket scientist is now in a nice cool drawer at the morgue.

For a minor shoplifting charge, the moron would have been jailed and bailed by now. Instead he's dead. Evolution in action.

Second local rocket scientist gets caught smashing car windows and looting them by vehicle owner, also winds up on a slab. Sixteen years old and an "expectant father", according to his sister "Heavanly" (sic). "Everyone in our family just knows him as a really good, hard-working kid”. Sure thing, "Heavanly". That's why he's on security cam smashing out car windows and stealing shit at 0400. Yeah, I realize that's pretty early to be on the job, but that still doesn't qualify him as "hard-working".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:31 AM (IG3/x)

288 DGU - Defensive Gun Use

I live in Houston TX.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:28 AM (Da7Vv)

You would have to go through a lot of headaches but I think you would be okay in the end. Especially if there was forced entry. You did the right thing .

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (GseMx)

289 Me and Bibi are bffs and were going to force regime in Iran together

to

Fuck this Netanyahu guy and hey yall see how cool Iran’s leadership is?

All in less than 4 months.

Posted by: Heroq at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (X+Nnd)

290 > 276
1) feed AOC corn on the cob.
2) dork her squeakhole.
3) have her pick kernels off your Johnson.
4) profit!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at June 18, 2026 09:26 AM (Kt19C)

It's more fun to watch if you make her eat the corn through a picket fence.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:32 AM (IG3/x)

291 Reported overnight, Polliwogette reports that Inspector went to ER (and presumably hospital) overnight, reports very low sodium and a questionable CT scan. (Prior health issues are known to me but I won't tell tales without permission.) Prayers appreciated for them and family.

Posted by: Brother Tim sez: Fiat Justicia, Ruat Caelum at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (OUMaO)

292 @269 the Chase actress was pretty but appears to have become drug addicted and on the streets. The guy who alleges he was her boyfriend has set up a GoFundMe account but the actresses funeral expenses are paid for by her union per her family. Bad situation. RIP

Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)

293 Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.

Dial 811 before you dig.

Sadly, I'm 78 with an arthritic hip - I can't dig holes, and his get away driver was still alive.

Remember, criminals are a valuable part of the "criminal justice system" - without them the DA, judges and cops don't have jobs. They get upset when you remove one of their good ole boys from their game.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:35 AM (Da7Vv)

294 They proved this by killing over 60k of Iranian opposition after we ceased bombing them. I feel the most ashamed of that fact .
Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:20 AM (GseMx

The well being of the Iranian people is the business of the Iranian people.

The behavior of their government toward us is our business.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)

295 Why would you have to call the cops? No one knew he was there besides you.

Now reminded of the meme:

Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 09:42 AM (99eI0)

296 293 @269 the Chase actress was pretty but appears to have become drug addicted and on the streets.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at June 18, 2026 09:33 AM (ufO5q)

She was reportedly partying with "Diddy" at the age of 12.

Parents: keep your kids the fuck out of Hollywood.

We've got over a hundred years of cautionary tales, for Bog's sake.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:46 AM (IG3/x)

297 So how did this person gain entry?

Kicked through my front door - which wouldn't open because of a cracked foundation.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:47 AM (Da7Vv)

298 The well being of the Iranian people is the business of the Iranian people.

The behavior of their government toward us is our business.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 18, 2026 09:39 AM (BI5O2)

Tell them that instead of telling them we got your back. Shameful.

Posted by: polynikes at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (GseMx)

299 A real heartbreaking tale here...the biological parents of a child born to another couple through an embryo mixup have decided to not pursue custody, which of course would involve taking her away from the parents and family she's known since birth.

The birth family has also agreed to let the biological parents be a part of the child's life.

Sounds like both sets are being motivated by what they think is best for the child. Let's hope that continues.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:51 AM (IG3/x)

300 Nood art.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 09:56 AM (IG3/x)

301 Now, without the rule of law, not only do I kill the home invader, I cut his head off with my Katana and put it on a stake in my front yard as a warning to others.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 10:01 AM (Da7Vv)

302 Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.
Posted by: NR Pax
___

This made me laugh way more than it should.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 10:03 AM (s6tef)

303 The real reason I didn't shoot him is that I knew that I would have to call the police - who I knew would treat me like a criminal suspect, and who would doubtless steal my entire weapon's collection. While treating my house as a crime scene, and handcuff me face down while yelling "Quit Resisting" to get the false narrative on their body cams to use that lie against me in court. Fuck that bullshit.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 09:09 AM (Da7Vv)

Call the police? Hmm. Decisions, decisions.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at June 18, 2026 10:04 AM (5xuJ/)

304 I mean, we pretty much know the Senators who are the problem, unfortunately, there's not much we can do with some of them.

As usual, the GOP is a useless pile of dog shit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (XV/Pl)

305 Wounded Burglar: "Aren't you going to call the cops?"
Me: Removing pants.

Ahh, the James Talerico solution.

Posted by: Ian S. at June 18, 2026 10:05 AM (2ocoG)

306 'Morning, all, and thanks, J.J.

There are many Iranian Americans ('Tehrangeles' for example) and whether west or east coasters, it appears there's degrees of skepticism regarding the MOU, especially involving frozen assets and private infrastructure funds ($300 billion).

Reportedly, they fear the capital infusion will entrench the current regime rather than help the Iranian people & they want strict oversight to ensure that funds allocated for rebuilding infrastructure go directly to civilian public utilities, rather than being funneled into the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) or regional proxy groups.

They want international guarantees for open, uncensored digital communication for citizens inside Iran. Also, that any long-term treaty include strict provisions tying economic normalization to human rights improvements, the release of political prisoners, and an end to the suppression of domestic protests.

Reportedly, the Iranian American community views the nuclear issue and regime change not as separate topics, but as deeply interconnected, with a secular democratic

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

307 government seen as the only permanent solution to the nuclear threat. So that's regime change, right?
--
Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect

In part, "Every living president will be in attendance except one: President Trump. During a press preview in early June, longtime Obama White House aide and current CEO of the Obama Foundation Valerie Jarrett said Trump is welcome to visit the museum and they'd love to give him a tour. She said he simply was not invited to the dedication.

"I can tell you that this is a celebration for those who helped get President Obama where he is. And this is a gift to them," Jarrett said. "And so the people who will be here are the people who've been helpful along the way."

The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."

A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength. 🤣

Good day 🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at June 18, 2026 10:10 AM (NFX2v)

308 308 government seen as the only permanent solution to the nuclear threat. So that's regime change, right?
--
Anyway - NPR, June 18, 2026, The Obama Presidential Center will be dedicated Thursday. Here's what to expect
...
The center itself is a more-than-19-acre space on the south side of Chicago that describes itself as a campus and features a towering museum that curators envision influencing change and offering hope. It presents a close look at what life was like in the Obama White House."
...
A lot of chutzpah there: partying/music, basketball, books, gardening and O, the tower of strength.

Thousands will be assimilated enMasse before they even know what's happened to them. Leaving the building with the false belief that a World Safe For Socialism is pretty k00l, Brennan/Dimon/Epstein were just k00l dudes who just went a little too far failing to realize the there is no compromise between food and poison that results in anything BUT assimilation, ad that Dancin' is (*STILL*) for those who are PATHETIC (as spun by by the Dancin' Brennan undeads tunes).

https://tinyurl.com/forWARD-obamaBORGcollective
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7KCb-O20Fg&t=118s

What could go wrong?

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 10:22 AM (DU1XR)

309 Sean Penn has a gun and a carry permit.
Posted by: Auspex at June 18, 2026 08:25 AM (Y8DZL)
*****
Why do we need a permit to exercise a Constitutional right?
Permits to own books?
Permits to associate with a church?
Etc

Posted by: torabora at June 18, 2026 10:33 AM (b/IsE)

310 WE bomb them and then we give them oodles of taxpayers money to what? Fill in the holes? Give the fucking scumbags who hate us oodles of money? I just really hate fucking politicians.

Posted by: Joe at June 18, 2026 03:55 PM (Uy/WF)

Daily Tech News 18 June 2026

Top Story

Mandy Rice-Davies applies: Anthropic employees accuse Trump Administration of targeting them. (New York Times)

The article is unreadable. Literally so if you don't maintain a paid NYT subscription for their puzzles page. A free login traps you in Dark Pattern Hell, an endless series of inescapable popup ads offering free paid trials cancel any time by submitting your cancellation request carved into the side of a living member of an extinct species of goat through first-class double-registered triple-certified mail. The usual archive sites don't work either.

Even if you have a subscription or you know of another workaround not that I would ever endorse such a thing, you will simply find that it is not worth reading:
"What are you telling your clients?" one employee asked in a chat viewed by The New York Times. Another said, "Does anyone know what to believe?" In another message, a worker said, "I don't understand what the issue is."
Playing dumb or actually dumb? What difference, at this point, does it make?
Anthropic asked for regulation. Washington went much further. (CNBC)

An actually informed and balanced take on the situation.

Quick precis: Anthropic announced its new Mythos AI tool with supernaturally dangerous hacking powers restricted to approved researchers, and its defanged Fable AI which is exactly the same thing only not. The Trump Administration ruled that if they're as dangerous as Anthropic claims, they need to be restricted for reasons of national security to American citizens on American soil. Anthropic threw its toys out of the pram and blocked access globally, and is now seeking to lay all the blame at the feet of that mean old Mister Trump.

What CNBC highlights and The New York Times buries is a blog post written by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei a fucking week ago:
Frontier AI models, like airplanes, should be required to go through technical testing and auditing, and their release should be blocked or reversed as a threat to public safety if they do not meet high standards of safety.
Amodei is every bit as much of a weasel as Sam Altman. And while Altman is a sociopath and a compulsive liar, Amodei is something much worse: He's whiny.

Tech News

World leaders want American AI. They just don't want America. (Tech Crunch)

Substitute almost anything in place of AI and the story is the same.
The Orange Pi 6 is a nonplussed and hopefully cheaper version of the Orange Pi 6 Plus. (Liliputing)

This is a single-board computer along the lines of a Raspberry Pi, but more powerful than even the latest Raspberry Pi 5. Just one drawback: That power means the cheapest model of the Orange Pi 6 Plus costs $367.
Hewlett Packard is offering a year of free access to its new virtualisation platform, targeting customers drained of blood and left to die in a ditch following Broadcom's acquisition of VMWare. (Ars Technica)

After the free year is over, HP is suggesting prices around $600 per CPU socket.

VMWare charges around $400 per CPU core.

And a single CPU socket can run to 288 cores.
OpenAI increased its revenue from $3.7 billion in 2024 to $13 billion in 2025. (Where's Your Ed At)

Thanks to careful cost-control, losses over the same period dropped from $5 billion in 2024 to $38.5 billion in 2025.

Oh.

Actually, before fudging adjustments the company's net loss for 2025 reached $60 billion.
US science is in chaos. (Scientific American) (archive site)

Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.

Musical Interlude

Disclaimer: The infinite monkey glitch still works, but all roads lead to Shakespeare.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:30 AM

Comments

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

2 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (Ia/+0)

3 BOING!

Exercise time soon.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (ebJJx)

4 Substitute almost anything in place of AI and the story is the same.

This is true, especially when it comes to money. The almost part is when it comes to defense; they don't just want our money and materiel, they want our bodies to defend them. Reminds me of when de Gaulle wanted American troops out of France. The American Secretary of State retorted, "and those in French cemeteries as well?"

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:35 AM (l3cgK)

5 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:35 AM (sAmhv)

6 The infinite monkey glitch still works, but all roads lead to Shakespeare.

Infinite monkeys also lead to "Moby Dick"...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (l3cgK)

7 new to me!

BBC: Mandy Rice-Davies

When told Lord Astor had denied their affair, she famously retorted: "Well he would, wouldn't he?"

The quote was later added to the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (6wpGE)

8 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at June 18, 2026 04:36 AM (V0/Sp)

9 Well, here we are again insomniacs and other-side-of-the-worlders.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (ZVgZ4)

10 Thanks to careful cost-control, losses over the same period dropped from $5 billion in 2024 to $38.5 billion in 2025.

That's more in line with what I expected. Hey, AI buddies, I have some tulip bulbs for you...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (l3cgK)

11 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

Repost from the overnight thread.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)

12 9 Well, here we are again insomniacs and other-side-of-the-worlders.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:37 AM (ZVgZ4)

and those with f'd up sleep schedules.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (l3cgK)

13 IMO this is worth reading on the Iran MOU:

Will Chamberlain
@willchamberlain
The more I think about it, the less disastrous I think this deal is. ...

The key difference between this deal and the JCPOA is that we just obliterated the bulk of Iranian military capabilities as well as the bulk of the Iranian defense industrial base. ...

Letting Iran sell its oil now lets them begin the process of reconstituting military capabilities that took decades to build - and they are starting from basically zero, because they have to rebuild their factories first. ... @planefag pointed out that the American strategic dilemma has been all about our shortage of missile interceptors. Well, we have basically infinite money to throw at that problem, and yet it's still a problem, because the production lines don't exist yet. Iran now has that problem but for EVERYTHING. ...

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

14 11 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

Repost from the overnight thread.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)

No normal person wants to kill someone unless they have to...but if he moved to attack you, I'm sure he'd be a outline on your living room floor...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (l3cgK)

15 Let me just say, that I am glad that we no longer "Eff it all Fridays" on ASHQ anymore or that I did not participate in it or remember it, because as cranky and irritable as I can get on here , I neither want to say "F off" to other posters unless they're trolls, or read a string of "F offs " from conservatives to each other.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (guLpK)

16 Rice-Davies: wasn’t he in the Indiana Jones movies?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

17 ... and @planefag (excerpts)

An awful lot of people – including people I respect on an intellectual and professional level, some of whom are professionals themselves – have been talking as if an "agreement" or "treaty" will be the defining outcome of the Iran War; to the point of saying "better than JCPOA" will be the standard by which it's tested.

It's like the multi-week all-out bombing campaign which vaporized fifty years of Iranian defense industrial base buildup, including their entire ballistic missile production chain, their centrifuge production capacity and key nuclear test facilities just... didn't happen.

Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed....

I am begging you all, with tears in my eyes, to pull your heads out of the mystic wordcel dimension and smell the stench of burnt smoke and solid rocket fuel, because the fires are still burning.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (6wpGE)

18 Proposed:

No person calling themselves anything as absurd as a purported "Mandy Rice-Davies" should be granted any attention at all.

If such a person really exists, of which I remain unpersuaded.

Posted by: Highly Opinionated Miklos at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (8Tmnw)

19 Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

I'm sure China and Russia would be more than happy to help Iran rebuild. You have to give it to them, those two countries sure do love to supply materiel to countries filled with people that hate them too...think Xinjiang (Uighurs) and Chechnya (muzzies).

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (l3cgK)

20 16 Rice-Davies: wasn’t he in the Indiana Jones movies?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

I thought Sliders and Lord of the Rings?

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)

21 As I added during the overnight post the main deterrent to my shooting my home invader was the realization that I would have had the cosmically inept Houston City police camping out at my house the rest of the night - trying to figure out how they could charge me with a crime, and doubtless confiscating my entire firearms collection - just because they could. So anyway, I have a busted in front door I'm going to have to get repaired.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Da7Vv)

22 15 Let me just say, that I am glad that we no longer "Eff it all Fridays" on ASHQ anymore or that I did not participate in it or remember it, because as cranky and irritable as I can get on here , I neither want to say "F off" to other posters unless they're trolls, or read a string of "F offs " from conservatives to each other.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (guLpK)

understandable.
Now get off my lawn. /sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (l3cgK)

23 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv

Wow; That sounds scary. I am glad that poster is ok and they scared the intruder off.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (LQf4v)

24 US science is in chaos. (Scientific American)

Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.

I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good luck.

(paraphrasing that senator at some hearing)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

25 20 16 Rice-Davies: wasn’t he in the Indiana Jones movies?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

I thought Sliders and Lord of the Rings?

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (Sy6m/)

Power of AND

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (l3cgK)

26 Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:45 AM (l3cgK)

Thanks for not saying "f off" 🙂

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (LQf4v)

27 19 Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:40 AM (6wpGE)

I'm sure China and Russia would be more than happy to help Iran rebuild. You have to give it to them, those two countries sure do love to supply materiel to countries filled with people that hate them too...think Xinjiang (Uighurs) and Chechnya (muzzies).
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:44 AM (l3cgK)

@planefag on that topic:

Unlike treaties and agreements, entropy cannot be reversed, and Iran's entire physical war-making apparatus has been kinetically entropified and spread across the desert in little pieces by a biblical deluge of high explosives. And as Trump points out here, even if the Chinese decide to divert a staggering amount of yuan from their own military build-up to try and rebuild Iran's capabilities, we can just blow it up again... except with a fraction of the munitions as the heavy lift has been done already, and as the B-21 Raider comes on-line, with an exponentially dropping number of requisite airframes given the myriad advantages of stealth. If China wishes to dump billions of dollars in a desert where we can blow it up for a fraction of its cost without starting WWIII, I say let them.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

28 24 US science is in chaos. (Scientific American)

Thanks to... Scientists no longer having access to an infinite money glitch.

I'm very sorry this is happening to you. Good luck.

(paraphrasing that senator at some hearing)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 04:46 AM (sAmhv)

Gov't has been paying "scientists" for "science" outcomes that fits the Gov't's desire for outcomes. This is only different from Lysenkoism on the scale of money spent.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:48 AM (l3cgK)

29 ...and:

Operation Mullah Massacre cannot be undone. Iran's warmaking capability has been decisively smashed into little pieces and moreover, we've destroyed the only deterrent Iran had in both reality and credibility, so repeat visits will be far cheaper. And above all, Israel isn't going anywhere and as events of the past few years have shown their intel/SOF penetration of Iran is unbelievably thorough. The primary purpose of allying with Israel for America was always as a proxy to contain Iran; with the long-delayed hammer blow finally delivered, now Israel's a bulldog that will slowly choke what little life is left out of the theocracy. Iran may survive, but I doubt the IRGC will.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:50 AM (6wpGE)

30 Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

TOTAL entropy cannot be reversed, but on a small scale, some areas of entropy CAN be reversed by a greater increase in the total system entropy...think sun and earth; we get energy from the sun and do stuff with it and power derived from it (and earth's heat energy...from radioactivity and the original heat of earth's creation) reducing entropy at a huge increase in the sun's entropy.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)

31 East bound and down
See you when I get there

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)

32 30 Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:47 AM (6wpGE)

TOTAL entropy cannot be reversed, but on a small scale, some areas of entropy CAN be reversed by a greater increase in the total system entropy...think sun and earth; we get energy from the sun and do stuff with it and power derived from it (and earth's heat energy...from radioactivity and the original heat of earth's creation) reducing entropy at a huge increase in the sun's entropy.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:53 AM (l3cgK)

This might be (or involve) ... math!!!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

33 31 East bound and down
See you when I get there
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 04:54 AM (Ia/+0)

You're "gonna do what they say can't be done."

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

34 G'mornin all y'all

Posted by: Okjohn at June 18, 2026 04:57 AM (lE/nR)

35 This is what I saw on a tree when I was in a passenger in a car about 6:15 yesterday morning- a scarlet tanager:

https://tinyurl.com/zjbd2d22

Also there was a spotted fawn along with its mother and other deer . It must not have been used to cars yet, because it dashed across the road -fortunately we did not hit it and all the other deer went in the opposite direction.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 04:57 AM (ceTyQ)

36 32
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)

37 36 32
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)

MATH!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)

38 37 36 32
...
This might be (or involve) ... math!!!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:55 AM (6wpGE)

Only inasmuch as saying power in > power out...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (l3cgK)

MATH!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:58 AM (6wpGE)

fen >>> m ...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:00 AM (l3cgK)

39 entropy
1 Physics (Symbol: S) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system: the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time | the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

40 Been up since 4AM EDT with alert after alert for weather threats. Area north of us is getting hammered.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (jehhT)

41 39 entropy
1 Physics (Symbol: S) a thermodynamic quantity representing the unavailability of a system's thermal energy for conversion into mechanical work, often interpreted as the degree of disorder or randomness in the system: the second law of thermodynamics says that entropy always increases with time | the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (6wpGE)

Yes, but has to be a closed system. An open system can get energy from outside which can reverse entropy in the system under observation at a cost of much greater entropy increase outside the system.
Yeah, I'm nitpicking here.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:03 AM (l3cgK)

42 *eyes glazing over* and yet, appreciatively

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (6wpGE)

43 This is why I can't clean the house if I leave the windows closed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)

44 After being missing for three days . woman is saved by two men who had a last minute change of plans. Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/2n7s3h5t

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (n3VHW)

45 Math is just a foreign language. I found that my troubles with math are either vocabulary or imagination.
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.

Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)

46 "May I please be excused? My brain is full."

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (6wpGE)

47 43 This is why I can't clean the house if I leave the windows closed.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (BLOW1)

LOL. I can't clean the house even if the windows are open...the disorder is too great!

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (l3cgK)

48 42 *eyes glazing over* and yet, appreciatively

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:05 AM (6wpGE)

Well, it does say in your definition "the sum of the entropies of all the bodies taking part in the process.", so that would encompass external influences in the system you're observing...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:09 AM (l3cgK)

49 45 Math is just a foreign language. I found that my troubles with math are either vocabulary or imagination.
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)

50 49 45 Math is just a foreign language. I found that my troubles with math are either vocabulary or imagination.
Feynman’s lectures on physics helped tremendously with the imagination part.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:07 AM (eLQS5)

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)

An excellent book. I still chuckle at the part where he tries to teach his artist friend about electromagnetics with an AC current, a coil of wire and a nail. He's friends response was priceless...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)

51 What l’ve managed to learn about thermodynamics is that getting the system correct is the hardest part.

Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (eLQS5)

52 40 Been up since 4AM EDT with alert after alert for weather threats. Area north of us is getting hammered.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:02 AM (jehhT)

Whole areas have been getting hammered with the World Cup. Heard Scots drank some Boston bars completely out of beer. But dang, 4AM's either early or late for that, yeah?

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:13 AM (Sy6m/)

53 51 What l’ve managed to learn about thermodynamics is that getting the system correct is the hardest part.

Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (eLQS5)

Eh, just leave the system alone long enough...it'll approach room temperature.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:13 AM (l3cgK)

54
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at June 18, 2026 05:16 AM (AMvSw)

55 It's funny how so many systems can be simulated using resistance, capacitance, inductance, voltage, and current. The same basic equations work, like in heat flow in thermodynamics. Just find the equivalent operations in the system you're looking for. Water flow. Electricity. Thermal flow. There are other systems too, just my old brain doesn't remember them.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:19 AM (l3cgK)

56 50 49 45

"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:10 AM (6wpGE)

An excellent book. I still chuckle at the part where he tries to teach his artist friend about electromagnetics with an AC current, a coil of wire and a nail. He's friends response was priceless...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:11 AM (l3cgK)

NSFW

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:21 AM (6wpGE)

57 Entropy increases over time. It takes work to bring order out of chaos.

Make your damn bed!

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:22 AM (qFwJc)

58 the setup for the NSFW response:

"Listen, Jerry," I said, "the reason we have these arguments that never get anywhere is that you don't know a damn thing about science, and I don't know a damn thing about art. So, on alternate Sundays,
I'll give you a lesson in science, and you give me a lesson in art."
"OK," he said. "I'll teach you how to draw.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:23 AM (6wpGE)

59 LOL. The bars close at 2:00 where I grew up. This Boston/NYC thing of till 4:00 or 6:00 am is just crazy.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)

60 Thanks m for the insights. I figured Iran got tired of getting the shit kicked out of it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:26 AM (qFwJc)

61 60 Thanks m for the insights. I figured Iran got tired of getting the shit kicked out of it.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:26 AM (qFwJc)

Maybe it's just part of their kink...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 05:28 AM (l3cgK)

62 @planefag link

https://tinyurl.com/3nyr86su

He is responding respectfully to commenters. Persuasively? Dunno.

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:33 AM (6wpGE)

63 59 LOL. The bars close at 2:00 where I grew up. This Boston/NYC thing of till 4:00 or 6:00 am is just crazy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)

I looked it up and apparently Mass. state law requires alcohol service to end at 2:00, I was making a hammered/hammered joke about Martini Farmer's weather.

Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (Sy6m/)

64 (not so respectfully when they're real jerks)

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (6wpGE)

65 This is why I can't clean the house if I leave the windows closed.
Posted by: Pixy Misa

Declare your house a court, and call for order

Posted by: Judge Miklos Smailes at June 18, 2026 05:36 AM (8Tmnw)

66 Juice Newton - Angel of the Morning

1981!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 05:37 AM (6wpGE)

67 Math is just a foreign language.

Agreed. And this caused a lot of friction between my dad and I because he was a Math Major in college and could not grasp why I was having so much trouble with things that were so easy.

Happy Thursday and long weekend everyone. Today, we decided as a group that shorts and Hawaiian shirts were the uniform of the day. Things are looking up.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 05:41 AM (99eI0)

68 > LOL. The bars close at 2:00 where I grew up. This Boston/NYC thing of till 4:00 or 6:00 am is just crazy.
Posted by: no one of any consequence at June 18, 2026 05:25 AM (qFwJc)

I looked it up and apparently Mass. state law requires alcohol service to end at 2:00, I was making a hammered/hammered joke about Martini Farmer's weather.
Posted by: SciVo at June 18, 2026 05:34 AM (Sy6m/)
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I think bars used to stay open until 4AM or 6AM to service shift workers who'd be getting off work at those hours. Not much of that sort of thing going on these days, but I guess the old customs remain in some places.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 05:41 AM (jehhT)

69 Evening and morning for this Thor's Day to all!

Pixy writes, ". . . free paid trials cancel any time by submitting your cancellation request carved into the side of a living member of an extinct species of goat . . ."

Classic! I shall have to remember this. Somehow I got onto a mailing list for Panera Bread, and their unsubscribe link treats me just like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:45 AM (wzUl9)

70 Devotional on the narrow way Matthew 7:13-23:,

https://tinyurl.com/3dw8xdabTo

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 18, 2026 05:47 AM (n3VHW)

71 I was hoping I might be able to squeeze in a workout now between bands of rain. Uh, no. Nor does it look like the wet stuff will let up any time this morning. The prospect of this mess is why I rescheduled my car's spark plug change appointment to next week.

No flooding where I am, winds are not high, but there is always the chance of the power going out.

Howz alla you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:49 AM (wzUl9)

72 Ah, Juice Newton . . . Mrs. Wolfus No. 2 used to wear her hair much like that . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

73 “ The centurion replied, “Lord, I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.”

Matthew 8:8

Posted by: Marcus T at June 18, 2026 05:52 AM (Jl/ju)

74 Somehow I got onto a mailing list for Panera Bread, and their unsubscribe link treats me just like that.

Sounds as bad as the fight I had to get off of AARP's mailing list.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 05:54 AM (99eI0)

75 @71/Wolfus: "Howz alla you?"

Tired. Woke up to my alarm, mid-dream, aware of it. That messes me up for a couple of hours at the start of the day until I can shake it off.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026 06:00 AM (O7YUW)

76 I made it. What a long haul

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:01 AM (sgkY8)

77 While I would like to think that m's positive analysis is correct, there are reports that the Iranians are already digging out their missile sites which means we may have sealed the bunkers rather than being able to destroy them.

The Israeli clandestine operations against Hezbollah and the Iranian defenses were impressive, but the Israelis spent decades preparing and they may have burnt those assets making a repeat performance difficult, not to mention that the IRCG is now aware of their vulnerability and will attempt to institute countermeasures.

As for entropy, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were destroyed more thoroughly than anything in Iran but reconstruction began within two days and within 5 years they were both largely rebuilt.

The $300 billion rebuilding package, largely from the gulf states who the Iranians kept attacking looks suspiciously like protection money to me.

I do tend to be a pessimist however, although I think Trump set the bar too high to meet in his sales pitch for the war.

Posted by: Button-Pushing-Monkey at June 18, 2026 06:05 AM (igCg8)

78 It's stupid o clock in the morning, and I have one pocket to assemble and attach to this nursing cover, for my co-worker's baby shower at 11.

Time to make design decisions

Posted by: FeatherBlade at June 18, 2026 06:05 AM (C0Nlv)

79 Can say haven't heard that song in decades

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:06 AM (sgkY8)

80 "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" is a good read.
Posted by: m

Don't call me Surely.

Posted by: Mr. Feynman at June 18, 2026 06:06 AM (DZ9Lv)

81 Still waiting for the Story that memory prices have dropped. C'omn, Musk, make with the super-factory already!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 18, 2026 06:08 AM (diia5)

82 Wolfus: "Howz alla you?"
*
Tired. Woke up to my alarm, mid-dream, aware of it. That messes me up for a couple of hours at the start of the day until I can shake it off.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026

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Big black Stirling cat did not wake me an hour and more before I planned, so I'm already winning a bit today. Coffee and a pipe with a blend Sherlock Holmes might have smoked is waking me and washing out the early morning aches, so no need to take an ibuprofen.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

83 Yesterday I saw a gas station with $3.29 for regular -- about .20 less than others, .60 or .70 less than a month ago.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:13 AM (wzUl9)

84 All this talk of entropy. This place has really fallen apart

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:14 AM (evNCU)

85 Trump got his head stuck in a bucket and can now maneuver again.
Tank bottoms would wreck any political support.
Iran and Ukraine have demonstrated that drones are effective and disproportionate.
We will be back, that is a given, even if to blast their shit.

Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:15 AM (8jVAy)

86 @82/Wolfus: Yup, your version of reaching wakefulness today definitely wins over mine. (Good on you, I'm glad someone's having a good morning.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026 06:16 AM (O7YUW)

87 Not like more than 1/2 of Congress wants to see Iran fail

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:18 AM (sgkY8)

88 Wolfus: Yup, your version of reaching wakefulness today definitely wins over mine. (Good on you, I'm glad someone's having a good morning.)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at June 18, 2026

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It's pretty good. Recall my usual Monday mantra, about the experience of even a bad Monday is better than being not alive.

Yours will improve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:22 AM (wzUl9)

89 We will be back, that is a given, even if to blast their shit.
Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:15 AM (8jVAy)

This is the common sense observation. Jaw Jaw is better than War War. In the meantime we rearm ourselves, the Israelis and the Gulf States. The Gulf States remain politically weak but extraordinarily wealthy. The Gulf countries get started building pipelines to bypass the Straits. Gas gets cheaper quickly. Midterms come and go.

I’m guessing end of the if not sooner we resume putting warheads on foreheads. The mischief Iran, China and Russia make in the interim is what worries me.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:24 AM (evNCU)

90 Should say End of the year. It’s hard to be both profound and sleep deprived.

Posted by: Pete Bogs Agentic alter ego at June 18, 2026 06:28 AM (evNCU)

91 Rolling thunder, occasional lightning, and steady rain here. The heavy rain is just to the west of me and will be here fairly soon. I'd better have some breakfast.

Miss Linda was going to come over and make waffles for us around 9:30. I suspect it'll be too rainy for that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:30 AM (wzUl9)

92 Wolfus,

Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:33 AM (+rSJz)

93 Best weather in America is in the northeast. You can pick more heat or cold by how far one goes north or south.
Long term, everyone will be living in a Marxist hellhole. We can choose which specific hellhole. I like the beach, so, I am here.

Posted by: Accomack at June 18, 2026 06:38 AM (wkU1F)

94 Ah, they're starting coverage early for the US Open. They're on Long Island this year. Shinnecock Golf Club. Looks British right now. Foggy, rainy, windy, and cool. Good luck fella's! It's on USA Network, FYI.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 06:38 AM (sAmhv)

95 Quite humid here, mid 70s

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:39 AM (sgkY8)

96
Good morning, Hordians. It appears to be dark here. Musk is hoarding all the photons. He's got a trillion of them and have to stumble around.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:41 AM (O0L8i)

97 Good Morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear into the heart of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 18, 2026 06:41 AM (whRlH)

98 Wolfus,

Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026

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No, but I check Weather Underground every couple of days. 68 F. right now (6:30 am Eastern), with a high expected of 75. Around here we haven't seen anything close 75 even as a *low* for a month now, and won't for months. Was there a tornado or something in TH?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:43 AM (wzUl9)

99
Did you read about the weather in Terre Haute last night?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026

What can you say? This is North America. We have extreme and violent weather. Because of billionaires and late-stage capitalism. In Europe the weather is regulated and taxed and only a few thousand people die from heat every year.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:46 AM (O0L8i)

100 100

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 06:46 AM (6wpGE)

101 There were some kinetic displays around TH. Tornado spotted near the airport which is a couple miles east of town. Some tornado damage scattered nearby to the west.

Something for the folks to talk about.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:49 AM (+rSJz)

102 >>>Rice-Davies: wasn’t he in the Indiana Jones movies?

Rhys-Davies, he was named after the dog.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 18, 2026 06:49 AM (9SpJJ)

103 > What can you say? This is North America. We have extreme and violent weather.
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Folks in Indiana can attest to that. Here in Kentucky the wind's been howling all night, and this morning with potential severe weather a threat all day.

I hope to avoid the worst of it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 18, 2026 06:50 AM (jehhT)

104 I am going to be here all summer I am afraid

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 06:50 AM (sgkY8)

105 "In Europe the weather is regulated and taxed"

Sounds like Maryland.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 06:52 AM (+rSJz)

106 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at June 18, 2026 06:55 AM (7PhS+)

107 I am going to be here all summer I am afraid
Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026

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I'm beginning to fear that too. I'm told that fewer people are house hunting in the fall and winter -- families do most of their moving in the summer so as not to disrupt the kids' schooling -- so maybe there will be more properties later this year and they will not be so in demand.

There is a nice-looking two-story on Realtor that I've suggested to my agent that we look over. All the floors have been done with laminate, it has a basement and a garage, but it faces west. Not a problem for the living room windows in summer, there's a nice porch, but the primary bedroom would get late afternoon sun and would need blackout curtains or window tinting. And I'll need window units upstairs too.

It's at the upper edge of my price range, so I dunno.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)

108 Got to feed the furry thugs. Back in a bit.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:57 AM (wzUl9)

109 16 Rice-Davies: wasn’t he in the Indiana Jones movies?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 04:42 AM (ZVgZ4)

Not just Gimli, also TreeBeard. (Voice)

Posted by: Moviefan at June 18, 2026 06:57 AM (nuNhM)

110 105 "In Europe the weather is regulated and taxed"

Sounds like Maryland.
Posted by: pawn

Lies detected: None.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 06:58 AM (99eI0)

111
Wolfus, have you ever considered just squatting? Pick a nice house, move in while they're away and tie them up in court for years. Easy peasy!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 18, 2026 06:59 AM (O0L8i)

112 It's never too rainy for waffles!

Posted by: Waffle House at June 18, 2026 06:59 AM (7PhS+)

113

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at June 18, 2026 07:00 AM (fpQMF)

114 Wolfus,

What is your price range, if you don't mind me asking?

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 07:01 AM (+rSJz)

115
If you can dream it, we can tax it.

Posted by: The People's Republic of Maryland at June 18, 2026 07:01 AM (7PhS+)

116 Hillary Clinton

You turned Bill into a zombie. So areyou a Lich?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at June 18, 2026 07:02 AM (whRlH)

117 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:03 AM (RIvkX)

118 Morning, Horde...How goes it?

This morning I have the fun task of wrassling two of my kitties into their kitty carriers and taking them to the vet for their annual checkup.

I know they are looking forward to it. /s

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:04 AM (gnNyN)

119 The sun was shining here for about 10 minutes yesterday.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:05 AM (RIvkX)

120 Angel in the morning - real blast from the past.

Posted by: Minstrel at June 18, 2026 07:08 AM (NHl7O)

121 Wolfus,

What is your price range, if you don't mind me asking?
Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026

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Up to about $160-165K. I'm looking at 2-3 BR small houses and bungalows, and seeing good properties in that range, but none of them have "grabbed" me. I'm trying to get out of the "renting" mindset and realizing that I can use paint to make a boring living space with plain white walls more interesting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

122 Weather delay at the US Open. Fog.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 18, 2026 07:10 AM (sAmhv)

123 I'm reluctantly including condos in my search . . . but I don't want to live cheek by jowl with someone else and I don't want to pay condo fees or HOA fees. And the condos I see all look like dolled-up apartments, with those sliding glass doors that let in hot sun and in cold weather will permit heat to escape.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:10 AM (wzUl9)

124 paywalls magnolia1234 gitflic.ru/project

Posted by: Rod at June 18, 2026 07:12 AM (zhWvq)

125 mornin yall. I heard some baseball player named Jesus got in trouble after his mom wrote his name on his underwear with a Sharpie.

Posted by: fd at June 18, 2026 07:12 AM (vFG9F)

126 but it faces west. Not a problem for the living room windows in summer, there's a nice porch, but the primary bedroom would get late afternoon sun and would need blackout curtains or window tinting. And I'll need window units upstairs too.

..........

You definitely are putting more thought into your search than I did when I was looking for my AZ house. I looked at kitchen and yard, scrolled past most the other things! It drove my daughter crazy

Posted by: Molly k. at June 18, 2026 07:15 AM (j/yko)

127 Good morning! Back in the saddle after about 40 years and today is day one of the instrument flying syllabus. Weather is gonna be hot and breezy too, so climb and maintain 70F is gonna be the first instruction.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 07:16 AM (3Ope8)

128 That would never happen in the NBA

Posted by: Isaiah Thomas at June 18, 2026 07:16 AM (7PhS+)

129 test to see if my hash changed yet again

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:18 AM (fmTlv)

130 Damn straight.

Posted by: Moses Malone at June 18, 2026 07:18 AM (7PhS+)

131 and it has
wtf Comcast

Posted by: Don Black at June 18, 2026 07:19 AM (fmTlv)

132 There is a nice-looking two-story on Realtor that I've suggested to my agent that we look over. All the floors have been done with laminate, it has a basement and a garage, but it faces west. Not a problem for the living room windows in summer, there's a nice porch, but the primary bedroom would get late afternoon sun and would need blackout curtains or window tinting. And I'll need window units upstairs too.

It's at the upper edge of my price range, so I dunno.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 06:56 AM (wzUl9)
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here's a crazy thought...You don't have to use the primary bedroom as a bedroom. I turned mine into my office. My actual bedroom is in the front of my house and is the darkest and coolest room in the house. It's been great.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 18, 2026 07:19 AM (gnNyN)

133 I had a discussion with Claude about the Fable thing. First the chat I was in had never heard of it. I described the situation and it said "that doesn't sound right". So I pointed it to a BBC article and it said oh wow you were correct!

Posted by: blaster at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (NlEaG)

134 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 04:38 AM (Da7Vv)
===

Protecting your home is holy obligation and I'm thankful you're safe

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (RIvkX)

135 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at June 18, 2026 07:20 AM (VyBeY)

136 Or the NFL.

Posted by: Ezekiel Elliott at June 18, 2026 07:22 AM (7PhS+)

137 Wolfus, you could have a summer bedroom and a winter bedroom.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026 07:25 AM (3Ope8)

138 The best bedroom is a screened porch.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 18, 2026 07:26 AM (7PhS+)

139 You definitely are putting more thought into your search than I did when I was looking for my AZ house. I looked at kitchen and yard, scrolled past most the other things! It drove my daughter crazy
Posted by: Molly k. at June 18, 2026

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I want to avoid all the things I hate about where I live now. Windows that face west, not enough kitchen counter and storage space, carpets (which I know I can take out), etc.

And Perfessor, yes, this particular house (which may be under contract already) has another bedroom, only a little smaller, at the back of the house.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:27 AM (wzUl9)

140 Over on YouTube, I was watching a few minutes of the Harry Canyon segment from the movie Heavy Metal. Loved this quote as Harry is picking up a fare:

"The U.N. Building. What a joke! They turned it into low rent housing. It's a dump."

There is hope for the future.

Posted by: NR Pax at June 18, 2026 07:29 AM (99eI0)

141 Wolfus, you could have a summer bedroom and a winter bedroom.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 18, 2026

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True enough. If there is third bedroom or spare room for an office, I can set one as my main bedroom and the other as a guest room with a small bed in it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:29 AM (wzUl9)

142 JJS be here

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at June 18, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

143 Wolfus,

Personally, I'd avoid condos. Too many transients. Not much different than apartments.

If you to get away from the big city mentality where they squish as many people as they can into a small area, go for a house in a residential area, unless you are immune to periodic chaos.

There's a lot more room in a small town.

People in houses have a completely different mentality about their property and how they interact with each other. Most home owners consider privacy to be an important factor.

In a condo, you really don't really own any property and no assurance of privacy.

Posted by: pawn at June 18, 2026 07:38 AM (+rSJz)

144 You should have heard the wailing about the VMWare license changes at Hewlett Packard Enterprise back in the day. We (I worked for HPE on their Synergy product at the time on their Synergy product) used VMWare for everything because we had a site license so additional instances were free and all of a sudden, that stopped and there was great wailing and gnashing of teeth.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 18, 2026 09:48 AM (S6tOh)

145 Dang. Editing fail.

Or I REALLY wanted you to know I worked on Synergy. Take your pick.

Posted by: Cybersmythe at June 18, 2026 09:59 AM (S6tOh)

Wednesday Night ONT - June 17, 2026 [TRex]

Good evening Horde. The time has come for mid-week shenanigans. The bar is open and freshly re-stocked.

Welcome to the Wednesday night ONT which means another edition of random overnight fun and games. Pull up a chair and join the fun. Good will offerings of amusing puns are encouraged. Pants are optional. Be nice to your fellow commenters and AoS contributors. This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone. Please.

Are you concerned that the problems in your crawl space might interfere with your ability to comment with brevity and wit? You can overcome. (Could be worse. You could have snakes in your ductwork.)

[Top photo: CityCenter, Washington, DC - enjoy the mystery click but any suggestions of other alternatives or candidates?]

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Blend of Food and Business News

Yum! Brands, Inc. enters into agreements to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion

LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 16, 2026 - Yum! Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM) ("Yum!" or the "Company") today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to sell Pizza Hut for $2.7 billion in the aggregate, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.
Pizza Hut, excluding Mainland China ("Pizza Hut Ex-China"), will be acquired by LongRange Capital ("LongRange"), a private equity firm with a customer-centric and operationally oriented approach, and Pizza Hut in Mainland China ("Pizza Hut China") will be acquired by Yum China Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: YUMC; HKEX: 9987) ("Yum China").
Under the terms of the agreement with LongRange, Yum! will sell Pizza Hut Ex-China to LongRange for approximately $1.5 billion. Additionally, Yum! has the opportunity to receive an earn-out of $75 million by 2030.
Under the terms of the agreement with Yum China, Yum! will sell Pizza Hut China to Yum China for approximately $1.2 billion.

I'm not familiar with LongRange Capital but they are reportedly the majority owner of 24 hour fitness. Just bring back the old school Pizza Huts and all will be well.

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Roo News

Kangaroo on the loose in field near Montreal

Animal rescuers in Quebec are asking the public to keep an eye out for a juvenile kangaroo on the loose along Montreal's South Shore.
The Galahad SPCA said the kangaroo was first reported Wednesday being kept improperly in a stable, and officials believe it may have been being kept illegally.
The SPCA said no kangaroo permits had been issued in the area.

The Miller Zoo has offered to give the kangaroo a new home, but SPCA officials said Quebec's Ministry of the Environment told them that a permit would be required to capture and transport the kangaroo.

Kangaroo permits must be a big deal in Montreal. Glad that officials are on the job to ensure that a helpful zoo knows is currently has no permit to house a kangaroo. Zoos need to get specific permits for each animal? I guess that which is not specifically permitted is prohibited. Glad Canada has solved all of its other problems so that it can focus on kangaroo permits. I can hear the people of Australia laughing...

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Big Brother and SkyNet News

License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and the government

Defense contractor Leonardo is promoting a new technology called SignalTrace that will package plate cameras with sensors that can scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement.
A recent report by 404 Media dives into the objective of SignalTrace and how it's being marketed to authorities. Police, border security, and other government agencies already comprise Leonardo's customer base, and with this technology, those clients seek to correlate footage from these cameras to phones, tablets, wearables, AirTags, and, naturally, the electronics inside cars themselves.
If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be damn sure it'll also be looking out for your vehicle's 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. Hell, the company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.

What could possibly go wrong? Faraday bags and paper maps anyone?

***

Wednesday ONT Telephone Fun and Games

Don't call us, we'll call you:

Hat tip: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

***

This could be dangerous...

What would you say (other than financial advice to buy an investment when it was cheap)? Three words only.

***

Everyone has that one friend...

Hat tip: RI Red

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Niche YouTube Channel of the Week

Tonight's feature is SuperfastMatt. Matt is building a land speed race car in his garage that he drives at El Mirage and Bonneville. 635k+ subscribers and videos that often exceed a million views each. His videos are very well written descriptions of his adventures and projects. He has an automotive engineering background which equips him with technical knowledge and ability to design and build things. No artificial drama. He explains things very well and has a wonderfully dry sense of humor.

The videos are well done and thoughtful but not fancy. No highly polished graphics or editing. No clickbait. (You will notice a common theme in YouTube channels that get featured here.)

I think that blaster was the one that originally recommended following SuperfastMatt, so hat tip to blaster for the recommendation.

***

The Pittsburgh police scanner keeps giving. Thank you people of Pittsburgh and thank you Pittsburgh scanner!

***

Pat Travers for the big ONT finish with "out go the lights":

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TRex is currently accepting financial offers in exchange for a commitment not to enrich uranium for military purposes. Operators are standing by. Written correspondence can be sent to moronhobbies at protonmail dot com. Are you lurking ??

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 bnoton kn

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

2 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (ItpVy)

3 O my 🦖

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (uTEOj)

4 YAY ONT!!! Now for the content!

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM (g14+z)

5 Meeting my 18 year old self?

Drink more Ovaltine.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (ItpVy)

6 top 10!

Posted by: YellowBird at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (MEbkQ)

7 It's 10pm Eastern/9 pm Central.

Do you know where your ONT comment is?

Posted by: mindful webworker - dropped and rolled under the fridge at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (9bb3y)

8 3 O my 🦖

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:00 PM
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Good evening COMM! Ready for hi-jinx and hilarity?

Posted by: TRex - superfast dino at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

9 SOONERS!!! 8-3 in the 8th. What an absolute BOMB he just hit.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

10 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (+9wcF)

11 I only need 2 words of advice for my younger self. NOT HER.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

12 It's 10pm Eastern/9 pm Central.
Do you know where your ONT comment is?
Posted by: mindful webworker

I remember I left it in a little gray box, but that's not as helpful as it could be.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (VHUov)

13 Which one is you, T?

https://tinyurl.com/5xyk7sar

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (1Ff7Z)

14 3 words to my younger self: "Jesus has you"

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM (g14+z)

15
Who are the Sooners?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (/QHx4)

16 Three words to my 18 year old self: Start investing NOW!!!

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (XV/Pl)

17 Oh great ... now I'll have to keep my phone in a faraday bag ... At least that will cut down on the warranty calls.

Posted by: YellowBird at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (MEbkQ)

18 Tree stealers. This is why we can't have nice things, like copper wires.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (/wizo)

19 I'm hoping Pittsburg naked guy doesn't run into Pittsburgh guy wakkIing his alligator.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM (2WIwB)

20 Who are the Sooners?

People who post on a thread that's still in draft.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (+9wcF)

21 Turn off your phone and use a Faraday bag. Easy peasy. Jeez....does your phone have to be on ALL the please.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (uTEOj)

22 13 Which one is you, T?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:04 PM
***
The graceful, handsome one.

Posted by: TRex - dino dancer at June 17, 2026 10:06 PM (IQ6Gq)

23 Meeting my 18 year old self?

Get a haircut!

Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:07 PM (2WIwB)

24 And another! 9-3

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:07 PM (YZ0Fo)

25 Who are the Sooners?

Posted by: four seasons

Oklahoma

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (YZ0Fo)

26 Kangaroo on the loose in field near Montreal

The SPCA said no kangaroo permits had been issued in the area.

Very forward-looking of those Quebecois, to already have hunting permits available for animals that don't live there.

.....

What?

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (VHUov)

27 T-Rex funny.

Posted by: Eromero at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (LHPAg)

28 Yeah....3 words...don't get high🤪!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:08 PM (uTEOj)

29 19 I'm hoping Pittsburg naked guy doesn't run into Pittsburgh guy wakkIing his alligator.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:05 PM
***
Agree. If it is 5 bucks for a photo with the gator, the naked guy won't have his wallet with him.

Posted by: TRex - five dollar dino at June 17, 2026 10:09 PM (IQ6Gq)

30 I love Pat Travers' version of Boom Boom. Wish I'd seen it live -it looks like a blast

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:09 PM (+8CcA)

31
COMM,

My husband is all about his phone. Then he bitches to me about the spam he gets.

I ignore my phone.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:10 PM (/QHx4)

32 So I was at the blood bank and a very nice nurse extracted my donation. So how come the sperm bank doesn't do it that way???

Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:10 PM (2WIwB)

33 That selfy with your pal...he always has get in the pic🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (uTEOj)

34 Evening, Horde...How goes it?

I just started reading Agatha Christie's novel "Death on the Nile."

Only 30 pages in, and already there are a half-dozen people with a motive to kill the victim...Who's completely oblivious to any danger at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (gnNyN)

35
Maybe she doesn't want to handle your dick, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (/QHx4)

36 3 words to me 18 year old self?

Buy Microsoft stock.

Posted by: Romeo13 at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (mP0Kj)

37 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM (SRRAx)

38 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (sAmhv)

39 Did they rescue the ducks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

40 To 18 year-old me:

"Make smart decisions."

Posted by: Don Black at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (dBtZ2)

41 Hah!

Wikipedia says that the number dialed in the "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" went to an unlisted phone number at CBS Records, with which the band had had some problems.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (IG3/x)

42 34 Only 30 pages in, and already there are a half-dozen people with a motive to kill the victim...Who's completely oblivious to any danger at this point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM
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Thank goodness. People usually jump quickly to blaming the dino. Glad there are other suspects in this case. (The dino may not be in the version you're reading...)

Posted by: TRex - detective dino at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

43 Three words

You got this.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (A5RD0)

44 "Start eating salads". And if that didn't work I'd arrange another meeting and say "Use less ranch".

Posted by: Mr. Hirsute at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (mkvUS)

45 Did they rescue the ducks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

Alligator guy got there first.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (2WIwB)

46 33 That selfy with your pal...he always has get in the pic🦖!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:12 PM
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Camera hog.

Posted by: TRex - photogentic dino at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

47 You got this.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:14 PM (A5RD0
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Nice

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:15 PM (5jF9Z)

48 8 Good evening COMM! Ready for hi-jinx and hilarity?

Yeah baby!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (uTEOj)

49 Three words, huh?

Save.
Health.
God.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (qx7Zg)

50 Faraday car...just can't use GPS, cell phone, radio...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (l3cgK)

51 Three words? Who comes up wioth this shit?!

I'ma send back INFORMATION instead of myself, so there.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:16 PM (R+iUD)

52 Always Be Closing

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (bAKul)

53 "Three words only."

Does "Don't" count as one word or two?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)

54 53 "Three words only."

Does "Don't" count as one word or two?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)

cannot is one word...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)

55
496 Fellow Wyomingite,

I hope you are having a good evening enhanced with good painkillers.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)

56 Three words? Who comes up wioth this shit?!

I'ma send back INFORMATION instead of myself, so there.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

There's always one. If I had 3 wishes I'd wish for a million wishes 😜

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

57 My niche YT channel is Mark Felton's military channel (primarily WWII). The most recent one I watched was "Was Hermann Göring Gay?"

https://tinyurl.com/55rvmy97

Short answer: No, despite the makeup, nail polish, kicky red boots, and comic opera bespoke uniforms, he was 100% man, baby! Count Ciaro (Mussolini's nephew) said he wore a fur coat "like a high-class prostitute wears to the opera".

The term is "homovestism", or getting squidgy wearing clothing as a sort of idealized hypermasculine version of oneself (in his case military drag). Always learning something new on Felton's channel!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (kpS4V)

58 my hash keeps changing

Posted by: Don Black at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (dBtZ2)

59 >>> 54 53 "Three words only."

Does "Don't" count as one word or two?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)

cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)

So is "carrot"!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (R+iUD)

60 Thanks for the Wednesday Night ONT, T Rex!

There are some strange dudes in Pittsburgh. Just sayin'.

Love the T Rex photo bomb!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (D/6p1)

61 "Three words only."
Does "Don't" count as one word or two?
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

If it's two words, just replace "Don't Blah Blah!" with "Blah Blah? Never!"

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (VHUov)

62 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (zZu0s)

63 >>> 56
==
There's always one. If I had 3 wishes I'd wish for a million wishes 😜
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (YZ0Fo)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (R+iUD)

64 Three words to my younger self? Don't look back.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (ceJ0R)

65 59 >>> 54 53 "Three words only."

Does "Don't" count as one word or two?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (g5Xj2)

cannot is one word...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:17 PM (l3cgK)

So is "carrot"!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (R+iUD)

The Engine carrot do it, Captain! I'm giving all she's got!--Scotty

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:19 PM (l3cgK)

66 39 Did they rescue the ducks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:13 PM (Cqx++)

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

This. I need to know.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (OGOaV)

67
496 had a hip replacement this morning.

Wish him well.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (/QHx4)

68 Watch. Me. Faggot.

Posted by: Buddy at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (bAKul)

69 How does a DoorDash driver get banned from a Wendy's?

Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Sy6m/)

70 Three words, huh?
Save.
Health.
God.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I think I did okay on 2/3 of those even without my advice, so I suppose I could tell myself "Stay. In. Shape." That crap gets tougher every year.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (VHUov)

71 Han fired first.

Posted by: Diogenes at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (2WIwB)

72 Thanks for the ONT TRex.

The license scanner is creepy as hell. We need a Purge.

My power is currently out. The Generac is running. Internet and cable tv are actually functioning too. Usually they're off too.

I just saved all my work. Avengers with Steed and Emma Peele are on from Prime. Damn she was hot.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (Sco7b)

73 I wasn't around for the pride thread, but wanted to mention this is the first year my employer did not send out an email to the organization celebrating our lgbtqwerty folks. I'm slightly more optimistic for my company. Ish...

Posted by: AnchorPoint at June 17, 2026 10:21 PM (XY7MO)

74
Wendy's sucks. Everyone should be banned.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)

75 Han fired first.
Posted by: Diogenes at June

The original version is being rereleased into theaters. So you don't need to say that anymore.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

76 I hope you are having a good evening enhanced with good painkillers.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:18 PM (/QHx4)

The incision pain is zero, so the nerve block is still working. That thought just occurred to me about ten minutes ago.

My next thought was I'm screwed when it wears off.

But Mrs. 496 just delivered me an ice cream sandwich so things are good

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (ZYF5J)

77 Grab more pussy.

Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (oq9dX)

78 Watch. Me. Faggot.
Posted by: Buddy at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (bAKul)

They've hit Buddy! Come on girls!

Posted by: The Faggots at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (1Ff7Z)

79 75 Han fired first.
Posted by: Diogenes at June

The original version is being rereleased into theaters. So you don't need to say that anymore.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

He was right to fire first. It would've been stupid to wait for Greedo to pull his blaster first. Stupid. Like most of Hollywood. F'n stupid.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)

80 74
Wendy's sucks. Everyone should be banned.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:22 PM (/QHx4)

But does she swallow?

Posted by: Kumala at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (l3cgK)

81 He was right to fire first. It would've been stupid to wait for Greedo to pull his blaster first. Stupid. Like most of Hollywood. F'n stupid.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:23 PM (l3cgK)
-----
The best defense is a dead opponent.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (gnNyN)

82 (Could be worse. You could have snakes in your ductwork.)
___

Have a crawlspace, but no ductwork (mini splits, ftw).

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:24 PM (s6tef)

83 Ask her, dummy!*

*Applicable multiple times.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (1Ff7Z)

84 Three words: "Not Even Once"

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (ZYF5J)

85 He was right to fire first. It would've been stupid to wait for Greedo to pull his blaster first. Stupid. Like most of Hollywood. F'n stupid.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

Not only that. It's the single action when you meet Han that tells you who his character is. No exposition needed.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

86
Kuala, let us know.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (/QHx4)

87 *** scrape unique identifiers tied to your smart devices and make that data available to law enforcement.
---

Burn. It. Down.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (826kS)

88 *waves to four seasons*

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (s6tef)

89 Three words...
Brother was playing a game, and it had something similar, but regarding three words you'd say to your mother...his choice? "Not Today, Satan."...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:26 PM (l3cgK)

90 What would you say (other than financial advice to buy an investment when it was cheap)? Three words only.
__

Trust in Jesus.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)

91 Climb Mt. Niitaka

Posted by: Isaroku Yamamoto at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (bAKul)

92 My three words: Wait for (my husband's name)

Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)

93 3 words. Rule one, seriously.

Or. You can't fix her.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (YZ0Fo)

94 Three words, besides financial advice?

Stick with music.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (OGOaV)

95 Option A for three words: "Microsoft. Bitcoin. Tesla."

Option B, if it can't be investment advice: "No law school."

Posted by: PabloD at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (WDWLw)

96 Can't fix her*

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:28 PM (YZ0Fo)

97
SMH,

Darling, I'm so happy you are back and where you want to be.

Seriously, I missed you .

You rock!

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:28 PM (/QHx4)

98 ***but they are reportedly the majority owner of 24 hour fitness.
--

There was a 24 hr fitness four blocks from my house. It was clean and well fitted also with pool and sauna. FluKing O'Biden put it out of business.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (826kS)

99 What do I tell my 18 year old self.

"Get a Haircut"

or

"Home Depot Stock" (It split over 13 times and increased millions of % over the next two decades....$1,000 investment would have gotten me $Millions)

Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (dIske)

100 Good evening morons И спасибо, Дино!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 10:29 PM (RIvkX)

101 92 My three words: Wait for (my husband's name)

Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (wLjpr)

That would be complicated if you met him several times over a long time period...and only during a certain time was it right.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (l3cgK)

102 Just saw the ace's post re the wisc judge convicted of obstruction. She FAFO'ed alright - Ol' Fat Ass Found Out.

Posted by: Ricky at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (hyQrc)

103 69 How does a DoorDash driver get banned from a Wendy's?
Posted by: SciVo at June 17, 2026 10:20 PM (Sy6m/)

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

If it's the one I'm thinking of, it's because he was recording in there, even when they told him not to.

Posted by: No One of Consequence at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (OGOaV)

104 Thank you, four seasons!

It's good to be out from under the stress of buying a house...and getting new stresses of being a homeowner, lol.

Not being able to drive around the corner to pick anything up from the store is another shock to the system.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (s6tef)

105 ***This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone.
---

IT'S NOT AN ONT IF IT'S A ZONED THREAD.

zoning is for commies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (826kS)

106 Pittsburgh Scanner
Allegheny Center. 700 Arch Street - The Aviary. Caller said that two dudes are standing around staring at people. PD found two Tai Chi students practicing holding poses.

I knew I'd learn something useful from these eventually!

"No, miss, I'm not staring at your glorious rack. I'm practicing Tai Chi."

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

107 Trust in Jesus.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:27 PM (s6tef)

And here I was thinking I had something clever to say.

Posted by: Methos at June 17, 2026 10:31 PM (vSvIl)

108 Meeting my 18 year old self?

Kill Bill.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:31 PM (/lPRQ)

109 Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

Lauren Lavera posted a ton of Happy Birthday wishes. She turned 32!!! So for Terrifier 2, she would have been about 27 and looking amazing playing a high school girl.

I also follow Pale Girl - Amelie. She's about 15 or 16 and does a lot of terror festivals. She always posts pictures people send her of tattoos with her character. That must be crazy.

The Maxxxine trilogy is cued up after I catch up with stuff.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (Sco7b)

110 zoning is for commies.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (826kS)
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It's sad to have to set that rule, but I get it.

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (kZ3dQ)

111 Three words I would tell myself at 18: Maybe Less Drugs?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX)

112 106 Pittsburgh Scanner
Allegheny Center. 700 Arch Street - The Aviary. Caller said that two dudes are standing around staring at people. PD found two Tai Chi students practicing holding poses.

I knew I'd learn something useful from these eventually!

"No, miss, I'm not staring at your glorious rack. I'm practicing Tai Chi."

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

Vat Ver dey Holding?
https://youtu.be/xacdDrylrek

Posted by: Berlitz Commercial German at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (l3cgK)

113 Microsoft Apple Amazon

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (Cqx++)

114 Eat mor chikin

Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (oq9dX)

115 Microsoft Apple Amazon
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
___

Heh.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (s6tef)

116 Eschew all Manichaeism

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:33 PM (bAKul)

117 Lauren Lavera posted a ton of Happy Birthday wishes. She turned 32!!! So for Terrifier 2, she would have been about 27 and looking amazing playing a high school girl.

I also follow Pale Girl - Amelie. She's about 15 or 16 and does a lot of terror festivals. She always posts pictures people send her of tattoos with her character. That must be crazy.

The Maxxxine trilogy is cued up after I catch up with stuff.

Posted by: Stateless

Awesome!

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (YZ0Fo)

118 Three words, don't go full retard.

Posted by: davidt at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)

119 "Don't Immanetize Eschaton"

Yeah, I want to totally confuse my younger self...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)

120
SMH,

We deal with the lack of shopping here. You'll get in a routine.

We have a grocery here that rips us off.

It's a decision, do we get ripped off or drive an hour half to Walmart.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (/QHx4)

121 To my 18 year old self: Trade school now.

Posted by: clarence at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (28Fzt)

122 118 Three words, don't go full retard.

Posted by: davidt at June 17, 2026 10:34 PM (Q+gd/)

Sounds like Joe Biden shoulda commented that one.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (l3cgK)

123 I'm married to someone whose job used to be basically being Big Brother, and I'm a firm believer in the Fourth Amendment, so we've had some... spirited discussions. In my opinion, all three branches of government are flagrantly violating the Fourth Amendment. Congress refuses to actually reign in Big Tech, judges (especially in FISA) rubberstamp warrants they shouldn't, and the DoJ uses the FA to wipe its collective rear end.

On a far less depressing topic, Lil Pooky and Pookette are becoming connoisseurs of Overture of 1812 performances. Their current favorite is a community band in Spain that used an actual belltower and a cannon.

Posted by: pookysgirl unfortunately cannot tell what kind of cannon was used at June 17, 2026 10:35 PM (Wt5PA)

124 >>>Not being able to drive around the corner to pick anything up from the store is another shock to the system.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
---

It was 36 miles to Big Grocery, I bought a freezer.
Shopping day I took 3 iced down Igloos. (as I took food out of the freezer I replaced the area with containers of water) - ice for the next shopping trip.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (826kS)

125 Posted by: Stateless

Oh if you have Apple TV+ I can't recommend widows bay enough. The creepiness is great but the physical comedy and humor are just next level. Great mix of the 2.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

126 "Don't Immanetize Eschaton"
-----

*younger self immediately mashes Eschaton button*

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (kpS4V)

127 "Home Depot Stock" (It split over 13 times and increased millions of % over the next two decades....$1,000 investment would have gotten me $Millions)

*******

My stock calculator says I'd have $10k w a $1k investment in The Depot in '84 . WTH

Posted by: Dink at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)

128 Turn to Jesus.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

129 Heh, watching Netfux short documentary on Washington.

They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

130 Three words?

Well, the workaround is, "Read this constantly" and hand him a booklet with lots of advice and timeline stuff.

Taken at face value....
"cheaper, save, wait"

(Intended as 'don't just live below your means, live as far below them as you can, you'll need it when the time comes')

Of course, I forsee it all blowing up in both my faces.

Posted by: RandomDave at June 17, 2026 10:38 PM (aJQbY)

131 "This is a Tucker, Candace, Megyn and Bill Kristol free zone"

Something, something, something...

"The Aristocrats!"

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (g5Xj2)

132 Three words:

"Importantly, remember this…"
😀

Posted by: mindful webworker - can I go back to my 17 year old self instead? at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (9bb3y)

133 31My husband is all about his phone. Then he bitches to me about the spam he gets.

I ignore my phone.

Me as well. I can't even get cell service here where I live. If I wasn't so damn lazy I'd go back to a flip phone for when I go to town.
One of these days....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:39 PM (uTEOj)

134 3 words? "Do genealogy NOW"

Posted by: The Grateful at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

135 What would you say (other than financial advice to buy an investment when it was cheap)? Three words only.

Otherwise, yeah, everyone should say something like "Buy nVidia."

Wait, three words. "Buy nVidia, asshole."

So to follow the rules, I'm sticking with "Stay in shape." I knew it already, but seeing 29-year-old me saying it would make it Real.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)

136 Take the Almanac!

Posted by: Old Biff at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (bAKul)

137 My stock calculator says I'd have $10k w a $1k investment in The Depot in '84 . WTH
Posted by: Dink at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (hyQrc)

____________________

Every wave has a crest

Posted by: Orson at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (dIske)

138 Buy some Google.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (7PhS+)

139 3 words?

Quit smoking NOW!

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (rdVOm)

140 TRex family reunion at the airport

https://youtube.com/shorts/e3tZLWIYu-U

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (qx7Zg)

141 125 Posted by: Stateless

Oh if you have Apple TV+ I can't recommend widows bay enough. The creepiness is great but the physical comedy and humor are just next level. Great mix of the 2.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:36 PM (YZ0Fo

Cool. Thanks.

Everyone have a good night. I have to finish this stuff.

I'm glad we have that Generac now....

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (Sco7b)

142 Something, something, something...

"The Aristocrats!"
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
---

Would you prefer a Popsicle or a lollipop?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (826kS)

143 Take the Almanac!
Posted by: Old Biff

It's a skill, and I ain't buying... What?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (diia5)

144 My three words: Wait for (my husband's name)
Posted by: moki

I hope he's got an uncommon name, like Vincent or Walter.

If it's John or Mike, this might not be as helpful as you hoped.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:41 PM (VHUov)

145 seeing 29-year-old me saying it would make it Real.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:40 PM (VHUov)
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Heck yeah. I think it'd be great for 18 yo me to live one day as I am now.

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:42 PM (5jF9Z)

146 139 3 words?

Quit smoking NOW!
Posted by: JQ
---

How is that coming along?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:42 PM (826kS)

147 Stop asking stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:43 PM (diia5)

148
We have a freezer and when we cook we quadruple the recipe and freeze 3 meals. We decided if we're chopping up vegetables we might as well make enough for four meals.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:44 PM (/QHx4)

149 I can think of a group for a different mystery click, but none of the songs I know by Glass Tiger fit.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (qx7Zg)

150 How is that coming along?
Posted by: Braenyard

Had a brief relapse, but completely off cigs again for 1 month now. Back on the full-strength patches. (Oh, it sux when I forget to remove a patch before bed-- the *dreams* are just ...OUT THERE... LOL)

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (rdVOm)

151 Big Brother and SkyNet News

License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?

The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 10:45 PM (VHUov)

152
Will we be fined if we aren't wearing hijabs?

Fuck them all.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (/QHx4)

153 What are nicotine dreams like?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (ZVgZ4)

154 Sooners get it done! Unranked take out number 2, 15 and 3 to make the champ series! BOOMER

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:48 PM (YZ0Fo)

155 Hat tip: Smiling ear to ear!

Three words to my 18 year old self: Don't xxxxx xxxxx.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 10:48 PM (QGaXH)

156 Use a condom

Posted by: wth at June 17, 2026 10:49 PM (oq9dX)

157 What are nicotine dreams like?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Vivid and nonsensical. More so than usual. Sometimes very scary, sometimes funnier than heck.

I don't recommend trying it for fun, however.

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:49 PM (rdVOm)

158 {{{JQ}}}!!!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (uTEOj)

159 It's a rough row but the heart and lungs love it.
Uncle had an operation for a different reason, the surgeon said his veins and arteries were like glass.
_Cigs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (826kS)

160 Words of advice to my younger self, during a difficult period:

Stay the course.

(And she was / is absolutely worth it, 30 years later. Love of my life. Girl of my dreams. My amazing wife.)

Oh, and…

Greetings.

Posted by: Grayman27 at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (AvoqE)

161 102 Just saw the ace's post re the wisc judge convicted of obstruction. She FAFO'ed alright - Ol' Fat Ass Found Out.

Posted by: Ricky at June 17, 2026 10:30 PM (hyQrc)
-------
I missed that too - I'll have to go back and read it.

Also: now do Boasberg

Posted by: 496 at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (8THrs)

162 What are nicotine dreams like?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Long, hard, and full of leaves.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at June 17, 2026 10:50 PM (diia5)

163 Alternatively:

Keep the Mustang!

Posted by: mindful webworker - long-term investment advice at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (9bb3y)

164 Diogenes: Han fired first. That one action told the audience everything they needed to know about Han Solo. And Uncle George fucked that over because the "widdle kiddies" would be traumatized. Jeez! The only things worse than George's TOS do-overs were everything else.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (DK5Sh)

165 Champagne wishes and nicotine dreams!

Posted by: Robin Leach at June 17, 2026 10:51 PM (bAKul)

166 {{{COMM}}}

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:52 PM (rdVOm)

167 129 Heh, watching Netfux short documentary on Washington.

They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

Maybe they also counted the injun slaves?

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 10:53 PM (l3cgK)

168 Vivid and nonsensical. More so than usual. Sometimes very scary, sometimes funnier than heck.

I don't recommend trying it for fun, however.
Posted by: JQ at

I used to take a supplement for muscle recovery. Blanking on the name rn. But the dreams on that were INSANE

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:53 PM (YZ0Fo)

169
Hubby and I are old.

Our kids are doing well, except the wacky brainwashed daughter.

What we are are concerned about is our two dogs.

Used to .be worried about kids and now it is the dogs.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (/QHx4)

170 Demerol or other massive doses of opiatess may have had something to do with Goering's sartorial choices

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (rbvCR)

171 3 words to younger me:
"Get ADHD treatment"

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (tcsrY)

172 Three words.

“Always… uh… never…”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (kYmoU)

173 My three words at my 18 year-old self?
Quit Witda Pot.

Posted by: Gunslinger at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (3hOgI)

174 But the dreams on that were INSANE
Posted by: BruceWayne

^^ This guy gets it!

Yeah, the kind of dreams that wake you up middle of the night. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (rdVOm)

175 "Just Shut Up"

Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (/wizo)

176 > 167 129 Heh, watching Netfux short documentary on Washington.

They just deadpanned that the majority of 'labor' in the colonies were slaves. Even wiki says may 20%.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 10:37 PM (/lPRQ)

I rejected a docco about Thomas Jefferson after less than 15 minutes, because it was nothing but slaves-slaves-slaves-slaves-slaves.

Yeah, asswipes. I get it.

Thomas Jefferson owned slaves and Slavery was Bad.

Message received.

If I'd needed your help with that concept, which I didn't.

You ARE aware that he had one or two other MINOR accomplishments besides owning slaves, right? Apparently not.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)

177 What we are are concerned about is our two dogs.

Used to .be worried about kids and now it is the dogs.
--------

Are the dogs hanging out with a bad crowd?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at June 17, 2026 10:58 PM (bAKul)

178 > 153 What are nicotine dreams like?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 10:47 PM (ZVgZ4)

Easy to find out. Get one of those OTC nicotine patches and neglect to take it off before going to sleep.

Not recommended. Very much not.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (IG3/x)

179 ^^ This guy gets it!

Yeah, the kind of dreams that wake you up middle of the night. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ at

I'd wake up laughing and couldn't remember why, or wake up from an insanely realistic dream thinking did that happen?, or have a horror dream that locked me up. It was WILD

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (YZ0Fo)

180 So many hijabs on the beach. It’s creepy ag

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (0zf5s)

181 Herman Goering would be better than Rimmer.
Sure, he was a drug-crazed Nazi transvestite, but at least we could've gone dancing.

Posted by: Mister Lister SIR at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (IG3/x)

182 Big Brother and SkyNet News

License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
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And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?

The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski

Stingray has been around for a while.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)

183 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 10:57 PM (IG3/x)

Is there any anger towards blacks that owned slaves in the colonies?

"Black slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States, with an estimated 3,775 black slaveholders owning about 12,760 slaves by 1830."

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)

184 So say TRex...
I'm sitting over here at my wobbly table.
Good grief; there seems to be hijinks all over the place!
I just don't know what to do!
Ohhh....JQ! A small (kinda) cocktail please😛!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (uTEOj)

185 Are the dogs hanging out with a bad crowd?
Posted by: Cicero

Need to make a cute PSA:

"This is your dog" (shows a Golden Retriever, sitting quietly, as if being *good boy* for a treat)
.
.
"This is your dog on drugs" (shows that hellion of a dog from cafe(?) a couple nights ago, bouncing off the walls & everything like a total spazz)
.
.
"Any questions?"

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

186
Cicero,

They hang out with us old people.

They have been raised to be conservative.

No one will want them.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (/QHx4)

187 182 Big Brother and SkyNet News

License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets
----
And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?

The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski

Stingray has been around for a while.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:00 PM (/lPRQ)

Stinkray isn't needed. Google knows where your phone is (sometimes even when location is turned off) and can see how fast or slow you're going, so can infer traffic flow.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (l3cgK)

188 172 Three words.

“Always… uh… never…”
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 10:56 PM (kYmoU)

"forget to check your references"?

That's what I wrote down, anyway.

Posted by: Mitch Taylor at June 17, 2026 11:02 PM (w/O5Q)

189 Need to make a cute PSA:

"This is your dog" (shows a Golden Retriever, sitting quietly, as if being *good boy* for a treat)
.
.
"This is your dog on drugs" (shows that hellion of a dog from cafe(?) a couple nights ago, bouncing off the walls & everything like a total spazz)
.
.
"Any questions?"
Posted by: JQ

Every golden owner: yup those are goldens.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (YZ0Fo)

190 *bring spicy margarita to wobbly table for COMM*

Cheers!

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (rdVOm)

191 You know what I’m thankful for?

My boys are exponentially more MAGA than I am.

Seriously

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:03 PM (0zf5s)

192 Stinkray isn't needed. Google knows where your phone is (sometimes even when location is turned off) and can see how fast or slow you're going, so can infer traffic flow.
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia

The new Apple Maps update alerts you to construction (yes it's done that before) but now asks as you drive through it if it's still active

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:04 PM (YZ0Fo)

193 And how do you think Google/Apple/Waze Maps know that, right now, traffic is moderately heavy on Main Street between 23rd and 28th Avenue?

The only problem with this is someone's trying to patent an invention that already exists.
Posted by: mikeski

If you feel like playing with it, fill a cart with cell phones, and walk down the street. With enough phones, it looks like a traffic jam.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:04 PM (qx7Zg)

194 3 words?

Become A Plumber.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (+n72I)

195 You know what I’m thankful for?

My boys are exponentially more MAGA than I am.

Seriously
Posted by: nurse ratched

My sister and I are significantly more conservative than mama and papa Wayne.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (YZ0Fo)

196 So many hijabs on the beach. It’s creepy ag
Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 10:59 PM (0zf5s)

Try posting a sign that the beach has a two pork chop minimum for entry.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:06 PM (qx7Zg)

197
Lol Hour

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:06 PM (/QHx4)

198 > Is there any anger towards blacks that owned slaves in the colonies?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)

Of course not. Nor the Indians who owned slaves, black, white, and every other color.

The last slaves to be freed in what is now the United States were the slaves owned by the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, which occurred when US ownership of Alaska became effective on October 18, 1867. The Tlingit were definitely equal opportunity enslavers. They were running slave raids down the coast as far south as California, and more than one European vessel was seized and the crew enslaved.

Fuck "Juneteenth" up its stupid ass. It would be "Octeenth" if they really wanted to mark the day the last slaves were freed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (IG3/x)

199 194 3 words?

Become A Plumber.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at June 17, 2026 11:05 PM (+n72I)

I think yours and SMH's are the best ones!! And mikeski, luckily my husband does have an unusual name!!!

Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (wLjpr)

200 If you feel like playing with it, fill a cart with cell phones, and walk down the street. With enough phones, it looks like a traffic jam.

That is a lot of $30 flip phones from Wal-Mart plus cards for service.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (2GVsD)

201 Is there any anger towards blacks that owned slaves in the colonies?

===

If they had to admit* they know anything about John Casor and Anthony Johnson they would say that Johnson was a victim too.

* Anybody that studies that stuff and spouts off on it already knows who they are.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/lPRQ)

202
Rodrigo,

Everything in our country is the fault of white people.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:08 PM (/QHx4)

203
Evening, Trex, and ONT Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 17, 2026 11:09 PM (1z8ji)

204 Every day, I am happier that I do not have a smart phone.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:09 PM (XeU6L)

205 Another 'achievement' to be recorded in Gaylord's library, the return of the slave market to Libya.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (2GVsD)

206 Everything in our country is the fault of white people.

Posted by: four seasons

I mean it's kinda true. All of the great things about America and western civilization is the fault of white people.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (YZ0Fo)

207 Hiya nurse! Always so lovely to meet you here💕💕

Good on your boys! You obviously raised them well!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (uTEOj)

208 I meet my 18 year old self and only allowed 3 words?

Buy vintage guitars
Party on dude!
Don't fuck Anna.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:10 PM (snZF9)

209
A couple of threads I asked how do we fight against the shit.

WTH do we do?

We vote but there has to be more we can do.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (/QHx4)

210 Bers

What did I do to you in past nyah?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

211 Bers

What did I do to you in past nyah?

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:11 PM (2GVsD)

Nothing like the other Anna did. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:13 PM (snZF9)

212 This is Polliwog

Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first. So that's where we are because Inspector has really low sodium and the results of his CT scan yesterday were suspicious. We would definitely appreciate prayers.

Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (hdRdU)

213 One path to gaining wisdom.

https://youtu.be/oz1VNbQYiTw

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (qx7Zg)

214 198 > Is there any anger towards blacks that owned slaves in the colonies?
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:01 PM (l3cgK)

Of course not. Nor the Indians who owned slaves, black, white, and every other color.

The last slaves to be freed in what is now the United States were the slaves owned by the Tlingit tribe in Alaska, which occurred when US ownership of Alaska became effective on October 18, 1867. The Tlingit were definitely equal opportunity enslavers. They were running slave raids down the coast as far south as California, and more than one European vessel was seized and the crew enslaved.

Fuck "Juneteenth" up its stupid ass. It would be "Octeenth" if they really wanted to mark the day the last slaves were freed.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:07 PM (IG3/x)

Last LEGAL or quasi-legal slaves in the US...YMMV in other countries. According to the intertubes, in 1981, Maurtania became to last country to outlaw legal slavery...
BUT! Wikipaedia has the following:
"the practice became nominally illegal worldwide until Afghanistan legalized it in January 2026".
Yeah Taliban! /sarc

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:17 PM (l3cgK)

215 Prayers for both of you, Polliwog!

ER sucks.. sorry you've got to 'go thru the motions' there. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:17 PM (rdVOm)

216 @202

>>Everything in our country is the fault of white people.

Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)

217 Bers, just checking okay.

Geez Poliwog, best wishes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (2GVsD)

218 This is Polliwog

Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first. So that's where we are because Inspector has really low sodium and the results of his CT scan yesterday were suspicious. We would definitely appreciate prayers.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:15 PM (hdRdU)

Prayers up for both of you.

The only question I have is whether the doctor called to say "Admit Inspector as soon as he gets there."

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)

219 Polliwog a prayer for complete and speedy healing

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (RIvkX)

220 Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

We didn't steal the wheel tho...

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

221
Polliwog

All I can do is pray for you both.

If you are an illegal you would get first class treatment.

,

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (/QHx4)

222 216 @202

>>Everything in our country is the fault of white people.

Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 11:18 PM (XV/Pl)

But that's the history of the world. Somebody always wants what somebody else has, and fights a war to steal the land and enslave the previous inhabitants...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

223 Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)

224 But that's the history of the world. Somebody always wants what somebody else has, and fights a war to steal the land and enslave the previous inhabitants...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

That can't be true cause history started yesterday.

/s

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (YZ0Fo)

225 223 Well, according to the left, we stole everything and apparently when we stole everything, somehow the people we stole everything from couldn't use the things we stole from them.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

We didn't steal the wheel tho...
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (YZ0Fo)

But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)

We didn't start the fire,
It was already burning,
since the world's been turning,

Posted by: Billy Joel at June 17, 2026 11:22 PM (l3cgK)

226 But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

I believe it's been burning since the world's been turning.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:22 PM (YZ0Fo)

227 Alternative three words:

Marry AFTER thirty

Also: what3words app translates your location into three words so emergency services can pinpoint your location within a few yards...? Feet? Angstroms? Parsecs? Something...

If you wander off the beaten path could be useful.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (QGaXH)

228 Steelers over Cowboys

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (GseMx)

229
We Americans are the best people in the world.

Why are we being treated like third class people?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (/QHx4)

230 So, the other night I called an Uber on account of I spent too much time at the ONT bar. Well, I got a lovely Somali driver who kept singing Allah songs. He was so happy!
My concern was the hatchet he had hanging off of his ear...
I got out at the next red light🤯!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (uTEOj)

231 Don't buy Beta

Marty McFly

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:24 PM (QGaXH)

232 Everything in our country is the fault of white people.

Posted by: four seasons

Yeah, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that’s all on the white people. Greatest nation on Earth, that’s all on white people. The poorest state in the union has a higher GDP than the UK, that’s all on whites. Yeah, others helped, but most of it is all the white people’s fault.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:24 PM (ZVgZ4)

233 Don't buy Beta

Marty McFly
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Always wait to see which medium porn backs. That's why vhs beat beta and dvd beat divx.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:25 PM (YZ0Fo)

234 White people invented the wheel.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:25 PM (ZVgZ4)

235 The only question I have is whether the doctor called to say "Admit Inspector as soon as he gets there."
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:19 PM (qx7Zg)

He did call ahead, so it was only a 3-4 hour wait instead of 8 hours. Got that going for us.

Posted by: Inspector's Phone at June 17, 2026 11:26 PM (hdRdU)

236
I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:28 PM (/QHx4)

237 229
We Americans are the best people in the world.

Why are we being treated like third class people?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:23 PM (/QHx4)

Because the enemy is within the gates...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (l3cgK)

238 I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?

Posted by: four seasons

*shrugs*

I. Don't. Care.

Not. My. Problem.

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)

239
I really worry about our country.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (/QHx4)

240 Haole frak...

A Slavic family has been convicted of running a human trafficking network in England.

A McDonalds in Cambridgeshire, UK was staffed entirely by men from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Marginalized people, unemployed and such. New start in the UK. And like all slavers, they took the passports and stole about 98% of their wages.

Posted by: Anna Puma at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (2GVsD)

241 Because the enemy is within the gates...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

Just building the Utopia we haven't tried yet. The proles will love the new one.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (YZ0Fo)

242 > But that's the history of the world. Somebody always wants what somebody else has, and fights a war to steal the land and enslave the previous inhabitants...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 17, 2026 11:20 PM (l3cgK)

For example, the way that the Lakoda/Dakota (Sioux) claim that the Black Hills are THEIR "sacred land".

The Cheyenne, who got their asses kicked out of there by the Sioux before Whitey even showed up, disagree.

On the Anchorage/Cook Inlet side of the Chugach Mountains, the Alaska Natives are mostly Dena'ina (Indians) while on the Valdez/Prince William Sound side they're mostly Chugachigmiut (Eskimos).

Why? Because the Indians genocided the Eskimos on the Anchorage side.

Again, before Whitey even showed up.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (IG3/x)

243 223. But did we start the fire? Are we stuck in the middle?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:21 PM (qx7Zg)

We are stardust

We are golden

And we've got to find our way back to the garden....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:30 PM (QGaXH)

244 White people invented Monster Trucks, Bass Boats, Remington 12Gauge, Beer and the Mechanical Bull.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (GseMx)

245 I'm half afraid to post this. #2 will attract attention from TRex and The Grateful.

https://youtube.com/shorts/hJ3Inl_S8fA

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (qx7Zg)

246 Slavic family has been convicted of running a human trafficking network in England.

A McDonalds in Cambridgeshire, UK was staffed entirely by men from the Czech and Slovak Republics. Marginalized people, unemployed and such. New start in the UK. And like all slavers, they took the passports and stole about 98% of their wages.
Posted by: Anna Puma

The Slavs, epically the mob, have long been some of the biggest trafficking groups on the planet.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:31 PM (YZ0Fo)

247
BruceWayne,

Yep

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:32 PM (/QHx4)

248
"Black slave owners were African Americans who owned slaves during slavery in the United States, with an estimated 3,775 black slaveholders owning about 12,760 slaves by 1830."
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
---

sssh. We don't talk about that. Or those that stayed home and protected the women and children. Also in their idle time maintained the plantation and produced all that cotton that France and England wanted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (826kS)

249 We are stardust

We are golden

And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous
-----

Oh, great...now I have a Joni Michell earworm.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)

250 Slavs, slavers and slaves?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (ZVgZ4)

251 My sister and I are significantly more conservative than mama and papa Wayne.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Your mom and dad are freaking awesome. Give Aviator my best.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (hTSkD)

252 The Armenian mob in nyc and la run most of the the sex trafficking in those cities. All young girls either sold or stolen from the Slavic countries.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (YZ0Fo)

253 I saw this on YouTube and thought of you, TRex. I'm sure you've seen it but here it is anyway.

https://youtu.be/CS5HZxm4AgM?si=xICRGzNUaBdYZupX

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (CHHv1)

254 The late Latin word for "slave" (and our English word "slave", for that matter) was "sclāvus" which meant... Slav.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:35 PM (IG3/x)

255 Your mom and dad are freaking awesome. Give Aviator my best.
Posted by: nurse ratched

For sure they are. And I will. But as awesome as they are they somehow raised 2 kids that genghis Kahn was weak. Lol.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:36 PM (YZ0Fo)

256 Half of the freed slaves after the Civil War were dead within two years of emancipation. They expected someone else to provide for them.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:37 PM (ZVgZ4)

257 I'm a Demophobe. And proud of it.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 11:37 PM (GseMx)

258 We are stardust

We are golden

And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone)

We have to deal with the Wall.

https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 11:38 PM (qx7Zg)

259 Half of the freed slaves after the Civil War were dead within two years of emancipation. They expected someone else to provide for them.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

40 acres an amule basically made you a millionaire in 1866. If you used it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:38 PM (YZ0Fo)

260 Ciao, that Italian phrase, is also derived from “Your slave”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:39 PM (ZVgZ4)

261 240 Oh, great...now I have a Joni Michell earworm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)

I much prefer the Matthew's Southern Comfort version. Ewe Tube has it with images of Woodstock in the video. I showed it to one of my sons when he was maybe 12 years old. He thought those people came from another world...maybe they did....

Scary thing is....now they're running the country....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 17, 2026 11:39 PM (QGaXH)

262 *shrugs*

I. Don't. Care.

Not. My. Problem.

Posted by: JQ at June 17, 2026 11:29 PM (rdVOm)

Not my circus, not my monkeys. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)

263 40 acres an amule basically made you a millionaire in 1866. If you used it.
Posted by: BruceWayne

So. No reparations then?

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:42 PM (A5RD0)

264 Don’t forget the two cherubim and the flaming sword that turned every way.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:42 PM (ZVgZ4)

265 That's what I wrote down, anyway.

Liar! You didn’t write anything down. But we’re glad you came anyway.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 11:43 PM (kYmoU)

266 236
I know the ONT is supposed to be light and fun. BUT, if white and some black hardworking taxpayers are eliminated how do the bloodsuckers survive?

Posted by: four seasons
---

This lightness of being is something new. I remember ONT open thread as being something of a free for all that would drift one way or the other or possibly hang on to one thing. But omnipotent controlling authority. Never.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at June 17, 2026 11:43 PM (826kS)

267 And we've got to find our way back to the garden....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

We have to deal with the Wall.
https://youtu.be/bRJ5U49sJbI
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

That's my favorite Kansas tune.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)

268 So. No reparations then?
Posted by: nurse ratched.

40 acres and a mule was reparations. We done. Now I would LOVE to trace down genealogy and have people that scream for them like Sunny Hostin have to pay a "white" family cause her family owned and sold them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (YZ0Fo)

269 Not my circus, not my monkeys. lol
Posted by: Berserker

I have a confession to make.

The cross-eyed one wearing the blue fez?

That's my monkey.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 11:44 PM (VHUov)

270 Cafe is the lighthearted thread. ONT is ONT is what it is.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (ZVgZ4)

271 If SignalTrace can pick up your Bluetooth headphones, you can be damn sure it'll also be looking out for your vehicle's 5G hotspot, infotainment system, and even its tire pressure monitoring sensors. Hell, the company includes pet microchips as a potential entry point to tracking.

What could possibly go wrong? Faraday bags and paper maps anyone?

All probably said already but...
Man. That signaltrace is quite the rabbit hole. Company run by one of Obama's ex-defense secrataries and a Clintonite. It's 85% owned by an Itallian defence contractor at that. American side sold to them during Clintons reign of assholishness.
This story will get more scrutiny from me.
Dude was the first SoDs that wasn't military if I recall correctly.

Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (F9nWj)

272 Oh, great...now I have a Joni Michell earworm.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:33 PM (XeU6L)

Berserker's guaranteed ear worm removal tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM&

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:45 PM (snZF9)

273 Three words, "Learn the sizes."

Posted by: Frank Costanza at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (Q+gd/)

274 > 40 acres and a mule was reparations.

From what I'm seeing, General Sherman offered that deal in the territory he controlled (though the mules were loaned by the Army, not given outright).

However, Andrew Johnson (aka "the worst President until Woodrow Wilson) clawed it back.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (IG3/x)

275 Berserker's guaranteed ear worm removal tool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnRZhLRv6eM&
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

And here I was gonna Rick Roll him

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:46 PM (YZ0Fo)

276 Anyone remember fuck it all Fridays?

That’s when your skin got thickened.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:47 PM (A5RD0)

277 40 acres an a mule basically made you a millionaire in 1866. If you used it.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Don't know how accurate it is but have heard a lot of those 40 acres on the east coast were the barrier islands.

Sparsely populated then as fresh water was hard to get (rain fall and cisterns only).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (/lPRQ)

278 I have two ancestors who were killed in the Civil War, one KIA and one who died in a military hospital after being wounded. Several others served. All on the Union side.

Where are my reparations?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (IG3/x)

279 Andrew Johnson, better or worse than James Buchanan?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (ZVgZ4)

280
I'm a Demophobe. And proud of it.
Posted by: polynikes

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

A phobia is irrational. You're probably Demaverse.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 11:48 PM (XJ22o)

281 Three words:

Don't fuck her.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY8)

282 @276 I remember that from Achewood.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (CHHv1)

283 Anyone remember fuck it all Fridays?

That’s when your skin got thickened.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Robin Williams. Fukitol.

https://tinyurl.com/48jxpm8v

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (YZ0Fo)

284 Big Brother and SkyNet News

License Plate Cameras Will Soon Track Phones, Wearables, Infotainment, and Even Your Pets

A new kind of license-plate-reading camera will also scrape the smart devices you take with you, and wrap all that data in a nice little bow for law enforcement and the government

As John Spartan said in Demolition Man: "This fascist crap makes me want to puke!"

Posted by: The future is here and it sucks dystopian ass at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (TbWk/)

285 Three words:

Don't fuck her.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY

You too, huh?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (snZF9)

286 Ok.
My big love to this Horde❣❣

Thanks TRex!

"Time to say goodbye to consciousness.”

Posted by: COMountainMarie at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (uTEOj)

287 Don't know how accurate it is but have heard a lot of those 40 acres on the east coast were the barrier islands.

Sparsely populated then as fresh water was hard to get (rain fall and cisterns only).
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Many that took it got land in the south.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:51 PM (YZ0Fo)

288 Three words:

Don't fuck her.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY

You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

I said I only need 2: NOT HER

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

289 Bers - Thanks...I think...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)

290

We have shitty looking Hispanics showing up trying to sell internet service and other things.

Three months ago a Hispanic with a gross scar down his face showed up at the kids house. He was trying to sell some cable service. His buddy was in the unmarked truck in the street.

The daughter-in-law told him they weren't interested. He was being persistent till he heard their big dog barking.

He said "oh you have a dog, I'm, leaving."

The kids front yard is completely fenced in. We have told them no one should have access to your yard. We gave them locks for the gates but it is an issue about the kid's friends coming over.

We told them they have phones and they should call before they come over.

What else can we do?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)

291 “No one I met at this time—doctors, nurses, practicantes, or fellow-patients—failed to assure me that a man who is hit through the neck and survives it is the luckiest creature alive. I could not help thinking that it would be even luckier not to be hit at all.”

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (kYmoU)

292 > though the mules were loaned by the Army, not given outright

It just occurred to me that the reason for this was likely that Sherman had a zillion mules that he no longer needed after the war was over.

Lending them to the black farmers meant that someone else would be responsible for feeding them and taking care of them, while ensuring they were still around to requisition back should the need arise. Much smarter than just killing them.

Sherman might've been a cold-blooded motherfucker, but no one ever said he wasn't shrewd.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (IG3/x)

293 What else can we do?

Posted by: four seasons at

Call the sheriff when they show up and say ima shoot this MFer when he doesn't leave my property.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (YZ0Fo)

294 278 I have two ancestors who were killed in the Civil War, one KIA and one who died in a military hospital after being wounded. Several others served. All on the Union side."

I have two who served in Wisconsin regiments, who epitomize the extremes of war service. One became a Colonel of 21st Wisconsin, was captured along with his unit at Chickamauga (the 21st held their ground when the units on both sides of them split and ran, so they were completely cutoff). Spent a year in Libby prison in Richmond, escaped, ended up as one of Sherman's staff officers. Quite a career.

The other one, his cousin, signed up as a private, was shipped immediately to Spotsylvania, and was shot through the head the 2nd day he wore the uniform.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 17, 2026 11:54 PM (edUvp)

295

We are Utah adjacent and these assholes come here.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:55 PM (/QHx4)

296 I remember that Pat Travers song being played a lot, did you pay attention to the lyrics? Probably got disappeared cause its all about how he's going to knock his cheating girlfriend unconscious lol. 19 year old me would have no money to buy them and nowhere to put them..but "Daytona Charger, Superbird" at that would have made mid 60s current me a multimillionaire for an under 10k, heck maybe under 5k investment

Posted by: Azjaeger at June 17, 2026 11:55 PM (3/XaG)

297 What else can we do?
Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:53 PM (/QHx4)

Well. Are landmines an option?
Because, landmines should be an option.

Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 11:56 PM (2bUGO)

298 My requirements for reparations have not changed.

1. Any recipient gets a first class one-way airline ticket to the African hellhole of their choice.

2. Said recipient will not receive any funds until they have set up a bank account in said African hellhole.

3. Said recipient immediately and permanently loses US citizenship and all rights thereof. Said recipient may never again enter the US or any US territory. The penalty for doing so is instant execution, no trial or any other arbitration.

I would add "with subsequent seizure of all assets" to point three, but we all know the reparation money would be spent in less than two weeks.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at June 17, 2026 11:56 PM (CHHv1)

299 293 What else can we do?

Posted by: four seasons at

Call the sheriff when they show up and say ima shoot this MFer when he doesn't leave my property.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Shoot
Shovel
Shut up

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (YJ71Z)

300

BruceWayne,

That's what I think they should do.

Nothing is like Mayberry anymore. It's a different world we live in now.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (/QHx4)

301 Well. Are landmines an option?
Because, landmines should be an option.
Posted by: Reforger at June

No solicitors and solicitors will be shot signs work wonders.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (YZ0Fo)

302 > 288 Three words:

Don't fuck her.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at June 17, 2026 11:50 PM (ufFY

You too, huh?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

I said I only need 2: NOT HER
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (YZ0Fo)

"Don't let her move in" is five words, but in case you can't resist the others...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (IG3/x)

303 Sherman might've been a cold-blooded motherfucker, but no one ever said he wasn't shrewd.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
-------

I despise Sherman, however:

"If I had my choice I would kill every reporter in the world, but I am sure we would be getting reports from Hell before breakfast." -- WTS

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:59 PM (XeU6L)

304 Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 11:57 PM (/QHx4)

There is a famous 911 call from ok of an older lady that called that sheriff when someone was around her house. And it basically came down to her saying "ima shoot him grave yard dead if he comes to my door". He did. She did. And then said I'll wait for yall to get here. They said good job.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:00 AM (YZ0Fo)

305 Colombia just scored another goal against Uzbekistan in World Kickball.

Soccer is hockey at 1/10th speed without the ice and pussy players that are mortally wounded every time they get touched by another player.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at June 18, 2026 12:01 AM (ufFY8)

306 I remember seeing a sign in one of my late brother's EasyRiders mags many years ago. Something like:

"Warning: this house belongs to a biker who hates beggars, salesmen, missionaries, politicians, and bill collectors. If you have business with me, don't make it Saturday or Sunday. Unless you are blind and can't read this sign, you can bet your dead ass I'll punch your lights out if you knock on this door on Saturday or Sunday."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 12:01 AM (IG3/x)

307 Vows mean nothing.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 18, 2026 12:02 AM (YJ71Z)

308 Monsoons are here in the White Mountains. Big rain for about an hour. Just a little water under the garage door. The first two years here, would have had a lot. New, bigger gutters into a 1200 gallon tank, and drilling foot wide and 4 foot deep holes filled with gravel into a couple of areas giving the water a way past the hard baked earth makes a difference.
First power outage of the season, too. It went out about a half hour into the storm, and returned about 3 hours later a half hour ago. If we follow history, we'll see.4 or 5 more before September, lasting 2 to 6 hours.
I want to get batteries added to my solar, but APS isn't making it easy. They require combo meter- main panels, which makes getting in between the grid and the wiring.to the house to switch off the grid and onto batteries almost impossible. I had one proposal.to move wiring around to allow this which left my 40 year old panel in place with no breakers in it, and reduced my service from 200A to 150A... and it was $$$$. That doesn't even start on the batteries, that's another 30-40k.
I'm getting deep in the weeds with the NEC codes, trying to find a better, and maybe cheaper way

Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2026 12:02 AM (RW118)

309

When we lived in Hellumbia, SC, we didn't answer the doorbell. We had very sketchy characters showing up. Even here in nowhere Wyoming we have sketchy people show up at the door and we don't answer the doorbell.

It's a different world now and if you didn't call to let us know you were coming over, fuck off.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (/QHx4)

310 At lunch wanted a meaty pizza at a Pizza Hut in the Philippines.

Looking at the fine print on the menu for the "Super Supreme" I spy "chicken bacon" and "chicken ham."

Who the heck invented chicken bacon???

I passed.

Posted by: Whitehall at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (4/VSo)

311 That's what I think they should do.

Nothing is like Mayberry anymore. It's a different world we live in now.
Posted by: four seasons
--------

From 'Out stealin Horses', Petterson:

"And when someone says the past is a foreign country, that they do things differently there, then I have probably felt that way for most of my life..."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)

312 What would you say (other than financial advice to buy an investment when it was cheap)? Three words only.

That's a tough one. Only one three word phrase. Hell of a lot of possible things to head off - don't marry (name redacted), our parents suck, we aren't evil, or even "please kill us." If I had to boil it down just to one thing, maybe it would be served by:

"We deserved better"

Posted by: A nice cherry thought before bedtime at June 18, 2026 12:03 AM (TbWk/)

313 Don't let her move in" is five words, but in case you can't resist the others...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

No uhauls. Also only 2 words.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:04 AM (YZ0Fo)

314 Sherman was shrewd, and also a cold blooded ass when he wanted to be. On his march to the sea through Georgia, he had two problems: One was a pursuing confederate army that was pursuing him, and he didn't want to stop and battle with them, because he was racing to the sea and didn't want to hinder his progress.

The second problem was a group of camp followers, said to be about 30,000 made up of deserters, runaway slaves, and general ruffians that stayed about 5 miles behind the main army. This was the group that caused most of the trouble looting the civilians. Sherman was sick of them but didn't want to waste time dealing with them either.

The army came to a large river, and had to build a pontoon bridge to get across. (Sherman's army was good at this) He got his army across, iirc about 40,000 men and their equipment, and then he saw the camp followers coming up, and he knew the Confederate pursuers were also coming up fast. So as soon as his army got across, he cut the pontoons loose and destroyed the bridge, so the Confederates and the camp followers could have fun killing each other and he wouldn't have to bother with either of them anymore.

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 12:05 AM (edUvp)

315 Maybe this is better:

Live YOUR life

Posted by: Maybe I shouldn't think about it at June 18, 2026 12:08 AM (TbWk/)

316 Sherman was a warfare master. No hate for him from me.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:09 AM (YZ0Fo)

317 Three Words.........

Invest in Musk...........

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (geT9b)

318 Since this classic just popped up on my YooToob lists, I thought I'd share it. Posted fifteen years ago, still fun. One minute well spent.

If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy. Or enjoy it again.

🐵🐷
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o

Posted by: mindful webworker - the world has gone insane at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (9bb3y)

319 Not my problem.

I wish I used that one more... or ever.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:11 AM (2bUGO)

320 Since this classic just popped up on my YooToob lists, I thought I'd share it. Posted fifteen years ago, still fun. One minute well spent.

If you haven't ever seen it, enjoy. Or enjoy it again.

🐵🐷
https://youtu.be/5_sfnQDr1-o
Posted by: mindful webworker - the world has gone insane at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (9bb3y)

The monkey must be a socialist - or a Democrat.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:12 AM (qx7Zg)

321 Good night, all. Off to find something non-woke to watch before bedtime.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (IG3/x)

322 Invest in Musk...........
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 18, 2026 12:10 AM (geT9b)

You know, far enough back, this might get you investing in perfumes.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (ZVgZ4)

323 The monkey must be a socialist - or a Democrat.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Nah they didn't abort it.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

324
Sleep well Rodrigo

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (/QHx4)

325 To 18 yo me. As I skipped most of the content. I would say.

Just be you.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:14 AM (2bUGO)

326 The monkey must be a socialist - or a Democrat.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Nah they didn't abort it.
Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:13 AM (YZ0Fo)

Maybe, but he was looking backwards.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:18 AM (qx7Zg)

327 Maybe, but he was looking backwards.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Well that reeks of a commie.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:22 AM (YZ0Fo)

328 He needs a saddle and a little cowboy hat.
And that is one serious earworm.
Turn down the volume or suffer.
Now, where did I put that Berzerker earworm medicine?

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 12:24 AM (2bUGO)

329 My 18 year old self probably wouldn't listen to a word I said.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 12:25 AM (0nHVk)

330
Lol Debby

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:26 AM (/QHx4)

331 So, a family member of mine was in the local library and encountered young teens asking for the time then taking the family member's picture, claiming they are getting paid to do so. Is there a scam related to that?

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (iP/HW)

332 https://tinyurl.com/bbp6eadm

Harmeet Dillon is shutting down the Evanston reparations payment

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (YZ0Fo)

333 My 18 year old self probably wouldn't listen to a word I said.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Our 18 year old selves knew everything.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (YZ0Fo)

334
Don't that is scary.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:28 AM (/QHx4)

335 Advice to your younger self causes two related problems:

1) Any change in the time line has unpredictable and cascading effects. So when old you talks to young you, young you will do things differently meaning your advice is probably meaningless. "Marry Jane"? But younger you never goes to the party where he meet Jane because he spent time talking to Steve that fated night about some crazy old man that told him he was a time traveller

2) By changing the time line older you is a different person and therefore never goes back or gives different advice causing a paradox.

Posted by: 18-1 at June 18, 2026 12:29 AM (sKqQm)

336
BruceWay.ne,

Evanston Wyoming or Illinois?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:29 AM (/QHx4)

337 So, a family member of mine was in the local library and encountered young teens asking for the time then taking the family member's picture, claiming they are getting paid to do so. Is there a scam related to that?
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:27 AM (iP/HW)

Probably some scheme to tie one's face to one's cellphone number?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:30 AM (1z8ji)

338 Posted by: 18-1 at June

This is just hot tub Time Machine all over again.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:30 AM (YZ0Fo)

339 Learn to code

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 18, 2026 12:31 AM (DZ9Lv)

340
BruceWay.ne,

Evanston Wyoming or Illinois?

Posted by: four season

IL. they passed it last year. Fun fact Evanston is insanely white.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:31 AM (YZ0Fo)

341 They could use your face to unlock your phone.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (ZVgZ4)

342
Probably some scheme to tie one's face to one's cellphone number?
_-_
I was thinking something like that. Family member gave them a ration of shit about it, but it did not seem to deter them.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (iP/HW)

343
We lived in a suburb of Chicago for many years.

Evanston has always been fucked up.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:33 AM (/QHx4)

344 I was thinking something like that. Family member gave them a ration of shit about it, but it did not seem to deter them.
Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:32 AM (iP/HW)

Call the cops. Dial 911 right then and there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:34 AM (1z8ji)

345 We lived in a suburb of Chicago for many years.

Evanston has always been fucked up.

Posted by: four seasons

It's a college town of an an "elite" uni. They are dumb. I lived in Chicago for 8 years. We always laughed at Evanston.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:35 AM (YZ0Fo)

346 One last piece of fun advice, then I'm going to try to sleep.

Never clean with alcohol.
Nothing gets done after the first bottle.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 18, 2026 12:35 AM (qx7Zg)

347 Who knew that you couldn't just be admitted to a hospital on your Dr's advice? Instead, you have to go to the ER and do that whole rigamarole first.
Posted by: Inspector's Phone
-------
Your Doctor probably doesn't have "privileges". One of those privileges is admission on his word. One of the hospital's doctors have to verify your condition.

Posted by: buddhaha at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (RW118)

348 Never clean with alcohol.
Nothing gets done after the first bottle.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Fair. But the cleaning was fun. Give and take.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (YZ0Fo)

349 Well, it's getting close enough to 2300, that I am going to go to bed. Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at June 18, 2026 12:36 AM (1z8ji)

350 Thanks for the consult!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:38 AM (iP/HW)

351 Call the cops. Dial 911 right then and there.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I say call the sheriff. If you call the cops here they ain't gonna help ya.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:38 AM (YZ0Fo)

352
BruceWayne,

We lived in Glen Eĺlyn for several years. We moved to McHenry on the Fox River for a few years.

Assholes charged us an exit tax for moving to another town.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:39 AM (/QHx4)

353 The only "diversity" that exists in Evanston is the college. The actual people that leave their are Karen's and beta males.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (YZ0Fo)

354 Hi, Debby!

Yeah, 18 yr old me wouldn't listen, either. LOL!

Dad told me (on his deathbed) he thought I'd lived such a bad, hard life and was sympathetic. Well, I'd been straightened out for years by then, so it surprised me that he said it!

I replied something like: No worries, Dad. I got my shyte together and landed on my feet. Got a husband who treats me well; got a good job with decent pay & bennies; house is paid, car is paid...

Bothers me sometimes, when I think he must've thought me a failure for so long-- even when I wasn't.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

355 Alternative three words #2
You're no entrepreneur.

Doctor apptmt in the morning. Better get to snoozin'.

Always liked the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's version of this.
https://youtu.be/KKm_EgDI_-E

G'nite, y'all.💤

Posted by: mindful webworker - also, don't trust Bill at June 18, 2026 12:41 AM (9bb3y)

356 Cellphones are fantastic surveillance devices.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:41 AM (iP/HW)

357
Don,

You are correct.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:42 AM (/QHx4)

358 We lived in Glen Eĺlyn for several years. We moved to McHenry on the Fox River for a few years.

Assholes charged us an exit tax for moving to another town.

Posted by: four season

I lived in wrigleyville for 8 years out of college. It was great. Glad I got out when I did. But have friends that's still live in all the "outer areas". Don't feel bad for them.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:43 AM (YZ0Fo)

359 ...and instead of big brother installing the cameras and microphones, we install them and do the upkeep.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 12:44 AM (iP/HW)

360 I have been watching some Ewe Tube interviews of college students: the students can’t tell you how many minutes there are in a quarter of an hour, or name three countries besides the US, or what 77 + 33 is. They don’t even know when the country was founded! It’s depressing that these people got in to university. I suppose they are using LLM engines to write all their essays and using calculators instead of mental math. It’s obvious they don’t even know their times tables. Yes, I’m sure they are the dumbest of the dumb, but what are they doing in college?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 12:45 AM (ZVgZ4)

361 Bothers me sometimes, when I think he must've thought me a failure for so long-- even when I wasn't.
Posted by: JQ at June

I'd say he didn't think you a failure was just sad you had a rough go. Was proud of you.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:46 AM (YZ0Fo)

362
We lived in Florida when husband got a promotion to run the office in Chicago.

We were oddities up there. People would call my husband and they told him they just wanted to hear his Southern accent.

Assholes

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:47 AM (/QHx4)

363 Robot Chicken did a bit on old Spock meeting younger Spock that was freaking hilarious. Different versions keep popping up until there were about 20 of them running around. “And when you leave here, don’t go down that corridor on the right! Old Spock just dropped a bomb in the toilet there and you don’t wanna be anywhere near that stench!”

Posted by: Tom Servo at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (nuNhM)

364 We were oddities up there. People would call my husband and they told him they just wanted to hear his Southern accent.

Assholes

Posted by: four seasons at

I still get that in the south. Are your from
New York or Minnesota? The only 2 places they think of as north

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (YZ0Fo)

365 Hearing and reading about Chicago is kinda odd for me because though I was born there, I never lived there beyond the first couple of weeks after I was born.

Both my parents were born there, my grandfathers who I never met because they skipped out on their respective families were born there, my uncle who was murdered there, so much family history there, even a US Supreme Court ruling that involves my dad's family. Yet, Chicago is not a place I ever want to visit.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:48 AM (s6tef)

366 Appreciate your parents

Posted by: LASue at June 18, 2026 12:49 AM (CO2jt)

367 Was proud of you.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Neither parent ever said that to me. But Dad did tell me I'm a "good daughter" the night before he passed. So, I got that going for me...

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

368 Bothers me sometimes, when I think he must've thought me a failure for so long-- even when I wasn't.
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

He probably felt also that it was his fault, too. It is one of those things. It may have been his way of apologizing to you for not being able to make it turn out better. My dad had those moments too. you know, when I was at my worst.

Later on, at the end of his life, he was surprised at how close I was to him, and how I tried to help and support him. He told me I had turned out well and was a good son. I told him I blamed it all on him, which tickled his sense of humor.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (rbvCR)

369 Night AOP.

Hey Batman, how are you?

If those kids took my picture at the library I would be extending my middle finger, it is a common gesture around here. I try to not go the library when the translibrarian is working.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (0nHVk)

370 Neither parent ever said that to me. But Dad did tell me I'm a "good daughter" the night before he passed. So, I got that going for me...
Posted by: JQ at June

That's what I was tryna say

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (YZ0Fo)

371 Appreciate your parents
Posted by: LASue
___

Oh, I do.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:50 AM (s6tef)

372 DDS!!!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 12:51 AM (s6tef)

373
BruceWayne,

We had always lived in the South.

It was weird living Chicago adjacent because people thought since we had a Southern accent we were stupid.

Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:52 AM (/QHx4)

374 DDS

I'm doin pretty well. Just went to universal for a week with she hobbit and the boys. I didn't hurt anyone. So seems like a win 😜

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:52 AM (YZ0Fo)

375 >>It may have been his way of apologizing to you for not being able to make it turn out better.
Posted by: Kindltot

That's probably it. Dad wasn't touchy-feely and even though educated and quite eloquent.. not really good at conveying emotions.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 12:54 AM (rdVOm)

376 We had always lived in the South.

It was weird living Chicago adjacent because people thought since we had a Southern accent we were stupid.

Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.

Posted by: four seasons

Ya it works both ways. I still get shit down here. But I been there for like 15 years. So I don't care

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:54 AM (YZ0Fo)

377
BruceWayne,

Fuck them.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:55 AM (/QHx4)

378 369 Night AOP.
Hey Batman, how are you?
...
If those kids took my picture at the library I would be extending my middle finger, it is a common gesture around here. I try to not go the library when the translibrarian is working.

Batman does NOT live in Bruce Wayne's basement;
Bruce Wayne lives in *Batman's* Attic.

Dare to Be Stoop1d: Transformer Edition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tc6UbEYI4M

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 12:57 AM (hj0cc)

379 BruceWayne,

Fuck them.

Posted by: four seasons

It's fine. I'll never be a local. And thats fine. I'd feel
The same way if I still lived up north. No worries on my end.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 12:57 AM (YZ0Fo)

380
We're all trying to survive.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:58 AM (/QHx4)

381
Hiya MANFRED!

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 12:59 AM (/QHx4)

382 would be extending my middle finger
_-_
Family member led off with that "What kind of mother do you have who would let you be out doing this to people". Works pretty well on a certain age of kid.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at June 18, 2026 01:00 AM (iP/HW)

383 anyways, new meme: new Michelle biopic poster from Netflix

https://tinyurl.com/nhzybu62

Posted by: Kindltot at June 18, 2026 01:01 AM (rbvCR)

384

The thing about assholes taking your picture is they can attach the picture to whatever site they want.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:02 AM (/QHx4)

385 Bers - Thanks...I think...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at June 17, 2026 11:52 PM (XeU6L)

Well I'm betting you're not hearing Joni Mitchell anymore. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)

386 Hi JQ, your Dad loved you to smithereens, he was very proud of you for your grit in getting through bad times. I think he just wished with all of his heart that you didn't have to go through those trials.

SMH!!! How is the country girl doing??

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:05 AM (0nHVk)

387 John Wayne's grandson who plays the actual physical Mando just attacked all the fans for the munchie and gooch being a flop.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:05 AM (YZ0Fo)

388 Doin' fine, DDS, how 'bout yourself?

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:06 AM (s6tef)

389
Is he saying the fans are responsible for the flop?

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (/QHx4)

390 I hate Illinois Nazis.

Posted by: Jake Blues at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (ufFY8)

391 Hi BruceWayne. : )

Berserker!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (s6tef)

392 Is he saying the fans are responsible for the flop?

Posted by: four seasons

It's all the raycists that didn't show up and if they would have it woulda been a huge hit.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:08 AM (YZ0Fo)

393 SMH at God's

*blushes*

*waves*

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:09 AM (YZ0Fo)

394 Berserker!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:07 AM (s6tef)

SMH!! How are you enjoying the new freedom?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)

395 They didn't ruin your Star Wars. You have all ruined Star Wars.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (YZ0Fo)

396 381
Hiya MANFRED!

FederationVille,
lets see if it turns out better than this
https://youtu.be/SF4LUTe1zec?t=192

Dancin' is for People who are Pathetic;
Trump no longer dancin' to the DJ/Marco tunes of the Dancing Brennan Undead.

Hope? Not even the end of the Beginning/AI War I -- SOON!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at June 18, 2026 01:12 AM (d082u)

397 If Pizza Hut brings back the old school pizza and salad bar buffet in China, someone at Corporate will have to decide the correct phrase in Chinese for YU GO NAOW

Posted by: Lao Peng Jo Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:12 AM (8Tmnw)

398 Pizza Hut brings back the old school pizza and salad bar buffet in China, someone at Corporate will have to decide the correct phrase in Chinese for YU GO NAOW
Posted by: Lao Peng Jo Miklos

There's a dude that is buying old pizza huts and bringing the 80/90s ones cups chamdliers pac man's machines. And they are doing gang busters business. I think he's up to 80.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:15 AM (YZ0Fo)

399 I hate Illinois Nazis.
Posted by: Jake Blues

Eat your chickens

We got a full tank of gas, a half-pack of smokes, and work to do

Posted by: Neglected Third Blues Brother Nawlins Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:15 AM (8Tmnw)

400 There's a dude that is buying old pizza huts and bringing the 80/90s ones cups chamdliers pac man's machines. And they are doing gang busters business. I think he's up to 80.
Posted by: BruceWayne

That's what I was referring to.

Not near me so far, alas

Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes at June 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8Tmnw)

401 SMH!! How are you enjoying the new freedom?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 01:11 AM (snZF9)
___

I am so thankful that we no longer live in Illinois, and we're currently tossing ideas about building a shooting range.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:17 AM (s6tef)

402 John Wayne's grandson who plays the actual physical Mando just attacked all the fans for the munchie and gooch being a flop.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Are you not entertained?!?!

Posted by: The Mandoboringan at June 18, 2026 01:17 AM (VHUov)

403
SMH,

Did you have to move pets?

When we moved from Illinois to South Carolina we had two Great Danes to move.

That was an interesting trip, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (/QHx4)

404 That's what I was referring to.

Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes

Ahhh my bad. 24 hour fitness now owns the franchise.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (YZ0Fo)

405 Life is good SMH, it is constantly changing though and I'm just scrambling to keep up with the change.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:18 AM (0nHVk)

406 Are you not entertained?!?!
Posted by: The Mandoboringan a

I am not. Hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:19 AM (YZ0Fo)

407 Husband was a top lawyer and he kicked ass up there.

Posted by: four seasons

Mr. Haney was the top real estate salesman in Naperville for years

Posted by: Miklos just wants a lousy one Green Acre at June 18, 2026 01:19 AM (8Tmnw)

408
Naperville was a nice town when we lived up there.

Mr. Haney probably doesn't like it now.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:21 AM (/QHx4)

409 When we moved from Illinois to South Carolina we had two Great Danes to move.

That was an interesting trip, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

Did you move to Denmark, SC?

It's just down the road from Norway, SC

Posted by: Miklos did not, in fact, make this up at June 18, 2026 01:21 AM (8Tmnw)

410 four seasons, two cats.

One rode shotgun with me, the other with the hubby, who was driving the uHaul. They slept for most of the drive, which was about two and a half hours.

They're still quite clingy, but their appetite has mostly returned.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:22 AM (s6tef)

411
Miklos,

Hellumbia, aka Forest Acres.

In-laws needed looking after.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (/QHx4)

412 Two great danes...wow.

At least my cats were in carriers.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (s6tef)

413 four seasons

I don't love it when a redneck/Green Acres joke plan doesn't come together

Posted by: Col Hannibal Miklos, not bringing his A-Team at June 18, 2026 01:23 AM (8Tmnw)

414 One rode shotgun with me, the other with the hubby, who was driving the uHaul. They slept for most of the drive, which was about two and a half hours.

They're still quite clingy, but their appetite has mostly returned.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy

My parents dog was a effing terror til they moved to ok. Then she didn't know her surroundings and become the most calm friendly dog ever.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:24 AM (YZ0Fo)

415
SMH,

It was an adventure, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:24 AM (/QHx4)

416 Then she didn't know her surroundings and become the most calm friendly dog ever.
___

lol

Amazing what fear does to a person...or a dog.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:25 AM (s6tef)

417 Hellumbia, aka Forest Acres.

In-laws needed looking after.

Posted by: four seasons

Hell, you people clear the other side of town.

With them hoity-toity Rich landers

Posted by: Miklos rejoices on the banks of the Saluda at June 18, 2026 01:26 AM (8Tmnw)

418 four seasons that must have been one heck of a trip!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:27 AM (0nHVk)

419
Luckily I had a Suburban. I don't know how we would have made the trip without it.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:27 AM (/QHx4)

420 lol

Amazing what fear does to a person...or a dog.
Posted by: SMH at

Well she was still kinda terrible. But then papawayne thought it was cute hahahah. But ya her craziness went away basically overnight.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:28 AM (YZ0Fo)

421 Miss Dixie gets car sick, but being a small dog it's manageable.

Posted by: Master Of Spoiled Rotten Dog Miklos at June 18, 2026 01:28 AM (8Tmnw)

422
I am crazy about dogs.

I can't live without dogs.

I would have cats but I'm very allergic.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:30 AM (/QHx4)

423 Miss Dixie gets car sick, but being a small dog it's manageable.
Posted by: Master Of Spoiled Rotten Dog Miklos

My sisters dog, who we have lost now, wasn't a great traveler. And one time he held it in until we were a block from the house and then sprayed the entire back of the car with shit

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:31 AM (YZ0Fo)

424
Oh jeez

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:32 AM (/QHx4)

425 Close enough!!!

Posted by: Your sisters dog at June 18, 2026 01:33 AM (2bUGO)

426 ew

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 18, 2026 01:33 AM (s6tef)

427

We're here!!Confetti.

Oh sorry it's shit.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:34 AM (/QHx4)

428 Close enough!!!
Posted by: Your sisters dog
Hahah yup he was like ima get in the pool. What's the problem.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:35 AM (YZ0Fo)

429 I'll spare y'all my dogshit story.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 01:36 AM (2bUGO)

430 I figured out why I was having the first of six weeks without some sort of issue to deal with: it's coming on Friday morning.

A dentist (I think a stupid one) watched a bump on my husband's gum by a lower front tooth for months. No biggie he said.

I sent him to a peridontist I researched & he is now having a gum transplant to the gum and I will be a nurse again for a few days. Transplant from roof of his mouth horror.

Tomorrow I will plan his diet of ice cream, yogurt, smoothies, grandmother's cure all egg custard, etc.

Dental stuff horrifies me & I cannot imagine. He will be doped up, so that's good. He's very compliant and a good patient.

This will be my last effort before they haul me off to the asylum to get him better.

I know it's not important but I do neet a cut and color hair appt next week if he's better. We also have a party to attend a week after this.

Supposedly the pain is "not as bad" as wisdom teeth removal, which he had in college & I had to deal with that as well with him and sons.

Have the crawling baby girl tomorrow before they are out of town (Maui) for 10dys. Took her and big sis's photos by my roses today and they look timeless.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at June 18, 2026 01:36 AM (hzuYO)

431
When we lived in Illinois an old retired guy showed up one day and his business was cleaning up dog poop from the yard.

With two Great Danes, we hired him immediately.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:38 AM (/QHx4)

432 When XH1 and I were in Japan, we got a cat. "Presento!" from a pet store in Hachinohe. Beautiful lil calico kitty. She was a tiny terror, but was my buddy.

Couple years later, hub got orders to Hawaii-- a "W.H.O. rabies-free zone"-- with mandatory 120day quarantine. Heartbroken, I tried to find her a new home. One family seemed great & took her home, I cried for days! Then they called-- she wasn't eating, spent the whole time in a closet and wouldn't come out. So I went for a visit & she came out, ate, used the box... and I left again (in tears) but they called again and said it wasn't working out. Their young child was heartbroken, but understood.

Yay! Got my buddy back! And then-- vet papers/certificates for international travel, plane fare, quarantine costs... and then when XH & I split... more plane fare, car travel, moving... UGH!

Loved that silly rotten cat. One-person cat. EXPENSIVE cat.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

433
Reforger,

Come on share.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:39 AM (/QHx4)

434 Loved that silly rotten cat. One-person cat. EXPENSIVE cat.
Posted by: JQ at

My Heart dog Summit. Was diabetic had pancreatitis 4x. Blind. Had to have have fluids 2x a day. But I'll never love any dog more than her.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:42 AM (YZ0Fo)

435 When we lived in Illinois an old retired guy showed up one day and his business was cleaning up dog poop from the yard.

With two Great Danes, we hired him immediately.

Posted by: four seasons

Cool

You let an old guy on your lawn

Posted by: Stuffs happens, as Miklos says at June 18, 2026 01:44 AM (8Tmnw)

436
True loving pet people try to keep them alive.

We kept a couple going until we knew they were suffering.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:46 AM (/QHx4)

437
Husband is now old and he's allowed on the lawn. Sometimes he cleans up the dog shit.

That's a good day.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:48 AM (/QHx4)

438 Miklos, some days I just want to pack up and move to Hooterville.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 01:49 AM (0nHVk)

439 True loving pet people try to keep them alive.

We kept a couple going until we knew they were suffering.

Posted by: four seasons

Summit got at least a year of good life that others wouldn't have done. Then her liver swelled. And we had like 2 more great weeks before it was time

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:49 AM (YZ0Fo)

440 You let an old guy on your lawn
Posted by: Stuffs happens, as Miklos says

When the cloud yells at you to do something, you do it.

Posted by: mirror-universe mikeski at June 18, 2026 01:50 AM (VHUov)

441
BruceWayne,

The dog we lost last year had liver problems. He was an old guy who had a good life and we cried like babies when we lost him.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:52 AM (/QHx4)

442
I think we've cried more about losing pets than some relatives, lol.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:54 AM (/QHx4)

443 Iran cucked Trump.
Trump cucked the Zionists.
Israel is finished.

Sad!

lol

Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 01:55 AM (z3HFv)

444
443,

Eat dogshit and die.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 01:56 AM (/QHx4)

445 BruceWayne,

The dog we lost last year had liver problems. He was an old guy who had a good life and we cried like babies when we lost him.

Posted by: four seasons

My parents and sister had been trough it that was my true first time. And many other people wouldn't have done what we did to get her to almost 13. But all of her years were good. I'll never have a dog like her again.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 01:57 AM (YZ0Fo)

446 (z3HFv)

Sucks c0ck by choice

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 01:58 AM (rdVOm)

447 Mark levin crying like a bitch
Shapiro too
Tee hee

Sad!!

lol

Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 01:58 AM (z3HFv)

448 I have a brindal pug. Very rare. He's not right now at 15. Hips bad, can't stand up on his own. Once you get him up he meanders pretty good.
So, he has a small spot he craps in in the yard. I take him out after the wife, who takes him out in the morning. We don't really comunicate much during the week. We work different shifts. Turns out he didn't shit for like 5 days. I was worried, wife was worried yet because we have such seperate times we work neither voiced there concerns to the other.
So I pick him up one time about noon and start to haul him out. I get to the door to the laundry room and a loud blurp noise emminate from the pug. A turd falls to the floor. I at once realized I had a projectile dog shit machine in my hands. I quickly try to open the door outside and failed. He starts slipping out of my hands as I try again. Suffice to say I spent the next 4 hours cleaning up liquid shit from walls and counters. It was like releasing a cork. My turning with a half dropped pug just increased the blast radius.

I still have PTSD from this. Poor pug will get his ass thrown out the window if I hear that gurgling again.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:00 AM (2bUGO)

449 Zionists won the Massie battle
Lost the war
Miriam Adelson on suicide watch
lol!

Sad!

Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 02:01 AM (z3HFv)

450 I think we've cried more about losing pets than some relatives, lol.

Posted by: four seasons

I've cried more at my families dogs being put down than anyone in my family that died. And that was like x100000000000 when I had to put my girl down

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (YZ0Fo)

451
BruceWayne,

We've been married almost 50 years. We have had many dogs.

Chela, my Shih Tzu will always have my heart. She was absolutely wonderful.

There is always one who owns us forever.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)

452 Its only 2am ?

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (Ia/+0)

453 Best part?

Two Jews betrayed the Zionists. Money always wins with those people.

Lol!!!

Sad!

Posted by: Le Haim at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (z3HFv)

454 >> Its only 2am ?

It's 5 o'clock (AM or PM) somewhere.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 02:03 AM (w6EFb)

455 Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:00 AM

Eww. So sorry! Poor doggo, poor you!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:04 AM (rdVOm)

456 Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal IRAN! Congratulations over your game winning shot vs dump!

Posted by: raimondo at June 18, 2026 02:04 AM (cmynl)

457
Reforger,

Lol

That's a story.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (/QHx4)

458 There is always one who owns us forever.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:02 AM (/QHx4)

That was my Sassy. She was so awesome. I list her to a doritto bag incident at less than a year old.

Never leave bags of chips open around dogs.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (2bUGO)

459 BruceWayne,

We've been married almost 50 years. We have had many dogs.

Chela, my Shih Tzu will always have my heart. She was absolutely wonderful.

There is always one who owns us forever.

Posted by: four seasons at

The really funny thing is my sister and her gf got a girl doodle cause they wanted the boy doodle to have a buddy. And she's obsessed with me 😂

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:05 AM (YZ0Fo)

460 * lost

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:07 AM (2bUGO)

461 The really funny thing is my sister and her gf got a girl doodle cause they wanted the boy doodle to have a buddy. And she's obsessed with me 😂
Posted by: BruceWayne

And she also bullies him even tho he's like 5x her size hahah

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:09 AM (YZ0Fo)

462
BruceWayne,

Two or four legged you have a female obsessed with you.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:09 AM (/QHx4)

463 Wife says he is our last dog.
We'll see.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:10 AM (2bUGO)

464 Sweet dreams Horde, I am just going to spray a little air freshener in here before I leave.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at June 18, 2026 02:11 AM (0nHVk)

465 My lil bro has an ancient chi-weenie that he takes *everywhere* (he's a truck driver) because his wife ~~is an irresponsible, unreliable bitch~~ can't seem to handle its care when he's gone.

Thing doesn't get proper medical care or grooming and isn't housebroken afaik, because it liquid-shit on my carpet last time they visited...

Dude says he's gonna visit again sometime this summer. Ugh, i CaN hArDlY wAiT.

Sucks when, as a critter-lover, you see crap like this.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

466 462
BruceWayne,

Two or four legged you have a female obsessed with you.

Posted by: four seasons at

*shakes head no*

*winks and smiles*

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 18, 2026 02:12 AM (YZ0Fo)

467
Sleep well Debby.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:12 AM (/QHx4)

468 'Night, Debby!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:16 AM (rdVOm)

469
We are so blessed to have AOS.

Most of us will never meet but we truly care about each other.

Thank you Ace for this wonderful place.

Goodnight all and sleep well.

Posted by: four seasons at June 18, 2026 02:16 AM (/QHx4)

470 ait's early but I'm fading fast. I'm gonna go lay down and read a bit. Prayers up. Goodnight horde.
Tomorrow brings much befuckery, don't miss a minute.

Posted by: Reforger at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (2bUGO)

471 'Night, fourseasons!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

472 Sleep well, Reforger!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:18 AM (rdVOm)

473 heh...

g'night, john-boy

'night erin

good night mary ellen...

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:19 AM (rdVOm)

474 Alrighty then!

I'm here to put the FUN in dysFUNctional!!!

.
.
.

... or, maybe not?

Whatever. It's late...

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:22 AM (rdVOm)

475 Good Night Everyone

Sleep well.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK's Phone) at June 18, 2026 02:24 AM (QGaXH)

476 Miklos, some days I just want to pack up and move to Hooterville.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz

Hootersville, dahlink

Hotscakes?

Posted by: Miklos Eva-Gabor at June 18, 2026 02:24 AM (8Tmnw)

477 good night mary ellen...
Posted by: JQ

You know Grandpa is a perv and a commie, right?

Posted by: Miklos heard about Will Geer at June 18, 2026 02:26 AM (8Tmnw)

478 https://youtu.be/MuFOidNhGEU

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:28 AM (rdVOm)

479 You know Grandpa is a perv and a commie, right?
Posted by: Miklos heard about Will Geer

Yes. Found out later. Still liked the Waltons tv show-- yeah, it's not for everyone. *shrugs*

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:30 AM (rdVOm)

480 Yes. Found out later. Still liked the Waltons tv show-- yeah, it's not for everyone. *shrugs*
Posted by: JQ

They OWNED the lumber mill

Evil capitalists

*does two, no three (3) Jell-o shots just to calm down

Posted by: Miklos of the People at June 18, 2026 02:32 AM (8Tmnw)

481 Hooterville? Sounds like a nice way of saying boob city. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 02:32 AM (snZF9)

482 LOL Bers! And *what about* those petticoats, anyway?!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

483 Well, I had an interesting night. About 11:40 I was watching an episode of Star Trek Enterprise when I heard somebody trying to force my front door open. I got to my desk where I keep my carry pistol. Saw his flashlight moving in my living room. Had him dead to rights in front of me, pistol aimed right at him. Chose to yell at him instead of shooting: "GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY HOUSE YOU PIECE OF SHIT" I have what is known as a command voice - it scared the piss out of him. Hispanic about 30 - 35, maybe 5'7" 180 lbs. I should have done the world a favor and shot him. Sorry everyone.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:38 AM (Da7Vv)

484 >> Hooterville? Sounds like a nice way of saying boob city. lol

Lots of curves you bet, and even more when you get to the Junction. Petticoat Junction.

I could stand some time at the Shady Rest. On the porch with Uncle Joe. And we'd both be movin' kinda slow. At the Junction.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 02:39 AM (w6EFb)

485 I could stand some time at the Shady Rest. On the porch with Uncle Joe. And we'd both be movin' kinda slow. At the Junction.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

On laundry day

Posted by: Young Miklos noticed at June 18, 2026 02:42 AM (8Tmnw)

486 Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:38 AM

Glad you didn't get hurt! What a shot of adrenaline, ugh. Research the specifics of "castle doctrine" for your state. Next time: know what you're allowed to do.

Thinking wow, I need to refine a plan for here...

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:45 AM (rdVOm)

487 OLD-Ginger vs Mary Ann

NEW-Billie Jo, Betty Jo, or Bobbie Jo

Argue and discuss

Posted by: Miklos discussed this with Mr. Drucker at June 18, 2026 02:51 AM (8Tmnw)

488 LOL Bers! And *what about* those petticoats, anyway?!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:34 AM (rdVOm)

They would become area rugs. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at June 18, 2026 02:52 AM (snZF9)

489 Thinking wow, I need to refine a plan for here...
Posted by: JQ

Claymores

The President of the HOA is ex-military, says it's ok

Even helped me set 'em up

Posted by: Miklos likes his lawn umtrampled by misfits and miscreants at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (8Tmnw)

490 400 There's a dude that is buying old pizza huts and bringing the 80/90s ones cups chamdliers pac man's machines. And they are doing gang busters business. I think he's up to 80.
Posted by: BruceWayne

That's what I was referring to.

Not near me so far, alas
Posted by: A Miklos gets hungry sometimes at June 18, 2026 01:16 AM (8Tmnw)

I think there is a Pizza Hut in Wasilla, but most of them up here are now something else. The one on 5th Ave in Anchorage is now an adult "book" store. The Pizza Smut.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (bl07w)

491 OLD-Ginger vs Mary Ann

NEW-Billie Jo, Betty Jo, or Bobbie Jo

Argue and discuss
--------------

Nah, not into wimmens.

How's about... Adrian Paul, ca. 1992. Mmmm...

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 02:55 AM (rdVOm)

492 It's 5 o'clock (AM or PM) somewhere.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Wherever you go, there you are, and it's five o'clock somewhere

You have learned much, Grasshopper

Posted by: Blind Monk Miklos of Shaolin at June 18, 2026 02:56 AM (8Tmnw)

493 Glad you didn't get hurt! What a shot of adrenaline, ugh. Research the specifics of "castle doctrine" for your state. Next time: know what you're allowed to do.

I live in TX, somebody breaks into your house you can blow them away. He didn't even know I was there, I was bare foot. Mainly I'm pissed because my front door is now ruined. I've had more of an adrenaline surge fighting in Judo competitions - no big deal.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 02:57 AM (Da7Vv)

494 How's about... Adrian Paul, ca. 1992. Mmmm...
Posted by: JQ

Ok

The hottest guy of *insert decade* who turned out NOT to be gay

Posted by: Miklos knew girls who suspected and were proven right at June 18, 2026 02:58 AM (8Tmnw)

495 I live in TX, somebody breaks into your house you can blow them away. He didn't even know I was there, I was bare foot. Mainly I'm pissed because my front door is now ruined. I've had more of an adrenaline surge fighting in Judo competitions - no big deal.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President

In that case... *slaps you* WTF didn't you blow his brains out?!

I get it, though. There's a huge difference between talkin' and doin'

Like to think I'd blow the worthless ass away, but push-come-to-shove? Don't know if I could actually DO it.

*pours drink for you*

Be well.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:04 AM (rdVOm)

496
There were three Billie Jo's, and two Bobbie Jo's, but just one Betty Jo.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at June 18, 2026 03:06 AM (w6EFb)

497 400 There's a dude that is buying old pizza huts and bringing the 80/90s ones cups chamdliers pac man's machines. And they are doing gang busters business. I think he's up to 80.
Posted by: BruceWayne

Like the 80/90s PH interiors? How about the recipes..bring those back and Ill drive..late 80s/early 90s hut was da bomb

Posted by: A dude in MI at June 18, 2026 03:08 AM (+I6Y/)

498 First time I lined somebody up in my sights in Vietnam - everything went very calm, and I realized, to my horror, that I was a stone cold killer. Shooting him wouldn't have bothered me at all - the thought of having the cosmically dumbass Houston police pawing through my house afterwards is the main thing that stopped me.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at June 18, 2026 03:14 AM (Da7Vv)

499 >>the thought of having the cosmically dumbass ~~Houston~~ **any city** police pawing through my house afterwards is the main thing that stopped me.

Oh, I hear that! Hahaha, loud n clear... local cops here are total fkups. Yeah, the aftermath would suck, hard-core.

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:17 AM (rdVOm)

500 Ya know, I'm *almost* to the point that I'd agree with the leftards about defunding cops. Almost.

As long as it's only CITY cops. Or maybe just *my* city's worthless cops?

Fkers seemingly are only there to protect the damned criminals. B@stard that broke into dad's house got a wrist-slap of "trespassing" with an open-ended, all-day window to show up at court for whatever fine (that they would, no doubt, suspend because he was "homeless" and/or "disabled" even though he obviously had assistance and a regular place to stay) rather than "breaking and entering" and/or "burglary"... grrrrr!

Oh yeah--- and tickets! Fines! "REVENUE ENHANCEMENT!"

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

501 Hahaha, I'm such a ray of sunshine, huh?

Time for bed, methinks.

Good night, all. Thanks for being yourselves!

Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:31 AM (rdVOm)

502 Claymores
The President of the HOA is ex-military, says it's ok
Even helped me set 'em up
Posted by: Miklos

FRONT TOWARDS SALESMAN

Posted by: mikeski at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (VHUov)

503
I think there is a Pizza Hut in Wasilla, but most of them up here are now something else. The one on 5th Ave in Anchorage is now an adult "book" store. The Pizza Smut.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 02:54 AM (bl07w)

I miss the Cook Inlet Book Company.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)

504 Been up whole time

Posted by: Skip at June 18, 2026 03:45 AM (Ia/+0)

505 When you shoot someone in your own home, you are the one that has to clean up all the bloodstains, other bodily fluids, etc. Hydrogen peroxide only works so much.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 03:46 AM (ZVgZ4)

506 What about seizing your cash if you are carrying “too much”. How much is too much, and how is it constitutional to just take it? Cops are acting more and more liked armed gangs, or occupying forces.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 18, 2026 03:49 AM (ZVgZ4)

507 There were three Billie Jo's, and two Bobbie Jo's, but just one Betty Jo.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Associate Adjunct Professorship with Tenure AWARDED

Posted by: University of Miklos at June 18, 2026 03:57 AM (8Tmnw)

508 Oh yeah--- and tickets! Fines! "REVENUE ENHANCEMENT!"
Posted by: JQ at June 18, 2026 03:28 AM (rdVOm)

Every town and city in America has a line item where fines are factored in. Americans are guilty to the tune of whatever that number is. Cops may tell you they have no quota, and they might well be right - but if they want to be more honest, they might want to read their city budget.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:57 AM (gfO9L)

509 I miss the Cook Inlet Book Company.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)

Maybe the Book Cache? I don't recall a Cook Inlet Book Co.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:58 AM (bl07w)

510 Raimondo watches boring ass sports like soccer. What a surprise.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:59 AM (gfO9L)

511 509 I miss the Cook Inlet Book Company.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 03:40 AM (gfO9L)

Maybe the Book Cache? I don't recall a Cook Inlet Book Co.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 03:58 AM (bl07w)

I’d swear that was the name of it. Downtown Anchorage. Was last there in 2005 right before I PCSed. Wasn’t there when I was last in Anchorage in 2018.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (gfO9L)

512 FRONT TOWARDS SALESMAN
Posted by: mikeski

Yes, but I try to be nice to those nice Mormons on their bikes.

The Jehovahs people learned a while back

Posted by: Moderately tolerant Miklos for about 9 seconds tops at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (8Tmnw)

513 What’s sad are posters who only know the word “Sad.” We need better writers.

Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:02 AM (gfO9L)

514 I’d swear that was the name of it. Downtown Anchorage. Was last there in 2005 right before I PCSed. Wasn’t there when I was last in Anchorage in 2018.
Posted by: Cow Demon at June 18, 2026 04:00 AM (gfO9L)

Book Cache was the regular book store, there were several around town, but certainly on on 5th Ave next to JC Penney across from Club Paris. Now it's some tourist store with junk from China, complete waste of space.

The only decent book store up here anymore is Title Wave, and even that is run by a bunch of old hippies, but it does carry just about everything in print. There's some chain store, too, but Title Wave is the source up here.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 04:03 AM (bl07w)

515 Been up whole time
Posted by: Skip

No school nights until August!

Go outside and catch fireflies or something

"Uncle" Raymond is visiting

Posted by: Kindly but lonely Auntie Miklos at June 18, 2026 04:03 AM (8Tmnw)

516 DH says bedtime. Sweet dreams, Horde.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 18, 2026 04:04 AM (bl07w)

517 What’s sad are posters who only know the word “Sad.” We need better writers.
Posted by: Cow Demon

SAD!

Posted by: President Miklos J. Trump at June 18, 2026 04:04 AM (8Tmnw)

518 Pixy's up! At

https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:06 AM (6wpGE)

519 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (6wpGE)

520 518 Pixy's up! At

https://ai.mee.nu

Posted by: m at June 18, 2026 04:06 AM (6wpGE)

You lied, sir! I see no peexee...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (l3cgK)

521 Now peexee.

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at June 18, 2026 04:31 AM (l3cgK)

522 nina hagen ->

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:22 AM (R11M+)

523 saw pat travers and also horslips open for tubes at the aragon brawlroom.

Posted by: cmeat at June 18, 2026 11:45 AM (R11M+)

Cat-Head Cafe

Mustafa Bayram

She's got a kitty-cat and will sing that if you don't believe her.

Little lion cub practices his roar.

Floppy-eared goats chilling.

Baby elephant vs. a safari bus.

Baby goats going HAM.

Proud mom.

Scratching a tapir, if you know what I mean.

Dogs have charm and think they can make friends with anything.

Rescuing prairie dog pups.

Me after touching a dog: pic.twitter.com/39cxMcFtGB
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) June 17, 2026

Puppy's so happy and proud of new stick..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/gvbBnv6e4W
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 17, 2026

Happy pupper..🐕🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/4ViXk8tpWK
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 17, 2026

Mr. Meow..🐈🐾😅 pic.twitter.com/igBr0jNBPC
— 𝕐o̴g̴ (@Yoda4ever) June 17, 2026

Posted by: Disinformation Expert Ace at 07:20 PM

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1 That first cat is crying for help😆

Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YwEeS)

2
almost

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:23 PM (XJ22o)

3 Happy cafe! My hair is processing. I look crazy.

Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM (L4701)

4
I was wrong last thread, to be admired and appreciated isn't weakness, it's leadership by example.

Posted by: Auspex at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (Y8DZL)

5 Mark Andrew Edwards,

The older Kindle version works.

Thank you so much!

Posted by: pawn at June 17, 2026 07:26 PM (+rSJz)

6 Springer spaniels are always happy.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:28 PM (RIvkX)

7 Bonk bonk on tha head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at June 17, 2026 07:29 PM (nDXEV)

8
*runs in, soaked and haggard*

TS Arthur has passed through. A trash can got knocked over. But we will rebuild.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (O0L8i)

9 Starting June 17, Aspinal of London is offering an extra 20% off all sale styles, making it one of the most compelling luxury sales of the season.

Aspinal of London is, of course, Kate Middleton's preferred handbag.

Posted by: AoSHQ Fashion Consultants at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (0sNs1)

10 I think baby ele was just scratching his nose.

Posted by: banana Dream at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (3uBP9)

11 Cat head biscuits are not really made from cat heads.

Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

12 It's all yellow! Nice picture.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (zYpTz)

13 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (Ia/+0)

14 TS Arthur has passed through. A trash can got knocked over. But we will rebuild.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:30 PM (O0L8i)
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If you were a California homo you could probably get a government grant for that.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:32 PM (gnNyN)

15
Puppy with stick is so proud of himself.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (O0L8i)

16 >>> Cat head biscuits are not really made from cat heads.
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

Sadly, no. Life is full of little disappointments like that.

Posted by: Panda Express at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (3uBP9)

17 11 Cat head biscuits are not really made from cat heads.
Posted by: Cat Head Facts at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F)

Do tell.

Posted by: Girl Scout Cookies at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (skR0U)

18 Scratching a tapir, if you know what I mean.

That's not just any old tapir, but a Malayan tapir, which are endangered. Just like old Democrats, and soon, Republicans!

Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM (0sNs1)

19 Here's a short video for Nurse.

https://youtube.com/shorts/CYYknitpD9s

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:34 PM (qx7Zg)

20 "It's all yellow! Nice picture.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!"

That's one weird backroom.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

21 t's all yellow! Nice picture.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM

No, it's not. It's an awful color!

Posted by: Hunter B. at June 17, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

22 21 t's all yellow! Nice picture.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 07:31 PM

No, it's not. It's an awful color!

I painted me submarine that color, mate.

Posted by: Richard Starkey at June 17, 2026 07:36 PM (skR0U)

23 Here's some news you can't use:

"Psychology says people who eat with their hands don't lack table manners, they may be preserving a deeper connection to food, memory and their roots"

Like when they were toddlers.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:36 PM (vFG9F)

24 Dogs. To remind us of God.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (zZu0s)

25 Let's talk about people that only eat with their right hand, and why.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F)

26 Prairie dogs have a secondary name - targets. Their dugout domains are very hazardous to cattle and horses. Not a fan!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (Jr+re)

27 > Here's some news you can't use:

"Psychology says people who eat with their hands don't lack table manners, they may be preserving a deeper connection to food, memory and their roots"

Like when they were toddlers.
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Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)

28 Tapir? I barely know 'er!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (gtcuf)

29
Aetius,

Yes!!!

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (/QHx4)

30 Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)

Hold bowl.

Drink.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)

31 That first cat is crying for help😆

Posted by: steevy at June 17, 2026 07:22 PM (YwEeS)

I don't know.

My youngest has an orange cat, and they have this special bond. The cat will yowl at the front door when the kid goes out, the youngest will get something he is excited about like a new baseball mitt, and he'll show the cat, and the cat seems genuinely interested. It's bizarre.

Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+Kv)

32 Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)

Hold bowl.

Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
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That's why we invented bread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (gnNyN)

33 Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM

You were asking earlier if there was a reason so many people were letting their freak flags fly these days, or had people been polymorphically-perverse for a long time.

It's relatively recent. What has influenced this?

Two words: Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

34 I'm a fan of Evelyn's Farm Diaries youtube channel. They always have baby goats on the farm!

https://tinyurl.com/ye2668bw

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (gtcuf)

35 My youngest has an orange cat, and they have this special bond. The cat will yowl at the front door when the kid goes out, the youngest will get something he is excited about like a new baseball mitt, and he'll show the cat, and the cat seems genuinely interested. It's bizarre.
Posted by: Vizzini at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (dK+
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My cat always appeared at least briefly when I got home just to say hello.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

36
Lol Duncan

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (/QHx4)

37 It's relatively recent. What has influenced this?

Two words: Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)

Iz Big Penguin with you in the rhoom right now ?

Posted by: Dr. Freud at June 17, 2026 07:44 PM (GD0B3)

38 Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)

Hold bowl.

Drink.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:41 PM (zZu0s)
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That's why we invented bread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (gnNyN)

Mmm. Soup sandwiches.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:44 PM (dK+Kv)

39 A tree fell down in downtown Fairhope. No power. Eeek.

Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (5xvZ1)

40 Two words: Big Penguin.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 07:42 PM (0sNs1)
====

Whew! And here I was worried about some eschatological crisis.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (RIvkX)

41
I've known 2 orange cats in my life.

One was near-human. Had the personality of Mork. Died young while trying to make friends with a moving car.

The other is stupid, autistic, epileptic, incurious, and lazy even by cat standards.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 07:45 PM (XJ22o)

42 My cat always appeared at least briefly when I got home just to say hello.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

He's checking to see if you've been out catting around.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (dK+Kv)

43 Is the lion cub auditioning to be nurse's new pet?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (qx7Zg)

44 I put so many club crackers in my cream of tomato soup I can eat it with a fork.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (GseMx)

45
Her Majesty has computer problems no one else on earth has ever or will ever have. Guess who has to sort them out?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)

46 Mmm. Soup sandwiches.

Mom taught us kids to dip our grilled cheese sandwiches into the tomato soup for a tasty treat. All my kids and grandkids do the same!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (Jr+re)

47 Her Majesty has computer problems no one else on earth has ever or will ever have. Guess who has to sort them out?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:46 PM (O0L8i)

The Exorcist?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (qx7Zg)

48 Prior to boarding Air Force 1 on the flight up Paris to meet other world leaders Trump is quoted as saying " I am saying that if other countries have them it is a little unfair for them not to have some."

Posted by: Paul at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (u/66v)

49 Any man causes an eschatological crisis spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (skR0U)

50
LRob,

We do that also. It is yummy.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (/QHx4)

51 My cat always appeared at least briefly when I got home just to say hello.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at June 17, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX)

Mine used to do that the first three years . Would get up from sleeping to meet me with his eyes still closed while walking to me.

Now he stays sleeping and I have to go see him.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (GseMx)

52 They actually make a grilled-cheese flavored tomato soup. Bought it at Whole Foods a couple of times. It's good, but nowhere near as good as dipping a real grilled cheese sammie in the soup.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:48 PM (gtcuf)

53 I was in my 40's when I discovered grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. Not a soul in my family liked tomato soup.

Grilled cheese, yes, but not tomato soup.

I.... I feel deprived.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:50 PM (jehhT)

54 I'm going to be celebrating the Fourth in The Woodlands, TX this year. My son is at a medical rehab facility down there, and he's being discharged over the holiday weekend. That helps a bit with my PTO, at least. He's doing great; I can't wait to see him.

So the little lady and I are making a road trip out of it. Besides the rescue mission (I kid), I'll be able to collect a couple of new states (AL, MS, possibly AR) and finally see what this Buc-ees thing is all about. Definitely need to find a good holiday barbecue somewhere. Might as well enjoy the trip.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:50 PM (xverI)

55 LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (ubCxQ)

56 Coming down from NJ, btw. Hopefully the rental won't have Jersey tags, lol.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI)

57 How do you make a grilled cheese flavored tomato soup?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:52 PM (viF8m)

58
Coming down from NJ, btw. Hopefully the rental won't have Jersey tags, lol.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI)

_____________

Yeah, Europeans are one thing, Jerseyites another.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)

59 Tomato soup is strange. It amazing if done right. Creamy w/ butter. Few things warm the body and soul as well.

Mammaw made these perfectly crisp grilled cheese. With crap, cheap bread and cheese. Perfect. Melty. Delicious. I have never been able to get even close. The woman was magic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (zZu0s)

60 How do you make a grilled cheese flavored tomato soup?

Blend in some amount of bread, butter and cheese? Ya got me!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (Jr+re)

61 JackStraw, I have a piece of news that you are going to find very interesting. Still have my number?

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (5P5DO)

62 57 How do you make a grilled cheese flavored tomato soup?

AI sez:

Whole Foods stocks Heyday Canning Co. Grilled Cheese Tomato Soup. This popular 15 oz can blends vine-ripened tomatoes, sharp cheddar cheese, and buttery sourdough cracker pieces to capture the exact flavor of a toasted grilled cheese sandwich dipped into creamy tomato soup.

That's a bit hyperbolic. It's not "the exact flavor." But it's mighty tasty. Enjoyed it while I was on soft foods after my implant surgery.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (gtcuf)

63 Coming down from NJ, btw. Hopefully the rental won't have Jersey tags, lol.
Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at June 17, 2026 07:51 PM (xverI

Exxon's legal department just moved from NJ to The Woodlands . Hope it's a good trip and your son is doing well.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (GseMx)

64
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)

65
Kareem,

May you all have a wonderful trip.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:56 PM (/QHx4)

66 Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?

If you've got 5 kids like we did, cheap cheese.

Now with no kids, 'Murican!

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:57 PM (Jr+re)

67 Delurkrr for as muchas I like grilled cheese and tomato soup not sure thectwo separate can be beat

Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0)

68 Sell Puerto Rico? Elon should buy it

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

69 64
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?

Mom used yellow Kraft singles. As an adult I use cheddah.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (gtcuf)

70 Favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Gruyere

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)

71 What a pig. And soon to be Pelosi replacement.

Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
Senator Wiener on MAGA Homophobic Backlash Against Major League Baseball:

“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.

“The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules.

“MAGA leaders like JD Vance and Josh Hawley are now glomming on and declaring an anti-LGBTQ culture war, in an attempt to bully MLB from enforcing its rules. MAGA leaders are only taking issue with enforcement of the rule against homophobic defacement, not any other form of defacement.

Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (kX27y)

72
We use cheddar. Basic but good.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (/QHx4)

73 While we're at it can we trade Minnisomalia for Alberta?

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (gtcuf)

74 >>JackStraw, I have a piece of news that you are going to find very interesting. Still have my number?

I don't think I do. Do you have mine?

Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (viF8m)

75 Here's a bowl of soup. Good luck.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at June 17, 2026 07:38 PM (jehhT)
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Evelyn Waugh's grandson Alexander Waugh remarked that the family owed a great debt of gratitude to their Scottish ancestor who came to London so that they no longer ate porridge with their fingers.

Posted by: Archetypal Dumb Blonde at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (ZOv7s)

76 Favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Gruyere

Ben Had, is that cheese even LEGAL in Texas?

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (Jr+re)

77
Favorite grilled cheese sandwich. Gruyere

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 07:58 PM (5P5DO)

___________

Provolone

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (O0L8i)

78
Delurker,

Yes

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (/QHx4)

79 RIP Tom Dreesen

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at June 17, 2026 07:59 PM (5yDGQ)

80
18

That's not just any old tapir, but a Malayan tapir, which are endangered. Just like old Democrats, and soon, Republicans!
Posted by: David Hogg, Harvard graduate at June 17, 2026 07:33 PM

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Like your career, you back-stabbing little piece of shit.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 08:00 PM (HLgI3)

81 Say what else you like about him, CBD managed to cheer nurse up a bit in the previous Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

82 JackStraw, I don't. Email is sketchy for answering but ok for receiving.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM (5P5DO)

83 Damn, where did that old sock come from?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM (ZOv7s)

84
LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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

Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.

When does Cuba Libre happen?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)

85 Past my bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (Ia/+0)

86 Hadrian, as long as it is aged smoked provolone.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (5P5DO)

87 "several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage"
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How does one "deface" a baseball cap by quoting sacred scripture?

Who is *your* God, little man?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (ZOv7s)

88 Whew! And here I was worried about some eschatological crisis.

Don't immanentize the Spheniscidae.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (vTZFs)

89 RIP Walter Parazaider, Chicago's woodwinds player.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (gtcuf)

90 Damn, where did that old sock come from?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:01 PM

Probably the same drawer the .32 Longs are in.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)

91 Hey Ben Had!

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (s6tef)

92 On the way.

Posted by: JackStraw at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (viF8m)

93 Like when they were toddlers.
Posted by: fd

HEY!

You probably use a fork when eating french fries, don't you?

Well la-de-dah! Pretty bougie.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (ItpVy)

94 My soups ranked

1. Creamy Tomato
2. Clam Chowder
3. Zuppa Toscana from Olive Garden: A creamy broth loaded with spicy Italian sausage, fresh kale, and russet potatoes.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (GseMx)

95 Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.

When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)
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Iran was only somewhat about Iran. It was mainly about China. We showed Xi that we have the ability and (this is very important) THE WILLINGNESS to close the Straits of Hormuz when it suits us.

Taiwan is out of his reach, and he knows it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (ZOv7s)

96 Trump signed the Iranian agreement before dinner at Versailles. Did I spell that right?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)

97 I suppose it would have been ok to scrawl a little dick and balls on your hat.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (vFG9F)

98 I've been watching "Agatha Christie's Poirot."

It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"

In the current episode, a minor character is played by Christopher "Ninth Doctor" Eccleston.

I'm expecting him to upstage Poirot with his own clever solution to the crime and then hop off into the Tardis on another grand adventure in time and space.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)

99 Probably the same drawer the .32 Longs are in.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM (0sNs1)
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Nah, I shoot that all the time. Hmmm. [rummages around]

Yep, it was in with the 9mm Largo.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (ZOv7s)

100 64
Favorite cheese for grilled cheese sandwiches?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 07:55 PM (O0L8i)

Havarti and swiss. On sourdough. Closest I get to gourmet cooking.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (zYpTz)

101 SMH, I am so happy for you both. Your new place is idyllic.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (5P5DO)

102 Happy cafe! My hair is processing. I look crazy.
Posted by: Piper

Or are we supposed to be processing your hair?

Posted by: John with the long mustache at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (VHUov)

103 Trump signed the Iranian agreement before dinner at Versailles. Did I spell that right?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)

Yep. Just down Versailles rd in Lexington.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (zZu0s)

104 You probably use a fork when eating french fries, don't you?
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:03 PM

You mean those things the French and Belgians dip in mayonnaise?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

105 Thanks, Ben Had!

It's just a relief to be out of Illinois, though we do miss our church.

Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (s6tef)

106 Trump signed the Iranian agreement before dinner at Versailles. Did I spell that right?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:04 PM (l26NL)
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Yes.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (amcLV)

107 In the current episode, a minor character is played by Christopher "Ninth Doctor" Eccleston.

I'm expecting him to upstage Poirot with his own clever solution to the crime and then hop off into the Tardis on another grand adventure in time and space.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)

what is this one based on ? which book ?

Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)

108 "You probably use a fork when eating french fries, don't you?

Well la-de-dah! Pretty bougie.
Posted by: Tonypete "

"Humans experience food through multiple senses. Taste is only one part of the equation. The brain also processes texture, temperature, smell and touch. Psychologists call this multisensory integration. Multisensory integration refers to the brain's ability to combine information from different senses to create a richer experience. When people eat with their hands, touch becomes part of the meal."

I prefer to experience my fries with my fingers.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (vFG9F)

109 You mean those things the French and Belgians dip in mayonnaise?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Pommes frites > French fries

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (gnNyN)

110 LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.

When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)

If the swap happens, it's Denmark's problem.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (qx7Zg)

111 I wonder if Trump gets a Royale with Cheese when he's in Paris?

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (GseMx)

112 I've been watching "Agatha Christie's Poirot."

It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"

In reality, there are only about 14 British actors in total who all take turns guesting on each other's shows.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (vTZFs)

113 It's kind of fun to see all these British actors I've seen in other projects and go, "Hey, it's that guy!"

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:05 PM (gnNyN)
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At any given time, there are only about two dozen British actors. They're in everything, but only for a narrow window. Some get into Hollywood, the rest retreat back into stage productions or minor roles.

One of the actors in "Brideshead Revisited" (he played Boy Mulcaster) slummed it as an X-wing pilot in "Star Wars." And then you see him as an officer in "Danger UXB." Crazy stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (ZOv7s)

114 what is this one based on ? which book ?
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 08:07 PM (GD0B3)
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe

Poirot's trying to solve the murder of his dentist.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (gnNyN)

115 It's OK to use a fork though if you doused your fries in malt vinegar, right? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (gtcuf)

116 In reality, there are only about 14 British actors in total who all take turns guesting on each other's shows.
Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:08 PM (vTZFs)
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Beat me to it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (ZOv7s)

117 Wow. Just had a Texas Peach Cobbler a friend’s family made. I got to learn how to make this.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)

118 One of my favorite foods is on a stick.

Do they have corn dogs in Europe?

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (GseMx)

119
Hmmm, lots of empty seats at the Ghana-Panama game. It's obviously Trump and late-stage capitalism. Oh, wait, it's being played in Toronto.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)

120
71.

Senator Scott Wiener
@Scott_Wiener
Senator Wiener on MAGA Homophobic Backlash

“On San Francisco Giants Pride Night — also the tenth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub massacre — several players defaced their Pride caps with a biblical passage that has been hijacked by homophobes to ‘take back’ the rainbow from LGBTQ people. The players could have displayed this passage any night of the year but chose to do it only on Pride Night.

“The Giants, sadly, took no action in response, which is inconsistent with the Giants’ longstanding support for our LGBTQ community. Major League Baseball then warned the players that MLB rules bar defacement of uniforms. The Giants should publicly commit to enforcing rules around uniform defacement and should not effectively create a homophobia exemption to those rules.

“MAGA leaders like JD Vance and Josh Hawley are now glomming on and declaring an anti-LGBTQ culture war, in an attempt to bully MLB from enforcing its rules. MAGA leaders are only taking issue with enforcement of the rule against homophobic defacement, not any other form of defacement.
Posted by: beckster

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Elaborate essay. Hey Scott -- It doesn't work anymore, shit-dick.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (HLgI3)

121 You mean those things the French and Belgians dip in mayonnaise?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)
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Pommes frites.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (ZOv7s)

122 I think Europe is where they invented the corn dog.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

123
Doesn't he like shitty dicks?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)

124 Wow. Just had a Texas Peach Cobbler a friend’s family made. I got to learn how to make this.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0

That's good but a Texas blackberry cobbler kicks ass.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)

125 where they invented the corn dog.

Gotta be some state fair! Right next to the deep fried turkey legs.

Posted by: LRob in OK at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (Jr+re)

126 Hmmm, lots of empty seats at the Ghana-Panama game. It's obviously Trump and late-stage capitalism. Oh, wait, it's being played in Toronto.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (O0L8i)
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Canadians are too poor to afford tickets. Also hard to buy them when you have to keep your "elbows up!" all the time.

(What does that even mean?)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)

127 I often use a fork when eating pizza. Especially the thick ones like Beau-jo's. Man I miss Beau-jo's.

And Snickers bars. jk

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (0aYVJ)

128 Beat me to it.

But it's nice to know that I'm not the only who has noticed.

Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:13 PM (vTZFs)

129 I hate even more summer colds when you get to the late stage and you have nasal and chest congestion with phlegm the consistency of spackle.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:13 PM (zZu0s)

130 I often use a fork when eating pizza. Especially the thick ones like Beau-jo's. Man I miss Beau-jo's.

Posted by: Pug Mahon

If you hold your knife and fork in the continental style, we'll have to ask for your cardboard membership card to be returned.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ItpVy)

131 Doesn't he like shitty dicks?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (/QHx4)

He's a pedophile. He should be six feet under.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (zZu0s)

132 I think Europe is where they invented the corn dog.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)
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They typically don't eat maize.

In the 1960s my mother's family hosted a French exchange student and they served corn on the cob, and he thought it was an elaborate prank, because everyone in Europe knows that is animal feed.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ZOv7s)

133 I think Europe is where they invented the corn dog.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

Don't be dissing the corn dog.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (GseMx)

134 Good evening! Got to spend an afternoon at a local flight school getting ready to fly again after cvgfttukmbly years. Then I come home and see we’re enjoying the sights and sounds of furrinerz enjoying America and locally, the rodeo. What a great day!

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (3Ope8)

135 >> That's good but a Texas blackberry cobbler kicks ass.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:11 PM (GseMx)

Funny thing is she said “that’s nothing, you haven’t tasted the blackberry yet”.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (6I5u0)

136 I like pommes frites dipped in the German ketchup, as a side to a bratwurst mit broetchen and mittelsharfer senf.

I just ate dinner, but now I'm already hungry again.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (0aYVJ)

137 Not that kind of corn dog.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (vFG9F)

138 Happy cafe! My hair is processing. I look crazy.
Posted by: Piper at June 17, 2026 07:25 PM

* makes 'call me' sign *

Posted by: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

139 Wow. Just had a Texas Peach Cobbler a friend’s family made. I got to learn how to make this.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)

just cook long enough for the cobblestones to get fork-tender.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (uhVAy)

140
Hey, Scott! The rainbow as God's promise to Noah predates Pride Month. And Sodom and Gomorrah, by thr way.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (O0L8i)

141 If you hold your knife and fork in the continental style, we'll have to ask for your cardboard membership card to be returned.
Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (ItpVy)
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Let's be honest. If you're doing the full Continental dining, where the knife stays in the weapon hand, eating steak goes much faster. Indeed, I think that centuries of scarcity promoted this sensible habit, lest someone try to steal your slice.

You've got a knife ready in your hand.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (ZOv7s)

142 In the 1960s my mother's family hosted a French exchange student and they served corn on the cob, and he thought it was an elaborate prank, because everyone in Europe knows that is animal feed.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

We hosted a Japanese student and set out cereal and a jug of milk for breakfast for him. He had no idea of what to do with it.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (ItpVy)

143 Canadians are too poor to afford tickets. Also hard to buy them when you have to keep your "elbows up!" all the time.

(What does that even mean?)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:12 PM (ZOv7s)
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It keeps them out of the poutine.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (amcLV)

144 I think Europe is where they invented the corn dog.
Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:10 PM (vFG9F)

Don't be dissing the corn dog.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:14 PM (GseMx)

Since the dip is cornmeal, I doubt it. Probably invented in Texas at a fair somewhere.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)

145 That's good but a Texas blackberry cobbler kicks ass.
Posted by: polynikes

Texas banana pudding with the 'Nilla wafers. Oh, man.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)

146 Funny thing is she said “that’s nothing, you haven’t tasted the blackberry yet”.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:15 PM (6I5u0

Truth!

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (GseMx)

147
Thanks Aetius,

I thought he was but wasn't sure.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (/QHx4)

148 On the old Opie & Anthony Radio Show they used to play a song called "Shitdick" by The People Haters.

Whole song just consists of the band yelling out the names of famous gay people and then SHITDICK! Always cracked me up.

Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)

149 LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

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Now that Iran is on the back burner, he's getting back to the fun foreign policy issues.

When does Cuba Libre happen?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at June 17, 2026 08:02 PM (XJ22o)

Meh.

If he manages to trade Cuba for Greenland, then I'll be impressed.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (dK+Kv)

150 Since the dip is cornmeal, I doubt it. Probably invented in Texas at a fair somewhere.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (uhVAy)
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Or Iowa. Nebraska? Places where they are drowned in corn.

"Hey guys, I got an idea of what we can do with all this stuff!"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:18 PM (ZOv7s)

151 Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:09 PM (6I5u0)

Pecan pie. Specifically, chocolate bourbon pecan pie.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope8)

152 Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!
Posted by: Delurker

Wait, Liberace was gay?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)

153 Great photo. Purrfection.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (cvJV+)

154 I don't know what it's called but I have the knife in my right hand and my fork turned backwards in my left hand when I'm eating steak.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)

155 Texas banana pudding with the 'Nilla wafers. Oh, man.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
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Just reading that put me into diabetic shock.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

156
Pecan pie.

__________

Never cottoned to pecan pie. Too sweet. The acid in fruit pies moderates that some, but pecan is too much.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:20 PM (O0L8i)

157 saw a teaser for supergirl on the tv box. has her putting on make-up followed by text that, due to a poor font choice, i read as "power clam".

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (qdr3M)

158 Wait, Liberace was gay?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (l26NL)
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I never saw that coming. I mean, women loved him!

Posted by: Austin Danger Powers at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (amcLV)

159
Banana pudding made with homemade vanilla pudding is the bomb.

Instant pudding sucks.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (/QHx4)

160 Texas banana pudding with the 'Nilla wafers. Oh, man.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:16 PM (l26NL)
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Just reading that put me into diabetic shock.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

Dibs on your share.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (dK+Kv)

161 I don't know what it's called but I have the knife in my right hand and my fork turned backwards in my left hand when I'm eating steak.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)
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My grandmother had not one but two books of etiquette that were regularly consulted at holiday meals. The proper American way of cutting meat is to use the primary hand with the knife, secondary with fork.

Meat was to be cut one bite at a time, and after making a slice, the knife was placed on the plate, and the primary hand assumed the fork, and raised it to the mouth. You then switched again.

Cutting up all the meat at once was considered something one did for a child.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

162
Our favorite Cajun restaurant had fabulous apple crisp with ice cream. We ordered it every time we ate there. So they got rid of it, of course.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (O0L8i)

163 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:20 PM (O0L8i)

A half of slice is my limit but it's a good half slice.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (GseMx)

164 I don't know what it's called but I have the knife in my right hand and my fork turned backwards in my left hand when I'm eating steak.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (GseMx)

that's for parrying the other diner's knives.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (uhVAy)

165 Or Iowa. Nebraska? Places where they are drowned in corn.

"Hey guys, I got an idea of what we can do with all this stuff!"

"Convince the feds to mandate it in auto fuel! We'll be rich! Bwahahaha!"

Posted by: Oddbob at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (vTZFs)

166 I think my life is probably improved by skipping over anything Scott Weiner writes as well as avoiding pictures of him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)

167 Dibs on your share.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:21 PM (dK+Kv)
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*deftly caught as it falls from my nerveless hand*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (ZOv7s)

168 Corn dogs in other cultures:

In Canada, corn dogs are often called "Pogos".

In Australia, where they have become a popular food at agricultural shows and carnivals, they are known as either "Pluto pups", "Dagwood dogs", "dippy dogs" or (historically) "pronto pups". The name "Pluto pup" likely derives from the Disney character Pluto. "Dagwood dog" is derived from the name of a character from the American comic strip Blondie, which was created in 1930. In the comic strip, Dagwood, Blondie's husband, has a dog named Daisy. Historically the name "pronto pup" was originally used as a brand name in the United States in 1941, although this name had become obsolete as early as 1949 and was replaced by the name "Pluto pup". Some have suggested that Pluto pups are made in factories, while Dagwood dogs are prepared on site.

In France, the term beignet de saucisse is used, which literally translates to "sausage donut".

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (0sNs1)

169 In France, the term beignet de saucisse is used, which literally translates to "sausage donut".

Geez. leave it to the French to make corndogs homo.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)

170 Bagel dogs FTW!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (amcLV)

171
I think my life is probably improved by skipping over anything Scott Weiner writes as well as avoiding pictures of him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)

___________

Is this the pedophile who's agitating for the age of consent to be 12?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)

172 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (O0L8i)

A scoop of vanilla on apple crisp, apple pie , Brown Betty is awesome. It even makes a hostess apple pie taste great.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (GseMx)

173 My grandmother had not one but two books of etiquette that were regularly consulted at holiday meals. The proper American way of cutting meat is to use the primary hand with the knife, secondary with fork.

Meat was to be cut one bite at a time, and after making a slice, the knife was placed on the plate, and the primary hand assumed the fork, and raised it to the mouth. You then switched again.

Cutting up all the meat at once was considered something one did for a child.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:22 PM (ZOv7s)

I have a book by Miss Manners from the 80s and her point is that the point of manners is to not be efficient, since the most efficient way would be to throw a live animal on the table and have everyone kill it with their teeth and hands. So yes, the knife to cut a bit, then put down the knife and eat with the fork is to slow you down so you have time for polite conversation and to find out who killed the chambermaid.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)

174 I think my life is probably improved by skipping over anything Scott Weiner writes as well as avoiding pictures of him.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM (dSKRp)
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Who picks these names?! Is all the world a Dickensian joke?

Two dudes named Weiner, both obsessed with sticking their Gentlemen's sausages in anything that moves. Waving them about like pom-poms, photographing them like works of art, demanding the world let them be flung far and wide like a freak rain of frogs.

Who says the devil doesn't have a sense of humor?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (ZOv7s)

175 Is this the pedophile who's agitating for the age of consent to be 12?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)

Thats the one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (zZu0s)

176 Bamalam woah Brown Betty!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (gtcuf)

177 >> Pecan pie. Specifically, chocolate bourbon pecan pie.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope

Oh c’mon. That not even fair. I’m gonna get fat. Gonna have to double my run distance.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (6I5u0)

178 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (O0L8i)

Yes. He is very likely to win Nancy Pelosi's old House seat.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (dSKRp)

179 saw a teaser for supergirl on the tv box. has her putting on make-up followed by text that, due to a poor font choice, i read as "power clam".
Posted by: anachronda

I saw Power Clam open for Powerwolf at Power Plant Live! in 2015.

It wasn't as powerful as I expected.

Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)

180 ~~I think my~~ My life is ~~probably~~ significantly improved by skipping over anything Scott Weiner writes, as well as avoiding pictures of him.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:23 PM

Suggested edit.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (0sNs1)

181 I have a book by Miss Manners from the 80s and her point is that the point of manners is to not be efficient, since the most efficient way would be to throw a live animal on the table and have everyone kill it with their teeth and hands. So yes, the knife to cut a bit, then put down the knife and eat with the fork is to slow you down so you have time for polite conversation and to find out who killed the chambermaid.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)
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Miss Manners was one, Gloria Vanderbilt was the other, and because her work was older, it was considered to have precedence.

I recall a Christmas dinner where a fierce debate erupted over the most polite way to say "Excuse me for that fart."

I was a teenager at the time, and it was absolutely hilarious.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (ZOv7s)

182 I saw Power Clam open for Powerwolf at Power Plant Live! in 2015.

It wasn't as powerful as I expected.
Posted by: mikeski at June 17, 2026 08:28 PM (VHUov)

They threw the breakers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 08:29 PM (zZu0s)

183 96 Trump signed the Iranian agreement before dinner at Versailles. Did I spell that right?

hmm. "t". "h". "a". "t". looks right to me.

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM (qdr3M)

184 Yes. He is very likely to win Nancy Pelosi's old House seat.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (dSKRp)
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Even money that the House refuses to seat him.

3 to 1 that he can even sit in a normal chair.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM (ZOv7s)

185 Pecan pie. Specifically, chocolate bourbon pecan pie.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at June 17, 2026 08:19 PM (3Ope

Oh c’mon. That not even fair. I’m gonna get fat. Gonna have to double my run distance.
Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:27 PM (6I5u0)

Place the pie on the far side of the table for a start.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (uhVAy)

186 Evenin’, All. The pic up top looks like something we’d see on the Art Thread.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (77rzZ)

187 When I was as a teen my mom told me not to order mashed potatoes on any date. Apparently my mash potato eating technique at the time was not flattering.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (GseMx)

188 Place the pie on the far side of the table for a start.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:31 PM (uhVAy)
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I'll gain two pounds just by looking at it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (ZOv7s)

189 I cut my waffle up first and then put the syrup on. Mrs fd does the opposite. My way is better, damn the etiquette.

My steak does not receive the same treatment however. I'm no barbarian.

Posted by: fd at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (vFG9F)

190 Even money that the House refuses to seat him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:30 PM

Sadly, I'd take that bet (on the will seat side), even if the R's retain the House.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM (0sNs1)

191 Miss Manners was cool. And oddly attractive.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)

192 n France, the term beignet de saucisse is used, which literally translates to "sausage donut".

Geez. leave it to the French to make corndogs homo.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:25 PM (gtcuf)

Comment of the week candidate.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (dK+Kv)

193 The kitty in Mr. Meow has no idea what is going on.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (ZVgZ4)

194 Apparently my mash potato eating technique at the time was not flattering.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:32 PM

Did you put a layer of mashed potato on your knife, top it with a row of peas, and then consume?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)

195
Blueberries: muffins, pancakes

Blackberries: cobbler

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (O0L8i)

196 Any man causes an eschatological crisis spends a night in the box.
Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at June 17, 2026 07:47 PM (skR0U)

Could someone please ask the Germans to buy a better Dictionary?

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)

197
Pedophiles should be killed.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (/QHx4)

198 Miss Manners was cool. And oddly attractive.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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I dimly recall the quasi-Victorian illustration. Can't remember what the gal actually looked like.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

199 Blackberries: cobbler
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (O0L8i)

Jam.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

200 168 In France, the term beignet de saucisse is used, which literally translates to "sausage donut".

pork wellington > sausage donut

(had trouble at the grocery the other day because the self-checkout lane didn't know what a "doughnut" was. had to hit the help button. when help appeared, she typed "donut" and scowled at me.)

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (qdr3M)

201 Iran did not want to sign in person and sit next to Trump because he lies to persons of color and his Breath Stinks !!!

Posted by: Dorcus Blimeline at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (Es4vZ)

202 Did you put a layer of mashed potato on your knife, top it with a row of peas, and then consume?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (0sNs1)
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I eat my peas with honey,
I've done so all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)

203
Pineapple and cherry cobbler is very good.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (/QHx4)

204 Whole song just consists of the band yelling out the names of famous gay people and then SHITDICK! Always cracked me up.

Boy. George. SHITDICK! Liberace SHITDICK! Rob Halford SHITDICK! Robert. Englund SHITDICK!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:17 PM (gtcuf)

Point of order, I think we would all prefer the term "poo pecker." Less crude, same result.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (bl07w)

205 Miss Manners was cool. And oddly attractive.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:33 PM (77rzZ)
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I dimly recall the quasi-Victorian illustration. Can't remember what the gal actually looked like.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (ZOv7s)

She looked a lot like the illustrations.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)

206 Blueberries: muffins, pancakes
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM

And pie.

Anytime is a good time for pie.

Posted by: Fabienne at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

207 Could someone please ask the Germans to buy a better Dictionary?
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR)
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Was du tust, tue ganz!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

208 In Texas a Kolache is filled with meat/protein instead of fruit.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)

209
Jam.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (rbvCR)

____________

Yes, of course.

Peach butter on toast. Heaven.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)

210 She looked a lot like the illustrations.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (uhVAy)
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If Victorian chicks weren't hawt, none of us would be here.

QED

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (ZOv7s)

211 194 Did you put a layer of mashed potato on your knife, top it with a row of peas, and then consume?

i eat my peas with honey
i've done it all my life
it makes the peas taste funny
but it keeps them on the knife!

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (qdr3M)

212 (had trouble at the grocery the other day because the self-checkout lane didn't know what a "doughnut" was. had to hit the help button. when help appeared, she typed "donut" and scowled at me.)
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (qdr3M)

I approve of the removal of unpronounced letters in words.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (uhVAy)

213 Mamdani and Mahmood. Think I see the problem here.......

San Francisco voters could soon be asked to bankroll government-backed grocery stores and crack down on so-called “zombie” retailers under a pair of proposals that echo New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial food affordability plan.

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.

Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)

214 i eat my peas with honey
i've done it all my life
it makes the peas taste funny
but it keeps them on the knife!
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM (qdr3M)
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HORDE MIND IS REAL

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

215 I eat my peas with honey,
I've done so all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But it keeps them on my knife.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:36 PM (ZOv7s)

I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (bl07w)

216
In Texas a Kolache is filled with meat/protein instead of fruit.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (GseMx)

____________

The meat ones are klobasniks, but kolache is the term used for all filled knishes made with kolach bread.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (O0L8i)

217 I have long been glad that I do not have a sweet-tooth. I'm hefty enough without that to add to it.

I do like a slice of fruit pie now and then; peach, apple, blueberry, etc. Not rhubarb, though. Too tart, even when mixed with strawberries. Pecan pie is way too rich for me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)

218 Mamdani and Mahmood. Think I see the problem here.......

San Francisco voters could soon be asked to bankroll government-backed grocery stores and crack down on so-called “zombie” retailers under a pair of proposals that echo New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s controversial food affordability plan.

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.

Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)

King Canute at least was trying to show his flatterers that he was not all powerful when he commanded the tide to stop and it did not. Commies don't seem to have that wisdom.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (uhVAy)

219 I approve of the removal of unpronounced letters in words.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:38 PM

Thr s rn n th wrds f ldct fr ll th wrld t s.

Posted by: The Welsh at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (0sNs1)

220 Anytime is a good time for pie.
Posted by: Fabienne at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (0sNs1)

Nobody ever kicked me out for bringing pie.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (bl07w)

221 Pecan pie is way too rich for me.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 08:40 PM (0aYVJ)

Add strong dark roast coffee with it and power through.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (dK+Kv)

222 Judith Martin (Miss Manners) is still alive.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (77rzZ)

223 Supervisor Bilal Mahmood is expected to unveil two ballot measures for November that would create a fund to support grocery stores and impose taxes on chain corporations that leave grocery stores and pharmacies vacant, The San Francisco Standard reported.

Posted by: beckster at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM (kX27y)
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It will lose on Election day by a 70-30 margin, but when the mail in ballots are counted it will pass with 52% of the vote.

And more ballots we be cast than California has citizens.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:41 PM (ZOv7s)

224
Even money that the House refuses to seat him.

Why? The House gave Gerry Studds a standing ovation and that was way before PedoHomo got so popular.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (Cqx++)

225 Crows love to eat prairie dog meat, but you have to plug them first. Endless food source.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (9SpJJ)

226 In Texas a Kolache is filled with meat/protein instead of fruit.
Posted by: polynikes

One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (l26NL)

227 Used to love foraging wild strawberries, raspberries, mullberries and blackberries when I lived back east. When we were kids, mom would send me and the sibs out to the field behind our house with Tupperware containers to get strawberries for strawberry shortcake and to make homemade jam. Nothing beats wild berries for flavor.

Can't get those in the mountain west where I live now. But, the golden currants are almost ripe, and we have these weird bush cherries that grow wild. They're called Nanking cherries, and as you can tell from the name they're not native but they escape freely into the wild. I call them weird because cherries are supposed to grow on trees, not bushes, dammit!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)

228
One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (l26NL)

___________

Hruska's Bakery in Ellinger.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (O0L8i)

229 The world's largest penguin statue made out of mashed potatoes was 22 feet 7 inches tall and weighed over 10 tons. Some who saw the spectacle described it as "Lumpy and disturbing" , as the innovative use of brown gravy created quite a scene of mayhem at random intervals, coating everyone within a 50 foot circle with a thick layer of a (thankfully) pseudo-mephitic artificial excrement.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (vFG9F)

230 212 I approve of the removal of unpronounced letters in words.

there's a cashier at a local restaurant that pronounces the "p" in receipt.

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 08:43 PM (qdr3M)

231 Why? The House gave Gerry Studds a standing ovation and that was way before PedoHomo got so popular.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (Cqx++)
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It was the setup for an incontinence joke. Not an actual prediction.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)

232 I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:39 PM

Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

233
If everything was perfect, what would we have left to make for of?

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:45 PM (/QHx4)

234 I have a book by Miss Manners from the 80s and her point is that the point of manners is to not be efficient, since the most efficient way would be to throw a live animal on the table and have everyone kill it with their teeth and hands. So yes, the knife to cut a bit, then put down the knife and eat with the fork is to slow you down so you have time for polite conversation and to find out who killed the chambermaid.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:26 PM (uhVAy)

Why does that sound totally inefficient, and even lead to the guests being harmed and the food animal getting away, not to mention all the parts you don’t want to eat?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (ZVgZ4)

235 One of my favorite Kolache places is in West, Texas. West, Texas is in east Texas. Still good though.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM

The one on the east side of I-35, the one down a couple of blocks on the east side of 35, or the one on the west side of 35?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (0sNs1)

236 Some who saw the spectacle described it as "Lumpy and disturbing"
Posted by: Penguin Facts

I've heard that too!

Posted by: Slimy Bill Clinton at June 17, 2026 08:46 PM (ItpVy)

237 I never saw a purple cow,
I never hope to see one.
But I can tell you this right now,
I'd rather see than be one.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Purple is my favorite color.

I love it more than red and blue combined.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:47 PM (l26NL)

238 Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles, they fly high in Mobile.
Oh, the eagles they fly high,
and they sh*t right in your eye.
Aren't you glad that cows don't fly in Mobile?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:44 PM (0sNs1)

Birdie birdie in the sky,
Dropped a turdie in my eye,
I don't scream
I don't cry
I'm just glad that cows don't fly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:47 PM (bl07w)

239 There’s a kolache place out by NRG. Every time we go into Houston these fat bastards stop there. I can’t remember the name but they are delicious.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM (k4nvX)

240 The one on the east side of I-35, the one down a couple of blocks on the east side of 35, or the one on the west side of 35?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Right on I-35. I honestly didn't know there were others. That's how lazy I am.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM (l26NL)

241 Dad used to do poetry at the dinner table, when we weren't doing math or something equally as weird. It wasn't Ode to a Nightingale, but I have a lot of that silly stuff memorized.

He preferred Ogden Nash and Robert Service, mostly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (bl07w)

242 I approve of the removal of unpronounced letters in words.

there's a cashier at a local restaurant that pronounces the "p" in receipt.
Posted by: anachronda

One of my overweening MBAs insisted on pronouncing the 'l' in salmon. We teased her unmercifully.

This was the same woman that ironed her dress while she was wearing it. The dress melted and burned her leg horribly.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (ItpVy)

243
There’s a kolache place out by NRG. Every time we go into Houston these fat bastards stop there.

___________

I stop at Kolache Factory after Mass. Two Polish Hots and large house coffee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (O0L8i)

244 I made a stab at making applesauce cake in the rice cooker. I followed the recipe and everything, and it turned out not great.
I think the recipe is savable, but I am going to have to try a whipped egg and less batter to keep it lighter.
It is going to come out like an English boiled pudding, that is pretty much what all is possible in a rice cooker.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (rbvCR)

245 Now, how many pie radians will divide the pie into seven equal pieces....

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)

246 They're called Nanking cherries, and as you can tell from the name they're not native but they escape freely into the wild. I call them weird because cherries are supposed to grow on trees, not bushes, dammit!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)

A small tree is just a bush.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (ZVgZ4)

247 SMH, I am sure that was the hardest part of your move.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (5P5DO)

248
He preferred Ogden Nash and Robert Service, mostly.

Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (bl07w)

___________

I'd rather fail my Wasserman test,
Than listen to the poems of Edgar Guest.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (O0L8i)

249 Pedophiles should be killed.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:35 PM (/QHx4)

Temporary replacement for iron bombs in a war zone.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (qx7Zg)

250 One of my overweening MBAs insisted on pronouncing the 'l' in salmon. We teased her unmercifully.

This was the same woman that ironed her dress while she was wearing it. The dress melted and burned her leg horribly.

Posted by: Tonypete at June 17, 2026 08:49 PM (ItpVy)

Adding insult to injury. Nice.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (dK+Kv)

251 "Queue" is my worst unpronounced letters pet peeve.

Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)

252 Right on I-35. I honestly didn't know there were others. That's how lazy I am.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:48 PM

There are two right on I-35, almost across from each other. Opinions vary (and some are quite strongly held) as to which one is better. IMO, the one a couple of blocks to the east of 35 is the best, but it has shorter hours, and often is quite sold out, so unless you can get there before 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., it's a crapshoot as to whether it's worth the effort.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (0sNs1)

253 245 Now, how many pie radians will divide the pie into seven equal pieces....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)

Cut across three times and eat one piece.

Posted by: Reforger at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (2bUGO)

254 Now, how many pie radians will divide the pie into seven equal pieces....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)

2 * pi / 7

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (uhVAy)

255 Now, how many pie radians will divide the pie into seven equal pieces....
Posted by: tcn in AK at June 17, 2026 08:51 PM (bl07w)

Assuming a complete pie to start with, 2π/7 radians should do it.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (ZVgZ4)

256 Wasn’t there some kind of disaster in West, Texas, several years ago? Some kind of big fire? I remember the name of the town and thinking it was odd.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:53 PM (77rzZ)

257 Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:50 PM (rbvCR

My Dad was so amazed at the Mock Apple pie made with Ritz Crackers he made a half dozen over a few weeks until he and we got sick of them.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (GseMx)

258 Yes, of course.

Peach butter on toast. Heaven.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:37 PM (O0L8i)

I would make peach butter out of the bruised and too-cut up peaches from canning. I realized I was thinking about damaging the peaches while processing them so I could get a full batch of peach butter. So I gave up canning peaches in favor or making peach butter, instead.

I make cherry jam out of the small cherries that don't work well in my pitter, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (rbvCR)

259 "Queue" is my worst unpronounced letters pet peeve.

Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)

When I use it in code I am writing I condense it to Q.

variables are InputQ, OutputQ, and so on.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM (uhVAy)

260 There are two right on I-35, almost across from each other. Opinions vary (and some are quite strongly held) as to which one is better. IMO, the one a couple of blocks to the east of 35 is the best, but it has shorter hours, and often is quite sold out, so unless you can get there before 9:30 or 10:00 a.m., it's a crapshoot as to whether it's worth the effort.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I had no idea. Next time I visit the family gravesites I will explore. And eat Kolaches.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (l26NL)

261 Bulg, a fertilizer plant explosion.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (5P5DO)

262 According to /pol/, it's the grand strategy of Israel to conquer... Turkey.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 08:55 PM (/wizo)

263 I was shocked at how decent the kolache was at Shipleys.

Posted by: Marcus T at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (k4nvX)

264
Wasn’t there some kind of disaster in West, Texas, several years ago?

__________

Fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, including 12 first responders.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (O0L8i)

265 Queue" is my worst unpronounced letters pet peeve.

Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)

Vacuum enters the discussion.

Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (GseMx)

266 "Queue" is my worst unpronounced letters pet peeve.

Why two ue's WHY TWO UE's?

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:52 PM (gtcuf)

it used to be the name for a ponytail. I would reflexively blame the French for the situation.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)

267 I call them weird because cherries are supposed to grow on trees, not bushes, dammit!
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:42 PM (gtcuf)
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STAY OUT THE BUSHES!

Posted by: REVEREND Jackson at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)

268
We partially moved stuff 10 years ago when we moved to Wyoming.

We had a big house in SC and gave away most stuff two years ago when we sold the SC house.

We are still unpacking stuff we moved here two years ago.

We are at the point of posting a curb alert on Facebook.

We're old and don't need all this stuff.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (/QHx4)

269 Wasn’t there some kind of disaster in West, Texas, several years ago? Some kind of big fire? I remember the name of the town and thinking it was odd.
Posted by: Bulg

Huge explosion if I recall. Naphtha was involved I think.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (l26NL)

270 261 Yes, that was it. Thanks, Ben Had.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (77rzZ)

271 Hadrian, I was going to ask if I needed to send water wings for you and the pups.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 08:57 PM (5P5DO)

272 Vacuum enters the discussion.
Posted by: polynikes at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (GseMx)

you need the extra U to make the vowel long.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (uhVAy)

273 I'm getting attack-bombed on X for saying nobody can "transition," least of all a 4-year old.

I'm having fun calling the attackers science-deniers.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (gtcuf)

274 And Hadrian and Blutarski.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)

275 it used to be the name for a ponytail. I would reflexively blame the French for the situation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Common term for the Manchu haircut where the front was shaved and the back gathered into a long braid. Imposed (with some difficulty) on the Han Chinese.

The Manchu compensated for that being being severely Confucian, and it worked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

276
Hadrian, I was going to ask if I needed to send water wings for you and the pups.

Posted by: Ben Had

___________

That's characteristically kind of you, but we got off light. Lake Jackson and Freeport got over 8 inches of rain today.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:00 PM (O0L8i)

277 it used to be the name for a ponytail. I would reflexively blame the French for the situation.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (uhVAy)
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Common term for the Manchu haircut where the front was shaved and the back gathered into a long braid. Imposed (with some difficulty) on the Han Chinese.

The Manchu compensated for that being being severely Confucian, and it worked.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

You can read all about that in his book on the Spanish Civil War. It's a banger!

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (uhVAy)

278 “Queue” is Example No. 1 of why French needs to be stricken from the ranks of civilized languages.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (77rzZ)

279 For seven slices of pie, each slice should be 51.4286 degrees wide.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)

280 If Turkey could be conquered, Greece would have already done it. A more salient point: if Russia attacks Turkey from the rear, would Greece help?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZVgZ4)

281 Fertilizer plant explosion killed 15 people, including 12 first responders.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 08:56 PM (O0L8i)
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China has these on a daily basis and we never hear about them in the media. The channels covering China are full of it, massive explosions, all of them would be global news anywhere else, but the CCP doesn't like people talking about it, and all the "western" media oblige.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)

282 I'm getting attack-bombed on X for saying nobody can "transition," least of all a 4-year old.

I'm having fun calling the attackers science-deniers.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 08:58 PM (gtcuf)

Throw in groomer and pedo for good measure.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (dK+Kv)

283 F**k French.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)

284 265 Vacuum enters the discussion.

Right! Vackume or at least vacume. And Cue.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (gtcuf)

285 If Turkey could be conquered, Greece would have already done it. A more salient point: if Russia attacks Turkey from the rear, would Greece help?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (ZVgZ4)
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A variation on a 1991 joke: If Turkey attacked Iraq in the rear, would Greece help?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

286 “Queue” is Example No. 1 of why French needs to be stricken from the ranks of civilized languages.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (77rzZ)

the virtually silent eau or eaux enrages me.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (uhVAy)

287 I make cherry jam out of the small cherries that don't work well in my pitter, too.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 08:54 PM

When the pits fall on the floor is that sound pitter patter?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (0sNs1)

288 For seven slices of pie, each slice should be 51.4286 degrees wide.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at June 17, 2026 09:01 PM (0sNs1)
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Shut up, Wesley.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (ZOv7s)

289 These Commie Demoncrats said nothing for 4 years under Blo Jiden and Cummala for letting Iran free to do whatever it wants...........

But Trump screwed up by trying to fix the problem the best he can............

I hope all these Commie-Crats get Severe Jock Itch....

Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (geT9b)

290 I spent part of the afternoon trying to turn a cattle panel into three tomato cages. The panels are on sale at Tractor Supply, and my old cages are getting worn out.

I got one cut and shaped into a cylinder, but it was such a hassle, I am waiting for my wife to get home with the truck so I can use the ratchet straps on the next two.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)

291 Duncanthrax is especially quick tonight.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (5P5DO)

292 F**k French.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:02 PM (77rzZ)
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When speaking to God, I use Spanish. When speaking to women, Italian. When speaking to men, French. When speaking to my horse, German.

Posted by: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (ZOv7s)

293 I spent part of the afternoon trying to turn a cattle panel into three tomato cages. The panels are on sale at Tractor Supply, and my old cages are getting worn out.

I got one cut and shaped into a cylinder, but it was such a hassle, I am waiting for my wife to get home with the truck so I can use the ratchet straps on the next two.
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)

I have trained my tomatoes to not try and escape. Firm and kind instruction is the only way.

Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)

294 When the pits fall on the floor is that sound pitter patter?
Posted by: Duncanthrax

Pitter patter let's get at her.

Posted by: BruceWayne at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (YZ0Fo)

295 55 LOOOOOL Trump to Offer Denmark to trade Puerto Rico for Greenland or outright sell it.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio

Danish/Puerto Rican girls would be smokin' hot!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at June 17, 2026 09:06 PM (sAmhv)

296 When speaking to God, I use Spanish. When speaking to women, Italian. When speaking to men, French. When speaking to my horse, German.
Posted by: Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

When singing, Italian. When making love, French. When calling hogs, German.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (l26NL)

297 The Western Romance languages in general are crap, but French is the absolute worst.

Romanian is the best Romance language, due to its Slavic admixture.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)

298 But Trump screwed up by trying to fix the problem the best he can............

I hope all these Commie-Crats get Severe Jock Itch....
Posted by: Jackson K. at June 17, 2026 09:03 PM (geT9b)
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As has been noted, if Trump cured cancer, the Dems would immediately complain about all the oncologists who were out of work.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)

299 The only thing you can transition to from transitioning is a mutilated, reproductively non-functional, psychologically broken, biological freak.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (XV/Pl)

300 Kindltot, what gauge panels? 2"x4" is very easy to cut and work with.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:08 PM (5P5DO)

301 One thing I loved about learning Italian - for the most part words are spelled exactly the way they should be. Of course there are exceptions, such as "gli" is pronounced "lyee." But there are far, far fewer eamples of that than in English. Even the way they do soft or hard C's and G's to make up for no K's and J's in the alphabet follows a simple logic. As I was learning Italian I truly realized how difficult English must be to learn as a second language.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)

302 I'm having Gin Gimlets, olives and pork rinds and trying woodshedding some new cocktail piano tunes.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (XV/Pl)

303 Romanian is the best Romance language, due to its Slavic admixture.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:07 PM (77rzZ)
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Romanian is the closest to the Latin Vulgate due to its cultural isolation. One of the officers in my unit was born in Romania, and he said that he could understand most of Italian and Spanish, but French was really screwed up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (ZOv7s)

304 Beware! I have puppies and I'm not afraid to use them!

https://youtube.com/shorts/M2uR_61Lp9A

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:10 PM (qx7Zg)

305 I would suggest that you nominate them for the Nobel Science prize for being able to change chromosomes.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (5P5DO)

306 West was our half-way stop from Austin to Dallas, when the kids were young.

We considered it when we were looking for a small town, but realized we'd be doing most of our shopping in Waco, so took it off the list.

Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)

307 One thing I loved about learning Italian - for the most part words are spelled exactly the way they should be.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)
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German is incredibly easy. Once you understand German pronunciation, you can read any German word perfectly. It is very orderly, very consistent.

Learning German opened up a lot of understanding of English, since it is a Germanic language, albeit worn down and diluted. German grammar is also much easier.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)

308 303 Interesting, thanks.

Yeah, French stinks. All of those mushy vowel sounds.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

309 I have trained my tomatoes to not try and escape. Firm and kind instruction is the only way.
Posted by: Oldcat at June 17, 2026 09:05 PM (uhVAy)

These cages are wonderful for the indeterminate tomatoes, you just push the growth back into the cylinder and they grow up instead of out, and there is no need to try and trellis them or wind them up a pole.

You can buy the cheap wire ones in the store that last a couple of years before giving up the ghost, and you can make them out of lathes. Dad, in 1974 decided to make his own out of a metal lattice that is called "remesh" which is a metal panel that is used for laying down reinforced concrete. I still 3 of the 6 that he made, the others got stolen by family or run over by me learning to use the truck in the back yard. After 50 years, however, they are starting to get frail. I suspect that the ones I am making now should outlive me, like Dad's outlived him.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)

310 ted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:04 PM (rbvCR)

Just arch the panels, and train your tomatoes to them. Tomatoes are vines.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 17, 2026 09:14 PM (Vvh2V)

311 I would suggest that you nominate them for the Nobel Science prize for being able to change chromosomes.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (5P5DO)
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Ellen Page discoursing on masculinity is a singularity of cringe. Your shrinkage will shrink within itself as you listen to this badly abused, emotionally damaged woman opine on what it is to be a "real man."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:15 PM (ZOv7s)

312 English > Russian > all other languages

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:15 PM (77rzZ)

313 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)

Before remote work, back in the office days, I sat next to a young German guy's cubicle and he used to teach me some. It is a very orderly language for sure.

Kid (he was about 23) was born in Berlin and moved here at 16. Spoke absolutely flawless English. Zero accent. Said they all learn it in school but he perfected it through American movies and TV shows. He became an American citizen while we wroked together and we threw a big berer-n-brats party for him.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)

314 After 50 years, however, they are starting to get frail. I suspect that the ones I am making now should outlive me, like Dad's outlived him.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (rbvCR)

We are having the big hackberry in the back yard cut down- I'm so happy- but realized we have to move both the leaf bins and the double compost bin - all of which are full- from underneath it.

One thing about him- he hates gardening, but will build me anything I ask for that he can manage.

Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:17 PM (f+FmA)

315 Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)

That's a great story.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at June 17, 2026 09:18 PM (Vvh2V)

316 Omg. Finally home.

Jeepers people can be exasperating.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 09:18 PM (+xP4Z)

317 Kindltot, what gauge panels? 2"x4" is very easy to cut and work with.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:08 PM (5P5DO)

The ones on sale are the 60" by 16' 4 Gauge wire ones. I can get three for the same price as one from re-mesh.
I have an angle grinder that zipped right through the wire, and I bent the hooks with a hunk of galvanized water pipe I salvaged.

It is two projects in one, I want the tomato cages, but I wanted to see what working with the material was going to be like, since I need to replace a hedge with a fence, and 5' might be tall enough.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:19 PM (rbvCR)

318 306 West was our half-way stop from Austin to Dallas, when the kids were young.

We considered it when we were looking for a small town, but realized we'd be doing most of our shopping in Waco, so took it off the list.

Posted by: sal at June 17, 2026 09:11 PM (f+FmA)

The Kolache stop! When I was at Baylor, it was my bounded duty to bring a couple dozen home when I came back home for the weekend! Also, the Knights of Columbus had a dance every Saturday night, and sold beer and slices of cake. It was a great date or group outing for us poor college kids. The older men and women would grab a student and whirl them around the dance floor - it was awesome!

Posted by: moki at June 17, 2026 09:19 PM (wLjpr)

319 It's The Towering Inferno on TCM!

Since I started watching several minutes ago:

OJ Simpson finds an unconscious black lady in a smoke-fiilled bedroom and carries her out!

Paul Newman rescues a young boy from a smoke-filled room!

Robert Wagner and his wife Hope Lange were trapped in a burning apartment and both died, Hope on-fire plunging about 80 floors to the street after breaking out a window to get fresh air!

Steve McQueen is doing I don't know what in fireman's uniform!

Posted by: Gref at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (5rh/l)

320 Yeah, French stinks. All of those mushy vowel sounds.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)
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As a Roman history buff, I asked him a lot about Latin and he noted that the Vulgate - and therefore all Romance languages - have only male and female genders. Classical Latin had a neuter case, but it was dropped.

The push for a neuter gender in the present day comes from the fact that English (being Germanic) has one. But Romance languages do not, and so it's literally cultural imperialism to push "latinx" on Spanish speakers.

One of the hardest things about learning German is the gender, which is not always intuitive. For Germans, it's second nature, they learn the word and its gender at the same time. But for Americans, it's tough because we don't used gendered articles ("the" vs "der, die, das.") A handy cheat I used in Germany was just to drop the article, which works in a terse, conversational format.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

321 moki, big hug ,sweet lady.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (5P5DO)

322 Japanese is easier to learn to speak than German. Belgian girl I met agreed with me.

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 09:21 PM (DZ9Lv)

323 One thing I loved about learning Italian - for the most part words are spelled exactly the way they should be.

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:09 PM (gtcuf)

Not really. Spanish is written as spoken. Italian is exuberantly spelled to preserve the history of the Italian experience throughout the ages.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:21 PM (rbvCR)

324 313 My brother-in-law, the husband of my sister who just passed, was from Argentina. He perfected his English by watching The Andy Griffith Show. Barney cracked him up.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:22 PM (77rzZ)

325 315 That's a great story.

It was a lot of fun sitting next to him. It was so funny and entertaining hearing his stories about Germany and about his learning the American ways. We got along great considering I was in my early 40s and he was just a tad LOL. Sometimes he'd get stuck, like telling a story about grating some cheese and just making a cheese-grating motion, and I'd say "grater" and he'd say "right...I always mix that up with more-than (greater)" I'd almost forget English wasn't his first language till he'd do something like that!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:22 PM (gtcuf)

326 One of the hardest things about learning German is the gender, which is not always intuitive.

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Das U-Boot !

Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (GD0B3)

327 A handy cheat I used in Germany was just to drop the article, which works in a terse, conversational format.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

WHICH IS HOW WE WOUND UP LOSING GENDERS IN ENGLISH IN THE FIRST PLACE

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)

328 I'm back, Horde...

Just finished reading "The Medusa Chronicles" by Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds.

Mind status -- BLOWN!

As usual with these guys, they play around with big ideas and don't hold back.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (gnNyN)

329 Spanish is easy to learn too, but it's so close to Italian my brain gets mixed-up sometimes and I start speaking Spangtalian!

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:25 PM (gtcuf)

330 He became an American citizen while we wroked together and we threw a big berer-n-brats party for him.
Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:16 PM (gtcuf)
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American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.

Germany felt very familiar, and even though I was rusty, I was able to pass myself off as a native without a lot of difficulty. When I finally ran out of German and used English, they were always delighted and were flattered than an American knew their language.

On my last TDY, I was in uniform chatting with a local in German, and he kept looking at my name tape, trying to figure out how an English guy knew German. "Mine Grossmutter" I said, and his face just lit up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:26 PM (ZOv7s)

331 American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.

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Deep dish pizza!

Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)

332 293 I have trained my tomatoes

via backpropagation?

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (qdr3M)

333 Russian has three genders, but no articles, so the gender of a noun is, usually, apparent from its ending.

German, like French, sucks bigly.

English surpasses all or them by eschewing the gender bullshit:

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)

334 @__0hour1_ is back.
the whackjobs who tried to shoot up the UFC event included some Christians. Serious ones: Tycen Proper volunteered at his church to feed the poor. Daniel Eskridge had a wife and five kids.
But it was probably not the church that told them to do this.
They got sucked into podcast world where Tucker and Candace told them the Jews were a menace and that Trump had to be stopped.

Posted by: gKWVE at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (/wizo)

335 WHICH IS HOW WE WOUND UP LOSING GENDERS IN ENGLISH IN THE FIRST PLACE
Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:23 PM (rbvCR)
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No, it was because the Saxons and the Norse used different expressions of gender cases. There's a great example in The Story of English of how "I want to sell you the horse pulling my cart" is very close, but also very different.

English also no longer has formal/informal case, and ironically, we think "thee" and "thou" are formal, when they are informal.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

336 Just slap another a on the end of it.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (5P5DO)

337 Deep dish pizza!
Posted by: runner at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM (GD0B3)
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Does anyone say: "Let's have something German for dinner. Maybe hamburgers, Frankfurters, potato salad"?

No.

"Let's have Italian!"

"Great! Pizza or pasta?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

338 One day my German work friend was telling me how his parents live in a Berlin high-rise, and in a high-rise directly across the street, at the same level, a fat old German guy always sits out on his balcony wearing nothing but a Speedo.

So I asked his parents' address and looked it up on Google StreetView just to see the building, and when I swung the camera around to the other side, there was the fat German guy in the Speedo on the balcony (face blurred-out of course.) I busted out laughing and called him over to see it, and he busted out laughing too, saying "SEE! Do I lie?"

Posted by: Delurker at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (gtcuf)

339 Flying with a bad accidental tax deduction

https://youtube.com/shorts/wutz_fAOUEA

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (qx7Zg)

340
American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.

____________

Chicken-fried steak

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)

341 Does anyone say: "Let's have something German for dinner. Maybe hamburgers, Frankfurters, potato salad"?

No.

"Let's have Italian!"

"Great! Pizza or pasta?"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:31 PM (ZOv7s)

Grilled bratwurst and potato salad? Yumm!

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:33 PM (qx7Zg)

342 via backpropagation?
Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:28 PM

Prolog?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at June 17, 2026 09:34 PM (0sNs1)

343 German, like French, sucks bigly.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (77rzZ)
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Disagree, it is a very precise language. Once you dig into it, it is quite easy. I used to be quite good at it, read Kafka in German and got a lot more out of it than one can in English.

German gender cases are non-negotiable. It is what it is.

And they kind of make sense because we preserved some of them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:34 PM (ZOv7s)

344 Been listening to some Charlie Kirk shorts.

My goodness. What a warrior. No wonder they murdered him.

Posted by: nurse ratched. at June 17, 2026 09:35 PM (A5RD0)

345 340
American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.

____________

Chicken-fried steak

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)

Chicken-fried steak is Texan Weinerschnitzel

Posted by: Gref at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5rh/l)

346 I'll have the braunschweigerbratenkraut berger.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5P5DO)

347 Chicken-fried steak
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at June 17, 2026 09:32 PM (O0L8i)
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Jaegerschnitzel, the Pride of the Rhineland. (It's a breaded pork chop in mushroom sauce.)

Really quite good. Especially with GERMAN BEER.

Bitte ein Bitt!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:37 PM (ZOv7s)

348

nurse,

They can't let anyone live Who believe in the right things to do.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:39 PM (/QHx4)

349 I hate French. I never know what letters to pronounce, or not pronounce. And spelling a French word is right out.

German and Spanish are much friendlier. Their grammar and pronunciation rules are very strict.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:39 PM (0aYVJ)

350 Deep dish pizza!
Posted by: runner

No. Tomato casserole.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at June 17, 2026 09:40 PM (qZb7K)

351 Cats have off days.

Snowflake came down into the computer room to stay with Ralphy and I, tried to jump up on the bookcase and kind of missed. awww. I got her and put her up there.

"The Medusa Chronicles" by Stephen Baxter and Alistair Reynolds. Saved to an Amazon wish list.

Back to my computer stuff. I have "The Avengers" on in the background. THE GOOD AVENGERS.

Diana Rigg was smoking hot.

And I love the lack of diversity. TV should go back to that.

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (Sco7b)

352 I had my first checking account at 14, my first job before that, and moved out at 17.

People like Talarico are the worst, because they tell adults how to live while sapping other adults.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)

353 Also. Gaelic is a nightmare. Even more so than Frawnch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)

354 343. No German sucks. Russian has cases, too. Study Russian verbs of motion, and then we’ll talk about precision.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)

355 People like Talarico are the worst, because they tell adults how to live while sapping other adults.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (BI5O2)
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His browser history is something I do not want to see.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (ZOv7s)

356 No, it was because the Saxons and the Norse used different expressions of gender cases. [ . . . ]
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

And as such it was too confusing and complicated to use, so it got dropped because it was not worth the hassle of being even more confusing to the listener.

Posted by: Kindltot at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (rbvCR)

357 No German sucks. Russian has cases, too. Study Russian verbs of motion, and then we’ll talk about precision.
Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:43 PM (77rzZ)
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My brother in Christ, German at least uses the same alphabet. Yeah, there are three umlauts, but that's because German vowels can only have one sound, even when combined (order is determinative).

To even begin to understand Russian, I'd have to learn the Cyrillic alphabet, and while it may be in every way superior to the Latin, I ain't got time for that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

358 >>> American food is really German food. Hamburgers, Frankfurters, Viennas, fried chicken, potato salad.

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German potato salad is a staple at any of our family get-togethers. I can't stand it, myself. Also, don't forget brats and sauerkraut. Also 🤮

Posted by: Turn 2 at June 17, 2026 09:48 PM (Y2/Vj)

359 Looking at recipes, I may attempt a chicken fried steak from scratch. One thing mammaw did not make. I don't know why, she made everything else.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at June 17, 2026 09:49 PM (zZu0s)

360 Also. Gaelic is a nightmare. Even more so than Frawnch.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Gen X Dickweed at June 17, 2026 09:41 PM (0aYVJ)
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My wife suggested I learn Welsh. I was a hard "no." Even if I put in the work, I'd gain access to...what? One of the smallest linguistic groups in the world?

One can make the argument that German is inferior to Latin in terms of reach, but we speak a Germanic language, and that has helped me to better understand English grammar.

Plus I (used to) be able to read German military histories.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:51 PM (ZOv7s)

361 Getting late, good night everyone! God bless!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (ZOv7s)

362 Very first Russian class gave us overnight to learn the alphabet. It's not hard. Lots of nearly identical letters, of course some with different sound values. A few easily recognizable Greek letters.

At first everyone was freaking out. Next morning, nearly everyone had it down pretty well. Proper pronunciation of course took time (palatalization left you with sore tongue for weeks). But the alphabet was girls' gym.

Posted by: rhomboid at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (U/Byj)

363
I salute oldest son and his wife.

Four kids, no internet access and they feed and clothe the kids.

Anything else the kids want they have to get off their asses and work.

Even young kids can find something to do to earn money.

We need more of this.

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:53 PM (/QHx4)

364 I'll have the braunschweigerbratenkraut berger.
Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 09:36 PM (5P5DO)

I'm curious what this is. I cannot find a clear description online.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at June 17, 2026 09:57 PM (qx7Zg)

365 356 English has three expressions of the genitive case;

1. The Saxon genitive (-‘s): Ace’s busty lesbian pron

2. The Noman genitive (of): the busty lesbian pron of Ace

3. The associative genitive: Ace busty-lesbian pron

Thus endeth the lesson.

Posted by: Bulg at June 17, 2026 09:58 PM (77rzZ)

366 JackStraw, I have a piece of news that you are going to find very interesting. Still have my number?
Posted by: Ben Had

C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, what's the news?!?!?!?!

Posted by: Dark Lixtiquatal at June 17, 2026 09:58 PM (DZ9Lv)

367

Share

Posted by: four seasons at June 17, 2026 09:59 PM (/QHx4)

368 357 My brother in Christ, German at least uses the same alphabet.

you sound like someone who hasn't tried to read german handwriting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurrent

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 09:59 PM (qdr3M)

369 Dark Lix, I'm saving it for the Tehran Tom's tomorrow.

Posted by: Ben Had at June 17, 2026 10:01 PM (5P5DO)

370 There's an ONT.

Good night all...

Posted by: Stateless - He ain't heavy, he's my dog at June 17, 2026 10:02 PM (Sco7b)

371 237 WHICH IS HOW WE WOUND UP LOSING GENDERS IN ENGLISH IN THE FIRST PLACE

maybe we should check in our other pants?

Posted by: anachronda at June 17, 2026 10:11 PM (qdr3M)

372 NOOD

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Posted by: Helena Handbasket at June 17, 2026 10:11 PM (R+iUD)

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